Help Each Other
1 My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don't be tempted yourself. 2 You obey the law of Christ when you offer each other a helping hand.
3 If you think you are better than others, when you really aren't, you are wrong. 4 Do your own work well, and then you will have something to be proud of. But don't compare yourself with others. 5 We each must carry our own load.
6 Share every good thing you have with anyone who teaches you what God has said.
7 You cannot fool God, so don't make a fool of yourself! You will harvest what you plant. 8 If you follow your selfish desires, you will harvest destruction, but if you follow the Spirit, you will harvest eternal life. 9 Don't get tired of helping others. You will be rewarded when the time is right, if you don't give up. 10 We should help people whenever we can, especially if they are followers of the Lord.
Final Warnings
11 You can see what big letters I make when I write with my own hand.
12 Those people who are telling you to get circumcised are only trying to show how important they are. And they don't want to get into trouble for preaching about the cross of Christ. 13 They are circumcised, but they don't obey the Law of Moses. All they want is to brag about having you circumcised. 14 But I will never brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his cross, the world is dead as far as I am concerned, and I am dead as far as the world is concerned.
15 It doesn't matter if you are circumcised or not. All that matters is that you are a new person.
16 If you follow this rule, you will belong to God's true people. God will treat you with undeserved kindness and will bless you with peace.
17 On my own body are scars that prove I belong to Christ Jesus. So I don't want anyone to bother me anymore.
18 My friends, I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you! Amen.
Vaterasaneye
1 Vakwetu, omundu tja wire mouvi worive, eṋe mbu mu hongorerwa i Ombepo, mu vatereye amamu mu rongo nomutima omutarazu. Nu ṱakamisa kutja ove omuini wina o ha rorwa. 2 Vaterasaneye okutjinda omauzeu weṋu. Komuhingo mbwi otji mamu yenenisa indi etwako ra Kristus. 3 Omundu tji ma tjangovasi eye otjiṋa, ngunda, tjiri, e he ri otjiṋa, me riwovisa omuini. 4 Auhe nge rikonḓonone otja komeritjindiro we omuini. Nu tja munu kutja ovitjitwa vye oviwa, eye ma yenene okurihivira vyo nokuhinokuvisasaneka na imbi vyomukwao. 5 Orondu auhe u sokutjinda omutwaro we omuini.
6 Ingwi ngu ma hongwa embo ra Ndjambi, nga haṋasane nomumuhonge imbi avihe oviwa mbye na vyo.
7 Amu riwovisa oveni: Ndjambi ka nyekererwa. Ihi omundu tji ma kunu, wina otji ma kondo. 8 Ngu ma kunu mehi rongaro ye youndu mu ro ma kondo mo omakondero wonḓiro; nu ngu ma kunu mehi rOmbepo, eye mOmbepo ndji ma kondo mo omakondero womuinyo waaruhe. 9 Atu ha urwa okutjita ouwa, orondu tji tu ha urirwe, matu kondo omakondero moruveze orusemba. 10 Nu ngunda atu noruveze, ngatu tjite ouwa ku avehe, nu tjinene kovakambure ovakwetu.
Omaronga omasenina nozombinika
11 Okuzamba me tjanga neke randje omuini ku eṋe. Tareye uri ozoreṱera ozonene nḓa!
12 Ovandu mba mbe mu kondjisa kutja mu sukarekwe ve vanga okuraisa ombunikiro ombwa yopendje kokutja ave ha tatumisirwa otjikoroise tja Kristus. 13 Nangarire kutja owo ve risukarekisa, owo oveni kave ṱakamisa Omatwako wa Moses. Owo ve vanga kutja eṋe mu sukarekwe, kokutja owo ve sore okurihivira imbi mbya tjitwa kotutu tweṋu. 14 Nungwari ami me vanga okurihivira ihi otjikoroise tja Muhona wetu Jesus Kristus porwatjo. Nu Kristus tjinga a ṱa kotjikoroise, ouye ku ami otjinga awa ṱa, nami wina otjinga amba ṱa komunda wouye. 15 Kape notjiungura kutja omundu wa sukara poo ka sukarere, nungwari ihi otjinanḓengu porwatjo okongwi okutja ove wa rira omundu omupe mu Ndjambi. 16 Nu imba mbe ryanga komuhingo mbwi mongaro yawo, Ndjambi nge ve pe ohange notjari. Owo ombe ri otjiwaṋa tjatjiri tja Israel!
17 Omambo wandje omasenina me tja nai: Ape ningi omundu ngu me ndji pe ouzeu rukwao, ovivavize, mbi mbi na vyo korutu, tjinga amavi raisa kutja ami mbi norupa mondatumisire ya Jesus.
18 Otjari tja Muhona wetu Jesus Kristus ngatji kare na eṋe amuhe, vakwetu. Amen.
