Christ Brings New Life
1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God. 2 Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.
3 I realize God has treated me with undeserved grace, and so I tell each of you not to think you are better than you really are. Use good sense and measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you. 4 A body is made up of many parts, and each of them has its own use. 5 That's how it is with us. There are many of us, but we each are part of the body of Christ, as well as part of one another.
6 God has also given each of us different gifts to use. If we can prophesy, we should do it according to the amount of faith we have. 7 If we can serve others, we should serve. If we can teach, we should teach. 8 If we can encourage others, we should encourage them. If we can give, we should be generous. If we are leaders, we should do our best. If we are good to others, we should do it cheerfully.
Rules for Christian Living
9 Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good. 10 Love each other as brothers and sisters and honor others more than you do yourself. 11 Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord. 12 Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying. 13 Take care of God's needy people and welcome strangers into your home.
14 Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them. 15 When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad. 16 Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you know more than others. Make friends with ordinary people. 17 Don't mistreat someone who has mistreated you. But try to earn the respect of others, 18 and do your best to live at peace with everyone.
19 Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says,
“I am the one to take revenge
and pay them back.”
20 The Scriptures also say,
“If your enemies are hungry,
give them something to eat.
And if they are thirsty,
give them something
to drink.
This will be the same
as piling burning coals
on their heads.”
21 Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.
Omuinyo mbu tu sokuhupa kutja tu karere Ndjambi
1 Nu nambano, vakwetu, motjimbe tjotjari tja Ndjambi hi otjinene ku eṱe, me riyarikaṋa kutja mu riyandjeye oveni ku Ndjambi, otja ombunguhiro onamuinyo nondjapuke eye me nonyuṋe. Omerikotameneno otja inga ya pwira Ndjambi. 2 Amu horere komihingo vyouye mbwi, nungwari Ndjambi nge mu yarure koupe mourekoto womitima vyeṋu. Eṋe otji mamu yenene okutjiwa ombango ya Ndjambi, okutja otjohi tji tji ri otjiwa neye me nonyuṋe, nu tji tja pwira ye.
3 Nu motjimbe tjotjari Ndjambi tje ndji pa ami me tja nai ku eṋe amuhe: Amu rivara oveni komeho ya imba pu mwa sokurivara, nungwari kareye nouripura ousemba otja kotjisanekero tjongamburiro Ndjambi ndje mu pa. 4 Eṱe tu nouṋepo ouingi morutu rumwe, nu okaṋepo akehe kena otjiungura tjapeke. 5 Nu komuhingo tjingewo nangarire kutja oweṱe ovengi, oweṱe ovorutu rumwe mu Kristus, nu twa wanekwa kumwe otja ouṋepo pekepeke worutu rumwe. 6 Eṱe tu noviyandjewa vyotjari pekepeke otja kotjari Ndjambi tja yandja ku auhe wetu. Ingwi ngwa pewa otjiyandjewa tjokuzuvarisa Ombuze ya Ndjambi nga zuvarise otja kongamburiro ndje hongonona. 7 Nu ingwi ngwa pewa otjiyandjewa tjokukarera mombongo nga karere; ngwa pewa otjiyandjewa tjokuhonga nga honge; 8 ngwa pewa otjiyandjewa tjokupanḓiparisa ovakwao nge ve panḓiparise. Ingwi ngu yandja kovakwao nga yandje nouharupu; ngu ri omutarere wombongo nga ungure noupandi; ngu yandja ovyotjari kovakwao nge vi yandje nenyando.
9 Orusuvero ngaru kare nokuhinotjavivi. Tondeye ouvi nu kakatereye kouwa. 10 Suverasaneye nomutima watjiri otja ovakambure, nu mu panḓere pokuyozikasana. 11 Ungureye noukukutu, nu amu ṱotjirweyo; karereye Muhona nomitima vyeṋu avihe. 12 Omaundjiro weṋu nga ye mu pe ondjoroka; momauzeu weṋu kareye nomuretima, nu mu panḓere pokukumba. 13 Vatereye ovakambure ovakweṋu mbe nouhepe, nu mu sekirise ovakambure mbu mu he i.
14 Ningireye Ndjambi a sere ondaya ku imba mbe mu tatumisa, ii, mu ningireye e ve sere ondaya nu amu ningire kutja e ve senge. 15 Nyandeye pamwe na imba mbe nenyando, nu mu rire pamwe novarire. 16 Karasaneye nomutima umwe; amu ritongamisa, nungwari tjiteye oupanga noverisusuparise; amu rivara otja ozonongo.
17 Amu yarura ouvi mouvi nungwari tjiteye ihi tji tji ri otjisemba kovandu avehe. 18 Tji mape sorwa, kareye nohange novandu avehe. 19 Eṋe oveni amu kara nongore nomundu, vakwetu, nungwari yandjeye oruveze komazenge wa Ndjambi, orondu omatjangwa maye tja: “Ongore oyandje, owami ngu me sutisa”, Muhona ma tja nao. 20 Omatjangwa opu maye zu okutja nai: “Omunavita na ove tje nondjara mu pa ovikurya, nu tje nonyota mu pa okunwa. Tji wa tjiti nai mo mu ṱisa ohoṋi tjinene.” 21 Ouvi au he ku taara, nungwari ove nga rire ngu mo taara ouvi amo tjiti ouwa.
