How To Pray
1 First of all, I ask you to pray for everyone. Ask God to help and bless them all, and tell God how thankful you are for each of them. 2 Pray for kings and others in power, so we may live quiet and peaceful lives as we worship and honor God. 3 This kind of prayer is good, and it pleases God our Savior. 4 God wants everyone to be saved and to know the whole truth, which is,
5 There is only one God,
and Christ Jesus
is the only one
who can bring us
to God.
Jesus was truly human,
and he gave himself
to rescue all of us.
6 God showed us this
at the right time.
7 This is why God chose me to be a preacher and an apostle of the good news. I am telling the truth. I am not lying. God sent me to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.
8 I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands toward heaven and pray, without being angry or arguing with each other.
9 I would like for women to wear modest and sensible clothes. They should not have fancy hairdos, or wear expensive clothes, or put on jewelry made of gold or pearls. 10 Women who claim to love God should do helpful things for others, 11 and they should learn by being quiet and paying attention. 12 They should be silent and not be allowed to teach or to tell men what to do. 13 After all, Adam was created before Eve, 14 and the man Adam wasn't the one who was fooled. It was the woman Eve who was completely fooled and sinned. 15 But women will be saved by having children, if they stay faithful, loving, holy, and modest.
Melongelokalunga
1 Omakumagidho gandje ogo ngaka: Tangotango naku ningwe omaindilo, omagalikano, omagalikaneno nomahambelelo koshipala shaKalunga omolwaantu ayehe. 2 Naku galikanenwe aakwaniilwa naapangeli ayehe, opo tu kale nokukala kwa ngungumana nokwombili mokusimaneka Kalunga akuhe nomikalo omiwanawa. 3 Shika osho oshiwanawa nosho opalela Kalunga, omuhupithi gwetu, 4 ngoka a hala, aantu ayehe ya hupithwe noya tseye oshili. 5 Oshoka Kalunga ogumwe awike, naangoka a hanganitha aantu naKalunga, ogumwe, omuntu Jesus Kristus, 6 ngoka i igandja, a ninge iikulila yaantu ayehe. Shika osha ningwa pethimbo lyo opala, oshoka Kalunga okwa li a hala aantu ayehe ya hupithwe. 7 Onkee ano ngame onda tumwa, ndi ninge omuyapostoli nomulongi mokati kaapagani nondi uvithe elaka tali popi eitaalo noshili. Otandi popi oshili, ite fundju.
8 Onda hala, aalumentu ya galikane akuhe nokuyelutha omaako gawo pombanda yaa na uutondwe nomalimbililo.
9 Onda hala wo, aakiintu ya dhiladhile nawa kombinga yomizalo dhawo, yo ya zale oonguwo dhi shi kutalwa nodha yogoka. Inaa panda omafufu ya zalekwe oombandi dhiingoli nomagwe taga adhima nenge oonguwo dhi na ondilo. 10 Peha lyaambika kaleni mu udha iilonga iiwanawa, ngaashi sho opalela aakiintu ooitaali. 11 Melongelokalunga aakiintu naa pulakene ya mwena nokuvulika kelandulathano. 12 Ngame itandi pitika, aakiintu ya ninge aalongihapu nenge ya pangele aalumentu, ihe naa kale ya mwena. 13 Oshoka Adam oye a shitwa tango e taku landula ihe Eva. 14 Adam haye a pukithwa, ihe omukiintu oye a pukithwa nokwa yono oshipango shaKalunga. 15 Ano omukiintu ota ka hupithwa omolwokuvala uunona, ihe ongele ta dhiginine eitaalo, ohole yopakriste neiyapulo.
