1 Panḓereye pokusuverasana otja ovakambure. 2 Amu zembi okusekirisa ovozonganda mozoyeṋu; tjiva va tjita nai nave sekirisa ovaengeri ave hi nokutjiwa. 3 Zemburukeye ovapandekwa aayo eṋe wina mwa pandekwa puna wo. Zemburukeye ovatatumisiwa aayo eṋe wina mu tatumisiwa otja wo. 4 Orukupo ngaru yozikwe i avehe, novakupasane ngave karasane nouṱakame. Ndjambi u pangura ovavakirasane novakatuke votukupo.
5 Ongarero yeṋu ai rire oyokusuvera ovimariva, nu kareye nohange na imbi mbi mu na vyo. Orondu Ndjambi wa tjere: “Ami himee ku esa ko; nu himee ku imbirahi ko!” 6 Eṱe otji matu sora okutja nai nomutima omupandi:
“Muhona eye omuvatere wandje,
nu hi nokutira ko.
Omundu me ndji tjiti tjike?”
Hivirikeye Ndjambi mu Jesus Kristus
7 Zemburukeye ovanane veṋu ovatenga mba zuvarisire embo ra Ndjambi ku eṋe. Zemburukeye omuhingo mbwaa ve kara na tji va ṱa, nu mu horere kongamburiro yawo. 8 Jesus Kristus onguri ye erero na ndino na aruhe nga aruhe. 9 Amu riyandjere okupukisiwa nomahongero omengi pekepeke omape. Omasa weṋu womomutima ye za motjari tja Ndjambi, nu kaye zu mokukara nonḓuviro komazeva wovikurya. Omazeva nga kaenotjiṋa tji ye vatera komundu.
10 Ovapristeri mbe karera moṋa Ovajuda mu ve rikotamenena, kave nousemba okurira ombunguhiro ngamwa aihe kotjipunguhiro tjetu. 11 Omupristeri Otjiuru u hitisa ombinḓu yovinamuinyo mOtjouyapukeyapuke okukeipunguha kutja i rire ombunguhiro yokuisapo ourunde; nungwari otutu twovinamuinyo tu ningiririsirwa pendje yozondanda! 12 Jesus wina opa zokuṱira pendje yotjihuro, kokutja a kohorore ovandu nombinḓu ye. 13 Neṱe wina ngatu yende ku ye pendje yozondanda, nu tu zare puna ye inga omayambururiro we. 14 Orondu mouye mbwi eṱe katu nomaturiro omakarerere; eṱe matu paha omaturiro ngu maye ya. 15 Nu aruhe ngatu punguhire Ndjambi ombunguhiro yondangero mu Jesus, okutja indji ondangero ndji mai etwa ku ye nomiṋa mbi hongonona ena re. 16 Amu zembi okutjita ouwa nokuvaterasana, orondu ozombunguhiro otja inḓa ze tjata ku Ndjambi.
17 Zuveye kovanane veṋu nu mu riwise kehi yawo. Owo ve tjevera ominyo vyeṋu nokuhinorusuwo, tjinga amave sokuyandja omerizirira woviungura vyawo ku Ndjambi. Tji mamu zuu ku wo, owo mave ungura oviungura vyawo nenyando; tji mu hi nokutjita nao, owo mave vi ungura noruhoze, notji pe hi nokumuvatera.
18 Panḓereye pokutukumbira. Eṱe matu tjiwa nawa kutja momitima vyetu turi nawa, tjinga atu vanga okutjita ihi tji tji ri otjisemba oruveze aruhe. 19 Nu ami me riyarikaṋa tjinene ku eṋe mu kumbe kutja Ndjambi e ndji kotore ku eṋe tjimanga.
Ongumbiro yomapatero
20 Ndjambi ngu yandja ohange wa pendura movakoke ingwi oMuhona wetu Jesus, ngu ri omurise omunene worupanda rwe mombinḓu yomerikutiropamwe waaruhe. 21 Ndjambi wina nge mu pe avihe oviwa, kokutja mu tjite ombango ye. Eye nga yenenise mu eṱe ihi eye me nonyuṋe mena ra Jesus Kristus, nga pewe ondjozikiro aruhe nga aruhe! Amen.
Omarongero omasenina nozombinika
22 Vakwetu, ami me riyarikaṋa ku eṋe kutja mu puratene nomuretima komambo nga ngu mbe mu panḓiparisa na wo, nandarire kutja orutuu ndu mba tjanga ku eṋe ndwi orwo karure tjinene. 23 Eṋe wina mamu sokutjiwa kutja omukwetu Timoteus wa pita motjovakamburwa. Neye tje ya tjimanga ku ami, matu yende pamwe ami tji meya okumutara.
24 Minikeye ovanane veṋu avehe notjiwaṋa atjihe tja Ndjambi. Novakwetu ovakambure mba zira kOitalie wina mave mu minike.
25 Otjari tja Ndjambi ngatji kare na eṋe amuhe!
Service That Pleases God
1 Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord's followers should.
2 Be sure to welcome strangers into your home. By doing this, some people have welcomed angels as guests, without even knowing it.
3 Remember the Lord's people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine you are there with them.
4 Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner, because God will punish anyone who is immoral or unfaithful in marriage.
5 Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us. 6 This should make you feel like saying,
“The Lord helps me!
Why should I be afraid
of what people
can do to me?”
7 Don't forget about your leaders who taught you God's message. Remember what kind of lives they lived and try to have faith like theirs.
8 Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's gift of undeserved grace than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them. 10 But we have an altar where even the priests who serve in the place of worship have no right to eat.
11 After the high priest offers the blood of animals as a sin offering, the bodies of those animals are burned outside the camp. 12 Jesus himself suffered outside the city gate, so his blood would make people holy. 13 This is why we should go outside the camp to Jesus and share in his disgrace. 14 On this earth we don't have a city that lasts forever, but we are waiting for such a city.
15 Our sacrifice is to keep offering praise to God in the name of Jesus. 16 But don't forget to help others and to share your possessions with them. This too is like offering a sacrifice that pleases God.
17 Obey your leaders and do what they say. They are watching over you, and they must answer to God. So don't make them sad as they do their work. Make them happy. Otherwise, they won't be able to help you at all.
18 Pray for us. Our consciences are clear, and we always try to live right. 19 I especially want you to pray that I can visit you again soon.
Final Prayers and Greetings
20 God gives peace, and he raised our Lord Jesus Christ from death. Now Jesus is like a Great Shepherd whose blood was used to make God's eternal agreement with his flock. 21 I pray God will make you ready to obey him and that you will always be eager to do right. May Jesus help you do what pleases God. To Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever! Amen.
22 My friends, I have written only a short letter to encourage you, and I beg you to pay close attention to what I have said.
23 By now you surely must know that our friend Timothy is out of jail. If he gets here in time, I will bring him with me when I come to visit you.
24 Please give my greetings to your leaders and to the rest of the Lord's people.
His followers from Italy send you their greetings.
25 I pray that God will be kind to all of you!
