Ava vaJesus Kristus ova manguluka momhango
1 Ile kamu shi shii, ovamwatate nye, ohandi popi kwaava va shiiva omhango, kutya omhango otai pangele omunhu fimbo e nomwenyo? 2 Omhango ngaashi tai mangele omukainhu omuhombolwa kumwe nomulumenhu waye fimbo ye e nomwenyo; ndele omulumenhu ngeenge a fi, opo nee omukainhu a manguluka momhango yomulumenhu. 3 Onghee hano, ngeenge te liyandje komulumenhu umwe fimbo omulumenhu waye e nomwenyo, ota ifanwa omunyoni wohombo, ndele omulumenhu ngeenge a fi, okwa manguluka momhango ei, ke fi omunyoni wohombo, ngeenge ta hombolwa komulumenhu umwe. 4 Osho nanye yo, ovamwatate, omwa fya mo momhango okolutu laKristus, mu ninge vaumwe, ovaau a nyumunwa movafi, opo tu imikile Kalunga oiimati. 5 Osheshi eshi twa kala mombelela, ouhalu woulunde ou hau tukululwa komhango, owa mona eenghono moinhimbu yetu okwiimikila efyo oiimati. 6 Ndelenee otwa manguluka momhango notwa fya mo muyo, ei kwa li ye tu kwatelela mo, ndele hatu kalele Kalunga omoupe wOmhepo hamoukulu weendada.
7 Paife ohatu ti shike hano? Omhango oyo oulunde? Nandenande. Osheshi ngeno hamhango ya li po, ngeno inandi shiiva oulunde; osheshi omhango ngeno inai tya: “Ino haluka”, ngeno inandi shiiva okahalu. 8 Ndelenee oulunde eshi wa mona omhito molwoshipango, owa tukulula mwaame ouhalu keshe; osheshi oulunde uhe nomhango owa fya. 9 Ndele ame onda kala nale ndihe nomhango, ndele oshipango eshi she uya, opo nee oulunde wa nyumuka, 10 ndele ame onda fya. Osho pa holoka nokutya, oshipango eshi sha li shi nokupa nge omwenyo, osha pa nge efyo. 11 Osheshi oulunde eshi wa mona omhito molwoshipango owa pukifa nge, ndele wa dipaifa nge koshipango. 12 Onghee tuu, omhango oyo iyapuki, noshipango osho oshiyapuki noshiyuki noshiwa.
13 Hano eshi shiwa osha etela nge efyo mbela? Nandenande. Ndelenee oulunde, opo u holoke oo oulunde wa etela nge efyo kwaashi shiwa, opo oulunde u ninge shili oulundelela okoshipango. 14 Osheshi tu shi shii omhango oyopamhepo, ndelenee ame owopambelela, nda landelwa oulunde, ndi kale koshi yao. 15 Osheshi eshi handi longo kandi shi shii, osheshi eshi nde shi hala, itandi shi wanifa, ndele eshi handi tondo, ohandi shi longo. 16 Ndele ngeenge handi longo eshi inandi shi hala, ohandi itavele nokutya, omhango oyo iwa. 17 Hano paife, haame mwene vali handi shi longo, ndelenee oulunde ou wa kala mwaame. 18 Shaashi ondi shi shii mwaame, nokutya, mombelela yange kamu na ouwa nande washa. Ehalo ondi li kwete, ndelenee eenghono dokuwanifa ouwa, ahowe; 19 shaashi ouwa ou nde u hala, ihandi u longo, ndele owii ou inandi u hala, ohandi u longo. 20 Hano ngeenge ohandi longo eshi shii, haame vali handi shi longo, ndelenee oulunde ou wa kala mwaame.
21 Ame, ou nda hala okulonga ouwa, ondi wete mwaame omhango ei: Owii wa kanyatela nge. 22 Shaashi kombinga yomunhu ou womeni onda dimina nehafo omhango yaKalunga, 23 ndele moinhimbu yange ondi wete omhango ikwao tai kondjifa omhango yomadiladilo ange, ndele otai pikile nge momhango youlunde i li moinhimbu yange. 24 Aame omunhu mwii, olyelye ta mangulula nge molutu eli lefyo? 25 Kalunga na pandulwe omolwaJesus Kristus, Omwene wetu! Osho hano ame mwene nomadilongo ange handi longele omhango yaKalunga, ndele nombelela omhango youlunde.
An Example from Marriage
1 My friends, you surely understand enough about law to know that laws only have power over people who are alive. 2 For example, the Law says that a man's wife must remain his wife as long as he lives. But once her husband is dead, she is free 3 to marry someone else. However, if she goes off with another man while her husband is still alive, she is said to be unfaithful.
4 That is how it is with you, my friends. You are now part of the body of Christ and are dead to the power of the Law. You are free to belong to Christ, who was raised to life so we could serve God. 5 When we thought only of ourselves, the Law made us have sinful desires. It made every part of our bodies into slaves who are doomed to die. 6 But the Law no longer rules over us. We are like dead people, and it cannot have any power over us. Now we can serve God in a new way by obeying his Spirit, and not in the old way by obeying the written Law.
The Battle with Sin
7 Does this mean that the Law is sinful? Certainly not! But if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin is really like. For example, I would not have known what it means to want something that belongs to someone else, unless the Law had told me not to do this. 8 It was sin that used this command as a way of making me have all kinds of desires. But without the Law, sin is dead.
9 Before I knew about the Law, I was alive. But as soon as I heard that command, sin came to life, 10 and I died. The very command that was supposed to bring life to me, instead brought death. 11 Sin used this command to trick me, and because of it I died. 12 Still, the Law and its commands are holy and correct and good.
13 Am I saying something good caused my death? Certainly not! It was sin that killed me by using something good. Now we can see how terrible and evil sin really is. 14 We know that the Law is spiritual. But I am merely a human, and I have been sold as a slave to sin. 15 In fact, I don't understand why I act the way I do. I don't do what I know is right. I do the things I hate. 16 Although I don't do what I know is right, I agree that the Law is good. 17 So I am not the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
18 I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot. 19 Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong. 20 And so, if I don't do what I know is right, I am no longer the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
21 The Law has shown me that something in me keeps me from doing what I know is right. 22 With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God. 23 But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do. 24 What a miserable person I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is doomed to die? 25 Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me.
So with my mind I serve the Law of God, although my selfish desires make me serve the law of sin.
