Emanguluko lyomukriste
1 Kristus okwe tu mangulula, opo tu kale twa manguluka. Ikoleleni ano, oshoka omwa manguluka, ne inamu zimina we, mu ninge aapika.
2 Pulakeneni! Ongame Paulus tandi mu lombwele kutya one ngele otamu zimine, mu fukalekwe, nena otashi ti Kristus ke na shoka te mu kwatha. 3 Onda hala oku shi tumbula natango nomuthindo kutya kehe ngoka ta zimine a fukalekwe, oye oku na okugwanitha ompango ayihe. 4 Ne mboka mwa hala okuninga aayuuki koshipala shaKalunga omolwokugwanitha ompango, omwi ikutha mo ne yene muKristus. One omwa gwa mo mesilohenda lyaKalunga. 5 Ihe tse etegameno lyetu olyo ndika kutya Kalunga ote ke tu ninga aayuuki, onkee otatu shi tegelele meitaalo koonkondo dhOmbepo yaKalunga. 6 Oshoka tse ngele otu li muukumwe naKristus Jesus, nena okukala wa fukalekwa nenge inoo fukalekwa, ayihe mbika itayi kwatha sha. Ihe shoka tashi kwatha, osho eitaalo ndyoka tali holoka mohole.
7 One omwa li hamu matuka nawa, mu sindane. Olye e mu ethitha okuvulika koshili? Oye okwe mu hongolola nashike? 8 Ehongololo ndyoka inali za kuKalunga, ngoka te mu ithana. 9 Okafulika okashona otaka tumbike ondombo ayihe. 10 Ihe omoluukumwe wetu nOmuwa ngame onde mu inekela kutya ne itamu ka taamba edhiladhilo lilwe. Omuntu ngoka te mu piyaganeke, ota ka geelwa kuKalunga, na kale oye lye.
11 Ihe ngame, aamwameme, omolwashike ando tandi tidhaganwa natango, ngele tandi uvitha kutya efukaleko olya pumbiwa? Shika ngele oshoshili, nena ando euvitho lyandje kombinga yomushigakano gwaKristus itali eta we uudhigu. 12 Ando aalumentu mboka taye mu piyaganeke, yi ithonithe nokuli!
13 Ne aamwameme, omwi ithanwa, mu kale mwa manguluka. Ihe inamu etha, emanguluko ndika lyeni li ninge ompito yuuhalu wopantu, ihe yakulathaneni nohole. 14 Oshoka ompango ayihe oya kwatelelwa moshipango shika shimwe: “Hola mukweni, ngaashi wi ihole ngoye mwene.” 15 Ihe ngele tamu kala ngaashi iilikama, tamu lyaathana ne tamu etelathana iiponga, kotokeni ano, opo mwaa manathane po.
Iiyimati yOmbepo nuuhalu wopantu
16 Ngame otandi mu lombwele tandi ti: Kaleni tamu endithwa kOmbepo mokukalamwenyo kweni akuhe. Nena itamu ka gwanitha we uuhalu wopantu. 17 Oshoka uuhalu wetu wopantu itau tsu kumwe naashoka Ombepo e shi hala. Naashoka sha halika kOmbepo, itashi tsu kumwe nuuhalu wopantu. Iinima mbika iyali ohayi kala aluhe tayi kondjithathana, onkee itamu vulu okulonga pahalo lyeni yene. 18 Ihe one ngele tamu endithwa kOmbepo, nena itamu pangelwa we kompango.
19 Ihe iilonga yuuhalu wopantu oyi igalala. Aantu oye hole uuholume, iipala nuukeeneidhiliko, 20 otaa simaneke iimenka notaa longo muumpulile. Oyo otaa tondathana, otaa tamanana, otaa silathana efupa, otaa geelathana notaa kotokelathana. Oyo otaa topoka moongundu nomiimpaga. 21 Oye na uukodhi, uunkolwi nuufukedhi niinima iikwawo ya fa mbika. Otandi mu kumagidha natango, ngaashi nda li nde mu kumagidha nale: Aantu mboka taa longo iilonga ya tya ngeyi, itaa ka thigulula Oshilongo shaKalunga.
22 Ihe iiyimati yOmbepo oyo mbika: ohole, enyanyu, ombili, eidhidhimiko, uukuume, uuwanawa, okukala omwiinekelwa, 23 eifupipiko neikwatonawa. Kaku na nando ompango ya tsa ondumbo niinima mbika. 24 Naamboka yaJesus Kristus oya dhipaga okukala kwawo kwopantu nuuhalu auhe. 25 Ombepo otayi tu pe omwenyo, onkee oyo nayi kale tayi utha wo okukalamwenyo kwetu. 26 Inatu kaleni tu na uuntsa, tu hindathaneni nenge tu silathaneni efupa.
Christ Gives Freedom
1 Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don't ever become slaves of the Law again.
2 I, Paul, promise you that Christ won't do you any good if you get circumcised. 3 If you do, you must obey the whole Law. 4 And if you try to please God by obeying the Law, you have cut yourself off from Christ and his gift of undeserved grace. 5 But the Spirit makes us sure God will accept us because of our faith in Christ. 6 If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.
7 You were doing so well until someone made you turn from the truth. 8 And that person was certainly not sent by the one who chose you. 9 A little yeast can change a whole batch of dough, 10 but you belong to the Lord. This makes me certain you will do what I say, instead of what someone else tells you to do. Whoever is causing trouble for you will be punished.
11 My friends, if I still preach that people need to be circumcised, why am I in so much trouble? The message about the cross would no longer be a problem, if I told people to be circumcised. 12 I wish everyone who is upsetting you would not only get circumcised, but would cut off much more!
13 My friends, you were chosen to be free. So don't use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want. Use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love. 14 All the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself. 15 But if you keep attacking each other like wild animals, you had better watch out or you will destroy yourselves.
God's Spirit and Our Own Desires
16 If you are guided by the Spirit, you won't obey your selfish desires. 17 The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you feel you should. 18 But if you obey the Spirit, the Law of Moses has no control over you.
19 People's desires make them give in to immoral ways, filthy thoughts, and shameful deeds. 20 They worship idols, practice witchcraft, hate others, and are hard to get along with. People become jealous, angry, and selfish. They not only argue and cause trouble, but they are 21 envious. They get drunk, carry on at wild parties, and do other evil things as well. I told you before, and I am telling you again: No one who does these things will share in the blessings of God's kingdom.
22 God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, 23 gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways. 24 And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires. 25 God's Spirit has given us life, and so we should follow the Spirit. 26 But don't be conceited or make others jealous by claiming to be better than they are.
