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.
Preserve Your Freedom
1 Freedom is what we have—Christ has set us free! Stand, then, as free people, and do not allow yourselves to become slaves again.
2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, it means that Christ is of no use to you at all. 3 Once more I warn any man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the whole Law. 4 Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God's grace. 5 As for us, our hope is that God will put us right with him; and this is what we wait for by the power of God's Spirit working through our faith. 6 For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.
7 You were doing so well! Who made you stop obeying the truth? How did he persuade you? 8 It was not done by God, who calls you. 9 “It takes only a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise,” as they say. 10 But I still feel confident about you. Our life in union with the Lord makes me confident that you will not take a different view and that whoever is upsetting you will be punished by God.
11 But as for me, my friends, if I continue to preach that circumcision is necessary, why am I still being persecuted? If that were true, then my preaching about the cross of Christ would cause no trouble. 12 I wish that the people who are upsetting you would go all the way; let them go on and castrate themselves!
13 As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another. 14 For the whole Law is summed up in one commandment: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” 15 But if you act like wild animals, hurting and harming each other, then watch out, or you will completely destroy one another.
The Spirit and Human Nature
16 What I say is this: let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature. 17 For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do. 18 If the Spirit leads you, then you are not subject to the Law.
19 What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions; 20 in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups; 21 they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
22 But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires. 25 The Spirit has given us life; he must also control our lives. 26 We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another.
