Romans 6
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
1Tuseme nini basi? Je, twendelee kubaki katika dhambi ili neema ya Mungu iongezeke?
2Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
2Hata kidogo! Kuhusu dhambi sisi tumekufa—tutaendeleaje kuishi tena katika dhambi?
3Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
3Maana, mnajua kwamba sisi tuliobatizwa tukaungana na Kristo Yesu, tulibatizwa na kuungana na kifo chake.
4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
4Tulipobatizwa tuliungana na kifo chake, tukazikwa pamoja naye, ili kama vile Kristo alivyofufuliwa kutoka wafu kwa kitendo kitukufu cha Baba, sisi pia tuweze kuishi maisha mapya.
5For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
5Maana, kama sisi tumeungana naye katika kufa kama yeye, vivyo hivyo tutaungana naye kwa kufufuliwa kutoka wafu kama yeye.
6We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
6Tunajua kwamba utu wetu wa kale ulisulubiwa pamoja na Kristo, ili hali ya dhambi iharibiwe, tusiwe tena watumwa wa dhambi.
7For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
7Kwa maana, mtu aliyekufa, amenasuliwa kutoka katika nguvu ya dhambi.
8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
8Basi, ikiwa tumekufa pamoja na Kristo, tunaamini kwamba tutaishi pia pamoja naye.
9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
9Maana, tunajua kwamba Kristo amekwisha fufuliwa kutoka wafu na hafi tena; kifo hakimtawali tena.
10The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
10Hivyo, kwa kuwa alikufa—mara moja tu—dhambi haina nguvu tena juu yake; na sasa anaishi maisha yake katika umoja na Mungu.
11So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
11Hali kadhalika nanyi lazima mjione kuwa mmekufa kuhusu dhambi, lakini kama mnaoishi katika umoja na Mungu kwa njia ya Kristo Yesu.
12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
12Kwa hiyo, dhambi isiitawale tena miili yenu ambayo hufa, na hivyo kuzitii tamaa zake.
13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
13Wala msitoe hata sehemu moja ya miili yenu iwe chombo cha kutenda uovu na dhambi. Badala yake, jitoleeni ninyi wenyewe kwa Mungu kama watu waliofufuliwa kutoka wafu; toeni nafsi zenu zote kwa Mungu kwa ajili ya uadilifu.
14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
14Maana, dhambi haitawatawala ninyi tena, kwani hamko chini ya Sheria, bali chini ya neema.
15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
15Basi, tuseme nini? Je, tutende dhambi ati kwa sababu hatuko chini ya Sheria bali chini ya neema? Hata kidogo!
16Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
16Mnajua kwamba mkijitolea ninyi wenyewe kama watumwa na kumtii fulani, mnakuwa kweli watumwa wake mtu huyo—au watumwa wa dhambi, na matokeo yake ni kifo, au wa utii, na matokeo yake ni kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu.
17But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
17Ingawa mlikuwa watumwa wa dhambi zamani, sasa lakini—namshukuru Mungu—mmetii kwa moyo wote yale maazimio na mafundisho mliyopokea.
18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
18Mlikombolewa kutoka utumwa wa dhambi, mkawa watumwa wa uadilifu.
19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
19(Hapa natumia lugha ya kawaida ya watu kwa sababu ya udhaifu wenu wenyewe.) Kama vile wakati fulani mlivyojitolea ninyi wenyewe kutumikia uchafu na uhalifu kwa ajili ya uovu, vivyo hivyo sasa jitoleeni nafsi zenu wenyewe kutumikia uadilifu kwa ajili ya utakatifu.
20For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
20Mlipokuwa watumwa wa dhambi, mlikuwa huru mbali na uadilifu.
21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
21Sasa, mlipata faida gani siku zile kutokana na mambo yale ambayo mnayaonea aibu sasa? Maana, matokeo ya mambo haya ni kifo!
22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
22Lakini sasa, mmekwisha kombolewa kutoka utumwa wa dhambi na mmekuwa watumishi wa Mungu; faida mliyo nayo sasa ni utakatifu, na matokeo yake ni uzima wa milele.
23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
23Kwa maana mshahara wa dhambi ni kifo; lakini zawadi anayotoa Mungu ni uzima wa milele katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu, Bwana wetu.
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