Galatians 5
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.
1Kristo alitupa uhuru akataka tubaki huru. Basi, simameni imara wala msikubali tena kuwa chini ya nira ya utumwa.
2Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
2Sikilizeni! Ni mimi Paulo ninayesema nanyi! Kama mkikubali kutahiriwa, Kristo hatawafaidia chochote.
3And I testify again to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to the whole law.
3Nasema tena wazi: kila anayekubali kutahiriwa itambidi kuishika Sheria yote.
4You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace.
4Kama mnatazamia kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya Sheria, basi, mmejitenga mbali na Kristo; mko nje ya neema ya Mungu.
5For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice.
5Kwa upande wetu, lakini, sisi tunatumaini kwamba kwa nguvu ya Roho tunakubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya imani.
6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by charity.
6Maana ikiwa tumeungana na Kristo Yesu, kutahiriwa au kutotahiriwa hakuna maana; cha maana ni imani ifanyayo kazi kwa mapendo.
7You did run well, who hath hindered you, that you should not obey the truth?
7Mwenendo wenu ulikuwa mzuri! Nani, basi aliyewazuia kuuzingatia ukweli?
8This persuasion is not from him that calleth you.
8Aliyesababisha hali hiyo si Mungu ambaye amewaiteni.
9A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.
9“chachu kidogo tu huchachusha donge lote la unga!”
10I have confidence in you in the Lord: that you will not be of another mind: but he that troubleth you, shall bear the judgment, whosoever he be.
10Kutokana na kuungana kwetu na Bwana, nina tumaini kubwa kwamba ninyi hamtakuwa na msimamo tofauti nami. Tena yeyote huyo anayewavurugeni—awe nani au nani—hakika ataadhibiwa.
11And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the scandal of the cross made void.
11Na kwa upande wangu, ndugu zangu, kama bado ninahubiri kwamba kutahiriwa ni lazima, kwa nini basi, bado ninadhulumiwa? Kama ingalikuwa hivyo, mahubiri yangu juu ya msalaba wa Kristo yasingalileta aibu yoyote.
12I would they were even cut off, who trouble you.
12Laiti hao wanaowavurugeni wangejikatakata wenyewe!
13For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve one another.
13Ninyi, ndugu, mliitwa muwe watu huru. Lakini uhuru huo usiwe kisingizio cha kutawaliwa na tamaa za kidunia; ila mnapaswa kutumikiana kwa upendo.
14For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
14Maana Sheria yote hutimizwa katika kushika amri hii moja: “Mpende jirani yako kama unavyojipenda mwenyewe.”
15But if you bite and devour one another; take heed you be not consumed one of another.
15Lakini ikiwa mtaumana na kutafunana kama wanyama, jihadharini msije mkaangamizana wenyewe kwa wenyewe!
16I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
16Basi, nasema hivi: mwenendo wenu na uongozwe na Roho, nanyi hamtafuata tena tamaa za kidunia.
17For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would.
17Maana, tamaa za kidunia hupingana na matakwa ya Roho; na matakwa ya Roho hupingana na tamaa za kidunia. Mambo hayo mawili hayaafikiani; kwa sababu hiyo hamwezi kufanya yale mnayotaka ninyi wenyewe.
18But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.
18Kama mkiongozwa na Roho, basi, hamko tena chini ya Sheria.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury,
19Basi, matendo ya kidunia yanajulikana: uzinzi, uasherati, ufisadi;
20Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects,
20kuabudu sanamu, uchawi, uadui, ugomvi, wivu, hasira, choyo, mabishano, mafarakano;
21Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
21husuda, ulevi, ulafi na mambo mengine kama hayo. Nawaambieni tena kama nilivyokwisha sema: watu wanaotenda mambo hayo hawatakuwa na nafasi yao katika ufalme wa Mungu.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,
22Lakini matokeo ya kuongozwa na Roho ni mapendo, furaha, amani, uvumilivu, wema, fadhili, uaminifu,
23Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.
23upole na kuwa na kiasi. Hakuna Sheria inayoweza kupinga mambo hayo.
24And they that are Christ’s, have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.
24Wale walio wa Kristo wameisulubisha hali yao ya kidunia pamoja na mawazo yake mabaya na tamaa zake.
25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
25Tukiishi kwa msaada wa Roho, na tuufuate mwongozo wake.
26Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying on another.
26Basi, tusijivune, tusichokozane wala kuoneana wivu.
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