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