Warumi 3
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Berean Standard Bible
1Basi, Myahudi ana nini zaidi kuliko watu wengine? Au kutahiriwa kuna faida gani?
1What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
2Naam, iko faida kwa kila upande. Kwanza, Mungu aliwakabidhi Wayahudi ujumbe wake.
2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
3Lakini itakuwaje iwapo baadhi yao hawakuwa waaminifu? Je, jambo hilo litaondoa uaminifu wa Mungu?
3What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
4Hata kidogo! Mungu hubaki mwaminifu daima, ingawaje kila binadamu ni mwongo. Kama Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: “Kila usemapo, maneno yako ni ya haki; na katika hukumu, wewe hushinda.”
4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
5Lakini, ikiwa uovu wetu unathibitisha kwamba Mungu anatenda kwa haki, tutasema nini? Je, tutasema kwamba anakosa haki akituadhibu? (Hapa naongea kibinadamu).
5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
6Hata kidogo! Ingekuwa hivyo, Mungu angewezaje kuuhukumu ulimwengu?
6Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
7Labda utasema: “Ikiwa ukosefu wa uaminifu kwa upande wangu unamdhihirisha Mungu kuwa mwaminifu zaidi na hivyo kumpatia utukufu, basi singepaswa kuhukumiwa kuwa mwenye dhambi!”
7However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
8Ni sawa na kusema: tufanye maovu ili tupate mema! Ndivyo wengine walivyotukashifu kwa kutushtaki kwamba tumefundisha hivyo. Watahukumiwa wanavyostahili!
8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
9Tuseme nini, basi? Je, sisi Wayahudi ni bora zaidi kuliko wengine? Hata kidogo! Kwa maana nimekwisha bainisha hapo mwanzoni kwamba Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa mengine wote wako chini ya utawala wa dhambi.
9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
10Kama Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: “Hakuna hata mmoja aliye mwadilifu!
10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
11Hakuna mtu anayeelewa, wala anayemtafuta Mungu.
11There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
12Wote wamepotoka wote wamekosa; hakuna atendaye mema, hakuna hata mmoja.
12All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
13Makoo yao ni kama kaburi wazi, ndimi zao zimejaa udanganyifu, midomoni mwao mwatoka maneno yenye sumu kama ya nyoka.
13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
14Vinywa vyao vimejaa laana chungu.
14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15Miguu yao iko mbioni kumwaga damu,
15“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16popote waendapo husababisha maafa na mateso;
16ruin and misery lie in their wake,
17njia ya amani hawaijui.
17and the way of peace they have not known.”
18Hawajali kabisa kumcha Mungu.”
18“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19Tunajua kwamba Sheria huwahusu walio chini ya Sheria hiyo, hata hawawezi kuwa na kisingizio chochote, na ulimwengu wote uko chini ya hukumu ya Mungu.
19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
20Maana hakuna binadamu yeyote anayekubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu mbele yake Mungu kwa kuishika Sheria; kazi ya Sheria ni kumwonyesha tu mtu kwamba ametenda dhambi.
20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
21Lakini sasa, njia ya Mungu ya kuwakubali watu kuwa waadilifu imekwisha dhihirishwa, tena bila kutegemea Sheria. Sheria na manabii hushuhudia jambo hili.
21But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
22Mungu huwakubali watu kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya imani yao kwa Yesu Kristo; Mungu hufanya hivyo kwa wote wanaoamini; hakuna ubaguzi wowote.
22And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
23Watu wote wametenda dhambi na wametindikiwa utukufu wa Mungu.
23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24Lakini kwa zawadi ya neema ya Mungu, watu wote hukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo anayewakomboa.
24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
25Mungu alimtoa Yesu kusudi, kwa damu yake, awe njia ya kuwaondolea watu dhambi zao kwa imani yao kwake. Alifanya hivyo ili apate kuonyesha kwamba yeye ni mwadilifu. Hapo zamani Mungu alikuwa mvumilivu bila kuzijali dhambi za watu;
25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
26lakini sasa, wakati huu, anazikabili dhambi za watu apate kuonyesha uadilifu wake. Kwa namna hiyo Mungu mwenyewe huonyesha kwamba yeye ni mwadilifu na kwamba humkubali kuwa mwadilifu mtu yeyote anayemwamini Yesu.
26He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
27Basi, tunaweza kujivunia nini? Hakuna! Kwa nini? Je, kwa sababu ya kutimiza Sheria? La! Bali kwa sababu tunaamini.
27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
28Maana mtu hukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa imani, wala si kwa kutimiza matakwa ya Sheria.
28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
29Au je, Mungu nu Mungu wa Wayahudi tu, ama pia wa watu wa mataifa mengine? Naam, wa mataifa mengine pia.
29Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
30Mungu ni mmoja, naye atawakubali Wayahudi kuwa waadilifu kwa imani yao, na watu wa mataifa mengine pia kwa imani yao.
30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
31Je, tunaitumia imani kuibatilisha Sheria? Hata kidogo; bali tunaipa Sheria thamani yake kamili.
31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
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