Commends the New Life
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Katika ungwana huo Kristo alituandika huru; kwa hiyo simameni, wala msinaswe tena chini ya kongwa la utumwa.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Tazama, mimi Paulo nawaambia ninyi ya kwamba, mkitahiriwa, Kristo hatawafaidia neno.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Tena namshuhudia kila mtu atahiriwaye, kwamba ni wajibu wake kuitimiza torati yote.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Mmetengwa na Kristo, ninyi mtakao kuhesabiwa haki kwa sheria; mmeanguka na kutoka katika hali ya neema.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Maana sisi kwa Roho tunalitazamia tumaini la haki kwa njia ya imani.
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Maana katika Kristo Yesu kutahiriwa hakufai neno, wala kutokutahiriwa, bali imani itendayo kazi kwa upendo.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Mlikuwa mkipiga mbio vizuri; ni nani aliyewazuia msiitii kweli?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
Kushawishi huku hakukutoka kwake yeye anayewaita ninyi.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Chachu kidogo huchachua donge zima.
10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Nina matumaini kwenu katika Bwana, ya kwamba hamtakuwa na nia ya namna nyingine. Lakini yeye anayewafadhaisha atachukua hukumu yake, awaye yote.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Nami, ndugu zangu ikiwa ninahubiri habari ya kutahiriwa, kwa nini ningali ninaudhiwa? Hapo kwazo la msalaba limebatilika!
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
Laiti hao wanaowatia mashaka wangejikata nafsi zao!
13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Maana ninyi, ndugu, mliitwa mpate uhuru; lakini uhuru wenu usiwe sababu ya kuufuata mwili, bali tumikianeni kwa upendo.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Maana torati yote imetimilika katika neno moja, nalo ni hili, Umpende jirani yako kama nafsi yako.
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Lakini mkiumana na kulana, angalieni msije mkaangamizana.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Basi nasema, Enendeni kwa Roho, wala hamtazitimiza kamwe tamaa za mwili.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Kwa sababu mwili hutamani ukishindana na Roho, na Roho kushindana na mwili; kwa maana hizi zimepingana, hata hamwezi kufanya mnayotaka.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Lakini mkiongozwa na Roho, hampo chini ya sheria.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Basi matendo ya mwili ni dhahiri, ndiyo haya, uasherati, uchafu, ufisadi,
20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
ibada ya sanamu, uchawi, uadui, ugomvi, wivu, hasira, fitina, faraka, uzushi,
21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
husuda, ulevi, ulafi, na mambo yanayofanana na hayo, katika hayo nawaambia mapema, kama nilivyokwisha kuwaambia, ya kwamba watu watendao mambo ya jinsi hiyo hawataurithi ufalme wa Mungu.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Lakini tunda la Roho ni upendo, furaha, amani, uvumilivu, utu wema, fadhili, uaminifu,
23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
upole, kiasi; juu ya mambo kama hayo hakuna sheria.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Na hao walio wa Kristo Yesu wameusulibisha mwili pamoja na mawazo yake mabaya na tamaa zake.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Tukiishi kwa Roho, na tuenende kwa Roho.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Tusijisifu bure, tukichokozana na kuhusudiana.
