Peace with God
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Basi tukiisha kuhesabiwa haki itokayo katika imani, na mwe na amani kwa Mungu, kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo,
2 by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
ambaye kwa yeye tumepata kwa njia ya imani kuifikia neema hii ambayo mnasimama ndani yake; na kufurahi katika tumaini la utukufu wa Mungu.
3 And not only so , but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Wala si hivyo tu, ila na mfurahi katika dhiki pia; mkijua ya kuwa dhiki, kazi yake ni kuleta saburi;
4 and patience, experience; and experience, hope:
na kazi ya saburi ni uthabiti wa moyo; na kazi ya uthabiti wa moyo ni tumaini;
5 and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
na tumaini halitahayarishi; kwa maana pendo la Mungu limekwisha kumiminwa katika mioyo yetu na Roho Mtakatifu tuliyepewa sisi.
6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Kwa maana hapo tulipokuwa hatuna nguvu, wakati ulipotimia, Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya waovu.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Kwa kuwa ni shida mtu kufa kwa ajili ya mtu mwenye haki; lakini yawezekana mtu kuthubutu kufa kwa ajili ya mtu aliye mwema.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Bali Mungu aonyesha pendo lake yeye mwenyewe kwetu sisi, kwa kuwa Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yetu, tulipokuwa tungali wenye dhambi.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Basi zaidi sana tukiisha kuhesabiwa haki katika damu yake, tutaokolewa na ghadhabu kwa yeye.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Kwa maana ikiwa tulipokuwa adui tulipatanishwa na Mungu kwa mauti ya Mwana wake; zaidi sana baada ya kupatanishwa tutaokolewa katika uzima wake.
11 And not only so , but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Wala si hivyo tu, ila pia twajifurahisha katika Mungu kwa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, ambaye kwa yeye sasa tumeupokea huo upatanisho.
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Kwa hiyo, kama kwa mtu mmoja dhambi iliingia ulimwenguni, na kwa dhambi hiyo mauti; na hivyo mauti ikawafikia watu wote kwa sababu wote wamefanya dhambi;
13 (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
maana kabla ya sheria dhambi ilikuwamo ulimwenguni, lakini dhambi haihesabiwi isipokuwapo sheria;
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
walakini mauti ilitawala tangu Adamu mpaka Musa, nayo iliwatawala hata wao wasiofanya dhambi ifananayo na kosa la Adamu, aliye mfano wake yeye atakayekuja.
15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Lakini karama ile haikuwa kama lile kosa; kwa maana ikiwa kwa kukosa kwake yule mmoja wengi walikufa, zaidi sana neema ya Mungu, na kipawa kilicho katika neema yake mwanadamu mmoja Yesu Kristo kimezidi kwa ajili ya wale wengi.
16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Wala kadiri ya yule mtu mmoja aliyefanya dhambi si kadiri ya kile kipawa; kwa maana hukumu ilikuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja ikaleta adhabu; bali karama ya neema ilikuja kwa ajili ya makosa mengi, ikaleta kuhesabiwa haki.
17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
Kwa maana ikiwa kwa kukosa mtu mmoja mauti ilitawala kwa sababu ya yule mmoja, zaidi sana wao wapokeao wingi wa neema, na kile kipawa cha haki, watatawala katika uzima kwa yule mmoja, Yesu Kristo.
18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Basi tena, kama kwa kosa moja watu wote walihukumiwa adhabu, kadhalika kwa tendo moja la haki watu wote walihesabiwa haki yenye uzima.
19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Kwa sababu kama kwa kuasi kwake mtu mmoja watu wengi waliingizwa katika hali ya wenye dhambi, kadhalika kwa kutii kwake mmoja watu wengi wameingizwa katika hali ya wenye haki.
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Lakini sheria iliingia ili kosa lile liwe kubwa sana; na dhambi ilipozidi, neema ilikuwa nyingi zaidi;
21 that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
ili kwamba, kama vile dhambi ilivyotawala katika mauti, vivyo hivyo kwa njia ya haki neema itawale hata uzima wa milele kwa Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu.
