Service That Pleases God
1 Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord's followers should.
2 Be sure to welcome strangers into your home. By doing this, some people have welcomed angels as guests, without even knowing it.
3 Remember the Lord's people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine you are there with them.
4 Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner, because God will punish anyone who is immoral or unfaithful in marriage.
5 Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us. 6 This should make you feel like saying,
“The Lord helps me!
Why should I be afraid
of what people
can do to me?”
7 Don't forget about your leaders who taught you God's message. Remember what kind of lives they lived and try to have faith like theirs.
8 Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's gift of undeserved grace than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them. 10 But we have an altar where even the priests who serve in the place of worship have no right to eat.
11 After the high priest offers the blood of animals as a sin offering, the bodies of those animals are burned outside the camp. 12 Jesus himself suffered outside the city gate, so his blood would make people holy. 13 This is why we should go outside the camp to Jesus and share in his disgrace. 14 On this earth we don't have a city that lasts forever, but we are waiting for such a city.
15 Our sacrifice is to keep offering praise to God in the name of Jesus. 16 But don't forget to help others and to share your possessions with them. This too is like offering a sacrifice that pleases God.
17 Obey your leaders and do what they say. They are watching over you, and they must answer to God. So don't make them sad as they do their work. Make them happy. Otherwise, they won't be able to help you at all.
18 Pray for us. Our consciences are clear, and we always try to live right. 19 I especially want you to pray that I can visit you again soon.
Final Prayers and Greetings
20 God gives peace, and he raised our Lord Jesus Christ from death. Now Jesus is like a Great Shepherd whose blood was used to make God's eternal agreement with his flock. 21 I pray God will make you ready to obey him and that you will always be eager to do right. May Jesus help you do what pleases God. To Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever! Amen.
22 My friends, I have written only a short letter to encourage you, and I beg you to pay close attention to what I have said.
23 By now you surely must know that our friend Timothy is out of jail. If he gets here in time, I will bring him with me when I come to visit you.
24 Please give my greetings to your leaders and to the rest of the Lord's people.
His followers from Italy send you their greetings.
25 I pray that God will be kind to all of you!
Yaamari labaŋolu
1 Ali tenteŋ ka ñoo kanu, ko ali la baadiŋyaa hakoo be ñaameŋ. 2 Ali kana ñina ka luntaŋolu jiyaa. Moo doolu sotota le nuŋ, mennu ka luntaŋolu jiyaa, aduŋ ì ye malaayikoolu jiyaa wo kono le, ì maŋ bo a kalama.
3 Ali i miira moolu la, mennu be bunjawoo kono ko niŋ ali niŋ ì be ñoo kaŋ jee le. Aduŋ ali si i miira moolu la, mennu be toora kuwolu kono ko niŋ ali niŋ ì be wo toora kiliŋo le kono.
4 Futuwo si buuñaa alitolu bee kono, aduŋ futuu laaraŋo si seneyaa futuuñoomaalu teema. Alla le be laañooyaa tulunnaalu niŋ jeenelaalu kiitindi la. 5 Ali si fata kodilandiyaa la ali la baluwo kono, ali ye wasa feŋo to, ali ye meŋ soto. Kaatu Alla la kumoo be safeeriŋ ne ko:
“N nene te bo la i koto,
sako n si i bula i faŋ ye.”
6 Wo kamma la, ǹ si ñiŋ fo noo dankeneyaa kono le ko:
“Maariyo le mu n na maakoyirilaa ti,
n te sila la.
Hadamadiŋolu si muŋ ne ke noo m ma?”
7 Ali hakiloo si bula ali la ñaatonkoolu la, mennu ye Alla la kumoo fo ali ye nuŋ. Ali i miira ì la baluwo la, aniŋ ì ye kuu betoolu mennu saabu. Ali ì la lannoo kuwo nikiŋ. 8 Yeesu Kiristu* mu kiliŋ ne ti kunuŋ, bii, aniŋ fo abadaa.
9 Ali kana soŋ karandiri kuta siifaa bee la, kaatu ì jamaa ka ali filindi le. A beteyaata le, ǹ sondomoolu ye bambandi niŋ Alla la hiinoo la, a kana ke yaamaroolu ti domori kuwolu to. Wolu buka nafaa soto moolu ye, mennu ka ì nooma. 10 Ŋà sadaabodulaa* le soto, moolu mennu ka dookuwo ke tiriliisoo* kono, ì maŋ siloo soto ka domoroo ke jee. 11 Kaatu wo beeyaŋolu, piriisi* kuntii baa ka mennu yeloo samba Dulaa Senuŋ Baa* kono junube kafarilaŋo ti, ì ka wolu fintindi daakaa banta le ka ì jani jee. 12 Wo kamma la, Yeesu fanaa toorata saatewo banta le, ka moolu seneyandi ka bo niŋ a faŋo yeloo la. 13 Wo to, ali ŋà taa a kaŋ daakaa banta, ŋà a la malu kuwo muña. 14 M̀ maŋ saatewo soto jaŋ, meŋ be tu la fo abadaa, bari ǹ ñaa be looriŋ saatewo le kaŋ, meŋ be naa la.
15 Wo to, ali ŋà tu jayiroo dii la Alla la, ka bo niŋ Yeesu la. Ñiŋ jayiroo le mu ǹ na sadaa* ti, meŋ ka a seedeyaa ko, ate le mu Maariyo ti. 16 Ali kana ñina kuu bete kewo la. Ali si diiroo ke moolu la, mennu be suuloo kono, kaatu wo le mu sadaa ti, Alla seewoota meŋ na.
17 Ali soŋ ali la ñaatonkoolu ma, ali ye ì la yaamaroolu muta. Ì be ali niyolu le kanta kaŋ badaa-badaa baluwo ye, aduŋ ì ñanta ì faŋolu kontibo la le Alla ñaatiliŋo la. Ali siloo dii ì la ka wo dookuwo ke seewoo kono, ali kana ì sunundi, kaatu wo te ali nafaa la.
18 Ali duwaa ntolu ye! Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, m̀ be hameriŋ ne ka baluu, buuñaa kono kuwolu bee to, aduŋ saayiŋ, ǹ sondomoolu maŋ ǹ tuumi feŋ na. 19 M be ali daani la kendeke le ka duwaa n ye, fo n si muru noo naŋ ali kaŋ tariyaake.
20 Alla meŋ ka kayiroo dii, ŋa a daani ali ye le. Ate le ye m̀ Maarii Yeesu wulindi ka bo saayaa kono ka baluu kotenke. Ñiŋ Yeesu naata ke Kantarilaa Baa le ti ntolu ye, a la saajiyolu, ka bo niŋ a faŋo yeloo la, meŋ mu yeloo ti a la badaa-badaa kambeŋo ye.
21 Allamaa Alla ye ali parendi niŋ a la soorifeŋ betoolu la, fo ali si a la lafoo ke. A ye ali ke moolu ti, mennu la kuwo si a seewondi. A si a ke ka bo niŋ Yeesu Kiristu la, tenturoo niŋ jayiroo be meŋ ye fo abadaa. Amiin.
Kontondiri labaŋolu
22 Baadiŋolu*, ŋa ali daani ka soŋ ñiŋ yaamaroolu la muñoo kono, baawo ŋa ñiŋ kuma dantaŋo doroŋ ne safee ali ye.
23 Ali si a loŋ ko, ì ye m̀ baadiŋ Timoti fintindi bunjawoo kono le. Niŋ a futata juuna, nte niŋ ate be naa la ñoo la le, ka ali kumpabo.
24 Ali ali la ñaatonkoolu kontoŋ n ye, aniŋ Alla la moo senuŋolu bee. Baadiŋolu bee mennu bota Italiya tundoo kaŋ, ì be ali kontoŋ na.
25 Alla la hiinoo ye tara ali bee fee.
