Christ Brings New Life
1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God. 2 Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.
3 I realize God has treated me with undeserved grace, and so I tell each of you not to think you are better than you really are. Use good sense and measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you. 4 A body is made up of many parts, and each of them has its own use. 5 That's how it is with us. There are many of us, but we each are part of the body of Christ, as well as part of one another.
6 God has also given each of us different gifts to use. If we can prophesy, we should do it according to the amount of faith we have. 7 If we can serve others, we should serve. If we can teach, we should teach. 8 If we can encourage others, we should encourage them. If we can give, we should be generous. If we are leaders, we should do our best. If we are good to others, we should do it cheerfully.
Rules for Christian Living
9 Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good. 10 Love each other as brothers and sisters and honor others more than you do yourself. 11 Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord. 12 Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying. 13 Take care of God's needy people and welcome strangers into your home.
14 Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them. 15 When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad. 16 Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you know more than others. Make friends with ordinary people. 17 Don't mistreat someone who has mistreated you. But try to earn the respect of others, 18 and do your best to live at peace with everyone.
19 Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says,
“I am the one to take revenge
and pay them back.”
20 The Scriptures also say,
“If your enemies are hungry,
give them something to eat.
And if they are thirsty,
give them something
to drink.
This will be the same
as piling burning coals
on their heads.”
21 Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.
Baluwo meŋ ka Alla seewondi
1 Wo to baadiŋolu*, Alla la balafaa kamma la, ŋa ali yaamari, fo ali si ali baloolu dii Alla la ko sadaa* baluuriŋolu, mennu seneyaata, aniŋ mennu ka Alla seewondi. Ñiŋ ne mu baturi tooñaa ti. 2 Ali kana ali faŋolu tembendi ñiŋ duniyaa kuwolu fee, bari ali si yelema ka bo niŋ hakili kutayandiroo la. Wo to le ali be Alla la lafoo loŋ na kuwolu to, mennu beteyaata, ì timmata, aniŋ ì ka a seewondi.
3 Alla ye hiinoo meŋ yita nte la, wo hiinoo le ye a tinna m be ali bee daani kaŋ: Ali kana ali faŋolu la kuwo landatambindi, bari ali si ali faŋolu kaañaŋ, meŋ-wo-meŋ ko ali la lannoo be ñaameŋ, Alla ye meŋ dii ali la. 4 Kaatu ntolu meŋ-wo-meŋ baloo ye suufu jamaa le soto, bari ì la dookuwolu maŋ kiliŋ. 5 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, ǹ siyaata le, bari m̀ mu balajaata kiliŋ ne ti Kiristu* kono, aduŋ ntolu kiliŋ-kiliŋ naa mu suufoo le ti ñoo ye.
6 Wo kamma la soorifeŋolu, ŋà mennu soto, ì maŋ ke kiliŋ ti, bari ì be dendiŋ Alla la hiinoo le la. Ǹ si ì dookundi a ñaama: Niŋ i la soorifeŋo mu ka Alla la kiilaariyaa kumoo fo, a fo ko i la lannoo be ñaameŋ. 7 Niŋ maakoyiroo le mu, maakoyiroo ke, niŋ karandiroo le mu, karandiroo ke, 8 niŋ wakiilindiroo le mu, i mooñoolu wakiilindi. Meŋ na soorifeŋo mu diiroo le ti, a si a ke a sondomoo bee la, meŋ na soorifeŋo mu ñaatonkayaa ti, a si a ke soobeeyaa kono, meŋ na soorifeŋo mu ka balafaa yitandi, a si a ke niŋ seewoo la.
9 Ali la kanoo si ke tooñaa ti. Ali kuu jawoo koŋ, ali ye kuu betoo muta kendeke. 10 Ali ñoo kanu beteke ko baadimmaalu Kiristu kono. I mooñoo horoma ka tambi a la i horomoo la. 11 Ali kana dasa ali la hame baa la, bari ali fatiyaa Nooroo kono ka Maariyo batu. 12 Ali seewoo ali la jikoo kono, ali si muña tooroo kono, aduŋ ali si saayi duwaa la. 13 Ali Alla la moo senuŋolu maakoyi, niŋ ì be suuloo kono, aduŋ ali si paree ka luntaŋolu jiyaa.
14 Ali neemoo duwaa moolu ye, mennu ka ali toorandi. Duwaa ì ye, bari kana ì danka. 15 Ali seewoo moolu fee, mennu be seewooriŋ. Ali kumboo moolu fee, mennu be kumboo kaŋ. 16 Ali ke ŋaniya kiliŋ ti ñoo ye. Ali kana faŋ waroo soto, bari ali niŋ moolu si kafuñooyaa mennu maŋ ì faŋ siyaa moo ti. Ali kana a miira ko, alitolu le ñaamenta.
17 Niŋ moo ye kuu jawoo ke ali la, ali kana a joo kuu jawoo la, bari ali a kata ka kuu betoolu ke moolu bee ñaatiliŋo la. 18 Niŋ a si ke noo ali la karoo la, ali niŋ moolu bee si tara kayiroo kono. 19 N kanuntewolu, ali kana ì joo ali faŋ ye, bari wo noo to, ali Alla seyi jee, kaatu a be safeeriŋ ne ko:
“Maariyo ko, ‘Julujoo mu nte le taa ti,
m be n joo la le.’ ”
20 Ali kana wo ke, bari wo noo to:
“Niŋ konkoo be i jawoo la, domoroo dii a la,
niŋ mindoo ye a muta, jiyo dii a la.
Niŋ i ka ñinnu ke, a be muluŋ na le ko,
i ka dimbaa keñemboo le juruma a kuŋo kaŋ.”
21 Kana soŋ, kuu jawoo ye i noo, bari i si kuu jawoo noo kuu betoo la.
