What It Means To Be Acceptable to God
1 By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ, we have peace with God. 2 Christ has also introduced us to God's gift of undeserved grace on which we now take our stand. So we are happy, as we look forward to sharing in the glory of God. 3 But that's not all! We gladly suffer, because we know that suffering helps us to endure. 4 And endurance builds character, which gives us a hope 5 that will never disappoint us. All of this happens because God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love.
6 Christ died for us at a time when we were helpless and sinful. 7 No one is really willing to die for an honest person, though someone might be willing to die for a truly good person. 8 But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.
9 But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger. 10 Even when we were God's enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by the life of his Son. 11 And in addition to everything else, we are happy because God sent our Lord Jesus Christ to make peace with us.
Adam and Christ
12 Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die. 13 Sin was in the world before the Law came. But no record of sin was kept, because there was no Law. 14 Yet death still had power over all who lived from the time of Adam to the time of Moses. This happened, though not everyone disobeyed a direct command from God, as Adam did.
In some ways Adam is like Christ who came later. 15 But the gift of God's undeserved grace was very different from Adam's sin. That one sin brought death to many others. Yet in an even greater way, Jesus Christ alone brought God's gift of undeserved grace to many people.
16 There is a lot of difference between Adam's sin and God's gift. That one sin led to punishment. But God's gift made it possible for us to be acceptable to him, even though we have sinned many times. 17 Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has treated us with undeserved grace, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.
18 Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life. 19 Adam disobeyed God and caused many others to be sinners. But Jesus obeyed him and will make many people acceptable to God.
20 The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God's gift of undeserved grace was even more powerful. 21 Sin ruled by means of death. But God's gift of grace now rules, and God has accepted us because of Jesus Christ our Lord. This means that we will have eternal life.
Ka bo niŋ lannoo le la, ǹ niŋ Alla diyaata
1 Baawo ǹ naata tiliŋ ka bo niŋ lannoo le la, kayiroo naata ǹ niŋ Alla teema ka bo niŋ m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu* le la. 2 Ka bo niŋ ate le la, ŋà siloo soto ka naa Alla la hiinoo to, m̀ be meŋ kono saayiŋ. M̀ be seewooriŋ ne, kaatu ŋà jikoo soto le ko, ntolu fanaa be Alla la kallankeeyaa* soto la le. 3 Aduŋ a maŋ ke wo doroŋ ti, bari m̀ be seewooriŋ hani ǹ na tooroolu la, kaatu ŋà a loŋ ne ko tooroo le ka wakiiloo saabu, 4 wakiiloo le ka daajika betoo saabu, aduŋ daajika betoo le ka jikoo saabu. 5 Jikoo buka bo ǹ koto, kaatu Alla le ye ǹ sondomoolu fandi niŋ a la kanoo la ka bo niŋ Noora Kuliŋo la, a ye meŋ dii ǹ na.
6 Ǹ tarata sembentaŋyaariŋ waatoo meŋ na, Kiristu naata faa ntolu kuu kuruŋ kelaalu ye, a waatoo la. 7 A maŋ ke kuu feemaa ti moo ye ka faa hani moo tilindiŋo ye. Bari tumandoo, moo doo si paree noo le ka faa moo betoo ye. 8 Bari Alla ye a yitandi le, a ye ǹ kanu ñaameŋ: M̀ mu junubelaalu ti tumoo meŋ na, Kiristu faata ǹ ye.
9 Baawo ŋà tiliŋo soto ka bo niŋ a yeloo le la, ŋà a loŋ koyirinke le ko, a be ǹ tanka la Alla la kamfaa ma le. 10 M̀ mu Alla jawoolu ti tumoo meŋ na, a Dinkewo la saayaa ye ǹ niŋ a diyandi. Baawo saayiŋ, ǹ niŋ a diyaata le, fo ǹ te kiisa timmariŋo soto la baŋ ka bo niŋ Yeesu la baluwo la? 11 Aduŋ a maŋ daŋ wo doroŋ na, bari m̀ be seewooriŋ Alla la kafuñooyaa la le ka bo niŋ m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu la, kaatu a ye ntolu niŋ Alla diyandi le.
Saayaa naata Adama le la, baluwo naata Kiristu la
12 Junuboo naata duniyaa kono ka bo niŋ moo kiliŋ ne la, aduŋ junuboo le ye saayaa saabu, meŋ naata hadamadiŋolu bee kaŋ, kaatu ì bee le ye junuboo ke. 13 Wo to, junuboo tarata duniyaa kono le, janniŋ moolu ka Luwaa soto nuŋ. Bari luwaa maŋ tara daameŋ, moo buka tuumi luwaa tiñaa la wo to. 14 Bari hani wo, saayaa le ye moolu mara ka bo Adama la waatoo la ka naa fo Musa la waatoo. Saayaa ye hani moolu le mara, mennu la junuboo maŋ ke ko Adama la junuboo. Moo doo le ñanta ka naa, Adama keta meŋ taamanseeroo ti.
15 Bari hadamadiŋo la junuboo niŋ Alla la sooroo, wolu te tembeŋ noo la. Tooñaa, moo jamaa la saayaa sunta ka bo niŋ moo kiliŋ ne la junuboo la. Wo ñaa kiliŋo la Alla hiinantewo la sooroo naata moo jamaa le ye ka bo niŋ moo kiliŋ ne la, meŋ mu Yeesu Kiristu ti. 16 Bari kuwolu, wo moo kiliŋo la junuboo niŋ ñiŋ soorifeŋo ye mennu saabu, wolu maŋ ke kiliŋ ti. Moo kiliŋ ne la junuboo ye halakoo naati, bari saayiŋ, junuboo la siyaa kaŋ, Alla la ñiŋ soorifeŋo ka moolu tilindi Alla ñaatiliŋo la. 17 Moo kiliŋ ne la junuboo ye a tinna, saayaa ye moolu mara. Bari ka bo niŋ Yeesu Kiristu la meŋ na kuwo warata ka tambi wo la, wo moolu mennu ye Alla la hiina baa aniŋ tiliŋo soorifeŋo soto, be baluu la le aduŋ ì be maraloo ke la.
18 Moo kiliŋ ne la junuboo ye a tinna, halakoo naata moolu bee kaŋ. Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, moo kiliŋ na kebaara tilindiŋo le ye a tinna, moolu bee ye tiliŋo soto ka baluu. 19 Baawo moo kiliŋ ne la yaamari mutabaliyaa ye a tinna, moo jamaa keta junubelaa ti, wo ñaa kiliŋo le la moo kiliŋ doo la yaamarimutoo kaŋ, moo jamaa be tiliŋo soto la.
20 Luwaa naata duniyaa kono le ka junuboo la jawuyaa yitandi. Bari junuboo ka siyaa ñaameŋ, Alla la hiinoo ka kafu wo le ñaama ka tambi a la. 21 Ko junuboo ye maraloo ke ñaameŋ ka saayaa saabu, wo ñaa kiliŋo la hiinoo le ye maraloo ke ka badaa-badaa baluwo saabu tilindiroo kamma la, meŋ naata ka bo niŋ m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu la.
