Baluwo meŋ be Alla la Nooroo kono
1 Wo to saayiŋ, halakoo te moolu ye kotenke, mennu be Kiristu* Yeesu kafuñooyaa kono, 2 kaatu Nooroo semboo, meŋ ka baluwo dii ǹ na Yeesu Kiristu kono, wo le ye m̀ firiŋ junuboo niŋ saayaa semboo bulu. 3 Luwaa maŋ meŋ ke noo hadamadiŋyaa la lamfoo kamma la, Alla ye wo le ke: A ye a Dinkewo kii naŋ niŋ hadamadiŋ muluŋo la, junuboo ye mennu mara, ka ke junube kafarilaŋo ti hadamadiŋolu bee ye. Wo siloo la, a ye junuboo la m̀ maroo semboo tiñaa 4 fo Luwaa ye meŋ kaniŋ si timma ǹ kono, mennu buka ǹ na hadamadiŋyaa la hame kuwolu nooma, bari Alla la Nooroo.
5 Moolu mennu ka bula ì fansuŋ hame kuwolu nooma, wolu hakiloo ka tu wo hame kuwolu le kaŋ. Bari mennu ka baluu ka Alla la Nooroo nooma, wolu hakiloo ka tu Nooroo la kuwolu le kaŋ. 6 Ka i hakiloo tu i fansuŋ hame kuwolu kaŋ, wo ka saayaa le saabu, bari ka i hakiloo tu Alla la Nooroo la kuwolu kaŋ, wo ka baluwo niŋ kayiroo le saabu. 7 Kaatu moo meŋ hakiloo ka tu hadamadiŋyaa kuwolu kaŋ, a ka ke Alla jawoo le ti. A buka soŋ Alla la Luwaa ma, aduŋ a buka hani a ke noo. 8 Wo le ye a tinna moolu mennu ka ì fansuŋ hame kuwolu nooma, ì buka Alla seewondi noo.
9 Bari alitolu buka hadamadiŋyaa la hame kuwolu nooma, ali be Nooroo le kono, kaatu Alla la Nooroo be sabatiriŋ alitolu kono le. Moo-wo-moo meŋ maŋ Kiristu la Nooroo soto, wo maarii maŋ ke Kiristu taa ti. 10 Bari niŋ Kiristu be alitolu kono, hani ali balajaatoolu faata junuboo la kuwo kamma, ali niyolu be tara la baluuriŋ ne, kaatu ali tilinta Alla ñaatiliŋo la le. 11 Alla meŋ ye Yeesu wulindi ka bo saayaa kono, ate le ye a la Nooroo dii ka sabati alitolu kono. Wo to ate meŋ ye Kiristu Yeesu wulindi ka bo saayaa kono, a be baluwo dii la ali balajaatoolu la le ka bo niŋ a la Nooroo la, meŋ be ali kono.
12 Wo to m̀ baadiŋolu*, ŋà ñantoolu soto le, bari a maŋ ke ñantoo ti ntolu ye ka baluu ko balajaatoo lafita a la ñaameŋ. 13 Kaatu niŋ ali ka baluu ka wo hame kuwolu nooma, ali be faa la le, bari niŋ ali baluuta ka Alla la Nooroo nooma, Nooroo le ka balajaatoo la hame kuwolu kasaara, aduŋ ali be baluu la le.
14 Kaatu Alla la Nooroo ka moolu mennu bee kenkeŋ, wolu mu Alla diŋolu le ti. 15 Ali ye Nooroo meŋ soto, a maŋ ke joŋyaa nooroo ti ka ali tu silaŋo kono, bari wo mu diŋyaa nooroo le ti, meŋ ka a tinna ǹ ka sari ko, “Abba, m Faamaa!” 16 Alla la Nooroo faŋo le niŋ ǹ na nooroo ka seedeyaa ke ko, ntolu mu Alla diŋolu le ti. 17 Niŋ m̀ mu a diŋolu ti, wo to m̀ mu a keetaalaalu fanaa le ti. M̀ mu Alla keetaalaalu le ti, aniŋ Kiristu keetaañoolu: Niŋ a ye a tara, ǹ toorata a fee, m̀ be tara la a fee le fanaa kallankeeyaa* kono.
Yeesu noomalankoolu la jikoo bataa kono
18 Ŋa a je le ko, m̀ be tooroolu mennu kono saayiŋ, wolu mu kuundiŋ ne ti. Ǹ te wolu niŋ kallankeeyaa misaali noo la, meŋ be lankenema la, aduŋ m̀ be naa a soto la le. 19 Daaroo bee be hameriŋ ka wo waatoo le je, Alla diŋolu be lankenema la waatoo meŋ na, 20 kaatu daaroo dunta nafantaŋyaa le kono. Wo maŋ ke a faŋo la lafoo ti, bari Alla le la lafoo mu, meŋ ye a dundi jee. Bari daaroo la jikoo mu ñiŋ ne ti ko, 21 a be bondi la ñiŋ nafantaŋyaa kono le, aduŋ a be wo firiŋo niŋ kallankeeyaa soto la le, meŋ mu Alla diŋolu fanaa taa ti.
22 Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, daaroo bee be ŋuntaŋ kaŋ waatoo ñiŋ na le ko tiŋo be musoo meŋ na. 23 Aduŋ a maŋ ke daaroo doroŋ ti, bari ntolu faŋolu fanaa, mennu naata Nooroo soto Alla la soorifeŋ foloo ti, ǹ ka ŋuntaŋ ǹ sondomoo kono le, kaatu m̀ be waatoo batu kaŋ ne, ka ke Alla diŋolu ti, aniŋ ka balajaata kutoo soto. 24 Ñiŋ jikoo kaŋ, ǹ kiisata. Bari ka jikoo soto kuwo to, ŋà meŋ je, wo maŋ ke jikoo ti muumeeke. Jumaa le jikita kuwo la, a ye meŋ je fokabaŋ? 25 Bari niŋ ǹ jikita kuwo la, m̀ maŋ meŋ je foloo, ǹ ka baturoo ke muñoo kono le.
26 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, Nooroo ka m̀ maakoyi le ǹ na lamfoo kamma la, kaatu m̀ maŋ a loŋ, ǹ ñanta duwaa la ñaameŋ. Bari Nooroo faŋo le ka ǹ deemaa ka duwaa ke niŋ ŋuntaŋolu la, m̀ buka mennu fo noo niŋ kumoolu la. 27 Alla meŋ ka moolu sondomoolu kisikisi, a ka a loŋ ne, Nooroo ka meŋ yitandi, kaatu Nooroo le ka loo moo senuŋolu ye ko Alla lafita a la ñaameŋ.
28 Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, Alla ka kuwolu bee beteyandi moolu le ye, mennu ye a kanu, aniŋ a ye mennu kumandi a la natoo kamma. 29 Kaatu a ye mennu la kuwo loŋ nuŋ, a ye wolu le tomboŋ fanaa fo ì muluŋo si ke ko a Dinkewo. Wo to le a Dinkewo si naa ke dinkee foloo ti baadiŋ jamaa kono. 30 Aduŋ a ye mennu tomboŋ, a ye wolu le fanaa kumandi, aduŋ a ye mennu kumandi, a ye wolu le fanaa tilindi, aduŋ a ye mennu tilindi, a ye a la kallankeeyaa fanaa dii wolu le la.
Feŋ te m̀ bondi noo la Kiristu la kanoo kono
31 Saayiŋ, ǹ si muŋ ne fo ñiŋ kuwo to? Niŋ Alla be ntolu fee, jumaa le be balaŋ noo la ntolu ma? 32 Alla meŋ maŋ hani a faŋo Dinkewo kaari, bari a ye a dii ntolu bee la kuwo kamma, fo a te paree la ka a niŋ feŋolu bee fanaa dii ntolu la? 33 Jumaa le si Alla la tomboŋ moolu tuumi noo? Alla le faŋo ka moolu tilindi. 34 Wo to jumaa le be ì halaki noo la? Kiristu Yeesu meŋ ye wo kaŋo soto, fo ate le maŋ faa ǹ ye baŋ? Tooñaa, a faata ǹ ye le, a wulindita ka bo saayaa kono, aduŋ a be Alla bulubaa karoo la le ka a daani ǹ na kuwolu la.
35 Jumaa le si m̀ bondi noo Kiristu la kanoo kono? Fo koleyaa kuu baa le mu, waraŋ niikuyaa, fo tooroo waraŋ konkoo, fentaŋyaa, maasiiboo waraŋ hawusaroo*? 36 Ǹ na kuwo be le ko a be safeeriŋ ñaameŋ:
“Ite la kuwo le ye a tinna ì ka tu m̀ faa la,
ì ka ǹ ke ko saajiyolu mennu ñanta kanateyi la.”
37 Bari ñiŋ kuwolu bee kono, ǹ na kuwo tambita noorilaalu faŋo la le, ka bo niŋ ate la, meŋ ye ǹ kanu. 38 Kaatu n dankeneyaata le ko, saayaa waraŋ baluwo te m̀ bondi noo la Kiristu la kanoo kono. Hani malaayikoolu waraŋ seetaani jawoolu te a ke noo la, kuwolu mennu be keriŋ waraŋ kuwolu mennu ka naa. Sembe te keriŋ 39 saŋ fatoolu kono santo waraŋ bankoo kaŋ duuma, waraŋ feŋ koteŋ meŋ si m̀ bondi noo Alla la kanoo kono, ŋà meŋ soto ka bo niŋ Kiristu Yeesu la, m̀ Maariyo.
Life in the Spirit
1 There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 What the Law could not do, because human nature was weak, God did. He condemned sin in human nature by sending his own Son, who came with a nature like our sinful nature, to do away with sin. 4 God did this so that the righteous demands of the Law might be fully satisfied in us who live according to the Spirit, and not according to human nature. 5 Those who live as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants. 6 To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace. 7 And so people become enemies of God when they are controlled by their human nature; for they do not obey God's law, and in fact they cannot obey it. 8 Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.
9 But you do not live as your human nature tells you to; instead, you live as the Spirit tells you to—if, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ lives in you, the Spirit is life for you because you have been put right with God, even though your bodies are going to die because of sin. 11 If the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from death, lives in you, then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of his Spirit in you.
12 So then, my friends, we have an obligation, but it is not to live as our human nature wants us to. 13 For if you live according to your human nature, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death your sinful actions, you will live. 14 Those who are led by God's Spirit are God's children. 15 For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, “Father! my Father!” 16 God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children. 17 Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory.
The Future Glory
18 I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. 19 All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children. 20 For creation was condemned to lose its purpose, not of its own will, but because God willed it to be so. Yet there was the hope 21 that creation itself would one day be set free from its slavery to decay and would share the glorious freedom of the children of God. 22 For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. 23 But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free. 24 For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope. For who of us hopes for something we see? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26 In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express. 27 And God, who sees into our hearts, knows what the thought of the Spirit is; because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people and in accordance with his will.
28 We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose. 29 Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers. 30 And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.
God's Love in Christ Jesus
31 In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son—will he not also freely give us all things? 33 Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty! 34 Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us! 35 Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death? 36 As the scripture says,
“For your sake we are in danger of death at all times;
we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! 38 For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, 39 neither the world above nor the world below—there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.
