Sununguko muna Kirisiti
1 Kirisiti wakatisunungula kuti tibe ne sununguko. Ndizo simisilani, musitjabgwilile mu jokwi le bulanda kakale.
2 Hwililani! Imi, Paulo, ndomudwa nditi ha muthumbigwa, kodwa kuti Kirisiti aatowobe ana nshingo mu muli. 3 Kakale ndoti ku mmwe ne mmwe unothumbigwa, koshakika kuti mulondolodze nlayo wose. 4 Imwi banoshaka kululwamisiwa nge kulondolodza nlayo, makazwithubukanya na Kirisiti. Mukuzhe kwe ngoni dze Ndzimu. 5 Ngoti iswi nge kugalamoyo takalindila nge Meya kululwamisiwa kwatakagadziwabgwe. 6 Ha tili muna Kirisiti Jesu, kuthumbigwa kene kusathumbigwa akutodwa tjimwe, tjinoshakika hwugalamoyo kunozwilakidza nge mishingo ye ludo.
7 Makabe makadwilila zubuyanana! Ndiani wakamudzinganyidza, kuti musihwe malebeswa? 8 Kukulumbidza ikoku akutodwa ku Ndzimu, iwo unomudana. 9 Mbidzo shomanana inobidza bgwisa gose gwe tjiwunga gwavangwa. 10 Ndogalabgwe muna She kuti amutowoamutjila mmwe nkumbulo upoga, kuzhe kwe wangu, koga iwoyo unomudiyila ntome, kene ali ani, unowolobgwa nge Ndzimu.
11 Zwikamu, ha ndabe nditjasumikila kuthumbigwa, ini nditjadziyidziwa? Ha kwakajalo, ipapo tjileyanyo tja Kirisiti aatjina nlandu. 12 Ndoyemula kuti bathu ibabo banomudzonga mazwiwo, bazwikatshile.
13 Imwi zwikamu zwangu, makadanigwa sununguko. Ngono musishingise sununguko yenyu kuthama zwe tjinyama. Koga shingilanani nge ludo. 14 Ngobe nlayo wose wakashingikadziwa mu dama ling'ompela linoti, “Ida mmwe nthu sekwa unozwida.” 15 Koga ha mulumana, mujana nge meno, ibeni nge njele kuti musilobesane.
Butjilo gwe tjimeya
16 Koga tjandinoleba ndi etji, tungamigwani nge Meya, kuti ndizo musishathise njemulo dze tjinyama. 17 Ngobe njemulo dze tjinyama dzothama tjinonyanyayidzana ne Meya ne njemulo dze Meya, dzonyanyayidzana ne njemulo dze tjinyama. Zwithu izwezwi, zonyanyayidzana, kuti musithame tjamunoshaka thama. 18 Koga ha makatungamigwa nge Meya, amute muli pasi kwe nlayo.
19 Zwinoshingwa nge mbumbiko ye tjinyama zwipatjena: Kuwalilana thobo kusakalingisana, kuwalilana thobo kunobhatisa shoni ne njemulo dzisakanaka dzekuwalilana thobo, 20 ne thigamila midzimu yakabezhiwa ne buloyi ne lubengo ne fupa ne gwadzamoyo ne yemula kuna ndandala. Banothubukana nge mibungana, bethama zwikowa zwinonyanyayidzana, 21 banotjiba, banon'gwa, bana kusazwidziba ne kushinga zwimwe zwakabipa. Ndomutjenjedza sekwa ndakamutjenjedza kutanga, ibabo banothama zwithu izwezwi, kuti abatowowana gobe mu Bushe gwe Ndzimu.
22 Koga zwizwalo zwe Meya ludo ne shatho ne mbakiso ne moyonlefu ne butho ne kululwama ne kugagwabgwe 23 ne bunyolo ne kuzwiibhata. Akuna nlayo unonyanyayidzana ne zwithu izwezwi. 24 Kakale ibabo ba Kirisiti Jesu, bakasiya mbumbiko yabo ye tjinyama, ne nyota mbi ne njemulo dzayo mbi. 25 Ha titjila nge Meya ngatitungamigweni nge Meya. 26 Ngatisizwikudzeni kene kuli kutangana, kene kube ne fupa mu bamwe.
Christ Gives Freedom
1 Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don't ever become slaves of the Law again.
2 I, Paul, promise you that Christ won't do you any good if you get circumcised. 3 If you do, you must obey the whole Law. 4 And if you try to please God by obeying the Law, you have cut yourself off from Christ and his gift of undeserved grace. 5 But the Spirit makes us sure God will accept us because of our faith in Christ. 6 If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.
7 You were doing so well until someone made you turn from the truth. 8 And that person was certainly not sent by the one who chose you. 9 A little yeast can change a whole batch of dough, 10 but you belong to the Lord. This makes me certain you will do what I say, instead of what someone else tells you to do. Whoever is causing trouble for you will be punished.
11 My friends, if I still preach that people need to be circumcised, why am I in so much trouble? The message about the cross would no longer be a problem, if I told people to be circumcised. 12 I wish everyone who is upsetting you would not only get circumcised, but would cut off much more!
13 My friends, you were chosen to be free. So don't use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want. Use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love. 14 All the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself. 15 But if you keep attacking each other like wild animals, you had better watch out or you will destroy yourselves.
God's Spirit and Our Own Desires
16 If you are guided by the Spirit, you won't obey your selfish desires. 17 The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you feel you should. 18 But if you obey the Spirit, the Law of Moses has no control over you.
19 People's desires make them give in to immoral ways, filthy thoughts, and shameful deeds. 20 They worship idols, practice witchcraft, hate others, and are hard to get along with. People become jealous, angry, and selfish. They not only argue and cause trouble, but they are 21 envious. They get drunk, carry on at wild parties, and do other evil things as well. I told you before, and I am telling you again: No one who does these things will share in the blessings of God's kingdom.
22 God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, 23 gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways. 24 And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires. 25 God's Spirit has given us life, and so we should follow the Spirit. 26 But don't be conceited or make others jealous by claiming to be better than they are.