Living by the Power of God's Spirit
1 If you belong to Christ Jesus, you won't be punished. 2 The Holy Spirit will give you life that comes from Christ Jesus and will set you free from sin and death. 3 The Law of Moses cannot do this, because our selfish desires make the Law weak. But God set you free when he sent his own Son to be like us sinners and to be a sacrifice for our sin. God used Christ's body to condemn sin. 4 He did this, so that we would do what the Law commands by obeying the Spirit instead of our own desires.
5 People who are ruled by their desires think only of themselves. Everyone who is ruled by the Holy Spirit thinks about spiritual things. 6 If our minds are ruled by our desires, we will die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we will have life and peace. 7 Our desires fight against God, because they do not and cannot obey God's laws. 8 If we follow our desires, we cannot please God.
9 You are no longer ruled by your desires, but by God's Spirit, who lives in you. People who don't have the Spirit of Christ in them don't belong to him. 10 But Christ lives in you. So you are alive because God has accepted you, even though your bodies must die because of your sins. 11 Yet God raised Jesus to life! God's Spirit now lives in you, and he will raise you to life by his Spirit.
12 My dear friends, we must not live to satisfy our desires. 13 If you do, you will die. But you will live, if by the help of God's Spirit you say “No” to your desires. 14 Only those people who are led by God's Spirit are his children. 15 God's Spirit doesn't make us slaves who are afraid of him. Instead, we become his children and call him our Father. 16 God's Spirit makes us sure that we are his children. 17 His Spirit lets us know that together with Christ we will be given what God has promised. We will also share in the glory of Christ, because we have suffered with him.
A Wonderful Future for God's People
18 I am sure what we are suffering now cannot compare with the glory that will be shown to us. 19 In fact, all creation is eagerly waiting for God to show who his children are. 20 Meanwhile, creation is confused, but not because it wants to be confused. God made it this way in the hope 21 that creation would be set free from decay and would share in the glorious freedom of his children. 22 We know that all creation is still groaning and is in pain, like a woman about to give birth.
23 The Spirit makes us sure about what we will be in the future. But now we groan silently, while we wait for God to show that we are his children. This means that our bodies will also be set free. 24 And this hope is what saves us. But if we already have what we hope for, there is no need to keep on hoping. 25 However, we hope for something we have not yet seen, and we patiently wait for it.
26 In certain ways we are weak, but the Spirit is here to help us. For example, when we don't know what to pray for, the Spirit prays for us in ways that cannot be put into words. 27 All of our thoughts are known to God. He can understand what is in the mind of the Spirit, as the Spirit prays for God's people. 28 We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose, 29 and he has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them become like his own Son, so his Son would be the first of many children. 30 God then accepted the people he had already decided to choose, and he has shared his glory with them.
God's Love
31 What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us? 32 God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else? 33 If God says his chosen ones are acceptable to him, can anyone bring charges against them? 34 Or can anyone condemn them? No indeed! Christ died and was raised to life, and now he is at God's right side, speaking to him for us. 35 Can anything separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble, suffering, and hard times, or hunger and nakedness, or danger and death? 36 It is exactly as the Scriptures say,
“For you we face death
all day long.
We are like sheep
on their way
to be butchered.”
37 In everything we have won more than a victory because of Christ who loves us. 38 I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love—not life or death, not angels or spirits, not the present or the future, 39 and not powers above or powers below. Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord!
Ori Tori Lu roya
1 Yauono vure i'do ànya se kabe ori rumora ya Kristo Yesu be lomvo. 2 Tana ota Tori ro se kabe adri ezi ämäri rumora Kristo Yesu be rosi, 'ba ma te a'done dritai ro ni ota takozi ndi odra be ro yasi. 3 Tase Ota ni ko oyene, tana a'do lomvo voro mbaraako si, Lu yete. Nda pe vure takozi se lomvo lidri ro ya te, Ŋgwa modo ndaro ro ezo si, se ikyite lomvo be oso lomvo takozi amba be lidri ro ronye, takozi onane. 4 Lu ye ta ono te tana taŋgye se Ota kolebe ande robe ama se kabe ori Tori voro ya, ago ko a'do lomvo ro voro. 5 Ànya se kabe ori tase a'do lomvo voro ànyaro kabe itina ànyari si, tauni drî ànyaro ro iritate ŋgase a'do lomvo ro kabe olena si. Ànya se kabe ori tase Tori kabe itina ànyari si, tauni drî ànyaro ro iritate tase Tori kolebe si. 6 'Di ritane a'do lomvo ro voro ka odra ezi, 'di ritane Tori si ka adri ndi taliatokpe be ezi. 7 Lidri ka a'do kyila'baazi ro Lu ri ondro a'do lomvo ro ndaro kate ni nda rita owo; tana nda ro ota Lu ro ko, ago ṛo endaro nda ni kote anya orone. 8 Ànya se kabe a'do lomvo voro ànyaro orona ayani tana ni ko Lu usine.
9 Oko mìri ko tase a'do lomvo amiro voro kabe itina voro, oko miri tase Tori kabe itina ämiri voro ayani, ondro endaro Tori Lu ro ka ndi ori ami ya owo. Nda se teinye Tori Kristo ro ako nda i'do ndaro. 10 Oko ondro Kristo ka ori ami ya, Tori orivoya ni adri amiro, tana a'ba ami te ŋgye Lu be, ondro lomvo amiro ka oye ca odrane ta takozi rota owo. 11 Ondro Tori Lu, se keŋga Yesu be ni avo yasi ro ka ori ami ya, 'dooko nda se keŋga Kristo be ni avo yasi ozona adri kpa lomvo oŋgwaoŋgwa amiro ya Tori ndaro se kabe ori ami ya yauono si.
12 Ka'do inye, ädrupii maro, ama orivoya kama be, oko ko ämäri orine oso lomvo amaro kolebe orine voro. 13 Tana ondro nyà ori a'do lomvo amiro ro voro, nyà oye ṛo odrane; oko ondro Tori si mi'ba lomvo amiro takozi oyero kodrate, mirina ndi. 14 Ànya se elepete Tori Lu rosi orivoya Ŋgwà Lu ro. 15 Tana Tori se Lu kozobe ämiri 'ba ami ko iyeäṛi ro ago 'ba ami ko a'done turi ro; oko, Tori kani ami o'ba ŋgwà ro Lu ri, ago mbara Tori rosi mà driayo Lu ri màkye: “Täpi! Täpi maro!” 16 Tori Lu ro dro'be andivo ndaro te tori amaro be tazevoedre si anjioko ama orivoya ŋgwà Lu ro. 17 Ago ama be te orivoya ŋgwà Lu ro ono, mà'dona ndi drimbi se nda ketabe lidri ndaro ri be, ago mà'dona kpa drimbi uruazi ro Kristo be ŋgase Lu ketabe ndäri ta; tana ondro mà ugu rueza Kristo ro la'dona màla'dona räṛu 'desi ndaro ro kpa.
'Desi Tu Mileya ro
18 Mandrebe rueza se màbe rueza tu yauono si ono änina ko ojone alona liŋgyi se oyebe lofone ämäri be. 19 Ŋga cini o'bao'baro kayi ŋgwai Lu ro lofona kote ya cini si. 20 Tana ŋga o'bao'ba ro cini ape vure na te ta anyaro ijene, oko ko ole modo anyaro rosi, oko tana Lu 'ba tana ni a'done inye. Caoko mio'ba drigba orivoya 21 anjioko ŋga o'bao'baro andivona tu alo si oko onjina 'da dritai ro ni iyeäṛi anyaro oŋgwaro yasi ago la'dona riyä liŋgyiekye dritai ro ŋgwà Lu ro ro 'da. 22 Tana mä̀nite anjioko tu yauono si ŋga o'bao'baro cini ka leri lomvo luwu be, oso luwu ŋgwa utiro ronye. 23 Oko ko ŋga o'bao'baro ka toto ni leri, oko ama se Tori be ŋgapäṛi käti Lu ro ronye mà kpa leri ya andivo amaro roya ondro mà te ta kote Lu ri ama o'baza ŋgwà ndaro ro ago mà mio'ba amaro o'ba a'done cu dritai ro. 24 Tana mio'ba si apa ama te, oko ondro mà ŋgase màbe mio'ba tana ro ondreondre 'dooko 'do kote mio'ba endaro yi. Tana a'di ka mio'ba ni ŋga aza se nda kondrebe ta ya? 25 Oko ondro mà mio'ba ŋgase mandre ko ta, mà anya kote yaiŋgyi si.
26 Kpa oso inye Tori ka ikyi ama opane, ama orivoya mbaraako. Tana mäni kote mätune oso se beṛo ämäri mätune ronye; Tori andivo kani ata Lu be ta amaro ta leri si se ata ni kote tazevona edrene. 27 Ago Lu, se kabe voondre le ya amaro ya, nda ni tavousu Tori rote, tana Tori ka ata Lu be ta lidri ndaro rota oso ole ndaro ronye.
28 Mänite anjioko ŋga cini yasi Lu ka losi oye takado ta ànya se kabe nda lu be, ànya se nda kuzibe oso ta ndaro ronye iyi. 29 Ànya se Lu njite ṛo nja nda di kpate to a'done oso Ŋgwa ndaro ronye, tana anjioko Ŋgwa ka'do robe käti ädrupii amba lako. 30 Ka'do inye ànya se Lu dite to, nda zite, ago ànya se nda zite, nda 'bate ŋgye andivo ndaro be, ago nda la'do räṛu 'desi ndaro te ànya yibe.
Ŋgalu Lu ro Kristo Yesu ya
31 Ka'do inye, màtana 'bo gwo ta e'diro ta ono ta ya? Ondro Lu orivoya ama resi, a'di edrena ni ŋbi ama mile ya? 32 Nda se eta Ŋgwa modo ndaro ro kote, oko ozo nda te cu ämäri! Nda ozo Ŋgwa ndaro te, inye'do nda ozona ŋga cini ṛo ko ämäri teinye awi ya? 33 A'di kicuna lidri onjionji Lu ro niya? Lu andivona ka'da ànya ko taenji'ba ro! 34 Ka'do inye, a'di opena vure ànyaro niya? Ṛo ko Kristo Yesu, se drate, kode, se eŋgate adri ya ago rite drígwo Lu ro yasi, se kabe taeji nda si ama ta ono! 35 Ka'do inye, a'di unina ni ama lewene ni ŋgalu Kristo ro resi ya? Inye'do rriti, kode ori gboroto si, kode rueza kode täbiri kode ati'ba kode ozionya kode odra ya? 36 Oso taegyi kabe ata ronye ekye:
“Ta miro ta ama orivoya 'ditoga odra roya ṛo tu cini si;
aye ama te oso timele se abe ugu oyi ufune ronye.”
37 Caoko, ŋga cini kwoi yasi ama orivoya para ŋgaopeṛe be nda se kulu ama be ono si! 38 Tana mäni ṛote endaro anjioko ŋga aza unina ko ama lewene ni ŋgalu ndaro resi; ca odra kode adri, ca malaika ca 'dimiri'bai aza vo'buyakuru ro kode mbarà, ca ŋgase yauono ca ŋgase mileya, 39 ca 'bädri kurusi kode 'bädri vurusi ŋga aza i'do ŋga o'bao'baro cini lakosi a'done mbara be ama lewene ni ŋgalu Lu ro se orivoya amaro Kristo Yesu Opi amaro si ono resi.