How To Pray
1 First of all, I ask you to pray for everyone. Ask God to help and bless them all, and tell God how thankful you are for each of them. 2 Pray for kings and others in power, so we may live quiet and peaceful lives as we worship and honor God. 3 This kind of prayer is good, and it pleases God our Savior. 4 God wants everyone to be saved and to know the whole truth, which is,
5 There is only one God,
and Christ Jesus
is the only one
who can bring us
to God.
Jesus was truly human,
and he gave himself
to rescue all of us.
6 God showed us this
at the right time.
7 This is why God chose me to be a preacher and an apostle of the good news. I am telling the truth. I am not lying. God sent me to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.
8 I want everyone everywhere to lift innocent hands toward heaven and pray, without being angry or arguing with each other.
9 I would like for women to wear modest and sensible clothes. They should not have fancy hairdos, or wear expensive clothes, or put on jewelry made of gold or pearls. 10 Women who claim to love God should do helpful things for others, 11 and they should learn by being quiet and paying attention. 12 They should be silent and not be allowed to teach or to tell men what to do. 13 After all, Adam was created before Eve, 14 and the man Adam wasn't the one who was fooled. It was the woman Eve who was completely fooled and sinned. 15 But women will be saved by having children, if they stay faithful, loving, holy, and modest.
Niizaam kwǝthi ṯɔgwɔccalɔ kǝniisǝ-nǝ.
1 Nyii kwutuurǝccǝ-ŋǝsi-lǝ tur ker-kerreny, ethǝrici lizi tataɔ ki-yiiriny, kwomne-gi ŋgwa kwǝṯir naŋni, ṯaara kiyiiriny, nǝ ethi ǝccǝ Allah shukran kwǝthi lizi tatap, 2 ethǝrici muluuk-gǝ kiyiiriny, nǝ kila limthi sɔlṯa tok, mindaŋ mǝr aami nannɔŋw nethre ŋisaaw, lithiinya Allah nǝ wiiɽǝrnǝ tok. 3 Ŋiɽaŋal ŋɔrɔŋ ŋisaaw beṯṯen, nǝ ǝṯir ǝmi Allah-na wir Kwiglǝthǝ kwǝri, 4 wǝṯi naŋni lizi tatap ethi kilaaw, mindaŋ ethisi elŋe ŋa ŋir rerrem. 5 Kaka ninaani-gwɔ Allah wɔtɔpɔt, nɔŋw naani kwette kwɔtɔpɔt kwǝṯi ǝmmithi lizi-nǝ Allah-yi, kwindǝr-ṯǝ kwǝni Kwɔrɔstɔ kwǝni Yǝcu kwir kwizigwunǝŋ, 6 kwithiŋacca lizi tatap rogɽo-lɔ ruuŋwun ethisi ǝyici. Nǝroro ŋɔ ŋir shahaaḏa kwɔmǝ rattathi ki-lɔɔmɔr-la lɔvthanna. 7 Nǝ nǝrṯoro ŋɔ mindaŋ nǝr-nyii alla ethoro mɔbǝshir nǝ kaavɔr tok. Ŋandisa-nyji ŋɔ ŋir rerrem, nyii kwiti kwukǝkkǝ ŋǝluŋi mac. Ninyoro mɔ@allim kwǝthi Umam ki-ṯǝmminǝ-nǝ, nǝ ŋa ŋir rerrem tok.
8 Ninyǝthi sɔɔrɔma ethi lɔr aari kiyiiriny ǝzir naana tatap, lallilliza rii-la rirllinǝlɔ ter, liira ŋǝriyǝ ki-rɔgwor, ŋuwǝzǝ tok, 9 na nǝnyii naŋni layɔ tok ethi kenne yirethi yisaaw ethisaami kenneŋw ŋǝmmǝŋ, liti lǝṯi ɔgɽatha ŋaamali ŋir surṯǝnnǝ yǝwɽu naana mac, ya ŋir ḏahab, ya ŋir lu-u-lu-u, ya yirethi yir ghaali, 10 laakin kaka nɔrɔr-gwɔ laaw lǝthi Allah tǝ, ethirsi ǝrri-ri ŋisaaw. 11 Ethi kwaaw aari @allima ŋundu-tǝ kwɔnaanɔ pǝt, kwǝjlinnǝ ki-rogɽo. 12 Nyii kwiti kwǝmminǝ mac ethi kwaaw kweere aari @allima wala ethǝthi sɔlṯa ki-lɔr-la, ŋɔvthanna ethi naani pǝt 13 Kaka nigittinǝ-gwɔ Aḏam ker-kerreny, nǝ Hǝwǝ tǝ kwaathan. 14 Nǝ Aḏam ere oro mac kwɔgǝɽinyjǝr-lɔ, laakin nǝ kwaaw oro kwugǝɽinyjǝr-lɔ mindaŋ nɔŋw kiici Allah Sherii@a-na. 15 Laakin kwaaw kwinḏi ethi kilaaw ŋelŋe-ŋi, mɔŋw elŋe nyɔɔrɔ, nǝ mɔŋw tǝ nannitha ki-ṯǝmminǝ-nǝ nǝ ṯamɽa-ŋa ṯirllinǝ-thi-lɔ ter, nǝ ṯǝjlinnǝ ki-rogɽo.