Service That Pleases God
1 Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord's followers should.
2 Be sure to welcome strangers into your home. By doing this, some people have welcomed angels as guests, without even knowing it.
3 Remember the Lord's people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine you are there with them.
4 Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner, because God will punish anyone who is immoral or unfaithful in marriage.
5 Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us. 6 This should make you feel like saying,
“The Lord helps me!
Why should I be afraid
of what people
can do to me?”
7 Don't forget about your leaders who taught you God's message. Remember what kind of lives they lived and try to have faith like theirs.
8 Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's gift of undeserved grace than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them. 10 But we have an altar where even the priests who serve in the place of worship have no right to eat.
11 After the high priest offers the blood of animals as a sin offering, the bodies of those animals are burned outside the camp. 12 Jesus himself suffered outside the city gate, so his blood would make people holy. 13 This is why we should go outside the camp to Jesus and share in his disgrace. 14 On this earth we don't have a city that lasts forever, but we are waiting for such a city.
15 Our sacrifice is to keep offering praise to God in the name of Jesus. 16 But don't forget to help others and to share your possessions with them. This too is like offering a sacrifice that pleases God.
17 Obey your leaders and do what they say. They are watching over you, and they must answer to God. So don't make them sad as they do their work. Make them happy. Otherwise, they won't be able to help you at all.
18 Pray for us. Our consciences are clear, and we always try to live right. 19 I especially want you to pray that I can visit you again soon.
Final Prayers and Greetings
20 God gives peace, and he raised our Lord Jesus Christ from death. Now Jesus is like a Great Shepherd whose blood was used to make God's eternal agreement with his flock. 21 I pray God will make you ready to obey him and that you will always be eager to do right. May Jesus help you do what pleases God. To Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever! Amen.
22 My friends, I have written only a short letter to encourage you, and I beg you to pay close attention to what I have said.
23 By now you surely must know that our friend Timothy is out of jail. If he gets here in time, I will bring him with me when I come to visit you.
24 Please give my greetings to your leaders and to the rest of the Lord's people.
His followers from Italy send you their greetings.
25 I pray that God will be kind to all of you!
Fəṯau agəŋëria Rəmwa nano
1 Ŋgiṯr d̶əbwid̶ia ad̶əfeṯe eñaŋ məldin garno led̶a lələŋənu. 2 Ñerṯe ñaŋgiṯia ŋen ṯa ñagəbënəcia led̶a eneɽa enalo ildi liŋamia, ŋen ŋanṯa led̶a ləmaṯan lënəcu malaiyəka eneɽa laijəba. 3 Lëldəŋəd̶einr elorldalanda ildi lëndənu isijən, ŋen ŋarno ñaŋ ñagëndənəlda isijən. Lëldəŋəd̶einr elorldalanda ildi lənaneinia ŋen ŋubwa ŋeicia ŋen ŋarno ñagəfəlda egaŋəno com. 4 Ŋgiṯr led̶a pred̶ aɽrəmoṯe ŋen ŋəd̶əmaməd̶ia ŋəd̶aiñaŋa na ŋgiṯr d̶əndra ad̶əpṯe d̶ətəɽe d̶ətaŋa d̶ero kwai kwai. Ŋen ŋanṯa Rəmwa rid̶i arəkəme led̶a pred̶ ildi ləgera ŋen ŋəd̶əma na ləɽo nalaiñ na ildi ləɽaŋa lijila ɽrəto.
5 Ñerṯe ñagəbakaseid̶ənia ŋenŋa ŋəd̶əbwa algərusya, na beṯr elaŋge ildi ñagerṯəlo, ŋen ŋanṯa Rəmwa raṯa ṯa, “Egaber igid̶i yiŋaŋgiṯi na egaber igid̶i eŋaṯad̶e alo.” 6 Ŋen ŋafəṯia ləgəɽwad̶aṯar ləgəlwaɽar d̶ëɽəniad̶a d̶əñano ṯa,
“Eləŋ Rəmwa raɽo d̶aməd̶aṯa d̶əlëɽəñi,
egaber igid̶i yid̶əñalo.
Wande igi ed̶a gənəŋ gəɽwad̶aṯa gəñiria.”
7 Lëldəŋəd̶einr enələŋ ini enalo nəpənde ini nërrəŋaicənde ŋen ŋə-Rəmwa. Lëldəŋəd̶einr ed̶əməndëd̶ənia d̶əd̶əməṯia ed̶en na irnḏeicr d̶wonaṯa ed̶en. 8 Yesu Almasiya gaɽo gonto errega na d̶əñid̶i na bəɽəbəte. 9 Ñerṯe ñagəmamənia ŋenŋa ŋərto iŋi ŋəfo mənna, ŋen ŋanṯa ŋen ŋaŋəra ṯa nare enalo anonḏeicəni d̶wonḏəṯad̶a d̶əd̶ənaica d̶ə-Rəmwa na gerṯe ŋenŋa ŋəd̶əsa iŋi ŋəber ŋaməd̶aṯa led̶a ildi lëndu ŋen ŋəd̶əsa.
10 Nëndr ləgerṯr ad̶una isi alkana yid̶uɽəd̶əniau yaber yiŋginia ṯa aiyəsau. 11 Ŋen ŋanṯa aŋəno yed̶wala id̶i eləŋ goɽra gəkana gəmama ŋəfəni eŋen yid̶əñinu yetəɽe yeməñaṯo lorəba pred̶, ŋaɽo d̶əɽəd̶ənia ŋen ŋanṯa ŋen ŋeicia, aŋəno isi yuɽeinia irnuŋ ndëuwər. 12 Nṯia com Yesu gəneinu ŋen ŋubwa ŋeicia irnuŋ ndëuwər ṯa aŋətəɽe led̶a ŋəfəniŋa ŋəlëɽəŋu. 13 Ŋen ŋafəṯia almaməñaṯr nano irnuŋ ndëuwər ṯa aldəɽəbəd̶rlda eŋen ŋəlëɽəŋu ŋubwa ŋeicia. 14 Ŋen ŋanṯa ləgerr ləgəberṯiar irnuŋ ëli igi gəbəɽəbəte, orn ləgabapwaiñar irnuŋ igi gid̶i aŋəɽeṯe igëndr. 15 Alnanaid̶r d̶əɽəd̶ənia ig-Almasiya id̶i d̶əɽo d̶amia i-Rəmwa ñoman pred̶. Folia igi gëiñua gənanaica irəŋ gə-Rəmwa ŋaɽrwa. 16 Ñerṯe ñaŋgiṯia d̶id̶ia ŋen ŋəŋəra na d̶akarnəd̶ia d̶əlaŋge eldalo, ŋen ŋanṯa d̶əɽəd̶ənia ṯia d̶ëbəd̶ia Rəmwa rəŋəra nano kaiñ. 17 Naṯr led̶a ləɽo ŋəɽwa ikanisa na naicərldo ntam enalo, ŋen ŋanṯa nënəŋulu narəmoṯwa nusila enalo garno led̶a ildi lid̶i aluɽəbiṯi Rəmwa ŋen. Ŋgiṯəlo alid̶i ṯia d̶əŋərad̶a nano na gerṯe d̶wanad̶a ŋen ŋanṯa ŋen ŋəd̶wana ŋaber ŋid̶i aŋəndaməd̶aṯe kwai kwai.
18 Ṯurṯr Rəmwa eŋen eŋaiñ, ñagaləŋeṯo ŋen ŋopia ṯa ñagerṯo nare nətəɽe, ŋen ŋanṯa ñagwonaṯa ñagəbəd̶ia ŋen pred̶ ŋəd̶urwaṯo ñoman pred̶, 19 egandeɽəd̶ia ṯa ñid̶i ṯia kaiñ ṯa Rəmwa arəñoɽəbaica ñaŋ nano taltal.
Ŋen ŋəd̶eɽəd̶ia Rəmwa
20 Egabeɽəd̶ia ṯa Rəmwa irri rənanaid̶ia d̶ëuṯaralo na irri rətud̶i Eləŋ igëndr Yesu eŋəɽaiñ igi d̶əñid̶i gəɽo Ed̶a Goɽra Gəsia Yaŋala ŋəfəniŋa iŋi gënəŋu gendeiciya d̶ərreid̶ia ŋen d̶əmaijən id̶i d̶əfo bəɽəbəte, 21 ṯa rënəŋu arəndid̶i ṯa ñaɽwad̶aṯe ñagəbəd̶ia ŋen pred̶ rënəŋu rwonaṯa na ṯa rënəŋu arid̶i ŋen iŋi ŋəbəd̶ia rəŋəra nano eñaŋ Yesu Almasiyaga, igi gənaneinia ŋaɽrwa bəɽəbəte. Amin.
Ŋen ŋənḏurṯu alo
22 Egandeɽəd̶ia ya lorldaiñ, ṯa ñane ŋen iŋi ŋəd̶eɽəd̶ia d̶walad̶a arano, ŋen ŋanṯa igəwërd̶əṯənde ad̶am ŋenŋa ŋətëfr. 23 Ləŋeṯr ṯa oraiñ Ṯiməd̶awus gëbərnu isijən. Ndə gënəŋu geṯəñe nano taltal. Igid̶i ñaldəgela iliga egeṯənde nano ṯa endənwane.
24 Nər nələŋ ëiñua enalo pred̶ na led̶a lətəɽe ɽ-Rəmwa. Led̶a lalo y-Iṯalia lanənde ëiñua.
25 Egabeɽəd̶ia ṯa d̶ənaica məɽəməɽeñ d̶ə-Rəmwa ad̶əndefeṯe ñaŋ pred̶. Amin.