Preserve Your Freedom
1 Freedom is what we have—Christ has set us free! Stand, then, as free people, and do not allow yourselves to become slaves again.
2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, it means that Christ is of no use to you at all. 3 Once more I warn any man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the whole Law. 4 Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God's grace. 5 As for us, our hope is that God will put us right with him; and this is what we wait for by the power of God's Spirit working through our faith. 6 For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.
7 You were doing so well! Who made you stop obeying the truth? How did he persuade you? 8 It was not done by God, who calls you. 9 “It takes only a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise,” as they say. 10 But I still feel confident about you. Our life in union with the Lord makes me confident that you will not take a different view and that whoever is upsetting you will be punished by God.
11 But as for me, my friends, if I continue to preach that circumcision is necessary, why am I still being persecuted? If that were true, then my preaching about the cross of Christ would cause no trouble. 12 I wish that the people who are upsetting you would go all the way; let them go on and castrate themselves!
13 As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another. 14 For the whole Law is summed up in one commandment: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” 15 But if you act like wild animals, hurting and harming each other, then watch out, or you will completely destroy one another.
The Spirit and Human Nature
16 What I say is this: let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature. 17 For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do. 18 If the Spirit leads you, then you are not subject to the Law.
19 What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions; 20 in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups; 21 they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
22 But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires. 25 The Spirit has given us life; he must also control our lives. 26 We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another.
Ŋen ŋəd̶ëbəreinialo ig-Almasiya
1 Almasiya gëbərndr ṯa aləfeṯr id̶ebəreinialo. Ŋen ŋafəṯia ɽaŋr eŋen iŋi ŋopia, na ñerṯe ñaŋgiyənia ṯa ñagəbəd̶ənia ñagəɽo ləbai təŋ.
2 Igënəñi Bulus igandəlwaɽəṯia ṯa ndə ñaŋ ñagəbəŋënṯia ŋen ŋəd̶uɽəd̶ənia, Almasiya gero gəndəwerṯia ŋeniano kwai kwai. 3 Egalwaɽa təŋ ṯa ndə ed̶a guɽəd̶ənu gënəŋu gëndənu na ŋen d̶eṯəm ṯa aŋid̶i ŋen pred̶ ŋ-Alganun. 4 Ñaŋ ñəŋgi ñagwonaṯa ñagəbəd̶ənia ñagəd̶urwaṯo eŋen Rəmwa nëiñua Alganunya ñagatərinṯu ig-Almasiya. Ñaŋ ñagiɽu ed̶ənaica d̶ə-Rəmwa. 5 Ŋen ŋanṯa Usilaga Gətəɽe, na d̶wonaṯad̶a nanda ñagaṯurṯia d̶əd̶urwaṯa eŋend̶ə-Rəmwa id̶i ñagid̶i ñaneini. 6 Ŋen ŋanṯa ig-Almasiya Yesu ndə d̶uɽəd̶əma d̶əfo d̶ero ŋeniano na d̶uɽəd̶əma d̶ero, d̶ero ŋeniano com, orn d̶wonaṯa id̶i d̶ətud̶ia ŋəmëɽria d̶əbwad̶a d̶erṯo ŋen ŋwaiña.
7 Ñagalaldiño ŋopia Ǝsëgi gəgirnde ŋenṯta ñerṯe ñagənna ŋen ŋəd̶eṯəm məldin? 8 Đəgera id̶i d̶ero d̶eṯo i-Rəmwa irri rundəd̶ənde. 9 Ud̶əɽi gətëfr gupinia aicəbano pred̶. 10 Orn igëɽənu d̶əñano eg-Eləŋ Yesu ṯa ləgid̶r alərreid̶r ŋen iŋi ṯa ñagaber ñagəma ŋen ŋəmən təŋ. Na ed̶a igi goɽəbaicənde eŋen ŋeicia, d̶eṯəm gënəŋu gid̶i aŋakəməni, ndə gəta walla goɽra. 11 Orn ya lorldaiñ, ndə igënəñi igəbërrəŋaicia led̶a ŋen ŋəd̶uɽəd̶ənia məldin ŋen ŋanṯau igənaneinia ŋen ŋubwa ŋeicia məldin? Ndə ŋen ŋəfəṯia ŋen ŋəd̶uɽi d̶aŋgeinu d̶əge id̶i d̶əbëkəɽəŋaicia led̶a. 12 Egaṯa ṯa ŋen ŋarəjad̶aṯo ṯa led̶a ildi ləɽətud̶ia ŋen ŋeicia aluɽəd̶əni com.
13 Nṯia ya lorldaiñ, ñaŋ ñagwundəd̶ənu ṯa ñerṯe ñagəbëndənia. Orn ñerṯe ñagaŋgiṯia d̶ëbərnia id̶i ed̶alo ad̶əɽeṯe d̶ërəkəd̶eid̶ia eŋen ṯa ñid̶i ŋen ŋaŋəno, orn d̶uɽəd̶ənṯr lorldalo d̶əbwad̶a. 14 Ŋen ŋanṯa ŋen pred̶ ŋ-Alganun ŋaɽiñad̶einu eŋen ŋonto. Fəŋen iŋi ŋonto ṯa, “Bwiṯu ed̶aga igi gəɽo ëuwər elaɽəŋa garno etam gəlaɽəŋa.” 15 Orn ndə ñaŋ ñagakaborəjəd̶ia nano bəɽan na ñagasəd̶ia, rəmojəd̶r eŋen ṯa ñerṯe ñagid̶i ñaməndëd̶əni bəɽan
Ŋen ŋ-Usila Gətəɽe na ŋaŋəno
16 Orn egalwaɽa ṯa, erldr ig-Usila Gətəɽe, nṯia ñagaber ñagid̶i ñid̶i ŋen aŋəno ywonaṯa. 17 Ŋen ŋanṯa ŋen aŋəno ywonaṯa ŋageiyo Usila Gətəɽe na ŋen Usila Gətəɽe gwonaṯa ŋageiyo aŋəno, na lënəŋulu lageiyaid̶ad̶ia eŋen. Nṯia ñagaber ñagəɽwad̶aṯa ñagəbəd̶ia laŋge ildi ñagəlwonaṯa. 18 Orn ndə Usila Gətəɽe gəndëŋaicia d̶ad̶, d̶eṯəm ñagaber ñagəbëndənia ŋenŋa ŋ-Alganun. 19 Na ŋen ŋaŋəno ŋələŋinu. Ŋen iŋi ŋaŋəno ŋaɽo d̶əɽaŋa lijila ɽrəto ildi ləmameinu eneɽa na ñereña iñi ñəmulu ñəmameinia eneɽa, na ŋen ŋəŋətaməra na d̶eicia ŋəɽwa, 20 na d̶əkwud̶əñiṯia laŋge alo ləpiano, na ŋen ŋənḏəmia, na ŋen ŋəd̶əbwid̶ia d̶ero, na d̶əgerd̶ia eŋen, na d̶əgeiyaca eŋen, na d̶eiciano, na ŋamborṯwa na d̶akarnəd̶iano, na d̶əgeiyaca eŋen, 21 na d̶wonaṯa d̶əlaŋge ləled̶a lərto, na d̶əɽiñəd̶ia, na d̶ərëmuɽua na nëməd̶ia, na ŋen pred̶ ŋarno ŋen iŋi. Egandəbəɽia nano ŋen ŋarno egəbəɽende nano ananoŋ, ṯa led̶a ildi ləbəd̶ia ŋen iŋi laber lid̶i alënṯi eŋələŋe ŋə-Rəmwa.
22 Orn ŋen iŋi Usila Gətəɽe gətud̶ia ŋaɽo d̶əbwa na d̶əŋəra nano na d̶ëuṯaralo na d̶əɽiñaṯa ŋen na d̶ələŋeṯa ŋəbaiya na d̶əŋəra na d̶əd̶urwaṯa eŋen, 23 na d̶əd̶ərnaṯaralo na d̶ërəkəd̶ia aŋəno. Alganun yero isi yageiya ŋen iŋi. 24 Na led̶a ildi l-Almasiya Yesu lënəŋulu laɽiño aŋəno id̶uɽi na ŋen iŋi aŋəno yibwaya na ywonaṯa.
25 Ndə ləgəməṯiar Usilaga Gətəɽe alerldr ig-Usila Gətəɽe. 26 Alerṯr ləgoɽriar ntam inëndr, na ləgəd̶aməciar lurldələŋ eŋen na alerṯr ləgəɽiar nətəməra com ilurldələŋ lwomən.