lk. 9 - Nuba, Koalib Ngirere New Testament 1967 (Sudan (KIB1967)

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Giving is a powerful act that reflects the heart of God and His desire for us to live generously. Throughout the Bible, we find numerous teachings that emphasize the importance and impact of giving. Whether it’s through offering our time, resources, or love, the act of giving not only blesses others but also enriches our own lives. Here are seven Bible verses that highlight the power of giving and encourage us to embrace a life of generosity.

1. Acts 20:35 “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

When we give to others, especially those in need, we are not only helping them but also experiencing the joy and fulfillment that comes from generosity. It reminds us that true happiness is found in selflessness.

2. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

The emphasis on giving cheerfully reminds us that our attitude matters. God values a heart that gives freely and joyfully, knowing that our contributions can lead to abundant blessings.

3. Proverbs 11:25 “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”

Generosity is not just about meeting the needs of others; it also brings personal renewal and prosperity. When we give, we often receive in return, not necessarily in material wealth, but in spiritual and emotional well-being. The act of giving refreshes both the giver and the recipient.

4. Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Jesus emphasizes the abundance that comes from giving. The imagery of a generous measure being returned to us illustrates that our giving will not go unnoticed or unrewarded. When we give with an open heart, we can expect God’s blessings to overflow in our lives.

5. Matthew 6:3-4 “But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

We should give quietly and humbly, without seeking recognition or praise. The focus is on the sincerity and purity of our giving. God sees our acts of kindness, even when they are done in secret, and He will reward us accordingly. It reminds us that true giving is done for the benefit of others, not for personal glory.

6. Hebrews 13:16 “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”

Sharing what we have with others is a sacrifice that pleases God. This verse highlights the importance of being mindful of others’ needs and taking action to meet them. It serves as a reminder that our acts of generosity are not just good deeds; they are expressions of our faith and love for God.

7. James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

All we have comes from God. Recognizing that every gift we receive is from Him encourages us to be generous in sharing those gifts with others. When we give, we are participating in God’s work, distributing His blessings to those around us.

Conclusion

The Bible teaches that giving is a powerful way to express our faith, love, and gratitude. These verses reveal that generosity not only impacts those we help but also enriches our own lives, bringing us closer to God and His purposes. Whether through our resources, time, or compassion, giving allows us to reflect God’s love in a tangible way, creating a ripple effect of blessings that extend far beyond what we can see. By embracing a spirit of generosity, we open ourselves up to experience the fullness of life that God desires for us.

aza 9

yafur ŋedi yafur yir wri-kwuɽen

1 nuŋw ornuti limeḏgen duŋw lir wri-kwuɽen, nuŋw zi inḏeḏa zulṯa eḏi gi illazi rigɽima riki ki, na ŋuma tɔk eḏi ŋi zəwi kimeti kir-na ter ter. 2 nuŋw zi ṯiŋa klu lir wri-kwuɽen eḏi zi ireci ŋeḏi ŋeleny ŋeḏi Allah, eḏi zəwi lizi luma tɔk. 3 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: eṯapa kwɔmne kwere mac kweḏi ṯay, ŋwumor, ya lulugwuŋw, ya eḏne, ya kwuruuz, na eṯi kwukwubaza lofan-na tɔk mac. 4 ma enḏi ki duənu kwere, eṯi gwu nani mindaŋ ma duŋgwalu. 5 muŋw ere enji ŋaŋwuzi kwere mac, ma ṯamḏu ayinu weŋen ta, ipii kulaŋi ŋwara nana eḏi zi gi ilŋiiḏini loma leŋen. 6 ner ru ner ele ki yayin yere yere, na eṯir gwu ireci ŋiɽaŋali ŋizaw, eṯir zi zəwi ezir nana tatap.

ṯurreḏa-na ṯeḏi hiruuḏuz

7 mezi hiruuḏuz, kwir kweleny, neŋne ŋimerrini, na ŋiɽaŋal urreḏa, kaka mer gwu ari lɔkwɔ ŋwu: yuhanna kwiri, kwumɔdiɽi ki ŋiɽany-na. 8 ner ari lɔkwɔ ŋwu: iliiya kwir manja ta, kwumɔruweḏe lu: ner ari liḏaḏu ŋwu: kwiɽi kwere kwiri manja ta, kweḏi kerrenyŋw tuk, kwumɔdiɽi. 9 na hiruuḏuz ari ŋundu, ŋwu: yuhanna kwumenyi ṯi uɽuḏa nda; na eya kwiri kweti nyi gi neŋne ŋiɽaŋali ŋenu ŋwu ŋwu? nuŋw naŋnini eḏeze.

Yecu kwubiye lizi lir alaaf ṯuḏni

10 ma yafur aɽi ner zi andaci Yecuŋw tatap ŋimerzi erra. nuŋw zi mulɔ, ner li ele cukcuk kezir wete wir wuḏer yi-na, weḏi balaḏ weni beyṯzayḏa. 11 lakin mezi lizi elŋece ner zi kwaḏiḏa; nuŋw zi agani, nuŋw zi andaci ŋeḏi ŋeleny ŋeḏi Allah. nuŋw zi zəwi kla luma. 12 mindaŋ ma aŋwun kwuluŋa kereny, ner ila lir wri-kwuɽen ner eca ŋwu: feḏe lizi kitay, erele ki yayin kezir were wirkana-lu, er gwu fa ta kaṯazi eḏneya were, er gwu inḏiri, kaka ur gwu ezir wu wuḏer-na domony. 13 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: inḏeḏerzi ma ŋaŋa eḏneya. ner eca ŋwu: eḏne wir ṯa wu wir yafaŋi ṯuḏni ṯuɽuk, na lum nden illa kezni menyele eḏi liṯa eḏneya weḏi lizi klu litezir. 14 ner nani lor lir kaka alaaf ṯuḏni. nuŋw eca limeḏgen ŋwu: andicarzi eḏi nanalu, ŋwuduŋw ŋwuduŋw, ruɽi-riɽen-wri, ruɽi-riɽen-wri. 15 ner zi erru ŋwu, ner zi nənalu tatap. 16 nuŋw dimi eḏneya wir yafaŋi ṯuḏni, lum li kla nden, nuŋw yi baŋḏa lerya la, nuŋw ortaḏa, nuŋw undena, nuŋw inḏeḏa limeḏgen eḏi zi kekitizelu kla lulubeḏu. 17 ner eḏne tatap ner be. ner uṯi wumeɽini, ner urezi luffa wri-kwuɽen.

ṯundiza ki ṯeḏi buṯruz, aru ŋwu: Yecu kwir Kwruztu

18 ner ṯa orɔ ŋwu, nanuŋw gwu keni eḏari ki yiriny, na limeḏgen nani tɔk. nuŋw zi uṯizelu nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: lizi leṯi manuŋ aruŋw, nyi kwir ṯaŋ? 19 ner eŋnici ner eca ŋwu: leṯari lɔkwɔ ŋwu: yuhanna kweni baptizt kwir manja ta? eṯir ari lɔkwɔ ŋwu: iliiya kwiri, eṯir ari liḏaḏu ŋwu: kwiɽi kwiri kwere kweḏi kerrenyŋw tuk, kwumɔdiɽi. 20 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: na ŋaŋa ta, eṯi ma ari, nyi kwir ṯaŋ? na buṯruz eŋnici nuŋw eca ŋwu: a kwiri Kwruztu kweḏi Allah. 21 nuŋw oraci ɔrɔ ɔrɔ edi zi ere andaci kwizi kwere mac ŋeni ŋundu.

Yecu kwandize ŋiɽya ŋi ŋeḏi ŋiɽany ŋuŋun ŋinḏi, na ŋeḏi ṯiḏiɽa ṯuŋwun tɔk

22 nuŋw aru ŋwa: lazim eḏi Tor teḏi kwizigwunaŋ rerini beṯen. er durni leni lijowiṯ-ŋa leleny li leḏi yiziiz tɔk, na kla leṯizilŋiiḏini kuruu-na tɔk, er eɽenye, mindaŋ ki ŋwamin la ŋwir ṯɔɽɔl, ŋwudiɽi.

ṯornuṯa eḏi zi duŋgweci ŋeḏi rɔgwɽɔ

23 nuŋw zi andaci tatap ŋwu: ma kwere nyiḏak naŋni eḏi kwaḏiḏa nyuŋwu, eḏuŋw dirnaḏa rɔgwɽɔ lu ruŋwun, ŋwudimi ŋwuɽi ŋwuŋun ŋwuɽmɔḏalu ŋwamin rac, ŋwenyi kwaḏiḏa. 24 kaka muŋw naŋni kwere eḏi kileḏi ŋimiiḏa ŋuŋun, kwunderṯa kwezi kiraza lu, lakin muŋw ṯuzici ŋimiiḏa ŋuŋun, ŋwu zi ta kileḏi. 25 kaka əgina gwu kwizi aḏa, muŋw afi kweḏi ṯurmun tatap, mindaŋ muŋw kirazi rɔgwɽɔ lu ruŋwun? 26 kaka ṯaŋwu, ma turony ye kwete nyiḏak ṯeni nyi, ya ṯeni ŋiɽaŋal ŋinyi ki lizi-na klu liira ṯəmna-na, leni liki rugwori tɔk, a ṯurony ye Toru teḏi kwizigwunaŋ tɔk ki lamin linḏuŋw li eḏila ŋiniṯ ŋi ŋuŋun, na ki ŋinit-na ŋeḏi Ṯernyin, na ŋeḏi limaleyka lirlinelu ter. 27 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: lakin, nyi kwecaŋazi ma ŋwa rerem, lɔkwɔ lirilli kunuŋ liti linyeŋle ŋiɽany kineni mac, mindaŋ mer eze ŋelenyi ŋeḏi Allah.

ṯiriiḏa ṯeḏi Yecu

28 ner ṯa orɔ ŋwu, muŋw zi andaci ŋiɽaŋali ŋu, na ŋwamin ŋwir kaka dufɔkwupa ere, nuŋw mulɔ buṯruz ŋwuzi, yuhanna gi, na yaguub tɔk ner li allu kayin la eḏi gwu ari ki yiriny. 29 na aruŋw gwu ki yiriny ta, nuŋw reḏe kiyeyna reṯ, na yireṯ yuŋwun fiiḏi pərpər ner ṯiŋaḏa firyar lu kɽar kɽar. 30 na, izaṯi, ner andazi lor li nden, linderṯa leni muuza-ŋa iliiya gi, 31 liruwene lu ki ŋinit-na, ner zi mumri la ŋeḏi ŋiɽany ŋuŋun ŋinḏuŋw ŋi edi gwu enḏi-na urzaliim.

32 na ŋwaru apani buṯruz ŋwuzi, lakin ner afri ki, ner eze ŋiniṯi ŋuŋun, na loru nden lirlirli. 33 ner ṯa orɔ ŋwu, mer faḏaḏa zi, na buṯruz oɽi ki ŋiɽaŋal-na mbiny, nuŋw eca Yecuŋw: ŋofḏana menyji nəni kunuŋ. er kete yəfaŋi ṯɔɽɔl, kete kɔŋwa, kete keḏi muuza, na kete keḏi iliiya, kaka iiracaŋw gwu ŋere ḏuṯ ŋeḏi zi andazi. 34 andizaŋw ṯaŋwu, iti muŋw zi urezi kworɔ kinna mac, nezi lebleṯ kwuɽbeḏe lu; ner tenye mer enḏi ki lebleṯ-na. 35 na ṯɔgwɽɔ tete andazi ki lebleṯ-na, nuŋw aru ŋwu: Tor kru tinyi tiri, tamɽenyi; niŋnacar ŋunduŋwu. 36 mindaŋ mezi ṯɔgwɽo uɽeci, ner inḏa Yecuŋw kwutuput. ner zi enji ŋu dip, ner zi ere andazi kwizi kwere mac ki ŋwamin ŋwa, ŋedi kwomne kwizar.

Yecu kwuzeye toru teḏi ṯigɽima-na ṯiki

37 ma ŋurpu ŋgwa orɔ, mer dapi kayin la, ner biɽḏi ki tay ŋwuduŋw ŋi ŋwuru. 38 na kwor kwete, kwunani ki duŋw-na, ofna nuŋw eca ŋwu: muallim, nyi kwuturecaŋa lu, icacanyi ṯi toru nana tir tutuput teḏi nyi. 39 eti tigɽim tiki miḏa, eṯuŋw erini kwola, eṯuŋw lakizalu mindaŋ eṯuŋw ye kuḏo kworo, eṯuŋw allazi ŋwumbal nana, mindaŋ nuŋw ere duŋgwece lu weṯ mac, 40 nenyi tureci limaḏgalu eḏi ruci kiṯay, ner uleci abarya, 41 nezi Yecu eŋnici, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: enna, lizi leḏi kiremŋw, liira ṯəmna-na, nyi kwoŋazi nanazi ṯaca-ṯacaŋ? a lenyi urreda ŋwamin ḏa? ilaṯi tor ri ṯoŋwa. 42 muŋw ri ilizi, na tigɽim tiki ofḏalu timbɽak. na Yecu ermici ṯigɽima ṯiki, nuŋw zəwi toru, nuŋw inḏeḏa ṯernyin. 43 ner liŋɽalu tatap, yilim yi yupa yeḏi Allah.

ŋandizazi Yecu kwokwony ŋeḏi ŋiɽany ŋuŋun ŋinḏi

lakin mer ṯibi ŋiɽaŋal ŋi ŋerrizi Yecu, nuŋw eca limeḏgen ŋwu: 44 kitizar ŋiɽaŋali ŋu yey, eḏizenji ki yəni-na lac; kaka inḏir gwu eḏi boŋwḏi Toru teḏi kwizigwunaŋ ki rii-na reḏi lizi, 45 ner zi ere elŋece ŋu mac, ŋaruŋw ŋi ŋwu, kaka luciner gwu kinna. ner zi ere ecice mac, ner ṯenye gi eḏi ŋi uṯizelu.

ṯilŋiiḏina ṯeḏi ṯejilina ṯeḏi rɔgwɽɔ

46 ner upaḏa lu deŋgen-na, ner aru ŋwu: eya kwiri manuŋ kwumenyji ṯamḏu deŋgeri-na? 47 nezi Yecu elŋece ki rugwor-na reŋen rac, nuŋw mulɔ toru tete, nuŋw kete ki ṯuɽma. 48 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: muŋw emmi kwere toru kru, yiriny yi yinyi, nyi kwir ṯa kwemmaŋw. muŋw emmi kwere nyuŋwu, eṯuŋw eni kwemma ŋgwa kwuzenyi. kaka muŋw gworɔ kwere kwɔkwɽeny daŋgal-na, kwunderṯa kwuṯamḏu.

49 na yuhanna eŋnici, nuŋw eca ŋwu: muallim, kwizanyi kwete kwukeṯi rigɽima riki kitay, yiriny yi yɔŋwa, nenyi ṯinyini, kaka iti eṯir li romḏi mac. 50 na Yecu eca ŋwu: eṯi ṯinyina mac. ŋgwa kwiti kweṯiŋazi roḏaḏa ṯuwən nana mac, kwunde kwiri kweni kwalu.

lizi ledi zaamraŋw lidirna Yecuŋw muŋw naŋni eḏi ṯaŋi urzaliim

51 ner ṯa orɔ ŋwu, ma lomur ṯimayini leḏi li allazi ŋunduŋwu kilerena, nuŋw elizi urzaliimŋw nda-na duṯuk, 52 nuŋw uzi yafura eḏiŋnaci ŋunduŋwu kereny, ner ele ner enḏi kayin wete weḏi zaamraŋw eḏi gwu əgizi ezir. 53 lakin ner ere emni mac, kaka mu gwu elizi urzaliimŋw nda-na duṯuk. 54 mindaŋ mezi yaguub-ŋa eze, yuhanna gi, ner eca ŋwu: Kweleny, a kwer ellica igəŋi amra eḏoɽa kilerena eḏi zi dunnazi a? 55 nuŋw zi orlaḏa nana, nuŋw zi ermici, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: ŋende ŋilŋiiḏi ŋazi ŋeḏi ṯigɽim daŋgal-na, eḏi ari, ṯurɔ ŋwu? 56 kaka iti inḏi gwu Tor teḏi kwizigwunaŋ eḏi kiraci lizi ŋimiiḏa lu mac; lakin timila keni eḏi zi kileḏi. ner ele kayin wir ter.

ṯiṯeca rugwori reḏi kla leṯaruŋw: nyiŋa linḏi eḏi kwaḏiḏa Yecuŋw

57 mer ele ki ṯay la, na kwor kwete eca ŋwu: nyi kwɔŋa romalu kezir were nyiḏak. 58 na Yecu eŋnici nuŋw eca ŋwu: luḏlum leṯeḏi rubuni; ndow leṯeḏi ŋwərnya; lakin na Tor teḏi kwizigwunaŋ tende teḏi ezir were weḏi gwu inḏiri, eḏi gwu kete nda la. 59 nuŋw eca kwir ter ŋwu: romanyi. nuŋw eŋnici nuŋw eca ŋwu: Kweleny, eḏi nyi ele, nyi aniḏa ṯernyeriŋw kerreny. 60 na Yecu eca ŋwu: efrinjezi kla layyu er zi ta aniḏa leŋen layyu; na inḏi ŋa keni eḏandindazi ŋiɽaŋali ŋeḏi ŋeleny ŋeḏi Allah. 61 nuŋw eca kwete kwir ter ŋwu: Kweleny, nyi kwɔŋa romi, lakin, eḏi nyi ele kinna duənu deŋgeri enyjandica, enyjeca ŋwu: nanir ma ta pa lu nyidak, nenyi gwu ele. 62 na Yecu eca ŋwu: muŋw kitaḏa kwere eḏagi ŋurun, mindaŋ muŋw orɔ kwuzɔmbɔṯ ta, ŋwu ere ofḏani mac eḏenḏi ki ŋeleny-na ŋeḏi Allah.