A kwɔr ǝmi Allah-na aŋgwɔrɔ.
1 Aarir isṯimir lamɽathisa-na ŋiyaŋga-ŋi ŋǝthi ŋɔgrɔstiyan. 2 Kithaayinar ethisi aalanni lithimthina ki-dɔɔnɔ-na kwaalɔ. Kaka ninaanir-gwɔ lokwo lǝrrǝzi ŋɔ mindaŋ nǝr aalanni limeleka liti lilŋicar-si mac. 3 Ǝṯisi kithaayini kila linaanɔ ki-sijin-nǝ, ethoro kaka ǝṯi-li naani ki-sijin-nǝ. Kithaayinarsi kila libii ṯurvǝ, ethoro kaka ǝṯi-li bee ṯurvǝ kildɔŋw. 4 Ethi ṯaaga iiɽinninǝ daŋgal-na tatap, nǝ laazim a lɔr-ŋa laaw-li leeŋen ṯiinyathisi-na wɔɽe-wɔɽeny. Kaka nǝṯisi-gwɔ Allah ǝccǝ kila haakima lǝṯi uri yǝy-lɔ nǝ kila lǝṯǝrri ŋiijinǝ. 5 Tuccǝr ṯamɽa-na tuk ṯǝthi ŋwuruush, nǝ ǝṯi-ṯǝ ǝmmini ŋgwa kwǝthi-ŋǝ, kaka naarɔ-gwɔ Allah-ŋw, “Nyii kwiti kwɔŋǝ duŋgwǝci mac, wala ethi ɔrlacci ŋaaŋwɔ ŋwɔdoŋw.”
6 Ŋwɔṯaŋw mindaŋ ǝraarɔŋw tatap ŋundu-ŋǝli:
“Kweeleny kwir ṯimǝccǝ ṯiinyi,
mindaŋ nyeere ṯeenye mac.
Aatha kwɔrɔ kwinḏiny kweere ethi ǝrrici?”
7 Ǝṯisi kithaayini kila lir ŋwɔɽa ŋwaalɔ, kila landica-ŋǝsi ŋǝthi Allah. Kithaayinarsi ethaarɔŋw, lǝṯi nanni aŋgwɔrɔ, nǝ ŋiɽany ŋeeŋen tok, mindaŋ mǝ kwakithatha ṯǝmminǝ-lɔ ṯeeŋen. 8 Yǝcu Kwɔrɔstɔ kwir-ṯa kwette-kwette, kilgin, aŋwunɔ, nǝ kwǝṯi nannitha dok-dok. 9 Ǝṯi ṯɔɔthɔ mac ṯa@liim-thi kitha ṯithimthina. Kaka nɔvthannar-gwɔ ethaavi ŋɔma ki-rɔgwor-na ne@ma-gi kwǝthi Allah, ŋiti ŋir ŋǝthi gawaaniin kǝthi ethne mac, nǝ kila limǝ iinyici gawaaniinǝ ŋgɔ naana ŋwɔseere mǝcci mac. 10 A kwǝthir ŋwɔthgwunǝ ŋwɔri ŋwiti ŋwɔvthannica kahana kǝṯi akkɔ ŋɔthɽor kǝzir wǝthi Yahuuḏ ethi-gwɔ ethne-la mac. 11 Ǝṯi rǝ-iis rɔppa rǝthi kahana aava ŋiinǝ ŋǝthi haywaanaaṯ Kǝzir Wirllinǝlɔ ter ethisi rillici Allah-lɔ kaka kiraama kǝthi ŋikiya; laakin yaŋna yǝthi haywaanaaṯ tǝ, ǝṯirsi uɽǝzi fǝriigǝ ṯɔɔɽɔthala. 12 Nǝ Yǝcu tok, nɔŋw ai mǝḏiinǝ ṯɔɔɽɔthala, mindaŋ ethi suuɽi lizi ki-ŋikiya-na ŋeeŋen ŋin-ŋi ŋuuŋun wɔɽe-wɔɽeny. 13 Ŋwɔṯaŋw ǝri ruwǝthǝthǝ ŋunduŋw naana fǝriigǝ ṯɔɔɽɔthala, ethi-li ɔɽɔmaṯṯi ki-fǝthiyǝ-nǝ kwuuŋwun. 14 Kaka niti nǝthir mǝḏiinǝ kwɔnannathi dok mac kɔnɔŋw kwurǝyulu, laakin nǝrǝni linaŋna mǝḏiinǝ-lɔ kwinḏi ethiila. 15 Nǝrṯoroŋw ǝri biɽǝthǝ Allah yiriny nyaamin tatap kaka kiraama kǝri Yǝcu-ŋgi, kir haḏiiyyǝ wǝthi ruunyu rǝri ethi iiɽǝzi yiriny yuuŋwun. 16 Ǝṯi-ŋi ṯɔɔthɔna mac ethisi ǝrri ŋisaaw nǝ ethi mǝccǝthisi-nǝ kaka nɔrgwɔ ṯǝ kiraama-ŋgɔ kǝṯi ǝmi Allah-na.
17 Iiyicarsi naana kila lir ŋwɔɽa ŋwaalɔ, nǝ ǝṯi rɔmɔmmi niizaama kweeŋen. Kaka nǝṯir-gwɔ karni rogɽo raalɔ liṯi lǝṯi kaṯṯɔ wǝŋ mac, kaka lizi linḏisi Allah ethisi raaŋaci ŋothɽor ŋeeŋen. Duŋgwǝcǝrsi ethisi ǝrri ŋɔ laamina, nǝ liti lirɔɔnyɔna mac, nǝ ŋiti ŋinḏi-ŋǝsi ethǝvicǝ faayitha kweere mac.
18 Dǝŋṯinǝr ethi ǝrici nyuŋwsi kiyiiriny. Kaka nilŋithi-nyji dedder ethaarɔŋw nyiiŋǝ lǝthi rɔgwori rɔsɔɔɽɔ-na, linaŋna ethisi ǝrri ŋɔvthanna ŋwɔɔmɔri tatap. 19 Nyii kwɔŋǝsi tuurǝccǝlɔ beṯṯen, kwɔɔracca-ŋǝsi ethaari kiyiiriny, mindaŋ mǝnyii Allah ǝɽǝ naaniŋa-gwɔ fittak.
Ṯaara kiyiiriny.
20 Ethi Allah wǝthi ŋiiɽanna wɔmǝ diiɽǝ Kweelenyi kwǝni Yǝcu ki-ŋiɽany-na ŋin-ŋi ŋǝthi wa@ḏ wǝṯi nannatha dok-dok, kwir Kwaaɽa Kwɔppa kwǝthi yaaŋal, 21 ethɔŋw ɔgɽatha ŋaaŋwɔsi naana kwomne-gi kwisaaw-kwisaaw, mindaŋ mǝsi ǝrri ŋǝthi ṯɔgwor ṯuuŋwun, nǝ ŋwɔsi akkɔ daŋgal-na ŋa ŋǝṯǝmi ŋunduŋw-nǝ, Yǝcu Kwɔrɔstɔ-ŋgi; ethi ŋinith nannitha naanɔ-ŋgwɔ dok-dok. Amiin.
Ŋiɽaŋal ŋirimthithɔ.
22 Nyii kwutuurǝccǝ-ŋǝsi-lɔ liyǝŋgǝri liinyi, ethi mithǝ rɔgwori, lakkica ŋiɽaŋali kizǝn ŋǝthi ṯifirlla naana, kaka nɔbla-gwɔ juwaab-ŋgwɔ kwɔlɔcca-ŋǝsi. 23 Nyii kwɔnaŋna-ŋǝsi ethisi elŋe ŋɔ ŋǝthi ǝŋgǝri kwǝri kwǝni Ṯiimɔɔthaaws kwɔmǝr kǝdithǝ ki-sijin-nǝ. Mɔŋw ɔppatha fittak tǝ, nyigiila ndǝndǝk naaniŋa-gwɔ. 24 Aaginnicar-nyji kila lir ŋwɔɽa ŋwaalɔ nǝ kila tatap lirllinǝlɔ ter. Liyaŋgalɔ lǝthi Iṯaaliya-ŋw laaginna-ŋǝsi. 25 Ethi ne@ma nanni ŋaaŋa-li tatap. Aamiin.
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!