Ŋen ŋeicia ŋaber ŋəɽwad̶aṯa ŋəɽaŋa led̶ala ildi ləfo ig-Almasiya
1 Ləgabaṯrau? Ləgamuɽr məldin ləgaɽaŋar eŋen ŋeicia ṯa d̶ənaica məɽəməɽeñ d̶ə-Rəmwa ad̶akəɽəjeini? 2 Ndo, kwai kwai! Ŋen ŋanṯau nëndr ləŋgr ləgaiyr na ləgəŋgaṯr eŋen ŋeicia, ləgaməṯiar eŋen ŋeicia məldin? 3 Ñagaijəba ṯa ləŋgr ləgəneinr mamuḏiya i-Yesu Almasiya ləgəneinr mamuḏiya eŋəɽaiñ ŋəlëɽəŋu? 4 Ŋen ŋafəṯia nëndr ləgurənr Yesu ŋəla na ləgënəcənr eŋəɽaiñ mamuḏiyad̶a garno Almasiya gətud̶inu eŋəɽaiñ ŋaɽrwaŋa ŋə-Đaṯa, nṯia alerldr ed̶əməṯia d̶əmaijən com.
5 Ŋen ŋanṯa ndə ləgënəcənr Yesu ŋəla eŋen ŋəŋəɽaiñ ŋəlëɽəŋu, com ləgid̶r alënṯr ed̶əɽəbəd̶ia eŋen ŋəd̶ətwod̶a eŋəɽaiñ d̶əlëɽəŋu. 6 Ŋen ŋanṯa ləgaləŋeṯr ṯia, ṯa ŋen ŋaŋəno isëndr ŋəbətaŋəɽan ŋafo ŋəɽiñənu Yesuga id̶uɽi, ŋen ŋanṯa aŋəno yeŋen ŋeicia aiyəməndëd̶əni na ṯa alerṯr ləgəɽiar ləbai ləŋen ŋeicia məldin. 7 Ŋen ŋanṯa ed̶a igi gaiyo gero gəbakaseid̶ənia ŋenŋa ŋeicia. 8 Orn ndə ləgaiyr Almasiyaga, ləgəbëndiar ŋen ṯa ləgid̶r aldəməṯərlda. 9 Ŋen ŋanṯa ləgaləŋeṯr ṯa Almasiya gatud̶inu eŋəɽaiñ lomanto na gënəŋu gaber gid̶i aŋaiye təŋ kwai kwai. Ŋəɽaiñ ŋero ŋəberṯia ŋələŋe iŋu məldin. 10 Nṯia ŋen gënəŋu gaiyo, gaiyo lomanto d̶əge na ŋen ŋeicia ŋero ŋəberṯia ŋabəɽa iŋu. Orn d̶əñid̶i gënəŋu gaməṯia eŋen ŋə-Rəmwa. 11 Nṯia ŋen d̶eṯəm ṯa ñaləŋeṯe ṯa ñagaiyo na ñagaŋgaṯo eŋen ŋeicia na ṯa ñaməṯe eŋen ŋə-Rəmwa ig-Almasiya Yesu.
12 Ŋen ŋafəṯia ñerṯe ñaŋgiṯia ŋen ŋeicia ṯa aŋerṯe ŋələŋe egaŋəno esalo isi ebaiya. Ndə ŋen ŋeicia ŋerṯo ŋələŋe ŋəndid̶ia ṯa ñanaṯe d̶wonaṯa d̶eicia d̶aŋəno esalo. 13 Ñerṯe ñagənaica ŋen ŋeicia aŋəno esalo məldin ṯa ŋënəŋu aŋid̶i ŋen ŋəɽiano. Orn naicr Rəmwa ntam enalo d̶əge garno led̶a ildi lətud̶inu eŋəɽaiñ ṯa ñaməṯe, na naicr Rəmwa aŋəno esalo d̶əge ṯa arid̶i ŋen ŋəd̶urwaṯo eñaŋ. 14 Ŋen ŋanṯa ŋen d̶eṯəm ṯa ŋen ŋeicia aŋerṯe ŋaberṯia ŋələŋe eñaŋ məldin, ŋen ŋanṯa d̶əñid̶i ñagero ñagəfia eŋen ŋalganun orn eŋen ŋəd̶ənaica məɽəməɽeñ d̶ə-Rəmwa.
Ŋen ŋələbai ildi ləd̶urwaṯo eŋen
15 Ləgabaṯrau? Ləgëbəd̶iar ŋen ŋeicia məldin ŋen ŋanṯa ləgerr ləgəfiar eŋen ŋ-Alganun, orn eŋen ŋəd̶ənaica məɽəməɽeñ d̶ə-Rəmwa? Ndo, kwai kwai! 16 Ñagaijəba ṯa ndə ñagənanaica ed̶a gənəŋ ntam enalo nəɽo ləbai ṯa ñane ŋen ŋəlëɽəŋu, ñagaɽo ləbai led̶a gakəl igi ñagamanaṯa? Ndə ñagəɽo ləbai ləŋen ŋeicia ñagid̶i ñaiye. Ndə ñagəɽo ləbai ləd̶ənna ŋen ñagid̶i ñid̶əni ñagəd̶urwaṯo eŋen. 17 Orn aləŋërṯr Rəmwa nano! Ananoŋ ñagafo ñagaɽo ləbai ləŋen ŋeicia, orn d̶əñid̶i ñagənana d̶ërrəŋaid̶ia ŋen narna pred̶ id̶i ñagəneinu. 18 Ñagafo ñagëbərnu lomanto d̶əge eŋen ŋeicia, na ñagaɽo ləbai ləŋen ŋəd̶urwaṯo. 19 Igandəlwaɽəṯia eŋen ŋəwujənu garno ed̶a, ŋen ŋanṯa d̶ëbia ed̶alo. Ŋen ŋarno ñagənanaid̶o ŋen ŋaŋəno esalo ṯa aiyəɽeṯe ləbai ləŋen ŋətaŋa, na ləŋen ŋəd̶əned̶a ŋələŋe, na ŋen iŋi ŋafo ŋakaɽəjeinu, nṯia d̶əge d̶əñid̶i naid̶r aŋəno esalo ṯa aiyaɽeṯe ebai yeŋen ŋəd̶urwaṯo ṯa aiyid̶əni yetəɽe. 20 Ŋen ñagəfo ñagəɽo ləbai ləŋen ŋeicia, ñagero ñagəbëndənia ṯa ñid̶i ŋen ŋəd̶urwaṯo. 21 Fələd̶ia laŋga ñagəfid̶əlo ndə ñagəd̶əñia d̶əño nano d̶əñid̶i? Ŋen iŋi ŋamama ŋəɽaiñ! 22 Orn d̶əñid̶i, ŋen ŋanṯa ñagëbərnu eŋen ŋeicia, na ñagaɽo ləbai ɽ-Rəmwa fəŋu ṯa ñagid̶ənu ñagətəɽe na ñagid̶i ñəneini d̶əməṯia d̶əbəɽəbəte. 23 Ŋen ŋanṯa d̶əpəɽa d̶əŋen ŋeicia fəŋu ŋəɽaiñ, orn d̶ənaica məɽəməɽeñ d̶ə-Rəmwa fəŋu d̶əməṯia d̶əbəɽəbəte ig-Almasiya Yesu igi gəɽo Eləŋ igëndr.
Dead to Sin but Alive in Union with Christ
1 What shall we say, then? Should we continue to live in sin so that God's grace will increase? 2 Certainly not! We have died to sin—how then can we go on living in it? 3 For surely you know that when we were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, we were baptized into union with his death. 4 By our baptism, then, we were buried with him and shared his death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glorious power of the Father, so also we might live a new life.
5 For since we have become one with him in dying as he did, in the same way we shall be one with him by being raised to life as he was. 6 And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin. 7 For when we die, we are set free from the power of sin. 8 Since we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that Christ has been raised from death and will never die again—death will no longer rule over him. 10 And so, because he died, sin has no power over him; and now he lives his life in fellowship with God. 11 In the same way you are to think of yourselves as dead, so far as sin is concerned, but living in fellowship with God through Christ Jesus.
12 Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self. 13 Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes. 14 Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.
Slaves of Righteousness
15 What, then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under God's grace? By no means! 16 Surely you know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to obey someone, you are in fact the slaves of the master you obey—either of sin, which results in death, or of obedience, which results in being put right with God. 17 But thanks be to God! For though at one time you were slaves to sin, you have obeyed with all your heart the truths found in the teaching you received. 18 You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness. 19 (I use everyday language because of the weakness of your natural selves.) At one time you surrendered yourselves entirely as slaves to impurity and wickedness for wicked purposes. In the same way you must now surrender yourselves entirely as slaves of righteousness for holy purposes.
20 When you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. 21 What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of? The result of those things is death! 22 But now you have been set free from sin and are the slaves of God. Your gain is a life fully dedicated to him, and the result is eternal life. 23 For sin pays its wage—death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.