Warumi 8
Agano Jipya: Tafsiri ya Kusoma-Kwa-Urahisi
Uzima Katika Roho
8 Hivyo mtu yeyote aliye wa Kristo Yesu hana hukumu ya kifo. 2 Hiyo ni kwa sababu kwa njia ya Kristo Yesu sheria ya Roho inayoleta uzima imewaweka ninyi[a] huru kutoka katika sheria inayoleta dhambi na kifo. 3 Ndiyo, sheria haikuwa na nguvu ya kutusaidia kwa sababu ya udhaifu wetu wa kibinadamu. Lakini Mungu akafanya kile ambacho sheria haikuweza kufanya: Alimtuma Mwanaye duniani akiwa na mwili ule ule tunaoutumia kutenda dhambi. Mungu alimtuma ili awe njia ya kuiacha dhambi. Alitumia maisha ya mwanadamu ili kuipa dhambi hukumu ya kifo. 4 Mungu alifanya hivi ili tuweze kuishi kama sheria inavyotaka. Sasa tunaweza kuishi hivyo kwa kumfuata Roho na si kwa jinsi ya udhaifu wa kibinadamu.
5 Watu wanaoishi kwa kufuata udhaifu wa kibinadamu[b] huyafikiri yale wanayoyataka tu. Lakini wale wanaoishi kwa kumfuata Roho huyafikiri yale Roho anayotaka wafanye. 6 Ikiwa fikra zenu zinaongozwa na udhaifu wa kibinadamu, kuna kifo cha kiroho. Lakini ikiwa fikra zenu zinaongozwa na Roho, kuna uhai na amani. 7 Je, hili ni kweli? Kwa sababu kila mtu ambaye fikra zake zinaongozwa na udhaifu wa kibinadamu yuko kinyume na Mungu maana hukataa kuitii sheria ya Mungu. Na kwa hakika hawawezi kutii. 8 Wale wanaotawaliwa na udhaifu wa kibinadamu hawawezi kumpendeza Mungu.
9 Lakini ninyi hamtawaliwi na udhaifu wenu wa kibinadamu, bali mnatawaliwa na Roho, ikiwa Roho huyo wa Mungu anakaa ndani yenu. Na mtu yeyote asiye na Roho wa Kristo, huyo si wa Kristo. 10 Miili yenu inaelekea kifo kwa sababu ya dhambi. Lakini ikiwa Kristo anaishi ndani yenu, basi Roho anawapa uzima kwa sababu ya uaminifu wa wema wa Mungu.[c] 11 Mungu alimfufua Yesu kutoka kwa wafu. Na ikiwa Roho wa Mungu anaishi ndani yenu, ataifanya hai tena miili yenu inayokufa. Ndiyo, Mungu ndiye aliyemfufua Kristo kutoka kwa wafu, naye atawafufua ninyi na kuwapa uzima kupitia Roho wake anayeishi ndani yenu.
12 Hivyo, kaka na dada zangu, ni lazima tusitawaliwe na udhaifu wa kibinadamu kwa kufuata tamaa zake. 13 Ikiwa mtayatumia maisha yenu kufanya yale ambayo udhaifu wenu wa kibinadamu unataka, mtakufa kiroho. Lakini ikiwa mtaupokea msaada wa Roho na mkaacha kutenda mambo mabaya mnayotenda na miili yenu, mtakuwa na uzima wa kweli.
14 Watoto wa kweli wa Mungu ni wale wanaokubali kuongozwa na Roho wa Mungu. 15 Roho tuliyempokea si roho anayetufanya kuwa watumwa tena na kutusababisha tuwe na hofu. Roho tuliye naye hutufanya tuwe watoto waliochaguliwa na Mungu. Na kwa Roho huyo twalia “Aba,[d] yaani Baba.” 16 Na Roho mwenyewe huzungumza na roho zetu na kutuhakikishia kuwa sisi ni watoto wa Mungu. 17 Nasi kwa kuwa ni watoto wa Mungu, basi sisi ni warithi, warithi wa Mungu na warithi pamoja na Kristo. Mungu atatupa yale yote aliyompa Kristo. Sisi tunaoteseka sasa kama Kristo alivyoteseka tutashiriki katika utukufu wake.
Wakati Wetu wa Utukufu Unakuja
18 Nanayachukulia mateso ya sasa kuwa si kitu ukilinganisha na utukufu mkuu tunaoutarajia. 19 Hata uumbaji una shauku kuu, ukisubiri kwa hamu wakati ambapo atawadhihirisha “watoto halisi wa Mungu”[e] kuwa ni na. 20 Kila alichokiumba Mungu kiliruhusiwa kuwa na mapungufu kana kwamba hakitafikia utimilifu wake. Hilo halikuwa kwa matakwa ya viumbe, lakini Mungu aliruhusu hayo yatokee kwa mtazamo wa tumaini hili: 21 kwamba uumbaji ungewekwa huru mbali na uharibifu, na kwamba kila alichokiumba Mungu kiwe na uhuru na utukufu ule ule ulio wa watoto wa Mungu.
22 Tunajua kuwa kila kitu alichoumba Mungu kimekuwa kikingoja hadi sasa katika kuugua na uchungu kama wa mwanamke aliye tayari kuzaa mtoto. 23 Siyo uumbaji tu, bali sisi pia tumekuwa tukingoja kwa kuugua na uchungu ndani yetu. Tunaye Roho kama sehemu ya kwanza ya ahadi ya Mungu. Kwa hiyo tunamngoja Mungu amalize kutufanya sisi watoto wake yeye mwenyewe. Nina maana kuwa tunasubiri kuwekwa huru kwa miili yetu. 24 Tuliokolewa ili tuwe na tumaini hili. Ikiwa tunaweza kuona kile tunachokisubiri, basi hilo siyo tumaini la kweli. Watu hawatumaini kitu ambacho tayari wanacho. 25 Lakini tunatumaini kitu tusichokuwa nacho, na hivyo tunakisubiri kwa uvumilivu.
26 Roho hutusaidia pia. Sisi ni dhaifu sana, lakini Roho hutusaidia katika udhaifu wetu. Hatujui jinsi ya kuomba kama Mungu anavyotaka, lakini Roho mwenyewe hutuombea kwa Mungu kwa kuungua kusikotamkika. 27 Tayari Mungu anayajua mawazo yetu ya ndani sana. Na anaelewa Roho anataka kusema nini, kwa sababu Roho huomba kwa ajili ya watu wa Mungu katika namna inayokubaliana na mapenzi ya Mungu.
28 Tunajua kwamba katika kila kitu Mungu[f] hufanya kazi ili kuwapa mema wale wanaompenda. Hawa ni watu aliowachagua Mungu, kwa sababu huo ndiyo ulikuwa mpango wake. 29 Mungu aliwajua kabla hajauumba ulimwengu. Na aliamua hao wangekuwa kama Mwanaye. Na Yesu angekuwa mzaliwa wa kwanza wa watoto wake wengi. 30 Mungu aliwakusudia wao wawe kama Mwanaye. Aliwachagua na kuwahesabia haki pamoja na Mungu. Na alipowahesabia haki, akawapa utukufu wake.
Mungu Huonesha Pendo lake Kupitia Yesu
31 Hivyo tuseme nini juu ya hili? Ikiwa Mungu yuko kwa ajili yetu, hakuna anayeweza kuwa kinyume nasi. 32 Naye alimwacha mwanae ateswe kwa ajili yetu. Mungu alimtoa Mwanaye kwa ajili yetu sisi sote. Sasa kwa kuwa tu wa Kristo, hakika Mungu atatupa mambo mengine yote. 33 Nani atakayewashitaki watu waliochaguliwa na Mungu? Hayupo! Mungu ndiye hutuhesabia haki. 34 Ni nani anaweza kuwahukumu watu wa Mungu kuwa wana hatia? Hayupo! Kristo Yesu alikufa kwa ajili yetu na alifufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu. Na sasa ameketi upande wa kulia wa Mungu na anazungumza na Mungu kwa ajili yetu. 35 Je, kuna kitu chochote kinachoweza kututenga na upendo wa Kristo? Je, ni matatizo au shida au mateso? Ikiwa hatuna chakula au mavazi au tunakabiliwa na hatari au kifo, je mambo hayo yatatutenga sisi kutoka katika upendo wake? 36 Kama Maandiko yanavyosema,
“Kwa ajili yako, tunakabiliana na kifo wakati wote.
Watu wanadhani hatuna thamani kama kondoo wanaowachinja.”(A)
37 Lakini katika shida zote hizo tuna ushindi kamili kupitia Mungu, aliyetuonyesha upendo wake. 38-39 Ndiyo, nina uhakika kuwa hakuna kitu kinachoweza kututenganisha sisi na upendo wa Mungu, si kifo, maisha, malaika, wala roho zinazotawala. Nina uhakika kuwa hakuna wakati huu, hakuna wakati ujao; hakuna mamlaka, hakuna kilicho juu yetu au chini yetu, hakuna katika ulimwengu wote ulioumbwa, kitakachoweza kututenganisha sisi na upendo wa Mungu ulioonyeshwa kwetu katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu.
Footnotes
- 8:2 imewaweka ninyi Nakala zingine za Kiyunani zina “mimi” Vilevile katika sentensi inayofuata.
- 8:5 kibinadamu Yaani tamaa za mwili, nafsi na dhambi.
- 8:10 kwa sababu … Mungu Ama kwa sababu mmekombolewa (mmewekwa huru) kutoka dhambi na mauti.
- 8:15 Aba Ni neno la Kiaramu lililotumiwa na watoto wa Kiyahudi kama jina la kuwaita baba zao.
- 8:19 watoto halisi wa Mungu Kwa maana ya kawaida, “wana wa Mungu”, hapa Paulo anasisitiza tofauti kati ya waamini na mfalme wa Kirumi ambaye alikuwa anajidai kuwa ni “mwana wa Mungu”.
- 8:28 Mungu Au “Roho”.
Warumi 8
Neno: Bibilia Takatifu
Maisha Ya Kiroho
8 Kwa hiyo basi, sasa hakuna tena hukumu kwa wale walio ndani ya Kristo Yesu. 2 Kwa maana sheria ya Roho wa uzima katika Kristo Yesu imeniweka huru kutokana na sheria ya dhambi na mauti. 3 Mungu amefanya lile ambalo sheria ilishindwa kufanya kwa sababu ya udhaifu wa mwili wetu wa asili. Mungu aliihukumu dhambi kwa kumtuma Mwana wake wa pekee katika hali ya mwili kama sisi, ili awe sadaka kwa ajili ya dhambi. 4 Kwa kufanya hivyo, Mungu ametutimizia matakwa ya haki ya sheria kwa kuwa sasa maisha yetu yanaongozwa na Roho na wala hatuishi tena kwa kufuata mata kwa ya mwili.
5 Kwa maana wale waishio kwa kuongozwa na asili yao ya dhambi, hukaza mawazo yao kwenye mambo ya mwili; bali wale waishio kwa kuongozwa na Roho hukaza mawazo yao katika mambo ya Roho. 6 Matokeo ya mawazo yaliyotawaliwa na tamaa za mwili ni kifo lakini mawazo yaliyotawaliwa na Roho huleta uzima na amani. 7 Watu wenye mawazo yaliyotawaliwa na mambo ya mwili ni adui wa Mungu. Watu kama hao hawakubali kutii sheria ya Mungu, na kwa kweli hawawezi. 8 Watu wanaotawaliwa na mwili, hawawezi kum pendeza Mungu .
9 Lakini ninyi hamuishi kwa kufuata matakwa ya mwili, bali mnaongozwa na Roho; ikiwa kweli Roho wa Mungu anaishi ndani yenu. Mtu ye yote ambaye hana Roho wa Kristo, yeye si wa Kristo. 10 Lakini kama Kristo anaishi ndani yenu, ingawa miili yenu imekufa kwa sababu ya dhambi, roho zenu zinaishi kwa sababu mmek wisha kuhesabiwa haki. 11 Na ikiwa Roho wa Mungu ambaye alimfu fua Yesu kutoka kwa wafu anaishi ndani yenu, Mungu aliyemfufua Kristo Yesu kutoka kwa wafu ataipatia uzima miili yenu ambayo hufa, kwa njia ya huyo Roho wake ambaye anaishi ndani yenu. 12 Kwa hiyo ndugu zangu, hatuwajibiki tena kuishi kama miili yetu inavyotaka. 13 Kwa maana mkiishi kama mwili unavyotaka mta kufa,lakini kama mkiangamiza matendo ya mwili kwa nguvu ya Roho, mtaishi.
14 Kwa maana wote wanaoongozwa na Roho wa Mungu ni wana wa Mungu. 15 Hamkupewa Roho anayewafanya kuwa tena watumwa wa hofu. Lakini mmepokea Roho anayewafanya kuwa wana. Na kwa Roho huyo tunaweza kumwita Mungu, “Abba! Baba!” 16 Ni Roho mwenyewe anayeshuhudia pamoja na roho zetu kwamba sisi ni wana wa Mungu. 17 Na ikiwa sisi ni wana, basi tu warithi. Sisi ni warithi wa Mungu tutakaorithi pamoja na Kristo iwapo tutateseka pamoja naye ili pia tutukuzwe pamoja naye.
Utukufu Ujao
18 Nayahesabu mateso tunayopata sasa kuwa si kitu yakilin ganishwa na utukufu utakaodhihirishwa kwetu. 19 Viumbe vyote vinangoja kwa hamu kudhihirishwa kwa wana wa Mungu. 20 Kwa maana viumbe vilifanywa kuwa duni kabisa, si kwa kupenda kwake, bali kwa mapenzi ya Mungu; hata hivyo kulikuwa na matumaini 21 kwamba siku moja viumbe vyote vitawekwa huru kutoka katika utumwa wa kuharibika na vipewe uhuru na utukufu wa watoto wa Mungu.
22 Tunajua kwamba mpaka sasa viumbe vyote vimekuwa vikilia kwa uchungu mkali kama ule wa uzazi. 23 Na si hivyo tu, hata sisi ambao tuna matunda ya kwanza ya Roho tunalia kwa uchungu tukisu biri kwa hamu kufanywa kuwa wana wa Mungu, miili yetu itakapowek wa huru kabisa.
24 Kwa maana tuliokolewa kwa tumaini hili. Lakini kama kinachotumainiwa kikionekana hakiwi tumaini tena. Je, kuna mtu anayetumaini kupata kitu alichonacho? 25 Lakini tunapotumaini kupata kitu ambacho hatunacho, basi tunakingoja kwa subira.
26 Hali kadhalika Roho hutusaidia katika udhaifu wetu. Kwa sababu hatujui kuomba ipasavyo, lakini Roho mwenyewe hutuombea kwa uchungu usioelezeka kwa maneno. 27 Na Mungu ambaye ana chunguza mioyo yetu anafahamu mawazo ya Roho kwa maana Roho huwaombea watakatifu kufuatana na mapenzi ya Mungu. 28 Nasi tunajua ya kuwa katika mambo yote Mungu hutenda kazi pamoja na wote wampendao, wale ambao wameitwa kufuatana na mapenzi yake. Mungu hufanya hivyo kwa faida yao. 29 Wale ambao Mungu alikwisha kuwachagua tangu mwanzo, pia aliwateua wafanane na Mwanae, ili Mwana awe mzaliwa wa kwanza miongoni mwa ndugu wengi. 30 Na wale ambao Mungu aliwateua tangu awali pia ali waita; na wale aliowaita pia aliwahesabia haki; na wale aliowahesabia haki aliwapa utukufu wake.
Upendo Wa Mungu
31 Tuseme nini basi kuhusu haya yote? Ikiwa Mungu yuko upande wetu ni nani atakayetupinga? 32 Ikiwa Mungu hakumwacha Mwanae bali alimtoa kwa ajili yetu sote, hatatupatia pamoja na Mwanae, vitu vyote? 33 Ni nani atawashtaki wale ambao Mungu amewachagua? Ni Mungu mwenyewe ambaye anawahesabia kuwa hawana hatia. 34 Ni nani basi atakayewahukumu? Yesu Kristo mwenyewe ndiye aliyekufa, na zaidi ya hayo, yeye ndiye aliyefufuliwa akawa hai, na ambaye sasa amekaa upande wa kulia wa Mungu, naye anatuombea. 35 Ni nani atakayetutenganisha na upendo wa Kristo? Ni shida? Au taabu? Au mateso? Au njaa? Au umaskini? Au hatari? Au Kifo? Hapana. 36 Kama Maandiko yasemavyo: “Kwa aji li yako tunauawa mchana kutwa, tumehesabiwa kama kondoo wa kuchinjwa.” 37 Lakini katika mambo yote haya sisi ni washi ndi, naam, na zaidi ya washindi, tukiwa ndani yake yeye aliyetu penda. 38 Kwa maana nina hakika kuwa, si kifo wala uzima; si malaika wala mashetani; si mambo ya sasa wala mambo yajayo au mamlaka nyingineyo yote; 39 si mambo yaliyo juu wala yaliyo chi ni sana; wala hakuna kitu kingine cho chote kati ya vitu vyote alivyoumba Mungu kitakachoweza kututenga na upendo wa Mungu ulio ndani ya Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu.
Romans 8
EasyEnglish Bible
We can live by God's Spirit
8 Now we know this: God has forgiven those people who are united with Christ Jesus. God will never say that they are guilty. 2 If you belong to Christ Jesus, God's Spirit has given you a new life. God's Spirit now rules in your life and he has made you free. Sin and death no longer have authority over you.
3 The Law that God gave to Moses could not make us free like that. We were too weak to obey his Law because we are human. But God has done what his Law could not do. He sent his own Son to become a person like us. His human body was like the body of people who do wrong things. God's Son died as a sacrifice to take away the punishment for our sins. In that way, God destroyed the power of sin over people who are weak and human. 4 God did this so that we could become right with him. God's Law showed us how to be right with him. And now we can be right with God, if we live with God's Spirit as our guide. We do not do what our weak human thoughts want us to do.
5 Some people do what their weak human thoughts want them to do. They think about the things that will make themselves happy. But people who live with God's Spirit as their guide think about what will make God's Spirit happy. 6 People who let their human thoughts rule them will die. But people who think about what God's Spirit wants will have life with God. They will have peace inside themselves. 7 If our weak human thoughts rule us, we become God's enemies. People like that do not want to obey God's Law. They are not even able to obey it. 8 People who let their human thoughts rule them cannot make God happy.
9 But you are not like that. You no longer obey your weak human thoughts. Instead, you obey God's Spirit as your guide. That is true if God's Spirit is really living in you. But if anyone does not have Christ's Spirit in them, that person does not belong to Christ. 10 But, if Christ lives in you, you have a new life because of his Spirit. Your body will die one day because of the power of sin. But your spirit lives because Christ has made you right with God. 11 God raised Jesus, to make him alive again after his death. Now God's Spirit lives in you. So God, who raised Christ from death, will also cause your human bodies to live again. He will do that by his Spirit who lives in you.
12 So, my Christian friends, we must not obey what our weak human thoughts tell us to do. We no longer have to live like that. 13 If you agree to live in that way, you will die. Instead, you should let God's Spirit help you with his power. Then you can stop doing the wrong things that your bodies want to do. As a result, you will have life with God.
14 All those people who live with God's Spirit as their guide are God's children. 15 The Spirit that you have received from God does not make you serve him like slaves. That would make you afraid again. No. The Spirit that God has given to you causes you to become God's children. Now he takes care of you. God's Spirit makes us call God: ‘Abba, our Father.’ 16 God's Spirit himself causes us to know that we are God's children. God's Spirit and our own spirits agree that this is true. 17 Because we are God's children, we also know that we will receive good things from him. Those are the things that he has promised to give to his children. Together with Christ, we will receive the things that God has kept for him. That is true if we agree to have troubles like Christ did. Then we will also enjoy life in heaven like Christ does.
God has prepared great things for his people
18 During this time now, we have troubles and pain. But I am sure that these troubles are not really very great. One day God will show us all the great things he has prepared for us. That will make the troubles that we have now seem very small. 19 The whole universe that God has made now waits for something great to happen. Everything is waiting with hope to find out who God's children really are.
20 God has caused everything in the universe to lose its purpose. It did not choose to be like that. It was God who decided that it should be like that. Then it could hope for something better in a future time. 21 At that time, the universe will not continue to become worse and worse, as it does now. It will become free from that power. It will be free to enjoy great things from God, as God's children are also free.
22 We know that everything in the universe is still in great pain now. Everything cries together in pain, like a woman who is ready to have a baby. 23 It is the same for us who are believers. We have received God's Spirit as the first of his gifts to us, but we also cry inside ourselves. We are waiting for the time when God will finish his great work. Then we will belong to him completely as his children. Our bodies will be free from the power of sin.
24 Ever since God saved us, we have continued to wait for this to happen. One day, we will receive what we have hoped for. Then we will not need to hope for it any more. Nobody continues to hope for something that he has already. 25 But we continue to hope for what we do not yet see. And so, we wait for it patiently.
26 God's Spirit also helps us to do this. Because we are weak, we do not know how we ought to pray. But God's Spirit himself prays for us. He cries to God on our behalf in a way that nobody could say with words. 27 God sees deep inside us, and he knows our thoughts. He understands what is in the mind of his Spirit. When the Holy Spirit prays on behalf of God's people, he prays as God wants him to pray.
28 We know that God works to help those people who love him. He uses everything that happens to them to bring something good. He does this for those people that he has chosen to serve him. 29 God already had those people in his thoughts from the beginning. He decided that they should become like his Son. So then, his Son would have many younger brothers and sisters. 30 God had already chosen those people to be his children. Because of that, he called them to come to him. He accepted those people as right with himself. And those that he accepted, he also caused them to become great.
God loves us very much
31 So, because of all the things that God does for us, we can say this: If God is working on our behalf, nobody can really do anything against us. 32 God did not even keep his own Son safe. Instead, he gave his Son to die on behalf of all of us. So certainly, God will continue to be kind to us. As well as his Son, he will give to us all things that we need. 33 Nobody can say that God's people are guilty. God himself has accepted us as right with him. 34 So nobody can say that God should still punish us. Nobody can say that, because Christ Jesus himself died on our behalf. And God raised him so that he became alive again after his death. Now Christ is sitting at God's right side in heaven.[a] He himself is praying to God on our behalf.
35 Christ will always continue to love us. Nothing can stop that! We may have troubles. Things may make us sad or afraid. People may do bad things to us. We may have no food or no clothes. There may be great danger. People may even try to kill us. But none of these things can stop Christ from loving us. 36 As it says in the Bible:
‘Because we are your people, God,
people try to kill us all the time.
They think that we are like sheep,
and we are ready to be killed.’[b]
37 Because God loves us, none of these troubles can ever beat us. He makes us win against them. 38-39 I am sure of this. Nothing can stop God from loving us. Death cannot do that. Life cannot do that. Angels cannot do that, nor can demons do that. Nothing that happens to us now, or that will happen in a future time can do that. No powerful spirits can do that. Nothing that is high above the world can do that, nor anything that is deep down below the ground. Nothing else in the whole universe can stop God from loving us. Because of our Lord Christ Jesus, we know how much God loves us.
Footnotes
- 8:34 Jesus sits at the right side of God the Father. The right side is the most important place. This means that Jesus rules with the same power and authority as God himself.
- 8:36 See Psalms 44:22.
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