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Tuseme nini basi? Tudumu katika dhambi ili neema izidi kuwa nyingi?
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
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Hasha! Sisi tulioifia dhambi tutaishije tena katika dhambi?
Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
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Hamfahamu ya kuwa sisi sote tuliobatizwa katika Kristo Yesu tulibatizwa katika mauti yake?
Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
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Basi tulizikwa pamoja naye kwa njia ya ubatizo katika mauti yake, kusudi kama Kristo alivyofufuka katika wafu kwa njia ya utukufu wa Baba, vivyo hivyo na sisi tuenende katika upya wa uzima.
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
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Kwa maana kama mlivyounganika naye katika mfano wa mauti yake, kadhalika mtaunganika kwa mfano wa kufufuka kwake;
For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
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mkijua neno hili, ya kuwa utu wetu wa kale ulisulibishwa pamoja naye, ili mwili wa dhambi ubatilike, tusitumikie dhambi tena;
We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
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kwa kuwa yeye aliyekufa amehesabiwa haki mbali na dhambi.
For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
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Lakini tukiwa tulikufa pamoja na Kristo, twaamini ya kuwa tutaishi pamoja naye;
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
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tukijua ya kuwa Kristo akiisha kufufuka katika wafu hafi tena, wala mauti haimtawali tena.
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
10
Maana kwa kule kufa kwake, aliifia dhambi mara moja tu; lakini kwa kule kuishi kwake, amwishia Mungu.
The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
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Vivyo hivyo ninyi nanyi jihesabuni kuwa wafu kwa dhambi na walio hai kwa Mungu katika Kristo Yesu.
So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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Basi, dhambi isitawale ndani ya miili yenu ipatikanayo na mauti, hata mkazitii tamaa zake;
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
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wala msiendelee kuvitoa viungo vyenu kuwa silaha za dhuluma kwa dhambi; bali jitoeni wenyewe kwa Mungu kama walio hai baada ya kufa, na viungo vyenu kwa Mungu kuwa silaha za haki.
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
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Kwa maana dhambi haitawatawala ninyi, kwa sababu hamwi chini ya sheria, bali chini ya neema.
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
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Ni nini basi? Tufanye dhambi kwa sababu hatuwi chini ya sheria bali chini ya neema? Hasha!
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
16
Hamjui ya kuwa kwake yeye ambaye mnajitoa nafsi zenu kuwa watumwa wake katika kumtii, mmekuwa watumwa wake yule mnayemtii, kwamba ni utumishi wa dhambi uletao mauti, au kwamba ni utumishi wa utii uletao haki.
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
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Lakini Mungu na ashukuriwe, kwa maana mlikuwa watumwa wa dhambi, lakini mliitii kwa mioyo yenu ile namna ya elimu ambayo mliwekwa chini yake;
But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
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na mlipokwisha kuwekwa huru mbali na dhambi, mkawa watumwa wa haki.
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
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Nasema kwa jinsi ya kibinadamu kwa sababu ya udhaifu wa miili yenu. Kwa kuwa kama mlivyovitoa viungo vyenu vitumiwe na uchafu na uasi mpate kuasi, vivyo hivyo sasa vitoeni viungo vyenu vitumiwe na haki mpate kutakaswa.
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
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Kwa maana mlipokuwa watumwa wa dhambi, mlikuwa huru mbali na haki.
For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
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Ni faida gani basi mliyopata siku zile kwa mambo hayo mnayoyatahayarikia sasa? Kwa maana mwisho wa mambo hayo ni mauti.
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
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Lakini sasa mkiisha kuwekwa huru, na kuwa mbali na dhambi, na kufanywa watumwa wa Mungu, mnayo faida yenu, ndiyo kutakaswa, na mwisho wake ni uzima wa milele.
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
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Kwa maana mshahara wa dhambi ni mauti; bali karama ya Mungu ni uzima wa milele katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.