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Sasa, basi, hakuna hukumu ya adhabu juu yao walio katika Kristo Yesu.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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Kwa sababu sheria ya Roho wa uzima ule ulio katika Kristo Yesu imeniacha huru, mbali na sheria ya dhambi na mauti.
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
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Maana yale yasiyowezekana kwa sheria, kwa vile ilivyokuwa dhaifu kwa sababu ya mwili, Mungu, kwa kumtuma Mwanawe mwenyewe katika mfano wa mwili ulio wa dhambi, na kwa sababu ya dhambi, aliihukumu dhambi katika mwili;
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
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ili maagizo ya torati yatimizwe ndani yetu sisi, tusioenenda kwa kufuata mambo ya mwili, bali mambo ya roho.
so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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Kwa maana wale waufuatao mwili huyafikiri mambo ya mwili; bali wale waifuatao roho huyafikiri mambo ya roho.
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
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Kwa kuwa nia ya mwili ni mauti; bali nia ya roho ni uzima na amani.
The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
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Kwa kuwa ile nia ya mwili ni uadui juu ya Mungu, kwa maana haitii sheria ya Mungu, wala haiwezi kuitii.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
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Wale waufuatao mwili hawawezi kumpendeza Mungu.
Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
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Lakini ikiwa Roho wa Mungu anakaa ndani yenu, ninyi hamwufuati mwili; bali mwaifuata roho. Lakini mtu awaye yote asipokuwa na Roho wa Kristo, huyo si wake.
You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
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Na Kristo akiwa ndani yenu, mwili wenu umekufa kwa sababu ya dhambi; bali roho yenu i hai, kwa sababu ya haki.
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
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Lakini, ikiwa Roho yake yeye aliyemfufua Yesu katika wafu anakaa ndani yenu, yeye aliyemfufua Kristo Yesu katika wafu ataihuisha na miili yenu iliyo katika hali ya kufa, kwa Roho wake anayekaa ndani yenu.
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
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Basi, kama ni hivyo, ndugu, tu wadeni, si wa mwili tuishi kwa kufuata mambo ya mwili,
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
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kwa maana kama tukiishi kwa kufuata mambo ya mwili, mwataka kufa; bali kama mkiyafisha matendo ya mwili kwa Roho, mtaishi.
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14
Kwa kuwa wote wanaoongozwa na Roho wa Mungu, hao ndio wana wa Mungu.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
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Kwa kuwa hamkupokea tena roho wa utumwa iletayo hofu; bali mlipokea roho ya kufanywa wana, ambayo kwa hiyo twalia, Aba, yaani, Baba.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
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Roho mwenyewe hushuhudia pamoja na roho zetu, ya kuwa sisi tu watoto wa Mungu;
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
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na kama tu watoto, basi, tu warithi; warithi wa Mungu, warithio pamoja na Kristo; naam, tukiteswa pamoja naye ili tupate na kutukuzwa pamoja naye.
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
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Kwa maana nayahesabu mateso ya wakati huu wa sasa kuwa si kitu kama utukufu ule utakaofunuliwa kwetu.
I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
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Kwa maana viumbe vyote pia vinatazamia kwa shauku nyingi kufunuliwa kwa wana wa Mungu.
The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
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Kwa maana viumbe vyote pia vilitiishwa chini ya ubatili; si kwa hiari yake, ila kwa sababu yake yeye atiyevitiisha katika tumaini;
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
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kwa kuwa viumbe vyenyewe navyo vitawekwa huru na kutolewa katika utumwa wa uharibifu, hata viingie katika uhuru wa utukufu wa watoto wa Mungu.
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
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Kwa maana twajua ya kuwa viumbe vyote pia vinaugua pamoja, navyo vina utungu pamoja hata sasa.
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
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Wala si hivyo tu; ila na sisi wenyewe tulio na malimbuko ya Roho, sisi pia tunaugua katika nafsi zetu, tukikutazamia kufanywa wana, yaani, ukombozi wa mwili wetu.
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
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Kwa maana tuliokolewa kwa taraja; lakini kitu kilichotarajiwa kikionekana, hakuna taraja tena. Kwa maana ni nani anayekitarajia kile akionacho?
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
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Bali tukikitarajia kitu tusichokiona, twakingojea kwa saburi.
But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
26
Kadhalika Roho naye hutusaidia udhaifu wetu, kwa maana hatujui kuomba jinsi itupasavyo, lakini Roho mwenyewe hutuombea kwa kuugua kusikoweza kutamkwa.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
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Na yeye aichunguzaye mioyo aijua nia ya Roho ilivyo, kwa kuwa huwaombea watakatifu kama apendavyo Mungu.
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
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Nasi twajua ya kuwa katika mambo yote Mungu hufanya kazi pamoja na wale wampendao katika kuwapatia mema, yaani, wale walioitwa kwa kusudi lake.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
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Maana wale aliowajua tangu asili, aliwachagua tangu asili wafananishwe na mfano wa Mwana wake, ili yeye awe mzaliwa wa kwanza miongoni mwa ndugu wengi.
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
30
Na wale aliowachagua tangu asili, hao akawaita; na wale aliowaita, hao akawahesabia haki; na wale aliowahesabia haki, hao akawatukuza.
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
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Basi, tuseme nini juu ya hayo? Mungu akiwapo upande wetu, ni nani aliye juu yetu?
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Yeye asiyemwachilia Mwana wake mwenyewe, bali alimtoa kwa ajili yetu sisi sote, atakosaje kutukirimia na mambo yote pamoja naye?
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
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Ni nani atakayewashitaki wateule wa Mungu? Mungu ndiye mwenye kuwahesabia haki.
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
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Ni nani atakayewahukumia adhabu? Kristo Yesu ndiye aliyekufa; naam, na zaidi ya hayo, amefufuka katika wafu, naye yuko mkono wa kuume wa Mungu; tena ndiye anayetuombea.
Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
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Ni nani atakayetutenga na upendo wa Kristo? Je! Ni dhiki au shida, au adha, au njaa, au uchi, au hatari, au upanga?
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
36
Kama ilivyoandikwa, ya kwamba, Kwa ajili yako tunauawa mchana kutwa, Tumehesabiwa kuwa kama kondoo wa kuchinjwa.
As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
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Lakini katika mambo hayo yote tunashinda, na zaidi ya kushinda, kwa yeye aliyetupenda.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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Kwa maana nimekwisha kujua hakika ya kwamba, wala mauti, wala uzima, wala malaika, wala wenye mamlaka, wala yaliyopo, wala yatakayokuwapo, wala wenye uwezo,
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
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wala yaliyo juu, wala yaliyo chini, wala kiumbe kinginecho chote hakitaweza kututenga na upendo wa Mungu ulio katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu.
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.