Galatians 6

1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

1 Ndugu zangu, ikiwa mtu ameghafilika akatenda dhambi, basi ninyi mlio wa rohoni, mrejesheni upya mtu huyo kwa roho ya upole. Lakini jihadharini, ili ninyi wenyewe msije mkajaribiwa.

2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

2 Chukulianeni mizigo ninyi kwa ninyi, nanyi kwa njia hii mtatimiza sheria ya Kristo.

3 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

3 Kama mtu yeyote akijiona kuwa yeye ni bora na kumbe sivyo, basi mtu huyo anajidanganya mwenyewe.

4 Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

4 Lakini kila mtu na aipime kazi yake mwenyewe, ndipo aweze kujisifu, bila kujilinganisha na mtu mwingine.

5 For each one should carry his own load.

5 Kwa maana, kila mtu atauchukua mzigo wake mwenyewe.

6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

6 Basi, yeye afundishwaye katika neno na amshirikishe mwalimu wake mema yote.

7 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

7 Msidanganyike, Mungu hadhihakiwi. Kwa kuwa kile apandacho mtu ndicho atakachovuna.

8 The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

8 Apandaye kwa mwili, katika mwili wake atavuna uharibifu, lakini yeye apandaye katika Roho, katika Roho atavuna uzima wa milele.

9 Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

9 Hivyo, tusichoke katika kutenda mema, kwa kuwa tutavuna kwa wakati wake tusipokata tamaa.

10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

10 Kwa hiyo, kadiri tupatavyo nafasi na tuwatendee watu wote mema, hasa wale wa jamaa ya waaminio.

11 See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!

11 Angalieni herufi kubwa nitumiazo ninapowaandikia kwa mkono wangu mwenyewe!

12 Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.

12 Wale wanaotaka kuonekana wazuri kwa mambo ya mwili wanataka wawalazimishe kutahiriwa. Sababu pekee ya kufanya hivyo ni kuepuka kuteswa kwa ajili ya msalaba wa Kristo.

13 For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

13 Hata wale waliotahiriwa wenyewe hawaitii sheria, lakini wanataka ninyi mtahiriwe ili wapate kujivuna kwa habari ya miili yenu.

14 But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

14 Mungu apishie mbali nisije nikajivunia kitu chochote isipokuwa msalaba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, ambaye kwa yeye ulimwengu umesulubiwa kwangu, nami nimesulubiwa kwa ulimwengu.

15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

15 Kwa maana katika Kristo Yesu, kutahiriwa au kutokutahiriwa si kitu, bali kule kuwa kiumbe kipya ni kila kitu!

16 Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.

16 Amani na rehema viwe na wote wanaofuata kanuni hii, na juu ya Israeli wa Mungu.

17 From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

17 Hatimaye, tangu sasa mtu yeyote asinitaabishe, kwa maana nachukua katika mwili wangu chapa zake Yesu.

18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

18 Ndugu zangu, neema ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo iwe pamoja na roho zenu. Amen.