¹Sisi tulio imara katika imani tunapaswa kuwasaidia wale walio dhaifu wayakabili matatizo yao. Tusijipendelee sisi wenyewe tu.

¹And we ought — we who are strong — to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

²Kila mmoja wetu anapaswa kumpendeza jirani yake kwa wema ili huyo apate kujijenga katika imani.

²for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification,

³Maana Kristo hakujipendelea mwenyewe; ila alikuwa kama yasemavyo Maandiko: "Kashfa zote walizokutolea wewe zimenipata mimi."

³for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;`

⁴Maana yote yalioandikwa yameandikwa kwa ajili ya kutufundisha sisi ili kutokana na saburi na faraja tupewayo na Maandiko hayo Matakatifu tupate kuwa na matumaini.

⁴for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

⁵Mungu aliye msingi wa saburi na faraja yote, awajalieni ninyi kuwa na msimamo mmoja kufuatana na mfano wake Kristo Yesu,

⁵And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

⁶ili ninyi nyote, kwa nia moja na sauti moja, mumtukuze Mungu, Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

⁶that with one accord — with one mouth — ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁷Basi, karibishaneni kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Mungu kama naye Kristo alivyowakaribisheni.

⁷wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

⁸Maana, nawaambieni Kristo aliwatumikia Wayahudi apate kuonyesha uaminifu wa Mungu, na zile ahadi Mungu alizowapa babu zetu zipate kutimia;

⁸And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

⁹ili nao watu wa mataifa mengine wapate kumtukuza Mungu kwa sababu ya huruma yake. Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: "Kwa sababu hiyo, nitakusifu miongoni mwa watu wa mataifa. Nitaziimba sifa za jina lako."

⁹and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, `Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,`

¹⁰Tena Maandiko yasema: "Furahini, enyi watu wa mataifa; furahini pamoja na watu wake."

¹⁰and again it saith, `Rejoice ye nations, with His people;`

¹¹Na tena: "Enyi mataifa yote, msifuni Bwana; enyi watu wote, msifuni."

¹¹and again, `Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;`

¹²Tena Isaya asema: "Atatokea mtu katika ukoo wa Yese, naye atawatawala watu wa mataifa; nao watamtumainia."

¹²and again, Isaiah saith, `There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations — upon him shall nations hope;`

¹³Basi, Mungu aliye msingi wa matumaini, awajazeni furaha yote na amani kutokana na imani yenu; tumaini lenu lipate kuongezeka kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu.

¹³and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴Ndugu zangu, mimi binafsi nina hakika kwamba ninyi pia mmejaa wema, elimu yote, na mnaweza kushauriana ninyi kwa ninyi.

¹⁴And I am persuaded, my brethren — I myself also — concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish;

¹⁵Lakini nimewaandikia hapa na pale katika barua hii bila woga, nipate kuwakumbusheni juu ya mambo fulani. Nimefanya hivyo kwa sababu ya neema aliyonijalia Mungu

¹⁵and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,

¹⁶ya kuwa mtumishi wa Yesu Kristo kwa watu wa mataifa. Ni jukumu langu la kikuhani kuihubiri Habari Njema ya Mungu ili watu wa mataifa mengine wapate kuwa dhabihu inayokubaliwa na Mungu, dhabihu iliyotakaswa na Roho Mtakatifu.

¹⁶for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷Kwa hiyo, nikiwa nimeungana na Kristo Yesu, naweza kujivunia huduma yangu kwa ajili ya Mungu.

¹⁷I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

¹⁸Sithubutu kusema kitu kingine chochote isipokuwa tu kile ambacho Kristo Yesu amekifanya kwa kunitumia mimi ili watu wa mataifa wapate kutii. Amefanya hivyo kwa maneno na vitendo,

¹⁸for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

¹⁹kwa nguvu ya miujiza na maajabu, na kwa nguvu ya Roho wa Mungu. Basi, kwa kusafiri kila mahali, tangu kule Yerusalemu mpaka Iluriko, nimeihubiri kikamilifu Habari Njema ya Kristo.

¹⁹in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

²⁰Nia yangu imekuwa daima kuihubiri Habari Njema popote pale ambapo jina la Kristo halijapata kusikika, nisije nikajenga juu ya msingi wa mtu mwingine.

²⁰and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named — that upon another`s foundation I might not build —

²¹Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: "Watu wote ambao hawakuambiwa habari zote wataona; nao wale ambao hawajapata kusikia, wataelewa."

²¹but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.`

²²Kwa sababu hiyo nilizuiwa mara nyingi kuja kwenu.

²²Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,

²³Lakini maadam sasa nimemaliza kazi yangu pande hizi, na kwa kuwa kwa miaka mingi nimekuwa na nia kubwa ya kuja kwenu,

²³and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

²⁴natumaini kufanya hivyo sasa. Ningependa kuwaoneni nikiwa safarini kwenda Spania na kupata msaada wenu kwa safari hiyo baada ya kufurahia kuwa kwa muda pamoja nanyi.

²⁴when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.

²⁵Lakini, kwa sasa nakwenda kuwahudumia watu wa Mungu kule Yerusalem.

²⁵And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

²⁶Maana makanisa ya Makedonia na Akaya yemeamua kutoka mchango wao kuwasaidia watu wa Mungu walio maskini huko Yerusalem.

²⁶for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem;

²⁷Wao wenyewe wameamua kufanya hivyo; lakini, kwa kweli, hilo ni jukumu lao kwa hao. Maana, ikiwa watu wa mataifa mengine wameshiriki baraka za kiroho za Wayahudi, wanapaswa nao pia kuwahudumia Wayahudi katika mahitaji yao ya kidunia.

²⁷for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

²⁸Nitakapokwisha tekeleza kazi hiyo na kuwakabidhi mchango huo uliokusanywa kwa ajili yao, nitawatembeleeni ninyi nikiwa safarini kwenda Spania.

²⁸This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;

²⁹Najua ya kuwa nikija kwenu nitawaletea wingi wa baraka za Kristo.

²⁹and I have known that coming unto you — in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

³⁰Basi, ndugu zangu, nawasihi kwa kwa ajili ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, na kwa ajili ya upendo uletwao na Roho, mniunge mkono kwa kuniombea kwa Mungu.

³⁰And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,

³¹Ombeni nipate kutoka salama miongoni mwa wale wasioamini walioko Uyahudi, nayo huduma yangu huko Yerusalem ipate kukubaliwa na watu wa Mungu walioko huko.

³¹that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that [is] for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints;

³²Hivyo, Mungu akipenda, nitaweza kuja kwenu na moyo wa furaha, nikapumzike pamoja nanyi.

³²that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

³³Mungu aliye chanzo cha amani na awe nanyi nyote! Amina!

³³and the God of the peace [be] with you all. Amen.