¹Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

¹Ndugu, kama mkimwona mtu fulani amekosea, basi, ninyi mnaoongozwa na Roho mwonyeni mtu huyo ajirekebishe; lakini fanyeni hivyo kwa upole, mkiwa na tahadhari msije nanyi wenyewe mkajaribiwa.

²Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

²Saidianeni kubeba mizigo yenu na hivyo mtatimiza sheria ya Kristo.

³For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

³Mtu akijiona kuwa ni kitu, na kumbe si kitu, huyo anajidanganya mwenyewe.

⁴But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

⁴Lakini kila mmoja na aupime vizuri mwenendo wake mwenyewe. Ukiwa mwema, basi, anaweza kuona fahari juu ya alichofanya bila kuwa na sababu ya kujilinganisha na mtu mwingine.

⁵For each man will bear his own burden.

⁵Maana kila mmoja anao mzigo wake mwenyewe wa kubeba.

⁶But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

⁶Mwenye kufundishwa neno la Mungu na amshirikishe mwalimu wake riziki zake.

⁷Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

⁷Msidanganyike; Mungu hafanyiwi dhihaka. Alichopanda mtu ndicho atakachovuna.

⁸For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

⁸Apandaye katika tamaa za kidunia, atavuna humo uharibifu; lakini akipanda katika Roho, atavuna kutoka kwa Roho uzima wa milele.

⁹Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

⁹Basi, tusichoke kutenda mema; maana tusipolegea tutavuna mavuno kwa wakati wake.

¹⁰So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

¹⁰Kwa hiyo, tukiwa bado na wakati, tuwatendee watu wote mema, na hasa ndugu wa imani yetu.

¹¹See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.

¹¹Tazameni jinsi nilivyoandika kwa herufi kubwa, kwa mkono wangu mwenyewe.

¹²As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

¹²Wale wanaotaka kuonekana wazuri kwa mambo ya mwili ndio wanaotaka kuwalazimisha ninyi mtahiriwe. Wanafanya hivyo kwa sababu moja tu: kusudi wao wenyewe wasije wakadhulumiwa kwa sababu ya msalaba wa Kristo.

¹³For even they who receive circumcision don’t keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

¹³Maana, hao wenyewe waliotahiriwa hawaishiki Sheria; huwataka ninyi mtahiriwe wapate kujivunia alama hiyo mwilini mwenu.

¹⁴But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

¹⁴Lakini mimi sitajivunia kamwe chochote isipokuwa msalaba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo; maana kwa njia ya msalaba huo ulimwengu umesulubiwa kwangu, nami nimesulubiwa kwa ulimwengu.

¹⁵For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

¹⁵Kutahiriwa au kutotahiriwa si kitu; cha maana ni kuwa kiumbe kipya.

¹⁶As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

¹⁶Wanaoufuata mwongozo huo nawatakia amani na huruma; amani na huruma kwa Israeli--Wateule wa Mungu.

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

¹⁷Basi, sasa mtu yeyote asinisumbue tena, maana alama nilizo nazo mwilini mwangu ni zile za Yesu.

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

¹⁸Ndugu, nawatakieni ninyi nyote neema ya Bwana wetu Kristo. Amina.