VaRoma 15
1 Zvino isu tine simba tinofanira kutakura utera hwevasina simba, uye tisingazvifadzi isu.
Most of us are sure [that God will not punish us for doing certain things that the laws and rituals God gave Moses said the Jews should not do. But we] should be patient with those who are uncertain [about such things], and we should not let them irritate us. We should not [simply] please ourselves.
2 Naizvozvo umwe neumwe wedu ngaafadze umwe wake pane zvakanaka pakumuvaka.
Each of us should [do the things that] please the fellow [believers with whom we come in contact, and things that will] benefit them. [We should do those things] in order to help them mature [spiritually].
3 Nokuti naKristu haana kuzvifadza iye, asi, sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Kutuka kwevakakutukai kwakawira pamusoro pangu.
[We should please our fellow believers], since Christ [has set us an example]. He did not [do things to] please himself. On the contrary, [he tried to please God even when others insulted him. That was] as it is written {as ([someone/the Psalmist]) wrote} [in Scripture that the Messiah said to God]: “When people insulted you [(sg)], [it was as though] they were also insulting me.”
4 Nokuti zvese zvakagara zvanyorwa, zvakagara zvanyorerwa kudzidza kwedu, kuti nemoyo murefu uye nekunyaradza kwemagwaro tive netariro.
And [you need to remember that] what was written previously {what [God’s servants] previously wrote} [in the Scriptures], was written {[they] wrote} to teach us in order that we would be patient and be encouraged by [reading/believing] what they wrote. If we do that, we can confidently expect [God to do for us all he has promised].
5 Asi dai Mwari wemoyo murefu newenyaradzo apa kwamuri kuva nemoyo umwe pakati penyu maererano naKristu Jesu;
God is the one who enables us to be patient and encourages us. ([Ask/Pray to]) [him that he would] enable you [all] to live harmoniously with each other, doing as Christ Jesus [did].
6 kuti nemoyo umwe nemuromo umwe mukudze Mwari, ivo Baba vaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu.
Then, as you are united in what you think and say [MTY], you will praise God, [who is the heavenly] father [MET] of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Naizvozvo gamuchiranai, Kristu sezvaakatigamuchirawo, ruve rukudzo rwaMwari.
So [I say to all of you believers at Rome], accept each other. [If you do that], people will praise God [as they see you behaving like Christ. Accept each other] just like Christ accepted you!
8 Zvino ndinoti, Jesu Kristu wakava muranda wedzingiso nekuda kwechokwadi chaMwari, kuti asimbise zvivimbiso zvemadzibaba;
I want [you to remember] that Christ [helped us] Jews [MTY] by what he did, in order to show that God (is faithful/does what he says he will do). That is, [his coming as our Messiah] fulfilled what God promised to [our Jewish] ancestors.
9 uye vahedheni vakudze Mwari nekuda kwetsitsi; sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Nekuda kweizvozvi ndichakureururai pakati pevahedheni, nekuimbira zita renyu rumbidzo.
And [by acting mercifully to them, he also caused] non-Jews to praise him. [What he has done for non-Jews] fulfills what is written [in the Scriptures that David said to God]: “So I will praise you [(sg) when I am] among the non-Jews, and I will sing to you [MTY].”
10 Uyezve anoti: Farai, vahedheni, pamwe nevanhu vake.
[David] also wrote, “You non-Jews, rejoice with us who are God’s people.”
11 Uyezve: Rumbidzai Ishe imwi vahedheni vese; mumukudzewo imwi vanhu vese.
[And Moses wrote in] the [Scriptures], “Praise the Lord, all [you] non-Jews, and may everyone praise him [DOU].”
12 Uyezve Isaya anoti: Uchavapo mudzi waJese, neachasimukira kutonga vahedheni; vahedheni vachavimba kwaari.
And Isaiah wrote [in the Scriptures], “There will be a descendant [MET] of [King] David who will begin to rule the non-Jews. They will confidently expect him [to fulfill what he has promised].”
13 Daiwo Mwari wetariro akuzadzai nemufaro wese uye nerugare muchitenda, kuti muwedzere patariro, nesimba reMweya Mutsvene.
God is the one who causes you to confidently expect [him to do what he has promised. I pray/ask] that he will cause you to be completely joyful and peaceful as you trust [in him]. As you do that, the Holy Spirit will enable you to more and more confidently expect [to receive what God has promised you].
14 Zvino ini ndomene ndinozivisisa nezvenyu, hama dzangu, kuti nemwi pachenyu muzere nekunaka, makazadzwa neruzivo rwese, munogonawo kurairana.
My fellow believers, I myself am [completely] sure that you yourselves [have acted toward others] in a completely good way. You have done that because you have known completely [all that God wants you to know] [HYP], and because you are able to teach each other.
15 Asi, hama, ndinokunyorerai ndakatsunga zvikuru, neimwe nzira, ndichiita sendinokuyeuchidzai, nekuda kwenyasha dzandakapiwa naMwari,
However, I have written to you quite frankly [in this letter] about some things in order to remind you [about those things]. [I have written this letter] because I have been appointed by God {God has [appointed] me}, which I did not deserve,
16 kuti ndive mushumiri waJesu Kristu kuvahedheni, ndichishumira evhangeri yaMwari, kuti chibairo chevahedheni chigamuchirike, chichiitwa chitsvene neMweya Mutsvene.
in order that I would work for Jesus Christ among non-Jews. [God has appointed me] to act like a priest as I [proclaim] his good message in order that he will accept the non-Jews [who believe in Christ. They will be] like an offering [MET] [to God] as a result of their being dedicated [to him] by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit dedicating them [to God]}.
17 Naizvozvo ndine kuzvikudza muna Kristu Jesu pazvinhu zvemaererano naMwari;
It follows that, because [of my relationship with] (OR, because [I belong to]) Christ Jesus, I am happy about [my work for] God.
18 nokuti handingashingi kutaura chero chinhu chaizvo Kristu zvaasina kuita kubudikidza neni, kuti vahedheni vateerereswe, neshoko uye nebasa,
I will speak boldly only [LIT] about the work that Christ has enabled me to do. [I do that work] in order that non-Jews might pay attention to [the message about Christ] as a result of what I have said and done,
19 musimba rezviratidzo nezvishamiso, musimba reMweya waMwari; naizvozvo kubva paJerusarema nekwakapoteredza kusvikira Iririkumu ndakaparidza zvakazara evhangeri yaKristu;
specifically, by [my performing] many powerful miracles [DOU]. [I have done those things] as a result of [God’s] Spirit powerfully [enabling me]. As a result [of doing those things, while traveling] all the way around from Jerusalem to Illyricum [province], I have completed [my work] of proclaiming the message about Christ [in those places].
20 nokudaro ndakashingaira kuparidza evhangeri, kwete pakambodanwa Kristu, kuti ndirege kuvaka pamusoro penheyo dzeumwe;
As [I proclaim] that message, I am always eagerly trying to proclaim it [in places] where people have not already heard about Christ. I do that in order that [as I work for God] I might not [be continuing the work for him that someone else already started] [MET]. [I do not want to be like a man who] builds [a house] on someone else’s foundation.
21 asi, sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Vasina kuudzwa zvake, vachaona, nevasina kunzwa, vachanzwisisa.
On the contrary, [I teach non-Jews, so that what happens may be like] what was written {the prophet Isaiah wrote} [in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: “Those who did not hear about him previously will know [the truth about him]. Truly, those who have not heard [about him will hear and] understand [his message] [DOU].”
22 Nekuda kweizvozviwo ndakadzivirirwa kazhinji kuuya kwamuri;
Because [I have attempted to preach the message about Christ in places where they have not heard about him], I have been hindered {things have hindered me} many times [from being able] to visit you.
23 asi ikozvino zvandisisina nzvimbo pamatunhu awa, uye ndine chishuwo chikuru kwemakore mazhinji chekuuya kwamuri;
But now there are no more places in these regions [where people have not heard about Christ]. Furthermore, for several years I have wanted to visit you.
24 saizvozvo kana ndichaenda kuSipania, ndichauya kwamuri; nokuti ndinovimba kukuonai parwendo rwangu, nekuperekedzwa nemwi ikoko, kana ndatanga ndambogutswa muchikamu ndinemwi.
[So I hope to go/come to see you]. I hope to do that as soon as I am on my way to [the provinces in] Spain. I hope to see you as I journey through [your area], and I hope that [by whatever you give me] [EUP] you will help me on my journey to Spain. But before [I go there], I want to enjoy being with you for a little while, although [I would like to stay with you longer].
25 Asi ikozvinowo ndinoenda kuJerusarema, ndichishumira vatsvene.
But [I cannot visit you] now, because I am about to go to Jerusalem in order to take money [EUP] for God’s people [there].
26 Nokuti zvakavafadza Makedhonia neAkaya kupa chimwe chipo varombo vevatsvene vari paJerusarema.
[The believers in] Macedonia and Achaia [provinces] [MTY] decided to contribute some [money] [EUP] for those of God’s people in Jerusalem who are poor.
27 Nokuti zvakavafadza, uye vane ngava navo. Nokuti kana vahedheni vakaisawo ruoko pazvinhu zvavo zvemweya, vane ngavawo rekuvashandira pazvinhu zvenyama.
They themselves decided [to do this, but] truly they owe something to God’s people in Jerusalem. The non-Jewish [believers] benefited spiritually from Jewish [believers as a result of hearing the message about Christ from them], so the non-Jews should also help the Jewish believers [in Jerusalem by giving them] material things (OR, money) [EUP].
28 Naizvozvo kana ndapedza chinhu ichi, ndaisa mucherechedzo chibereko ichi kwavari, ndichabva ndiende kuSipania ndichipfuura nekwenyu.
So when I have finished this [task] by safely delivering all this money [MET, EUP] [that the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have given], I will leave [Jerusalem and visit] you [in Rome while I am] on my way to Spain.
29 Uye ndinoziva kuti kana ndichiuya kwamuri ndichauya pakuzara kwemaropafadzo eevhangeri yaKristu.
And I know that when I visit you, Christ will abundantly bless [us] (OR, enable [me] to bless [you]).
30 Zvino ndinokukumbirisai, hama, nekuda kwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, uye nekuda kwerudo rweMweya, kuti murwise pamwe neni paminyengetero kuna Mwari pamusoro pangu;
Because [we belong to] our Lord Jesus Christ and because the Spirit [of God causes us to] love [each other], I urge you [all] that [you help me] by fervently/intensely praying to God for me.
31 kuti ndisunungurwe kune vasingatendi muJudhiya, uye kuti basa rangu reJerusarema rigamuchirike kuvatsvene;
[Pray that] I will be protected {[that God] will protect me} so that the [Jews] in Judea who do not believe [the message about Christ will not harm me]. Also pray that God’s people in Jerusalem will accept the money [EUP] that I [take] to them.
32 kuti ndiuye kwamuri nemufaro nechido chaMwari, ndivandudzwe pamwe nemwi.
Pray these things in order that I may go/come to you if God wants me to go/come, and that I may go/come joyfully, and that then God will refresh my [spirit as a result of my visiting/being] with you.
33 Zvino Mwari werugare ngaave nemwi mese. Ameni.
[I pray that] God, who [causes us to have inner] peace, will be with all of you [and will help] you. (May it be so!/Amen!)
