1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”15:3 Psalm 69:9 4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
5May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews15:8 Greek circumcision on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
10Again, it says,
“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”15:10 Deut. 32:43
11And again,
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”15:11 Psalm 117:1
12And again, Isaiah says,
“The Root of Jesse will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)
13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 15Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— 19by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)
22This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
23But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there. 26For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem. 27They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. 28So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. 29I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
30I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. 31Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there, 32so that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed. 33The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
1Mu da muke da ƙarfi ya kamata mu yi haƙuri da kāsawar marasa ƙarfi ba kawai mu gamshi kanmu ba. 2Ya kamata kowannenmu yă faranta wa maƙwabcinsa rai don kyautata zamansa domin kuma yă gina shi. 3Gama ko Kiristi ma bai gamshi kansa ba, amma kamar yadda yake a rubuce cewa, “Zage-zagen da waɗansu suka yi maka, duk sun fāɗo a kaina.”15.3 Zab 69.9 4Gama duk abin da aka rubuta a dā an rubuta ne domin yă koya mana, don ta wurin jimrewa da kuma ƙarfafawar Nassosi mu kasance da bege.
5Bari Allah mai ba da haƙuri da kuma ƙarfafawa yă ba ku ruhun haɗinkai da juna yayinda kuke bin Kiristi Yesu, 6don da zuciya ɗaya da kuma baki ɗaya kuke ɗaukaka Allah da kuma Uban Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi.
7Ta haka sai ku karɓi juna kamar yadda Kiristi ya karɓe ku, don a yabi Allah. 8Ina dai gaya muku cewa Kiristi ya zama bawan Yahudawa a madadin gaskiyar Allah, don yă tabbatar da alkawaran da aka yi wa kakannin kakanninmu 9domin Al’ummai su ɗaukaka Allah saboda jinƙansa, kamar yadda yake a rubuce,
“Saboda haka zan yabe ka a cikin Al’ummai;
zan rera waƙoƙi ga sunanka.”15.9 2Sam 22.50; Zab 18.49
10Ya kuma ce,
“Ku yi farin ciki, ya Al’ummai, tare da mutanensa.”15.10 M Sh 32.43
11Da kuma,
“Ku yabi Ubangiji, dukanku Al’ummai,
ku kuma rera masa yabo, dukanku mutanen duniya.”15.11 Zab 117.1
12Kuma Ishaya ya ce,
“Tushen Yesse zai tsiro,
wanda zai taso yă yi mulkin al’ummai;
al’ummai za su sa bege a gare shi.”15.12 Ish 11.10
13Bari Allah na bege yă cika ku da matuƙar farin ciki da salama yayinda kuke dogara gare shi, domin ku yalwata cikin bege ta wurin ikon Ruhu Mai Tsarki.
Bulus mai hidima ga al’ummai
14Ni kaina na tabbata, ’yan’uwana, cewa ku kanku kuna cike da kirki, cikakku cikin sani da kuma ƙwararru don yin wa juna gargaɗi. 15Na rubuta muku gabagadi a kan waɗansu batuttuwa, don in sāke tuna muku su, saboda alherin da Allah ya ba ni 16in zama mai hidimar Kiristi Yesu ga Al’ummai da aikin firist na yin shelar bisharar Allah, don Al’ummai su zama hadaya mai karɓuwa ga Allah, tsattsarka ta wurin Ruhu Mai Tsarki.
17Saboda haka ina taƙama cikin Kiristi Yesu a cikin hidimata ga Allah. 18Ba zan yi karambani in faɗi kome ba sai dai abin da Kiristi ya aikata ta wurina a jagorantar da Al’ummai su yi biyayya ga Allah ta wurin abin da na faɗa da kuma aikata 19ta wurin ikon alamu da ayyukan banmamaki, da kuma ikon Ruhun Allah. Ta haka daga Urushalima har yă zuwa kewayen Illirikum, na yi wa’azin bisharar Kiristi. 20Labudda, burina shi ne in yi wa’azin bishara inda ba a san Kiristi ba, don kada yă zama ina gini ne a kan tushen da wani ya kafa. 21Sai dai kamar yadda yake a rubuce,
“Waɗanda ba a faɗa musu labarinsa ba za su gani,
waɗanda kuma ba su ji ba za su fahimta.”15.21 Ish 52.15
22Wannan ne ya sa sau da yawa aka hana ni zuwa wurinku.
Shirin Bulus yă ziyarci Roma
23Amma yanzu da babu sauran wurin da ya rage mini in yi aiki a waɗannan yankuna, da yake kuma shekaru masu yawa ina da marmari in gan ku, 24ina shirin yin haka in na tafi Sifen. Ina fata in ziyarce ku yayinda nake wucewa don ku raka ni can, bayan na ji daɗin zama tare da ku na ɗan lokaci. 25Yanzu kam, ina hanyata zuwa Urushalima don in kai gudummawa ga tsarkaka a can. 26Gama Makidoniya da Akayya sun ji daɗin yin gudummawa domin matalautan da suke cikin tsarkakan da suke a Urushalima. 27Sun kuwa ji daɗin yin haka, gama ya zama kamar bashi ne a gare su. Da yake Al’ummai sun sami rabo cikin albarkun ruhaniyar Yahudawa, ya zama musu kamar bashi su ma su taimaki Yahudawa da albarkunsu na kayan duniya. 28Saboda haka in na kammala wannan aiki na kuma tabbata cewa sun karɓi wannan amfani, zan tafi Sifen in kuma ziyarce ku a hanyata. 29Na san cewa sa’ad da na zo wurinku, zan zo ne cikin yalwar albarkar Kiristi.
30Ina roƙonku ’yan’uwa, saboda Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi da kuma saboda ƙaunar Ruhu, ku haɗa kai tare da ni cikin famata ta wurin yin addu’a ga Allah saboda ni. 31Ku yi addu’a don in kuɓuta daga hannun marasa bi a Yahudiya don kuma gudummawar da nake kaiwa Urushalima ta zama abar karɓa ga tsarkaka a can, 32don da yardar Allah, in iso wurinku da farin ciki in kuma wartsake tare da ku. 33Allah na salama yă kasance tare da ku duka. Amin.
