Ròm 2
1 Monchè, nenpòt sa ou ye, ou menm k'ap jije lòt moun yo, ou pa gen eskiz. Ou menm k'ap fè menm bagay ak lòt yo, se pwòp tèt pa ou w'ap kondannen lè w'ap jije yo.
Therefore you have nothing to say in your own defence, whoever you are who set yourself up as a judge. In judging others you condemn yourself, for you who set yourself up as a judge do the very same things.
2 Nou konnen Bondye ap jije moun k'ap fè bagay sa yo, epi l'ap jije yo yon jan k'ap dakò ak verite a.
And we know that God’s judgment falls unerringly on those who do them.
3 Monchè, ou menm k'ap jije moun k'ap fè bagay sa yo epi k'ap aji menm jan an tou, èske ou kwè wa chape anba jijman Bondye a?
You who judge those that do such things and yet are yourself guilty of them – do you suppose that you of all people will escape God’s judgment?
4 Osinon, èske se meprize w'ap meprize Bondye ki gen bon kè anpil, ki gen pasyans anpil, ki sipòte nou anpil? Se konnen ou pa konnen se pou l' ka rele ou vin chanje lavi ou kifè Bondye gen bon kè konsa?
Or do you think lightly of his abundant kindness, patience, and forbearance, not realising that his kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
5 Men, w'ap fè tèt di. Ou pa soti pou chanje lavi ou. Se poutèt sa, w'ap pare yon pi gwo chatiman mete la tann ou pou jou Bondye va fè wè kòlè li ansanm ak jijman li k'ap fèt san patipri.
Hard-hearted and impenitent as you are, you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath, when God’s justice as a judge will be revealed;
6 Lè sa a, Bondye va bay chak moun sa yo merite dapre sa yo fè.
for he will give to everyone what their actions deserve.
7 Moun ki pa janm sispann fè byen, k'ap chache lwanj ak respè, k'ap chache mwayen pou yo pa janm mouri, moun sa yo va resevwa lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. (aiōnios g166)
To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honour, and all that is imperishable, he will give immortal life; (aiōnios g166)
8 Men, moun k'ap kenbe tèt ak Bondye, k'ap refize asepte verite a pou fè sa ki pa bon, moun sa yo, yo fè Bondye fache. Kòlè l' va tonbe sou yo.
while as to those who are factious, and disobedient to truth but obedient to evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair,
9 Anpil soufrans ak anpil lapenn pou tout moun ki lage kò yo nan fè sa ki mal, pou jwif yo an premye, apre yo pou moun lòt nasyon yo.
will fall on every human being who persists in wrongdoing – on the Jew first, but also on the Greek.
10 Men, Bondye va bay tout moun k'ap fè sa ki byen lwanj, respè ak kè poze, jwif yo an premye, apre yo moun lòt nasyon yo.
But there will be glory, honour, and peace for everyone who does right – for the Jew first, but also for the Greek,
11 Paske, Bondye pa gade sou figi moun.
since God shows no partiality.
12 Tout moun ki pa t' konn lalwa Moyiz la epi ki fè sa ki mal, y'ap peri san lalwa pa reskonsab. Men, tout moun ki konnen lalwa a epi ki fè sa ki mal, y'ap pase anba jijman dapre lalwa a.
All who, when they sin, are without Law will also perish without Law; while all who, when they sin, are under Law, will be judged as being under Law.
13 Moun ki mache dwat devan Bondye, se pa moun k'ap tande lalwa a nan zòrèy yo sèlman, men se moun ki fè sa lalwa a mande.
It is not those who hear the words of a Law that are righteous before God, but it is those who obey it that will be pronounced righteous.
14 Moun lòt nasyon yo ki pa gen lalwa Moyiz la, yo fè sa lalwa a mande san yo pa konnen. Yo menm ki pa gen lalwa Moyiz la, yo tounen yon lwa pou pwòp tèt pa yo menm si yo pa t' konn lalwa a.
When Gentiles, who have no Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they, though they have no Law, are a Law to themselves;
15 Konsa, yo moutre ki jan sa lalwa Moyiz mande a ekri nan kè yo. Konsyans yo moutre sa tou paske yon lè konsyans yo repwoche yo sa yo fè, yon lòt lè konsyans yo dakò ak sa yo fè.
for they show the demands of the Law written on their hearts; their consciences corroborating it, while in their thoughts they argue either in self-accusation or, it may be, in self-defence –
16 Dapre bon nouvèl m'ap anonse a, se sa menm ki gen pou rive lè Bondye va voye Jezikri pou jije tou sa lèzòm t'ap fè an kachèt.
on the day when God passes judgment on people’s inmost lives, as the good news that I tell declares that he will do through Christ Jesus.
17 Ou menm yo rele jwif la, ou apiye kò ou sou lalwa a. W'ap vante tèt ou dèske ou konn Bondye.
But, perhaps, you bear the name of “Jew,” and are relying on Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,
18 Ou konnen sa Bondye vle ou fè; lalwa a moutre ou ki jan pou ou chwazi sa ki byen.
and, having been carefully instructed from the Law, have learned to appreciate the finer moral distinctions.
19 Ou mete nan tèt ou ou ka moutre moun ki pa wè yo chemen pou yo pran. Ou konprann se yon limyè ou ye pou moun ki nan fènwa,
Perhaps you are confident that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in the dark, an instructor of the unintelligent,
20 yon pwofesè lekòl pou timoun; ou kwè ou ka moutre moun ki pa konnen anyen yo anpil bagay. Ou mete tou sa nan tèt ou paske ou sèten ou jwenn tout konesans ak tout verite nan lalwa a.
and a teacher of the childish, because in the Law you possess the outline of all knowledge and truth.
21 Enben, ou menm k'ap bay lòt yo leson, poukisa ou pa bay tèt ou leson tou?
Why, then, you teacher of others, don’t you teach yourself? Do you preach against stealing, and yet steal?
22 W'ap mande moun pou yo pa vòlò, epi w'ap vòlò: w'ap dèfann moun fè adiltè epi ou menm, w'ap fè adiltè! Ou di ou rayi zidòl, epi w'ap piye tanp zidòl yo!
Do you forbid adultery, and yet commit adultery? Do you loathe idols, and yet plunder temples?
23 Wi, ou menm k'ap vante tèt ou deske ou gen lalwa Bondye a ou se yon wont pou Bondye, pou jan w'ap dezobeyi lalwa a!
Boasting, as you do, of your Law, do you dishonour God by breaking the Law?
24 Se sa menm ki te ekri: Se nou menm jwif yo ki lakòz moun lòt nasyon yo ap plede pale Bondye mal konsa.
For, as scripture says – “The Gentiles insult God’s name because of you”!
25 Si ou fè sa lalwa a mande ou fè, sikonsizyon an gen valè pou ou. Men, si w'ap dezobeyi lalwa a, se tankou si ou pa t' janm sikonsi.
Circumcision has its value, if you are obeying the Law. But, if you are a breaker of the Law, your circumcision is no better than uncircumcision.
26 Lè yon moun lòt nasyon ki pa sikonsi fè sa lalwa a mande, èske Bondye p'ap gade li tankou yon moun ki sikonsi?
If, then, an uncircumcised man pays regard to the requirements of the Law, won’t he, although not circumcised, be regarded by God as if he were?
27 Moun lòt nasyon yo ki pa sikonsi men k'ap obeyi lalwa a, yo gen pou yo jije ou, ou menm jwif k'ap dezobeyi lalwa a atout ou gen liv lalwa a nan men ou, atout ou sikonsi a.
Indeed, the person who, owing to his birth, remains uncircumcised, and yet scrupulously obeys the Law, will condemn you, who, for all your written Law and your circumcision, are yet a breaker of the Law.
28 Se pa moun ki gen aparans jwif ki jwif tout bon. Se pa sikonsizyon ki kite mak nan kò moun ki sikonsizyon tout bon an.
For a man who is only a Jew outwardly is not a real Jew; nor is outward bodily circumcision real circumcision. The real Jew is the person who is a Jew in soul;
29 Jwif ki jwif tout bon, se moun ki jwif nan kè yo. Sikonsizyon tout bon an, se sikonsizyon ki make kè moun. Sa se travay Lespri Bondye a, se pa travay lalwa ki ekri nan liv. Lwanj yon jwif konsa pa soti nan men moun, men nan men Bondye.
and the real circumcision is the circumcision of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal thing. Such a person wins praise from God, though not from people.
