Ndị Rom 3
1 Ọ dị uru pụrụ iche mmadụ nwere nʼihi na ọ bụ onye Juu? Gịnị bụkwa uru ahụ dị ukwuu nke dị na-ebiri mmadụ ugwu?
What is the advantage, then, of being a Jew? Or what is the good of circumcision?
2 Ọ bara uru nʼụzọ niile. Nke mbụ, ọ bụ ndị Juu ka e weere okwu Chineke nyefee nʼaka.
Great in every way. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God’s utterances.
3 Gịnị ga-emezi ma ọ bụrụ na ụfọdụ nʼime ha ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi? Chineke, ọ ga-eji nʼihi ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi ha ghara ikwesi ntụkwasị obi?
What follows then? Some, no doubt, showed a want of faith; but will their want of faith make God break faith? Heaven forbid!
4 Ọ pụghị ịdị otu a! Kama ka ọ bụrụ ihe pụtara ihe na Chineke bụ onye eziokwu, ma mmadụ niile bụ ndị okwu ụgha, dịka e dere ya, “Ka e nwe ike gosipụta na ị na-ekwu eziokwu mgbe ọbụla i kwuru okwu, na ekpegbukwa mgbe i na-ekpe ikpe.”
God must prove true, though everyone prove a liar! As scripture says of God – “That you may be pronounced righteous in what you say, and gain your cause when people would judge you.”
5 Ma ọ bụrụ na ajọ omume anyị na-eme ka ezi omume Chineke pụta ìhè, gịnị ka anyị ga-ekwu? Anyị ga-asị na Chineke adịghị eme ihe ziri ezi ma ọ bụrụ na ọ taa anyị ahụhụ nʼihi ajọ omume anyị? (Ana m ekwu okwu a dị ka ndị mmadụ.)
But what if our wrongdoing makes God’s righteousness all the clearer? Will God be wrong in inflicting punishment? (I can but speak as a person.) Heaven forbid!
6 Nʼezie, ọ bụghị otu a, ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ otu a, oleekwanụ otu Chineke ga-esi kpee ụwa ikpe?
Otherwise how can God judge the world?
7 Otu onye nwere ike ị sị, “na ọ bụrụ na a na-esite nʼokwu ụgha m, mee ka eziokwu nke Chineke pụta ìhè karịa, na-ewetara Chineke otuto, gịnị mere e ji ama m ikpe dịka onye mmehie?”
But, if my falsehood redounds to the glory of God, by making his truthfulness more apparent, why am I like others, still condemned as a sinner?
8 Ọ pụtara na anyị ga-asị, “ka anyị na-eme ihe ọjọọ ka ezi ihe si na ya pụta”? Ụfọdụ ndị mmadụ ji nkwutọ na-ebo m ebubo na m na-akụzi ihe dị otu a, ikpe a mara ha kwesiri ekwesi.
Why should we not say – as some people slanderously assert that we do say – “Let us do evil that good may come”? The condemnation of such people is indeed just!
9 Gịnị kwanụ? Anyị ọ ka ha mma? Mba, ma e meela ya rịị ka ọ pụta ìhè na mmadụ niile nọ nʼokpuru mmehie, ma ndị Juu ma ndị mba ọzọ.
What follows, then? Are we Jews in any way superior to others? Not at all. Our indictment against both Jews and Greeks was that all alike were in subjection to sin.
10 Dịka e dere ya, “Ọ dịghị onye ọbụla bụ onye ezi omume, ọ dịghị ọ bụladị otu onye.
As scripture says – “There is not even one who is righteous,
11 Ọ dịghị onye ọbụla na-aghọta, ọ dịkwaghị onye ọ na-agụ ịchọ Chineke.
not one who understands, not one who is searching for God!
12 Mmadụ niile ewezugala onwe ha, ha niile, ọ dịghị onye bara uru nʼime ha. Ọ dịghị onye na-eme ihe ọma, a pụghị ịchọta ọ bụladị otu onye.
They have all gone astray; they have one and all become depraved; there is no one who is doing good – no, not one!”
13 Akpịrị ha bụ ili ghere oghe, ha ji ire ha na-aghọ aghụghọ. Elo ajụala dị nʼegbugbere ọnụ ha.
“Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.” “The venom of snakes lies behind their lips,”
14 Ọnụ ha jupụtara nʼokwu na-akụ ilu na ọbụbụ ọnụ.
“And their mouths are full of bitter curses.”
15 Ụkwụ ha na-eme ọsịịsọ ịkwafu ọbara.
“Swift are their feet to shed blood.
16 Mbibi na nhụju anya dị nʼụzọ ha niile.
Distress and trouble dog their steps,
17 Ha amaghị ihe bụ ụzọ udo.
and the path of peace they do not know.”
18 Ha amatabeghị ihe ịtụ egwu Chineke pụtara.”
“The fear of God is not before their eyes.”
19 Ugbu a, anyị maara na ihe ọbụla iwu kwuru, ọ bụ ndị nọ nʼokpuru iwu ka ọ dịịrị, ka esite otu a kpuchite ọnụ niile nʼotu nʼotu. Ma meekwa ka ụwa niile mata na ha bụ ndị ikpe mara nʼebe Chineke nọ.
Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and to bring the whole world under God’s judgment.
20 Nʼihi na o nweghị onye ọbụla a pụrụ ịgụ nʼonye ezi omume nʼihu Chineke maka na ọ na-edebe iwu. Kama, ọ bụ site nʼiwu ka anyị ji mata ihe banyere mmehie.
For no human being will be pronounced righteous before God as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.
21 Ma ugbu a, emeela ka ezi omume Chineke pụta ìhè, site nʼiguzo iche nʼebe iwu dị, bụ nke iwu na ndị amụma gbakwara ama ya.
But now, quite apart from Law, the divine righteousness stands revealed, and to it the Law and the prophets bear witness –
22 Ezi omume a na-esite nʼebe Chineke nọ abịa, site nʼokwukwe nʼime Jisọs Kraịst nye ndị niile kweere. O nweghị ihe ịdị iche ọbụla dị na ya.
the divine righteousness which is bestowed, through faith in Jesus Christ, on all, without distinction, who believe in him.
23 Nʼihi na mmadụ niile emehiela ha ekwesikwaghị otuto Chineke.
For all have sinned, and all fall short of God’s glorious ideal,
24 Ma ugbu a, agụọla ha na ndị ezi omume site nʼamara ya, site na mgbapụta nke si nʼaka Kraịst Jisọs.
but, in his loving kindness, are being freely pronounced righteous through the deliverance found in Christ Jesus.
25 Onye Chineke họpụtara ka o were ndụ ya chụọ aja ikpuchi mmehie, site nʼiwufu ọbara ya maka mgbaghara mmehie, nke a ga-anata site nʼokwukwe. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ọ na-egosipụta ezi omume ya, maka oge gara aga, nʼihi nnagide ya, o jiri ndidi leghara mmehie ụmụ mmadụ anya.
For God set him before the world, to be, by the shedding of his blood, a means of reconciliation through faith. And this God did to prove his righteousness, and because, in his forbearance, he had passed over the sins that people had previously committed;
26 Ma nʼoge taa, site nʼigosi na ya onwe ya bụ onye ezi omume, na onye a na-agụnye dịka onye ezi omume bụ onye nke kweere na Jisọs.
as a proof, I repeat, at the present time, of his own righteousness, that he might be righteous in our eyes, and might pronounce righteous the person who takes their stand on faith in Jesus.
27 Mgbe o si otu a dịrị, olee ebe ịnya isi anyị dịkwa? Ajụla ịnabata ya. Ọ bụ site iwu dị aṅa? Ọ bụ nke ọrụ? Mba, kama ọ bụ site nʼokwukwe anyị nwere nʼime Kraịst.
What, then, becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what sort of Law? A Law requiring obedience? No, a Law requiring faith.
28 Ya mere, anyị na-agụnye mmadụ nʼonye ezi omume nʼihi okwukwe o nwere, ọ bụghị nʼihi na o mere ihe iwu kwuru.
For we conclude that a person is pronounced righteous on the ground of faith, quite apart from obedience to Law.
29 Chineke ọ bụ naanị nke ndị Juu? Ọ bụkwaghị nke ndị mba ọzọ? Nʼezie, ọ bụkwa nke ndị mba ọzọ.
Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles?
30 Nʼihi na Chineke dị naanị otu, ọ bụ site nʼokwukwe ka ọ ga-anabata ndị ahụ ebiri ugwu, sitekwa nʼotu okwukwe ahụ gụọ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu ka ndị ezi omume.
Yes, of the Gentiles also, since there is only one God, and he will pronounce those who are circumcised righteous as the result of faith, and also those who are uncircumcised on their showing the same faith.
31 Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị otu a, anyị na-esite nʼokwukwe anyị mee ka iwu ghara ịdị ire? Mba! Kama anyị na-enye iwu ọnọdụ kwesiri ya.
Do we, then, use this faith to abolish Law? Heaven forbid! No, we establish Law.
