Pāvilavēstulē Romiešiem 2
1 Tāpēc tu, ak cilvēks, esi neaizbildinājams, ikviens, kas tiesā; jo kurā lietā tu otru tiesā, tu pats sevi notiesā, jo tu tās pašas lietas dari, tu tiesātājs.
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 Bet mēs zinām, ka Dieva sodība tiem tiešām uzies, kas tādas lietas dara.
And we know that God’s judgment falls unerringly on those who do them.
3 Bet vai tu, ak cilvēks, gan domā, ka tu izbēgsi Dieva sodībai, tos tiesādams, kas tādas lietas dara, un pats tās darīdams?
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 Jeb vai tu nicini Viņa laipnības un pacietības un lēnprātības bagātību, nezinādams, ka Dieva laipnība tevi vada uz atgriešanos no grēkiem?
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 Bet tu pēc savas cietas un neatgriezīgas sirds sev pašam krājies par mantu dusmību uz dusmības dienu, kad Dievs parādīs taisnu spriedumu,
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 Kas ikvienam atmaksās pēc viņa darbiem:
for he will give to everyone what their actions deserve.
7 Tiem, kas pastāvīgi labā darbā godu un slavu un neiznīcību meklē - mūžīgu dzīvošanu; (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 Bet tiem, kas ir rējēji un nepaklausa patiesībai, bet paklausa netaisnībai - dusmību un bardzību.
while as to those who are factious, and disobedient to truth but obedient to evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair,
9 Bēdas un izbailes ikkatrai cilvēka dvēselei, kas ļaunu dara, papriekš Jūdam un arī Grieķim;
will fall on every human being who persists in wrongdoing – on the Jew first, but also on the Greek.
10 Bet gods un slava un miers ikkatram, kas labu dara, papriekš Jūdam un arī Grieķim.
But there will be glory, honour, and peace for everyone who does right – for the Jew first, but also for the Greek,
11 Jo Dievs neuzlūko cilvēka vaigu.
since God shows no partiality.
12 Jo kas bez bauslības grēkojuši, tie arī bez bauslības pazudīs; un kas apakš bauslības grēkojuši, tie pēc bauslības taps tiesāti -
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 (Jo ne bauslības klausītāji Dieva priekšā taisni, bet bauslības darītāji taps taisnoti.
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 Jo ja tie pagāni, kam bauslības nav, no savas dabas dara pēc bauslības, tad šie, kam bauslības nav, paši sev ir par bauslību.
When Gentiles, who have no Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they, though they have no Law, are a Law to themselves;
15 Tie tad parāda, bauslības darbu esam ierakstītu viņu sirdīs caur to, ka viņu zināma sirds tiem liecību dod, un tās domas savā starpā vai apsūdzēs, vai arī aizbildinās, ) -
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 Tanī dienā, kad Dievs cilvēku noslēpumus tiesās pēc mana evaņģēlija caur Jēzu Kristu.
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 Raugi, tu saucies Jūds un paļaujies uz bauslību un lielies ar Dievu
But, perhaps, you bear the name of “Jew,” and are relying on Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,
18 Un zini Viņa prātu, un bauslībā mācīts izšķīri, kas labs un kas ļauns;
and, having been carefully instructed from the Law, have learned to appreciate the finer moral distinctions.
19 Un tu ņemies akliem būt vadonis un gaišums tiem, kas ir tumsībā,
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 Neprātīgiem pamācītājs un nejēgām mācītājs, kam ir atzīšanas un patiesības raksts bauslībā.
and a teacher of the childish, because in the Law you possess the outline of all knowledge and truth.
21 Tad nu citu mācīdams pats sevi nemāci. Tu sludini, ka nebūs zagt, pats zodz.
Why, then, you teacher of others, don’t you teach yourself? Do you preach against stealing, and yet steal?
22 Tu saki, ka nebūs laulību pārkāpt, pats laulību pārkāpi. Tu elkadievus turi negantus, pats esi svētuma laupītājs.
Do you forbid adultery, and yet commit adultery? Do you loathe idols, and yet plunder temples?
23 Tu lielies ar bauslību, pats Dievu pulgo caur bauslības pārkāpšanu.
Boasting, as you do, of your Law, do you dishonour God by breaking the Law?
24 Jo Dieva vārds jūsu dēļ top zaimots pagānu starpā, itin kā ir rakstīts.
For, as scripture says – “The Gentiles insult God’s name because of you”!
25 Jo apgraizīšana gan ir derīga, ja tu bauslību dari; bet ja esi bauslības pārkāpējs, tad tavs apgraizījums ir tapis par priekšādu.
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 Ja nu priekšāda bauslības likumus tur, vai tad viņu priekšāda netaps turēta par apgraizījumu?
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 Un tad tā priekšāda, kas no dabas tāda ir un bauslību tur, tiesās tevi, kas pie raksta un apgraizīšanas esi bauslības pārkāpējs.
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 Jo tas nav Jūds, kas no ārienes tāds ir; nedz tā ir apgraizīšana, kas no ārienes pie miesas.
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 Bet tas ir Jūds, kas no iekšienes tāds, un tā ir sirds apgraizīšana, kas garā un ne rakstā; tam ir teikšana ne no cilvēkiem, bet no Dieva.
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.
