KwabaseRoma 2

1 Ngakho kawulakuzilandulela, wena muntu, loba ungubani owahlulelayo; ngoba ngalokho owahlulela ngakho omunye, uyazilahla wena, ngoba wena owahlulelayo wenza izinto ezifananayo.

For this reason, O man, each one of you who judges is inexcusable. For by that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you do the same things that you judge.

2 Njalo siyazi ukuthi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kungokweqiniso phezu kwalabo abenza izinto ezinjalo.

For we know that the judgment of God is in accord with truth against those who do such things.

3 Njalo ucabanga lokho yini, O muntu owahlulela abenza izinto ezinjalo, lawe uzenza lezozinto, ukuthi wena uzaphepha ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu?

But, O man, when you judge those who do such things as you yourself also do, do you think that you will escape the judgment of God?

4 Kumbe uyayeyisa yini inotho yomusa wakhe leyokubekezela lesineke, ungazi ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukukhokhelela ekuphendukeni?

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and patience and forbearance? Do you not know that the kindness of God is calling you to repentance?

5 Kodwa ngobulukhuni bakho lenhliziyo yakho engaphendukiyo uzibekela ulaka ngosuku lolaka lolwesambulo sokwahlulelwa okulungileyo kukaNkulunkulu,

But in accord with your hard and impenitent heart, you store up wrath for yourself, unto the day of wrath and of revelation by the just judgment of God.

6 ozavuza lowo lalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe;

For he will render to each one according to his works:

7 impilo elaphakade kubo abalesineke ngokwenza imisebenzi elungileyo bedinga inkazimulo lodumo lokungabhubhi; (aiōnios g166)

To those who, in accord with patient good works, seek glory and honor and incorruption, certainly, he will render eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

8 kodwa intukuthelo lolaka kulabo abalenkani, njalo bengalaleli iqiniso kodwa belalela ukungalungi,

But to those who are contentious and who do not acquiesce to the truth, but instead trust in iniquity, he will render wrath and indignation.

9 usizi lokubandezeleka, phezu kwawo wonke umphefumulo womuntu owenza ububi, owomJuda kuqala lowomGriki;

Tribulation and anguish are upon every soul of man that works evil: the Jew first, and also the Greek.

10 kodwa inkazimulo lodumo lokuthula kuye wonke owenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala lakumGriki;

But glory and honor and peace are for all who do what is good: the Jew first, and also the Greek.

11 ngoba kakukho ukubandlulula umuntu kuNkulunkulu.

For there is no favoritism with God.

12 Ngoba bonke abonileyo bengelamlayo, ngokunjalo bazabhubha bengelamlayo; njalo bonke abonileyo emlayweni, bazagwetshwa ngomlayo;

For whoever had sinned without the law, will perish without the law. And whoever had sinned in the law, will be judged by the law.

13 ngoba kakusibo abezwayo umlayo abalungileyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa abenzayo umlayo bazalungisiswa.

For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but rather it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.

14 Ngoba nxa abezizwe abangelawo umlayo besenza ngokwemvelo okungokomlayo, bona, bengelawo umlayo, bangumlayo kubo ngokwabo;

For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature those things which are of the law, such persons, not having the law, are a law unto themselves.

15 ababonakalisa ukuthi umsebenzi womlayo ulotshiwe enhliziyweni zabo; isazela sabo laso siyafakaza, lemicabango yabo ibasole omunye komunye kumbe njalo ibavikele omunye komunye,

For they reveal the work of the law written in their hearts, while their conscience renders testimony about them, and their thoughts within themselves also accuse or even defend them,

16 ngosuku uNkulunkulu azakwahlulela ngalo imfihlo zabantu, ngoJesu Kristu, ngokwevangeli lami.

unto the day when God shall judge the hidden things of men, through Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.

17 Khangela wena ubizwa ngokuthi ungumJuda, weyeme emlayweni, uzincoma ngoNkulunkulu,

But if you are called by name a Jew, and you rest upon the law, and you find glory in God,

18 usazi intando yakhe, usemukela izinto ezingcono, ufundiswe emlayweni,

and you have known his will, and you demonstrate the more useful things, having been instructed by the law:

19 njalo uzithembile wena ukuthi ungumholi weziphofu, ukukhanya kwabasemnyameni,

you become confident within yourself that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

20 umeluleki wezithutha, umfundisi wensane, ulesimo solwazi lolweqiniso emlayweni.

an instructor to the foolish, a teacher to children, because you have a type of knowledge and truth in the law.

21 Ngakho wena ofundisa omunye, kawuzifundisi yini? Wena otshumayela ukuthi ungebi, uyeba yini?

As a result, you teach others, but you do not teach yourself. You preach that men should not steal, but you yourself steal.

22 Wena othi ungafebi, uyafeba yini? Wena onengwa yizithombe, uphanga amathempeli yini?

You speak against adultery, but you commit adultery. You abominate idols, but you commit sacrilege.

23 Wena ozincoma ngomlayo, udumaza uNkulunkulu ngokweqa umlayo yini?

You would glory in the law, but through a betrayal of the law you dishonor God.

24 Ngoba ibizo likaNkulunkulu liyahlanjazwa phakathi kwabezizwe ngenxa yenu, njengoba kulotshiwe.

(For because of you the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles, just as it was written.)

25 Ngoba isibili ukusoka kuyasiza, uba usenza umlayo; kodwa uba ungumeqi womlayo, ukusoka kwakho sekuyikungasoki.

Certainly, circumcision is beneficial, if you observe the law. But if you are a betrayer of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

26 Ngakho uba ukungasoki kugcina izimiso zomlayo, ukungasoki kwakhe kakuyikubalwa yini ukuthi kuyikusoka?

And so, if the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this lack of circumcision be counted as circumcision?

27 Lokungasoki ngemvelo, uba kugcwalisa umlayo, kungekugwebe yini wena ongumeqi womlayo ngombhalo langokusoka?

And that which is by nature uncircumcised, if it fulfills the law, should it not judge you, who by the letter and by circumcision are a betrayer of the law?

28 Ngoba kayisuye umJuda onguye ngokusobala, njalo kakusikho ukusoka okusobala enyameni;

For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh.

29 kodwa yena ungumJuda onguye ngasese, lokusoka kungokwenhliziyo, emoyeni, kungeyisikho ngombhalo; ondumiso yakhe kayiveli ebantwini kodwa kuNkulunkulu.

But a Jew is he who is so inwardly. And circumcision of the heart is in the spirit, not in the letter. For its praise is not of men, but of God.