Ŵaloma 3
1 Ana Myahudi akwete chichi cha kwapunda ŵandu ŵane? Pane kuumbala kukumpokasya ichichi?
So what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the profit of circumcision?
2 Elo, kwana upoche wekulungwa mose mose. Kundanda, Akunnungu ŵapele Ŵayahudi Liloŵe lyao kuti alikamule.
Much in every way! First of all, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
3 Nambo chiiŵe uli iŵaga ŵampepe mwa ŵelewo nganakulupilila? Ana ungakulupilila wao chiuchityose chikulupichiko cha Akunnungu?
So, what if some did not believe? Their unbelief will not nullify God's faithfulness, will it?
4 Ngaŵa! Akunnungu aŵe jwausyene namuno kila mundu aŵele jwaunami. Mpela Malembelo ga Akunnungu yagakuti pakusala, “Kila pankuŵelecheta maloŵe genu gaŵalanjikwe kuti gali ga usyene ni pachachimmechetela nchipunde.”
Of course not! Rather, let God be found true, but every man a liar; just as it is written: “That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged.”
5 Nambo iŵaga chigongomalo chetu chikulosya kuti Akunnungu akupanganya yambone, ana tujileje uli? Uli, tutujile Akunnungu ali ŵa chigongomalo pakutujamuka? Pelepa nguŵecheta ni ng'anisyo sya chiundu.
Now if our unrighteousness highlights God's righteousness, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous for inflicting His wrath, is He? (I speak as a man.)
6 Ngaŵa! Ikaliji yeleyo, Akunnungu akakombwele chinauli kwalamula ŵandu ŵa pachilambo?
Of course not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?
7 Nambo, iŵaga unami wangu chiukamusye kuulosya kwannope usyene wa Akunnungu ni konjechesya ukulu wakwe, ana kwa chichi noneji ngulamulikwa kuti jwa sambi?
Still, if the truth of God abounded to His glory by my falsehood, just why am I still judged as a sinner?
8 Iŵaga yeleyo, tusaleje, “Tutende yangalumbana kuti iiche yambone?” Kusyene kwana ŵandu ŵane ŵaakundukana une achitiji mechete yeleyo. Ŵandu ŵa chachilamulikwa yaikuti kuŵajilwa.
However, we must not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come” (as some people slanderously claim that we do)—their condemnation is well deserved!
9 Sambano tujileje uli? Tujileje uweji Ŵayahudi twapundile ŵandu ŵane? Ngaŵa! Pakuŵa masile kulosya kuti Ŵayahudi ni ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi wose akulongoswa ni sambi.
What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 Mpela Malembelo ga Akunnungu yagakuti pakusala, “Ngapagwa namuno jumo jwali jwambone paujo pa Akunnungu,
Just as it is written: “No one is righteous, not even one;
11 ngapagwa namuno jumo jwali ni umanyilisi, ngapagwa namuno jumo jwakulajila kwamanyilila Akunnungu.
there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
12 Wose ŵalesile Akunnungu, wose ŵangalimate. Ngapagwa jwakutendekanya yambone, nachiŵamuno jumo.
All have turned aside, together they have been made useless; there is no one who shows kindness, no, not so much as one.”
13 Maloŵe gao gakununga nti lilembe lyangasiŵilwa ni ndimi syao sigumbele ulamba. Mu ngomo syao mukukopoka maloŵe gagali ni sumu chisau ni sumu ja majoka.
“Their throat is an opened grave; they habitually deceive with their tongues.” “Viper's venom is under their lips”;
14 Kang'wa syao sigumbele malweso ni maloŵe gakuŵaŵa.
“whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 Ali ŵandu ŵakuutuchila kukwaulaga ŵandu,
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 mwakupita mose akwikanago masauko ni malagasyo.
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,
17 Ngakukumanyilila kutama kwa chitendewele,
and the way of peace they have not known.”
18 Ngakwajogopa Akunnungu namose kanandi.”
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Nipele tukumanyilila kuti maloŵe gose gagakuŵechetekwa ni Malajisyo ga che Musa gakwagamba ŵelewo ŵaali paasi pa Malajisyo go kuti kila mundu akakombola kulichenjela, ni ŵandu wose ŵa pachilambo alamulikwe ni Akunnungu.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world become accountable to God.
20 Kwayele ngapagwa mundu juchaŵalanjikwe kuŵa jwambone paujo pa Akunnungu kwa kwitichisya Malajisyo, pakuŵa Malajisyo go gakunkamuchisya mundu kumanyilila kuti atesile sambi.
It follows that no flesh will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because through the law comes the real knowledge of sin.
21 Nambo sambano, litala lya Akunnungu lya kwaŵalanjila ŵandu kuti ali ŵambone paujo pao liwoneche pangagakulupilila malajisyo. Malajisyo gagalembekwe ni che Musa ni ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu gakusala umboni nkati chindu chi.
But now, apart from law, a righteousness from God has been revealed, being attested by the Law and the Prophets,
22 Akunnungu akwaŵalanjila ŵandu ali ŵambone paujo pao kwa litala lya kwakulupilila Che Yesu Kilisito. Akunnungu akutenda yeleyo kwa ŵanawose ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito, pakuŵa nganikupagwa kulekangana pasikati ja Ŵayahudi ni ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi.
namely, a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ, into all and upon all those who believe. There is no difference:
23 Pakuŵa ŵandu wose atesile sambi ni atalichile ni ukulu wa Akunnungu.
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 Nambo kwa ntuuka wa bule wa Akunnungu, ŵandu wose akuŵalanjikwa ŵambone paujo pa Akunnungu kwa litala li Che Yesu Kilisito jwakwawombola.
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
25 Akunnungu ŵantyosisye Che Yesu aŵe mbopesi, kuti kwa miasi jakwe akombole kwalechelesya ŵandu sambi syao kwa kunkulupilila Che Yesu. Akunnungu ŵatesile yeleyo kuti alosye umbone wao. Akanaŵe Kilisito kuwa Akunnungu ŵagambaga kwalola pe pangaalamula kwa ligongo lya sambi syao,
whom God has openly made available as a propitiation through the faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness because of the passing over, in God's forbearance, of the previously committed sins;
26 nambo sambano ŵatyosisye Che Yesu alosye kuti ali ŵambone. Kwa kutenda yele Akunnungu asyene akulosya kuti ali ŵambone ni akukombola kuntenda mundu jwalijose jwakunkulupilila Che Yesu aŵalanjikwe jwambone paujo pao.
to demonstrate His righteousness at this present time, so as to be just, Himself, and the justifier of him who is of the Faith of Jesus.
27 Sambano chitulifunile chichi? Ngapagwa! Kwachichi! Pakuŵa akugajitichisya malajisyo? Ngwamba! Nambo kwa litala lya kwakulupilila Che Yesu.
Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law, that of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28 Kwayele tukulola kuti mundu akuŵalanjikwa kuŵa jwambone paujo pa Akunnungu kwa litala lya chikulupi ni ngaŵa kwa litala lya kugajitichisya Malajisyo.
Therefore we conclude that a person is justified by faith apart from works of law.
29 Ana Akunnungu ali Akunnungu ŵa Ŵayahudi pe? Ana nganaŵa Akunnungu jwa ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi nombe nawo? Elo, ali Akunnungu jwa ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi nombe nawo.
Or is God for Jews only? Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, also for Gentiles,
30 Akunnungu ali ŵamo pewo. Ni ŵawowo ŵachachaŵalanjila umbone Ŵayahudi ni ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi kwa chikulupi chichocho.
since indeed there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through the Faith.
31 Ana ni kuti tukugajasa malajisyo kwa ligongo lya chikulupi? Ngwamba! Nambo tukulosya kuti tukugachimbichisya Malajisyo.
Do we then nullify law through the Faith? Of course not! Rather, we uphold law.
