Romans 3
1 What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
Yaatin, Ayhude gidon ay dummatethi de7ii? Woykko qaxxaretethan ay maadey de7ii?
2 Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
Tumakka Ayhude gidoy daro ogera maaddees. Ubbaafe sinthe Xoossay ba qaala hadara Ayhudetas immis.
3 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
Yaatin, enttafe issoti issoti qaala ammanonna ixxiko, entta ixxoy Xoossaa ammanetethaa diggiyye?
4 Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Diggenna! Asa ubbay worddanchcho gidikkoka Xoossay tuma gido. Geeshsha Maxaafan, “Ne qaalan ne xillasa; nena mooteyssa pirddan lathaasa” geetettidi xaafettis.
5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
Yaatin, nu nagaray Xoossay xillo gideyssa bessiyabaa gidikko, nu woyganee? Xoossay nu nagara gisho, nu bolla pirddiko, likke gidenneyye? Hayssa taani asa qofatho gays.
6 Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
Hessi ubbarakka hanenna. Hessada hanikko, Xoossay ha alamiya bolla waati pirddanee?
7 However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
Shin ta worddotethay Xoossaa tumaa qonccisidi, iya bonchchuwa darssi bessiyabaa gidikko, yaatin, ays ta bolla nagaranchchoda pirddeetii?
8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
Issi issi asay, “Lo77oy yaana mela iita oothoos” yaagidi tamaarssiyaada oothidi tana mootosona. Hessa mela asaa bolla yaa Xoossaa pirdday likke.
9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
Yaatin, nuuni woyganee? Nu Ayhudeti, Ayhude gidonnayssatappe aadhdhonaayye? Gidenna! Ayhude gidin, Ayhude gidonna attin ubbay nagaranchcho gideyssa taani kasetada hinttew odas.
10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
Geeshsha Maxaafan, “Xillo asi issoykka baawa.
11 There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
Akeekiya asi baawa, Xoossaa koyaa oonikka baawa.
12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
Asa ubbay Xoossaas zokko zaaridosona; ubbay issife pathonnabaa gididosona. Lo77o oothiya oonikka baawa; issi asikka baawa.
13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Entta doonappe keyaa qaalay, dooyettida duufoppe keyaa xinqqo mela; bantta inxarssan cimmoosona. Entta doonappe ase wodhiya, shoosha marzey keyees.
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
Entta doonan camo odaynne baadethi kumis.
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Entti suuthi gussanaw ellesoosona.
16 ruin and misery lie in their wake,
Entta ogiyan dhayoynne qohoy de7ees.
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
Entti sarotetha ogiya erokkona.
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Bantta de7uwan Xoossaas yayyokonna” geetettidi xaafettis.
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Ase ubbaa doona oythanawunne kumetha alamiya Xoossaa pirddaafe garssan shiishanaw, higgey imettiday higgefe garssan aqeyssatas gideyssa nu eroos.
20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Hessa gisho, oonikka higges kiitettidi Xoossaa sinthan xillanaw dandda7enna. Higgey asi ubbay nagaranchcho gideyssa bessees.
21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
Shin ha77i Xoossay asi higgey baynnashin xilliya oge qonccisis. He ogiya Muse higgeynne nabeti markkattidosona.
22 And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
Ha xillotethaa, Xoossay Yesuus Kiristtoosa baggara asa ubbaas shaakoy baynna immees.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Asa ubbay nagara oothidosona; Xoossay enttaw immida bonchchuwafe haakkidi attidosona.
24 and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Shin entti Xoossaa aadho keehatethan, woziya Kiristtoos Yesuusa baggara coo xillidosona.
25 God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
Xoossay Yesuus Kiristtoosa yarshsho oothidi immiday, iya ammaniyaa ubbay iya suuthan nagara maarotethi demmana melassa. Xoossay hessa oothiday ba dandda7an kase nagaraa taybonna aggidi, ba xillotethaa bessanaassa.
26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
Ha77i wodiyan Yesuusa ammaniyaa ubbaa xillisidi, Xoossay ba huu7en xillo gideyssa bessees.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
Yaatin, nu ceeqettiyabay aybi de7ii? Aybikka baawa. Nuuni ceeqettey higges kiitettiya gishoyye? Akkay! Ammano gishossa.
28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Xoossay ase xillisey ammanonnappe attin higges kiitetethan gidonnayssa nu akeekos.
29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Woykko Xoossay Ayhudeta xalaala Xoosseyye? Ayhude gidonnayssatas Xoosse gidenneyye? Tuma, Ayhude gidonnayssataskka I Xoosse.
30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
Xoossay issino; Ayhudetanne Ayhude gidonnayssata ammanon xillisey iya.
31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Yaatin, nuuni higgiya ammano gisho shaaros guusseyye? Gidenna! Higgiya minthosippe attin.
