< Romans 3 >

1 What is then the preferment of the Iewe? or what is the profite of circumcision?
Gwatuĩka ũguo-rĩ, Mũyahudi agĩkĩrĩte andũ arĩa angĩ na kĩ? Kana bata wa kũrua ũkĩrĩ ũrĩkũ?
2 Much euery maner of way: for chiefly, because vnto them were of credite committed the oracles of God.
Hĩ! Ũguni no mũnene na njĩra ciothe! Mbere ya maũndũ mothe, Ayahudi nĩo mehokeirwo ũramati wa ciugo cia Ngai.
3 For what, though some did not beleeue? shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?
Ĩ kũngĩkorwo amwe ao nĩmagire kwĩhokeka, kwaga kwĩhokeka kwao, nĩkũngĩatũmire Ngai aage gũtuĩka mwĩhokeku?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, and euery man a lyar, as it is written, That thou mightest be iustified in thy words, and ouercome, when thou art iudged.
Kũroaga gũtuĩka ũguo! Ngai arotuĩka wa ma, na mũndũ o wothe atuĩke wa maheeni, o ta ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ: “Nĩguo kuonekage atĩ rĩrĩa ũkwaria, wee waragia maũndũ ma kĩhooto, na ũhootanage rĩrĩa ũgũciirithania.”
5 Now if our vnrighteousnes comend the righteousnes of God, what shall we say? Is God vnrighteous which punisheth? (I speake as a man.)
No rĩrĩ, angĩkorwo wagi witũ wa ũthingu nĩũtũmaga ũthingu wa Ngai ũguũrio mũno makĩria-rĩ, tũkiuge atĩa? No tuuge atĩ Ngai ti wa kĩhooto rĩrĩa egũtũkinyĩria mangʼũrĩ make? (Ndĩraaria o ta ũrĩa mũndũ wa gũkũ thĩ angĩaria.)
6 God forbid: els how shall God iudge ye world?
Aca, kũroaga gũtuĩka ũguo! Angĩkorwo ũguo nĩguo kũrĩ-rĩ, Ngai angĩgĩtuĩra thĩ ciira atĩa?
7 For if the veritie of God hath more abounded through my lye vnto his glorie, why am I yet condemned as a sinner?
No mũndũ ahota kuuga atĩrĩ, “Angĩkorwo kũheenania gwakwa no kũingĩhie ũhoro-wa-ma wa Ngai, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio gũtũme riiri wake wongerereke-rĩ, niĩ ngĩtuagĩrwo ciira ta ndĩ mwĩhia nĩkĩ?”
8 And (as we are blamed, and as some affirme, that we say) why doe we not euil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is iust.
Nĩ kĩĩ kĩgiragia tuuge, ta ũrĩa tũcambagio atĩ nĩguo tuugaga, o na ta ũrĩa andũ amwe moigaga atĩ nĩguo tuugaga, “Nĩtũtũũre twĩkaga ũũru nĩguo wega woneke”? Acio-rĩ, gũtuĩrwo ciira kwao nĩ gwa kĩhooto.
9 What then? are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,
Tũkiuge atĩa? Ithuĩ Ayahudi tũkĩrĩ ega gũkĩra andũ arĩa angĩ? Aca, tiguo! Nĩtũrĩkĩtie kuonania hau mbere atĩ Ayahudi o hamwe na andũ-a-Ndũrĩrĩ othe nĩmagwĩte hinya-inĩ wa mehia.
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.
O ta ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ: “Gũtirĩ mũndũ mũthingu, gũtirĩ o na ũmwe;
11 There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God.
gũtirĩ mũndũ ũmenyaga ũndũ, gũtirĩ mũndũ ũrongoragia Ngai.
12 They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.
Othe nĩmagarũrũkĩte, makoora, othe hamwe magatuĩka kĩndũ gĩtarĩ bata; gũtirĩ mũndũ wĩkaga wega, gũtirĩ o na ũmwe.”
13 Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.
“Mĩmero yao ĩhaana ta mbĩrĩra hingũre; nĩmĩ ciao ciaragia o maheeni.” “Mĩromo yao yaragia maũndũ marũrũ ta thumu wa nduĩra.”
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.
“Tũnua twao tũiyũrĩte irumi na ũrũrũ.”
15 Their feete are swift to shead blood.
“Mahanyũkaga na magũrũ magaite thakame;
16 Destruction and calamity are in their waies,
mwanangĩko na kĩeha nĩcio cionanagia kũrĩa magereire,
17 And ye way of peace they haue not knowen.
nayo njĩra ya thayũ matimĩũĩ.”
18 The feare of God is not before their eies.
“Hatirĩ wĩtigĩri Ngai maitho-inĩ mao.”
19 Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.
Na rĩu-rĩ, nĩtũũĩ atĩ maũndũ marĩa mothe watho uugĩte, merĩtwo andũ arĩa marĩ rungu rwa watho, nĩgeetha kanua o gothe gakirio, nao andũ a thĩ othe matuĩke a gũciirithio nĩ Ngai.
20 Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.
Tondũ wa ũguo-rĩ, gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũ ũngĩtuuo mũthingu maitho-inĩ ma Ngai nĩ ũndũ wa kũrũmia watho; no rĩrĩ, watho nĩguo ũtũmaga andũ mamenye atĩ nĩmehĩtie.
21 But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,
No rĩrĩ, rĩu ũthingu uumĩte kũrĩ Ngai nĩũmenyithanĩtio na njĩra ĩngĩ ĩtahutanĩtie na Watho wa Musa, o na gũtuĩka nĩyoimbũrĩtwo o tene nĩ Watho na Anabii.
22 To wit, the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleeue.
Naguo ũthingu ũyũ nĩ ũrĩa uumaga kũrĩ Ngai, na ũheagwo arĩa othe metĩkĩtie na ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia Jesũ Kristũ. Gũtirĩ ũhoro wa gũthuurania andũ,
23 For there is no difference: for all haue sinned, and are depriued of the glorie of God,
nĩgũkorwo andũ othe nĩmehĩtie na makanyiihĩrwo nĩ riiri wa Ngai,
24 And are iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,
na nĩ ũndũ wa wega wa Ngai magatuuo athingu o ũguo tũhũ, nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa maakũũrirwo nĩ Kristũ Jesũ.
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousnes, by the forgiuenesse of the sinnes that are passed,
Ngai aamũrutire arĩ igongona rĩa kũhoroheria mehia na ũndũ wa wĩtĩkio thĩinĩ wa thakame yake. Ngai eekire ũguo nĩgeetha onanie ũthingu wake, tondũ wa ũrĩa mehia ma mbere ĩyo maarekeirwo andũ matekũherithio, nĩ ũndũ wa gũkirĩrĩria kwa Ngai,
26 Through the patience of God, to shewe at this time his righteousnesse, that hee might be iust, and a iustifier of him which is of the faith of Iesus.
nake eekire ũguo nĩgeetha onanie ũthingu wake mahinda-inĩ maya, na kũmenyeke atĩ we nĩ mũthingu, na nĩwe ũtuaga andũ arĩa metĩkĩtie Jesũ athingu.
27 Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.
Gwagĩtuĩka ũguo-rĩ, kwĩraha gũkĩrĩ ha? Nĩ kweherie biũ. Kweheretio nĩ ũndũ wa gĩtũmi kĩrĩkũ? Hihi nĩ ũndũ wa kũrũmia watho? Aca, no nĩ ũndũ wa watho ũrĩa wa wĩtĩkio.
28 Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩtũrũmĩtie atĩ mũndũ atuagwo mũthingu na ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia no ti ũndũ wa gwathĩkĩra watho.
29 God, is he the God of the Iewes onely, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, euen of the Gentiles also.
Ngai-rĩ, akĩrĩ o Ngai wa Ayahudi oiki? Githĩ Ngai ti wa andũ-a-Ndũrĩrĩ o nao? Ĩĩ, nĩ Ngai wa andũ-a-Ndũrĩrĩ o nao,
30 For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.
nĩgũkorwo Ngai no ũmwe, na nĩwe ũrĩĩtuaga andũ arĩa maruaga athingu, na ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia, na arĩa mataruaga nao amatuuage athingu na ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia o ro ũguo.
31 Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.
Rĩu-rĩ, no twagithie ũhoro wa watho kĩene nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoro wa wĩtĩkio ũcio? Aca, kũroaga gũtuĩka ũguo! Handũ ha ũguo-rĩ, nĩ watho tũgũkĩongerera hinya.

< Romans 3 >