Romans 2
1 THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, even every one that judgeth: for in the very thing wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest art living in the practices of the same things.
Kwa hiyo hauna udhuru, wewe uhukumuye, kwa maana katika yale uhukumuyo mwingine wajitia hatiani mwenyewe. Kwa maana wewe uhukumuye unafanya mambo yale yale.
2 But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth, against those who practise such things.
Lakini twajua kwamba hukumu ya Mungu ni ya kweli juu yao wafanyao mambo kama hayo.
3 For thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest those who do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Lakini wewe tafakari hili, wewe ambaye unahukumu wale wanaotenda mambo hayo ingawa nawe unafanya mambo yayo hayo. Je utaepuka hukumu ya Mungu?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his kindness and patience and long-suffering, ignorant that this goodness of God is leading thee to repentance?
Au unafikiri kidogo sana juu ya wingi wa wema wake, kuchelewa kwa adhabu yake, na uvumilivu wake? Je, hujui kwamba wema wake unapaswa kukuelekeza katika toba?
5 But after thy obdurate and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath at the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
Bali kwa kadiri ya ugumu wako na kwa moyo wako usio na toba wajiwekea mwenyewe akiba ya ghadhabu kwa siku ile ya ghadhabu, yaani, siku ile ya ufunuo wa hukumu ya haki ya Mungu.
6 who will recompense to every man according to his works;
Yeye atamlipa kila mtu kipimo sawa na matendo yake:
7 to those who, in the patient practice of good works, seek glory and honour and immortality―eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
kwa wale ambao kwa uthabiti wa matendo mema wametafuta sifa, heshima na kutokuharibika, atawapa uzima wa milele. (aiōnios g166)
8 But to those who are of a contentious spirit, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation, and wrath;
Lakini kwa wale ambao ni wabinafsi, wasioitii kweli bali hutii dhuluma, ghadhabu na hasira kali itakuja.
9 tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth wickedness, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek.
Mungu ataleta dhiki na shida juu ya kila nafsi ya binadamu aliyefanya uovu, kwa Myahudi kwanza, na kwa Myunani pia.
10 But glory and honour and peace be to every man who doeth that which is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek:
Lakini sifa, heshima na amani itakuja kwa kila mtu atendaye mema, kwa Myahudi kwanza, na kwa Myunani pia.
11 for there is no acceptance of persons with God.
Kwa maana hakuna upendeleo kwa Mungu.
12 For as many as have sinned without the law, shall perish also without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;
Kwa maana kama vile wengi waliokosa pasipo sheria watapotea pasipo sheria, na kama vile wengi waliokosa kulingana na sheria watahukumiwa kwa sheria.
13 for the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be counted righteous;
Maana si wasikiaji wa sheria walio wenye haki mbele za Mungu, bali ni wale waitendao sheria watakaohesabiwa haki.
14 (for when the Gentiles, who have not the law naturally, do the things of the law, these, though not having the law, are a law unto themselves:
Kwa maana watu wa Mataifa, ambao hawana sheria, wanafanya kwa asili mambo ya sheria, wao, wamekuwa sheria kwa nafsi zao, ingawa wao hawana sheria.
15 which exhibit the practice of the law written on their hearts, their conscience also bearing its testimony, and their mutual reasonings at intervals bringing accusations or forming excuses; )
Kwa hili wanaonesha kwamba matendo yanayohitajika kwa mujibu wa sheria yameandikwa ndani ya mioyo yao. Dhamiri zao pia zinawashuhudia wao, na mawazo yao wenyewe ama huwashitaki au huwalinda wao wenyewe
16 in the day when God shall judge the hidden things of men, according to my gospel by Jesus Christ.
na pia kwa Mungu. Haya yatatokea katika siku ambayo Mungu atazihukumu siri za watu wote, sawasawa na injili yangu, kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo.
17 Lo! thou art named a Jew, and restest on the law, and boastest in God,
Tuseme kwamba unajiita mwenyewe Myahudi, aliyekaa katika sheria, shangilia kwa kujisifu katika Mungu,
18 and knowest the will of God, and bringest to the test the things that are different, being instructed out of the law;
yajue mapenzi yake, na kupima mambo ambayo yanatofautiana nayo, baada ya kuagizwa na sheria.
19 and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
Na tuseme kwamba una ujasiri kwamba wewe mwenyewe ni kiongozi wa kipofu, mwanga kwa wale walio gizani,
20 an instructor of the uninformed, a teacher of babes, holding the form of knowledge and of truth in the law.
msahihishaji wa wajinga, mwalimu wa watoto, na kwamba unayo katika sheria jinsi ya elimu na kweli.
21 Thou therefore who teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that proclaimest aloud that a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Wewe basi, uhubiriye mwingine, je, hujifundishi mwenyewe? Wewe uhubiriye kutokuiba, je wewe huiba?
22 thou that sayest, Do not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that holdest idols in abomination, dost thou commit sacrilege?
Wewe usemae usizini, je unazini? Wewe uchukiaye sanamu, je unaiba hekaluni?
23 thou who gloriest in the law, dishonourest thou God by the transgression of the law?
Wewe ujisifuye katika sheria, je haumfedheheshi Mungu katika kuvunja sheria?
24 for the name of God is blasphemed through you among the heathen, as it is written.
Kwa maana “jina la Mungu linafedheheshwa kati ya watu wa mataifa kwa sababu yenu,” kama ilivyoandikwa.
25 For circumcision indeed is advantageous, if thou practise the law: but if thou art a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision becomes uncircumcision,
Kwa maana Kutahiriwa kweli kwafaa kama ukitii sheria, lakini kama wewe ni mkiukaji wa sheria, kutahiriwa kwako kunakuwa kutokutahiriwa.
26 If then the uncircumcision observe the righteous judgments of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be accounted for circumcision?
Basi, ikiwa, mtu asiyetahiriwa anaendelea kushika matakwa ya sheria, je kutokutahiriwa kwake hakutachukuliwa kana kwamba ametahiriwa?
27 And the uncircumcision by nature which fulfilleth the law shall condemn thee, who through the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law.
Na yeye asiyetahiriwa kwa asili hatakuhukumu kama akitimiza sheria? Hii ni kwa sababu una maandiko yaliyoandikwa na tohara pia lakini bado u mkiukaji wa sheria!
28 For not he who is outwardly such, is the Jew; neither is that which is outward in the flesh, circumcision.
Kwa maana yeye si Myahudi aliye kwa hali ya nje; wala kutahiriwa si kule ambako ni kwa nje tu katika mwili.
29 But he is a Jew who is such inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
Lakini yeye ni Myahudi aliye kwa ndani, na tohara ni ya moyo, katika roho, si katika andiko. Sifa ya mtu wa namna hiyo haitokani na watu bali yatoka kwa Mungu.
