Romans 2
1 Therefore you are without excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
Ngakho kawulakuzilandulela, wena muntu, loba ungubani owahlulelayo; ngoba ngalokho owahlulela ngakho omunye, uyazilahla wena, ngoba wena owahlulelayo wenza izinto ezifananayo.
2 Now we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.
Njalo siyazi ukuthi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kungokweqiniso phezu kwalabo abenza izinto ezinjalo.
3 And do you think this, you who judge those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
Njalo ucabanga lokho yini, O muntu owahlulela abenza izinto ezinjalo, lawe uzenza lezozinto, ukuthi wena uzaphepha ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu?
4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Kumbe uyayeyisa yini inotho yomusa wakhe leyokubekezela lesineke, ungazi ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukukhokhelela ekuphendukeni?
5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Kodwa ngobulukhuni bakho lenhliziyo yakho engaphendukiyo uzibekela ulaka ngosuku lolaka lolwesambulo sokwahlulelwa okulungileyo kukaNkulunkulu,
6 who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"
ozavuza lowo lalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe;
7 to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality -- everlasting life. (aiōnios g166)
impilo elaphakade kubo abalesineke ngokwenza imisebenzi elungileyo bedinga inkazimulo lodumo lokungabhubhi; (aiōnios g166)
8 But to those who are self-seeking, and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness -- wrath and anger,
kodwa intukuthelo lolaka kulabo abalenkani, njalo bengalaleli iqiniso kodwa belalela ukungalungi,
9 affliction and distress, on every human being who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
usizi lokubandezeleka, phezu kwawo wonke umphefumulo womuntu owenza ububi, owomJuda kuqala lowomGriki;
10 But glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
kodwa inkazimulo lodumo lokuthula kuye wonke owenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala lakumGriki;
11 For there is no partiality with God.
ngoba kakukho ukubandlulula umuntu kuNkulunkulu.
12 For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
Ngoba bonke abonileyo bengelamlayo, ngokunjalo bazabhubha bengelamlayo; njalo bonke abonileyo emlayweni, bazagwetshwa ngomlayo;
13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.
ngoba kakusibo abezwayo umlayo abalungileyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa abenzayo umlayo bazalungisiswa.
14 For when the non-Jews who do not have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,
Ngoba nxa abezizwe abangelawo umlayo besenza ngokwemvelo okungokomlayo, bona, bengelawo umlayo, bangumlayo kubo ngokwabo;
15 since they show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them,
ababonakalisa ukuthi umsebenzi womlayo ulotshiwe enhliziyweni zabo; isazela sabo laso siyafakaza, lemicabango yabo ibasole omunye komunye kumbe njalo ibavikele omunye komunye,
16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of people, according to my Good News, by Meshikha Yeshua.
ngosuku uNkulunkulu azakwahlulela ngalo imfihlo zabantu, ngoJesu Kristu, ngokwevangeli lami.
17 But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,
Khangela wena ubizwa ngokuthi ungumJuda, weyeme emlayweni, uzincoma ngoNkulunkulu,
18 and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
usazi intando yakhe, usemukela izinto ezingcono, ufundiswe emlayweni,
19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
njalo uzithembile wena ukuthi ungumholi weziphofu, ukukhanya kwabasemnyameni,
20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth.
umeluleki wezithutha, umfundisi wensane, ulesimo solwazi lolweqiniso emlayweni.
21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Ngakho wena ofundisa omunye, kawuzifundisi yini? Wena otshumayela ukuthi ungebi, uyeba yini?
22 You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?
Wena othi ungafebi, uyafeba yini? Wena onengwa yizithombe, uphanga amathempeli yini?
23 You who boast in the law, do you, by disobeying the law, dishonor God?
Wena ozincoma ngomlayo, udumaza uNkulunkulu ngokweqa umlayo yini?
24 For because of you the name of God is blasphemed among the nations, just as it is written.
Ngoba ibizo likaNkulunkulu liyahlanjazwa phakathi kwabezizwe ngenxa yenu, njengoba kulotshiwe.
25 For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Ngoba isibili ukusoka kuyasiza, uba usenza umlayo; kodwa uba ungumeqi womlayo, ukusoka kwakho sekuyikungasoki.
26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, won't his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
Ngakho uba ukungasoki kugcina izimiso zomlayo, ukungasoki kwakhe kakuyikubalwa yini ukuthi kuyikusoka?
27 Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
Lokungasoki ngemvelo, uba kugcwalisa umlayo, kungekugwebe yini wena ongumeqi womlayo ngombhalo langokusoka?
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
Ngoba kayisuye umJuda onguye ngokusobala, njalo kakusikho ukusoka okusobala enyameni;
29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, by the Rukha, not in the letter; whose praise is not from people, but from God.
kodwa yena ungumJuda onguye ngasese, lokusoka kungokwenhliziyo, emoyeni, kungeyisikho ngombhalo; ondumiso yakhe kayiveli ebantwini kodwa kuNkulunkulu.
