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.
Basi, rafiki, kama unawahukumu wengine, huwezi kamwe kujitetea haidhuru wewe ni nani. Kwa maana, kwa kuwahukumu wengine, unajilaani wewe mwenyewe kwa vile nawe unayafanya mambo yaleyale unayohukumu.
2 Now we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.
Tunajua kwamba hukumu ya Mungu kwa wale wanaofanya mambo kama hayo ni hukumu ya haki.
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?
Lakini wewe, rafiki, unayewahukumu wale wanaofanya mambo kama hayo bali wewe pia unayafanya, je unadhani utaiepa hukumu ya Mungu?
4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Au labda unaudharau wema wake mkuu, uvumilivu wake na saburi yake, bila kutambua kwamba wema wake huo una shabaha ya kukuongoza upate kutubu?
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;
Lakini unao ugumu na ukaidi wa moyo, na hivyo unajilundikia adhabu kwa Siku ile ambayo ghadhabu ya Mungu na hukumu zake za haki vitadhihirishwa.
6 who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"
Siku hiyo Mungu atamlipa kila mmoja kufuatana na matendo yake.
7 to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality -- everlasting life. (aiōnios g166)
Wale wanaozingatia kutenda mema, kutafuta utukufu na heshima ya Mungu na kutokufa, watapata uzima wa milele. (aiōnios g166)
8 But to those who are self-seeking, and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness -- wrath and anger,
Lakini wale wengine wenye ubinafsi, wenye kukataa mambo ya haki na kufuata uovu, wataangukiwa na ghadhabu na hasira ya Mungu.
9 affliction and distress, on every human being who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Mateso na maumivu yatampata binadamu yeyote atendaye uovu. Yatawapata Wayahudi kwanza, na watu wa mataifa mengine pia.
10 But glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Lakini Mungu atawapa utukufu, heshima na amani wale wanaotenda mema; Wayahudi kwanza, na watu wa mataifa mengine pia.
11 For there is no partiality with God.
Maana Mungu hambagui mtu yeyote.
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.
Wale wanaotenda dhambi bila kuijua Sheria ya Mose wataangamia ingawaje hawajui Sheria. Na wale wanaotenda dhambi wakiwa wanaijua Sheria watahukumiwa kisheria.
13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.
Mtu hafanywi kuwa mwadilifu mbele yake Mungu kwa kuisikia Sheria, bali kwa kuitii Sheria.
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,
Mathalan: watu wa mataifa mengine hawana Sheria ya Mose; lakini kila wanapotimiza matakwa ya Sheria wakiongozwa na dhamiri zao, wao wenyewe wanakuwa kipimo cha Sheria ingawa hawaijui Sheria.
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,
Mwenendo wao unaonyesha kwamba matakwa ya Sheria yameandikwa mioyoni mwao. Dhamiri zao zinashuhudia pia jambo hilo, maana fikira zao mara nyingine huwashtaki, na mara nyingine huwatetea.
16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of people, according to my Good News, by Christ Jesus.
Hivyo, kufuatana na hii Habari Njema ninayohubiri, ndivyo itakavyokuwa wakati Mungu atakapohukumu mambo ya siri ya binadamu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo.
17 But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,
Na wewe, je? Wewe mwenyewe unajiita Myahudi; unaitumainia Sheria na kujivunia kuwa wa Mungu;
18 and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
kwa njia ya Sheria unajua matakwa ya Mungu na unaweza kuchagua jambo jema;
19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
wewe unajiona kuwa kiongozi wa vipofu na mwanga kwa wale walio gizani;
20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth.
unajiona kuwa mkufunzi wa wajinga na mwalimu wa wale wasiokomaa bado. Unayo katika Sheria picha kamili ya elimu na ukweli.
21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Basi, wewe unawafundisha wengine; kwa nini hujifundishi wewe mwenyewe? Unawahubiria wengine wasiibe, lakini kumbe wewe mwenyewe unaiba.
22 You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?
Unasema: “Msizini,” na huku wewe unazini; unachukia sanamu za miungu hali wewe unajitajirisha kwa kuiba katika nyumba za miungu.
23 You who boast in the law, do you, by disobeying the law, dishonor God?
Kwa kujigamba ati unayo Sheria ya Mungu, je huoni kwamba kwa kuivunja Sheria unamdharau Mungu?
24 For because of you the name of God is blasphemed among the nations, just as it is written.
Kama vile Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: “Watu wa mataifa mengine wamelikufuru jina la Mungu kwa sababu yenu ninyi Wayahudi!”
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.
Kutahiriwa kwako kutakuwa na maana kama ukiitii Sheria. Lakini kama unaivunja Sheria, basi, ni afadhali ungalibaki bila kutahiriwa.
26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, won't his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
Kama mtu wa mataifa mengine ambaye hakutahiriwa akitimiza matakwa ya Sheria, hakika atafikiriwa kana kwamba ametahiriwa.
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?
Watu wa mataifa mengine watakuhukumu wewe Myahudi kama ukiivunja Sheria, ingawaje unayo maandishi ya Sheria na umetahiriwa, hali wao wanaitii Sheria ingawa hawakutahiriwa.
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
Ndiyo kusema, si kila anayeonekana kwa nje kuwa Myahudi ni Myahudi wa kweli, wala mtu hawi Myahudi wa kweli ati kwa kuwa ametahiriwa kimwili.
29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, by the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from people, but from God.
Myahudi wa kweli ni yule aliye Myahudi kwa ndani, yaani yule ambaye ametahiriwa moyoni. Hili ni jambo la Roho, na si jambo la maandishi ya Sheria. Mtu wa namna hiyo anapata sifa, si kutoka kwa watu, bali kutoka kwa Mungu.
