Romans 3

1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?

Pea ka kuo pehē, pea ko e hā ʻae lelei lahi ʻoku ʻi he Siu? Pe ko e hā hono ʻaonga ʻoe kamu?

2 Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

‌ʻOku lahi ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē: kae lahi taha pe koeʻuhi ko e tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi folofola ʻae ʻOtua.

3 For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?

Ka ko e hā, ʻo kapau naʻe ai ha niʻihi naʻe ʻikai tui? ʻE fakataʻeʻaonga ʻe heʻenau taʻetui ʻae moʻoni ʻae ʻOtua?

4 God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

‌ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito: ʻio, ke moʻoni ʻae ʻOtua, kae loi ʻae tangata kotoa pē; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Koeʻuhi ke ke tonuhia ʻi hoʻo ngaahi tala, pea koeʻuhi ke ke māʻoniʻoni ʻoka ke ka fakamaau.”

5 But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)

Pea kapau ʻoku hā ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻae ʻOtua ʻi heʻetau taʻemāʻoniʻoni, te tau pehē ko e hā? ʻOku taʻeangatonu ʻae ʻOtua ʻi heʻene houhau? (ʻOku ou lea ʻo hangē ko e tangata.)

6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

‌ʻIkai ʻaupito: he ka ne pehē ʻe fēfē hono fakamaau ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa māmani?

7 But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

He kapau kuo tupulekina ʻo lahi ʻae moʻoni ʻae ʻOtua, ke ongoongolelei ia ʻi heʻeku loi; pea ko e hā ʻoku kei fakamaau ai au ko e angahala?

8 and why not (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

Pea [ko e hā ]ʻoku ʻikai ai [ke pehē muʻa], (ʻo hangē ko hono lohiakiʻi ʻakimautolu, pea hangē ko hono fakapapau ia ʻe he niʻihi ʻoku mau lea [ʻo pehē]), “Ke tau fai kovi, kae tupu ai ha lelei?” Ko honau fakamalaʻia ko e meʻa totonu.

9 What then? are we in worse case than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

Pea fēfē ai? ʻOku lelei lahi hake ʻakitautolu? ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito: he kuo ʻosi ʻemau fakamoʻoni ʻoku fakatou moʻulaloa kotoa pē ki he angahala, ʻae kakai Siu mo e kakai Senitaile;

10 as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

‌ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “ʻOku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku māʻoniʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ha taha:

11 There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

‌ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi, ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku kumi ki he ʻOtua.

12 They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:

Kuo nau hē kotoa pē, kuo nau hoko ʻo taʻeʻaonga kotoa pē; ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku fai lelei, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ha taha,

13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:

Ko honau kia ko e fonualoto kuo matangaki; kuo nau fai fakakākā ʻaki honau ʻelelo; ko e meʻa kona ʻoe ngata fekai ʻoku ʻi lalo ʻi honau loungutu:

14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

‌ʻOku pito honau ngutu ʻi he kapekape mo e lea fakamahū:

15 Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Ko honau vaʻe ʻoku vave ke lilingi toto:

16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;

‌ʻOku ʻi honau ngaahi hala ʻae fakaʻauha mo e malaʻia:

17 And the way of peace have they not known:

Pea ko e hala ʻoe melino ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi:

18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha manavahē ki he ʻOtua ʻi honau ʻao.”

19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

Ko eni, ʻoku tau ʻilo ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku fakahā ʻi he fono, ʻoku fakahā ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku moʻulaloa ki he fono: koeʻuhi ke mapuni ʻae ngutu kotoa pē, kae nofo ʻa māmani kotoa pē kuo halaia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.

20 because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.

Ko ia ʻe ʻikai fakatonuhiaʻi ha tokotaha ʻi hono ʻao ʻe he ngaahi ngāue ʻoe fono: he ʻoku mei he fono ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe angahala.

21 But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Ka ko eni, ʻoku fakahā ʻae fakatonuhiaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he taʻekau ʻae fono, pea ʻoku fakamoʻoni ia ʻe he fono mo e kau palōfita;

22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;

‌ʻIo, ʻae fakatonuhiaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he tui kia Sisu Kalaisi kiate kinautolu kotoa pē pea ʻiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku tui: he ʻoku ʻikai ha fai kehekehe:

23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

He kuo fai angahala kotoa pē, pea tomui ʻi he fakamālō mei he ʻOtua.

24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Pea ʻoku fakatonuhiaʻi ko e ʻofa mataʻataʻatā pē ʻi heʻene ʻaloʻofa, koeʻuhi ko e totongi huhuʻi ʻaia ʻoku ʻia Kalaisi Sisu:

25 whom God set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith, by his blood, to shew his righteousness, because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;

‌ʻAia kuo fakahā atu ʻe he ʻOtua ko e feilaulau fakalelei ia, ʻi he tui ki hono taʻataʻa, koeʻuhi ke fakahā ʻene māʻoniʻoni ʻi he fakamolemole ʻoe angahala kuo fai, ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa kātaki ʻae ʻOtua;

26 for the shewing, [I say], of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.

Ke fakahā ʻi he kuonga ni ʻa ʻene māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ke angatonu pe ia, ka ko e fakatonuhia ia ʻo ia ʻoku tui kia Sisu.

27 Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

Pea ka kuo pehē, pea kofa'a 'ae pole? Kuo kapusi ia. 'E he fono fono fē? ʻOe ngaahi ngāue? ʻIkai ʻaupito: ka ʻe he fono ʻoe tui.

28 We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Ko ia ʻoku mau tukupau eni, ʻoku fakatonuhiaʻi ʻae tangata ʻe he tui, ʻo taʻekau ai ʻae ngaahi ngāue ʻae fono.

29 Or is God [the God] of Jews only? is he not [the God] of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:

Ko e ʻOtua ia ʻoe kakai Siu pē? Pea ʻikai ʻoe Senitaile foki? ʻIo, ʻoe kakai Senitaile foki:

30 if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

He ko e ʻOtua pe taha, ʻaia ʻoku ne fakatonuhiaʻi ʻae kamu ʻe he tui, mo e taʻekamu ʻi he tui.

31 Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

Pea ʻoku tau fakataʻeʻaongaʻi koa ʻae fono ʻi he tui? ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito: ka ʻoku mau fakatuʻumaʻu ʻae fono.