Romans 2
1 [God will severely punish non-Jewish people who habitually do evil things, because he has clearly revealed that he is angry with them]. So, [when God judges people], he will not excuse any one of you Jews [to whom I am writing]. You [(sg)] say that [God should] punish [non-Jews for doing evil things]. But when any one of you says that, it is you yourself whom you are saying that God should punish, because you [(sg)] do [some of] the same [evil] things [that the non-Jews do].
Na na: iyado! Di da eno dunu amo ea wadela: i hou dawa: lalu ema fofada: musa: dawa: bala? Di da amo dunu ilia wadela: i hou defele hamobeba: le, ilima fofada: sea, di gobele dima se dabe lama: ne fofada: nana.
2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly [non-Jewish] people who do such [evil] things.
Gode da wadela: i hamosu dunuma fofada: sea, Ea hou da moloidafa. Amo ninia noga: le dawa:
3 So, you who [say God should punish] others for doing evil things yet you do evil things yourself, (you should certainly not think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God!/do you think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God?) [RHQ]
Di da eno dunuma ilia wadela: i hou hamoiba: le fofada: sa. Be di da ili hou defele hamobeba: le, Godema fofada: su amo yolesima: ne, hobeamu logo hamedafa ba: mu.
4 And you should not say, “God is acting very tolerantly and patiently toward me, [so I do not need to stop sinning] [DOU].” (You should realize that God is acting in a kind manner [toward you] in order to encourage you [(sg)] to turn away from your sinful behavior!/Do you not realize that God is acting in a kind manner [toward you] in order to encourage you [(sg)] to turn away from your sinful behavior?) [RHQ]
Di da Gode Ea asigidafa hou, hahawane hou amola hedolo hame se dabe iasu hou amo higabela: ? Gode da di Ema sinidigima: ne logo olelesa. Di da amo dawa: bela: ?
5 But instead, by your stubbornly refusing to turn away from your sinful behavior [DOU], you are causing [MET] God to punish you even more severely. [He will do that] at the time when he shows that he is angry and judges people fairly.
Be dia ge da ga: i dagoi amola dia dogo da ga: nasi hamoi dagoi. Amaiba: le, Gode Ea ougiwane moloidafa fofada: su Esoha, disu gobele dia se dabe iasu baligiliwane hahamoi dagoi ba: mu.
6 God will pay back everyone according to [what they deserve for] what they have done.
Gode da dunu huluane afae afae ea hawa: hamosu amo defele bidi imunu.
7 [Specifically], some people, by continuing to doing good things, strive to be highly honored [by God] [DOU] and to receive a life that will not end. [God will reward them by enabling them] to live forever. (aiōnios g166)
Dunu mogili ilia da eso huluane hawa: moloidafa hamonana. Ilia hadigi hou, Godema nodosu hou amola eso huluane mae bogole Fifi Ahoanusu hogoi helesa. Gode da ilima eso huluane mae bogole Fifi Ahoanusu imunu. (aiōnios g166)
8 But some people act in a selfish way and refuse to believe that [what God says is] true, and they do the things that [God says] are wrong. [God will] punish them very severely [DOU, MTY].
Be eno dunu da ilisu hanai hou hamonana. Ilia hou moloidafa higale, wadela: i hou fawane fa: no bobogesa. Fedege agoane, Gode da Ea ougi se dabe iasu ilima sogadigimu.
9 He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly, [with the result that they will become severely] distressed [DOU]. This certainly will happen to the Jews [who refuse to accept God’s message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people], but it will also happen to the non-Jews.
Wadela: i hamosu dunu, Yu dunu hidadea amola Dienadaile dunu huluane da se bagade nabimu.
10 But [God will] greatly reward spiritually [MET, DOU] every person who habitually does good deeds. He will [certainly] do this for the Jews [because God chose them as his special people], but he will also do it for the non-Jews.
Be hou moloidafa hamosu dunu, Yu dunu hidadea amola Dienadaile dunu, ilima Gode da Ea hadigi, nodosu amola olofosu imunu.
11 God [will do this fairly], because people’s status does not influence him.
Gode da dunu huluanedafa defele ilima fofada: sa.
12 Although [non-Jews do not have] the laws that [God gave to Moses], all [non-Jews] who sin will be eternally separated from God. He will [not consider whether or not they knew] the laws that he [gave to Moses]. And all the [Jews] who have sinned in spite of knowing the laws that [God gave to Moses will also be punished] {[God will also punish them]}. [They will be punished for disobeying] God’s laws.
Dienadaile dunu da Mousese ea Sema hame dawa: Ilia da Sema giadofaiba: le hame, be wadela: i hou hamobeba: le Godema afafane, yolesi dagoi ba: sa. Be Yu dunu ilia Mousese ea Sema dawa: Amaiba: le, amo Sema ilegei defele, Gode da ilima fofada: mu.
13 [It is right for them to be punished] {[God to punish them]} [because] it is not those who [merely] know God’s laws whom he considers to be righteous. On the contrary, it is only those who continually have obeyed [all] (of [God’s] laws/of the laws that [God gave to Moses]) (whom God will consider righteous/whose record of sins God will erase).
Gode Ea Sema gega nababeba: le, dunu da bu afadenene moloidafa hamoi hame ba: sa. Be dunu da Sema nababeba: le, noga: le defele hamosea, amo dunu Gode da hahawane ba: mu.
14 Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the laws [God gave to Moses], naturally obey those laws, [they prove that] they have a law within their own minds, even though they do not have the laws [God gave to Moses].
Dienadaile dunu da Sema hame dawa: Be ilia asigi dawa: su ganodini hanaiba: le, Sema sia: defele hamosea, ilia hou moloidafa amola hou wadela: iwane, amo da hisu hisu ilia dawa: , amo olelesa. Be Mousese ea Sema dedei ilia hame dawa:
15 They show that they know in their own minds what God [commands in his] laws [MET], as each person in his very own conscience either accuses or excuses/defends himself [concerning his own behavior].
Ilia hou hamobeba: le, Sema da fedege agoane ilia dogo ganodini dedene legei dagoi olelesa. Ilia asigi dawa: su amo ganodini dawa: beba: le, amo hou da dafawane ilia da olelesa. Hou afae hamobeba: le, ilia asigi dawa: su da ilima diwaneya udidisa. Hou eno hamobeba: le, ilia asigi dawa: su da ilima abalomu.
16 God [will punish people] at the time when he will judge them according to what they have thought and done. He will judge them [even] for the things that they have done secretly. He will judge people by [authorizing] Christ Jesus [to judge them]. This is [what I tell people when] I preach the gospel to them.
Fofada: su Esoga, Gode da Ea Sia: Ida: iwane defele, Yesu Gelesu Ea lafidili dunu huluane ilia asigi dawa: su ilia dogo ganodini wamo sali, amoma fofada: sea, amo hou defele da ba: mu. Na da Gode Ea Sia: Ida: iwane Gala agoane olelesa.
17 [Now I have something to say to any one of] you [Jews to whom I am writing]: You [(sg)] boast about yourself saying, “I am a Jew.” You [(sg)] trust [that God will save you because you possess] the laws [that he gave to Moses]. You boast that [you belong to] God.
Di amola! Di da Yu dunu! Di da amane sia: sa, “Na da Yu dunu”! Di da Sema dafawaneyale dawa: sa. Di hidale Gode noga: le dawa: sia: sa.
18 You know what God desires. Because you have been taught {[people] have taught you} [God’s] laws, you are able to know which things are right and to choose to do them.
Di da Gode Ea hanai hamoma: ne liligi dawa: Di da Gode Ea Sema dawa: beba: le, hou moloidafa ilegemusa: dawa:
19 You are certain that you [are able to] show [God’s truth to non-Jews], as guides [show the road] to those who are blind [MET]. You are certain that by what you say you can show God’s way to the [non-Jews who do not understand it], as a light shows the way to [those who walk in] the darkness [MET, DOU].
Di da si dofoi dunuma logo olelemusa: defele esala, amo dawa: lala. Dia da dunu gasi ganodini esala, ilima hadigi olelemusa: defele esala, amo di dawa: lala.
20 [You are certain that you] can instruct/correct [non-Jews, whom you consider] foolish [because of their not understanding God’s message]. Because you have in [God’s] laws a [written] expression of true knowledge [HEN], you are certain that you can teach [people who, being like] children, do not know [God’s truth] [MET].
Dia da gagaoui dunu amola hame dawa: su dunu, ilima houdafa olelemusa: defele esala, amo dawa: lala. Dia da Sema amo ganodini da dawa: su hou huluanedafa amola dafawane hou huluanedafa dialebe, amo dawa: lala.
21 [Since you claim that you have all these advantages because you are a Jew], (it is disgusting that you who teach other people [that they should obey the laws God gave Moses] do not [obey the laws that you] yourself teach!/why is it that you who teach other people [that they should obey the laws God gave Moses] do not [obey the laws that you] yourself teach?) [RHQ] You who preach that people should not steal things, it is disgusting that you yourself steal things! [RHQ]
Dia da eno dunuma olelebeba: le, abuliba: le dima di gobele hame olelesala: ? Dia eno dunuma, “Mae wamolama!” sia: sa. Be dia da wamolasu dawa: bela: ?
22 You who command people not to have sexual relations with someone to whom they are not married, it is disgusting that you commit adultery yourself! [RHQ] You who detest idols, it is disgusting that you rob temples [where people worship idols]! [RHQ]
Dia eno dunuma, “Inia uda mae adole lama!” sia: sa. Be dia da inia uda adole lasu hou dawa: bela: ? Dia loboga hamoi ogogosu ‘gode’ higasa. Be dia Debolo Diasu liligi wamolasala: ?
23 You who boast saying, “[I have God’s] laws,” it is disgusting that you disobey those same laws! [RHQ] As a result you are insulting God!
Dia da hidale Gode Ea Sema lalegagui dagoi sia: sa. Be dia da Gode Ea Sema wadela: beba: le, dia Gode Ea Dio wadela: sa.
24 [You must not be like our ancestors, about whom] were written [these words in the Scriptures: ] “The non-Jews speak evil about God because of [the evil actions of] many of you [Jews].” The non-Jews say God must be a hypocrite if he condones the behavior of people like you.
Gode Sia: da agoane dedei diala, “Dilia Yu dunu da wadela: i hou hamonanebeba: le, Dienadaile dunu da Godema lasogole sia: sa!”
25 Any one of you who [is] circumcised [to show that he belongs to God] can benefit from that if he obeys the laws [God gave to Moses]. But if you [(sg), a circumcised person], disobey [God’s] laws, [God will consider that] you who are circumcised are no better [in God’s sight] than [someone who is] not circumcised.
Dia da Sema mae giadofale hamonana ganiaba, dia gadofo damui da bai galebe ba: la: loba. Be dia Sema hame naba ganiaba, dia gadofo hame damumu da defea galula: loba.
26 This means that God will certainly consider that even [non-Jews who are] not circumcised can become his people if they obey the things that he commanded in his laws. [RHQ]
Adi dawa: bela: ? Dienadaile gadofo hame damui dunu da Sema huluane mae giadofale hamosea, Gode da amo dunu gadofo damui dunu defele ba: ma: bela: ?
27 [If any one of] you disobeys God’s laws, even though [you(sg) have] the Scriptures and even though someone has circumcised you {you are circumcised} [God will punish you]. And those people who are not circumcised, but who obey God’s laws, [will declare that God is right] when he says that he will punish you.
Dilia Yu dunu da Sema dedei gala amola dilia gadofo damui gala. Be dilia da Sema giadofabeba: le, Gode da amo mae dawa: le., dilima Sema defele medoma: ne fofada: mu. Be Dienadaile dunu, ilia Sema hame dawa: amola gadofo hame damui. Be ilia hou da dilia hou baligiwane ba: mu. Bai mogili ilia Sema udigili nabawane hamosa.
28 It is not those who perform rituals [to show they are God’s people] who are [true] Jews, and it is not being circumcised in their bodies [that causes God to accept them] [MTY].
Dunu da ea gadofo damui dagoiba: le, Yudafa dunu hame hamosa. E da gadofo damui dagoiba: le, dabuagado fawane Yu dunu hamoi.
29 On the contrary, we whom [God has changed] inwardly are [true] Jews [MTY]. And [God has accepted us because we have allowed God’s] Spirit to change our hearts, not because we perform rituals. Even if [other] people will not praise us [for that change], God will praise us.
Be Yu dunudafa da ea dogo ganodini Yu dunu hamoi. Fedege agoane, ea dogo gadofo damui dagoiba: le, Yu dunudafa hamosa. Amo da Sema dedei amoga hame hamosa, be Gode Ea A: silibu Hadigidafa Gala amoga hamosa. Agoaiwane dunu da dunuma nodosu mae lale, Gode Ea nodosu fawane ba: sa.
