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].
Omiyo in bende ok initony, in mingʼado bura ni ngʼat machielo, nikech gima ingʼadonego ngʼat machielo burano ema bura loyigo iwuon, nikech in mingʼado bura bende itimo gik machalre gi gima otimo.
2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly [non-Jewish] people who do such [evil] things.
To koro wangʼeyo ni buch Nyasaye ne joma timo gik ma kamago oluwore gi adiera.
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]
To koro in dhano adhanani mingʼado bura ni joma timo gik ma in bende itimo, iparo ni Nyasaye biro ngʼado bura ni jogo to in to itony?
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]
Koso ichayo ngʼwonone mogundho, ber mare kod horuokne? Donge ingʼeyo ni Nyasaye ngʼwononi mondo omiyi thuolo mar lokruok mondo iwe richo?
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.
To kuom tamruok mari kod chunyi midagi loko, ikuno mirima mager, ne in iwuon ne odiechieng mirimb Nyasaye, ma buche makare noelie.
6 God will pay back everyone according to [what they deserve for] what they have done.
Chiengʼno Nyasaye “nochul ngʼato ka ngʼato kaluwore gi timbene.”
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)
Ne joma osetimo kinda kuom timo maber, ka gidwaro duongʼ kod luor, kod gik ma ok tho, enomi ngima mochwere. (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].
To joma ohero margi kendo ma ok luw adiera, to luwo mana timbe ma ok kare, norom gi mirimb Nyasaye mager.
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.
Masira gi chandruok malit nobedi ni ji duto matimo richo, mokwongo ni jo-Yahudi, eka bangʼe ni joma ok jo-Yahudi bende;
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.
to ngʼato ka ngʼato matimo maber noyud duongʼ gi pak kod kwe, mokwongo ni jo-Yahudi, eka bangʼe ni joma ok jo-Yahudi bende;
11 God [will do this fairly], because people’s status does not influence him.
nikech Nyasaye ok dew wangʼ ji.
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.
Ji duto matimo richo, ka ok ongʼeyo chik nolal nono kata obedo ni gikia chik kamano, to ji duto matimo richo ka gin e bwo Chik nongʼadnigi bura gi Chikno.
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).
Ok mana joma ongʼeyo Chik ema nikare e nyim Nyasaye, to makmana jogo matimo gima chik dwaro ema ibiro keto kare.
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].
(Chutho ka joma ok jo-Yahudi maonge gi Chik, timo gik ma Chik dwaro, kata obedo ni gikia Chik, to gidoko chik ne gin giwegi kata obedo ni gionge gi chik kamano
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].
nikech ginyiso ni gima Chik dwaro ondiki e chunygi, kendo kata chunygi giwegi bende bedo joneno ni mano en adier, kendo pachgi seche moko ngʼadonegi bura kaka joketho, to seche moko pwoyogi.)
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.
Mano notimre e odiechiengʼ ma Nyasaye nomi Yesu Kristo teko mar ngʼado bura kuom gik mopondo manie chuny dhano kaka Injili ma ayalo wacho.
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.
In iluongori ni ja-Yahudi; kendo iyiengori kuom Chik, kendo ipakori in ngʼat Nyasaye.
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.
Iwacho ni ingʼeyo gima Nyasaye dwaro, kendo inyalo pogo gima ber moloyo nikech isepuonjori chik.
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].
Bende iwacho chutho ni in jatend muofni, kendo ni in e ler mar joma ni e mudho;
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].
bende ni itayo joma ofuwo, kendo ni in japuonj nyithindo nikech Chik ma in-go otingʼo ngʼeyo kod adiera.
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]
In mipuonjo ji mamoko, dak ipuonjri iwuon? In miyalo ni kuo rach, dibed in to ikwala?
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]
In miwacho ni ji kik terre, dibed ni to iterori? In ma ichayo nyiseche manono, dibed ni in to ikwelo ei hekalu mag nyiseche manonogo?
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!
In ma isungori nikech Chik ma in-go, dipo ikelo achaya ne Nyasaye kuom ketho Chik?
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.
Mana kaka ondiki niya, “Nying Nyasaye iyanyo e dier joma ok jo-Yahudi nikech un.”
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.
Tero ngʼato nyangu nigi ohala mana ka omako Chik, to ka oketho Chik to ochalo ngʼat mane ok oter nyangu.
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]
Omiyo ka joma ok oter nyangu timo gik ma Chik dwaro, to donge inyalo kwan-gi kaka joma oter nyangu?
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.
Koro ngʼat ma ok oter nyangu e yor ringruok, to oluwo chik, biro ngʼadoni bura, in ma ingʼeyo Ndiko kendo oteri, to iketho chik.
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].
Ngʼato ok en ja-Yahudi mana kuom nenruokne ma oko kata nikech otere nyangu e ringre ma oko.
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.
Ooyo, ja-Yahudi mar adier en ngʼato ma ja-Yahudi gi e chunye kendo tero nyangu mar adier bende en mar chuny, mano en tich Roho to ok mar rito Chik. Ngʼat ma kamano ok yud pak kuom ji, to oyudo pak kuom Nyasaye.
