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].
| شاید کسی پیش خود فکر کند این مردم چقدر پست هستند که دست به چنین کارهایی می‌زنند. هرگاه کسی بگوید که این اشخاص بدکار باید مجازات شوند، در حقیقت خودش را محکوم می‌کند، چون او نیز همان گناهان را مرتکب می‌شود. |
2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly [non-Jewish] people who do such [evil] things.
| اما می‌دانیم که خدا عادل است و داوری او بر کسانی که این گونه اعمال را انجام می‌دهند، بر حق است. |
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]
| ای آدمی، آیا تصور می‌کنی که خدا دیگران را برای چنین گناهانی مجازات خواهد کرد، اما از گناهان تو چشم‌پوشی خواهد نمود؟ |
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]
| اگر خدا تا به حال نسبت به تو صبر و تحمل نشان داده است، آیا این برای تو مهم نیست؟ آیا متوجه نیستی که مهربانی خدا برای این بوده که تو توبه کنی؟ |
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.
| اگر دل خودت را سخت کنی و توبه نکنی برای خود مجازات وحشتناکی فراهم می‌آوری، زیرا به‌زودی روز خشم و غضب خدا فرا می‌رسد روزی که در آن خدا تمام مردم جهان را عادلانه محکوم خواهد کرد، |
6 God will pay back everyone according to [what they deserve for] what they have done.
| و به هر کس مطابق کارهایش پاداش یا کیفر خواهد داد. |
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)
| او زندگی جاوید را به کسانی می‌بخشد که با صبر و تحمل، آنچه را که راست است، به عمل می‌آورند و خواستار جلال و احترام و بقایی هستند که خدا عطا می‌کند. (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].
| اما بر خودخواهان و آنانی که با حقیقت وجود خدا ضدیت می‌کنند و به راههای گناه‌آلود خود می‌روند، خشم و غضب خود را فرو خواهد ریخت. |
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.
| رنج و عذاب گریبانگیر همهٔ کسانی خواهد گردید که گناه می‌ورزند، از یهودی گرفته تا غیریهودی. |
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.
| اما جلال و سربلندی و آرامش الهی نصیب همهٔ آنانی خواهد شد که از خدا اطاعت می‌کنند، چه یهودی و چه غیریهودی، |
11 God [will do this fairly], because people’s status does not influence him.
| زیرا خدا تبعیض قائل نمی‌شود. |
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.
| هر کس که گناه کند، هلاک خواهد شد، حتی کسانی که شریعت نوشته شدۀ خدا را نداشته باشند. و کسانی هم که شریعت خدا را دارند، اگر گناه کنند، خدا بنا بر موازین شریعتشان آنها را داوری خواهد کرد. |
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).
| زیرا با شنیدن احکام شریعت نیست که کسی مقبول خدا می‌گردد بلکه با به عمل آوردن آن. |
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].
| حتی غیریهودیان که شریعت نوشته شدۀ خدا را ندارند، وقتی طبیعتاً از احکام خدا اطاعت می‌کنند نشان می‌دهند که از آنها آگاهند. |
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].
| معلوم است که شریعت خدا بر دلشان نوشته شده است، زیرا وجدان و افکارشان یا آنان را متهم می‌کند یا تأییدشان می‌نماید. |
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.
| و این است پیامی که من اعلام می‌کنم: روزی خواهد آمد که خدا توسط عیسی مسیح، افکار و انگیزه‌های مخفی همه را داوری خواهد کرد. |
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.
| و اما شما یهودیان، تصور می‌کنید که چون خدا شریعت و احکام خود را به شما عطا کرده است، بنابراین از شما خشنود است، و می‌بالید به اینکه برگزیدگان خدا هستید. |
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.
| شما اراده و خواست خدا را می‌دانید و خوب را از بد تشخیص می‌دهید، چون احکام او را از کودکی آموخته‌اید، |
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].
| شما یقین کامل دارید که راه خدا را به خوبی می‌شناسید؛ به همین جهت خود را راهنمای نابینایان می‌دانید، و خویشتن را چراغهایی می‌پندارید که راه خدا را به آنانی که در تاریکی گمراه شده‌اند، نشان می‌دهند. |
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].
| شما گمان می‌کنید که راهنمای مردم نادان هستید و می‌توانید امور الهی را حتی به کودکان نیز بیاموزید، زیرا تصور می‌کنید احکام خدا را که پر از معرفت و راستی است، می‌دانید. |
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]
| حال، شما که دیگران را تعلیم می‌دهید، چرا خودتان نمی‌آموزید؟ به دیگران می‌گویید که دزدی نکنید؛ آیا خودتان دزدی نمی‌کنید؟ |
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]
| می‌گویید که زنا کردن گناه است؛ آیا خودتان زنا نمی‌کنید؟ می‌گویید که نباید بت‌پرستی کرد؛ آیا خودتان از اشیائی که از معابد دزدیده شده‌اند، استفاده نمی‌کنید؟ |
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!
| شما به دانستن احکام خدا فخر می‌فروشید، اما با زیر پا نهادن آنها، به خدا توهین می‌کنید. |
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.
| پس جای تعجب نیست که در کتب مقدّس نوشته شده: «به سبب شما، قومها نام خدا را کفر می‌گویند!» |
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.
| سنت ختنۀ یهودی در صورتی ارزش دارد که از دستورهای خدا اطاعت کنید. در غیر این صورت، هیچ بهتر از قومهای غیریهود نیستید. |
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]
| زیرا اگر غیریهودیان احکام خدا را اطاعت کنند، آیا خدا تمام امتیازات و افتخاراتی را که قصد داشت به شما یهودیان بدهد، به ایشان نخواهد داد؟ یقیناً خواهد داد. |
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.
| در این صورت وضع غیریهودیان ختنه نشده که احکام خدا را اطاعت می‌کنند، در پیشگاه خدا از وضع شما یهودیان خیلی بهتر خواهد بود، زیرا شما با وجود اینکه ختنه شده‌اید و صاحب کتب مقدّس هستید، باز احکام خدا را اطاعت نمی‌کنید. |
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].
| فراموش نکنید که هر که پدر و مادرش یهودی باشند و خود نیز ختنه شده باشد، یهودی نیست. |
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.
| بلکه یهودی واقعی کسی است که در باطن خود یهودی باشد؛ و ختنه نیز ختنۀ دل است، که به دست روح خدا انجام می‌شود، نه از طریق مقرراتی نوشته‌شده. تحسین چنین شخصی از جانب دیگران نیست، بلکه از جانب خداست. |
