Romans 3
1 What special privilege, then, has a Jew? Or what benefit is to be derived from circumcision?
To ere ohand bedo ja-Yahudi kata ber tero nyangu?
2 The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.
Nitie ber mangʼeny! Mokwongo, gin ema ne omigi wechegi mag Nyasaye.
3 For what if some Jews have proved unfaithful? Shall their faithlessness render God's faithfulness worthless?
To kapo ni moko kuomgi ne onge gi yie, to bende bedogi maonge yie nyalo ketho adiera mar Nyasaye?
4 No, indeed; let us hold God to be true, though every man should prove to be false. As it stands written, "That Thou mayest be shown to be just in the sentence Thou pronouncest, and gain Thy cause when Thou contendest."
Ooyo, ok kamano kata matin! Nyasaye nyaka bed ja-adiera, to ji duto jo-miriambo, mana kaka ondiki niya, “Mondo ibedi kare ka iwuoyo kendo ilochi ka ingʼadona bura.”
5 But if our unrighteousness sets God's righteousness in a clearer light, what shall we say? (Is God unrighteous--I speak in our everyday language-- when He inflicts punishment?
To ka timbewa maricho konyo kuom guro tim makare mar Nyasaye, to koro wanyalo wacho angʼo? Wanyalo wacho ni Nyasaye timo marach kokumowa gi mirimbe mager? (An awuoyo mana kaka dhano.)
6 No indeed; for in that case how shall He judge all mankind?)
Ok kamano ngangʼ! Nikech ka en kamano, to Nyasaye dingʼad bura ni piny nade?
7 If, for instance, a falsehood of mine has made God's truthfulness more conspicuous, redounding to His glory, why am I judged all the same as a sinner?
Bende ngʼato nyalo wacho niya, “Ka miriambona nyalo miyo adiera mar Nyasaye medore, kendo duongʼne bende medo nyisore to marangʼo pod ingʼadona bura kaka jaricho?”
8 And why should we not say--for so they wickedly misrepresent us, and so some charge us with arguing--"Let us do evil that good may come"? The condemnation of those who would so argue is just.
Jomoko osehangonwa wach kawacho ni wapuonjo niya, “Watimuru atima richo mondo eka ber obedie?” Joma kamago owinjore gi kum!
9 What then? Are we Jews more highly estimated than they? Not in the least; for we have already charged all Jews and Gentiles alike with being in thraldom to sin.
Koro wanyalo wacho nangʼo mogik? Bende waber adier? Ok kamano ngangʼ! Wasengʼado bura ni jo-Yahudi kod joma ok jo-Yahudi gi joricho mana machalre.
10 Thus it stands written, "There is not one righteous man.
Mana kaka ondiki niya, “Onge ngʼama kare, onge kata achiel;
11 There is not one who is really wise, nor one who is a diligent seeker after God.
Onge ngʼama wach donjone, onge ngʼama dwaro Nyasaye.
12 All have turned aside from the right path; they have every one of them become corrupt. There is no one who does what is right--no, not so much as one."
Ji duto osebaro, giduto gisedoko joma nono; onge ngʼama timo maber, onge kata achiel.”
13 "Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips."
“Dwondgi chalo liete mapok oum; lewgi olony e wacho miriambo.” “Kwiri mar thuond fu ni e lewgi.”
14 "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
“Dhogi opongʼ gi kwongʼ kod weche makech.”
15 "Their feet move swiftly to shed blood.
“Tiendegi reto kadhi chwero remo;
16 Ruin and misery mark their path;
kethruok kod masira ni kamoro amora ma gidhiyoe,
17 and the way to peace they have not known."
kendo ok gingʼeyo yo makelo kwe.”
18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
“Ok giluoro Nyasaye kata matin.”
19 But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.
To koro wangʼeyo ni gimoro amora ma Chik wacho, owacho ni joma ni e bwo chik, mondo ji duto olingʼ thi, kendo buch Nyasaye olo piny duto.
20 For on the ground of obedience to Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him. Law simply brings a sure knowledge of sin.
Kuom mano, onge ngʼama noket kare e nyime kuom timo gik ma Chik owacho, to kuom Chik ema dhano ngʼeyoe kethone.
21 But now a righteousness coming from God has been brought to light apart from any Law, both Law and Prophets bearing witness to it--
To koro tim makare mar Nyasaye ma ok otenore kuom chik, oseelore, mana kaka Ndiko mag Musa gi Jonabi nyiso.
22 a righteousness coming from God, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ and extends to all who believe. No distinction is made;
Ngima makareni mar Nyasaye, yudore e yor yie kuom Yesu Kristo ne ji duto moyie. Onge pogruok;
23 for all alike have sinned, and all consciously come short of the glory of God,
nimar ji duto oseketho kendo girem kuom duongʼ mar Nyasaye,
24 gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus.
to iketogi kare nono kuom ngʼwonone, nikech warruok ma nobiro kuom Kristo Yesu.
25 He it is whom God put forward as a Mercy-seat, rendered efficacious through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness-- because of the passing over, in God's forbearance, of the sins previously committed--
Nyasaye nochiwe kaka misango mar golo richo, nikech yie kuom rembe. Ne otimo ma mondo onyis timne makare, nikech e kinde motelo, Nyasaye ne ok odewo richo mane ji osetimo nikech kechne.
26 with a view to demonstrating, at the present time, His righteousness, that He may be shown to be righteous Himself, and the giver of righteousness to those who believe in Jesus.
Notimo kamano mondo onyis ratiro e ndalogi ni en owuon en kare, kendo ni oketo kare joma nigi yie kuom Yesu.
27 Where then is there room for your boasting? It is for ever shut out. On what principle? On the ground of merit? No, but on the ground of faith.
Ere gima ngʼato disungrene? Onge gimoro nikech sunga osegol oko chuth. Ogole e yor timo gima chik dwaro koso? Ooyo, ogole e yor yie.
28 For we maintain that it is as the result of faith that a man is held to be righteous, apart from actions done in obedience to Law.
Nikech gima wangʼeyo en ni ngʼato iketo kare kuom yie to ok kuom rito Chik.
29 Is God simply the God of the Jews, and not of the Gentiles also? He is certainly the God of the Gentiles also,
Koso dibed ni Nyasaye en Nyasach jo-Yahudi kendgi? Donge en Nyasach joma ok jo-Yahudi bende? Ee, en mar ogendini mamoko bende,
30 unless you can deny that it is one and the same God who will pronounce the circumcised to be acquitted on the ground of faith, and the uncircumcised to be acquitted through the same faith.
nikech Nyasaye en achiel kende kendo obiro keto kare joma oter nyangu kuom yie, mana kaka otimo ne joma ok oter nyangu bende e yor yie achielno.
31 Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.
Koso uparo ni ka wapuonjo yie kamano, to wamiyo Chik bedo maonge gi tich? Ooyo, ok kamano ngangʼ! Koro eka waketo Chik bedo motegno.
