< Romans 3 >

1 What special privilege, then, has a Jew? Or what benefit is to be derived from circumcision?
اَپَرَنْچَ یِہُودِنَح کِں شْریشْٹھَتْوَں؟ تَتھا تْوَکْچھیدَسْیَ وا کِں پھَلَں؟
2 The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.
سَرْوَّتھا بَہُونِ پھَلانِ سَنْتِ، وِشیشَتَ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ شاسْتْرَں تیبھْیودِییَتَ۔
3 For what if some Jews have proved unfaithful? Shall their faithlessness render God's faithfulness worthless?
کَیشْچِدْ اَوِشْوَسَنے کرِتے تیشامْ اَوِشْوَسَناتْ کِمْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ وِشْواسْیَتایا ہانِرُتْپَتْسْیَتے؟
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."
کیناپِ پْرَکارینَ نَہِ۔ یَدْیَپِ سَرْوّے مَنُشْیا مِتھْیاوادِنَسْتَتھاپِیشْوَرَح سَتْیَوادِی۔ شاسْتْرے یَتھا لِکھِتَماسْتے، اَتَسْتْوَنْتُ سْوَواکْیینَ نِرْدّوشو ہِ بھَوِشْیَسِ۔ وِچارے چَیوَ نِشْپاپو بھَوِشْیَسِ نَ سَںشَیَح۔
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?
اَسْماکَمْ اَنْیایینَ یَدِیشْوَرَسْیَ نْیایَح پْرَکاشَتے تَرْہِ کِں وَدِشْیامَح؟ اَہَں مانُشاناں کَتھامِوَ کَتھاں کَتھَیامِ، اِیشْوَرَح سَمُچِتَں دَنْڈَں دَتّوا کِمْ اَنْیایِی بھَوِشْیَتِ؟
6 No indeed; for in that case how shall He judge all mankind?)
اِتّھَں نَ بھَوَتُ، تَتھا سَتِیشْوَرَح کَتھَں جَگَتو وِچارَیِتا بھَوِشْیَتِ؟
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?
مَمَ مِتھْیاواکْیَوَدَنادْ یَدِیشْوَرَسْیَ سَتْیَتْوینَ تَسْیَ مَہِما وَرْدّھَتے تَرْہِ کَسْمادَہَں وِچارےپَرادھِتْوینَ گَنْیو بھَوامِ؟
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.
مَنْگَلارْتھَں پاپَمَپِ کَرَنِییَمِتِ واکْیَں تْوَیا کُتو نوچْیَتے؟ کِنْتُ یَیرُچْیَتے تے نِتانْتَں دَنْڈَسْیَ پاتْرانِ بھَوَنْتِ؛ تَتھاپِ تَدْواکْیَمْ اَسْمابھِرَپْیُچْیَتَ اِتْیَسْماکَں گْلانِں کُرْوَّنْتَح کِیَنْتو لوکا وَدَنْتِ۔
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.
اَنْیَلوکیبھْیو وَیَں کِں شْریشْٹھاح؟ کَداچَنَ نَہِ یَتو یِہُودِنو نْیَدیشِنَشْچَ سَرْوَّایوَ پاپَسْیایَتّا اِتْیَسْیَ پْرَمانَں وَیَں پُورْوَّمْ اَدَدامَ۔
10 Thus it stands written, "There is not one righteous man.
لِپِ رْیَتھاسْتے، نَیکوپِ دھارْمِّکو جَنَح۔
11 There is not one who is really wise, nor one who is a diligent seeker after God.
تَتھا جْنانِیشْوَرَجْنانِی مانَوَح کوپِ ناسْتِ ہِ۔
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."
وِمارْگَگامِنَح سَرْوّے سَرْوّے دُشْکَرْمَّکارِنَح۔ ایکو جَنوپِ نو تیشاں سادھُکَرْمَّ کَروتِ چَ۔
13 "Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips."
تَتھا تیشانْتُ وَے کَنْٹھا اَناورِتَشْمَشانَوَتْ۔ سْتُتِوادَں پْرَکُرْوَّنْتِ جِہْوابھِسْتے تُ کیوَلَں۔ تیشاموشْٹھَسْیَ نِمْنے تُ وِشَں تِشْٹھَتِ سَرْپَّوَتْ۔
14 "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
مُکھَں تیشاں ہِ شاپینَ کَپَٹینَ چَ پُورْیَّتے۔
15 "Their feet move swiftly to shed blood.
رَکْتَپاتایَ تیشاں تُ پَدانِ کْشِپْرَگانِ چَ۔
16 Ruin and misery mark their path;
پَتھِ تیشاں مَنُشْیاناں ناشَح کْلیشَشْچَ کیوَلَح۔
17 and the way to peace they have not known."
تے جَنا نَہِ جانَنْتِ پَنْتھانَں سُکھَدایِنَں۔
18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
پَرَمیشادْ بھَیَں یَتَّتْ تَچَّکْشُشورَگوچَرَں۔
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.
وْیَوَسْتھایاں یَدْیَلِّکھَتِ تَدْ وْیَوَسْتھادھِینانْ لوکانْ اُدِّشْیَ لِکھَتِیتِ وَیَں جانِیمَح۔ تَتو مَنُشْیَماتْرو نِرُتَّرَح سَنْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ ساکْشادْ اَپَرادھِی بھَوَتِ۔
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.
اَتَایوَ وْیَوَسْتھانُرُوپَیح کَرْمَّبھِح کَشْچِدَپِ پْرانِیشْوَرَسْیَ ساکْشاتْ سَپُنْیِیکرِتو بھَوِتُں نَ شَکْشْیَتِ یَتو وْیَوَسْتھَیا پاپَجْنانَماتْرَں جایَتے۔
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--
کِنْتُ وْیَوَسْتھایاح پرِتھَگْ اِیشْوَرینَ دییَں یَتْ پُنْیَں تَدْ وْیَوَسْتھایا بھَوِشْیَدْوادِگَنَسْیَ چَ وَچَنَیح پْرَمانِیکرِتَں سَدْ اِدانِیں پْرَکاشَتے۔
22 a righteousness coming from God, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ and extends to all who believe. No distinction is made;
یِیشُکھْرِیشْٹے وِشْواسَکَرَنادْ اِیشْوَرینَ دَتَّں تَتْ پُنْیَں سَکَلیشُ پْرَکاشِتَں سَتْ سَرْوّانْ وِشْواسِنَح پْرَتِ وَرْتَّتے۔
23 for all alike have sinned, and all consciously come short of the glory of God,
تیشاں کوپِ پْرَبھیدو ناسْتِ، یَتَح سَرْوَّایوَ پاپِنَ اِیشْوَرِییَتیجوہِیناشْچَ جاتاح۔
24 gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus.
تَ اِیشْوَرَسْیانُگْرَہادْ مُولْیَں وِنا کھْرِیشْٹَکرِتینَ پَرِتْرانینَ سَپُنْیِیکرِتا بھَوَنْتِ۔
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--
یَسْماتْ سْوَشونِتینَ وِشْواساتْ پاپَناشَکو بَلِی بھَوِتُں سَ ایوَ پُورْوَّمْ اِیشْوَرینَ نِشْچِتَح، اِتّھَمْ اِیشْوَرِییَسَہِشْنُتْواتْ پُراکرِتَپاپاناں مارْجَّنَکَرَنے سْوِییَیاتھارْتھْیَں تینَ پْرَکاشْیَتے،
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.
وَرْتَّمانَکالِییَمَپِ سْوَیاتھارْتھْیَں تینَ پْرَکاشْیَتے، اَپَرَں یِیشَو وِشْواسِنَں سَپُنْیِیکُرْوَّنَّپِ سَ یاتھارْتھِکَسْتِشْٹھَتِ۔
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.
تَرْہِ کُتْراتْمَشْلاگھا؟ سا دُورِیکرِتا؛ کَیا وْیَوَسْتھَیا؟ کِں کْرِیارُوپَوْیَوَسْتھَیا؟ اِتّھَں نَہِ کِنْتُ تَتْ کیوَلَوِشْواسَرُوپَیا وْیَوَسْتھَیَیوَ بھَوَتِ۔
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.
اَتَایوَ وْیَوَسْتھانُرُوپاح کْرِیا وِنا کیوَلینَ وِشْواسینَ مانَوَح سَپُنْیِیکرِتو بھَوِتُں شَکْنوتِیتْیَسْیَ رادّھانْتَں دَرْشَیامَح۔
29 Is God simply the God of the Jews, and not of the Gentiles also? He is certainly the God of the Gentiles also,
سَ کِں کیوَلَیِہُودِنامْ اِیشْوَرو بھَوَتِ؟ بھِنَّدیشِنامْ اِیشْوَرو نَ بھَوَتِ؟ بھِنَّدیشِنامَپِ بھَوَتِ؛
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.
یَسْمادْ ایکَ اِیشْوَرو وِشْواساتْ تْوَکْچھیدِنو وِشْواسیناتْوَکْچھیدِنَشْچَ سَپُنْیِیکَرِشْیَتِ۔
31 Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.
تَرْہِ وِشْواسینَ وَیَں کِں وْیَوَسْتھاں لُمْپامَ؟ اِتّھَں نَ بھَوَتُ وَیَں وْیَوَسْتھاں سَںسْتھاپَیامَ ایوَ۔

< Romans 3 >