Romatɔwo 2
1 Esia ta taflatsedodo aɖeke mele wò, ame si drɔ̃a ʋɔnu ame bubu la si o. Nu si nètsɔna drɔ̃a ʋɔnu ame bubu la, eya ke nètsɔna drɔ̃a ʋɔnu ɖokuiwò, elabena wò ame si le ʋɔnu drɔ̃m ame bubu la, wò ŋutɔ èwɔa nu siawo ke.
Therefore you are without excuse, you person, you who judge, for what you judge in another you condemn in yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
2 Azɔ la, míenya be Mawu ƒe ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ame siwo wɔa ale nu siawo la nye nyateƒe.
But we know that God's judgment is according to truth when it falls on those who practice such things.
3 Ke ne wò, ame si le ʋɔnu drɔ̃m amewo hafi le nu siawo ke wɔm la, ɖe nèsusu be yeasi le Mawu ƒe ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ la nua?
But consider this, you person, you who judge those who practice such things although you do the same things. Will you escape from the judgment of God?
4 Alo ɖe mètsɔ ɖeke le Mawu ƒe dɔmenyo gã la, eƒe dzidodo, kple eƒe dzigbɔɖi me oa? Alo mènya be Mawu ƒe dɔmenyo ƒe taɖodzinue nye be wòana nàtrɔ dzi me oa?
Or do you think so little of the riches of his goodness, his delayed punishment, and his patience? Do you not know that his goodness is meant to lead you to repentance?
5 Gake ɖe miaƒe tomaɖomaɖo kple dzimesesẽ ta la, miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo le agbɔ sɔm ɖe edzi, hele Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoeŋkeke la lalam, esime wòadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe.
But it is to the extent of your hardness and unrepentant heart that you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath, that is, the day of the revelation of God's righteous judgment.
6 Mawu adrɔ̃ ʋɔnu ame sia ame ku ɖe eƒe dɔwɔwɔ ŋu.
He will pay back to every person according to his actions:
7 Ana agbe mavɔ ame sia ame si tsɔa dzidodo wɔa nu nyui eye wòdia ŋutikɔkɔe kple bubu kple agbe mavɔ si Mawu nana. (aiōnios g166)
to those who according to consistent, good actions have sought praise, honor, and incorruptibility, he will give eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
8 Ke ahe to na ɖokuitɔdilawo kple ame siwo tsia tsitre ɖe eƒe nyateƒe la ŋu eye wowɔa nu vɔ̃. Mawu atrɔ eƒe dɔmedzoe akɔ ɖe wo dzi.
But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and fierce anger will come.
9 Konyifafa kple fukpekpe ava nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo dzi: gbã la, ava Yudatɔwo dzi, emegbe la, ava ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la hã dzi.
God will bring tribulation and distress on every human soul that has practiced evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
10 Ke ŋutikɔkɔe kple bubu kple ŋutifafa atso Mawu gbɔ na ame sia ame si le nu nyui wɔm la, gbã na Yudatɔwo, emegbe la, na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o.
But praise, honor, and peace will come to everyone who practices good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
11 Elabena Mawu medea vovototo amewo me o.
For there is no favoritism with God.
12 Eya ta woahe to na ame siwo katã si se mele o la abe semanɔsitɔwo ene ne wowɔ nu vɔ̃ eye woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu ame siwo le se la te abe setenɔlawo ene.
For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and as many as have sinned with respect to the law will be judged by the law.
13 Elabena menye ame siwo sea se la woe nye ame dzɔdzɔewo le Mawu ŋkume o, ke boŋ ame siwo wɔa se la dzi lae woatso afia na abe ame dzɔdzɔewo ene.
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.
14 (Le nyateƒe me la, ne ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o, ame siwo si se mele o, gake wowɔ nu ɖe dzɔdzɔme ƒe ɖoɖo nu eye wòsɔ kple se la la, ekema wozu se na wo ɖokuiwo,
For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, they are a law to themselves, although they do not have the law.
15 togbɔ be se mele wo si o be woŋlɔ nu si se la bia la ɖe woƒe dziwo me, woƒe dzitsinya hã ɖia ɖase, eye ɣe aɖewo ɣi la, woƒe tamesusu hã bua fɔ wo, eye wòʋlia wo ta ɣe bubu ɣi.)
By this they show that the actions required by the law are written in their hearts. Their conscience also bears witness to them, and their own thoughts either accuse or defend them to themselves
16 Nu sia adzɔ le ŋkeke si dzi Mawu adrɔ̃ ʋɔnu amewo ƒe nu ɣaɣlawo to Yesu Kristo dzi abe ale si nyanyui la gblɔ ene.
and also to God. That will happen on the day when God will judge the secrets of all people, according to my gospel, through Jesus Christ.
17 Azɔ ne mieyɔ mia ɖokuiwo be Yudatɔwo, ne mieɖoa ŋu ɖe se la ŋu, eye mieƒoa adegbe be kadodo nyui le miawo kple Mawu dome,
But if you call yourself a Jew and rest upon the law and boast in God,
18 ne mienya eƒe lɔlɔ̃nu, eye mieda asi ɖe nu si nyo la dzi, elabena wofia se la mi;
and know his will and approve of what is excellent because you have been instructed from the law;
19 ne mieka ɖe edzi be yewoe afia mɔ ŋkuagbãtɔwo, yewoe nye kekeli na ame siwo le viviti me,
and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
20 ame siwo fiaa nu bometsilawo, ame siwo fiaa nu ɖeviwo, elabena sidzedze kple nyateƒe la le se la me la,
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of little children, and that you have in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth, then how does this affect the way you live your life?
21 ekema wò, ame si le nu fiam ame bubuwo la, ɖe mefiaa nu ɖokuiwò oa? Wò, ame si le mawunya gblɔm na amewo be womegafi fi o ɖe, ɖe nèfiaa fia?
You who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
22 Wò, ame si gblɔna be womegawɔ ahasi o ɖe, ɖe nèwɔa ahasia? Wò, ame si tsi tsitre ɖe legbasubɔsubɔ ŋu ɖe, ɖe nèfia gbedoxɔmenuwoa?
You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who hate idols, do you rob temples?
23 Wò, ame si ƒoa adegbe tso seawo ŋu ɖe, ɖe nèdoa vlo Mawu to se la dzi dada mea?
You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
24 Abe ale si woŋlɔe ɖi ene la, ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la ɖua fewu le Mawu ŋu ɖe mia ta.
For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it has been written.
25 Asixɔxɔ le aʋatsotso ŋu ne miewɔ ɖe se la dzi, gake ne mieda le se la dzi la, ekema miele abe ame siwo wometso aʋa na o la ene.
For circumcision indeed benefits you if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
26 Ne ame siwo wometso aʋa na o la wɔna ɖe seawo dzi la, ɖe womabu wo abe ame siwo wotso aʋa na la ene oa?
If, then, the uncircumcised person keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be considered as circumcision?
27 Ame si wometso aʋa na le ŋutilã me o, gake wòwɔna ɖe se la dzi la, abu fɔ wò, ame si, togbɔ be woŋlɔ se la na wò, eye wotso aʋa na wò hã la, nènye sedzidala.
And will not the one who is naturally uncircumcised condemn you if he keeps the law? This is because you have the written law and circumcision, yet you break the law!
28 Ame si nye Yudatɔ le gotagome la, menye Yudatɔ vavã o, elabena aʋatsotso menye gotagomenu kple ŋutilãmenu ɖeɖe ko o.
For he is not a Jew who is merely one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is merely outward in the flesh.
29 Gbeɖe, ame si nye Yudatɔ vavã la nye Yudatɔ tso eƒe dzi me ke, eye aʋatsotso siae nye ame ƒe dzi ƒe aʋatsotso to Gbɔgbɔ la ƒe ŋusẽ me, ke menye to nya si woŋlɔ ɖi la me o. Ame sia ƒe kafukafu tso Mawu gbɔ, ke menye tso amewo gbɔ o.
But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter. The praise of such a person comes not from people but from God.
