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, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn 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.
We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against 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?
Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape 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 despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads 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 according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God,
6 Mawu adrɔ̃ ʋɔnu ame sia ame ku ɖe eƒe dɔwɔwɔ ŋu.
who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”
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 by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, 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 and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,
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.
oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does 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 glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
11 Elabena Mawu medea vovototo amewo me o.
For there is no partiality 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. As many as have sinned under 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 isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law 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 don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,
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.)
in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
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.
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by 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,
Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
18 ne mienya eƒe lɔlɔ̃nu, eye mieda asi ɖe nu si nyo la dzi, elabena wofia se la mi;
know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
19 ne mieka ɖe edzi be yewoe afia mɔ ŋkuagbãtɔwo, yewoe nye kekeli na ame siwo le viviti me,
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of 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 babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
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 therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, 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 a man shouldn’t commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor 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 glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying 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 is 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 profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become 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 therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted 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.
Won’t those who are physically uncircumcised, but fulfill the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of 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 one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is 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; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
