Romanos 3
1 We jeriꞌ, ¿jas kꞌu kuchꞌek jun we aj Israel? O ¿jas kutayij ri etal?
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?
2 Nim kuchꞌek jun, jeriꞌ rumal cher nabꞌe xyaꞌtaj ri utzij ri Dios chike ri winaq aꞌj Israel.
Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.
3 Jas kꞌu kakꞌulmataj riꞌ we jun chike we winaq riꞌ maj ukojobꞌal ¿la kakwin kꞌu riꞌ ri man kakojon taj kꞌuꞌx kubꞌan che ri Dios chi man kubꞌan ta chik ri ubꞌim loq?
For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?
4 ¡Man jeꞌ ta riꞌ! Ri Dios tzi kubꞌan wi ri ubꞌim loq pune bꞌanal tzij ri achi. Jetaq kubꞌij ri tzꞌibꞌatalik: Kabꞌantaj na sukꞌ chawe rukꞌ ri kabꞌij, xuqujeꞌ katchꞌeken na are kaqꞌat tzij pa awiꞌ.
God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
5 We ri qetzelal kukꞌutu chi sukꞌ ri usukꞌal ri Dios, ¿jas kꞌu kaqabꞌij? ¿Xa man sukꞌ taj ri Dios rumal riꞌ kutix loq ri royawal pa qawiꞌ? (Je tajin kinchꞌaw winaq).
But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)
6 ¡Man jeꞌ ta riꞌ! We ta jeriꞌ ¿jas kꞌu kubꞌan ri Dios chuqꞌatik tzij pa kiwiꞌ ri winaq ri e kꞌo cho ri uwachulew?
God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7 Wine kꞌo jun kubꞌij: we are ri nubꞌanoj tzij kaqꞌalajisan ri qas tzij re ri Dios xuqujeꞌ kanimarisan ri ujuluwem, ¿jas che kaqꞌat tzij pa nuwiꞌ kabꞌix chwe chi in ajmak?
But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
8 ¿Jas kꞌu che makaqabꞌij qabꞌana ri etzelal rech jeriꞌ kape ri utzilal? E kꞌi kakibꞌan bꞌanoj tzij chaqij, kakibꞌij chi jeriꞌ tajin kaqakꞌutu. Qas kataqiꞌ kꞌu na kape ri kꞌaxal pa kiwiꞌ we winaq riꞌ.
and why not (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.
9 ¿Jas kꞌu kaqabꞌij che we riꞌ? ¿La uj kꞌut uj aꞌj Israel uj jeꞌl chkiwach konojel? ¡Man jeꞌ ta riꞌ! Xqakꞌutu chi ri winaq aꞌj Israel xuqujeꞌ ri man aꞌj Israel taj e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri makaj.
What then? are we in worse case than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;
10 Ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik kubꞌij: Man kꞌo taj jun sukꞌ laj winaq, xa ta ne jun.
as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 Man kꞌo ta jun retaꞌm ubꞌanik ri sukꞌal, maj kꞌo ta jun ri kajawan ri riqoj ibꞌ rukꞌ ri Dios.
There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;
12 Konojel xel kanoq pa ri bꞌe, konojel xuꞌxik winaq ri maj kakitayij, man kꞌo ta jun ri are karilij ubꞌanik ri utzilal; maj, xa ta ne jun.
They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one:
13 Ri uqul ri winaq jaqalik je ri kꞌo jun muqbꞌal kaminaq, ri raqꞌ kukoj chubꞌanik bꞌanoj tzij. Ri uchiꞌ jeriꞌ kꞌo utyoꞌbꞌal kumatz.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
14 Nojinaq ri uchiꞌ che etzelal xuqujeꞌ yojtajinaqil.
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Kaxikꞌan ri raqan keꞌ chubꞌanik ri kamisanik.
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Kutukij kan ronojel ri kꞌo pa ri ubꞌe xuqujeꞌ kubꞌan etzelal.
Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 Man ketaꞌm taj uwach ri bꞌe rech jaꞌmaril.
And the way of peace have they not known:
18 Man kumochꞌ taj ribꞌ cho ri Dios.
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Kamik kꞌut qetaꞌm chi ronojel ri kubꞌij ri taqanik, kubꞌij chike konojel ri e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri taqanik, rech jeriꞌ maj jun kachꞌawik xuqujeꞌ konojel ri winaq aꞌjuwachulew kekanaj chuxeꞌ ri uqꞌatoj tzij ri Dios.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
20 Jeriꞌ rumal maj jun kabꞌantaj sukꞌ che cho ri Dios rumal ubꞌanik ri chak ri kubꞌij ri taqanik, xane qetaꞌm chi are ri taqanik kakꞌutuw chiqawach chi uj aꞌjmakibꞌ.
because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.
21 Kamik kꞌut xukꞌut ribꞌ ri usukꞌal ri Dios, ri xpetik man rumal taj re ri taqanik, are waꞌ ri xkiqꞌalajisaj loq ri e qꞌalajisal taq utzij ri Dios xuqujeꞌ ri taqanik.
But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 We usukꞌal ri Dios riꞌ xpetik chike konojel ri kekojon che ri Jesucristo. Jeriꞌ rumal cher xaq e junam ri winaq ri aꞌj Israel kukꞌ ri man aꞌj Israel taj. Jeriꞌ rumal ri Dios man xaq ta kꞌyaqal ri keꞌraj.
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;
23 Xa kꞌu rumal cher konojel xemakunik rumal riꞌ maj ke che ri ujuluwem ri Dios.
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
24 Pa ri utoqꞌobꞌ kꞌu ri Dios xubꞌan sukꞌ chiꞌwe man rukꞌ ta pwaq, xane xixutoro pa Cristo Jesús.
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Ri Dios xutzuj ri Jesucristo che sipanik chuchupik ronojel ri qamak, are waꞌ ri kaqakꞌamawaꞌj rukꞌ ri qakojobꞌal rumal ri ukikꞌel, rech jeriꞌ kukꞌut chiqawach ri usukꞌal rumal cher najtir chi kanoq ri Dios pa ri rutzilal xsachan kan che ri ojer taq makaj.
whom God set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith, by his blood, to shew his righteousness, because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;
26 Kamik kꞌut, ri Dios utzujum ri Jesucristo rech jeriꞌ kukꞌut ri usukꞌal. Rech jeriꞌ kilitajik chi sukꞌ ri Dios xuqujeꞌ are kabꞌanow sukꞌ chike ri kekojon che ri Jesús.
for the shewing, [I say], of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.
27 ¿Jawjeꞌ kꞌu kꞌo wi ri nimal? Maj chik ¿jas rumal? ¿La xa rumal ri taqanik? Man je ta riꞌ, xa rumal ri kojobꞌal.
Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.
28 Kꞌisbꞌal rech kaqabꞌij chi ri achi kux sukꞌ man rumal ta ri chak ri kuta ri taqanik xane rumal ri kojobꞌal.
We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
29 Ri Dios, ¿la xaq xwi kꞌu kiDios ri winaq aꞌj Israel? ¿La man kꞌu kiDios xuqujeꞌ ri winaq ri man aꞌj Israel taj? Jeꞌ, jeriꞌ ri Dios kiDios xuqujeꞌ ri winaq ri man aꞌj Israel taj.
Or is God [the God] of Jews only? is he not [the God] of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:
30 Xa jun Dios kꞌolik. Are kabꞌanow sukꞌ rumal ri kojobꞌal chike ri e kojtal ketal xuqujeꞌ ri man kojtal ta ketal.
if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.
31 ¿La kel kꞌu kubꞌij chi kaqachup ri taqanik rukꞌ ri kojobꞌal? Man je ta riꞌ, xane rukꞌ wa kaqabꞌij chi qas sukꞌ wi ri taqanik.
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
