Rome 3

1 Na mea, oasr ma ac wo nu sin mwet Jew yohk liki mwet saya uh? Ya oasr sripen kosrala?

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

2 Aok, arulana yohk na pwaye, in ouiya nukewa! Ma se meet, God El tuh sang kas lal nu sin mwet Jew.

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

3 Tusruktu fuka, kutu selos fin tia oaru nu ke kas lal? Ya kalmac pa God El ac tia pac oaru?

For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

4 Tia ku! God El pwayena, finne mwet nukewa mwet kikiap. Oana ke Ma Simusla fahk, “Suwohs lom ac fah kalem ke kas lom; Ke pacl kom orek nununku, suwohs uh ac fah ma lom.”

May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

5 Na ma koluk kut oru uh fin akkalemyela suwoswos lun God nu sin mwet uh, na fuka? Ya kut ku in fahk mu God El tafongla ke El kai kut? (Ke nga fahk ouinge, nuna ma na mwet uh ac siyuk.)

But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.

6 Tiana ku! God El fin sesuwos, El ac nununku faclu fuka?

May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?

7 Tusruktu fuka fin orekma sesuwos luk pa oru mwet uh in arulana akfulatye wolana lun God, ke sripen suwoswos lal kalemla liki meet? Efu ku ngan srakna nununkeyuk oana sie mwet koluk?

For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

8 Na efu kut tia tari fahk mu, “Lela kut in oru ma koluk, tuh ma wo uh in sikyak”? Pwaye lah kutu mwet uh akkolukyeyu ac fahk mu nga kaskas ouinge! Elos ac fah eis lusla, fal nu ke ma elos oru.

Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

9 Na fuka, ya kut mwet Jew wo liki mwet in mutunfacl saya? Mo, kut tiana wo lukelos! Nga akkalemye tari lah mwet Jew ac mwet saya uh tukenina muta ye ku lun ma koluk.

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

10 Oana Ma Simusla uh fahk: “Wangin sie mwet suwohs ye mutun God,

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

11 Wangin mwet kalem ke ma suwohs, Wangin mwet suk God.

There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

12 Elos nukewa forla liki God; Elos nukewa tafongla; Wangin sie mwet oru ma suwohs, tiana sie.

They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”

13 Kaskas kutasrik lalos kolla mwet nu ke misa; Kikiap sulallal sroma fin lohulos, Ac kas in aksangeng tuku liki oalulos, oana pwasin tuku liki oalin serpent;

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

14 Sramsram lalos sessesla ke kas in selnga na koluk.

“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

15 Elos sa na in akkeokye ac uniya mwet;

“Their feet are swift to shed blood.

16 Yen nukewa elos fahsr we, elos kunausla acn ac sang ongoiya nu sin mwet.

Destruction and misery are in their ways.

17 Elos tia etu inkanek in orek misla inmasrlon mwet,

The way of peace, they haven’t known.”

18 Ac elos tia pac etu in sangeng sin God.”

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Inge kut etu lah ma nukewa ma sapkinyuk in Ma Sap uh ma na nu selos su muta ye Ma Sap, tuh in tulokinya kas in laflafu nukewa lun mwet, ac oru tuh faclu nufon in nununkeyuk sin God.

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

20 Tuh wangin mwet aksuwosyeyuk ye mutun God ke sripen el akfalye Ma Sap. Pwayena ma Ma Sap uh oru pa in akkalemye nu sin mwet uh lah elos orekma koluk.

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

21 Na inge, God El fahkak tari nu sin mwet uh inkanek lal in aksuwosyelos ye mutal. Tiana ma ke ma sap, finne Ma Sap lal Moses ac mwet palu elos tuh orek loh kac.

But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;

22 God El aksuwosye mwet uh nu sel ke lulalfongi lalos in Jesus Christ. El oru ouinge nu sin mwet nukewa su lulalfongi ke Christ, mweyen yorol wangin srisri:

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,

23 mwet nukewa orekma koluk, ac elos nukewa tia sun lupan wolana se ma God El akoo nu selos.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

24 A ke lungkulang lun God su El ase ke wangin molo, mwet nukewa aksuwosyeyuk ye mutal ke Christ Jesus, su aksukosokyelosla.

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

25 Ac God El eisalang Christ, tuh ke sripen misa lal fin sakseng, mwet uh fah ku in eis nunak munas ke ma koluk lalos ke elos lulalfongi in el. God El oru ouiya se inge in fahkak suwoswos lal. In pacl meet ah, El tuh mongfisrasr ac sifacna sulela Elan tia lohang nu ke ma koluk lun mwet uh.

whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

26 A in pacl inge El lohang nu ke ma koluk lalos, in akkalemye suwoswos lal. Ouinge El sifacna fahkulak lah El suwoswos, ac lah El aksuwosye mwet nukewa su lulalfongi ke Jesus.

to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time, that he might himself be just and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

27 Na mea kut ku in konkin kac? Wangin! Ac efu? Ya kut ku in fahk mu mweyen kut akos Ma Sap? Mo! Ma na ke sripen kut lulalfongi.

Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

28 Tuh kut etu tari lah sie mwet el aksuwosyeyuk yurin God ke lulalfongi mukena, ac tia ke el oru ma sapkinyuk in Ma Sap.

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

29 Ku mea, God El God lun mwet Jew mukena? Ya El tia God lun mwet sayen mwet Jew an pac? Aok, El God pac lalos.

Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

30 Oasr God sefanna, ac El ac aksuwosye mwet Jew ac oayapa mwet sayen mwet Jew ke lulalfongi lalos.

since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

31 Na fuka — kalmen ma inge pa ke sripen lulalfongi se inge kut ac sisla Ma Sap? Mo, tia ouinge; a kut akkeye Ma Sap.

Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.