Romana 2

1 Koa amin’ izany dia tsy manan-kalahatra ianao, ralehilahy, na zovy na zovy ianao izay mitsara; fa izay itsaranao ny sasany no anamelohanao ny tenanao koa, fa ianao izay mitsara aza dia mba manao izany ihany koa.

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 Nefa fantatsika fa ny fitsaran’ Andriamanitra dia araka ny marina amin’ izay manao toy izany.

We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

3 Ary ianao, ralehilahy, izay mitsara ny manao izany, kanefa manao izany koa ny tenanao, moa ataonao va fa ho afa-mandositra ny fitsaran’ Andriamanitra ianao?

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 Sa hamavoinao ny haren’ ny fahamoram-panahiny sy ny fandeferany ary ny fahari-pony, satria tsy fantatrao fa ny fahamoram-panahin’ Andriamanitra dia mitaona anao hibebaka?

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

5 Fa ny ditranao sy ny fonao tsy mibebaka no irakatenao fahatezerana ho anao amin’ ny andro fahatezerana sy fampisehoana ny fitsarana marin’ Andriamanitra,

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 Izay hamaly ny olona rehetra araka ny asany avy:

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

7 ho an’ izay maharitra manao soa mandrakariva ka mitady voninahitra sy laza ary tsi-fahafatesana, dia fiainana mandrakizay; (aiōnios g166)

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; (aiōnios g166)

8 fa ho an’ izay mitady ny ho an’ ny tenany ihany kosa sady tsy manaraka ny marina, fa manaraka ny tsy marina, dia fahavinirana sy fahatezerana,

but to those who are self-seeking and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,

9 eny, fahoriana sy fahantrana ho an’ ny fanahin’ ny olona rehetra izay manao ratsy, amin’ ny Jiosy aloha, dia vao amin’ ny jentilisa koa;

oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

10 fa voninahitra sy laza ary fiadanana kosa ho an’ ny olona rehetra izay manao ny tsara, amin’ ny Jiosy aloha, dia vao amin’ ny jentilisa koa.

But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

11 Fa tsy misy fizahan-tavan’ olona amin’ Andriamanitra.

For there is no partiality with God.

12 Fa izay nanota tsy nanana ny lalàna dia ho very tsy manana ny lalàna; fa izay nanota nanana ny lalàna kosa dia hotsaraina araka ny lalàna.

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 Fa tsy ny mpandre ny lalàna no marina eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra, fa ny mpankatò ny lalàna no hohamarinina;

For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

14 fa na oviana na oviana ireo jentilisa tsy manana ny lalàna ireo no misy manao izay nandidian’ ny lalàna araka ny nahim-pony, na dia tsy manana ny lalàna aza ireo, dia lalàn-tenany ihany;

(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 fa ireo maneho ny asan’ ny lalàna ho voasoratra ao am-pony, sady ny fieritreretany no vavolombelony, ary ny fisainany mifampiampanga, nefa mba mifanafaka ihany koa aza, ―

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 amin’ ny andro izay hitsaran’ Andriamanitra ny zavatra takona ataon’ ny olona, araka ny filazantsarako amin’ ny alalan’ i Jesosy Kristy.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

17 Fa raha saingy atao hoe Jiosy ianao ka mitoky amin’ ny lalàna sy manao an’ Andriamanitra ho reharehanao

Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,

18 ary mahalala ny sitrapony sady mamantatra ny zavatra tsara indrindra, satria efa nampianarina ny lalàna ianao

know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

19 ary matoky ny tenanao ho mpitarika ny jamba, fanazavana ny ao amin’ ny maizina,

and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

20 mpananatra ny adala, mpampianatra ny bodo, satria ianao manana ny lalàna ho mariky ny fahalalana sy ny fahamarinana:

a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.

21 ka moa ianao izay mampianatra ny sasany, tsy mba mampianatra ny tenanao koa va? Hianao izay mitory hoe: Aza mangalatra, mba mangalatra ihany va ianao?

You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?

22 Hianao izay manao hoe: Aza mijangajanga, mba mijangajanga ihany va ianao? Hianao izay mametaveta ny sampy, mba mandroba tempoly ihany va ianao?

You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

23 Hianao izay manao ny lalàna ho reharehanao, mba manala voninahitra an’ Andriamanitra ihany va ianao amin’ ny andikanao ny lalàna?

You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?

24 Fa araka ny voasoratra, dia ianareo no itenenana ratsy ny anaran’ Andriamanitra any amin’ ny jentilisa.

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

25 Fa ny famorana mahasoa tokoa, raha mankatò ny lalàna ianao; fa raha mpandika ny lalàna kosa ianao, dia efa tonga toy ny tsy voafora, na dia efa voafora aza.

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 Ary raha mankatò ny fitsipiky ny lalàna ny tsy voafora, tsy hatao ho isan’ ny voafora va izy, na dia tsy voafora aza?

If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

27 Ary tsy hohelohin’ ny tsy mifora izay mankatò ny lalàna va ianao, izay mpandika ny lalàna, na dia manana ny soratra sy ny famorana aza ianao?

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 Fa tsy izay araka ny miseho no Jiosy, ary tsy izay miseho eo amin’ ny nofo no famorana;

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

29 fa izay araka ny miafina no Jiosy, ary ny famorana dia amin’ ny fo, amin’ ny fanahy, fa tsy amin’ ny soratra; ny fiderana ireny tsy avy amin’ ny olona, fa avy amin’ Andriamanitra.

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.