Romana 3
1 Koa inona ary no tombony ananan’ ny Jiosy, ary inona koa no soa avy amin’ ny famorana?
What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
2 Be ihany amin’ ny zavatra rehetra: voalohany, izy no notolorana ny tenin’ Andriamanitra ho adidiny.
Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
3 Fa ahoana kosa ary? Raha tsy nino ny sasany, moa ny tsi-finoanay va hahafoana ny fahamarinan’ Andriamanitra?
What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
4 Sanatria izany! Aoka Andriamanitra no ho marina, fa ny olona rehetra kosa ho mpandainga; araka ny voasoratra hoe: Mba hohamarinina amin’ ny teninao Hianao, Ary hahery, rehefa manana ady.
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
5 Fa raha ny tsi-fahamarinantsika no mampiseho ny fahamarinan’ Andriamanitra, ahoana ary no holazaintsika? Tsy marina angaha Andriamanitra Izay mandatsaka ny fahatezerany! ― miteny araka ny fanaon’ ny olona aho ―
But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
6 Sanatria izany! Fa raha izany, hataon’ Andriamanitra ahoana no fitsara izao tontolo izao?
Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
7 Fa raha ny fahamarinan’ Andriamanitra kosa no nitombo tamin’ ny laingako ho voninahiny, nahoana aho no mbola tsaraina ho mpanota indray?
However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
8 Ary nahoana no tsy hanao ratsy hihavian’ ny soa isika, ― araka ny anendrikendrehana anay sy ny filazan’ ny sasany anay. Marina ny fanamelohana ireny.
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
9 Ahoana ary? Manan-kavaly va isika? Tsia tsy akory; fa efa voalazantsika rahateo ho mpanota avokoa na ny Jiosy na ny jentilisa;
What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
10 araka ny voasoratra hoe: Tsy misy marina na dia iray akory aza;
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
11 Tsy misy izay mahafantatra, Tsy misy izay mitady an’ Andriamanitra.
There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
12 Samy nania avokoa izy rehetra, Samy tsy mahasoa avokoa izy rehetra; Tsy misy izay manao ny tsara na dia iray akory aza.
All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
13 Fasana misokatra ny tendany; Ny lelany no anaovany fitaka; Ny poizin’ ny menarana no ao ambanin’ ny molony;
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
14 Feno ozona sy fangidiana ny vavany;
“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 Ny tongony mimaona handatsa-drà;
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Fandravana sy fandringanana no eo amin’ ny alehany;
ruin and misery lie in their wake,
17 Ary ny lalan’ ny fiadanana dia tsy fantany;
and the way of peace they have not known.”
18 Tsy misy fahatahorana an’ Andriamanitra eo anoloan’ ny masony.
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Ary fantatsika fa izay zavatra lazain’ ny lalàna dia lazainy amin’ izay manana ny lalàna, mba ho voatampina avokoa ny vava rehetra, ka hiharan’ ny fitsaran’ Andriamanitra izao tontolo izao,
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
20 satria tsy misy nofo hohamarinina amin’ ny asan’ ny lalàna eo anatrehany; fa ny lalàna no ahazoana ny fahalalana marina ny amin’ ny ota.
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
21 Fa ankehitriny dia efa naharihary ny fahamarinana avy amin’ Andriamanitra, tsy amin’ ny lalàna anefa, fa ambaran’ ny lalàna sy ny mpaminany,
But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
22 dia ny fahamarinana avy amin’ Andriamanitra amin’ ny finoana an’ i Jesosy Kristy ho an’ izay rehetra mino; fa tsy misy hafa,
And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
23 fa samy efa nanota izy rehetra ka tsy manana ny voninahitra avy amin’ Andriamanitra,
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 nefa hamarinina maimaimpoana amin’ ny fahasoavany izy noho ny fanavotana izay ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy,
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
25 Izay nasehon’ Andriamanitra tamin’ ny ràny ho fanavotana amin’ ny finoana, hanehoana ny fahamarinany amin’ ny tsy namalian’ Andriamanitra ny fahotana lasa tamin’ ny nandeferany,
God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
26 mba hanehoana ny fahamarinany ankehitriny, mba ho marina Izy sady hanamarina izay manana finoana an’ i Jesosy.
He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
27 Aiza ary ny fireharehana? Efa foana izany. Amin’ ny lalàna manao ahoana? amin’ ny lalàn’ ny asa va? Tsia; fa amin’ ny lalàn’ ny finoana.
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
28 Koa amin’ izany dia ataontsika fa finoana no anamarinana ny olona, fa tsy ny asan’ ny lalàna.
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
29 Andriamanitry ny Jiosy ihany va Izy? fa tsy mba an’ ny jentilisa koa? Eny, an’ ny jentilisa koa;
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
30 fa iray ihany Andriamanitra, Izay hanamarina ny voafora noho ny finoana, ary ny tsy voafora amin’ ny finoana.
since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
31 Koa mahafoana ny lalàna amin’ ny finoana va isika? Sanatria izany! fa mampiorina tsara ny lalàna isika.
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
