Roma 3
1 Ha, he aha ra te painga i hua ki te Hurai? he aha te rawa o te kotinga?
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?
2 He nui ra i nga mea katoa: Ko te tuatahi, kua akona ratou ki nga kupu a te Atua.
Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.
3 Ka pehea, mehemea kahore he whakapono o etahi? e taka ranei to te Atua pono i to ratou whakaponokore?
For what if some did not believe? will their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4 Kahore rapea: engari ko te Atua kia kitea he pono, ko nga tangata katoa he teka kau; ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, Kia tika ai tau i tau korerotanga, kia puta ai tau ina whakawakia koe.
By no means: verily let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.
5 Ha, ki te mea na to tatou he i kitea nuitia ai to te Atua tika, me pehea he kupu ma tatou? E he ana ranei te Atua i a ia e whakapa ana i te riri? he kupu tangata tenei naku:
But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man.)
6 Kahore rapea: penei me pehea te Atua e whakawa ai i te ao?
By no means: for then how shall God judge the world?
7 Na ki te mea na toku teka i hira rawa ai to te Atua pono hei kororia mona; he aha ahau i whakahengia tonutia ai ano hei tangata hara?
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie to his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8 He aha hoki te penei ai, a ko te kupu whakapae teka tenei mo matou, a ki ta etahi ko ta matou kupu tenei, Tatou ka mahi i te kino, kia puta ai he pai? tika tonu te tau o te he ki a ratou.
And not [rather] (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
9 He aha koia? he pai ake ranei to matou wahi i to ratou? Kahore ra hoki: kua oti hoki te whakapa e matou i mua he he ki nga Hurai, ki nga Kariki, kei raro katoa ratou i te hara;
What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 Ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, Kahore he tangata tika, kahore kia kotahi:
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 Kahore he tangata e matau ana, kahore he tangata e rapu ana i te Atua;
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh God.
12 Kua peka ke ratou katoa, kua kino ngatahi: kahore he tangata e mahi ana i te pai, kahore rawa kia kotahi.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 He urupa puare noa to ratou korokoro; e patipati ana o ratou arero; kei roto i o ratou ngutu te wai whakamate o nga nakahi:
Their throat [is] an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:
14 Ki tonu o ratou mangai i te kanga, i te nanakia:
Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness.
15 Ko o ratou waewae, hohoro tonu ki te whakaheke toto:
Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.
16 He whakangaro, he ngakau pouri, kei o ratou ara:
Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:
17 Kahore hoki ratou i mohio ki te ara o te rangimarie:
And the way of peace have they not known.
18 Kahore he wehi o te Atua i mua i o ratou kanohi.
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Na, e matau ana tatou ki nga kupu o te ture, e korero ana ki te hunga i te ture, kia kopia ai nga mangai katoa, kia whakawakia ai te ao katoa e te Atua.
Now we know that whatever things the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 No te mea kahore he mahi o te ture e tika ai tetahi kikokiko i tona aroaro: ma roto mai i te ture te matauranga ki te hara.
Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
21 Otiia kua whakakitea inaianei he tika a te Atua, motu ke i te ture, he mea whakaatu na te ture, na nga poropiti;
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being testified by the law and the prophets;
22 Ara ko te tika a te Atua e na runga mai ana i te whakapono ki a Ihu Karaiti ki te hunga katoa e whakapono ana: kahore hoki he pokanga ketanga:
Even the righteousness of God, [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference:
23 Kua hara katoa hoki, a kahore e taea e ratou te kororia o te Atua;
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 He mea whakatika utukore na tona aroha noa, i runga i ta Karaiti Ihu hokonga:
Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ:
25 Ko ia hoki ta te Atua i whakaari ai hei whakamarie, i runga i te whakapono, he mea na ona toto; kia whakakitea ai tona tika, i te mea ka whakapahemotia atu nga hara o mua, he mea hoki na te manawanui o te Atua;
Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 Hei whakakite i tona tika i tenei wa nei ano: he mea kia tika ai ia ano, me te kaiwhakatika i te tangata e whakapono ana ki a Ihu.
To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he may be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus.
27 Na, kei hea te whakamanamana? Kua araia atu. E tehea ritenga ture? e to nga mahi? Kahore: engari e te ture o te whakapono.
Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No; but by the law of faith.
28 Koia matou ka mea ai, kei te whakapono he tika mo te tangata, motu ke i nga mahi o te ture.
Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29 Ko te Atua oti te Atua o nga Hurai anake? ehara ranei ia i te Atua o nga tauiwi hoki? Ae ra, o nga tauiwi ano hoki:
[Is he] the God of the Jews only? [is he] not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 Ki te mea ia he kotahi te Atua, a mana e whakatika te kotinga i runga i te whakapono, me te kotingakore ina whakapono.
Seeing [it is] one God who will justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 E taka ranei te ture i ta matou, ara i te whakapono? Kahore rapea: engari na ta matou i u ai te ture.
Do we then make void the law through faith? By no means: but we establish the law.
