KwabaseRoma 2
1 Ngakho kawulakuzilandulela, wena muntu, loba ungubani owahlulelayo; ngoba ngalokho owahlulela ngakho omunye, uyazilahla wena, ngoba wena owahlulelayo wenza izinto ezifananayo.
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one judging. For in whatsoever thou art judging another, thou art condemning thyself; for thou judging art doing the same things.
2 Njalo siyazi ukuthi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kungokweqiniso phezu kwalabo abenza izinto ezinjalo.
For we know that the judgment of God according to truth is against those doing such things.
3 Njalo ucabanga lokho yini, O muntu owahlulela abenza izinto ezinjalo, lawe uzenza lezozinto, ukuthi wena uzaphepha ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu?
But do you consider this, O man, judging those doing such things, and doing the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?
4 Kumbe uyayeyisa yini inotho yomusa wakhe leyokubekezela lesineke, ungazi ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukukhokhelela ekuphendukeni?
Do you look with contempt upon the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God is leading you to repentance?
5 Kodwa ngobulukhuni bakho lenhliziyo yakho engaphendukiyo uzibekela ulaka ngosuku lolaka lolwesambulo sokwahlulelwa okulungileyo kukaNkulunkulu,
But according to thy hardness and thy impenitent heart, thou art treasuring up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
6 ozavuza lowo lalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe;
who will give to each one according to his works:
7 impilo elaphakade kubo abalesineke ngokwenza imisebenzi elungileyo bedinga inkazimulo lodumo lokungabhubhi; (aiōnios g166)
to those indeed who with patience of good work are seeking glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: (aiōnios g166)
8 kodwa intukuthelo lolaka kulabo abalenkani, njalo bengalaleli iqiniso kodwa belalela ukungalungi,
but to those who are of self-seeking, and disobedient to the truth, but obedient to unrighteousness, there are indignation and wrath.
9 usizi lokubandezeleka, phezu kwawo wonke umphefumulo womuntu owenza ububi, owomJuda kuqala lowomGriki;
Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that is working out evil, both the Jew first, and the Greek;
10 kodwa inkazimulo lodumo lokuthula kuye wonke owenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala lakumGriki;
but glory and honor and peace to every one doing good; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
11 ngoba kakukho ukubandlulula umuntu kuNkulunkulu.
For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 Ngoba bonke abonileyo bengelamlayo, ngokunjalo bazabhubha bengelamlayo; njalo bonke abonileyo emlayweni, bazagwetshwa ngomlayo;
For so many as sinned without law will also perish without law; and so many as sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;
13 ngoba kakusibo abezwayo umlayo abalungileyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa abenzayo umlayo bazalungisiswa.
for the hearers of the law are not righteous with God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 Ngoba nxa abezizwe abangelawo umlayo besenza ngokwemvelo okungokomlayo, bona, bengelawo umlayo, bangumlayo kubo ngokwabo;
For when the Gentiles, not having the law, may by nature do the things of the law, they, not having the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 ababonakalisa ukuthi umsebenzi womlayo ulotshiwe enhliziyweni zabo; isazela sabo laso siyafakaza, lemicabango yabo ibasole omunye komunye kumbe njalo ibavikele omunye komunye,
who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience witnessing, and their thoughts accusing or indeed excusing with one another,
16 ngosuku uNkulunkulu azakwahlulela ngalo imfihlo zabantu, ngoJesu Kristu, ngokwevangeli lami.
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men through my gospel according to Jesus Christ.
17 Khangela wena ubizwa ngokuthi ungumJuda, weyeme emlayweni, uzincoma ngoNkulunkulu,
But if you are denominated a Jew, and rest in the law, and boast in God,
18 usazi intando yakhe, usemukela izinto ezingcono, ufundiswe emlayweni,
and know his will, and approve the things which are excellent, being taught by the law;
19 njalo uzithembile wena ukuthi ungumholi weziphofu, ukukhanya kwabasemnyameni,
and persuade yourself that you are a guide of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness, an instructor of the ignorant,
20 umeluleki wezithutha, umfundisi wensane, ulesimo solwazi lolweqiniso emlayweni.
a teacher of the juveniles, having a form of knowledge and truth in the law;
21 Ngakho wena ofundisa omunye, kawuzifundisi yini? Wena otshumayela ukuthi ungebi, uyeba yini?
therefore do not you who teach another teach yourself? do you, who preach not to steal, steal?
22 Wena othi ungafebi, uyafeba yini? Wena onengwa yizithombe, uphanga amathempeli yini?
do you, who say not to commit adultery, commit adultery? do you, who abominate idolatry, rob temples?
23 Wena ozincoma ngomlayo, udumaza uNkulunkulu ngokweqa umlayo yini?
do you, who boast in the law, through the transgression of the law dishonor God?
24 Ngoba ibizo likaNkulunkulu liyahlanjazwa phakathi kwabezizwe ngenxa yenu, njengoba kulotshiwe.
For the name of God is blasphemed by you among the Gentiles, as has been written.
25 Ngoba isibili ukusoka kuyasiza, uba usenza umlayo; kodwa uba ungumeqi womlayo, ukusoka kwakho sekuyikungasoki.
For circumcision indeed profits, if you do the law: but if you be a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
26 Ngakho uba ukungasoki kugcina izimiso zomlayo, ukungasoki kwakhe kakuyikubalwa yini ukuthi kuyikusoka?
Then if uncircumcision may keep the righteousness of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 Lokungasoki ngemvelo, uba kugcwalisa umlayo, kungekugwebe yini wena ongumeqi womlayo ngombhalo langokusoka?
and that which is uncircumcision by nature, perfecting the law, will judge you, who through the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law.
28 Ngoba kayisuye umJuda onguye ngokusobala, njalo kakusikho ukusoka okusobala enyameni;
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outwardly in the flesh.
29 kodwa yena ungumJuda onguye ngasese, lokusoka kungokwenhliziyo, emoyeni, kungeyisikho ngombhalo; ondumiso yakhe kayiveli ebantwini kodwa kuNkulunkulu.
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 of men, but of God.
