KwabaseRoma 2

1 Ngakho kawulakuzilandulela, wena muntu, loba ungubani owahlulelayo; ngoba ngalokho owahlulela ngakho omunye, uyazilahla wena, ngoba wena owahlulelayo wenza izinto ezifananayo.

Wherefore, you are inexcusable, O man! whosoever you are, who condemn: for in condemning another, you pass sentence upon yourself; because you, who condemn, practice the same things.

2 Njalo siyazi ukuthi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kungokweqiniso phezu kwalabo abenza izinto ezinjalo.

Besides, we know that the sentence of God is according to truth, upon them who commit such things.

3 Njalo ucabanga lokho yini, O muntu owahlulela abenza izinto ezinjalo, lawe uzenza lezozinto, ukuthi wena uzaphepha ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu?

And do you think this, O man, who condemn those who practice such things, and yet do the same, that you shall escape the sentence of God?

4 Kumbe uyayeyisa yini inotho yomusa wakhe leyokubekezela lesineke, ungazi ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukukhokhelela ekuphendukeni?

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not acknowledging that the goodness of God invites you to a reformation?

5 Kodwa ngobulukhuni bakho lenhliziyo yakho engaphendukiyo uzibekela ulaka ngosuku lolaka lolwesambulo sokwahlulelwa okulungileyo kukaNkulunkulu,

But according to your obdurate and impenitent heart, you treasure up to yourself wrath, against a day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

6 ozavuza lowo lalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe;

who will render to every one according to his works:

7 impilo elaphakade kubo abalesineke ngokwenza imisebenzi elungileyo bedinga inkazimulo lodumo lokungabhubhi; (aiōnios g166)

eternal life, indeed, to them who, by perseverance in well-doing, seek glory, honor, and immortality: (aiōnios g166)

8 kodwa intukuthelo lolaka kulabo abalenkani, njalo bengalaleli iqiniso kodwa belalela ukungalungi,

but anger and wrath to them who are contentious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness.

9 usizi lokubandezeleka, phezu kwawo wonke umphefumulo womuntu owenza ububi, owomJuda kuqala lowomGriki;

Affliction and great distress shall come upon every soul of man who works evil; first of the Jews, and also of the Greek.

10 kodwa inkazimulo lodumo lokuthula kuye wonke owenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala lakumGriki;

But glory, honor, and peace to every one who works good: first to the Jews, 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;

As many, therefore, as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned under law, shall be condemned by law:

13 ngoba kakusibo abezwayo umlayo abalungileyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa abenzayo umlayo bazalungisiswa.

for not those who hear the law are just before God; but those who obey the law, shall be justified.

14 Ngoba nxa abezizwe abangelawo umlayo besenza ngokwemvelo okungokomlayo, bona, bengelawo umlayo, bangumlayo kubo ngokwabo;

When, therefore, the Gentiles, who have not a law, do by nature the things of the law, are a law to 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 plainly the work of the law, written on their hearts; their conscience bearing witness, and also their reasonings between one another, when they accuse or excuse each other.

16 ngosuku uNkulunkulu azakwahlulela ngalo imfihlo zabantu, ngoJesu Kristu, ngokwevangeli lami.

In the day when God will judge the hidden things of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

17 Khangela wena ubizwa ngokuthi ungumJuda, weyeme emlayweni, uzincoma ngoNkulunkulu,

If, now, you are called 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 that are excellent, being instructed by the law;

19 njalo uzithembile wena ukuthi ungumholi weziphofu, ukukhanya kwabasemnyameni,

and boast that you yourselves are a guide of the blind, a light of them who are in darkness,

20 umeluleki wezithutha, umfundisi wensane, ulesimo solwazi lolweqiniso emlayweni.

and instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the representation of knowledge and of truth in the law:

21 Ngakho wena ofundisa omunye, kawuzifundisi yini? Wena otshumayela ukuthi ungebi, uyeba yini?

you, then, who teach another; do you not teach yourself? You who proclaim, Do not steal; do you steal?

22 Wena othi ungafebi, uyafeba yini? Wena onengwa yizithombe, uphanga amathempeli yini?

You who command, Do not commit adultery; do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols; do you rob temples?

23 Wena ozincoma ngomlayo, udumaza uNkulunkulu ngokweqa umlayo yini?

You who boast in the law; by the breaking of the law, do you dishonor God?

24 Ngoba ibizo likaNkulunkulu liyahlanjazwa phakathi kwabezizwe ngenxa yenu, njengoba kulotshiwe.

For it is written, "The name of God is evil spoken of among the Gentiles, through you."

25 Ngoba isibili ukusoka kuyasiza, uba usenza umlayo; kodwa uba ungumeqi womlayo, ukusoka kwakho sekuyikungasoki.

Now circumcision indeed profits, if you practice law; but if you be a transgressor of law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

26 Ngakho uba ukungasoki kugcina izimiso zomlayo, ukungasoki kwakhe kakuyikubalwa yini ukuthi kuyikusoka?

And if the uncircumcision keep the precepts 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 will not the uncircumcision which by nature fulfills the law, condemn you, a transgressor of law, though in possession of the scriptures and circumcision?

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 outward 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 of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.