Baroma 3

1 Mme go thusang go nna Mojuta? A go na le botlhokwa bongwe mo thupisong ya Sejuta?

What advantage then hath the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?

2 Ee, go nna Mojuta go na le dithuso di le dintsi. Santlha Modimo o ne wa ba neela melao ya one ka go ba ikanya [gore ba tle ba itse mme ba dire go rata ga one].

Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them.

3 Boammaaruri ke gore, bangwe ba bone ba ne ba sa ikanyege, mme fela ka ntlha ya gore ba ne ba senya ditsholofetso tsa bone mo Modimong, a seo se raya gore Modimo o tlaa senya ditsholofetso tsa one?

For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid.

4 Ga go a nna jalo! Le fa batho mo lefatsheng e le baaki, Modimo one ga o a nna jalo. A o gakologelwa se se buiwang ke lokwalo lwa Dipesalema kaga selo se? Gore mafoko a Modimo a tlaa aga a supega a le boammaaruri a bile a siame, ga gore sepe gore mongwe o a ganetsa.

But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

5 Mme bangwe ba re, “Mme go senya tumelo ya rona mo Modimong go siame, tsa rona dibe di bontsha tshiamo, gonne batho ba tlaa lemoga gore Modimo o siame thata jang fa ba bona ka fa re leng maswe ka teng. A go siame jaanong, gore o re otlhae fa dibe tsa rona di o thusa?” (Ke ka fa batho bangwe ba buang ka teng.)

But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath?

6 Modimo o a gana wa re a go se tualo! Gonne e ne e tlaa bo e le Modimo o o ntseng jang, fa o tlodisa sebe matlho? O ne o ka atlhola le fa e le mang jang?

(I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world?

7 Gonne o ne o ka seka wa ntshekisa wa bo wa nkatlhola ke le moleofi fa go tlhoka go ikanyega ga me go ne go o leretse kgalalelo ka go supa go ikanyega ga one fa go tshwantshanngwa le maaka a me.

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie, unto his glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?

8 Fa o tsweletse ka mogopolo o o reng: Modimo o itumela fa re le baleofi! Katlholo e go emetse wena yo o buang dilo tse di ntsengjaana. Legale bangwe ba re ke sone se ke se rutang se!

And not rather (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil, that there may come good? whose damnation is just.

9 Jalo he, a rona Bajuta re botoka go na le ba bangwe? Nnyaa, le goka, gonne re setse re supile gore batho botlhe ke baleofi ka go tshwana, a e ka ne e le Bajuta kgotsa Badichaba.

What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews, and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

10 Jaaka dikwalo di bua, “Ga go na ope yo o siameng, ga go na ope mo lefatsheng lotlhe yo o senang molato.”

As it is written: There is not any man just.

11 Ga go na le fa e le ope yo o kileng a tsamaya sentle mo ditseleng tsa Modimo, kgotsa le fa e le go batla go tsamaya mo go tsone ka boammaaruri.

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12 Botlhe ba leofile ba fapogile. Ga go na ope le fa e le kae yo o tsweletseng pele a dira se se siameng; le fa e le a le mongwe.

All have turned out of the way; they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one.

13 Dipuo tsa bone di leswe ebile di bosula jaaka monkgo wa sebodu o o tswang mo phupung e e atlhameng. Diteme tsa bone di tletse maaka. Sengwe le sengwe se ba se buang se na le lobolela le botlhole jwa dinoga tse di bolayang.

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

14 Melomo ya bone e tletse thogakano le bogalaka.

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

15 Ba bofefo go bolaya, ba ila le fa e le mang yo o sa dumalaneng le bone.

Their feet swift to shed blood:

16 Gongwe le gongwe kwa ba yang teng ba tlogela tshotlego le matshwenyego kwa morago,

Destruction and misery in their ways:

17 le gone ga ba ise ba ke ba itse tsela ya kagiso le fa e le go akola masego a Modimo.

And the way of peace they have not known:

18 Ga ba boife sepe kaga Modimo le fa e le se Modimo o se gopolang kaga bone.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

19 Jalo tshegetsa melao ya Modimo mo boemong jwa go dira dilo tse tsotlhe tse di bosula; ga go na le fa e le ope wa bone yo o nang le seipato; ka boammaaruri lefatshe lotlhe le didimetse ebile le molato fa pele ga Modimo Mothatayotlhe.

Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.

20 Jaanong a lo lemoga sentle? Ga go na le fa e le ope yo o ka siamisiwang mo ponong ya Modimo ka go dira se molao o se laolang. Gonne fa re ntse re tswelela ka go itse melao ya Modimo, re simolola go lemoga sentle gore ga re e obamele; melao ya one e dira gore re bone gore re baleofi.

Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

21 Mme jaanong Modimo o re supegeditse tsela e sele ya go ya kwa legodimong, e seng “ka go siama ga rona” le go leka go tshegetsa melao ya one, mme e leng ka tsela e ncha (lefa go ntse jalo tota ga e ncha, gonne dikwalo ga di bolo go bolela ka ga yone bogologolo).

But now without the law the justice of God is made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

22 Jaanong Modimo wa re o tlaa re amogela o bo o re golola, o re supa “re se molato” fa re ikanya Jesu go tlosa dibe tsa rona. Mme le rona rotlhe re ka bolokwa mo go yone tsela e, ka go tla kwa go Keresete, ga gore sepe gore re bomang kgotsa gore ra re re ntse jang.

Even the justice of God, by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe in him: for there is no distinction:

23 Ee, botlhe ba leofile; botlhe ba tlhaela kgalaletso ya Modimo;

For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God.

24 mme le fa go ntse jalo Modimo o re supa “re se molato” wa go o leofela fa re ikanya mo go Jesu Keresete, yo mo bopelonoming jwa gagwe o tlosang dibe tsa rona kwa ntle ga tuelo epe.

Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption, that is in Christ Jesus,

25 Gonne Modimo o rometse Jesu Keresete go tlosa kwatlhao ya rona ka ntlha ya dibe tsa rona, le go fedisa bogale jotlhe jwa Modimo jo bo re okameng. Modimo o dirisitse madi a ga Keresete le tumelo ya rona e le tsela ya go re boloka mo bogaleng jwa one. Ka yone tsela e, o ne wa supa tshiamo ya one o sa patike ope, le fa o ise o ke o otlhae ba ba neng ba leofa mo metlheng ya pele. Gonne o ne o lebetse kwa pele nako e Keresete o neng a tlaa tla ka yone go tlosa dibe tseo tsotlhe.

Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins,

26 Mme jaanong le mo malatsing ano, o ka amogela baleofi ka yone tsela e, gonne Jesu o tlositse dibe tsa bone. A mme tota golo mo go siame gore Modimo o golole badira bosula, mme o bo o re ga ba na le fa e le molato ope? Nnyaa, gonne o go dira ka go ikanya ga bone mo go Jesu yo o tlositseng dibe tsa bone.

Through the forbearance of God, for the shewing of his justice in this time; that he himself may be just, and the justifier of him, who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.

27 Mme re ka ipelafatsa ka go dira eng gore re bone poloko? Ga go sepe gotlhelele. Ka go reng? Gonne kgololo ya rona ga e a ikaega mo ditirong tsa rona tse di molemo; e ikaegile mo go se Keresete o se dirileng, le tumelo ya rona mo go ene.

Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

28 Jalo go raya gore re bolokwa ka tumelo ya rona mo go Keresete e seng ka ditiro tse di molemo tse re di dirang.

For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

29 A mme Modimo o boloka Bajuta fela ka yone tsela e? Nnyaa, le Badichaba ba ka tla kwa go ene ka yone tsela e.

Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.

30 Modimo o re tsaya fela ka go tshwana; botlhe fela, a e ka ne e le Bajuta kgotsa Badichaba, ba a gololwa fa ba na le tumelo.

For it is one God, that justifieth circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

31 Mme jalo he, fa re bolokwa ka tumelo, a mo go raya gore ga re sa tlhole re tlhokana le go obamela melao ya Modimo? Nnyaa ga go a nna jalo! Tota fela fa re ikanya Jesu ke gone re ka o obamelang ka boammaaruri.

Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.