Baroma 3
1 Mme go thusang go nna Mojuta? A go na le botlhokwa bongwe mo thupisong ya Sejuta?
What, then, [is] the superiority of the Jew? Or what the profit of the 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 in every way; for first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God;
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 certain were faithless? Will their faithlessness make the faithfulness of God useless?
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.
Let it not be! And let God become true, and every man false, according as it has been written: “That You may be declared righteous in Your words, and may overcome in Your being 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.)
And if our unrighteousness establishes God’s righteousness, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (I speak after the manner of a man.)
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?
Let it not be! Since how will God judge the 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 in my falsehood abounded more to 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, as we are spoken evil of, and as certain affirm us to say, “We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?” Whose judgment is righteous.
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? Are we better? Not at all! For we charged before both Jews and Greeks with being 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.”
according as it has been written: “There is none righteous, not even one;
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 who is understanding, there is none who is seeking 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 went out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even 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 opened grave; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of cobras [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 [are] swift to shed blood.
16 Gongwe le gongwe kwa ba yang teng ba tlogela tshotlego le matshwenyego kwa morago,
Ruin and misery [are] 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 a way of peace they did not know.
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.
And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment 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.
for this reason by works of law will no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a 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).
And now apart from law the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to 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.
and the righteousness of God [is] through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and on all those believing—for there is no difference,
23 Ee, botlhe ba leofile; botlhe ba tlhaela kgalaletso ya Modimo;
for all have sinned and fall short of 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 declared righteous 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 set forth [as] a propitiatory covering, through faith in His blood, for the showing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the former sins in the forbearance of God—
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.
for the showing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who [is] of the faith of Jesus.
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 then [is] the boasting? It was excluded; by what law? Of works? No, but by a 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.
therefore we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of 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] only the God of Jews, and not also of nations?
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.
Yes, also of nations; since [there is] one God who will declare righteous 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 make law useless through faith? Let it not be! Indeed, we establish law.
