Baroma 3

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

What then is the advantage of the Jew? or what the benefit 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].

Great, every way. In the first place, because 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 some were unfaithful, shall their unfaithfulness make God unfaithful?

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.

Far be it! yea, let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, “That thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art arraigned.”

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 unrighteousness serve to display the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicteth punishment? (I am speaking as men do.)

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?

Far be it! For then how shall 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, through my being false, the truth of God hath been more abundantly manifested to his glory, why am I still 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 why do you not say, as some slanderously charge us with saying, Let us do evil, that good may come? The condemnation of such men 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? Are we better than others? By no means! For we have already brought a charge both against 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 none righteous, no, not 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 that hath understanding, there is none that diligently seeketh 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.

they have all turned aside from the right way, they have become worthless together; there is none that doeth good, 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 open sepulchre; with their tongues they have practised deceit. The poison of asps is under their lips.

14 Melomo ya bone e tletse thogakano le bogalaka.

Their 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.

Swift are their feet to shed blood;

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

destruction 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 the way of peace they know not.

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 whatever the Law saith, it saith to those who are under the Law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become subject to condemnation before 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 works of the Law no flesh shall be accepted as righteous: 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, apart from the Law, the righteousness which is of God, to which the Law and the Prophets bear testimony,

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 righteousness which is of God through faith in Jesus Christ, hath been made manifest to all and for all believers. For there is no distinction.

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

For all have sinned, and fail of obtaining the glory which cometh from 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 accepted as 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, in his blood, through faith, God hath set forth as a propitiatory sacrifice, in order to manifest his righteousness, on account of his passing by, in his forbearance, the sins committed in former times;

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.

in order to manifest his righteousness at the present time, so that he may be righteous, and accept as righteous him who hath faith.

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 is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay; 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.

We conclude therefore, that a man is accepted as righteous through 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.

Or is God [[the God]] of Jews alone? Is he not also the God of gentiles? Yea, of 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.

Seeing there is but one God, who will accept the circumcised as righteous by faith, and the uncircumcised 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 void the Law through faith? Far be it! On the contrary, we establish the Law.