Warumi 2

1 Basi, rafiki, kama unawahukumu wengine, huwezi kamwe kujitetea haidhuru wewe ni nani. Kwa maana, kwa kuwahukumu wengine, unajilaani wewe mwenyewe kwa vile nawe unayafanya mambo yaleyale unayohukumu.

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whoever thou art, that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost the same things.

2 Tunajua kwamba hukumu ya Mungu kwa wale wanaofanya mambo kama hayo ni hukumu ya haki.

But we know that the judgement of God is according to truth against those that do such things.

3 Lakini wewe, rafiki, unayewahukumu wale wanaofanya mambo kama hayo bali wewe pia unayafanya, je unadhani utaiepa hukumu ya Mungu?

And thinkest thou, O man, who judgest those that do such things, and dost the same, that thou shalt escape the judgement of God?

4 Au labda unaudharau wema wake mkuu, uvumilivu wake na saburi yake, bila kutambua kwamba wema wake huo una shabaha ya kukuongoza upate kutubu?

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

5 Lakini unao ugumu na ukaidi wa moyo, na hivyo unajilundikia adhabu kwa Siku ile ambayo ghadhabu ya Mungu na hukumu zake za haki vitadhihirishwa.

But by thy hardness and impenitence of heart thou art treasuring up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgement of God,

6 Siku hiyo Mungu atamlipa kila mmoja kufuatana na matendo yake.

who will render to every one according to his works:

7 Wale wanaozingatia kutenda mema, kutafuta utukufu na heshima ya Mungu na kutokufa, watapata uzima wa milele. (aiōnios g166)

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

8 Lakini wale wengine wenye ubinafsi, wenye kukataa mambo ya haki na kufuata uovu, wataangukiwa na ghadhabu na hasira ya Mungu.

but to those who are contentious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.

9 Mateso na maumivu yatampata binadamu yeyote atendaye uovu. Yatawapata Wayahudi kwanza, na watu wa mataifa mengine pia.

Tribulation and anguish shall be upon every soul of man that worketh evil, both of the Jew, and of the Gentile:

10 Lakini Mungu atawapa utukufu, heshima na amani wale wanaotenda mema; Wayahudi kwanza, na watu wa mataifa mengine pia.

but glory, and honor, and peace to every one that worketh good, both to the Jew, and to the Greek:

11 Maana Mungu hambagui mtu yeyote.

for there is no respect of persons with God.

12 Wale wanaotenda dhambi bila kuijua Sheria ya Mose wataangamia ingawaje hawajui Sheria. Na wale wanaotenda dhambi wakiwa wanaijua Sheria watahukumiwa kisheria.

For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law; and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

13 Mtu hafanywi kuwa mwadilifu mbele yake Mungu kwa kuisikia Sheria, bali kwa kuitii Sheria.

(for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

14 Mathalan: watu wa mataifa mengine hawana Sheria ya Mose; lakini kila wanapotimiza matakwa ya Sheria wakiongozwa na dhamiri zao, wao wenyewe wanakuwa kipimo cha Sheria ingawa hawaijui Sheria.

for when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the duties of the law, these though they have not the law, are a law to themselves,

15 Mwenendo wao unaonyesha kwamba matakwa ya Sheria yameandikwa mioyoni mwao. Dhamiri zao zinashuhudia pia jambo hilo, maana fikira zao mara nyingine huwashtaki, na mara nyingine huwatetea.

and shew the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience witnessing together with it, and their own thoughts either accusing, or excusing them, )

16 Hivyo, kufuatana na hii Habari Njema ninayohubiri, ndivyo itakavyokuwa wakati Mungu atakapohukumu mambo ya siri ya binadamu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

17 Na wewe, je? Wewe mwenyewe unajiita Myahudi; unaitumainia Sheria na kujivunia kuwa wa Mungu;

Behold thou art called a Jew, and restest on the law, and boastest in God,

18 kwa njia ya Sheria unajua matakwa ya Mungu na unaweza kuchagua jambo jema;

and knowest his will, and approvest things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

19 wewe unajiona kuwa kiongozi wa vipofu na mwanga kwa wale walio gizani;

and art persuaded that thou art a guide of the blind,

20 unajiona kuwa mkufunzi wa wajinga na mwalimu wa wale wasiokomaa bado. Unayo katika Sheria picha kamili ya elimu na ukweli.

a light to them that are in the darkness, an instructor of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth which is in the law.

21 Basi, wewe unawafundisha wengine; kwa nini hujifundishi wewe mwenyewe? Unawahubiria wengine wasiibe, lakini kumbe wewe mwenyewe unaiba.

Thou then, who teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou, that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

22 Unasema: “Msizini,” na huku wewe unazini; unachukia sanamu za miungu hali wewe unajitajirisha kwa kuiba katika nyumba za miungu.

Thou, that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou, that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

23 Kwa kujigamba ati unayo Sheria ya Mungu, je huoni kwamba kwa kuivunja Sheria unamdharau Mungu?

Thou, that boastest in the law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?

24 Kama vile Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: “Watu wa mataifa mengine wamelikufuru jina la Mungu kwa sababu yenu ninyi Wayahudi!”

for through you the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.

25 Kutahiriwa kwako kutakuwa na maana kama ukiitii Sheria. Lakini kama unaivunja Sheria, basi, ni afadhali ungalibaki bila kutahiriwa.

For circumcision indeed is profitable, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

26 Kama mtu wa mataifa mengine ambaye hakutahiriwa akitimiza matakwa ya Sheria, hakika atafikiriwa kana kwamba ametahiriwa.

Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteous precepts of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be accounted to him for circumcision?

27 Watu wa mataifa mengine watakuhukumu wewe Myahudi kama ukiivunja Sheria, ingawaje unayo maandishi ya Sheria na umetahiriwa, hali wao wanaitii Sheria ingawa hawakutahiriwa.

and shall not the uncircumcision that is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law? for he is not a Jew, who is only so in appearance;

28 Ndiyo kusema, si kila anayeonekana kwa nje kuwa Myahudi ni Myahudi wa kweli, wala mtu hawi Myahudi wa kweli ati kwa kuwa ametahiriwa kimwili.

nor is that circumcision, which is only in appearance, in the flesh;

29 Myahudi wa kweli ni yule aliye Myahudi kwa ndani, yaani yule ambaye ametahiriwa moyoni. Hili ni jambo la Roho, na si jambo la maandishi ya Sheria. Mtu wa namna hiyo anapata sifa, si kutoka kwa watu, bali kutoka kwa Mungu.

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 from men, but from God.