Warumi 3
1 Basi, Myahudi ana nini zaidi kuliko watu wengine? Au kutahiriwa kuna faida gani?
What then is the superiority of the Jew? Or what is the advantage of circumcision?
2 Naam, iko faida kwa kila upande. Kwanza, Mungu aliwakabidhi Wayahudi ujumbe wake.
Much, every way. And first, because to them were intrusted the oracles of God.
3 Lakini itakuwaje iwapo baadhi yao hawakuwa waaminifu? Je, jambo hilo litaondoa uaminifu wa Mungu?
For if some of them have not believed, have they, by their not believing, made the faith of God inefficient?
4 Hata kidogo! Mungu hubaki mwaminifu daima, ingawaje kila binadamu ni mwongo. Kama Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: “Kila usemapo, maneno yako ni ya haki; na katika hukumu, wewe hushinda.”
Far be it: for God is veracious, and every man false: as it is written: That thou mightest be upright, in thy declarations; and be found pure, when they judge thee.
5 Lakini, ikiwa uovu wetu unathibitisha kwamba Mungu anatenda kwa haki, tutasema nini? Je, tutasema kwamba anakosa haki akituadhibu? (Hapa naongea kibinadamu).
But if our iniquity establish the rectitude of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous, when he inflicteth wrath? (I speak as a man.)
6 Hata kidogo! Ingekuwa hivyo, Mungu angewezaje kuuhukumu ulimwengu?
Far from it. Otherwise how will God judge the world?
7 Labda utasema: “Ikiwa ukosefu wa uaminifu kwa upande wangu unamdhihirisha Mungu kuwa mwaminifu zaidi na hivyo kumpatia utukufu, basi singepaswa kuhukumiwa kuwa mwenye dhambi!”
But if the truth of God hath been furthered by my falsehood, to his glory; why am I then condemned as a sinner?
8 Ni sawa na kusema: tufanye maovu ili tupate mema! Ndivyo wengine walivyotukashifu kwa kutushtaki kwamba tumefundisha hivyo. Watahukumiwa wanavyostahili!
Or shall we say as some have slanderously reported us to say: We will do evil things, that good results may come? The condemnation of such is reserved for justice.
9 Tuseme nini, basi? Je, sisi Wayahudi ni bora zaidi kuliko wengine? Hata kidogo! Kwa maana nimekwisha bainisha hapo mwanzoni kwamba Wayahudi na watu wa mataifa mengine wote wako chini ya utawala wa dhambi.
What then, have WE the superiority, when we have before decided as to both Jews and Gentiles, that all of them are under sin?
10 Kama Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: “Hakuna hata mmoja aliye mwadilifu!
As it is written: There is none righteous; no, no one:
11 Hakuna mtu anayeelewa, wala anayemtafuta Mungu.
and none that understandeth; nor that seeketh after God.
12 Wote wamepotoka wote wamekosa; hakuna atendaye mema, hakuna hata mmoja.
They have all turned aside, together; and become reprobates. There is none that doeth good; no, not one.
13 Makoo yao ni kama kaburi wazi, ndimi zao zimejaa udanganyifu, midomoni mwao mwatoka maneno yenye sumu kama ya nyoka.
Their throats are open sepulchres, and their tongues treacherous; and the venom of the asp is under their lips.
14 Vinywa vyao vimejaa laana chungu.
Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;
15 Miguu yao iko mbioni kumwaga damu,
and their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 popote waendapo husababisha maafa na mateso;
Destruction and anguish are in their paths:
17 njia ya amani hawaijui.
and the path of peacefulness they have not known:
18 Hawajali kabisa kumcha Mungu.”
and the fear of God is not before their eyes.
19 Tunajua kwamba Sheria huwahusu walio chini ya Sheria hiyo, hata hawawezi kuwa na kisingizio chochote, na ulimwengu wote uko chini ya hukumu ya Mungu.
Now we know, that whatever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be guilty before God.
20 Maana hakuna binadamu yeyote anayekubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu mbele yake Mungu kwa kuishika Sheria; kazi ya Sheria ni kumwonyesha tu mtu kwamba ametenda dhambi.
Wherefore, by the deeds of the law, no flesh is justified before him: for, by the law, sin is known.
21 Lakini sasa, njia ya Mungu ya kuwakubali watu kuwa waadilifu imekwisha dhihirishwa, tena bila kutegemea Sheria. Sheria na manabii hushuhudia jambo hili.
But now, the righteousness of God without the law, is manifested; and the law and the prophets testify of it:
22 Mungu huwakubali watu kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya imani yao kwa Yesu Kristo; Mungu hufanya hivyo kwa wote wanaoamini; hakuna ubaguzi wowote.
even the righteousness of God, which is by faith in Jesus Messiah, for every one, and on every one, that believeth in him: for there is no distinction;
23 Watu wote wametenda dhambi na wametindikiwa utukufu wa Mungu.
for they have all sinned, and failed of the glory of God.
24 Lakini kwa zawadi ya neema ya Mungu, watu wote hukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo anayewakomboa.
And they are justified gratuitously, by grace, and by the redemption which is in Jesus Messiah;
25 Mungu alimtoa Yesu kusudi, kwa damu yake, awe njia ya kuwaondolea watu dhambi zao kwa imani yao kwake. Alifanya hivyo ili apate kuonyesha kwamba yeye ni mwadilifu. Hapo zamani Mungu alikuwa mvumilivu bila kuzijali dhambi za watu;
whom God hath preconstituted a propitiation, by faith in his blood, because of our sins, which we before committed,
26 lakini sasa, wakati huu, anazikabili dhambi za watu apate kuonyesha uadilifu wake. Kwa namna hiyo Mungu mwenyewe huonyesha kwamba yeye ni mwadilifu na kwamba humkubali kuwa mwadilifu mtu yeyote anayemwamini Yesu.
in the space which God in his long suffering gave to us, for the manifestation of his righteousness at the present time; that he might be righteous, and might with righteousness justify him who is in the faith of our Lord Jesus Messiah.
27 Basi, tunaweza kujivunia nini? Hakuna! Kwa nini? Je, kwa sababu ya kutimiza Sheria? La! Bali kwa sababu tunaamini.
Where then is glorying? It is annihilated. By what law? by that of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28 Maana mtu hukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa imani, wala si kwa kutimiza matakwa ya Sheria.
We therefore conclude, that it is by faith a man is justified, and not by the works of the law.
29 Au je, Mungu nu Mungu wa Wayahudi tu, ama pia wa watu wa mataifa mengine? Naam, wa mataifa mengine pia.
For, is he the God of the Jews only, and not of the Gentiles? Nay: of the Gentiles also.
30 Mungu ni mmoja, naye atawakubali Wayahudi kuwa waadilifu kwa imani yao, na watu wa mataifa mengine pia kwa imani yao.
Because there is, one God, who justifieth the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision by the same faith.
31 Je, tunaitumia imani kuibatilisha Sheria? Hata kidogo; bali tunaipa Sheria thamani yake kamili.
Do, we then nullify the law by faith? Far be it. On the contrary, we establish the law.
