Romans 3
1 Ǹjẹ́ àǹfààní wo ní Júù ní? Tàbí kín ni èrè ilà kíkọ?
Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
2 Púpọ̀ lọ́nà gbogbo; pàtàkì jùlọ ni pé àwọn ni a fi ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run lé lọ́wọ́.
Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.
3 Ǹjẹ́ kí ha ni bí àwọn kan jẹ́ aláìgbàgbọ́? Àìgbàgbọ́ wọn yóò ha sọ òtítọ́ Ọlọ́run di asán bí?
For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
4 Kí a má rí! Kí Ọlọ́run jẹ́ olóòtítọ́, àti olúkúlùkù ènìyàn jẹ́ èké; gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé: “Kí a lè dá ọ láre nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ, ṣùgbọ́n kí ìwọ lè borí nígbà tí ìwọ bá wá sí ìdájọ́.”
May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”
5 Ṣùgbọ́n bí àìṣòdodo wa bá fi òdodo Ọlọ́run hàn, kín ni àwa ó wí? Ọlọ́run ha jẹ́ àìṣòdodo bí, nígbà tí ó bá ń fi ìbínú rẹ̀ hàn? (Mo fi ṣe àkàwé bí ènìyàn.)
But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
6 Kí a má rí i. Bí bẹ́ẹ̀ bá ni, Ọlọ́run yóò ha ṣe lè dájọ́ aráyé?
May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
7 Nítorí bí òtítọ́ Ọlọ́run bá di púpọ̀ sí ìyìn rẹ̀ nítorí èké mi, èéṣe tí a fi ń dá mi lẹ́jọ́ bí ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀?
For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
8 Èéṣe tí a kò fi ṣe búburú kí rere lè jáde wá? Bí àwọn kan tí ń fi ẹnu àtẹ́ sọ wí pé a ń sọ bẹ́ẹ̀; ti àwọn kan sì ń tẹnumọ́ ọn pé a sọ; àwọn ẹni tí ìdálẹ́bi wọn tọ́.
Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.
9 Ǹjẹ́ kí ha ni? Àwa ha sàn ju wọn lọ bí? Kò rí bẹ́ẹ̀ rárá, nítorí a fihàn ṣáájú pé àti àwọn Júù àti àwọn Giriki, gbogbo wọn ni ó wà lábẹ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Kò sí ẹni tí í ṣe olódodo, kò sí ẹnìkan,
As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
11 kò sí ẹni tí òye yé, kò sí ẹni tí ó ń wá Ọlọ́run.
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
12 Gbogbo wọn ni ó ti yapa, wọ́n jùmọ̀ di aláìlérè; kò sí ẹni tí ń ṣe rere, kò tilẹ̀ sí ẹnìkan.”
They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”
13 “Ibojì tí ó ṣí sílẹ̀ ní ọ̀fun wọn: ahọ́n wọn n sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀tàn.” “Oró paramọ́lẹ̀ ń bẹ lábẹ́ ètè wọn.”
“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”
14 “Ẹnu ẹni tí ó kún fún èpè àti fún oró kíkorò.”
“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Ẹsẹ̀ wọn yára láti ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ sílẹ̀,
“Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 ìparun àti ìpọ́njú wà lọ́nà wọn.
Destruction and misery are in their ways.
17 Ọ̀nà àlàáfíà ni wọn kò sì mọ̀,”
The way of peace, they haven’t known.”
18 “Ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run kò sí níwájú wọn.”
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Àwa sì mọ̀ pé ohunkóhun tí òfin bá wí, ó ń wí fún àwọn tí ó wà lábẹ́ òfin: kí gbogbo ẹnu bá à lè dákẹ́ àti kí a lè mú gbogbo aráyé wá sábẹ́ ìdájọ́ Ọlọ́run.
Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
20 Nítorí pé nípa iṣẹ́ òfin, a kì yóò dá ẹnikẹ́ni láre níwájú rẹ̀: nítorí nípa òfin ni ìmọ̀ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti wá.
Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
21 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, a ti fi òdodo Ọlọ́run hàn láìsí òfin, tí a ti ń jẹ́rìí sí nípa òfin àti nípa àwọn wòlíì,
But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
22 àní òdodo Ọlọ́run nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Jesu Kristi, sí gbogbo ènìyàn àti gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbàgbọ́, nítorí tí kò sí ìyàtọ̀ láàrín Júù àti Helleni.
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
23 Gbogbo ènìyàn ni ó ṣá ti ṣẹ̀, tí wọ́n sì kùnà ògo Ọlọ́run,
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
24 àwọn ẹni tí a ń dá láre lọ́fẹ̀ẹ́ nípa oore-ọ̀fẹ́ rẹ̀, nípa ìdáǹdè tí ó wà nínú Kristi Jesu.
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 Ẹni tí Ọlọ́run ti gbé kalẹ̀ láti jẹ́ ètùtù nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nípa ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ̀, láti fi òdodo rẹ̀ hàn nítorí ìdáríjì àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ó ti kọjá, nínú ìpamọ́ra Ọlọ́run,
whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
26 láti fi òdodo rẹ̀ hàn ní ìgbà ìsinsin yìí: kí ó lè jẹ́ olódodo àti olùdáláre ẹni tí ó gba Jesu gbọ́.
to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time, that he might himself be just and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
27 Ọ̀nà ìṣògo dà? A ti mú un kúrò. Nípa òfin wo? Nípa iṣẹ́? Bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, ṣùgbọ́n nípa òfin ìgbàgbọ́.
Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28 Nítorí náà, a parí rẹ̀ sí pé nípa ìgbàgbọ́ ni a ń dá ènìyàn láre láìsí iṣẹ́ òfin.
We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
29 Ọlọ́run àwọn Júù nìkan ha ni bí? Kì í ha ṣe ti àwọn aláìkọlà pẹ̀lú? Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, ti àwọn aláìkọlà pẹ̀lú.
Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
30 Bí ó ti jẹ́ pé Ọlọ́run kan ni, yóò dá àwọn akọlà láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́ àti àwọn aláìkọlà nípa ìgbàgbọ́ wọn.
since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
31 Àwa ha ń sọ òfin dasán nípa ìgbàgbọ́ bí? Kí a má rí i, ṣùgbọ́n a ń fi òfin múlẹ̀.
Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
