Romans 5
1 Nítorí náà, níwọ̀n ìgbà tí a ti dá wa láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́, àwa ní àlàáfíà lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run nípasẹ̀ Olúwa wa Jesu Kristi.
Therefore, having been pronounced righteous as the result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
2 Nípasẹ̀ ẹni tí àwa sì ti rí ọ̀nà gbà nípa ìgbàgbọ́ sí inú oore-ọ̀fẹ́ yìí nínú èyí tí àwa gbé dúró. Àwa sì ń yọ̀ nínú ìrètí ògo Ọlọ́run.
It is through him that, by reason of our faith, we have obtained admission to that place in God’s favour in which we not stand. So let us exult in our hope of attaining God’s glorious ideal.
3 Kì í sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n àwa tún ń ṣògo nínú ìjìyà pẹ̀lú, bí a ti mọ̀ pé ìjìyà ń ṣiṣẹ́ sùúrù;
And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;
4 àti pé sùúrù ń ṣiṣẹ́ ìwà rere; àti pé ìwà rere ń ṣiṣẹ́ ìrètí.
for we know that trouble develops endurance, and endurance strength of character, and strength of character hope,
5 Ìrètí kì í sì í dójúti ni nítorí a ti dá ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run sí wa lọ́kàn láti ọwọ́ Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ tí a fi fún wa.
and that ‘hope never disappoints.’ For the love of God has filled our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given us;
6 Nítorí ìgbà tí àwa jẹ́ aláìlera, ní àkókò tí ó yẹ, Kristi kú fún àwa aláìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run.
seeing that, while we were still powerless, Christ, in God’s good time, died on behalf of the godless.
7 Nítorí ó ṣọ̀wọ́n kí ẹnìkan tó kú fún olódodo, ṣùgbọ́n fún ènìyàn rere bóyá ẹlòmíràn tilẹ̀ lè dábàá láti kú.
Even for an upright man scarcely any one will die. For a really good man perhaps some one might even dare to die.
8 Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run fi ìfẹ́ òun pàápàá sí wa hàn nínú èyí pé, nígbà tí àwa jẹ́ ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀, Kristi kú fún wa.
But God puts his love for us beyond all doubt by the fact that Christ died on our behalf while we were still sinners.
9 Mélòó mélòó sì ni tí a dá wa láre nísinsin yìí nípa ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ̀ ni a ó gbà wá là kúrò nínú ìbínú nípasẹ̀ rẹ̀.
Much more, then, now that we have been pronounced righteous by virtue of the shedding of his blood, shall we be saved through him from the Wrath of God.
10 Ǹjẹ́, nígbà tí àwa wà ní ọ̀tá, a mú wa, ba Ọlọ́run làjà nípa ikú Ọmọ rẹ̀, mélòó mélòó, nígbà tí a là wá ní ìjà tan, ni a ó gbà wá là nípa ìyè rẹ̀.
For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, much more, now that we have become reconciled, shall we be saved by virtue of Christ’s Life.
11 Kì sì í ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n àwa ń ṣògo nínú Ọlọ́run nípa Olúwa wa Jesu Kristi, nípasẹ̀ ẹni tí àwa ti rí ìlàjà gbà nísinsin yìí.
And not only that, but we exult in God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, through whom we have now obtained this reconciliation.
12 Nítorí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti tipa ọ̀dọ̀ ènìyàn kan wọ ayé, àti ikú nípa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ikú sì kọjá sórí ènìyàn gbogbo, láti ọ̀dọ̀ ẹni tí gbogbo ènìyàn ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀.
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death; so, also, death spread to all mankind, because all men had sinned.
13 Nítorí kí òfin tó dé, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti wà láyé; ṣùgbọ́n a kò ka ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ sí ni lọ́rùn nígbà tí òfin kò sí.
Even before the time of the Law there was sin in the world; but sin cannot be charged against a man where no Law exists.
14 Ṣùgbọ́n ikú jẹ ọba láti ìgbà Adamu wá títí fi di ìgbà ti Mose, àti lórí àwọn tí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn kò dàbí irú ìrékọjá Adamu, ẹni tí í ṣe àpẹẹrẹ ẹni tí ń bọ̀.
Yet, from Adam to Moses, Death reigned even over those whose sin was not a breach of a law, as Adam’s was. And Adam foreshadows the One to come.
15 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀bùn ọ̀fẹ́ kò dàbí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Nítorí bí nípa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Nítorí bí o bá jẹ pé ẹnìkan ẹni púpọ̀ kú, mélòó mélòó ni oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run, àti ẹ̀bùn nínú oore-ọ̀fẹ́ ọkùnrin kan, Jesu Kristi, di púpọ̀ fún ẹni púpọ̀.
But there is a contrast between Adam’s Offence and God’s gracious Gift. For, if by reason of the offence of the one man the whole race died, far more were the loving-kindness of God, and the gift given in the loving-kindness of the one man, Jesus Christ, lavished upon the whole race.
16 Kì í ṣe nípa ẹnìkan tí ó sẹ̀ ni ẹ̀bùn náà, nítorí ìdájọ́ ti ipasẹ̀ ẹnìkan wá fún ìdálẹ́bi, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀bùn ọ̀fẹ́ ti inú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ púpọ̀ wá fún ìdáláre.
There is a contrast, too, between the gift and the results of the one man’s sin. The judgment, which followed upon the one man’s sin, resulted in condemnation, but God’s gracious Gift, which followed upon many offences, resulted in a decree of righteousness.
17 Ǹjẹ́ bí o bá jẹ pé nípa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ọkùnrin kan, ikú jẹ ọba nípasẹ̀ ẹnìkan náà; mélòó mélòó ni àwọn tí ń gba ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ oore-ọ̀fẹ́ àti ẹ̀bùn òdodo yóò jẹ ọba nínú ìyè nípasẹ̀ ẹnìkan, Jesu Kristi.
For if, by reason of the offence of the one man, Death reigned through that one man, far more will those, upon whom God’s loving-kindness and his gift of righteousness are lavished, find Life, and reign through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18 Ǹjẹ́ bí o bá jẹ pé nípa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ẹnìkan ìdájọ́ dé bá gbogbo ènìyàn sí ìdálẹ́bi; gẹ́gẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni nípa ìwà òdodo ẹnìkan, ẹ̀bùn ọ̀fẹ́ dé sórí gbogbo ènìyàn fún ìdáláre sí ìyè.
Briefly then, just as a single offence resulted for all mankind in condemnation, so, too, a single decree of righteousness resulted for all mankind in that declaration of righteousness which brings Life.
19 Nítorí gẹ́gẹ́ bí nípa àìgbọ́ràn ọkùnrin kan, ènìyàn púpọ̀ di ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni nípa ìgbọ́ràn ẹnìkan, a ó sọ ènìyàn púpọ̀ di olódodo.
For, as through the disobedience of the one man the whole race was rendered sinful, so, too, through the obedience of the one, the whole race will be rendered righteous.
20 Ṣùgbọ́n òfin bọ́ sí inú rẹ̀, kí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ lè di púpọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ni ibi ti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ di púpọ̀, oore-ọ̀fẹ́ di púpọ̀ rékọjá.
Law was introduced in order that offences might be multiplied. But, where sins were multiplied, the loving-kindness of God was lavished the more,
21 Pé, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti jẹ ọba nípa ikú bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí oore-ọ̀fẹ́ sì lè jẹ ọba nípa òdodo títí ìyè àìnípẹ̀kun nípasẹ̀ Jesu Kristi Olúwa wa. (aiōnios g166)
in order than, just as Sin had reigned in the realm of Death, so, too, might Loving-kindness reign through righteousness, and result in Immortal Life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
