¹Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

¹ስለዚህ፥ አንተ የምትፈርድ ሰው ሁሉ ሆይ፥ የምታመካኘው የለህም፤ በሌላው በምትፈርድበት ነገር ራስህን ትኰንናለህና፤ አንተው ፈራጁ እነዚያን ታደርጋለህና።

²But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

²እንደዚህም በሚያደርጉት ላይ የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆነ እናውቃለን።

³And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

³አንተም እንደዚህ በሚያደርጉ የምትፈርድ ያንም የምታደርግ ሰው ሆይ፥ አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ የምታመልጥ ይመስልሃልን?

⁴Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

⁴ወይስ የእግዚአብሔር ቸርነት ወደ ንስሐ እንዲመራህ ሳታውቅ የቸርነቱንና የመቻሉን የትዕግሥቱንም ባለጠግነት ትንቃለህን?

⁵But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

⁵ነገር ግን እንደ ጥንካሬህና ንስሐ እንደማይገባ ልብህ የእግዚአብሔር ቅን ፍርድ በሚገለጥበት በቍጣ ቀን ቍጣን በራስህ ላይ ታከማቻለህ።

⁶Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

⁶እርሱ ለእያንዳንዱ እንደ ሥራው ያስረክበዋል፤

⁷To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

⁷በበጎ ሥራ በመጽናት ምስጋናንና ክብርን የማይጠፋንም ሕይወት ለሚፈልጉ የዘላለምን ሕይወት ይሰጣቸዋል፤

⁸But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

⁸ለዓመፃ በሚታዘዙ እንጂ ለእውነት በማይታዘዙትና በአድመኞች ላይ ግን ቍጣና መቅሠፍት ይሆንባቸዋል።

⁹Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

⁹ክፉውን በሚያደርግ ሰው ነፍስ ሁሉ መከራና ጭንቀት ይሆንበታል፥ አስቀድሞ በአይሁዳዊ ደግሞም በግሪክ ሰው፤

¹⁰But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

¹⁰ነገር ግን በጎ ሥራ ለሚያደርጉ ሁሉ ምስጋናና ክብር ሰላምም ይሆንላቸዋል፥ አስቀድሞ ለአይሁዳዊ ደግሞም ለግሪክ ሰው።

¹¹For there is no respect of persons with God.

¹¹እግዚአብሔር ለሰው ፊት አያዳላምና።

¹²For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

¹²ያለ ሕግ ኃጢአት ያደረጉ ሁሉ ያለ ሕግ ደግሞ ይጠፋሉና፤ ሕግም ሳላቸው ኃጢአት ያደረጉ ሁሉ በሕግ ይፈረድባቸዋል፤

¹³(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

¹³በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሕግን የሚያደርጉት ይጸድቃሉ እንጂ ሕግን የሚሰሙ ጻድቃን አይደሉምና።

¹⁴For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

¹⁴ሕግ የሌላቸው አሕዛብ ከባሕርያቸው የሕግን ትእዛዝ ሲያደርጉ፥ እነዚያ ሕግ ባይኖራቸው እንኳ ለራሳቸው ሕግ ናቸውና፤

¹⁵Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

¹⁵እነርሱም ሕሊናቸው ሲመሰክርላቸው፥ አሳባቸውም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲካሰስ ወይም ሲያመካኝ በልባቸው የተጻፈውን የሕግ ሥራ ያሳያሉ።

¹⁶In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

¹⁶ይህም እግዚአብሔር በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እኔ በወንጌል እንዳስተማርሁ በሰው ዘንድ የተሰወረውን በሚፈርድበት ቀን ይሆናል።

¹⁷Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

¹⁷አንተ ግን አይሁዳዊ ብትባል በሕግም ብትደገፍ በእግዚአብሔርም ብትመካ፥

¹⁸And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

¹⁸ፈቃዱንም ብታውቅ ከሕግም ተምረህ የሚሻለውን ፈትነህ ብትወድ፤

¹⁹And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

¹⁹በሕግም የእውቀትና የእውነት መልክ ስላለህ፥ የዕውሮች መሪ፥ በጨለማም ላሉ ብርሃን፥ የሰነፎችም አስተማሪ፥ የሕፃናትም መምህር እንደ ሆንህ በራስህ ብትታመን፤

²⁰An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

²¹እንግዲህ አንተ ሌላውን የምታስተምር ራስህን አታስተምርምን? አትስረቅ ብለህ የምትሰብክ ትሰርቃለህን?

²¹Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

²²አታመንዝር የምትል ታመነዝራለህን? ጣዖትን የምትጸየፍ ቤተ መቅደስን ትዘርፋለህን?

²²Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

²³በሕግ የምትመካ ሕግን በመተላለፍ እግዚአብሔርን ታሳፍራለህን?

²³Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

²⁴በእናንተ ሰበብ የእግዚአብሔር ስም በአሕዛብ መካከል ይሰደባልና ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ።

²⁴For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

²⁵ሕግን ብታደርግ መገረዝስ ይጠቅማል፤ ሕግን ተላላፊ ብትሆን ግን መገረዝህ አለ መገረዝ ሆኖአል።

²⁵For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

²⁶እንግዲህ ያልተገረዘ ሰው የሕግን ሥርዓት ቢጠብቅ አለመገረዙ እንደ መገረዝ ሆኖ አይቈጠርለትምን?

²⁶Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

²⁷ከፍጥረቱም ያልተገረዘ ሕግን የሚፈጽም ሰው የሕግ መጽሐፍና መገረዝ ሳለህ ሕግን በምትተላለፈው በአንተ ይፈርድብሃል።

²⁷And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

²⁸በግልጥ አይሁዳዊ የሆነ አይሁዳዊ አይደለምና፥ በግልጥ በሥጋ የሚደረግ መገረዝም መገረዝ አይደለምና፤

²⁸For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

²⁹ዳሩ ግን በስውር አይሁዳዊ የሆነ አይሁዳዊ ነው፥ መገረዝም በመንፈስ የሚደረግ የልብ መገረዝ ነው እንጂ በመጽሐፍ አይደለም፤ የእርሱ ምስጋና ከእግዚአብሔር ነው እንጂ ከሰው አይደለም።

²⁹But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.