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.

¹Zato se ne moreš zagovarjati, o človek, kdorkoli si, ki sodiš; kajti v čemer sodiš drugega, obsojaš samega sebe; ker ti, ki sodiš, delaš isto.

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

²Vemo pa, da sodba Božja zadeva po resnici te, ki delajo taka dela.

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?

³Ali pač misliš to, o človek, ki sodiš tiste, ki delajo taka dela, a isto delaš, da ti ubežiš sodbi Božji?

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

⁴Ali pa zaničuješ bogastvo njegove dobrote in prizanesljivosti in potrpljivosti, ne vedoč, da te dobrota Božja vodi na izpokorjenje?

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;

⁵Temuč s svojo trdovratnostjo in z neizpokorljivim srcem sam sebi spravljaš jezo za dan jeze in razodetja pravične sodbe Boga,

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

⁶ki poplača vsakemu po njegovih delih:

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

⁷tistim, ki s stanovitnostjo v dobrem delu iščejo slave in časti in nestrohljivosti, dá večno življenje,

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

⁸a sebičnim in resnici nepokornim, krivici pa pokornim, srd in jezo.

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

⁹Stiska in nadloga pride na dušo vsakega človeka, ki dela hudo, najprej na Juda, pa tudi na Grka;

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

¹⁰a slava in čast in mir vsakemu, ki dela dobro, najprej Judu, pa tudi Grku;

¹¹For there is no respect of persons with God.

¹¹ker Bog ne gleda, kdo je kdo.

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;

¹²Katerikoli so namreč brez postave grešili, tudi brez postave poginejo; in katerikoli so grešili, imajoč postavo, bodo po postavi sojeni.

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

¹³Zakaj kateri postavo poslušajo, niso pravični pred Bogom, temuč kateri po postavi delajo, bodo šteti za pravične.

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:

¹⁴Kadar namreč pogani, ki nimajo postave, delajo po naravi, kar zahteva postava, ti so, ne imajoč postave, sami sebi postava;

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;)

¹⁵saj sami kažejo, da je zahteva [Dobesedno: delo.] postave zapisana v njih srcih, ker jim to izpričujejo njih vest ter misli, ko se med seboj tožijo ali tudi zagovarjajo; -

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

¹⁶v dan, ko bo sodil Bog skrivnosti ljudi, po mojem evangeliju, po Jezusu Kristusu.

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

¹⁷Če pa se ti imenuješ Jud in se naslanjaš na postavo in se hvališ z Bogom,

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

¹⁸in poznaš voljo njegovo in presojaš, kaj je boljše, ker si naučen iz postave,

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

¹⁹in zaupaš sebi, da si vodnik slepih, svetlost tistim, ki so v temi,

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

²⁰gojitelj nerazumnih, učitelj nedoraslih, ker imaš obrazec znanja in resnice v postavi:

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

²¹ki torej učiš drugega, sebe li ne učiš? ki oznanjaš, naj se ne krade, kradeš?

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

²²ki govoriš, naj se ne prešeštvuje, prešeštvuješ? ki so ti mrzki maliki, pleniš svetišče?

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

²³ki se hvališ s postavo, s prestopanjem postave Bogu delaš nečast?

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

²⁴Kajti „zavoljo vas se ime Božje preklinja med pogani“, kakor je pisano.

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

²⁵Obreza je resda koristna, če izpolnjuješ postavo; ako pa si prestopnik postave, je tvoja obreza postala neobreza.

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

²⁶Če torej neobrezanec izpolnjuje pravične predpise postave, se li ne bo njegova neobreza štela za obrezo?

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?

²⁷In ne obsodi li neobrezanec po naravi, ki izpolnjuje postavo, tebe, ki si prestopnik postave, čeprav imaš črko in obrezo?

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

²⁸Ni namreč Jud, ki je po zunanjem Jud, tudi ni obreza, ki je zunaj na mesu,marveč ta je Jud, ki je znotraj Jud, in prava obreza je obreza srca v duhu, ne v črki; čigar hvala ni od ljudi, ampak od Boga.

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.

²⁹marveč ta je Jud, ki je znotraj Jud, in prava obreza je obreza srca v duhu, ne v črki; čigar hvala ni od ljudi, ampak od Boga.