¹Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man — every one who is judging — for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

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

²and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

²እንደዚህም በሚያደርጉት ላይ የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆነ እናውቃለን።

³And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

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

⁴or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? — not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

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

⁵but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the 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 shall render to each according to his works;

⁶እርሱ ለእያንዳንዱ እንደ ሥራው ያስረክበዋል፤

⁷to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility — life age-during;

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

⁸and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness — indignation and wrath,

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

⁹tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

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

¹⁰and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

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

¹¹For there is no acceptance of faces with God,

¹¹እግዚአብሔር ለሰው ፊት አያዳላምና።

¹²for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

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

¹³for not the hearers of the law [are] righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: —

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

¹⁴For, when nations that have not a law, by nature may do the things of the law, these not having a law — to themselves are a law;

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

¹⁵who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending,

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, according to my good news, through Jesus Christ.

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

¹⁷Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,

¹⁷አንተ ግን አይሁዳዊ ብትባል በሕግም ብትደገፍ በእግዚአብሔርም ብትመካ፥

¹⁸and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,

¹⁸ፈቃዱንም ብታውቅ ከሕግም ተምረህ የሚሻለውን ፈትነህ ብትወድ፤

¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

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

²⁰an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.

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

²¹Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?

²²አታመንዝር የምትል ታመነዝራለህን? ጣዖትን የምትጸየፍ ቤተ መቅደስን ትዘርፋለህን?

²²thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou who art abhorring the idols, dost thou rob temples?

²³በሕግ የምትመካ ሕግን በመተላለፍ እግዚአብሔርን ታሳፍራለህን?

²³thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour?

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

²⁴for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it hath been written.

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

²⁵For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.

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

²⁶If, therefore the uncircumcision the righteousness of the law may keep, shall not his uncircumcision for circumcision be reckoned?

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

²⁷and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, [art] a transgressor of law.

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

²⁸For he is not a Jew who is [so] outwardly, neither [is] circumcision that which is outward in 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 a Jew [is] he who is [so] inwardly, and circumcision [is] of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, of which the praise is not of men, but of God.