¹Naizvozvo hauna manzvengero, iwe munhu, upi neupi unotonga; nekuti pachinhu icho chaunotonga mumwe, unozvipa mhosva iwe, nekuti iwe unotonga unoita zvinhu zvakangodaro.

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,

²Asi tinoziva kuti kutonga kwaMwari kunoenderana nechokwadi pamusoro pevanoita zvinhu izvozvo.

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

³Zvino unofunga izvi here, iwe munhu unotonga avo vanoita zvinhu zvakadai, uchiitawo zvakadaro, kuti ungatiza kutonga kwaMwari?

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?

⁴Kana unozvidza ufumi hwenyasha dzake nemoyo murefu, nemoyo munyoro; usingazivi kuti nyasha dzaMwari dzinokuisa pakutendeuka?

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!

⁵Asi neukukutu hwako, nemoyo usingatendeuki, unozviunganidzira hasha nezuva rekutsamwa nekuzarurwa kwekutonga kwakarurama kwaMwari;

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,

⁶iye uchapa kune umwe neumwe maererano nemabasa ake;

⁶who shall render to each according to his works;

⁷kuna ivo vane moyo mirefu vanorambira mumabasa akanaka vachitsvaka kubwinya, nokukudzwa, nokusafa, uchavapa upenyu husingaperi.

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

⁸Asi kuna vane nharo, vasingateereri chokwadi, asi vanoteerera kusarurama, kuchavapo hasha nokutsamwa;

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

⁹kutambudzika nenhamo pamusoro pemweya umwe neumwe wemunhu unoita zvakaipa, pakutanga wemuJudha, newemuGiriki;

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

¹⁰asi kubwinya nokukudzwa, nerugare kune umwe neumwe unoita zvakanaka, kumuJudha pakutanga, nekumuGirikiwo.

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

¹¹Nekuti hakuna rusarura gomunhu kuna Mwari.

¹¹For there is no acceptance of faces with God,

¹²Nekuti vose vakatadza vakatadza vasina murairo; vachaparara vasina murairo; uye vose vakatadza mumurairo, vachatongwa nemurairo;

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,

¹³nekuti havasi vanzwi vemurairo vakarurama pamberi paMwari, asi vaiti vemurairo ndivo vachanzi vakarurama;

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

¹⁴nekuti kana vahedheni vasina murairo vachiita pachisikirwo zvinhu zviri mumurairo, ava vasina murairo ndivo murairo wavo vamene;

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;

¹⁵vanoratidza basa remurairo wakanyorwa mumoyo yavo, hana yavo ichipupurawo, nemirangariro panguva iyi ichipa mhosva kana kurwira pakati pavo;

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,

¹⁶nezuva iro Mwari paachatonga zvakavanzika zvevanhu, naJesu Kristu, maererano neevhangeri yangu.

¹⁶in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my good news, through Jesus Christ.

¹⁷Tarira iwe unonzi muJudha, unozembera pamurairo, unozvikudza pamusoro paMwari,

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

¹⁸unoziva chido nekugamuchira zvakanakisisa, uchidzidziswa nemurairo,

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

¹⁹unozvivimba kuti iwe uri mutungamiriri wemapofu, chiedza chevari murima,

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

²⁰murairi wemapenzi, mudzidzisi wevacheche, une chimiro cheruzivo nechechokwadi mumurairo;

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

²¹Naizvozvo iwe unodzidzisa mumwe, hauzvidzidzisi here? Iwe unoparidza kuti munhu arege kuba, iwe haubi here?

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

²²Iwe unoti usapombwe, unoita upombwe here? Iwe unosema zvifananidzo, unopamba tembere dzavo here?

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?

²³Iwe unozvirumbidza nemurairo, unoshoora Mwari nekudarika murairo here?

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

²⁴Nekuti zita raMwari rinonyombwa pakati pevahedheni kubudikidza nemwi sezvazvakanyorwa.

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

²⁵Nekuti kudzingiswa kunobatsira zvirokwazvo, kana uchichengeta murairo; asi kana uri mudariki wemurairo, kudzingiswa kwako kunoitwa kusadzingiswa.

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

²⁶Naizvozvo kana kusadzingiswa kuchichengeta zviga zvemurairo, ko kusadzingiswa kwake hakuveregwi sekudzingiswa here?

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

²⁷Nekusadzingiswa kwepachizvarigo, achizadzisa murairo, haangakutongi here iwe mudariki wemurairo nemagwaro uye kudzingiswa?

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

²⁸Nekuti haazi muJudha, uri muJudha gokunze; hakuzi kudzingiswa kuri kwekunze panyama;

²⁸For he is not a Jew who is [so] outwardly, neither [is] circumcision that which is outward in flesh;

²⁹asi iye muJudha uri iye nechomukati; nekudzingiswa ndekwemoyo mumweya, kwete mumagwaro; kurumbidzwa kwake hakubvi kuvanhu asi kuna Mwari.

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.