¹Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

¹¿Anihat lâat nak tatrakok âtin sa' xbêneb lâ cuas âcuîtz'in? Cui nacarak âtin sa' xbêneb lâ cuas âcuîtz'in ut toj yôcat ajcui' chixbânunquil li inc'a' us lâat jo' yôqueb a'an, raylal ajcui' yôcat chixbokbal sa' âbên ut târakek' âtin sa' âbên.

²We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

²Nakanau nak li Dios tîc xch'ôl ut a'an târakok âtin chi tz'akal sa' xbêneb li neque'bânun re li mâusilal.

³Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

³Lâat nacatrakoc âtin sa' xbêneb li neque'bânun re li mâusilal ut nacabânu ajcui' li mâusilal lâat. ¿C'a'ru nacaye? ¿Ma inc'a' ta bi' tatxq'ue li Dios chixtojbal rix âmâc lâat?

⁴Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

⁴¿Ma tâtz'ektâna lix nimal ruxtân li Dios? ¿Ma tâtz'ektâna lix cuyum ut lix k'unil xch'ôl? ¿Ma inc'a' nacaq'ue retal nak xban lix nimal rusilal li Dios naraj nak tâyot' âch'ôl tâjal âc'a'ux?

⁵But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

⁵Aban lâat cau âch'ôl. Jo'can nak inc'a' nacayot' âch'ôl inc'a' nacajal âc'a'ux. Ut riq'uin a'an yôcat chixbokbal xjosk'il li Dios sa' âbên. Toxâcuil xjosk'il nak tâcuulak xk'ehil nak li Dios târakok âtin sa' tîquilal.

⁶who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12

⁶Sa' li cutan a'an li Dios tixq'ue xk'ajcâmunquil li junjûnk a' yal chanru lix yehom xbânuhomeb.

⁷to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

⁷Li Dios tixq'ue xyu'am chi junelic li ani naxq'ue xch'ôl chixbânunquil li châbilal li naraj li Dios re nak tixtau lix lok'al, lix nimanquil ru, ut lix yu'am chi junelic.

⁸but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,

⁸Aban riq'uin xjosk'il li Dios tixq'ueheb chixtojbal xmâqueb li neque'xnimobresi rib ut inc'a' neque'raj xpâbanquil lix yâlal. Eb a'an ca'aj cui' li inc'a' us neque'xc'oxla.

⁹oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

⁹Raylal ut ra xîc' tâchâlk sa' xbêneb chixjunileb li neque'bânun re li inc'a' us. Xbên cua tâchâlk sa' xbêneb laj judío ut tâchâlk ajcui' sa' xbêneb li mâcua'eb aj judío.

¹⁰But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

¹⁰Aban li Dios tixq'ue xcuanquil, xlok'al ut tuktûquil usilal reheb chixjunileb li neque'bânun re li châbilal. Tixq'ue xbên cua reheb laj judío ut tixq'ue ajcui' reheb li mâcua'eb aj judío.

¹¹For there is no partiality with God.

¹¹Li Dios inc'a' naxsic' ru li junjûnk. Junajo ban chiru.

¹²For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

¹²Li ani neque'mâcob chi inc'a' neque'xnau li chak'rab li quiq'uehe' re laj Moisés xban li Dios, târakek' âtin sa' xbêneb ut te'sachk usta inc'a' neque'xnau li chak'rab. Ut chixjunileb li neque'xnau li chak'rab ut neque'mâcob, târakek' ajcui' âtin sa' xbêneb jo' naxye sa' li chak'rab.

¹³For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

¹³Chiru li Dios inc'a' tîc xch'ôl junak yal riq'uin xnaubal li chak'rab. Aban li neque'bânun re li naxye li chak'rab tîqueb xch'ôl chiru li Dios.

¹⁴(for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,

¹⁴Li mâcua'eb aj judío inc'a' neque'xnau li chak'rab li quiq'uehe' re laj Moisés. Abanan usta mâc'a' li chak'rab, cuan ajcui' nak neque'xbânu jo' naxye sa' li chak'rab xban nak neque'rec'a sa' xch'ôl c'a'ru li us ut c'a'ru li inc'a' us.

¹⁵in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)

¹⁵Nac'utun riq'uin lix yehom xbânuhomeb nak ac neque'xnau c'a'ru naxye sa' li chak'rab usta mâ jun sut rabiomeb li chak'rab. Neque'rec'a sa' xch'ôleb ma us malaj inc'a' us li yôqueb chixbânunquil.

¹⁶in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

¹⁶Xakabanbil li Jesucristo xban li Dios re târakok âtin sa' xbêneb chixjunileb nak tâcuulak xk'ehil. Li Cristo naxnau chanru lix ch'ôl li junjûnk usta mukmu chiku lâo. Jo'can naxye resilal li colba-ib li ninjultica lâin.

¹⁷Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,

¹⁷Lâat aj judío, ut riq'uin a'an nacanimobresi âcuib, ut nacaye nak li Dios a'an aj êchal âcue. Ut nacac'ojob âch'ôl riq'uin lix chak'rab laj Moisés.

¹⁸and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

¹⁸Xban nak xatzol li chak'rab, nacanau c'a'ru naraj li Dios. Nacanau c'a'ru li us ut nacanau c'a'ru li inc'a' us.

¹⁹and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

¹⁹Nacaq'ue âcuib jo' aj c'utul xbeheb li mutz'. Nacaye nak lâat xcutaneb li cuanqueb sa' k'ojyîn. Ninc'ut lix yâlal chiruheb, chancat.

²⁰a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.

²⁰Nacaye nak lâat aj tzolol reheb li inc'a' tzolbileb ut li inc'a' neque'xnau xyâlal. Nacaye nak sa' li chak'rab nacatau âna'leb chi tz'akal ut aran nacatau xyâlal.

²¹You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?

²¹Cui lâat nacatzoleb li jalan chic, ¿c'a'ut nak inc'a' nacatzol âcuib lâat? Lâat nacach'olob xyâlal nak inc'a' us li elk'ac. ¿C'a'ut nak toj yôcat ajcui' chi elk'ac lâat?

²²You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

²²Lâat nacaye nak inc'a' us li muxuc caxâr. ¿C'a'ut nak toj nacatmuxuc caxâr lâat? Cui xic' nacacuil eb li yîbanbil dios, ¿c'a'ut nak nacatxic chi elk'ac sa' li rochocheb?

²³You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?

²³K'axal nim âcuanquil nak nacacuec'a âcuib xban nak nacanau li chak'rab li quiq'uehe' re laj Moisés. Abanan nacatz'ektâna li Dios riq'uin nak nacak'et lix chak'rab.

²⁴For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22 just as it is written.

²⁴Jo' naxye sa' li Santil Hu: Sa' êc'aba' lâex aj judío, neque'xmajecua li Dios li mâcua'eb aj judío. (Isa. 52:5)

²⁵For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

²⁵Relic chi yâl li circuncisión cuan xyâlal cui nacapâb li chak'rab li quiq'uehe' re laj Moisés xban li Dios. Aban cui nacak'et lix chak'rab mâc'a' na-oc cui' nak xac'ul li circuncisión.

²⁶If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

²⁶Cui junak cuînk mâcua' aj judío inc'a' naxc'ul li circuncisión, aban naxpâb ut naxbânu li c'a'ru naxye li chak'rab, li cuînk a'an tâq'uehek' ajcui' sa' ajl sa' xyânkeb li que'xc'ul li circuncisión.

²⁷Won’t the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

²⁷Usta inc'a' xc'ul li circuncisión cui naxbânu tz'akal li tz'îbanbil sa' li chak'rab, li cuînk a'an naxc'ut âxutân ut târakek' âtin sa' âbên xban nak nacak'et li chak'rab. Mâc'a' na-oc cui' âcue nak xac'ul li circuncisión, chi moco nak nacanau li tz'îbanbil sa' li chak'rab cui inc'a' nacabânu li c'a'ru naxye.

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

²⁸Li tz'akal aj judío mâcua' aj judío yal xban xc'ulbal li circuncisión. Riq'uin ban xpâbanquil li chak'rab. Lix yâlal li circuncisión mâcua' ca'aj cui' li na-ux riq'uin li tz'ejcualej.Li tz'akal aj judío naxpâb chi tz'akal lix chak'rab li Dios. Ut li tz'akal circuncisión inc'a' nac'ulman riq'uin xbânunquil li chak'rab. A'an ban li naxbânu li Santil Musik'ej sa' li râm li junjûnk. Ut lix lok'al laj pâbanel inc'a' naq'uehe' xbaneb li cuînk. Li Dios ban naq'uehoc xlok'al.

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

²⁹Li tz'akal aj judío naxpâb chi tz'akal lix chak'rab li Dios. Ut li tz'akal circuncisión inc'a' nac'ulman riq'uin xbânunquil li chak'rab. A'an ban li naxbânu li Santil Musik'ej sa' li râm li junjûnk. Ut lix lok'al laj pâbanel inc'a' naq'uehe' xbaneb li cuînk. Li Dios ban naq'uehoc xlok'al.