¹Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

¹¿C'a'ru rusil li cuânc chok' aj judío? Ut, ¿c'a'ru rajbal xc'ulbal li circuncisión?

²Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

²Li cuânc chok' aj judío, a'an a'in li rusil: nak li Dios quixq'ue li râtin reheb xbên cua.

³For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

³Cuanqueb laj judío inc'a' que'xbânu li quixye li Dios. ¿Ma yal sa' xmâqueb ta bi' a'an nak li Dios inc'a' tixq'ue li quixyechi'i?

⁴May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.” Psalm 51:4

⁴¡Mâ jok'e bi'an! Li Dios yâl naâtinac usta chixjunileb li cristian aj tic'ti'eb. Jo' tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu li quixye laj David re li Dios. Quixye chi jo'ca'in: Junelic yâl nacatâtinac. Usta nacate'xk'aba, aban mâc'a' âmâc.

⁵But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.

⁵Cuanqueb neque'yehoc nak riq'uin li mâusilal nac'utun chi us li rusilal li Dios. Jo'can nak us xbânunquil li mâusilal re nak tâc'utûnk xchâbilal li Dios. Inc'a' us cui li Dios nocoxq'ue chi xtojbal li kamâc, chanqueb. Aban mâcua' a'an li naxye li Dios. Inc'a' naru nakaye nak inc'a' toxq'ue chixtojbal li kamâc xban nak nakanau nak tîc xch'ôl li Dios. Jo'can nak tixq'ue chixtojbal xmâc laj mâc.

⁶May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?

⁶Relic chi yâl nak tîc xch'ôl li Dios. Cui ta inc'a', ¿chan raj ru nak tixrak âtin sa' xbêneb li cuanqueb sa' ruchich'och'?

⁷For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

⁷Ut cuanqueb ajcui' li neque'yehoc nak riq'uin li tic'ti'ic neque'xbânu, tâq'uehek' xcuanquil li yâl li naxye li Dios ut k'axal cui'chic tâlok'onîk ru li Dios. Ut cui riq'uin li katic'ti' nalok'onîc ru li Dios, ¿c'a'ut nak naxye nak lâo aj mâc chi jo'canan?

⁸Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let us do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

⁸Us cui nakabânu li mâusilal re nak tânimâk xlok'al li Dios, chanqueb. ¿C'a'ru nequeye lâex? ¿Ma takabânu li inc'a' us re nak tânimâk xlok'al li Dios? Mâ jaruj târûk tâq'uemânk xlok'al li Dios riq'uin li kamâusilal. Cuan li neque'yehoc nak a'an a'in li tijleb ninch'olob xyâlal, abanan moco jo'can ta li yôquin chixyebal. Li neque'yehoc re a'an xc'ulubeb nak te'xtoj rix lix mâqueb.

⁹What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

⁹¿C'a'ru takaye chirix a'in? ¿Ma k'axal châbilo ta bi' lâo aj judío chiruheb li mâcua'eb aj judío? Relic chi yâl nak inc'a'. Chikajunilo ban lâo aj mâco, lâo aj judío jo'queb ajcui' li mâcua'eb aj judío.

¹⁰As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

¹⁰Jo' tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu: Mâ ani tîc xch'ôl chiru li Dios. Yal ta jun.

¹¹There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

¹¹Mâ ani nata'oc ru lix yâlal. Mâ ani naraj xsic'bal li Dios. (Sal. 14:2)

¹²They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one.” Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20

¹²Chixjunileb xe'xtz'ektâna li Dios, ut jun xiquiqueb nak xe'xbânu li mâusilal. Jo'can nak mâ jun nabânun re li us. Yal ta jun.

¹³“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” Psalm 5:9 “The poison of vipers is under their lips”; Psalm 140:3

¹³C'ajo' xyibal ru neque'âtinac. Chanchan xchuhil li camenak sa' li muklebâl. Ut junes balak'înc neque'xbânu. Li c'a'ak re ru neque'xye chanchan xmay c'anti' li nacamsin. (Sal. 5:9; 140:3)

¹⁴“whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” Psalm 10:7

¹⁴Riq'uin xtz'ûmaleb re neque'majecuan ut junes xic' aj âtin na-el sa' reheb. (Sal. 10:7)

¹⁵Sa' junpât neque'chal xjosk'il. Neque'xrahobtesi ut neque'xcamsi li ras rîtz'in.

¹⁶Yalak bar neque'xic junes raylal ut ra xîc' neque'xbânu chak reheb li ras rîtz'in.

¹⁷The way of peace, they haven’t known.” Isaiah 59:7-8

¹⁷Ut inc'a' neque'cuan sa' usilal. Junes pletic neque'xbânu. (Isa. 59:7-8)

¹⁸“There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Psalm 36:1

¹⁸Inc'a' neque'xxucua ru li Dios chi moco neque'x-oxlok'i. (Sal. 36:1)

¹⁹Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

¹⁹Nakanau nak chixjunil li tz'îbanbil sa' li chak'rab, a'an reheb li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li chak'rab. A'an aj e nak cuan li chak'rab re nak chixjunileb te'xnau nak cuanqueb xmâc ut mâc'a' chic naru te'xye, re te'xcol cui' rib chiru li Dios nak târakek' âtin sa' xbêneb.

²⁰Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

²⁰Mâ jun tîc xch'ôl chiru li Dios yal riq'uin xbânunquil li c'a'ru naxye li chak'rab. Li chak'rab nac'anjelac re xc'utbal chiku nak lâo aj mâc.

²¹But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;

²¹Li Dios quixc'utbesi chiku chanru nak târûk tâtîcok' li kach'ôl. Moco riq'uin ta xbânunquil li c'a'ru naxye li chak'rab. Ch'olobanbil lix yâlal xban li chak'rab ut xbaneb ajcui' li profeta nak mâcua' riq'uin xbânunquil li c'a'ru naxye li chak'rab tâtîcok' li kach'ôl chiru li Dios.

²²even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,

²²Tâtîcobresîk ban li kach'ôl chiru li Dios riq'uin xpâbanquil li Kâcua' Jesucristo. Chixjunileb li te'pâbânk re, li Dios tixtîcobresi lix ch'ôleb. Moco jalan ta li junjûnk chiru li Dios.

²³for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

²³Chixjunileb xe'mâcob ut inc'a' neque'xc'ul li lok'al li naxq'ue li Dios.

²⁴being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

²⁴Ut xban li rusilal li Dios, chixjunileb li neque'pâban, neque'xmâtani xtîquilal xch'ôleb sa' xc'aba' li Kâcua' Jesucristo laj Colonel.

²⁵whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice or, a propitiation , through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

²⁵Li Dios quixtakla chak li Kâcua' Jesucristo chi câmc re xcuybal xmâqueb li te'pâbânk re. Riq'uin li quixbânu quic'utun lix tîquilal xch'ôl li Dios. Xban lix nimal xcuyum, inc'a' quixq'ue sa' xch'ôl lix mâqueb li tenamit li que'mâcob chak junxil.

²⁶to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

²⁶Ut anakcuan sa' eb li cutan a'in, nac'utun lix tîquilal xch'ôl li Dios riq'uin nak naxtîcobresi xch'ôl li ani napâban sa' xc'aba' li Jesucristo.

²⁷Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

²⁷¿C'a'ru takanimobresi cui' kib? Mâc'a'. Inc'a' naru takanimobresi kib xban nak mâcua' riq'uin xbânunquil li naxye li chak'rab natîco' li kach'ôl. Natîco' ban li kach'ôl riq'uin xpâbanquil li Cristo.

²⁸We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

²⁸Nakanau nak tâtîcok' li kach'ôl riq'uin xpâbanquil li Cristo. Mâcua' riq'uin xbânunquil li naxye li chak'rab.

²⁹Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

²⁹¿Ma ca'aj cui' eb laj judío te'colek' xban li Dios? Inc'a'. Li Dios tixcoleb ajcui' li mâcua'eb aj judío.

³⁰since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.

³⁰Nakanau nak jun ajcui' li Dios. Ut a'an naxtîcobresi xch'ôleb laj judío xban lix pâbâleb jo' ajcui' li mâcua'eb aj judío.¿Ma nakasach xcuanquil li chak'rab xban xpâbanquil li Cristo? Inc'a'. Riq'uin ban xpâbanquil li Cristo yôco chixq'uebal xcuanquil li chak'rab.

³¹Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

³¹¿Ma nakasach xcuanquil li chak'rab xban xpâbanquil li Cristo? Inc'a'. Riq'uin ban xpâbanquil li Cristo yôco chixq'uebal xcuanquil li chak'rab.