¹ Kon nag képp ku mu man a doon, yaw miy àtte sa moroom ak ñaaw njort, amuloo aw lay, ndaxte àtte sa moroom, daan sa bopp la; yaa ngi koy àtte ndax ay jëfam, fekk yaw itam noonu ngay jëfe.

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,

² Xam nanu ne, ñiy jëfe noonu, Yàlla dina leen àtte, te àtteem jub na.

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

³ Yaw nag miy àtte ñiy def loolu, te di ko def, ndax defe nga ne, dinga rëcc ci àtteb Yàlla?

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?

⁴ Ndax dangaa xeeb mbaaxu Yàlla, mi yéex a mer te di la muñal? Xanaa xamuloo ne, Yàllaa ngi lay won baaxaayam, ngir nga réccu say bàkkaar?

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!

⁵ Waaye ndegam dëgër nga bopp te bëgguloo réccu, yaa ngi dajale merum Yàlla ci sa bopp. Ndaxte Yàlla sàkk na bés bu muy wone àtteem bu jub bi te meram wàcc ci ñi bon;

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,

⁶ bés booba dina delloo ku nekk ay jëfam.

⁶who shall render to each according to his works;

⁷ Ñiy góor-góorlu ciy def lu baax, bëgg Yàlla boole leen ca ndamam te sédde leen ngërëm ak dund gu sax, dina leen tàbbal ci dund gu dul jeex.

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

⁸ Waaye ñi dëgër bopp, ba tanqamlu dëgg, di topp lu jubadi, seen pey mooy dooni merum Yàlla ak toroxte.

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

⁹ Ki doon def lu bon, peyam mooy tiis ak metit wu tar, muy Yawut ci bu jëkk, mbaa ki dul Yawut.

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

¹⁰ Waaye ki doon def lu baax, añam mooy bokk ci ndamu Yàlla, am ngërëm ak jàmm, muy Yawut ci bu jëkk, mbaa ki dul Yawut.

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

¹¹ Ndaxte ñépp a yem fa kanam Yàlla.

¹¹For there is no acceptance of faces with God,

¹² Képp ku doon bàkkaar nag te nekkuloo woon ci yoonu Musaa, Yàlla dina la àtte ci lu dul yoonu Musaa, nga door a sànku. Te képp ku doon bàkkaar te nga nekkoon ci yoonu Musaa, Yàlla dina la àtte ci yoon woowu.

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,

¹³ Kon déglu yoonu Musaa rekk doyul; du loolu mooy tax nit jub ci kanam Yàlla; kiy sàmm yoon wi, moom la Yàlla di àtte ni ku jub.

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

¹⁴ Ndax ñi dul Yawut te nekkuñu ci yoonu Musaa, ñu ngiy def li yoon woowu tëral, ndaxte Yàlla def na ko ci nit. Te wonee nañu noonu ne, man nañoo ràññee lu baax ak lu bon, su ñu nekkul sax ci yoonu Musaa,

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;

¹⁵ di wone it ne, Yàlla bind na ci seen xol jëf yi yoonu Musaa santaane. Seen xel it seede na ne noonu la, fekk seeni xalaat ñoo leen di tuumaal, mbaa ñu leen di jéggal.

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,

¹⁶ Ndax bés dina ñëw, bu xalaat yu làqu yi di feeñ, te Yàlla àtte nit ñi jaarale ko ci Yeesu Kirist. Xebaar bu baax, bi may waare, moo ko wax.

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

¹⁷ Maa ngi ñëw nag ci yaw mi ne Yawut nga; yaa ngi sukkandiku ci yoonu Musaa ak di damu ci Yàlla.

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

¹⁸ Xam nga coobareem, ndaxte jàng nga ci yoonu Musaa, ba fonk yëf yi gën a baax.

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

¹⁹ Yaa ngi teg sa bopp wommatkatu gumba yi ak leeru ñi nekk cig lëndëm.

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

²⁰ Yaa di jàngalekatu ñi jàngul ak xamlekatu ñi xamul, ndaxte xalaat nga ne, Yàlla jagleel na leen ci yoonu Musaa bépp xam-xam ak gépp dëgg.

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

²¹ Kon nag yaw miy jàngal say moroom, xanaa doo jàngal sa bopp? Yaw miy waare di tere sàcc, mbaa doo sàcc yaw itam? Yaw miy tere njaaloo, mbaa doo njaaloo?

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

²² Yaw miy araamal xërëm yi, mbaa doo sàcc li nekk ci seeni xàmb?

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?

²³ Yaw miy damoo yoonu Musaa, mbaa doo ko moy, ba indi gàcce ci turu Yàlla?

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

²⁴ Moo tax Mbind mi ne: «Yéena tax ñi nekkul Yawut di suufeel turu Yàlla.»

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

²⁵ Bëggoon naa ngeen xam ne, xaraf am na njariñ, boo ca boolee sàmm yoon. Waaye boo ko ca boolewul, sa xaraf amatul njariñ.

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

²⁶ Te itam ku xaraful, tey def jëf yu jub yi yoonu Musaa santaane, ndax Yàlla du ko teg ni ku xaraf?

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

²⁷ Ku dul Yawut te xaraful waaye di sàmm yoon wi, kooku dina la man a àtte yaw Yawut bi. Ndaxte li ngay xam-xam yoonu Musaa ci Mbind mi te xaraf, terewul nga koy moy.

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

²⁸ Juddu nekk Yawut taxul sag Yawut dëggu, te xaraf ci saw yaram taxul sa xaraf wóor.

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

²⁹ Waaye Yawut dëgg, ci xol lay nekk. Te xaraf dëgg itam, ci xol lay nekk. Du ngistal, lu dëggu la. Te képp ku mel noonu, dees na la gërëm, waxumala nit ñi, waaye Yàlla ci boppam.

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.