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We je riˈ, ¿jas ri utz na ri curik jun winak we are winak aj Israel? ¿A nim lo u patän ri u cojic ri retal ri ojer trato che ru cuerpo jun winak? Kas tzij nim qui banic ri winak aj Israel, qˈuia ri cuyaˈ cäkabij chquij rumal chi chque ri e areˈ xuya wi ri Dios ru Lokˈ Pixab nabe. ¿Jas cˈu cäbantaj na we cˈo jujun chque ri winak aj Israel ri man jicom tä chi ri canimaˈ chrij ri Dios? ¿A rumal lo riˈ ri Dios man jicom tä chi ri ranimaˈ ri Areˈ? ¡Man jeˈ tä riˈ! Xane ri Dios cuban na ronojel rucˈ kas tzij, pune conojel winak e areˈ banal tak tzij. Cubij cˈu ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri Tzˈibtalic:

Rumal ri tzij la kˈalaj wi chi jicom
ri animaˈ la.
Aretak cäkˈat tzij puwiˈ la,
cäkˈalajin cˈu na chi utz ri cäban la, ―cächa ri Tzˈibtalic.

We ri ketzelal cucˈutu chi ri Dios kas cuban ri jicomal, ¿jas cäkabij? ¿A xa lo man jicom tä ranimaˈ ri Dios rumal chi cucˈäjisaj ka wäch? (Jeˈ quinchˈawic jeˈ jas ri quechˈaw ri winak.) ¡Man jeˈ tä riˈ! We ta ri Dios man jicom tä ranimaˈ, ¿jas lo cuban ri Areˈ chukˈatic tzij pa qui wiˈ ri winak cho ruwächulew? ¡Man cuyaˈ taj!

We cˈu ri banow tzij ri quinbano cubano chi cänimarisax u kˈij ru kas tzij ri Dios, ¿jas che cäkˈat tzij pa nu wiˈ chi ri in, in ajmac? We je riˈ, ¿jas che man are tä cäkaˈn ri man utz taj rech cäpe ri utzil? Are cˈu waˈ ri cäquibij jujun rumal ri etzelal ri cˈo pa canimaˈ chi are waˈ ri quekatijoj ri winak che. Takal cˈu waˈ chque we winak riˈ cäkˈat tzij pa qui wiˈ chi cäcˈäjisax qui wäch.

Waral cäkil wi chi konojel cˈo ka mac

¿Jas cˈu cujcanaj wi? ¿A uj ri uj aj Israel uj utz na chquiwäch ri niqˈuiaj winak chic? ¡Man jeˈ tä riˈ! Ka kˈalajisam cˈut chi ri winak aj Israel xukujeˈ ri winak ri man aj Israel taj, conojel e cˈo pu kˈab ri mac. 10 Ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri Tzˈibtalic cubij:

Man cˈo tä jun winak ri kas utz,
man cˈo tä wi jun.
11 Man cˈo tä jun winak
ri kas craj cuchˈob ri kas utz,
man cˈo tä jun ri cutzucuj ri Dios.
12 Conojel qui jalom qui be,
conojel benam que
jawijeˈ ri xa cäsach wi qui wäch.
Man cˈo tä jun ri cuban ri kas utz,
man cˈo tä wi jun.
13 Ru pa qui kul jeˈ ta ne ru jul cäminak
ri jaktalic.
Rucˈ ri qui tzij quequisub ri winak.
Jeˈ ta ne ri u tiabal cumätz
cˈo pa qui chiˈ.
14 Xak xuwi ri yokˈonic cäcaˈno,
cˈäx tak tzij quel pa qui chiˈ.
15 Cäquitij anim chubanic ri cämisanic.
16 Ri cäcaˈn pa ri qui cˈaslemal
cusach can u wäch ronojel,
cäquiya can bis pa canimaˈ ri winak.
17 Man quetam taj jas cäcaˈno
chuyaˈic utzil chquixol ri winak.
18 Man quetamam tä cˈut chi rajwaxic
cäquixej quib cho ri Dios, ―cächa ri Tzˈibtalic.

19 Ketam cˈut chi ronojel ri cubij ri ojer Pixab, cubij waˈ chque ri e cˈo pu kˈab we Pixab riˈ rech man cˈo tä jun cˈo jas cubij, rech conojel ri winak cho ruwächulew cäkˈat na tzij pa qui wiˈ rumal ri Dios. 20 Man cˈo tä cˈu jun winak ri cäjicomataj ranimaˈ cho ri Dios rumal ru nimaxic ri cubij ri Pixab, rumal chi ri Pixab xuwi u patän waˈ cucˈut chkawäch chi ri uj, uj ajmaquib.

Xuwi rumal ri cojonic cäkarik ru tobanic ri Dios

21 Cämic cˈut ri Dios u kˈalajisam chkawäch jas ri cuban chujicomaxic ri kanimaˈ chuwäch ri Areˈ man rucˈ tä ri Pixab. Kˈalaj waˈ chi kas tzij aretak cusiqˈuij jun ri wuj re ri Pixab ri xutzˈibaj ri ka mam Moisés xukujeˈ ri wuj ri xquitzˈibaj ri kˈalajisal tak re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios. 22 Cäjicomataj cˈu ri kanimaˈ cho ri Dios rumal chi cujcojon che ri Jesucristo. Ri Dios cˈut cuban waˈ chque conojel ri quecojonic, man jalan tä wi cuban cucˈ niqˈuiaj chic. 23 Conojel winak e macuninak, naj cˈu e cˈo wi che ri Dios ri craj quetoˈwic. 24 Xa cˈu rumal ri nimalaj u tokˈob cuban jicom che ri canimaˈ ri winak. Man cˈo tä cäquitoj che, rumal chi ri Cristo Jesús xeutoro. 25 Ri Dios xucoj ri Cristo che sachbal qui mac conojel ri winak rumal ru cämical cho ri cruz. Cäquirik cˈu ri sachbal qui mac we quecojon che ri Cristo. Jeˈ xbantaj waˈ rech kˈalaj chi ri Dios are kas jicom ranimaˈ. Xril ri qui mac ri winak ri caˈnom canok, man cˈo tä cˈu jas xuban chque rumal ri nimalaj u paciencia. 26 Jeˈ xbantaj waˈ xukujeˈ chucˈutic pa tak we kˈij cämic chi ri Dios are kas jicom ranimaˈ, cutakej cˈu u banic ri jicomal aretak cuban jicom che ri canimaˈ conojel ri quecojon che ri Jesús.

27 ¿Jas cˈu rumal cäcaˈn wi nimal ri winak? ¡Man cˈo taj! ¿Jas che? Rumal chi we ta ri winak quecowinic cäcaˈno jas ri cubij ri Pixab, cuyaˈ riˈ cäquinimarisaj quib. Are cˈu ri winak ri cäcojonic man cuyaˈ taj cunimarisaj rib. 28 Xkil baˈ chi ri Dios cuban jicom che ri ranimaˈ ri winak ri cäcojonic, man are tä cärilo we u banom ri cubij ri Pixab o man u banom taj.

29 E ri Dios, ¿a xuwi lo qui Dios ri winak aj Israel? ¿A mat xukujeˈ are qui Dios ri winak ri man e aj Israel taj? Kas tzij chi are xukujeˈ qui Dios ri winak ri man e aj Israel taj. 30 Xa cˈu jun ri Dios cˈolic. Are cˈut cäbanow jicom che ri canimaˈ ri winak aj Israel xukujeˈ ri winak ri man e aj Israel taj ri quecojonic. Man cäril tä ri Areˈ we cojom retal ri ojer trato che ri qui cuerpo o man cojom taj. 31 ¿A cäkabij lo chi man cˈo tä chi u patän ri Pixab rumal chi xujcojonic? ¡Man jeˈ tä riˈ! Xane cäkabij chi cˈo na u patän ri Pixab.

God’s Faithfulness

What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way!(A) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.(B)

What if some were unfaithful?(C) Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?(D) Not at all! Let God be true,(E) and every human being a liar.(F) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
    and prevail when you judge.”[a](G)

But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(H) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(I) Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(J) Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(K) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(L) Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(M) Their condemnation is just!

No One Is Righteous

What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage?(N) Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.(O) 10 As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;
11     there is no one who understands;
    there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”[b](P)
13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[c](Q)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[d](R)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[e](S)
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16     ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”[f](T)
18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[g](U)

19 Now we know that whatever the law says,(V) it says to those who are under the law,(W) so that every mouth may be silenced(X) and the whole world held accountable to God.(Y) 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(Z) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(AA)

Righteousness Through Faith

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(AB) has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.(AC) 22 This righteousness(AD) is given through faith(AE) in[h] Jesus Christ(AF) to all who believe.(AG) There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,(AH) 23 for all have sinned(AI) and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified(AJ) freely by his grace(AK) through the redemption(AL) that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i](AM) through the shedding of his blood(AN)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(AO) 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

27 Where, then, is boasting?(AP) It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(AQ) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,(AR) 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(AS) 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4
  2. Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20
  3. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  4. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
  5. Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)
  6. Romans 3:17 Isaiah 59:7,8
  7. Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:1
  8. Romans 3:22 Or through the faithfulness of
  9. Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).