Roma 2
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
2 Dahil dito'y wala kang madadahilan, Oh tao, sino ka man na humahatol: sapagka't sa iyong paghatol sa iba, ay ang iyong sarili ang hinahatulan mo; sapagka't ikaw na humahatol ay gumagawa ka ng gayon ding mga bagay.
2 At nalalaman natin na ang hatol ng Dios ay ayon sa katotohanan laban sa kanila na mga nagsisigawa ng gayong mga bagay.
3 At iniisip mo baga ito, Oh tao, na humahatol sa mga nagsisigawa ng gayong mga bagay, at ginagawa mo ang gayon din, na ikaw ay makatatanan sa hatol ng Dios?
4 O hinahamak mo ang mga kayamanan ng kaniyang kabutihan at pagtitiis at pagpapahinuhod, na hindi mo nalalaman na ang kabutihan ng Dios ay siyang umaakay sa iyo sa pagsisisi?
5 Datapuwa't ayon sa iyong katigasan at iyong pusong hindi nagsisisi ay nagtitipon ka sa iyong sarili ng poot sa kaarawan ng kapootan at pagpapahayag ng tapat na paghuhukom ng Dios;
6 Na siya ang magbibigay sa bawa't tao ayon sa kaniyang mga gawa:
7 Sa mga nagsisipagtiyaga sa mabubuting gawa sa paghanap ng kaluwalhatian at puri at ng di pagkasira, ay ang buhay na walang hanggan:
8 Datapuwa't ang sa mga palaaway, at mga hindi nagsisitalima sa katotohanan, kundi bagkus nagsisisunod sa kalikuan, ay ang kagalitan at kapootan,
9 Kapighatian at kahapisan, ang sa bawa't kaluluwa ng tao na gumagawa ng masama, ng Judio una-una, at gayon din ng Griego;
10 Datapuwa't kaluwalhatian at karangalan at kapayapaan ang sa bawa't taong gumagawa ng mabuti, sa Judio ang una-una, at gayon din sa Griego:
11 Sapagka't ang Dios ay hindi nagtatangi ng mga tao.
12 Sapagka't ang lahat ng nangagkasala ng walang kautusan ay mangapapahamak din naman ng walang kautusan: at ang lahat na nangagkasala sa ilalim ng kautusan ay sa kautusan din sila hahatulan;
13 Sapagka't hindi ang mga tagapakinig ng kautusan ang siyang mga ganap sa harapan ng Dios, kundi ang nangagsisitalima sa kautusan ay aariing mga ganap;
14 (Sapagka't kung ang mga Gentil na walang kautusan sa katutubo, ay nagsisigawa ng mga bagay ng kautusan, ang mga ito, na walang kautusan, ay siyang kautusan sa kanilang sarili;
15 Na nangagtatanyag ng gawa ng kautusang nasusulat sa kanilang puso, na pinatotohanan ito pati ng kanilang budhi, at ang kanilang mga pagiisip ay nangagsusumbungan o nangagdadahilanan sa isa't isa);
16 Sa araw na hahatulan ng Dios ang mga lihim ng mga tao, ayon sa aking evangelio, sa pamamagitan ni Jesucristo.
17 Nguni't kung ikaw na may taglay na pangalang Judio, at nasasalig sa kautusan, at nagmamapuri sa Dios,
18 At nakaaalam ng kaniyang kalooban, at sumasangayon sa mga bagay na magagaling, palibhasa'y tinuruan ka ng kautusan,
19 At nagkakatiwala ka na ikaw ay tagaakay ng mga bulag, ilaw ng mga nasa kadiliman,
20 Tagasaway sa mga di nakaaalam, guro ng mga bata, na sa kautusan ay mayroon kang anyo ng pagkakilala at ng katotohanan;
21 Ikaw nga na nagtuturo sa iba, hindi mo tinuturuan ang iyong sarili? ikaw na nangangaral sa tao na huwag magnanakaw, ay nagnanakaw ka?
22 Ikaw na nagsasabing ang tao ay huwag mangalunya, ay nangangalunya ka? ikaw na nasusuklam sa mga diosdiosan, ay nanakawan mo ang mga templo?
23 Ikaw na nagmamapuri sa kautusan, sa iyong pagsuway sa kautusan ay niwawalan mo ng puri ang Dios?
24 Sapagka't ang pangalan ng Dios ay nalalait ng mga Gentil dahil sa iyo, gaya ng nasusulat.
25 Sapagka't ang pagtutuli'y tunay na pinakikinabangan, kung tinutupad mo ang kautusan; datapuwa't kung ikaw ay masuwayin sa kautusan, ang iyong pagtutuli ay nagiging di pagtutuli.
26 Kung ang di pagtutuli nga ay tumutupad ng katuwiran ng kautusan, hindi baga aariing pagtutuli ang kaniyang di pagtutuli?
27 At ang di pagtutuli sa katutubo, kung tumupad ng kautusan, ay hindi baga hahatol sa iyo na may titik at may pagtutuli na masuwayin sa kautusan?
28 Sapagka't siya'y hindi Judio kung sa labas lamang; ni magiging pagtutuli yaong hayag sa laman;
29 Datapuwa't siya'y Judio sa loob; at ang pagtutuli ay yaong sa puso, sa Espiritu hindi sa titik; ang kaniyang kapurihan ay hindi sa mga tao, kundi sa Dios.
Kehillah in Rome 2
Orthodox Jewish Bible
2 For this reason, you are without terutz (excuse) for yourself (before an angry G-d), you, sir, each one of you who passes judgment. For in that you pass judgment on the other, you condemn yourself; for you practice the very things on which you pass judgment.
2 And we have da’as that the judgment of Hashem HaShofet (Ro 1:32) against those who practice such things is in accordance with HaEmes Hashem (Ro 1:25).
3 You, sir, you who pass judgment on those who practice such things and yet do the same yourself, do you suppose then that you will escape the Mishpat Hashem?
4 Or do you think lightly of the wealth of his nedivut (generosity) and of his chesed and of his being ERECH APAYIM ("slow of anger, forbearing" SHEMOT 34:6) and of his zitzfleisch (patience), disregarding the fact that the Chesed Hashem (the kindness of G-d) is to lead you to teshuva (repentance)?
5 As a result of your KESHI (stubbornness, hardness, DEVARIM 9:27) and your levavot without teshuva, you are storing up for yourself Charon Af Hashem (the burning anger of G-d) in the Yom Af (the Day of Wrath TEHILLIM 110:5, i.e., the Yom HaDin, the Day of Judgment), when will be revealed the Mishpat HaTzedek of Hashem,
6 Who will render L’ISH K’MA’A’SEI HU (to each according to his works" TEHILLIM 62:13 [12]).
7 To those who, by zitzfleisch (patience), persevere in doing ma’asim tovim, seek for kavod (glory) and honor and incorruptibility (TEHILLIM 16:10), He will give Chayyei Olam (Eternal Life).
8 But to those who are selfseeking and who have no mishma’at (obedience) to HaEmes Hashem (Ro 1:25), but instead have mishma’at to resha, there will be Charon Af Hashem and fury.
9 There will be affliction and distress on every living neshamah who brings about what is rah (evil), Yehudi above all and Yevani (Greek) as well.
10 But tiferet and kavod and shalom to everyone who brings about what is tov (good), Yehudi above all and Yevani as well.
11 For ki ein masso panim im Hashem (there is no partiality with Hashem).
12 For as many as have committed averos and sinned lacking the Torah shall also perish lacking the Torah; and as many as have committed averos (sin) under the Torah shall be condemned under the Torah.
13 For it is not the Shomei HaTorah (hearers of the Law of Moshe Rabbeinu) who are the tzaddikim who are accounted to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM ("justified with G-d" IYOV 25:4). It is the Shomrei HaTorah (the keepers of the Torah) who will be counted to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM.
14 For when Goyim, who have not the Torah, do by nature what the Torah requires, they not having the Torah are the torah for themselves,
15 In that they demonstrate the Torah at work [YIRMEYAH 31:33], the Torah written in their levavot, their matzpun (conscience) also bearing witness, while their thoughts bring accusation or even make defense among themselves,
16 In the Yom [HaDin (Day of Judgment)] when, according to my Besuras HaGeulah, Hashem, through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, is to judge the secrets of kol Bnei Adam (all men).
17 But if you are called by the name Yehudi (Jew) and rely on the Torah and boast in Hashem,
18 And have da’as of His will and approve the things that matter, being instructed from the Torah
19 And being confident that you are a moreh derech (guide) of the ivrim (blind ones), an ohr for those in choshech,
20 A rabbinic moreh (teacher) of the foolish, a melammed (instructor) of the young, having the embodiment of da’as (knowledge) and Emes (Ro 1:25) in the Torah...
21 You, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach LO TIGNOV ("Do not steal!" SHEMOT 20:15), do you steal?
22 You who say, LO TINAF ("Do not commit adultery!" SHEMOT 20:14), do you commit adultery? You who abhor elilim (idols), do you rob pagan temples?
23 You who boast in the Torah, through sur min haTorah (deviating from the Torah), you commit Chillul Hashem.
24 As it is written, Among the Goyim KOL HAYOM HASHEM HAELOHIM MINNO’ATZ ("All the day long the Name of G-d is being blasphemed" (YESHAYAH 52:5) because of you.
25 For the bris milah (circumcision) is of benefit if you stand in mishma’at (obedience) to the Torah. But if you are guilty, if you are sur min haTorah (deviating from the Torah) (2:23), your bris milah has become uncircumcision.
26 If then the ben Adam without bris milah is shomer fulfilling the just requirements of the Torah (1:32), will not his uncircumcision be counted as "bris milah "?
27 And the naturally uncircumcised ben Adam who has mishma’at (obedience) to the Torah will arise as a judgment on you. You! The very one who through chumra (strict adherence to the letter of the law, legalism) and circumcision (i.e., "uncircumcision "—2:25) are the transgressor of Torah!
28 For the true Yehudi (Jew) is not the one [humanly] perceived as such, nor true bris milah that which is performed visibly in the flesh;
29 The true Yehudi is so in [Hashem’s] hidden way, and true bris milah is of the lev, in the [hitkhadshut (renewal) of the (Yn 3:3)] Ruach Hakodesh, not in chumra (legalism, strict adherence to the letter of the law). The one so marked has hoda’ah (praise "Yehudah, Hodah, Praise"...see BERESHIS 29:35) that comes not from Bnei Adam but from Hashem [T.N.Jer 31:31-34].
Romans 2
EasyEnglish Bible
God judges all people in a right way
2 So I say this to each one of you: Do not judge other people. If you decide that someone else has done a bad thing, remember that you also do the same bad things. You are really saying that God should punish you also! When you judge someone, God will not punish them and then forgive you. 2 When God judges people, he does it in a way that is right and fair. He punishes people who do those kind of bad things.
3 I ask each of you again: ‘Do you speak against people who do bad things, but you do those same bad things yourself?’ Then God will certainly punish you and you will not go free. 4 Remember that God is very kind and patient with us. He waits a long time before he punishes us. Do you not think that that is important? You should understand that God is giving you a chance to change. He waits patiently, so that you may turn away from wrong things.
5 But you refuse to change the way that you live. You are not sorry about the wrong things that you have done. As a result, you cause God to become even angrier with you. So he will punish you even more on the day when he will judge everyone. On that day, he will show how angry he is against people who do bad things. Everyone will know that he judges people in a right way. 6 He will give to each person what they ought to have because of the things that they have done. 7 Some people continue patiently to do good things. They want to do what is right so that God will praise them. They want to live the kind of life which death will not spoil. God will cause people like that to live with him always. 8 But other people think only about themselves. They refuse to obey God's true message. Instead, they continue to do things that are wrong. God will be very angry with people like that and he will punish them. 9 God will punish everyone who does bad things. He will do that first to the Jews, and he will do it also to the Gentiles. There will be much trouble and pain for every person who does bad things. 10 But God will praise every person who does good things. He will make them great and they will have peace in their minds. He will do that first for the Jews, and he will do it also for the Gentiles. 11 God is always fair when he judges people, whoever they are.
12 The Gentiles do not have God's Law that he gave to Moses.[a] If Gentiles do wrong things, God will punish them. But he will not use his Law when he judges the Gentiles. But the Jews do have God's Law. So, if Jews do wrong things, God will use his Law to judge them. The Law will show that they have done wrong things. 13 Who does God accept as right with himself? It is those people who obey his Law. It is not the people who only know his Law but do not obey them.
14 The Gentiles do not have God's Law. But they may still do the right things that the Law teaches. They do right things because of what they themselves think is right. In that way they are showing that they have a certain law in their minds, even though they do not know God's Law. 15 Those people show that they know what is right. It is as if God has written his Law deep inside them. Their thoughts tell them the difference between what is right and what is wrong. Sometimes their thoughts say: ‘You did something that is wrong.’ And sometimes their thoughts say: ‘You did what is right.’
16 That is the message that I tell people. God knows everything that people think secretly. One day he will judge everyone. He has given Jesus Christ the authority to do that.
The Jews and God's Law
17 Do you say that you are a Jew? Maybe you trust in the Law that God gave to Moses. You are proud that you belong to God. 18 You know what God wants people to do. His Law teaches you what is good and right. 19 You are sure that you yourself can teach other people about God. You think that you can be like a guide to blind people. You think that you can be like a light to people who are in the dark. 20 You are sure that you can teach fools and people who do not know very much. You know that God's Law tells you everything about what is true. Because it helps you to know so much, you think that you can be a great teacher!
21 So you teach other people, do you? But do you teach yourself? You tell other people, ‘Do not rob anyone.’ But maybe you yourself rob other people. 22 You say, ‘People must not have sex with anyone who is not their wife or their husband.’ But maybe you yourself have sex in a wrong way. You say that you hate idols. But do you rob places where people worship idols? 23 You are proud that you know God's Law. But you do not obey that Law. As a result, you cause other people to speak against God. 24 This is written in the Bible:
‘Because of you Jews, the Gentiles say bad things against God.’
25 As a Jewish man, you are proud that someone has circumcised you.[b] That is a help to you, if you obey God's Law in your life. But if you do not obey God's Law, then it is worth nothing. You have become like a Gentile that nobody has ever circumcised. 26 But a Gentile may obey what God's Law teaches. Then he has shown that he belongs to God even though nobody has circumcised him. 27 In that way, even Gentiles will show that you who are Jews are wrong. God's Law was written to help you Jews. They circumcised you to show that you belong to God. But if you refuse to obey God's Law, then God will punish you. The Gentiles who do obey God's Law will show that God is right to punish you.
28 Not everyone who seems to be a Jew is really a Jew who belongs to God. God does not accept a man just because someone has circumcised that man's body. 29 No! A true Jew is someone who belongs to God in his spirit. He belongs to God because God's Spirit has changed his life. It is like God has circumcised him in his spirit, not in his body. The rules in God's Law cannot do that work in a person. Other people may not praise a person like that, but God will praise him.
Footnotes
- 2:12 Exodus 19—31 describes the time when God gave his Law to Moses.
- 2:25 The Jews circumcised Jewish boys to show that they belonged to God's special people. See Genesis 17:10-14.
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