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Yuhuuddu Waa Gardarantahay

Sidaas daraaddeed, nin yahow, marmarsiinyo ma lihid ku kastoo aad tahayba kaaga wax xukuma; maxaa yeelay, meeshii aad ku kale ku xukuntid, waad isku xukumaysaa, waayo, kaaga wax xukumaa, waxaad samaysaa isla wixii. Oo waxaannu og nahay in xukunka Ilaah uu ka gees yahay kuwa waxyaalaha caynkaas ah sameeya, sida runta ah. Nin yahow, ma waxay kula tahay, kolkaad xukuntid kuwa waxyaalaha caynkaas ah sameeya oo aad isla wixiina sameeysid, inaad xukunka Ilaah ka baxsan doonto? Ma waxaad quudhsanaysaa hodantinimada wanaaggisa iyo samirkiisa iyo dulqaadashadiisa? Miyaadan garanayn in wanaagga Ilaah kuu kaxeeyo xagga toobadda? Laakiin engegnaantaada iyo toobadla'aanta qalbigaaga aawadood waxaad cadho u urursanaysaa maalinta cadhada iyo muuqashada xukunka xaqa ah oo Ilaah, kan nin kasta u siin doona sida shuqulkiisu ahaa, kuwa dulqaadashada shuqulka wanaagsan ku doondoonaa ammaan iyo ciso iyo dhimashola'aan, wuxuu siin doonaa nolosha weligeed ah; laakiin kuwa iskala qaybqaybiya, oo aan runta addeecin, laakiinse xaqdarrada addeeca, waxaa u ahaan doona cadho iyo ciil, iyo dhibaato iyo cidhiidhiba, oo waxay u ahaan doonaan naf kasta oo dadka sharka sameeya, marka hore Yuhuudda, dabadeedna Gariigga. 10 Laakiin ammaan iyo ciso iyo nabad baa u ahaan doona ku kasta oo wanaag sameeya, marka hore Yuhuudda, dabadeedna Gariigga; 11 maxaa yeelay, Ilaah dadka uma kala eexdo. 12 In alla intii sharcila'aan dembaabtay, sharcila'aan bay halligmi doonaan, oo in alla intii sharciga hoostiisa ku dembaabtayna, sharcigaa lagu xukumi doonaa; 13 waayo, kuwa sharciga maqlaa ma aha kuwa xaqa Ilaah hortiis, laakiinse kuwa sharciga yeela xaq baa laga dhigi doonaa. 14 Markii dadka aan Yuhuudda ahayn oo aan sharciga lahaynu, ay dabiicadda ka sameeyaan waxyaalaha sharciga, kuwan aan sharciga lahaynu waa isu sharci. 15 Waxay muujiyaan shuqulka sharciga oo qalbiyadooda ku qoran, iyagoo garashadoodu u markhaati furayso, oo fikirradoodu midba midka kale ashtakaynayo ama marmarsiinyo samaysanayo, 16 maalinta Ilaah waxyaalaha qarsoon ee dadka ku xukumi doono Ciise Masiix sida injiilkaygu leeyahay.

17 Laakiin adigu haddaad isku sheegtid Yuhuudi, oo sharciga isku hallaysid, oo Ilaah ku faantid, 18 oo doonistiisa taqaanid, oo aad u bogtid waxyaalaha aad u fiican, adigoo sharciga wax lagugu baray, 19 oo aad aaminsan tahay inaad tahay kan haga kuwa indhaha la', iyo kan nuurka u ah kuwa gudcurka ku jira, 20 iyo kan doqonnada qumaatiya, iyo macallinka carruurta, adigoo sharciga ku haysta muuqashadii aqoonta iyo runta; 21 haddaba kaaga kan kale wax baraa, sow wax isbari maysid? Kaaga dadka ku wacdiya, Waxba ha xadina; adigu miyaad wax xaddaa? 22 Kaaga yidhaahda, Yaan la sinaysan, miyaad adigu sinaysataa? Kaaga sanamyada nebcaada, miyaad macbudyo dhacdaa? 23 Kaaga sharciga ku faana, miyaad Ilaah ku cisa jebisaa sharciga aad gudubtay aawadiis? 24 Waayo, magaca Ilaaha waa lagaga caytamaa quruumaha dhexdooda idinka daraaddiin, sida qoran. 25 Waayo, hubaal gudniintu wax bay tartaa, haddaad sharciga yeeshid, laakiin haddaad sharciga gudubtid, gudniintaadii waxay noqotay buuryoqabnimo. 26 Haddaba haddii mid buuryoqab ahu xajiyo qaynuunnada sharciga, buuryoqabnimadiisii miyaan loo tirin doonin sida gudniin? 27 Oo kan jinsigiisu buuryoqab yahay, hadduu sharciga dhammeeyo, miyuusan ku xukumi doonin kaaga sharciga gudba, in kastoo aad haysatid qorniinka iyo gudniinta? 28 Waayo, kii dadka sida Yuhuudi ugu muuqdaa, Yuhuudi ma aha; gudniinta jidhka ka muuqataana, gudniin ma aha; 29 laakiin waxaa Yuhuudi ah kii hoosta Yuhuudi ka ah; gudniintuna waa tan qalbiga, ee ku jirta ruuxa, oo aan ku jirin qorniinka; kaas ammaantiisu kama timaado dadka, waxayse ka timaadaa Ilaah.

God’s Righteous Judgment

You, therefore, have no excuse,(A) you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.(B) Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches(C) of his kindness,(D) forbearance(E) and patience,(F) not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?(G)

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(H), when his righteous judgment(I) will be revealed. God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a](J) To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(K) and immortality,(L) he will give eternal life.(M) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(N) there will be wrath and anger.(O) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(P) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(Q) 10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.(R) 11 For God does not show favoritism.(S)

12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law(T) will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(U) the law who will be declared righteous. 14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law,(V) they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets(W) through Jesus Christ,(X) as my gospel(Y) declares.

The Jews and the Law

17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;(Z) 18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(AA) 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(AB) 23 You who boast in the law,(AC) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[b](AD)

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(AE) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(AF) 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,(AG) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?(AH) 27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you(AI) who, even though you have the[c] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,(AJ) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.(AK) 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,(AL) by the Spirit,(AM) not by the written code.(AN) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.(AO)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12
  2. Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22
  3. Romans 2:27 Or who, by means of a