God's Judgment
1 Do you, my friend, pass judgment on others? You have no excuse at all, whoever you are. For when you judge others and then do the same things which they do, you condemn yourself. 2 We know that God is right when he judges the people who do such things as these. 3 But you, my friend, do those very things for which you pass judgment on others! Do you think you will escape God's judgment? 4 Or perhaps you despise his great kindness, tolerance, and patience. Surely you know that God is kind, because he is trying to lead you to repent. 5 But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed. 6 For God will reward each of us according to what we have done. 7 Some people keep on doing good, and seek glory, honor, and immortal life; to them God will give eternal life. 8 Other people are selfish and reject what is right, in order to follow what is wrong; on them God will pour out his anger and fury. 9 There will be suffering and pain for all those who do what is evil, for the Jews first and also for the Gentiles. 10 But God will give glory, honor, and peace to all who do what is good, to the Jews first and also to the Gentiles. 11 For God judges everyone by the same standard.
12 The Gentiles do not have the Law of Moses; they sin and are lost apart from the Law. The Jews have the Law; they sin and are judged by the Law. 13 For it is not by hearing the Law that people are put right with God, but by doing what the Law commands. 14 The Gentiles do not have the Law; but whenever they do by instinct what the Law commands, they are their own law, even though they do not have the Law. 15 Their conduct shows that what the Law commands is written in their hearts. Their consciences also show that this is true, since their thoughts sometimes accuse them and sometimes defend them. 16 And so, according to the Good News I preach, this is how it will be on that Day when God through Jesus Christ will judge the secret thoughts of all.
The Jews and the Law
17 What about you? You call yourself a Jew; you depend on the Law and boast about God; 18 you know what God wants you to do, and you have learned from the Law to choose what is right; 19 you are sure that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor for the foolish, and a teacher for the ignorant. You are certain that in the Law you have the full content of knowledge and of truth. 21 You teach others—why don't you teach yourself? You preach, “Do not steal”—but do you yourself steal? 22 You say, “Do not commit adultery”—but do you commit adultery? You detest idols—but do you rob temples? 23 You boast about having God's law—but do you bring shame on God by breaking his law? 24 The scripture says, “Because of you Jews, the Gentiles speak evil of God.”
25 If you obey the Law, your circumcision is of value; but if you disobey the Law, you might as well never have been circumcised. 26 If the Gentile, who is not circumcised, obeys the commands of the Law, will not God regard him as though he were circumcised? 27 And so you Jews will be condemned by the Gentiles because you break the Law, even though you have it written down and are circumcised; but they obey the Law, even though they are not physically circumcised. 28 After all, who is a real Jew, truly circumcised? It is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, whose circumcision is a physical thing. 29 Rather, the real Jew is the person who is a Jew on the inside, that is, whose heart has been circumcised, and this is the work of God's Spirit, not of the written Law. Such a person receives praise from God, not from human beings.
Alla la kiitiyo tilinta le
1 Wo kamma la, i maŋ kanadaa soto, hani ite mu muŋ moo le ti. Niŋ i ka moo doo kiitindi, i ka i faŋo le halaki, baawo i ka kiitiyo ke kuwolu mennu la, i faŋo ka wo kuu kiliŋolu le ke. 2 Ŋà a kalamuta le ko, Alla la kiitiyo ka naa tilindinke moolu le kaŋ, mennu ka wo kuu siifaalu ke. 3 Fo i ye a miira le ko, i be kana noo la Alla la kiitiyo ma le, niŋ i ka moo doolu kiitindi kuwolu la, i faŋo ka mennu ke? 4 Fo i jututa Alla la beteyaa baa le la baŋ, a la sooneeyaa aniŋ a la muñoo? Fo i maŋ a loŋ, Alla la beteyaa ka i naati tuuboo le kaŋ?
5 Bari i sondomoo bambanta le, i maŋ soŋ tuuboo la. Wo le ye a tinna i be Alla la kamfaa baa kafu kaŋ ñoo ma i faŋo ye fo Alla la kamfaa baa luŋo la, a la kiitii tilindiŋo be lankenema la luŋo meŋ na. 6 Wo luŋo la, Alla be moo-wo-moo joo la a la kebaaroolu le la. 7 A be badaa-badaa baluwo dii la moolu la le, mennu ka tu kuu bete kewo la muñoo kono ka Alla la kallankeeyaa* niŋ a la horomoo ñini, aniŋ ka badaa-badaa baluwo soto. 8 Bari Alla la kamfaa baa niŋ jusuboo be moolu le ye, mennu ka niidiyaa nooma, aniŋ ì balanta tooñaa ma ka kuu jawoolu nooma. 9 Toora baa niŋ niikuyaa be tara la moolu bee kaŋ ne, mennu ka kuu jawoolu ke, Yahuudoolu foloo ye, wo koolaa moo koteŋolu. 10 Bari moolu mennu ka kuu betoolu ke, kallankeeyaa, horomoo aniŋ kayiroo be tara la wolu bee ye le, Yahuudoolu foloo ye, wo koolaa moo koteŋolu, 11 kaatu Alla buka moo faasaa.
12 Mennu bee ka junuboo ke Luwaantaŋyaa kono, ì be kasaara la Luwaantaŋyaa le kono, aduŋ mennu bee ka junuboo ke Luwaa koto, Luwaa be laa la wolu kaŋ ne. 13 A maŋ ke ko, Luwaa moyoo le be moolu tilindi la Alla ñaatiliŋo la, bari Luwaa mutalaalu le be tiliŋo soto la. 14 Moolu mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti, ì maŋ Musa la Luwaa* soto, bari niŋ ì ka kuwolu ke ì faŋ ye ko Luwaa ye a landi ñaameŋ, wo to ì mu luwaa le ti ì faŋolu ye, hani ì maŋ Musa la Luwaa soto ñaa-wo-ñaa. 15 Ì daajikoo ka a yitandi le ko, Luwaa la yaamaroolu be safeeriŋ ì sondomoo kono le, aduŋ ì sondomoo fanaa ka seedeyaa ke le. Waati doolu la, ì la miiroolu ka ì tuumi le, aduŋ waati doolu la, ì la miiroolu ka ì tankandi le. 16 Ñiŋ be lankenema la kiitiiluŋo le la, Alla be moolu la kulloo kuwolu kiitindi la ka bo niŋ Kiristu* Yeesu la, ko kibaari betoo ye a yitandi ñaameŋ nte ka meŋ kawandi.
Musa la Luwaa te Yahuudoolu tankandi la
17 Bari ite la kuwo duŋ, ite meŋ ka i faŋo kumandi Yahuudoo la? I ka jiki Luwaa le la, aduŋ i ka kibiri kafuñooyaa le la, meŋ be i niŋ Alla teema. 18 I ye Alla la lafoo loŋ ne, aduŋ i ye kuu betoo niŋ kuu jawoo bo ñoo to le, kaatu i kuluuta Luwaa le koto. 19 I dankeneyaata le ko, ite le mu finkintewolu ñaa ti, aniŋ maloo, moolu ye mennu be diboo kono. 20 I la miiroolu to, i mu yaamarilaa le ti fahaamubaloolu ye, i mu karandirilaa ti dindiŋolu ye, kaatu londi timmariŋo niŋ tooñaa be ite bulu le, mennu be safeeriŋ Luwaa kono. 21 Wo to, ite meŋ ka moo koteŋolu karandi, muŋ ne ye a tinna i buka i faŋo karandi? Ite meŋ ka kawandoo ke ko, moo kana suuñaaroo ke, muŋ ne ye a tinna i faŋo ka suuñaaroo ke? 22 I ko, moo kana jeenoo ke, bari muŋ ne ye a tinna i faŋo ka jeenoo ke? I ye jalaŋolu koŋ, bari fo i buka suuñaaroo ke wo jalaŋ batudulaalu kono baŋ? 23 Ite meŋ ka kibiri Luwaa la kuwo la, fo i buka Alla horomantaŋyaa, kaatu i ka Luwaa tiñaa le? 24 Wo le ye a tinna a be safeeriŋ ko, “Alitolu la kuwo le ye a tinna Alla too keta tooñeeri kumoo ti moolu kono, mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti.”
25 Tooñaa, niŋ i ye Musa la Luwaa muta, wo to i la sunnoo ye nafaa soto le. Bari niŋ i ka Luwaa la yaamaroolu soosoo, wo to i la sunnoo maŋ nafaa soto muumeeke. 26 Wo to, niŋ sunnabaloo ye Luwaa la yaamaroolu muta, fo wo maarii te ke la moo sunnariŋo ti Alla ñaatiliŋo la baŋ? 27 Wo kamma la, moo meŋ balajaatoo maŋ sunna, bari a ye Luwaa la yaamaroolu muta, wo maarii be ite kiitindi la le, ite meŋ ye Musa la Luwaa safeeriŋo soto, aduŋ i sunnata fanaa, bari hani wo ñaa-wo-ñaa, i ye Luwaa tiñaa. 28 A maŋ ke ko, wo maarii mu Yahuudoo faŋo le ti, meŋ ka a faŋ yitandi ko Yahuudoo, aduŋ a balajaatoo sunnata. 29 Hanii, Yahuudi tooñaa mu moo le ti, meŋ sondomoo tilinta Alla ñaatiliŋo la. Aduŋ sunna tooñaa maŋ ke moo balajaatoo la sunnoo ti, bari sondomoo. A maŋ tara looriŋ Luwaa kaŋ, bari Alla la Nooroo. Wo maarii la jayiroo buka bo moolu bulu, bari Alla.
