Romans 2
1 [God will severely punish non-Jewish people who habitually do evil things, because he has clearly revealed that he is angry with them]. So, [when God judges people], he will not excuse any one of you Jews [to whom I am writing]. You [(sg)] say that [God should] punish [non-Jews for doing evil things]. But when any one of you says that, it is you yourself whom you are saying that God should punish, because you [(sg)] do [some of] the same [evil] things [that the non-Jews do].
Kwa-iyo ntupu uzuru, wenga woukumu, Mana bukana galugo mwukumu jwenge with ya hatia was mwene. Kwamana wenga wauukumu upanga ikowe yeyeluyelu.
2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly [non-Jewish] people who do such [evil] things.
Ila tutangite ukumu ya Nnongo ya kweli kwa bandu babapanga makowe Kati goo.
3 So, you who [say God should punish] others for doing evil things yet you do evil things yourself, (you should certainly not think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God!/do you think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God?) [RHQ]
Ila wenga uwasilii, wenga waukumu balo babapanga makowe kati gaa ingawa wenga na wenga wendapanga makowe gogogo. Je walama na ukumu ya Nnongo.
4 And you should not say, “God is acting very tolerantly and patiently toward me, [so I do not need to stop sinning] [DOU].” (You should realize that God is acting in a kind manner [toward you] in order to encourage you [(sg)] to turn away from your sinful behavior!/Do you not realize that God is acting in a kind manner [toward you] in order to encourage you [(sg)] to turn away from your sinful behavior?) [RHQ]
Au uwasa nchini sana juu ya wananchima wa wema wake, chelewa kwa adhabu yake, napumilia kwake? Je utangitelii wema wake ukupanga wiyendeli toba?
5 But instead, by your stubbornly refusing to turn away from your sinful behavior [DOU], you are causing [MET] God to punish you even more severely. [He will do that] at the time when he shows that he is angry and judges people fairly.
Ila kwa nonopa kwa mwoyo wako na kwa mwoyo wako waukotoka tubu wibekya wa mwene akiba ya ukali kwa lisoba lilo lya ukumu, yani, lisoba lilo lya ufunuo wa ukumu ya kweli ya Nnongo.
6 God will pay back everyone according to [what they deserve for] what they have done.
Jwembe alowa kunnepa kila mundu kipemo sawa na gagapangage.
7 [Specifically], some people, by continuing to doing good things, strive to be highly honored [by God] [DOU] and to receive a life that will not end. [God will reward them by enabling them] to live forever. (aiōnios g166)
Na balo bembe kwa usafi wa tenda kwabe kunanoga bapalike lumbilwa, heshimilwa na kotoka haribika, alowa kwapeya ukoto wangeyomoka. (aiōnios g166)
8 But some people act in a selfish way and refuse to believe that [what God says is] true, and they do the things that [God says] are wrong. [God will] punish them very severely [DOU, MTY].
Lakini kwa balo baimi, babakotoka kutii ukweli ila bailii dhuluma, nyango na ukale walowa isa.
9 He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly, [with the result that they will become severely] distressed [DOU]. This certainly will happen to the Jews [who refuse to accept God’s message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people], but it will also happen to the non-Jews.
Nnongo alowaleta dhiki na shida kwa kila nafsi ya mundu jwapangite sambi, bakwanza Ayahudi na Ayunani nembe.
10 But [God will] greatly reward spiritually [MET, DOU] every person who habitually does good deeds. He will [certainly] do this for the Jews [because God chose them as his special people], but he will also do it for the non-Jews.
Lakini lumbilwa, heshima na amani yalowa isa kwa kila mundu ywapanga wema, wakwanja Myahudi nembe.
11 God [will do this fairly], because people’s status does not influence him.
Mana ntupu pendeyelwa kwa Nnongo.
12 Although [non-Jews do not have] the laws that [God gave to Moses], all [non-Jews] who sin will be eternally separated from God. He will [not consider whether or not they knew] the laws that he [gave to Moses]. And all the [Jews] who have sinned in spite of knowing the laws that [God gave to Moses will also be punished] {[God will also punish them]}. [They will be punished for disobeying] God’s laws.
Mana kati mwebile bananchima babakosike bila salia balowa aba obabila seliya, na kati benge bananchima babakosike lengana na seliya balowa ukumilwa kwa seliya.
13 [It is right for them to be punished] {[God to punish them]} [because] it is not those who [merely] know God’s laws whom he considers to be righteous. On the contrary, it is only those who continually have obeyed [all] (of [God’s] laws/of the laws that [God gave to Moses]) (whom God will consider righteous/whose record of sins God will erase).
Mana sio babayowene seliya nga kwa panga bene hakinonge ya Nnongo, Ila babaipanga seliya nga babalangilwa haki.
14 Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the laws [God gave to Moses], naturally obey those laws, [they prove that] they have a law within their own minds, even though they do not have the laws [God gave to Moses].
Mana bandu baluniani, babakotwike bas na seliya, bapanga kwa asili ya mambo ga seliya, bembe, babi kwa seliya mioyo yabe, ingawa bembe ntupu seliya.
15 They show that they know in their own minds what God [commands in his] laws [MET], as each person in his very own conscience either accuses or excuses/defends himself [concerning his own behavior].
Kwa-lii babo enekana matendo gagapalikwe kwa wajibu wa wa seliya baandike nkati mumioyo yabe. Zamiri yabe nembe yenda kwashuudia benabe, na mawazo gabe bene au genda kwashitakya au'ngalendela bene.
16 God [will punish people] at the time when he will judge them according to what they have thought and done. He will judge them [even] for the things that they have done secretly. He will judge people by [authorizing] Christ Jesus [to judge them]. This is [what I tell people when] I preach the gospel to them.
na kai kwa Nnongo. Haha gapita masoba ambayo Nnongo alowa kwiiukumu sili ya bandu boti sawasawa na injili yango, kwa ndela ya Yesu Kirisitu.
17 [Now I have something to say to any one of] you [Jews to whom I am writing]: You [(sg)] boast about yourself saying, “I am a Jew.” You [(sg)] trust [that God will save you because you possess] the laws [that he gave to Moses]. You boast that [you belong to] God.
Tunkoye mwikoga mwa-Ayahudi, mwamutani kalimu seliya uopuli kwa kuisifu Kati ya Nnongo.
18 You know what God desires. Because you have been taught {[people] have taught you} [God’s] laws, you are able to know which things are right and to choose to do them.
tungatangite mapenzi gake, Nolinga ikowe ambayo yetotautiana nayo, bada yolangilwa na seliya.
19 You are certain that you [are able to] show [God’s truth to non-Jews], as guides [show the road] to those who are blind [MET]. You are certain that by what you say you can show God’s way to the [non-Jews who do not understand it], as a light shows the way to [those who walk in] the darkness [MET, DOU].
Natubaye witi wina ujasili panga wenga wamwene wa korongosi wa bange minyo, bweya kwa balo bababile mulubindo,
20 [You are certain that you] can instruct/correct [non-Jews, whom you consider] foolish [because of their not understanding God’s message]. Because you have in [God’s] laws a [written] expression of true knowledge [HEN], you are certain that you can teach [people who, being like] children, do not know [God’s truth] [MET].
wawasaisha alalo, mwalimu wa bana, nanyinyo ubile nayo museliya kati mwi ilimu na kweli.
21 [Since you claim that you have all these advantages because you are a Jew], (it is disgusting that you who teach other people [that they should obey the laws God gave Moses] do not [obey the laws that you] yourself teach!/why is it that you who teach other people [that they should obey the laws God gave Moses] do not [obey the laws that you] yourself teach?) [RHQ] You who preach that people should not steal things, it is disgusting that you yourself steal things! [RHQ]
Wenga bai, waumwukumu jwenge, Je, wifundisha wa mwene? wenga wa uhubiri kutokajiba, wenga ujiba lili?
22 You who command people not to have sexual relations with someone to whom they are not married, it is disgusting that you commit adultery yourself! [RHQ] You who detest idols, it is disgusting that you rob temples [where people worship idols]! [RHQ]
Wenga wauba kana mube mwamalaya, je, wenga wa malaya-lii? wenga wawichukya sanamu, je ujiba mu nyumba ya Nnongo?
23 You who boast saying, “[I have God’s] laws,” it is disgusting that you disobey those same laws! [RHQ] As a result you are insulting God!
Wenga wawiluma mu seliya, je hufedheesha lili Nnongo kwa kwitenda kana seliya?
24 [You must not be like our ancestors, about whom] were written [these words in the Scriptures: ] “The non-Jews speak evil about God because of [the evil actions of] many of you [Jews].” The non-Jews say God must be a hypocrite if he condones the behavior of people like you.
Mana “lina lya Nnongo lyenda fedheheshwa kali ya bandu bange aminiya jinu,” kati mwabaandike.
25 Any one of you who [is] circumcised [to show that he belongs to God] can benefit from that if he obeys the laws [God gave to Moses]. But if you [(sg), a circumcised person], disobey [God’s] laws, [God will consider that] you who are circumcised are no better [in God’s sight] than [someone who is] not circumcised.
Kwa inilwa likombe kwenda faika mene kotii seliya, lakini wenga Mana ubile kawi kana seliya, Inilwa kwako kulowa pangilwa ntupu inilwa.
26 This means that God will certainly consider that even [non-Jews who are] not circumcised can become his people if they obey the things that he commanded in his laws. [RHQ]
Bai, banaibile, mundu jwenge inilwa kayendelwa kuikamwa mwaipalikwa seliya, je, kotoka kwake inilwa kwaputolwalii panga ainilwe?
27 [If any one of] you disobeys God’s laws, even though [you(sg) have] the Scriptures and even though someone has circumcised you {you are circumcised} [God will punish you]. And those people who are not circumcised, but who obey God’s laws, [will declare that God is right] when he says that he will punish you.
Na jwembe jwaibado inilwa kwa asili alowa lii kuku-ukumu mana utimisite seliya? haye kwa sababu ubi na maandiko gaga andikilwe na likombe lakini bado wikana seliya!
28 It is not those who perform rituals [to show they are God’s people] who are [true] Jews, and it is not being circumcised in their bodies [that causes God to accept them] [MTY].
Mana jwembe Myahudi jwabele kwa hali ya panja, Wala inilwa sio kwapanja bailii.
29 On the contrary, we whom [God has changed] inwardly are [true] Jews [MTY]. And [God has accepted us because we have allowed God’s] Spirit to change our hearts, not because we perform rituals. Even if [other] people will not praise us [for that change], God will praise us.
Lakini jwembe Myahudi jwabile jwankate, nalikombe lya mwoyo, mumoyo, sio mumaandiko lii, sifilwa kwa mundu kwa nyoibukana lii na bandu Ila kwa Nnongo.
