VaRoma 2

¹Saka haunepembedzo iwe munhu, upi noupi, unotonga vamwe; nokuti pachinhu icho chaunotonga mumwe nacho, unozvipa mhosva iwe, nokuti iwe, unotonga unoita zvinhu izvozvo.Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

²Tinoziva kuti kutonga kwaMwari ndokwazvokwadi kunavanoita zvinhu zvakadai.But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

³Iwe munhu, unotonga vamwe vanoita zvinhu zvakadai, iwe uchizviita vo, ko unoti ungatiza kutonga kwaMwari here?And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

⁴Unozvidza kanhi fuma yovunyoro bwake, nomoyo wake munyoro, nomoyo wake murefu, usingazivi here kuti vunyoro bwaMwari bwunokuisa pakutendevuka?Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

⁵Asi novukukutu bwako, nomoyo usingadi kutendevuka, unozvivunganidzira kutsamwa nezuva rokutsamwa, nokuratidzwa kwokutonga kwakarurama kwaMwari;But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

⁶iye uchapa mumwe nomumwe paakaita napo:Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

⁷Vanotsvaka kubwinya, nokukudzwa, nokusafa, vachitsungirira pakuita zvakanaka, uchavapa vupenyu hwusingaperi.To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

⁸Asi kunavanenharo, vasingatereri zvokwadi, vanoterera zvisakarurama, kuchavapo kutsamwa nehasha.But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

⁹nokutambudzika nenhamo kumweya mumwe nomumwe womunhu kunoita zvakaipa, pakutanga womuJudha, nowomuGiriki;Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

¹⁰asi kubwinya, nokukudzwa, norugare kunomumwe nomumwe unoita zvakanaka, ku muJudha pakutanga, muGiriki vo.But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

¹¹Nokuti Mwari haatendi zvinovonekwa zvomunhu.For there is no respect of persons with God.

¹²Nokuti vose vakatadza vasinomurairo; vachaparadzwavo vasinomurairo; vose vakatadza vanomurairo, vachatongwa nomurairo;For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

¹³nokuti vanzwi vomurairo havazi ivo vakarurama pamberi paMwari, asi vaiti vomurairo ndivo vanoruramiswa;(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

¹⁴(nokuti kana vahedheni vasinomurairo vachiita pachavo zvinhu zvomurairo, vachava murairo wavo vamene;For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

¹⁵nokuti vanoratidza basa romurairo wakanyorwa mumoyo yavo, hana yavo ichipupura pamwe chete nazvo, nezvavanofunga pakati pavo zvichivapa mhosva kana kuvapembedza;)Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

¹⁶nezuva iro, Mwari raanozotonga naro zvakavanzika zvavanhu, naJesu Kristu, sezvinoreva Evhangeri yangu.In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

¹⁷Zvino kana iwe unonzi muJudha, unovimba nomurairo, unozvirumbidza munaMwari,Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

¹⁸unoziva kuda kwake, nokutsaura kuti zvakanaka ndezvipi, uchidzidziswa nomurairo,And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

¹⁹unozviti iwe uri mutungamiriri wamapofu, nechiedza chavari murima,And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

²⁰nomurairi wamapenzi, nomudzidzisi wavacheche, zvaunomufananidzo wokuziva nowezvokwadi pamurairo;An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

²¹zvino iwe unodzidzisa mumwe, unoregereiko kuzvidzidzisa? Iwe unoparidza kuti munhu arege kuba, unobireiko iwe?Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

²²Iwe unoti munhu arege kuita vupombwe, unoitireiko vupombwe iwe? Iwe unosema zvifananidzo, unobireiko iwe tembere dzavo?Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

²³Iwe unozvirumbidza nomurairo, unoshovora Mwari nokudarika murairo neiko?Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

²⁴Nokuti, sezvazvakanyorwa zita raMwari rinomhurwa pakati pavahedheni nokuda kwenyu.For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

²⁵Nokuti kudzingiswa kunobatsira, kana iwe uri muiti womurairo; asi kana uri mudariki womurairo, kudzingiswa kwako kwava kusadzingiswa.For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

²⁶Zvino. Kana iye usina kudzingiswa achichengeta zvirevo zvomurairo, ko kusadzingiswa kwake hakunganzi kudzingiswa here?Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

²⁷Nousina kudzingiswa kubva pakuzvarwa kwake, kana achichengeta murairo, haangakutongi here iwe unodarika murairo, iwe unomurairo wakanyorwa, vuye vo kudzingiswa?And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

²⁸Nokuti uyo haazi muJudha, uri muJudha pakuvonekwa chete; nokudzingiswa hakuzi iko kunovonekwa, kuri panyama;For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

²⁹asi muJudha ndiye uri muJudha nechomukati; nokudzingiswa ndiko kwomoyo, mumweya, kusati kuri kwezvakanyorwa; iye haarumbidzwi navanhu, asi naMwari.But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.