Eshi Ovajuda ve shi kwete komesho yovapaani
1 Omujuda oku na shike e dule vamwe? Ile epitotanda otali kwafa shike? 2 Heeno, Ovajuda ova pewa shihapu nopaenghedi adishe, tete ova pewa eendjovo daKalunga. 3 Ongahelipi hano? Vamwe ngeenge inava itavela, okuhaitavela kwavo otaku dimi po mbela oudiinini waKalunga? 4 Nandenande. Kalunga na kale omunashili, ndele keshe omunhu omunaipupulu, ngaashi pa shangwa:
“Opo u shiivike oove omuyuki meendjovo doye,
u findane ngeenge to hokololifwa.”
5 Ndelenee oulunde wetu ngeenge tau holola ouyuki waKalunga, ohatu ti ngahelipi opo? Kalunga omulunde mbela, eshi ta handukile ta fulu onya? Nandenande. Ohandi popi panghedi yopanhu. 6 Osheshi ngeenge ongaha, Kalunga ota dulu ngahelipi okutokola ounyuni ngeenge ye ke fi omuyuki? 7 Hano oshili yaKalunga ngeenge tai hololwa nawa koipupulu yange, ye a fimanekwe, oshike hano ame handi tokolwa vali ngaashi omulunde? 8 Omolwashike inatu ningeni ngaashi vamwe moku tu lundila tava ti, ohatu ti vati: “Tu ningeni owii, omo mu dje ouwa?” Etokolo lavo ola yuka.
9 Ongahelipi hano? Otu li po tuu tu va dule? Ahowe, nande okanini. Osheshi opo otwa tomha aveshe, nokutya, aveshe Ovajuda nOvagreka, ove li koshi youlunde, 10 ngaashi pa shangwa:
“Kape na omuyuki nande umwe,
11 kape na omunandunge, kape na ou ta kongo Kalunga;
12 ovo aveshe va pumha mo, aveshe va vayapala;
kape na ou ta longo ouwa, nande umwe.
13 Ominino davo odo eembila da yeuluka,
nomalaka avo tava kotokele,
oudiyo wonhoka u li koshi yomilungu davo;
14 omakanya avo e yadi efingaelo noululu.
15 Eemhadi davo ohadi endelele okutilashi ohonde.
16 Ehanauno noluhepo li li meendjila davo,
17 nondjila yombili vehe i shii.
18 Etilokalunga kali li moipafi yomesho avo.”
19 Ndele fye otu shi shii, ashishe osho omhango tai shi popi, otai shi lombwele ava ve li koshi yomhango, opo okanya keshe ka mutikwe, nounyuni aushe u kale, u netimba koshipala shaKalunga; 20 osheshi kape na omunhu ta ka ninga omuyuki koshipala shaye okoilonga yomhango; osheshi momhango ohamu di eshiivo loulunde.
Ouyuki womeitavelo
21 Ndelenee paife ouyuki waKalunga ou wa hepaululwa komhango nokovaxunganeki, owa holoka uhe nomhango, 22 nokutya, ouyuki waKalunga owomeitavelo laJesus Kristus otau uya mwaaveshe nokwaaveshe ava hava itavele, osheshi kaku na nande etongolo. 23 Osheshi aveshe ova nyona, novehe noshinge shaKalunga, 24 ndele otava yukipalifwa oshali okefilonghenda laye omolwekulilo eli lomuKristus Jesus. 25 Oye ou a tulwa po kuKalunga a ninge Omuhanganifi okeitavelo mohonde yaye, opo a holole ouyuki waye, osheshi monheni yaye Kalunga a efa omatimba a ningwa nale ine a handukila, 26 opo a holole ouyuki waye mefimbo eli lopaife, Ye mwene a kale omuyuki, Ye a yukipalife ou a itavela Jesus.
27 Elitango oli li peni? Ola kufwa po molwomhango yashike? Oyo ei yoilonga? Ahowe, omolwomhango yeitavelo. 28 Onghee hano ohatu ti: Omunhu ota yukipalifwa keitavelo pehe noilonga yomhango. 29 Ile Kalunga okOvajuda aveke mbela? Ke fi kovapaani yo? Heeno, oshili okovapaani yo, 30 osheshi Kalunga Oye umwe ta yukipalifa ovapiti vetanda, omeitavelo, naava inave li pita okeitavelo. 31 Omhango ohatu i dimi po keitavelo? Nandenande, ndelenee ohatu pameke omhango.
1 Do the Jews then have any advantage over the Gentiles? Or is there any value in being circumcised? 2 Much, indeed, in every way! In the first place, God trusted his message to the Jews. 3 But what if some of them were not faithful? Does this mean that God will not be faithful? 4 Certainly not! God must be true, even though all human beings are liars. As the scripture says,
“You must be shown to be right when you speak;
you must win your case when you are being tried.”
5 But what if our doing wrong serves to show up more clearly God's doing right? Can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (This would be the natural question to ask.) 6 By no means! If God is not just, how can he judge the world?
7 But what if my untruth serves God's glory by making his truth stand out more clearly? Why should I still be condemned as a sinner? 8 Why not say, then, “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Some people, indeed, have insulted me by accusing me of saying this very thing! They will be condemned, as they should be.
No One Is Righteous
9 Well then, are we Jews in any better condition than the Gentiles? Not at all! I have already shown that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As the Scriptures say:
“There is no one who is righteous,
11 no one who is wise
or who worships God.
12 All have turned away from God;
they have all gone wrong;
no one does what is right, not even one.
13 Their words are full of deadly deceit;
wicked lies roll off their tongues,
and dangerous threats, like snake's poison, from their lips;
14 their speech is filled with bitter curses.
15 They are quick to hurt and kill;
16 they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go.
17 They have not known the path of peace,
18 nor have they learned reverence for God.”
19 Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment. 20 For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.
How We Are Put Right with God
21 But now God's way of putting people right with himself has been revealed. It has nothing to do with law, even though the Law of Moses and the prophets gave their witness to it. 22 God puts people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. God does this to all who believe in Christ, because there is no difference at all: 23 everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence. 24 But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. 25-26 God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.
27 What, then, can we boast about? Nothing! And what is the reason for this? Is it that we obey the Law? No, but that we believe. 28 For we conclude that a person is put right with God only through faith, and not by doing what the Law commands. 29 Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles also? Of course he is. 30 God is one, and he will put the Jews right with himself on the basis of their faith, and will put the Gentiles right through their faith. 31 Does this mean that by this faith we do away with the Law? No, not at all; instead, we uphold the Law.
