1 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. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 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? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 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; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 12 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; 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 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: 15 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;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27 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? 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 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.
Sumikilisa kwe Ndzimu kwakalulwama
1 Ndizo iwe unosumikilisa bamwe, auna tjaungabhatila patjili, kene uli ani; ngobe ha usumikilisa bamwe, ngono ube uthama izwezobo zwabanothama unozwisumikilisa. 2 Toziba kuti kusumikilisa kwe Ndzimu kwakalulwamila ibabo banothama zwithu zwakajalo ngobe ku malebeswa. 3 Ngono iwe, nthu koga unosumikilisa bamwe koga uzwithamabo. Apa unokumbula kuti unowodzeta kusumikilisa kwe Ndzimu kene? 4 Kene unolingila pasi nzhazho wawo nkulukulu ne moyo wawo nyolo ne moyo wawo nlefu? Apa autoziba kuti nzhazho we Ndzimu wakathamigwa kukutungamilila mu kushandukila matjinyo awo? 5 Koga ngekwe bukomba gugo nenge moyo uwo nkukutu kushanduka, unozwibiganyidzila shamu mu zhuba linowoti bushongola gwe Ndzimu ne kusumikilisa kwawo kwakalingisana kukazumbunuka. 6 Ngobe Ndzimu unowopa mmwe ne mmwe mbhayilo kuyendidzana ne mishingo iye. 7 Ibabo banodwilila nge moyonlefu beshinga ndulamo ngono beshaka kukudziwa ne kutetiwa ne kusafa, ibo Ndzimu unowobapa butjilo gusingapele. 8 Koga ibabo banozwialakana boga, ngono basingahwe malebeswa, koga betobela bubi, Ndzimu unowobagwadzilamoyo ukabe ne bushongola mu bali. 9 Kowobepo kudziyila ne kuhwazogwadza mu bali bose ibabo banoshinga bubi, kutanga ne Bajuta kukoti kuna Bezwitjaba. 10 Koga kowobe ne kukudziwa ne kutetiwa ne kunyalala ku bali bose banoshinga ndulamo, kutangisa nge Bajuta kukoti Bezwitjaba, 11 ngobe Ndzimu auna shalaulo.
12 Bose bakatjinya kusina nlayo, banowoloba kuzhe kwe nlayo, koga bose banotjinya bali pasi kwe nlayo banowosumikilisiwa nge nlayo. 13 Ngobe ate kuli banohwa nlayo, banobe balulwami mbeli kwe Ndzimu, koga nge banolondolodza nlayo ndibo banolulwamisiwa. 14 Ha Bezwitjaba ibo basina nlayo beshinga nge kwabo zwabo tjinoshakwa nge nlayo, ba nlayo nge kwabo, nenguba basakapiwa nlayo. 15 Banolakidza kuti tjinoshakwa nge nlayo tjakakwagwa mu mimoyo yabo, ha hana dzabo dzipabo butendeki ne njalakang'wa dzabo tjimwe tjibaka dzibatilika nlandu koga tjimwe tjibaka dzibamila, 16 mu zhuba Ndzimu usumikilisa nthu uzumbunula zwakasumbikala ndi Kirisiti Jesu, sekwa kuli iko mu ndebo mbuya yangu.
Nlayo unolebani ngekwe Bajuta?
17 Koga ha uzwidana Njuta wakabiga mu nlayo, uzwikudza ngekwe buzwalani gugo ne Ndzimu 18 kakale uziba Ndzimu tjaunoshaka wakadiyiwa mu nlayo tjakalulwama, 19 ngono ha una malebeswa kuti u nkwebi we mapofu, u tjedza tje bamu zhalima, 20 u nlayi we zwilengwe ne n'diyi we batjetjana, ngobe una nlayo unoziba tjimwe ne tjimwe nge buzhalo kakale tjaunoleba malebeswa. 21 Iwe ngono unodiya bamwe autozwidiya kene? Iwe unodiya bamwe uti basikwibe, apa iwe unokwiba kene? 22 Iwe unoti bathu basithame bupombgwe, apa unothama bupombgwe kene? Unoshima midzimu yakabezhiwa, koga apa unokwiba mu ng'umba dze midzimu yakabezhiwa kene? 23 Iwe unozwikudza ngekwe nlayo, apa unolengudza Ndzimu ngokutjuluka nlayo kene? 24 Ngobe kwakakwagwa kuyi, “Zina le Ndzimu losapugwa nge Bezwitjaba nge kwenyu.”
25 Kuthumbigwa kuna nshingo ha ulondolodza nlayo, koga ha usingalondolodze nlayo kuthumbigwa kuko kowobe kusi kuthumbigwa. 26 Ndizo ha nthu usakathumbigwa elondolodza nlayo, apa kusathumbigwa kukwe akutowotogwa se thumbigwa kene? 27 Ngono ibabo basakathumbigwa koga belondolodza nlayo banowokubona nlandu iwe una nlayo wakakwagwa kakale wakathumba koga usingalondolodze nlayo. 28 Njuta wakwako ate Njuta tjakuzhe koga ne buthumbi gwe malebeswa ate gwakuzhe koga kakale guli gwe mbili. 29 Njuta wakwako Njuta tja mukati ne buthumbi gwe malebeswa ngegwe moyo, gwe Meya ate gwakakwagwa koga mu nlayo. Nthu wakajalo unokudziwa nge Ndzimu, kusi nge bathu.