ERROMATARREI 3

Juduak eta Jainkoaren agintzariak

1 Zer du, bada, hoberik juduak? Edo zer dakar onik erdainkuntzak? 2 Asko, noski, alde guztietatik. Lehenengo eta behin, Jainkoak bere hitzakt juduei eman zizkielako.t 3 Haietako batzuk ez zirela leial izan? Eta zer? Haien leialtasun-ezak huts bihurtuko ote du Jainkoaren leialtasuna?t

4 Ez horixe! Garbi aitortu beharra dago Jainkoa egiatia dela; gizon-emakume guztiak, berriz, hitz ustelekoak, Liburu Santuakt dioen bezala:
Horrela, leial zarela
agertuko dute zure hitzek,
eta auzian garaile aterako zara. t
5 Baina gure zuzentasun-ezak Jainkoaren zuzentasuna nabariago egiten badu, ez al genuke esan behar —giza erara mintzatuz— zuzengabea dela Jainkoa bere haserrea gure gainera isurtzean? 6 Inola ere ez! Hala balitz, nola epai lezake Jainkoak mundua? 7 Baina Jainkoaren leialtasuna nire leialtasun-ezaz nabarmenago agertzen bada haren aintzarako, zergatik kondenatzen nau Jainkoak bekatari bezala?

8 Zergatik ez esan: «Egin dezagun gaiztakeriat, ongia etor dadin?» Horrela irakasten omen dut nik, batzuek gezurrez diotenez. Ongi merezia dute gaitzespena horrelakoek.

Liburu Santuek diotenez, gizadi osoa bekatuaren menpean

10 Eta honelaxe diote Liburu Santuekt:
Ez da bat bera ere zuzenik, t

11  ez zentzu onekorik,
ez Jainkoa bilatzen saiatzen denik.

12  Denak okertu dira,
bat egin dute galdukerian.
Ez da inor on dagienik,
bat bera ere ez.

13  Haien eztarria hilobi zabaldua,
haien mihian azpikeria,
haien ezpainetan sugegorri-pozoia.t

14  Betea dute ahoa
madarikazioz eta mingostasunez.t

15  Arinak dituzte oinak
odola isurtzeko; t

16  hondamendia eta zoritxarra
uzten dute pasatzen diren tokian;

17  ez dute ezagutzen bake-bidea.

18  Haiengan ez da
Jainkoarenganako beldurrik. t
19 Badakigu legeak dioen guztiat legepean daudenentzat esaten duela, denen ahoak itxi daitezen eta mundu osoa Jainkoaren aurrean errudun ager dadin.

20 Jainkoak ez du inor errugabetzat jotzent legea betetzeagatik. Izan ere, legearen eginkizuna bekatua ezagutaraztea da.t

SALBAMENERAKO BIDEA (3,21—4,25)

Sinesmena salbamenaren iturri

25-26 Jesu Kristok bere odola isuri zuen, eta Jainkoak barkamen-bide egin du Kristo beronengan sinesten dutenentzat. Horrela, garbi erakusten du Jainkoak zuzen jokatu zuela bere eroapenaz lehengo bekatuak zigortu gabe utzi zituenean, eta zuzen jokatzen duela orain ere, bera salbatzaile azaldu eta Jesusengan sinesten dutenak onartzen ditueneant.t
27 Non da, bada, harrotzeko zure bidea? Ezereztua da. Zeren izenean? Egintzen izenean? Ez, sinesmenaren izenean baizik.t 28 Ziur baitakigu sinesmenaren bidez onartzen dituela Jainkoak gizon-emakumeak, eta ez legea betetzeagatik. 29 Juduena ote da bakarrik Jainkoa? Ala beste herriena ere bai? Beste herriena ere bai, noski.

30 Jainkoa bat bakarra da, eta berak sinesmenaren bidez onartzen ditu denak, erdainduak nahiz erdaingabeak izan.t
31 Beraz, sinesmena dela eta, baliogabe uzten al dugu legea? Ez horixe! Berretsi, bai, berresten dugu legea.

Romans 3

1 Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?2 Actually, there are many advantages.t First of all,st the Jewst were entrusted with the oracles of God.t3 What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human beingt shown up as a liar,t just as it is written: “so that you will be justifiedtin your words and will prevail when you are judged.”t
5 But if our unrighteousness demonstratest the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?t (I am speaking in human terms.)s6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhancest his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

8 And why not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? – as some who slander us allege that we say.t (Theirt condemnation is deserved!)

The Condemnation of the World

9 What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

10 just as it is written:
“There is no one righteous, not even one,

11 there is no one who understands,
there is no one who seeks God.

12 All have turned away,
together they have become worthless;
there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”s

13 “Their throats are open graves,t
they deceive with their tongues,
the poison of asps is under their lips.”s

14 “Their mouths aretfull of cursing and bitterness.”s

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood,

16 ruin and misery are in their paths,

17 and the way of peace they have not known.”s

18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”s
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are undert the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.20 For no one is declared righteous before hims by the works of the law,t for through the law comest the knowledge of sin.21 But nowt apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets)t has been disclosed –22 namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christts for all who believe. For there is no distinction,23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.24 But they are justifiedt freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.25 God publicly displayedt himt at his deatht as the mercy seatt accessible through faith.t This was to demonstratet his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.t

26 This wast also to demonstratet his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be justt and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.t
27 Where, then, is boasting?t It is excluded! By what principle?t Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!28 For we consider that a persont is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.t29 Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!30 Since God is one,t he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

31 Do we then nullifyt the law through faith? Absolutely not! Insteadt we uphold the law.