BAROMA 3

Tokafalo ka tumelo

1 Bjale se Mojuda a phalago batho ba bangwe ka sona ke eng? Se lebollo le holago motho ka sona ke eng? 2 Di gona; ke tše ntši mo go fela. Se segolo ke ge Bajuda ba dirilwe baboloki ba polelo tša Modimo. 3 Go bjang gomme? Ge ba bangwe ba bona ba sa ka ba botega, a fa go se botege ga bona go ka fediša go botega ga Modimo?

4 Le gannyane! Go tiile la go re Morereši ke Modimo, ba maaka ke batho bohle, bjalo ka ge go ngwadilwe gwa thwe: O tlo rereša go ahlola.
5 Bjale, ge go se loke ga rena go bonagatša go loka ga Modimo, re tlo reng moo? A re tlo re Modimo ga a loka ge a roma dikotlo? Ke bolela ka semotho.

6 Le gannyane! Kahlolo ya ge Modimo a ahlola lefase e ka be e le kae?
7 Bjale ge therešo ya Modimo e bonala bogolo, ge a retwa ka yona, e le ka maaka a ka, ke sa ahlolelwang ka thwe ke modiradibe?

8 A re ka se re, re eya le bao ba go mphara, ba go re re itšalo, a re ka se re: A re direng tše mpe, gore go tle go tšwelele tše botse? — Ba go realo, dikotlo di ba swanetše.
9 Go bjang bjalo? A rena Bajuda re phala ba bangwe? Ga go bjalo, le neng. Hleng re šetše re boletše ra re Bajuda le Bagerika ba molato bohle, ba bušwa ke sebe; 10 ka mo go ngwadilwego gwa thwe: Ga go e a dirago tše botse, le ge e le o tee. 11 Ga go na le e a nago le kgopolo; ga go na e a nyakago Modimo. 12 Ba arogile ka moka ga bona; ba gobogile bohle; ga go e a dirago tše dibotse, le ge e le o tee. 13 Mogolo wa bona ke lebitla le le butšwego; maleme a bona ke a masese; mo ganong ga bona go bohloko bja mokopa. 14 Melomo ya bona e tletše maroga le sabohloko. 15 Maoto a bona a kganyelela go yo thula madi. 16 Mohlala wa bona ke tshenyo le mašegerepe. 17 Tsela ya molao ga ba e tsebe.

18 Go šia Modimo go bona ga dio.
19 Gomme re tseba gore tše Molao o di bolelago, o di botša bao ba go bušwa ke Molao, gore melomo ka moka e thibje, lefase ka moka e be la go tlo bewa molato ke Modimo.

20 Gobane ga go motho wa nama e a kago lokafala pele ga Modimo ka mediro e yago ka Molao; se Molao o re fago sona ke go tseba se e lego sebe.
21 Gomme bjale go tšweleditšwe toko ya Modimo ye e sa tlego ka Molao. E tla e hlatsetšwe ke Molao le Baporofeta. 22 Ke toko ya Modimo e tlago ka go dumela Jesu Kriste, ya tlela bohle ba ba dumelago. 23 Gobane moo ga go tlhaolo; ba dirile dibe bohle, ba hlaya letago la Modimo. 24 Ge ba lokafala, ke go fo fiwa ka kgaugelo ya gagwe ba lopolotšwe ke Jesu Kriste. 25 Ke yena yo Modimo a mmeilego kgale, gore ka madi a gagwe a be seboelanyi ka tumelo; e be gona go bonagatša toko ya Modimo, ge ka go se fele pelo ga gagwe a hlokomologile dibe tše di dirilwego kgale.

26 E be gona go bonagatša toko ya gagwe ka tša mehla yeno, ge a tlo thwe o ya ka toko ge a lokafatša ba ba dumelago Jesu.
27 Bjale boikgantšho bo ka ba kae? Bo lelekilwe. Ka Molao ofe? A ke ka Molao wa mediro? Aowa; ke ka Molao wa tumelo. 28 Gobane re hwetša motho ge a lokafala ka tumelo, e sego ka mediro ya Molao. 29 A fa re ka re Modimo ke wa Bajuda fela? A ga se yena Modimo le wa bantle? Le bantle ke yena Modimo wa bona. 30 Ka kgonthe, Modimo ke o tee; ke yena a lokafatšago ba lebollo ka tumelo; le ba ba sa bollego, ke yena a ba lokafatšago ka yona tumelo. 31 A ke go re Molao re o fediša ka tumelo? Ga go bjalo. Ke gona ge re o tiiša.

ROMANS 3

1 What good is it to be a Jew? What good is it to be circumcised? 2 It is good in a lot of ways! First of all, God's messages were spoken to the Jews. 3 It is true that some of them did not believe the message. But does this mean that God cannot be trusted, just because they did not have faith?

4 t No, indeed! God tells the truth, even if everyone else is a liar. The Scriptures say about God,
“Your words
will be proven true,
and in court
you will win your case.”
5 If our evil deeds show how right God is, then what can we say? Is it wrong for God to become angry and punish us? What a foolish thing to ask. 6 But the answer is, “No.” Otherwise, how could God judge the world? 7 Since your lies bring great honor to God by showing how truthful he is, you may ask why God still says you are a sinner.

8 You might as well say, “Let's do something evil, so that something good will come of it!” Some people even claim that we are saying this. But God is fair and will judge them as well.

No One Is Good

10 t The Scriptures tell us,
“No one is acceptable to God!

11 Not one of them understands
or even searches for God.

12 They have all turned away
and are worthless.
There isn't one person
who does right.

13  t Their words are like
an open pit,
and their tongues are good
only for telling lies.
Each word is as deadly
as the fangs of a snake,

14  t and they say nothing
but bitter curses.

15  t These people quickly
become violent.

16 Wherever they go,
they leave ruin
and destruction.

17 They don't know how
to live in peace.

18  t They don't even fear God.”
19 We know that everything in the Law was written for those who are under its power. The Law says these things to stop anyone from making excuses and to let God show that the whole world is guilty.

20 t God doesn't accept people simply because they obey the Law. No, indeed! All the Law does is to point out our sin.

God's Way //of Accepting People

25-26 t God sent Christ to be our sacrifice. Christ offered his life's blood, so by faith in him we could come to God. And God did this to show that in the past he was right to be patient and forgive sinners. This also shows that God is right when he accepts people who have faith in Jesus.
27 What is left for us to brag about? Not a thing! Is it because we obeyed some law? No! It is because of faith. 28 We see that people are acceptable to God because they have faith, and not because they obey the Law. 29 Does God belong only to the Jews? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, he is! 30 t There is only one God, and he accepts Gentiles as well as Jews, simply because of their faith. 31 Do we destroy the Law by our faith? Not at all! We make it even more powerful.