Romanos 3

1 ¿Wach u chac ʼuri chake, we yoj oj aj Israel winak? ¿Wach i ʼutz ʼuri cu ʼan chake we ʼantal i retal circuncision chake? 2 Nim i cu ʼan chake; qʼui i ʼutz petnak pakawi yoj chi oj aj Israel winak. Are i nabe u ʼanom chake are iri: i Dios xu ya u tzij chake yoj chi oj aj Israel. 3 ¿Wach cu ʼan ni Dios we ʼo jujun chake yoj quiqui kel u tzij-le? ¿Xataba cu yojo wach u sujum chake we xa cumal ique?

4 N-cu yoj taj. I Dios lic cu ʼan na pacha i u bim, tupu conojel i winak n-quiqui ʼan taj pacha i qui bim, ʼis toʼ que tʼoronic. Ketaʼam chi i Dios lic cu ʼano pacha i u bim, man queje iri tzʼibtal can chupam u wuj:
(I mam David ujer queje xu bij iri che i Dios:)
I winak quiqui bij na chi niʼpa i ca bij, lic katzij;
are quiqui tzucuj a mac, queʼel na chi n-ti a mact.
(Queje ile tzʼibtal canok.)
5 Mok ʼo i quiqui bij: “Bay, i ka mac atzalal yoj cu rik ni u chac che i Dios,” mok que cha. “Cu rik u chac che, man ʼilbal-re chi nim ni rutzil i Dios chuwach i kutzil yoj. We n-caka ʼan ti ka mac, n-ca ʼalijin ta ʼuri we lic ʼutz i Dios. Rumal-i, n-ʼus taj we i Dios coj u ya pa tojpen, man xa are jun pawor ka ʼanom che,” mok que cha. (I xin bij-le are pacha i quiqui bij i winak; n-are ti pacha cu bij i Dios.)

6 N-queje ti usucʼ ile pacha i quiqui bij, man que u ya na pa tojpen. I Dios, we n-que u ya ti ajmaquib pa tojbal qui mac ¿wach u ʼonquil i ʼatbal tzij ʼuri cu ʼan piquiwi i winak chuwach i jyub taʼaj coʼon panok?
7 Mok ʼo jun cu bij, “Bay, i yin, we in aj tʼoronel mas ca ʼalijin ʼuri chi Dios lic ʼutz, man ire lic n-ca tʼoron taj. Rumal-i, mas cocsax ni u ʼij ire rumal in mac yin. ¿Wuchac ʼuri i Dios quin u ya pa tojbal mac?” mok cu bij.

8 Xak mok ʼo i ca binic: “ʼUtz we quin ʼan i n-ʼus taj, man ʼutz cocsax ni u ʼij i Dios rumal i quin ʼano,” cu bij. ¿ʼUtz ile? N-ʼus taj. Xui-ri, ʼo i que binic chi queje ile in bim yin; ique xa tzel quin quilo. Niʼpa i quiqui bij ile, lic ca majawic quiqui toj ni qui mac.

Konojel ʼis oj ajmaquib chuwach i Dios

10 Ketaʼam ile man queje iri tzʼibtal chupam u wuj i Dios:
I winak, n-ta jun we n-ti u mac chuwach i Dios, mi ta jun;

11 mi ta jun cu ta u be, mi ta jun cu tzucuj i Dios.

12 Conojel je ʼelnak che u be i Dios; conojel je sachnak chic.
Mi ta jun ca ʼanaw i ʼutz, mi xa ta junt.

13 Lic n-ʼus ti que chʼawic; i qui tzij pacha u chuyal u julil camnak, jaktajnak;t
ruʼi qui chiʼ que qui tʼor i winak.
I tzij chi quel pa qui chiʼ pacha venen re jun cumatz;t

14 i que chʼawic, toʼ cʼa; toʼ cʼokonic quiqui ʼanot.

15 Lic sicʼaj i cakan chi be chu ʼonquil i camic;

16 xa ipa que icʼaw wi, toʼ cʼax, toʼ bis quiqui ya canok;

17 n-que bin ta pa be re i ʼutz chomalil chiquiwacht.

18 N-que oc ta ʼil che i Dios, n-quiqui chʼob ta pichʼokt.
(Queje ile tzʼibtal can chupam u wuj i Dios.)
19 I aj Israel winak, ʼo na que che, ronojel wach cu bij i wuj re u ʼatbal tzij i Dios. Rumal-i, ique xak junam cuʼ conojel i winak chuwach i jyub taʼaj, n-quiqui laʼ tu wach che i Dios are cu ʼat tzij piquiwi.

20 Mi ta jun winak, ʼutz queʼel chuwach i Dios we xa rumal u ʼanom pacha cu bij i ujer ʼatbal tzij. I ʼatbal tzij-le xa cu ʼalijinsaj chique chi ʼo i qui mac.

I kelbal chi sak xa rumal u cubibal ka cʼux che i Jesucrísto

26 Péro woʼor, n-queje ta chic cu ʼan i Dios ile. U chʼobom chi cu ʼalijinsaj chake chi lic sucʼul i cu ʼano. ʼO ni u tojic i ka mac chakawach, xui-ri i Dios u yijbam i tobal-ke chuwach i cʼax-le. Rumal-i, cakil u be chi Dios lic ʼutz, xak coj u yijba chi oj ʼutz chuwach ire, niʼpa i caka cuba ka cʼux che i Jesucrísto.
27 Rumal ʼuri, n-ta chic u chac we caka ʼan nim che kib; maka bij chi ka chʼacom i kelbal chupam i ka mac rumal tak i ʼutz caka ʼan yoj. Ile n-are ta rumal u cojic i ujer ʼatbal tzij, man tojtal chic i ka mac xa rumal u cubibal ka cʼux che i Jesucrísto.

28 Cakil ʼut, chi xa rumal u cubibal ka cʼux che i Jesucrísto chi Dios ʼutz coj rilo; n-are ta rumal i coj tijin chu ʼanic pacha cu bij i ʼatbal tzij tzʼibtal can rumal i mam Moises.
29 I Dios, ¿xataba ire xui i ka Dios yoj chi oj aj Israel winak? ¿Xataba n-are ti qui Dios i ne te aj Israel winak? ¡Are pues! Katzij xak qui Dios ique. 30 Xa jun i Dios; n-ta coʼono we ʼo i retal circuncision chique o we n-taj. Xui-ri, je niʼpa i qui cubam qui cʼux che i Jesucrísto, i Dios que u yijba chi je ʼutz chuwach ire. 31 Mok ʼo jun cu bij chi, xa rumal u cubibal ka cʼux che i Jesucrísto, coj tijin chu yojic i ujer ʼatbal tzij. ¡N-caka yoj taj! Xa caka tzʼakatsaj u wach, we caka cuba ka cʼux che ire.

Romans 3

1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?

2 Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.
3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?

4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written:
“So that you may be proved right when you speak
and prevail when you judge.”
5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?7 Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?”

8 Why not say—as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is just!
9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

10 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,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.”

13 “Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit.”
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”

14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 ruin and misery mark their ways,

17 and the way of peace they do not know.”

18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the “law” that requires faith.28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from observing the law.29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.