Romans 2 – NIRV & YCB

New International Reader’s Version

Romans 2:1-29

God Judges Fairly

1If you judge someone else, you have no excuse for it. When you judge another person, you are judging yourself. You do the same things you blame others for doing. 2We know that when God judges those who do evil things, he judges fairly. 3Though you are only a human being, you judge others. But you yourself do the same things. So how do you think you will escape when God judges you? 4Do you disrespect God’s great kindness and favor? Do you disrespect God when he is patient with you? Don’t you realize that God’s kindness is meant to turn you away from your sins?

5But you are stubborn. In your heart you are not sorry for your sins. You are storing up anger against yourself. The day of God’s anger is coming. Then his way of judging fairly will be shown. 6God “will pay back each person in keeping with what they have done.” (Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12) 7God will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good. They want glory, honor, and life that never ends. 8But there are others who only look out for themselves. They don’t accept the truth. They go astray. God will pour out his great anger on them. 9There will be trouble and suffering for everyone who does evil. That is meant first for the Jews. It is also meant for the Gentiles. 10But there will be glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good. That is meant first for the Jews. It is also meant for the Gentiles. 11God treats everyone the same.

12Some people do not know God’s law when they sin. They will not be judged by the law when they die. Others do know God’s law when they sin. They will be judged by the law. 13Hearing the law does not make a person right with God. People are considered to be right with God only when they obey the law. 14Gentiles do not have the law. Sometimes they just naturally do what the law requires. They are a law for themselves. This is true even though they don’t have the law. 15They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts. The way their minds judge them proves this fact. Sometimes their thoughts find them guilty. At other times their thoughts find them not guilty. 16This will happen on the day God appoints Jesus Christ to judge people’s secret thoughts. That’s part of my good news.

The Jews and the Law

17Suppose you call yourself a Jew. You trust in the law. You brag that you know God. 18You know what God wants. You agree with what is best because the law teaches you. 19You think you know so much more than the people you teach. You think you’re helping blind people. You think you are a light for those in the dark. 20You think you can make foolish people wise. You act like you’re teaching little children. You think that the law gives you all knowledge and truth. 21You claim to teach others, but you don’t even teach yourself! You preach against stealing. But you steal! 22You say that people should not commit adultery. But you commit adultery! You hate statues of gods. But you rob temples! 23You brag about the law. But when you break it, you rob God of his honor! 24It is written, “The Gentiles say evil things against God’s name because of you.” (Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22)

25Circumcision has value if you obey the law. But if you break the law, it is just as if you hadn’t been circumcised. 26And sometimes those who aren’t circumcised do what the law requires. Won’t God accept them as if they had been circumcised? 27Many are not circumcised physically, but they obey the law. They will prove that you are guilty. You are breaking the law, even though you have the written law and are circumcised.

28A person is not a Jew if they are a Jew only on the outside. And circumcision is more than just something done to the outside of a man’s body. 29No, a person is a Jew only if they are a Jew on the inside. And true circumcision means that the heart has been circumcised by the Holy Spirit. The person whose heart has been circumcised does more than obey the written law. The praise that matters for that kind of person does not come from other people. It comes from God.

Bíbélì Mímọ́ Yorùbá Òde Òn

Romu 2:1-29

Ìdájọ́ òdodo Ọlọ́run

12.1: Ro 14.22.Nítorí náà, aláìríwí ni ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó wù kí ó jẹ́ tí ń dá ni lẹ́jọ́: nítorí nínú ohun tí ìwọ ń ṣe ìdájọ́ ẹlòmíràn, ìwọ ń dá ara rẹ lẹ́bi; nítorí ìwọ tí ń dájọ́ ń ṣe ohun kan náà nínú èyí tí ìwọ ń dá ni lẹ́jọ́. 2Ṣùgbọ́n àwa mọ̀ pé ìdájọ́ Ọlọ́run jẹ́ òtítọ́ si gbogbo àwọn tí ó ń ṣe irú ohun báwọ̀nyí. 3Nítorí bí ìwọ tí ń ṣe ènìyàn lásán bá ń ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn tí ń ṣe irú ohun báwọ̀nyí, tí ìwọ tìkára rẹ ń ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ìwọ ro èyí pé ìwọ o yọ nínú ìdájọ́ Ọlọ́run bí? 42.4: Ef 1.7; 2.7; Fp 4.19; Kl 1.27.Tàbí ìwọ ń gàn ọrọ̀ oore àti ìpamọ́ra àti sùúrù rẹ̀? Ìwọ kò ha mọ̀ pé oore Ọlọ́run ni ó ń fà ọ́ lọ sì ìrònúpìwàdà?

5Ṣùgbọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí líle àti àìronúpìwàdà ọkàn rẹ̀, ìwọ ń to ìbínú jọ fún ara rẹ de ọjọ́ ìbínú àti ìfihàn ìdájọ́ òdodo Ọlọ́run. 62.6: Mt 16.27; 1Kọ 3.8; 2Kọ 5.10; If 22.12.Ọlọ́run yóò san án fún olúkúlùkù gẹ́gẹ́ bí iṣẹ́ rẹ̀: 7Àwọn ẹni tí ń fi sùúrù nínú rere ṣíṣe, wá ògo àti ọlá àti àìdíbàjẹ́ ni yóò fi ìyè àìnípẹ̀kun fún. 8Ṣùgbọ́n fún àwọn onímọ̀-tara-ẹni-nìkan, tí wọn kò sì gba òtítọ́ gbọ́, ṣùgbọ́n tí wọn ń tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà búburú, wọn yóò ní ìrírí ìrunú àti ìbínú rẹ̀. 9Ìpọ́njú àti ìrora, yóò wà lórí olúkúlùkù ọkàn ènìyàn tí ń hùwà ibi: ti Júù ṣáájú, àti àwọn Helleni pẹ̀lú; 10ṣùgbọ́n ògo, àti ọlá, àti àlàáfíà, fún olúkúlùkù ẹni tí ń hùwà rere, fún Júù, ṣáájú àti fún àwọn Helleni pẹ̀lú: 11Nítorí Ọlọ́run kì í ṣe ojúsàájú ènìyàn.

122.12: Ro 3.19; 1Kọ 9.21.Gbogbo àwọn tí ó ṣẹ̀ ní àìlófin wọn ó sì ṣègbé láìlófin: àti iye àwọn tí ó ṣẹ̀ lábẹ́ òfin, àwọn ni a ó fi òfin dá lẹ́jọ́; 132.13: Jk 1.22-23,25.Nítorí kì í ṣe àwọn olùgbọ́ òfin ni ẹni ìdáláre lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn olùṣe òfin ni a ó dá láre. 14Nítorí nígbà tí àwọn aláìkọlà, tí kò ní òfin, bá ṣe ohun tí ó wà nínú òfin nípa ìwà ẹ̀dá, àwọn wọ̀nyí, jẹ́ òfin fún ara wọn bí wọn kò tilẹ̀ ní òfin. 15Àwọn ẹni tí ó fihàn pé, a kọ̀wé iṣẹ́ òfin sí wọn lọ́kàn, tí ẹ̀rí ọkàn wọn pẹ̀lú sì tún ń jẹ́ wọn lẹ́rìí, àti pé, èrò ọkàn wọn tí ó jẹ́ ọ̀nà ìfinisùn, sì ń gbè wọ́n lẹ́yìn ní ìsinsin yìí. 162.16: Su 12.14; Ro 16.25; 1Kọ 4.5.Èyí yóò farahàn ní ọjọ́ náà nígbà tí Ọlọ́run yóò tipasẹ̀ Jesu Kristi ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn àṣírí ènìyàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìhìnrere mi.

Àwọn Júù àti òfin

17Ṣùgbọ́n bí a bá ń pe ìwọ ní Júù, tí o sì sinmi lé òfin, tí o sì ń ṣògo nínú ìbálòpọ̀ rẹ̀ sí Ọlọ́run, 182.18: Fp 1.10.tí o sì mọ ìfẹ́ rẹ̀, tí o sì fọwọ́sí ohun tí ó dára jùlọ, nítorí tí a ti kọ́ ọ ní òfin; 19tí o sì dá ara rẹ lójú pé ìwọ ni amọ̀nà àwọn afọ́jú, ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún àwọn tí ó wà ni òkùnkùn, 202.20: Ro 6.17; 2Tm 1.13.Olùkọ́ àwọn aláìmòye, olùkọ́ àwọn ọmọdé, ẹni tí ó ní ètò ìmọ̀ àti òtítọ́ òfin lọ́wọ́, 212.21: Mt 23.3-4.Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ tí o ń kọ́ ẹlòmíràn, ìwọ kò kọ́ ara rẹ? Ìwọ tí ó ń wàásù kí ènìyàn má jalè, ìwọ ha ń jalè bí? 22Ìwọ tí o wí pé, kí ènìyàn má ṣe panṣágà, ìwọ ń ṣe panṣágà bí? Ìwọ tí o kórìíra òrìṣà, ìwọ ń ja tẹmpili ní olè bí? 23Ìwọ ti ń ṣògo nínú òfin, ìwọ ha ń bu Ọlọ́run ni ọlá kù nípa rírú òfin? 242.24: Isa 52.5.Nítorí gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́, “Orúkọ Ọlọ́run sá à di ìsọ̀rọ̀-òdì sí láàrín àwọn aláìkọlà nítorí yín.”

252.25: Jr 9.25.Nítorí ìkọlà ní èrè nítòótọ́, bí ìwọ bá pa òfin mọ́; ṣùgbọ́n bí ìwọ bá jẹ́ arúfin, ìkọlà rẹ di àìkọlà. 262.26: 1Kọ 7.19; Ap 10.35.Nítorí náà bí àwọn aláìkọlà bá pa ìlànà òfin mọ́, a kì yóò ha kà wọ́n sí àwọn tí a kọ nílà bí? 272.27: Mt 12.41.Aláìkọlà nípa àdánidá, bí ó bá pa òfin mọ́, yóò dá ẹ̀bi fún ìwọ tí ó jẹ́ arúfin nípa ti àkọsílẹ̀ òfin àti ìkọlà.

282.28: Mt 3.9; Jh 8.39; Ro 9.6-7; Ga 6.15.Kì í ṣe èyí tí ó farahàn ní òde ni Júù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì í ṣe èyí tí ó farahàn ní ara ni ìkọlà: 292.29: 2Kọ 3.6; Fp 3.3; Kl 2.11; 1Pt 3.4.Ṣùgbọ́n Júù ti inú ni Júù, àti ìkọlà sì ni ti ọkàn nínú ẹ̀mí tí kì í ṣe ti àkọsílẹ̀, ìyìn ẹni tí kò sí lọ́dọ̀ ènìyàn, bí kò ṣe lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run.