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Yuxin, ¿tzet cheyute heyalni yin̈ huneˈ chiwaltiˈan? ¿Tom mach yelapno anma Israel yeb huneˈ circuncisión ayco yin̈ tuˈ cheyute hetxumni? Wal xin caw ay chaliloj yuto cawxi iscˈul Comam Dios yakˈni Istzotiˈ tet anma Israel. Yajaˈ, ¿tzet xin chielicoj tato ay anma Israel mach chiswatxˈe yin̈ tzet chal Comam Dios? ¿Tom yu huneˈ tuˈ yuxin mach chisyijepaxo Comam Istzotiˈ halbilcano yu? ¡Machoj! Walxinto haˈn̈e isyelal chal Comam chij isba yin̈ tzet chala waxan̈ca sunil anma caw lekˈtiˈ, hacaˈ yalni yul Yum Comam bay chala:

Yuxin chaẍhallax cˈulal yu anma yu tzet chawala, hayet chaẍyilwen anma machi nino istxˈojal chiilchalo tawin̈, ẍiayoj.

Wal xin ay mac chihalni hacaˈ tiˈ: “Ta yu istxˈojal chicowatxˈe chiixtan̈wiloj tato han̈e istoholal chiswatxˈe Comam,” ẍi anma. Yuxin ¿tzet cheyute heyalni hex tiˈ? ¿Tom istxˈojal chiswatxˈe Comam yet chiyanayo isyaˈtajil jiban̈ yu istxˈojal chicowatxˈe? ¡Machoj! Caw istoholal chiswatxˈe Comam. Kˈinaloj, ta maẍtaj istoholal chiswatxˈe Comam, machim chu yoc Comam yilni yin̈ tzet chielico anma yul sat yiban̈kˈinal tiˈ.

Ay mac chitxumni hacaˈ tiˈ: “Yet chiwanicojan lekˈtiˈal caw ecˈbalto chisyelo isba isyelal yip Comam Dios, yajaˈ ¿tzet yin̈ xin chiillaxi yin̈ tzet chinwatxˈehan cat wallaxan mulumal?” ẍi anma tuˈ. Ay mac chalni tato hac tuˈ walnihan. Tato hac tuˈ, ¿tzet yin̈ xin maẍtaj istxˈojal chicowatxˈe yun̈e caw yixtan̈wilo iscˈulchˈanil iscˈul Comam Dios? Ay anma txˈoj isnabal chalni ta hac tuˈ incuynihan anma. Haˈ mac chihalni hacaˈ tuˈ, haˈ ay yet yay isyaˈtajil yiban̈ yu Comam Dios.

Machi hunu mac cˈul

Wal xin, ¿tom ecˈbal cˈulon̈ han̈on̈ Israel hon̈ tiˈ sata anma mach Israeloj? ¡Machoj! Wal xin lahanon̈ cosunil. Xawalan teyet tato sunil anma Israel yeb anma mach Israeloj ayicto yalan̈ yip mule. 10 Hacaˈ yalni yul Yum Comam Dios, bay chala:

Machi hunu mac cˈul, nitam hunuj.
11 Machi hunu mac chitxumchalo yu, machi hunu mac chisaynilo Comam Dios.
12 Sunil mac chicˈayicˈoj, sunil mac xayetato isba. Machi hunu mac chiwatxˈen iscˈulal nitam hunuj.
13 Caw han̈eticˈa istxˈojal chielti yul istiˈ anma, lahan hacaˈ hunu bay mujan camom elna ismajil. Caw xin chakˈ subchaho yet anmahil yin̈ lekˈtiˈal chala. Hacaˈ veneno ayicto yul istiˈ noˈ laba, hac tuˈ ismachiswalilal tzet chielti yul istiˈ anma.
14 Han̈eticˈa tzˈactiˈ chielti yul istiˈ anma, yeb tzotiˈ caw txˈoj.
15 Caw xin yin̈ an̈e chito potxˈwal yin̈ yet anmahil.
16 Bajxan̈etuˈwal cheqˈui chietaxto tzet ye tuˈ yu, biscˈulaln̈eticˈa chiecˈ yakˈaˈcanoj.
17 Mach yohtajo isbelal yet akˈancˈulal.
18 Maẍticˈa yelapno Comam Dios yul sat, ẍiayo yul Yum Comam.

19 Caw johtaj tato sunil tzet tzˈibn̈ebilcano yin̈ ley yet payat tuˈ, haˈ tet mac ayicto yalan̈ ley tuˈ haˈ tet chitzoteli, yun̈e sunil mac chiscach istiˈ, cat istakˈwenico ismul yiban̈ tet Comam Dios. 20 Yuto machi huno mac chioc cˈulal yul sat Comam Dios yu isyijen yin̈ tzet chal ley, wal xin cachann̈e ismunil huneˈ ley tuˈ haˈ isyeniloj tato caw mulumon̈.

Chon̈colchahi yu janico janma yin̈ Comam Jesucristo

21 Tinan̈ xin, xaisyelo Comam Dios yin̈ tzet chu joc cˈulal yul sat Comam, maẍtaj yu coyijen ley. Wal xin halbilcano yu naj Moisés yeb yu ebnaj ischejab Comam yet payat yin̈ tzet chu joc cˈulal yul sat Comam. 22 Yu janico janma yin̈ Comam Jesucristo yuxin chon̈oc cˈulal yul sat Comam Dios, hacpax tuˈ xin sunil mac chianayto yul yanma yin̈ Comam chioccano cˈulal yuto lahan anma sunil. 23 Mulumon̈ cosunil yul sat Comam, yuxin maẍto hunu mac xatzujcha apno iscˈulchˈanil Comam yu. Sunil mac yacanico ismul, yuxin nahat yehilo yin̈ iscolbanil chakˈ Comam Dios. 24 Yu iscˈulchˈanil iscˈul Comam yuxin chon̈oc cˈulal yul sat, yaj yu colbilon̈xa yu Comam Jesucristo, sunil tiˈ akˈbil matanil jet yu Comam Dios. 25 Comam Jesucristo oc xahanbalil yu Comam Dios. Ismalto ischiqˈuil yu yakˈni nimancˈulal yin̈ ismul anma. Chischah anma huneˈ nimancˈulal yu yanico yanma yin̈ Comam. Hac tuˈ chu isyeni Comam tato haˈ istoholal chiswatxˈe yet yakˈni nimancˈulal yin̈ ismul anma yet payat tiempo tuˈ. 26 Hacpax tuˈ tinan̈, chisyelo Comam Dios tato haˈ istoholal chiswatxˈe, yeb ta yexn̈eto iswatxˈen istoholal yet chon̈yalni Comam cˈulal yu chijayto yul janma yin̈ Comam Jesucristo.

27 Ta hac tuˈ chal tuˈ, ¿tzettaxca xin chielico huneˈ heloloˈal? Chitan̈canoj yuto maẍtaj yu coyijen isley naj Moisés yuxin chon̈colchahi, walxinto yu janico janma yin̈ Comam Jesucristo. 28 Hacpax tuˈ xin chu johtan̈encaniloj ta yu janico janma yin̈ Comam Jesucristo yuxin chon̈oc cˈulal yul sat Comam, maẍtaj yu coyijen ley.

29 ¿Tom han̈cˈan̈e han̈on̈ Israel hon̈ tiˈ coDiosal ye Comam Dios? ¿Tom mach isDiosalopaxo anma mach Israelo ye Comam? Wal xin caw yeli isDiosalpaxo anma mach Israelo ye Comam. 30 Yuto huneˈn̈echˈan Comam Dios, yuxin macta ayco circuncisión yin̈, yeb macta machi circuncisión yin̈, chioc cˈulal yul sat Comam Dios, yaj yu yanico yanma yin̈ Comam Jesucristo. 31 Yet chijanico janma yin̈ Comam, ¿tom lan̈an jalni tato matxa tzet chal yelapno ley? ¡Machoj! Wal xin chicoyelo yin̈ tzet chal yelapno ley tuˈ.

God’s Faithfulness

What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way!(A) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.(B)

What if some were unfaithful?(C) Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?(D) Not at all! Let God be true,(E) and every human being a liar.(F) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
    and prevail when you judge.”[a](G)

But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(H) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(I) Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(J) Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(K) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(L) Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(M) Their condemnation is just!

No One Is Righteous

What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage?(N) Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.(O) 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.”[b](P)
13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[c](Q)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[d](R)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[e](S)
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.”[f](T)
18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[g](U)

19 Now we know that whatever the law says,(V) it says to those who are under the law,(W) so that every mouth may be silenced(X) and the whole world held accountable to God.(Y) 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(Z) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(AA)

Righteousness Through Faith

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(AB) has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.(AC) 22 This righteousness(AD) is given through faith(AE) in[h] Jesus Christ(AF) to all who believe.(AG) There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,(AH) 23 for all have sinned(AI) and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified(AJ) freely by his grace(AK) through the redemption(AL) that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i](AM) through the shedding of his blood(AN)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(AO) 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness 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?(AP) 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 the works of the law.(AQ) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,(AR) 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(AS) 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4
  2. Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20
  3. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  4. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
  5. Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)
  6. Romans 3:17 Isaiah 59:7,8
  7. Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:1
  8. Romans 3:22 Or through the faithfulness of
  9. Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).