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2:1
Διὸ ἀναπολόγητος εἶ, ὦ ἄνθρωπε πᾶς ὁ κρίνων· ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίνεις τὸν ἕτερον, σεαυτὸν κατακρίνεις, τὰ γὰρ αὐτὰ πράσσεις ὁ κρίνων.
Propter quod inexcusabilis es, o homo omnis qui judicas. In quo enim judicas alterum, teipsum condemnas : eadem enim agis quae judicas.
ዕጓለ እመሕያው በምንትኑ ዘትትዋሥኦ ለመኰንነ ጽድቅ ሶበ አንተ ዝኰ ዘትግዕዝ በላዕለ ባዕድ ሶበ ለሊከ ትገብር ዝኰ ዘትጸልእ በላዕለ ቢጽከ አኮኑ ርእሰከ ትግዕዝ እስመ ለሊከ ትገብሮ።
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
2:2
οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι τὸ κρίμα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν κατὰ ἀλήθειαν ἐπὶ τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντας.
Scimus enim quoniam judicium Dei est secundum veritatem in eos qui talia agunt.
ነአምር ከመ ጽድቅ ኵነኔሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ዘያመጽእ መቅሠፍተ ላዕለ እለ ይገብሩ ዘንተ ከመዝ።
We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
2:3
λογίζῃ δὲ τοῦτο, ὦ ἄνθρωπε ὁ κρίνων τοὺς τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντας καὶ ποιῶν αὐτά, ὅτι σὺ ἐκφεύξῃ τὸ κρίμα τοῦ θεοῦ;
Existimas autem hoc, o homo, qui judicas eos qui talia agunt, et facis ea, quia tu effugies judicium Dei ?
ኀልዮ እስኩ ዕጓለ እመሕያው ለዝንቱ ለእመ ብከ ኀበ ታመሥጥ እምኵነኔሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ሶበ ለሊከ ትገብሮ ለዝኩ ዘትግዕዝ በላዕለ ባዕድ ወዘትጸልእ።
Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
2:4
ἢ τοῦ πλούτου τῆς χρηστότητος αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀνοχῆς καὶ τῆς μακροθυμίας καταφρονεῖς, ἀγνοῶν ὅτι τὸ χρηστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς μετάνοιάν σε ἄγει;
an divitias bonitatis ejus, et patientiae, et longanimitatis contemnis ? ignoras quoniam benignitas Dei ad poenitentiam te adducit ?
ትትሔዘብኑ ታስተዐብዶ ለእግዚአብሔር በብዝኀ ምሕረቱ ወበትዕግሥቱ ወበኦሆ ብሂሎቱ ላዕሌከ ኢተአምርኑ ከመ ምሕረቱ ለእግዚአብሔር ኪያከ ያገርር ኀበ ንስሓ።
Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
2:5
κατὰ δὲ τὴν σκληρότητά σου καὶ ἀμετανόητον καρδίαν θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ ὀργὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ θεοῦ,
Secundum autem duritiam tuam, et impoenitens cor, thesaurizas tibi iram in die irae, et revelationis justi judicii Dei,
ወባሕቱ በአምጣነ ታጸንዕ ልበከ ወኢትኔስሕ ትዘግብ ለከ መቅሠፍተ ለአመ ይበጽሐከ ኵነኔሁ ለእግዚአብሔር።
But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God,
2:6
ὃς ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ,
qui reddet unicuique secundum opera ejus :
እስመ ውእቱ ይፈድዮ ለኵሉ በከመ ምግባሩ በኵነኔ ጽድቁ።
who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”
2:7
τοῖς μὲν καθ’ ὑπομονὴν ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ζητοῦσιν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον·
iis quidem qui secundum patientiam boni operis, gloriam, et honorem, et incorruptionem quaerunt, vitam aeternam :
ወለእለሰ ተዐገሡ በምግባር ሠናይ ወየኀሥሡ ክብረ ወስብሐተ ውእቱኒ ይሁቦሙ ሕይወተ ዘለዓለም።
to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
2:8
τοῖς δὲ ἐξ ἐριθείας καὶ ἀπειθοῦσι τῇ ἀληθείᾳ πειθομένοις δὲ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, ὀργὴ καὶ θυμός.
iis autem qui sunt ex contentione, et qui non acquiescunt veritati, credunt autem iniquitati, ira et indignatio.
ወለእለሰ ከሓድያን ወዓላውያነ ጽድቅ ወመፍቀርያነ ዐመፃ ፍዳሆሙ መቅሠፍት ወመንሱት።
but to those who are self-seeking and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,
2:9
θλῖψις καὶ στενοχωρία ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ἀνθρώπου τοῦ κατεργαζομένου τὸ κακόν, Ἰουδαίου τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνος·
Tribulatio et angustia in omnem animam hominis operantis malum, Judaei primum, et Graeci :
ወቍጥዓ ወገዓር ወምንዳቤ ለነፍሰ ኵሉ ሰብእ ዘእኩይ ምግባሩ እመኒ አይሁዳዊ ወእመኒ አረማዊ።
oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
2:10
δόξα δὲ καὶ τιμὴ καὶ εἰρήνη παντὶ τῷ ἐργαζομένῳ τὸ ἀγαθόν, Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι·
gloria autem, et honor, et pax omni operanti bonum, Judaeo primum, et Graeco :
ክብር ወስብሐት ወሰላም ለኵሉ ዘሠናይ ምግባሩ እመኒ አይሁዳዊ ወእመኒ አረማዊ።
But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
2:11
Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν προσωπολημψία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ.
non enim est acceptio personarum apud Deum.
እስመ ኢያደሉ እግዚአብሔር ለገጸ ሰብእ።
For there is no partiality with God.
2:12
ὅσοι γὰρ ἀνόμως ἥμαρτον, ἀνόμως καὶ ἀπολοῦνται· καὶ ὅσοι ἐν νόμῳ ἥμαρτον, διὰ νόμου κριθήσονται·
Quicumque enim sine lege peccaverunt, sine lege peribunt : et quicumque in lege peccaverunt, per legem judicabuntur.
እስመ ኵሎሙ እለ ፈድፈደ እምሕግ አበሳሆሙ ፈድፈደ እምሕግ ኵነኔሆሙ ወኵሎሙ እለ ዘእንበለ ሕግ አበሳሆሙ ዘእንበለ ሕግ ኵነኔሆሙ።
For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
2:13
οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἀκροαταὶ νόμου δίκαιοι παρὰ τῷ θεῷ, ἀλλ’ οἱ ποιηταὶ νόμου δικαιωθήσονται.
Non enim auditores legis justi sunt apud Deum, sed factores legis justificabuntur.
ቦኑ በአጽምዖ መጻሕፍት ይጸድቁ በቅድመ እግዚአብሔር አኮኑ ዳእሙ በገቢሮቱ ይጸድቁ።
For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
2:14
ὅταν γὰρ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ νόμον ἔχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόμου ποιῶσιν, οὗτοι νόμον μὴ ἔχοντες ἑαυτοῖς εἰσιν νόμος·
Cum autem gentes, quae legem non habent, naturaliter ea, quae legis sunt, faciunt, ejusmodi legem non habentes, ipsi sibi sunt lex :
አሕዛብኒ እለ አልቦሙ ሕግ ይሠርዑ ሎሙ ሕገ ወየሐግጉ ሎሙ ለሊሆሙ ወይገብሩ ዘበሕጎሙ።
(for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,
2:15
οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, συνμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων τῶν λογισμῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων,
qui ostendunt opus legis scriptum in cordibus suis, testimonium reddente illis conscientia ipsorum, et inter se invicem cogitationibus accusantibus, aut etiam defendentibus,
ወያሬእዩ ገቢረ ሕግ እንዘ ጽሑፍ ውእቱ ውስተ ልቦሙ ወይትዐወቅ እምግባሮሙ ወያርሰሐስሖሙ ልቦሙ ወይቀልዮሙ።
in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
2:16
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου διὰ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
in die, cum judicabit Deus occulta hominum, secundum Evangelium meum per Jesum Christum.
ወየአምሩ ከመ አልቦ ዘይብሉ ወዘይወቅሱ አመ የሐትቶሙ እግዚአብሔር ለዕጓለ እመሕያው ዘየኀብኡ ወዘይከብቱ ውስተ ልቦሙ በከመ መሀርኩ በእንተ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ።
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
2:17
εἰ δὲ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ νόμῳ καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν θεῷ
Si autem tu Judaeus cognominaris, et requiescis in lege, et gloriaris in Deo,
ወሶበ አንተ አይሁዳዊ ዘተዐርፍ በኦሪትከ ወትትሜካሕ በእግዚአብሔር።
Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
2:18
καὶ γινώσκεις τὸ θέλημα καὶ δοκιμάζεις τὰ διαφέροντα κατηχούμενος ἐκ τοῦ νόμου,
et nosti voluntatem ejus, et probas utiliora, instructus per legem,
ወተአምር ፈቃዶ ወትፈልጥ ዘይኄይስ ወምሁር አንተ ኦሪተ።
know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
2:19
πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,
confidis teipsum esse ducem caecorum, lumen eorum qui in tenebris sunt,
ወትትአመን በርእስከ ከመ አንተ መርሖሙ ለዕዉራን ወብርሃኖሙ ለእለ ውስተ ጽልመት።
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
2:20
παιδευτὴν ἀφρόνων, διδάσκαλον νηπίων, ἔχοντα τὴν μόρφωσιν τῆς γνώσεως καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐν τῷ νόμῳ.
eruditorem insipientium, magistrum infantium, habentem formam scientiae, et veritatis in lege.
ወመጥብቢሆሙ ለአብዳን ወመምህሮሙ ለሕፃናት ወትትሜሰል ጻድቀ ወተአምር ሕገ ኦሪት በዘትጸድቅ።
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
2:21
ὁ οὖν διδάσκων ἕτερον σεαυτὸν οὐ διδάσκεις; ὁ κηρύσσων μὴ κλέπτειν κλέπτεις;
Qui ergo alium doces, teipsum non doces : qui praedicas non furandum, furaris :
ወእፎኑ እንከ ዘኢትሜህር ርእሰከ ዘለባዕድ ትሜህር ኢትስርቁ ትብል ወለሊከ ትሰርቅ።
You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?
2:22
ὁ λέγων μὴ μοιχεύειν μοιχεύεις; ὁ βδελυσσόμενος τὰ εἴδωλα ἱεροσυλεῖς;
qui dicis non moechandum, moecharis : qui abominaris idola, sacrilegium facis :
ኢትዘምዉ ትብል ወለሊከ ትዜሙ ወተሐውር ኀበ ብእሲተ ብእሲ ወታስቈርር ጣዖተ ወለሊከ ትሰርቅ ቤተ መቅደስ።
You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
2:23
ὃς ἐν νόμῳ καυχᾶσαι, διὰ τῆς παραβάσεως τοῦ νόμου τὸν θεὸν ἀτιμάζεις;
qui in lege gloriaris, per praevaricationem legis Deum inhonoras.
ወትትሜካሕ በኦሪት ወለሊከ ዐላዊሃ ለኦሪት ወታስተሐቅሮ ለእግዚአብሔር።
You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?
2:24
τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ δι’ ὑμᾶς βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καθὼς γέγραπται.
(Nomen enim Dei per vos blasphematur inter gentes, sicut scriptum est.)
ወናሁ «በእንቲኣክሙ ይፀርፉ አሕዛብ ላዕለ ስመ እግዚአብሔር» በከመ ጽሑፍ።
For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.
2:25
περιτομὴ μὲν γὰρ ὠφελεῖ ἐὰν νόμον πράσσῃς· ἐὰν δὲ παραβάτης νόμου ᾖς, ἡ περιτομή σου ἀκροβυστία γέγονεν.
Circumcisio quidem prodest, si legem observes : si autem praevaricator legis sis, circumcisio tua praeputium facta est.
ግዝረትሰ ትበቍዐከ ለእመ ገበርከ ሕገገ ኦሪት ወእመሰ ኢገበርከ ሕገገ ኦሪት ግዝረትከ ቍልፈተ ትከውነከ።
For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
2:26
ἐὰν οὖν ἡ ἀκροβυστία τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου φυλάσσῃ, οὐχ ἡ ἀκροβυστία αὐτοῦ εἰς περιτομὴν λογισθήσεται;
Si igitur praeputium justitias legis custodiat, nonne praeputium illius in circumcisionem reputabitur ?
ወለእመሰ እንዘ ቈላፍ አንተ ወዐቀብከ ሕገገ ኦሪት ቍልፈትከ ግዝረተ ትከውነከ።
If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?
2:27
καὶ κρινεῖ ἡ ἐκ φύσεως ἀκροβυστία τὸν νόμον τελοῦσα σὲ τὸν διὰ γράμματος καὶ περιτομῆς παραβάτην νόμου.
et judicabit id quod ex natura est praeputium, legem consummans, te, qui per litteram et circumcisionem praevaricator legis es ?
ወይኄይሰከ ትንበር ቍልፈትከ እንተ ተፈጥረት ምስሌከ እምትትገዘር ወትዕሉ ሕገ ኦሪት ወይኄይስ እምኔከ እምግዙር ዘተዐሉ ሕገ ኦሪት ዝኩ ቈላፍ ዘይገብር ሕገ ኦሪት።
Won’t those who are physically uncircumcised, but fulfill the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
2:28
οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἐν σαρκὶ περιτομή·
Non enim qui in manifesto, Judaeus est : neque quae in manifesto, in carne, est circumcisio :
ቦኑ ለዐይነ ሰብእ ይትየሀዱ ወቦኑ ለአድልዎ ይትገዘሩ አኮኑ በክዱን ይትየሀዱ።
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
2:29
ἀλλ’ ὁ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ Ἰουδαῖος, καὶ περιτομὴ καρδίας ἐν πνεύματι οὐ γράμματι, οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ.
sed qui in abscondito, Judaeus est : et circumcisio cordis in spiritu, non littera : cujus laus non ex hominibus, sed ex Deo est.
ወግዝረትሰ ግዝረተ ጽላሌ ልብ በመንፈስ ወአኮ በትምህርተ መጽሐፍ ከመ ትትአኰት በኀበ እግዚአብሔር እምትትአኰት በኀበ ዕጓለ እመሕያው።
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
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