1Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For thou dost the same things which thou judgest.
Propter quod inexcusabilis es, o homo omnis qui judicas. In quo enim judicas alterum, teipsum condemnas: eadem enim agis quæ judicas.
2For we know that the judgment of God is, according to truth, against them that do such things.
Scimus enim quoniam judicium Dei est secundum veritatem in eos qui talia agunt.
3And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them who do such things and dost the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Existimas autem hoc, o homo, qui judicas eos qui talia agunt, et facis ea, quia tu effugies judicium Dei?
4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and patience and longsuffering? Knowest thou not that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance?
an divitias bonitatis ejus, et patientiæ, et longanimitatis contemnis? ignoras quoniam benignitas Dei ad pœnitentiam te adducit?
5But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God:
Secundum autem duritiam tuam, et impœnitens cor, thesaurizas tibi iram in die iræ, et revelationis justi judicii Dei,
6Who will render to every man according to his works.
qui reddet unicuique secundum opera ejus:
7To them indeed who, according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:
iis quidem qui secundum patientiam boni operis, gloriam, et honorem, et incorruptionem quærunt, vitam æternam:
8But to them that are contentious and who obey not the truth but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation.
iis autem qui sunt ex contentione, et qui non acquiescunt veritati, credunt autem iniquitati, ira et indignatio.
9Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Greek.
Tribulatio et angustia in omnem animam hominis operantis malum, Judæi primum, et Græci:
10But glory and honour and peace to every one that worketh good: to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
gloria autem, et honor, et pax omni operanti bonum, Judæo primum, et Græco:
11For there is no respect of persons with God.
non enim est acceptio personarum apud Deum.
12For whosoever have sinned without the law shall perish without the law: and whosoever have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law.
Quicumque enim sine lege peccaverunt, sine lege peribunt: et quicumque in lege peccaverunt, per legem judicabuntur.
13For not the hearers of the law are just before God: but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Non enim auditores legis justi sunt apud Deum, sed factores legis justificabuntur.
14For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature those things that are of the law; these, having not the law, are a law to themselves.
Cum autem gentes, quæ legem non habent, naturaliter ea, quæ legis sunt, faciunt, ejusmodi legem non habentes, ipsi sibi sunt lex:
15Who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness to them: and their thoughts between themselves accusing or also defending one another,
qui ostendunt opus legis scriptum in cordibus suis, testimonium reddente illis conscientia ipsorum, et inter se invicem cogitationibus accusantibus, aut etiam defendentibus,
16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
in die, cum judicabit Deus occulta hominum, secundum Evangelium meum per Jesum Christum.
17But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law and makest thy boast of God,
Si autem tu Judæus cognominaris, et requiescis in lege, et gloriaris in Deo,
18And knowest his will and approvest the more profitable things, being instructed by the law:
et nosti voluntatem ejus, et probas utiliora, instructus per legem,
19Art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,
confidis teipsum esse ducem cæcorum, lumen eorum qui in tenebris sunt,
20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law.
eruditorem insipientium, magistrum infantium, habentem formam scientiæ, et veritatis in lege.
21Thou therefore, that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou, that preachest that men should not steal, stealest.
Qui ergo alium doces, teipsum non doces: qui prædicas non furandum, furaris:
22Thou, that sayest men should not commit adultery, committest adultery: thou, that abhorrest idols, committest sacrilege:
qui dicis non mœchandum, mœcharis: qui abominaris idola, sacrilegium facis:
23Thou, that makest thy boast of the law, by transgression of the law dishonourest God.
qui in lege gloriaris, per prævaricationem legis Deum inhonoras.
24(For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.)
(Nomen enim Dei per vos blasphematur inter gentes, sicut scriptum est.)
25Circumcision profiteth indeed, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Circumcisio quidem prodest, si legem observes: si autem prævaricator legis sis, circumcisio tua præputium facta est.
26If then, the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
Si igitur præputium justitias legis custodiat, nonne præputium illius in circumcisionem reputabitur?
27And shall not that which by nature is uncircumcision, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?
et judicabit id quod ex natura est præputium, legem consummans, te, qui per litteram et circumcisionem prævaricator legis es?
28For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly: nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh.
Non enim qui in manifesto, Judæus est: neque quæ in manifesto, in carne, est circumcisio:
29But he is a Jew that is one inwardly and the circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter: whose praise is not of men, but of God.
sed qui in abscondito, Judæus est: et circumcisio cordis in spiritu, non littera: cujus laus non ex hominibus, sed ex Deo est.