Loma 3
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Pea ka kuo pehē, pea ko e hā ʻae lelei lahi ʻoku ʻi he Siu? Pe ko e hā hono ʻaonga ʻoe kamu?
1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2ʻOku lahi ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē: kae lahi taha pe koeʻuhi ko e tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi folofola ʻae ʻOtua.
2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
3Ka ko e hā, ʻo kapau naʻe ai ha niʻihi naʻe ʻikai tui? ʻE fakataʻeʻaonga ʻe heʻenau taʻetui ʻae moʻoni ʻae ʻOtua?
3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito: ʻio, ke moʻoni ʻae ʻOtua, kae loi ʻae tangata kotoa pē; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Koeʻuhi ke ke tonuhia ʻi hoʻo ngaahi tala, pea koeʻuhi ke ke māʻoniʻoni ʻoka ke ka fakamaau.”
4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
5Pea kapau ʻoku hā ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻae ʻOtua ʻi heʻetau taʻemāʻoniʻoni, te tau pehē ko e hā? ʻOku taʻeangatonu ʻae ʻOtua ʻi heʻene houhau? (ʻOku ou lea ʻo hangē ko e tangata.)
5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6ʻIkai ʻaupito: he ka ne pehē ʻe fēfē hono fakamaau ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa māmani?
6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7He kapau kuo tupulekina ʻo lahi ʻae moʻoni ʻae ʻOtua, ke ongoongolelei ia ʻi heʻeku loi; pea ko e hā ʻoku kei fakamaau ai au ko e angahala?
7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8Pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ai ke pehē muʻa , (ʻo hangē ko hono lohiakiʻi ʻakimautolu, pea hangē ko hono fakapapau ia ʻe he niʻihi ʻoku mau lea ʻo pehē ), “Ke tau fai kovi, kae tupu ai ha lelei?” Ko honau fakamalaʻia ko e meʻa totonu.
8And not rather , (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
9Pea fēfē ai? ʻOku lelei lahi hake ʻakitautolu? ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito: he kuo ʻosi ʻemau fakamoʻoni ʻoku fakatou moʻulaloa kotoa pē ki he angahala, ʻae kakai Siu mo e kakai Senitaile;
9What then? are we better than they ? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “ʻOku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku māʻoniʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ha taha:
10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi, ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku kumi ki he ʻOtua.
11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12Kuo nau hē kotoa pē, kuo nau hoko ʻo taʻeʻaonga kotoa pē; ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku fai lelei, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ha taha,
12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13Ko honau kia ko e fonualoto kuo matangaki; kuo nau fai fakakākā ʻaki honau ʻelelo; ko e meʻa kona ʻoe ngata fekai ʻoku ʻi lalo ʻi honau loungutu:
13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14ʻOku pito honau ngutu ʻi he kapekape mo e lea fakamahū:
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Ko honau vaʻe ʻoku vave ke lilingi toto:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16ʻOku ʻi honau ngaahi hala ʻae fakaʻauha mo e malaʻia:
16Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17Pea ko e hala ʻoe melino ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi:
17And the way of peace have they not known:
18Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha manavahē ki he ʻOtua ʻi honau ʻao.”
18There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19Ko eni, ʻoku tau ʻilo ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku fakahā ʻi he fono, ʻoku fakahā ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku moʻulaloa ki he fono: koeʻuhi ke mapuni ʻae ngutu kotoa pē, kae nofo ʻa māmani kotoa pē kuo halaia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.
19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20Ko ia ʻe ʻikai fakatonuhiaʻi ha tokotaha ʻi hono ʻao ʻe he ngaahi ngāue ʻoe fono: he ʻoku mei he fono ʻae ʻiloʻi ʻoe angahala.
20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21Ka ko eni, ʻoku fakahā ʻae fakatonuhiaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he taʻekau ʻae fono, pea ʻoku fakamoʻoni ia ʻe he fono mo e kau palōfita;
21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22ʻIo, ʻae fakatonuhiaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he tui kia Sisu Kalaisi kiate kinautolu kotoa pē pea ʻiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku tui: he ʻoku ʻikai ha fai kehekehe:
22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23He kuo fai angahala kotoa pē, pea tomui ʻi he fakamālō mei he ʻOtua.
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24Pea ʻoku fakatonuhiaʻi ko e ʻofa mataʻataʻatā pē ʻi heʻene ʻaloʻofa, koeʻuhi ko e totongi huhuʻi ʻaia ʻoku ʻia Kalaisi Sisu:
24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25ʻAia kuo fakahā atu ʻe he ʻOtua ko e feilaulau fakalelei ia, ʻi he tui ki hono taʻataʻa, koeʻuhi ke fakahā ʻene māʻoniʻoni ʻi he fakamolemole ʻoe angahala kuo fai, ko e meʻa ʻi he faʻa kātaki ʻae ʻOtua;
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26Ke fakahā ʻi he kuonga ni ʻa ʻene māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ke angatonu pe ia, ka ko e fakatonuhia ia ʻo ia ʻoku tui kia Sisu.
26To declare, I say , at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27Pea ka kuo pehē, pea kofa'a 'ae pole? Kuo kapusi ia. 'E he fono fono fē? ʻOe ngaahi ngāue? ʻIkai ʻaupito: ka ʻe he fono ʻoe tui.
27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28Ko ia ʻoku mau tukupau eni, ʻoku fakatonuhiaʻi ʻae tangata ʻe he tui, ʻo taʻekau ai ʻae ngaahi ngāue ʻae fono.
28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29Ko e ʻOtua ia ʻoe kakai Siu pē? Pea ʻikai ʻoe Senitaile foki? ʻIo, ʻoe kakai Senitaile foki:
29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30He ko e ʻOtua pe taha, ʻaia ʻoku ne fakatonuhiaʻi ʻae kamu ʻe he tui, mo e taʻekamu ʻi he tui.
30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31Pea ʻoku tau fakataʻeʻaongaʻi koa ʻae fono ʻi he tui? ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito: ka ʻoku mau fakatuʻumaʻu ʻae fono.
31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
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