Romans 2

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 So no matter who you are, if you pass judgement you have no excuse. It is yourself that you condemnwhen you judge others, since you behave in the same way as those you are condemning.	1 לָכֵן אֵין לְךָ הִתְנַצְּלוּת אַתָּה בֶן־אָדָם הַדָּן תִּהְיֶה מִי שֶׁתִּהְיֶה כִּי בְמַה־שֶּׁתָּדִין אֶת־חֲבֵרְךָ תְּחַיֵּב אֶת־נַפְשְׁךָ בַּאֲשֶׁר אַתָּה הַדָּן תַּעֲשֶׂה כְמַעֲשֵׂהוּ
2 We are well aware that people who behave like that are justly condemned by God.	2 וְיָדַעְנוּ כִּי־מִשְׁפַּט אֱלֹהִים כְּפִי הָאֱמֶת עַל־עֹשֵׂי אֵלֶּה
3 But you -- when you judge those who behave like this while you are doing the same yourself -- do youthink you wil escape God's condemnation?	3 וְאַתָּה בֶן־אָדָם הַדָּן אֵת אֲשֶׁר־פָּעֲלוּ כָאֵלֶּה וְעָשִׂיתָ כְמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם הֲתַחֲשֹׁב לְהִמָּלֵט מִמִּשְׁפַּט הָאֱלֹהִים
4 Or are you not disregarding his abundant goodness, tolerance and patience, failing to realise that this generosity of God is meant to bring you to repentance?	4 אוֹ הֲתָבוּז לַעֲתֶרֶת טוּבוֹ וּלְחֶמְלָתוֹ וּלְאֹרֶךְ רוּחוֹ וְלֹא תִתְבּוֹנֵן כִּי־טוֹבַת הָאֱלֹהִים תַּדְרִיךְ אֹתְךָ לִתְשׁוּבָה
5 Your stubborn refusal to repent is only storing up retribution for yourself on that Day of retribution whenGod's just verdicts wil be made known.	5 וּבִקְשִׁי לְבָבְךָ הַמְמָאֵן לָשׁוּב תִּצְבֹּר לְךָ עֶבְרָה אֶל־יוֹם עֶבְרַת הָאֱלֹהִים וְעֵת הִגָּלוֹת צִדְקַת מִשְׁפָּטוֹ
6 He wil repay everyone as their deeds deserve.	6 אֲשֶׁר יְשַׁלֵּם לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ
7 For those who aimed for glory and honour and immortality by persevering in doing good, there will beeternal life;	7 לַמַּתְמִידִים בַּעֲשׂוֹת הַטּוֹב וּמְבַקְשִׁים אֶת־הַכָּבוֹד וְהֶהָדָר וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ עֹבֵר יִתֵּן אֶת־חַיֵּי הָעוֹלָמִים
8 but for those who out of jealousy have taken for their guide not truth but injustice, there wil be the furyof retribution.	8 וְעַל־בְּנֵי הַמֶּרִי וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִשְׁמְעוּ לָאֱמֶת כִּי אִם־לָעַוְלָה שָׁמֵעוּ חֲרוֹן־אַף וְחֵמָה
9 Trouble and distress wil come to every human being who does evil -- Jews first, but Greeks as wel ;	9 צָרָה וּמְצוּקָה עַל־כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ אָדָם עֹשֶׂה הָרָע עַל־הַיְּהוּדִי בָרִאשׁוֹנָה וְכֵן גַּם עַל־הַיְּוָנִי
10 glory and honour and peace will come to everyone who does good -- Jews first, but Greeks as wel .	10 וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר וְשָׁלוֹם לְכָל־עֹשֶׂה הַטּוֹב לַיְּהוּדִי בָרִאשׁוֹנָה וְכֵן גַּם לַיְּוָנִי
11 There is no favouritism with God.	11 כִּי אֵין־מַשּׂא פָנִים עִם־הָאֱלֹהִים
12 Al those who have sinned without the Law wil perish without the Law; and those under the Law whohave sinned wil be judged by the Law.	12 כִּי כָל־אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָטְאוּ בְּלִי תוֹרָה גַּם בִּבְלִי־תוֹרָה יֹאבֵדוּ וַאֲשֶׁר חָטְאוּ בְּתוֹרָה גַּם־עַל־פִּי הַתּוֹרָה יִשָּׁפֵטוּ
13 For the ones that God wil justify are not those who have heard the Law but those who have kept theLaw.	13 כִּי לֹא שֹׁמְעֵי הַתּוֹרָה צַדִּיקִים לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי אִם־עֹשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה הֵם יִצְדָּקוּ
14 So, when gentiles, not having the Law, still through their own innate sense behave as the Lawcommands, then, even though they have no Law, they are a law for themselves.	14 כִּי הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לָהֶם תּוֹרָה בַּעֲשׂוֹתָם כְּדִבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה מֵאֲלֵיהֶם גַּם־בְּאֵין תּוֹרָה הֵם תּוֹרָה לְנַפְשָׁם
15 They can demonstrate the effect of the Law engraved on their hearts, to which their own consciencebears witness; since they are aware of various considerations, some of which accuse them, while others providethem with a defence . . . on the day when,	15 בְּהַרְאוֹתָם מַעֲשֵׂה הַתּוֹרָה כָּתוּב עַל־לִבָּם וְדַעְתָּם מְעִידָה בָהֶם וּמַחְשְׁבוֹתָם בְּקִרְבָּם מְחַיְּבוֹת זֹאת אֶת־זֹאת אוֹ גַּם־מְזַכּוֹת
16 according to the gospel that I preach, God, through Jesus Christ, judges all human secrets.	16 בְּיוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁפֹּט הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־תַּעֲלֻמוֹת בְּנֵי הָאָדָם בְּיַד יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ כְּפִי בְשׂוֹרָתִי
17 If you can cal yourself a Jew, and you real y trust in the Law, and are proud of your God,	17 הֵן אַתָּה נִקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוּדִי וְנִשְׁעַנְתָּ עַל־הַתּוֹרָה וְהִתְהַלַּלְתָּ בֵּאלֹהִים
18 and know his wil , and tel right from wrong because you have been taught by the Law;	18 וְיָדַעְתָּ הָרָאוּי וּבִהְיוֹתְךָ מְלֻמָּד בַּתּוֹרָה תָּבִין בֵּין־טוֹב לָרָע
19 if you are confident that you are a guide to the blind and a beacon to those in the dark,	19 וּבָטַחְתָּ בְנַפְשְׁךָ לִהְיוֹת מוֹלִיךְ הַעִוְרִים וְאוֹר לַהֹלְכִים בַּחשֶׁךְ
20 that you can teach the ignorant and instruct the unlearned because the Law embodies all knowledgeand all truth-	20 מְיַסֵּר לְחַסְרֵי לֵב וּמוֹרֵה הַפְּתָאִים וְיֵשׁ לְךָ מַרְאֶה הַדַּעַת וְהָאֱמֶת בַּתּוֹרָה
21 so then, in teaching others, do you teach yourself as wel ? You preach that there is to be no stealing,but do you steal?	21 וְאַתָּה אֲשֶׁר תּוֹרֶה אֲחֵרִים אֶת־נַפְשְׁךָ לֹא תוֹרֶה אָמַרְתָּ לֹא תִגְנֹב וְהִנְּךָ גֹנֵב
22 You say that adultery is forbidden, but do you commit adultery? You detest the worship of objects, butdo you desecrate holy things yourself?	22 אָמַרְתָּ לֹא תִנְאָף וְאַתָּה נֹאֵף תְּשַׁקֵּץ אֶת־הָאֱלִילִים וְאַתָּה גֹּזֵל אֶת־הַקֹּדֶשׁ
23 If, while you are boasting of the Law, you disobey it, then you are bringing God into contempt.	23 תִּתְהַלֵּל בַּתּוֹרָה וַתְּנַבֵּל אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים בְּעָבְרְךָ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה
24 As scripture says: It is your fault that the name of God is held in contempt among the nations.	24 כִּי שֵׁם הָאֱלֹהִים בִּגְלַלְכֶם מְחֻלָּל בַּגּוֹיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר כָּתוּב
25 Circumcision has its value if you keep the Law; but if you go on breaking the Law, you are no morecircumcised than the uncircumcised.	25 הֵן הַמִּילָה מוֹעִילָה אִם־תִּשְׁמֹר אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה אֲבָל אִם־עֹבֵר אַתָּה אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה אָז מִילָתְךָ הָיְתָה־לְּךָ לְעָרְלָה
26 And if an uncircumcised man keeps the commands of the Law, wil not his uncircumcised state countas circumcision?	26 לָכֵן אִם־יִשְׁמֹר הֶעָרֵל אֶת־מִשְׁפְּטֵי הַתּוֹרָה הֲלֹא תֵחָשֵׁב־לוֹ עָרְלָתוֹ לְמִילָה
27 More, the man who, in his native uncircumcised state, keeps the Law, is a condemnation of you, who,by your concentration on the letter and on circumcision, actual y break the Law.	27 וְהֶעָרֵל מִלֵּדָה הַמְקַיֵּם אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה הֲלֹא הוּא יָדִין אֹתְךָ אֲשֶׁר־יֵשׁ לְךָ הַכְּתָב וְהַמִּילָה וְעָבַרְתָּ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה
28 Being a Jew is not only having the outward appearance of a Jew, and circumcision is not only avisible physical operation.	28 כִּי לֹא־הַנִּרְאֶה מִחוּץ הוּא הַיְּהוּדִי וְלֹא־הַנִּרְאָה מִחוּץ בַּבָּשָׂר הִיא הַמִּילָה
29 The real Jew is the one who is inwardly a Jew, and real circumcision is in the heart, a thing not of theletter but of the spirit. He may not be praised by any human being, but he wil be praised by God.	29 כִּי אִם־אֲשֶׁר בִּפְנִים הוּא יְהוּדִי וּמִילָה הִיא אֲשֶׁר בַּלֵּב כְּפִי הָרוּחַ וְלֹא כְּפִי הַכְּתָב אֲשֶׁר־לֹא מִבְּנֵי אָדָם תְּהִלָּתוֹ כִּי אִם־מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים