Ad Romanos 2

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Propter quod inexcusabilis es, o homo omnis qui judicas. In quo enim judicas alterum, teipsum condemnas : eadem enim agis quæ judicas.	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.
2 Scimus enim quoniam judicium Dei est secundum veritatem in eos qui talia agunt.	2 We are well aware that people who behave like that are justly condemned by God.
3 Existimas autem hoc, o homo, qui judicas eos qui talia agunt, et facis ea, quia tu effugies judicium Dei ?	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?
4 an divitias bonitatis ejus, et patientiæ, et longanimitatis contemnis ? ignoras quoniam benignitas Dei ad pœnitentiam te adducit ?	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?
5 Secundum autem duritiam tuam, et impœnitens cor, thesaurizas tibi iram in die iræ, et revelationis justi judicii Dei,	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.
6 qui reddet unicuique secundum opera ejus :	6 He wil repay everyone as their deeds deserve.
7 iis quidem qui secundum patientiam boni operis, gloriam, et honorem, et incorruptionem quærunt, vitam æternam :	7 For those who aimed for glory and honour and immortality by persevering in doing good, there will beeternal life;
8 iis autem qui sunt ex contentione, et qui non acquiescunt veritati, credunt autem iniquitati, ira et indignatio.	8 but for those who out of jealousy have taken for their guide not truth but injustice, there wil be the furyof retribution.
9 Tribulatio et angustia in omnem animam hominis operantis malum, Judæi primum, et Græci :	9 Trouble and distress wil come to every human being who does evil -- Jews first, but Greeks as wel ;
10 gloria autem, et honor, et pax omni operanti bonum, Judæo primum, et Græco :	10 glory and honour and peace will come to everyone who does good -- Jews first, but Greeks as wel .
11 non enim est acceptio personarum apud Deum.	11 There is no favouritism with God.
12 Quicumque enim sine lege peccaverunt, sine lege peribunt : et quicumque in lege peccaverunt, per legem judicabuntur.	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.
13 Non enim auditores legis justi sunt apud Deum, sed factores legis justificabuntur.	13 For the ones that God wil justify are not those who have heard the Law but those who have kept theLaw.
14 Cum autem gentes, quæ legem non habent, naturaliter ea, quæ legis sunt, faciunt, ejusmodi legem non habentes, ipsi sibi sunt lex :	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.
15 qui ostendunt opus legis scriptum in cordibus suis, testimonium reddente illis conscientia ipsorum, et inter se invicem cogitationibus accusantibus, aut etiam defendentibus,	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,
16 in die, cum judicabit Deus occulta hominum, secundum Evangelium meum per Jesum Christum.	16 according to the gospel that I preach, God, through Jesus Christ, judges all human secrets.
17 Si autem tu Judæus cognominaris, et requiescis in lege, et gloriaris in Deo,	17 If you can cal yourself a Jew, and you real y trust in the Law, and are proud of your God,
18 et nosti voluntatem ejus, et probas utiliora, instructus per legem,	18 and know his wil , and tel right from wrong because you have been taught by the Law;
19 confidis teipsum esse ducem cæcorum, lumen eorum qui in tenebris sunt,	19 if you are confident that you are a guide to the blind and a beacon to those in the dark,
20 eruditorem insipientium, magistrum infantium, habentem formam scientiæ, et veritatis in lege.	20 that you can teach the ignorant and instruct the unlearned because the Law embodies all knowledgeand all truth-
21 Qui ergo alium doces, teipsum non doces : qui prædicas non furandum, furaris :	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?
22 qui dicis non mœchandum, mœcharis : qui abominaris idola, sacrilegium facis :	22 You say that adultery is forbidden, but do you commit adultery? You detest the worship of objects, butdo you desecrate holy things yourself?
23 qui in lege gloriaris, per prævaricationem legis Deum inhonoras.	23 If, while you are boasting of the Law, you disobey it, then you are bringing God into contempt.
24 (Nomen enim Dei per vos blasphematur inter gentes, sicut scriptum est.)	24 As scripture says: It is your fault that the name of God is held in contempt among the nations.
25 Circumcisio quidem prodest, si legem observes : si autem prævaricator legis sis, circumcisio tua præputium facta est.	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.
26 Si igitur præputium justitias legis custodiat, nonne præputium illius in circumcisionem reputabitur ?	26 And if an uncircumcised man keeps the commands of the Law, wil not his uncircumcised state countas circumcision?
27 et judicabit id quod ex natura est præputium, legem consummans, te, qui per litteram et circumcisionem prævaricator legis es ?	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.
28 Non enim qui in manifesto, Judæus est : neque quæ in manifesto, in carne, est circumcisio :	28 Being a Jew is not only having the outward appearance of a Jew, and circumcision is not only avisible physical operation.
29 sed qui in abscondito, Judæus est : et circumcisio cordis in spiritu, non littera : cujus laus non ex hominibus, sed ex Deo est.	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.