Romans, 3

1. So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision?

1. Koja je dakle prednost Židova? Ili kakva korist od obrezanja?

2. Much in every way: First of all, certainly, because the eloquence of God was entrusted to them.

2. Velika u svakom pogledu. Ponajprije: povjerena su im obeæanja Božja.

3. But what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief nullify the faith of God? Let it not be so!

3. Da, a što ako su se neki iznevjerili? Neæe li njihova nevjernost obeskrijepiti vjernost Božju?

4. For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: “Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.”

4. Nipošto! Nego neka Bog bude istinit, a svaki èovjek lažac, kao što je pisano: Da pravedan budeš po obeæanjima svojim i pobijediš kada te sudili budu.

5. But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?

5. Ako pak naša nepravednost istièe Božju pravednost, što æemo na to reæi? Nije li onda - po ljudsku govorim - nepravedan Bog koji daje maha gnjevu?

6. (I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?

6. Nipošto! Ta kako æe inaèe Bog suditi svijet?

7. For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner?

7. Ako je, doista, istina Božja po mojoj lažljivosti obilno zasjala njemu na slavu, zašto da ja još budem suðen kao grešnik?

8. And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just.

8. I zar da ne "èinimo zlo da doðe dobro", kako nas kleveæu i kako neki kažu da govorimo? Sud ih pravedni èeka!

9. What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin,

9. Što dakle? Imamo li prednost? Ne baš! Jer upravo optužismo sve, i Židove i Grke, da su pod grijehom,

10. just as it was written: “There is no one who is just.

10. kao što je pisano: Nema pravedna ni jednoga,

11. There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God.

11. nema razumna, nema ga tko bi Boga tražio.

12. All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.

12. Svi skrenuše, svi se zajedno pokvariše, nitko da èini dobro - nijednoga nema.

13. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

13. Grob otvoren grlo je njihovo, jezikom lažno laskaju, pod usnama im je otrov ljutièin,

14. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

14. usta im puna kletve i grkosti;

15. Their feet are swift to shed blood.

15. noge im hitre da krv proliju,

16. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways.

16. razvaline i nevolja na njinim su putima,

17. And the way of peace they have not known.

17. put mira oni ne poznaju,

18. There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

18. straha Božjega nemaju pred oèima.

19. But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God.

19. A znamo: što god Zakon veli, govori onima pod Zakonom, da svaka usta umuknu i sav svijet bude krivac pred Bogom.

20. For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.

20. Zato se po djelima Zakona nitko neæe opravdati pred njim. Uistinu, po Zakonu - samo spoznaja grijeha!

21. But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.

21. Sada se pak izvan Zakona oèitovala pravednost Božja, posvjedoèena Zakonom i Prorocima,

22. And the justice of God, though the faith of Jesus Christ, is in all those and over all those who believe in him. For there is no distinction.

22. pravednost Božja po vjeri Isusa Krista, prema svima koji vjeruju. Ne, nema razlike!

23. For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.

23. Svi su zaista sagriješili i potrebna im je slava Božja;

24. We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

24. opravdani su besplatno, njegovom milošæu po otkupljenju u Kristu Isusu.

25. whom God has offered as a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to reveal his justice for the remission of the former offenses,

25. Njega je Bog izložio da krvlju svojom bude Pomirilište po vjeri. Htio je tako oèitovati svoju pravednost kojom je u svojoj božanskoj strpljivosti propuštao dotadašnje grijehe;

26. and by the forbearance of God, to reveal his justice in this time, so that he himself might be both the Just One and the Justifier of anyone who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.

26. htio je oèitovati svoju pravednost u sadašnje vrijeme - da bude pravedan i da opravdava onoga koji je od vjere Isusove.

27. So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith.

27. Gdje je dakle hvastanje? Iskljuèeno je. Po kojem zakonu? Po zakonu djela? Ne, nego po zakonu vjere.

28. For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.

28. Smatramo zaista da se èovjek opravdava vjerom bez djela Zakona.

29. Is God of the Jews only and not also of the Gentiles? On the contrary, of the Gentiles also.

29. Ili je Bog samo Bog Židova? Nije li i pogana? Da, i pogana.

30. For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.

30. Jer jedan je Bog: on æe opravdati obrezane zbog vjere i neobrezane po vjeri.

31. Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand.

31. Obeskrepljujemo li dakle Zakon po vjeri? Nipošto! Naprotiv, Zakon utvrðujemo.