1 P or tanto tú, que juzgas a otros, no tienes excusa, no importa quién seas, pues al juzgar a otros te condenas a ti mismo, porque haces las mismas cosas que hacen ellos.

Therefore you have no excuse or defense or justification, O man, whoever you are who judges and condemns another. For in posing as judge and passing sentence on another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge are habitually practicing the very same things.

2 T odos sabemos que el juicio de Dios contra los que practican tales cosas se ciñe a la verdad.

we know that the judgment (adverse verdict, sentence) of God falls justly and in accordance with truth upon those who practice such things.

3 Y tú, que juzgas a los demás pero practicas las mismas cosas que ellos, ¿piensas que escaparás del juicio de Dios?

And do you think or imagine, O man, when you judge and condemn those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment and elude His sentence and adverse verdict?

4 ¿ No te das cuenta de que menosprecias la benignidad, la tolerancia y la paciencia de Dios, y que ignoras que su benignidad busca llevarte al arrepentimiento?

Or are you trifle with and presume upon and despise and underestimate the wealth of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering patience? Are you unmindful or actually ignorant that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repent ( to change your mind and inner man to accept God’s will)?

5 P ero por la obstinación y dureza de tu corazón, vas acumulando ira contra ti mismo para el día de la ira, cuando Dios revelará su justo juicio,

But by your callous stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are storing up wrath and indignation for yourself on the day of wrath and indignation, when God’s righteous judgment (just doom) will be revealed.

6 e n el cual pagará a cada uno conforme a sus obras.

For He will render to every man according to his works:

7 D ios dará vida eterna a los que, perseverando en hacer el bien, buscan gloria, honra e inmortalidad;

To those who by patient persistence in well-doing '> springing from piety] seek glory and honor and '> the eternal blessedness of] immortality, He will give eternal life.

8 p ero castigará con ira a los que por egoísmo se rebelan y no obedecen a la verdad, sino a la injusticia.

But for those who are self-seeking and self-willed and disobedient to the Truth but responsive to wickedness, there will be indignation and wrath.

9 H abrá sufrimiento y angustia para todos los que hacen lo malo, en primer lugar para los judíos, pero también para los que no lo son.

there will be tribulation and anguish and calamity and constraint for every soul of man who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek (Gentile).

10 E n cambio, habrá gloria, honra y paz para todos los que hacen lo bueno, en primer lugar para los judíos, pero también para los que no lo son;

But glory and honor and peace shall be awarded to everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek (Gentile).

11 p orque ante Dios todas las personas son iguales.

For God shows no partiality '> undue favor or unfairness; with Him one man is not different from another].

12 A sí que todos los que han pecado sin haber tenido la ley, perecerán sin la ley, y todos los que han pecado bajo la ley, serán juzgados por la ley.

All who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law.

13 P orque Dios no considera justos a los que simplemente oyen la ley sino a los que la obedecen.

For it is not merely hearing the Law that makes one righteous before God, but it is the doers of the Law who will be held guiltless and acquitted and justified.

14 P orque cuando los paganos, que no tienen ley, hacen por naturaleza lo que la ley demanda, son ley para sí mismos, aunque no tengan la ley;

When Gentiles who have not the Law do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, since they do not have the Law.

15 y de esa manera demuestran que llevan la ley escrita en su corazón, pues su propia conciencia da testimonio, y sus propios razonamientos los acusarán o defenderán

They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts and are operating there, with which their consciences (sense of right and wrong) also bear witness; and their decisions (their arguments of reason, their condemning or approving thoughts) will accuse or perhaps defend and excuse

16 e n el día en que Dios juzgará por medio de Jesucristo los secretos de los hombres, conforme a mi evangelio. Los judíos y la ley

On that day when, as my Gospel proclaims, God by Jesus Christ will judge men in regard to the things which they conceal (their hidden thoughts).

17 A hora bien, tú te llamas judío, confías en la ley, y te enorgulleces de tu Dios.

But if you bear the name of Jew and rely upon the Law and pride yourselves in God and your relationship to Him,

18 C onoces la voluntad de Dios y juzgas lo que es mejor porque la ley así te lo ha enseñado.

And know and understand His will and discerningly approve the better things and have a sense of what is vital, because you are instructed by the Law;

19 E stás convencido de que eres guía de los ciegos y luz de los que están en tinieblas,

And if you are confident that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, and [that

20 i nstructor de los ignorantes y maestro de niños, y que tienes en la ley la clave del conocimiento y de la verdad.

You are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

21 P ues bien, tú que enseñas a otros, ¿no te enseñas a ti mismo? Tú que predicas que no se debe robar, ¿robas?

Well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you teach against stealing, do you steal (take what does not really belong to you)?

22 T ú que dices que no se debe cometer adulterio, ¿adulteras? Tú que detestas a los ídolos, ¿robas en los templos?

You who say not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery ? You who abhor and loathe idols, do you rob temples '> doing sacrilege]?

23 T ú que te sientes orgulloso de la ley, ¿deshonras a Dios quebrantando la ley?

You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law ?

24 P orque, como está escrito: «Por causa de ustedes el nombre de Dios es blasfemado entre los paganos.»

For, as it is written, The name of God is maligned and blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you!

25 E s verdad que, si obedeces a la ley, la circuncisión es provechosa, pero si la desobedeces, será como si no estuvieras circuncidado.

Circumcision does indeed profit if you keep the Law; but if you habitually transgress the Law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

26 P or lo tanto, si el que no está circuncidado obedece lo que la ley ordena, ¿no se lo considerará como si estuviera circuncidado?

So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be credited to him as circumcision?

27 Y el que no está físicamente circuncidado, pero obedece a la ley, te condenará a ti, que desobedeces a la ley a pesar de que tienes la ley y estás circuncidado.

Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the Law will condemn you who, although you have the code in writing and have circumcision, break the Law.

28 P orque lo exterior no hace judío a nadie, y estar circuncidado no es una señal externa solamente.

For he is not a Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is circumcision something external and physical.

29 E l verdadero judío lo es en su interior, y la circuncisión no es la literal sino la espiritual, la del corazón. El que es judío de esta manera es aprobado, no por los hombres, sino por Dios.

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal. His praise is not from men but from God.