Romans 2

2 ¹So you no get excuse, whoever you be, wen you dey judge anoda person—for di way wey you dey judge dem, na yourself you dey condemn, because you dey do di same tins. ²Now we sabi say our Papa judgment dey fall correct on dose wey dey do dis kind tins. ³You wey dey judge oda pipo for dis kind tins wen you sef dey do dem, you tink say you go run comot for our Papa judgment? ⁴Abi you dey look down on di plenty riches of im kindness and im patience and di way wey e dey hold imsef, and you no sabi say na to lead you go repentance our Papa kindness dey? ⁵But because your heart hard and e no wan repent, na wrath you dey gada put for yourself, for di day of wrath wen our Papa correct-and-holy judgment go show. ⁶E go pay every person according to wetin dem don do. ⁷For dose wey, tru good work wey dem no dey tire to do, dey find glory, honor, and life wey no dey spoil, e go give dem life wey no dey end. ⁸But dose wey dey find only demsef, wey dey reject di truth, and dey follow wickedness, na wrath and vex go meet dem. ⁹Trouble and suffer go dey for everybody wey dey do evil—di Jew person first, den di Greek person, ¹⁰but glory, honor, and peace go dey for all wey dey do good—Jew person first, den Greek person too. ¹¹Because our Papa no dey favor anybody pass anoda. ¹²Pipo wey dey sin witout di law go still perish witout am; and pipo wey dey sin under di law, na di law go judge dem. ¹³Because no be dose wey dey hear di law be correct-and-holy before our Papa, but na dose wey dey obey am go dey counted as correct. ¹⁴Tru-tru, wen Gentile pipo, wey no get di law, dey do by demsef wetin di law dey ask for, den di law dey work inside dem, even doh dem no get di law. ¹⁵Dem dey show say di work of di law dey write for dia heart, dia conscience dey bear witness, and dia toughts wey dey fight demsef dey accuse or dey defend dem. ¹⁶Dis one go happen for di day wen our Papa go judge everybody hidden tins tru Jesus Christ—na so my gospel talk. ^a a v16 Our Papa na di judge, but e dey judge tru im Pikin — di Papa don hand over all judgment to Jesus.

Di Law No Go Save You

¹⁷But if you dey call yourself Jew person, dey lean on di law, and dey brag for our Papa, ¹⁸if you sabi our Papa will and you dey approve wetin dey excellent because di law don teach you, ¹⁹if you sure say you be person wey dey lead blind pipo, light for dose wey dey inside darkness, ²⁰person wey dey correct foolish pipo, teacher for dose wey never mature, wey hold inside di law di shape of knowledge and truth. ²¹You dey teach oda pipo—you no dey teach yourself? You dey preach say make pipo no tiff—you sef dey tiff? ²²You wey dey tell oda pipo say make dem no do adultery—you sef dey do am? You wey hate idol—you dey rob temple? ²³You wey dey brag for di law, you dey shame our Papa wen you dey break di law? ²⁴As dem write am: “Na because of una di nations dey blaspheme our Papa name.” ²⁵Circumcision dey help if you keep di law; but if you break am, your circumcision turn to say you no circumcise at all. ²⁶So if di person wey no circumcise dey keep di tins wey di law dey ask for, dem no go count im no-circumcision as circumcision? ²⁷Di person wey no circumcise for body but dey keep di law go judge you wey, wit all di write-write and circumcision, dey break di law. ²⁸Because to be Jew person no be just about di outside, and circumcision no be just about di body. ²⁹Rada, na person wey be Jew for inside be di real Jew, and circumcision na of di heart, by di Spirit, no be by di written code; na dat kind person praise no dey come from pipo but from our Papa.