| 羅馬書 |
Romans |
| 1那麼，猶太人有什麼優點呢？割損又有什麼好處呢？ |
1 What advantage is there then in being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? |
| 2從各方面來說，很多：首先，天主的神諭是交託給了他們， |
2Much, in every respect. (For) in the first place, they were entrusted with the utterances of God. |
| 3他們中縱使有些人不信，又有什麼關係呢？難道他們的不信能使天主的忠信失效嗎？ |
3What if some were unfaithful? Will their infidelity nullify the fidelity of God? |
| 4斷乎不能！天主總是誠實的！眾人虛詐不實，正如經上所載：「在你的言語上，你必顯出正義；在你受審判時，你必獲得勝利。」 |
4Of course not! God must be true, though every human being is a liar, as it is written: "That you may be justified in your words, and conquer when you are judged." |
| 5但，如果有人說：我們的不義可彰顯天主的正義。那我們可說什麼呢？難道能說天主發怒懲罰是不義嗎？──這是我按俗見說的── |
5But if our wickedness provides proof of God's righteousness, what can we say? Is God unjust, humanly speaking, to inflict his wrath? |
| 6絕對不是！如果天主不義，他將怎樣審判世界呢？ |
6Of course not! For how else is God to judge the world? |
| 7如果天主的誠實可因我的虛詐越發彰顯出來，為使他獲得榮耀；那麼，為什麼我還要被判為罪人呢？ |
7But if God's truth redounds to his glory through my falsehood, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? |
| 8為什麼我們不去作惡，為得到善果呢？──有人說我們說過這樣的話，為誹謗我們──這樣的人被懲罰是理當的。 |
8And why not say--as we are accused and as some claim we say--that we should do evil that good may come of it? Their penalty is what they deserve. |
| 9那麼，我們猶太人比外邦人更好嗎？決不是的！因為我們早先已說過：不論是猶太人，或是希臘人，都在罪惡權勢之下， |
9 Well, then, are we better off? Not entirely, for we have already brought the charge against Jews and Greeks alike that they are all under the domination of sin, |
| 10正如經上所載：「沒有義人，連一個也沒有； |
10as it is written: "There is no one just, not one, |
| 11沒有一個明智人，沒有尋覓天主的人； |
11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God. |
| 12人人都離棄了正道，一同敗壞了；沒有一人行善，實在沒有一 個； |
12All have gone astray; all alike are worthless; there is not one who does good, (there is not) even one. |
| 13他們的咽喉是敞開的墳墓，他們的舌頭說出虛詐的言語，他們的雙唇下含有蛇毒； |
13Their throats are open graves; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps is on their lips; |
| 14他們滿口是咒言與毒語； |
14their mouths are full of bitter cursing. |
| 15他們的腳急於傾流人血； |
15Their feet are quick to shed blood; |
| 16在他們的行徑上只有蹂躝與困苦； |
16ruin and misery are in their ways, |
| 17和平的道路，他們不認識； |
17and the way of peace they know not. |
| 18他們的眼中，沒有敬畏天主之情。」 |
18There is no fear of God before their eyes." |
| 19我們知道：凡法律所說的，都是對那些屬於法律的人說的，為杜塞眾人的口，並使全世界都在天主前承認己罪， |
19Now we know that what the law says is addressed to those under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world stand accountable to God, |
| 20因為沒有一個人能因遵守法律，而在他前成義；因為法律只能使人認識罪過。 |
20since no human being will be justified in his sight by observing the law; for through the law comes consciousness of sin. |
| 21但是如今，天主的正義，在法律之外已顯示出來；法律和先知也為此作證： |
21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, though testified to by the law and the prophets, |
| 22就是天主的正義，因對耶穌基督的信德，毫無區別地，賜給了凡信仰的人， |
22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction; |
| 23因為所有的人都犯了罪，都失掉了天主的光榮， |
23all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God. |
| 24所以眾人都因天主白白施給的恩寵，在耶穌基督內蒙救贖，成為義人。 |
24They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus, |
| 25這耶穌即是天主公開立定，使他以自己的血，為信仰他的人作贖罪祭的；如此，天主顯示了自己的正義，因為以前他因寬容放過了人的罪， |
25whom God set forth as an expiation, through faith, by his blood, to prove his righteousness because of the forgiveness of sins previously committed, |
| 26為的是在今時顯示自己的正義，叫人知道他是正義的，是使信仰耶穌的人成義的天主。 |
26through the forbearance of God--to prove his righteousness in the present time, that he might be righteous and justify the one who has faith in Jesus. |
| 27既是這樣，那裡還有可自誇之處？絕對沒有！因了什麼制度而沒有自誇之處呢？是因法律上的功行嗎？不是的！是因信德的制度， |
27What occasion is there then for boasting? It is ruled out. On what principle, that of works? No, rather on the principle of faith. |
| 28因為我們認為人的成義，是藉信德，而不在於遵行法律。 |
28For we consider that a person is justified by faith apart from works of the law. |
| 29難道天主只是猶太人的天主嗎？不也是外邦人的天主嗎？是的，也是外邦人的天主！ |
29Does God belong to Jews alone? Does he not belong to Gentiles, too? Yes, also to Gentiles, |
| 30因為天主只有一個，他使受割損的由於信德而成義，也使未受割損的憑信德而成義。 |
30for God is one and will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised through faith. |
| 31那麼我們就因信德而廢了法律嗎？絕對不是！我們反使法律堅 固。 |
31Are we then annulling the law by this faith? Of course not! On the contrary, we are supporting the law. |
