Romans 1

1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

1 我是基督耶稣的奴仆保罗，蒙召做使徒，特为传上帝的福音。

2 the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

2 这福音是上帝从前借着众先知在圣经中应许的，

3 regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

3 讲的是上帝的儿子——我们主耶稣基督的事。从肉身来看，祂是大卫的后裔；

4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

4 从圣洁的灵来看，祂从死里复活，用大能显明自己是上帝的儿子。

5 Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

5 我们从祂领受了恩典并成为使徒，要带领万族的人信从祂，使祂的名得荣耀。

6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

6 你们也是其中蒙召信从耶稣基督的人。

7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

7 我问候所有住在罗马、上帝所爱、蒙召做圣徒的人。愿我们的父上帝和主耶稣基督赐给你们恩典和平安！

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.

8 首先，我借着耶稣基督为各位感谢我的上帝，因为你们的信心正在传遍天下。

9 God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

9–10 我在祂儿子的福音事工上全心事奉的上帝可以为我做见证：我如何在祷告中常常想到你们，并求上帝让我照祂的旨意最终能去你们那里。

10 in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

11 For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

11 因为我实在想见你们，好将一些属灵的恩赐分给你们，使你们坚固，

12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

12 也可以说是借着我们彼此的信心互相激励。

13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

13 弟兄姊妹，我希望你们知道，我曾多次计划去你们那里，要在你们中间收获一些福音的果子，像在其他外族人中一样，只是至今仍有拦阻。

14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

14 不论是希腊人和非希腊人 、智者和愚人，我对他们都有义务。

15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

15 所以，我也切望能将福音传给你们在罗马的人。

16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

16 我不以福音为耻，因为这福音是上帝的大能，要拯救一切相信的人，先是犹太人，然后是希腊人。

17 For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

17 这福音显明了上帝的义，这义始于信，终于信，正如圣经上说：“义人必靠信心而活。”

18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

18 上帝的烈怒从天上降下，要惩罚一切心中无神、行为不义的人，就是以不义压制真理的人。

19 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

19 有关上帝的事情，可以让人类知道的都已经显而易见，因为上帝已经向人类显明了。

20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

20 自从创造天地以来，上帝永恒的大能和神性是明明可知的，虽然肉眼看不见，但透过受造之物就可以领悟，使人无法推诿。

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

21 他们虽然明知有上帝，却不把祂当作上帝来荣耀祂，也不感谢祂。他们的思想因此变得荒谬无用，无知的心也变得昏暗不明。

22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

22 他们自以为聪明，其实愚不可及，

23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

23 以必朽的人、飞禽、走兽和爬虫的形象来取代永恒上帝的荣耀。

24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

24 因此，上帝任凭他们随从内心的情欲行污秽的事，玷污彼此的身体。

25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

25 他们把上帝的真理当作谎言，祭拜、供奉受造之物，却不敬拜、事奉造物主。主是永远值得称颂的。阿们！

26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

26 因此，上帝任凭他们放纵可耻的情欲。女人放弃正常的两性关系，做出变态反常的事。

27 Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

27 同样，男人也背弃了和女人正常的两性关系，男与男彼此欲火焚烧，做出羞耻不堪的事。他们必因变态而遭受应得的报应。

28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

28 既然他们故意不认识上帝，上帝就任凭他们心思败坏，做不当做的事。

29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

29 他们心里塞满了各种不义、邪恶、贪婪、阴险、嫉妒、凶杀、纷争、诡诈和恶毒，他们说长道短、

30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

30 造谣中伤、怨恨上帝、欺侮别人、心骄气傲、自高自大、无恶不作、违背父母、

31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.

31 愚钝无知、言而无信、无情无义、毫无怜悯。

32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

32 他们明明知道，按上帝公义的法则，做这些事的人该死，不但执迷不悟，还喜欢别人跟他们同流合污。