Romans 3

1 What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

1 那么，犹太人有什么长处呢？割礼有什么价值呢？

2 Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

2 其实在各方面有很多好处！首先，上帝的圣言托付给了犹太人。

3 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

3 虽然有些人不信，但那有什么关系呢？难道上帝的信实可靠会因他们的不信而化为无有吗？

4 Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

4 当然不会！纵然人人都撒谎，上帝仍然真实可靠。正如圣经上说： “你的判语证明你是公义的； 你虽被人控告，却终必得胜。”

5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

5 我姑且用人的观点说：“如果我们的不义反衬出上帝的公义，我们该怎么说呢？上帝向我们发怒是祂不公正吗？”

6 Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

6 当然不是！若是这样，上帝怎么能审判这世界呢？

7 However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

7 也许有人说：“如果我们的虚谎凸显出上帝的真实，增加祂的荣耀，为什么祂还要把我们当作罪人审判呢？”

8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

8 为什么不干脆说“我们作恶吧，好成就善事”？有人毁谤我们，说我们传这种道理。这些人受审判是罪有应得！

9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

9 那么，我们犹太人比别人优越吗？绝对不是！我们已经说过，无论是犹太人还是希腊人，所有的人都在罪的权势之下。

10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

10 正如圣经上说： “没有义人，连一个也没有，

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

11 没有人明白，没有人寻求上帝。

12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

12 人人偏离正道，变得毫无价值。 无人行善，连一个也没有。

13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

13 他们的喉咙是敞开的坟墓， 舌头上尽是诡诈， 嘴唇有蛇的毒液，

14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

14 满口咒诅，言语恶毒；

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

15 杀人流血，脚步飞快；

16 ruin and misery lie in their wake,

16 所到之处，大肆毁灭；

17 and the way of peace they have not known.”

17 他们不知道平安之路；

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

18 他们眼中对上帝毫无畏惧。”

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

19 我们知道律法所讲的都是针对律法之下的人，好叫所有的人都无话可说，使全世界都伏在上帝的审判之下。

20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

20 因为无人能够靠遵行律法被上帝称为义人，律法的本意是要使人知罪。

21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

21 但如今，上帝的义在律法以外显明出来，有律法和众先知做见证。

22 And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

22 人只要信耶稣基督，就可以被上帝称为义人，没有一个人例外。

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

23 因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺上帝的荣耀，

24 and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

24 但蒙上帝的恩典，靠着基督耶稣的救赎，就被无条件地称为义人。

25 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

25 上帝借基督耶稣所流的血使祂成为赎罪祭，让人凭信心领受。这是为了显明上帝的义，因为祂用忍耐的心宽容人过去的罪，

26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

26 好在现今显明祂的义，使人知道祂是公义的，祂也称信耶稣的为义人。

27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

27 既然如此，我们哪里能夸口呢？当然没有可夸的。靠什么方法让人不能夸口呢？靠遵行律法吗？不是！是靠信主的方法。

28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

28 因为我们坚信人被称为义人是借着信，不是靠遵行律法。

29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

29 难道上帝只是犹太人的上帝吗？祂不也是外族人的上帝吗？祂当然也是外族人的上帝。

30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

30 因为上帝只有一位，祂本着信称受割礼的人为义人，也本着信称未受割礼的人为义人。

31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

31 这么说来，我们是借着信废掉上帝的律法吗？当然不是！我们反倒是巩固律法。