Romans 3

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

1 إِذَنْ، مَا هُوَ فَضْلُ الْيَهُودِيِّ؟ بَلْ مَا هُوَ نَفْعُ الْخِتَانِ؟

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

2 إِنَّهُ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْجِهَاتِ، وَأَهَمُّهَا فِعْلاً أَنَّ أَقْوَالَ اللهِ وُضِعَتْ أَمَانَةً بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

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

3 فَمَاذَا يَحْدُثُ؟ إِنْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ خَانُوا الأَمَانَةَ، فَهَلْ يُعَطِّلُ عَدَمُ أَمَانَتِهِمْ أَمَانَةَ اللهِ؟

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 حَاشَا! وَإِنَّمَا، لِيَكُنِ اللهُ صَادِقاً وَكُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَاذِباً، كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «لِكَيْ تَتَبَرَّرَ يَا اللهُ فِي كَلامِكَ، وَتَسُودَ مَتَى حَكَمْتَ».

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 وَلَكِنْ، إِنْ كَانَ إِثْمُنَا يُبَيِّنُ بِرَّ اللهِ، فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ؟ أَيَكُونُ اللهُ ظَالِماً إِذَا أَنْزَلَ بِنَا الْغَضَبَ؟ أَتَكَلَّمُ هُنَا بِمَنْطِقِ الْبَشَرِ:

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

6 حَاشَا! وَإلَّا، فَكَيْفَ يَدِينُ اللهُ الْعَالَمَ؟

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

7 وَلكِنْ، إِنْ كَانَ كَذِبِي يَجْعَلُ صِدْقَ اللهِ يَزْدَادُ لِمَجْدِهِ، فَلِمَاذَا أُدَانُ أَنَا بَعْدُ بِاعْتِبَارِي خَاطِئاً؟

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

8 أَمَا يُفْتَرَى عَلَيْنَا كَمَا نُتَّهَمُ زُوراً وَيَزْعُمُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنَّنَا نَقُولُ: «لِنُمَارِسْ الشُّرُورَ لِكَيْ يَأْتِيَ الْخَيْرُ؟». هَؤُلاءِ دَيْنُونَتُهُمْ عَادِلَةٌ.

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 فَمَاذَا إِذَنْ؟ أَنَحْنُ الْيَهُودَ أَفْضَلُ؟ لا، عَلَى الإِطْلاقِ! فَإِنَّنَا، فِي مَا سَبَقَ، قَدِ اتَّهَمْنَا اليَهُودَ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ بِكَوْنِهِمْ جَمِيعاً تَحْتَ الْخَطِيئَةِ،

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

10 كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «لَيْسَ بَارٌّ، وَلا وَاحِدٌ. لَيْسَ مَنْ يُدْرِكُ.

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

11 لَيْسَ مَنْ يَبْحَثُ عَنِ اللهِ.

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

12 جَمِيعُ النَّاسِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا، وَصَارُوا كُلُّهُمْ بِلا نَفْعٍ. لَيْسَ مَنْ يُمَارِسُ الصَّلاحَ، لَا وَلا وَاحِدٌ.

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

13 حَنَاجِرُهُمْ قُبُورٌ مَفْتُوحَةٌ؛ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ أَدَوَاتٌ لِلْمَكْرِ؛ شِفَاهُهُمْ تُخْفِي سُمَّ الأَفَاعِي الْقَاتِلَةِ؛

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

14 أَفْوَاهُهُمْ مَمْلُوءَةٌ لَعْنَةً وَمَرَارَةً،

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

15 أَقْدَامُهُمْ سَرِيعَةٌ إِلَى سَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ؛

16 ruin and misery lie in their wake,

16 فِي طُرُقِهِمِ الْخَرَابُ وَالشَّقَاءُ؛

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

17 أَمَّا طَرِيقُ السَّلامِ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُ؛

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

18 وَمَخَافَةُ اللهِ لَيْسَتْ نُصْبَ عُيُونِهِمْ».

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 وَنَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا تَقُولُهُ الشَّرِيعَةُ إِنَّمَا تُخَاطِبُ بِهِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ تَحْتَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، لِكَيْ يُسَدَّ كُلُّ فَمٍ وَيَقَعَ الْعَالَمُ كُلُّهُ تَحْتَ دَيْنُونَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ.

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

20 فَإِنَّ أَحَداً مِنَ الْبَشَرِ لَا يَتَبَرَّرُ أَمَامَهُ بِالأَعْمَالِ الْمَطْلُوبَةِ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ. إِذْ إِنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ هِيَ لإِظْهَارِ الْخَطِيئَةِ.

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

21 أَمَّا الآنَ، فَقَدْ أُعْلِنَ الْبِرُّ الَّذِي يَمْنَحُهُ اللهُ، مُسْتَقِلاً عَنِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَمَشْهُوداً لَهُ مِنَ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ،

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

22 ذَلِكَ الْبِرُّ الَّذِي يَمْنَحُهُ اللهُ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ لِجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ. إِذْ لَا فَرْقَ،

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

23 لأَنَّ الْجَمِيعَ قَدْ أَخْطَأُوا وَهُمْ عَاجِزُونَ عَنْ بُلُوغِ مَا يُمَجِّدُ اللهَ.

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

24 فَهُمْ يُبَرَّرُونَ مَجَّاناً، بِنِعْمَتِهِ، بِالْفِدَاءِ بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ

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 الَّذِي قَدَّمَهُ اللهُ كَفَّارَةً، عَنْ طَرِيقِ الإِيمَانِ، وَذَلِكَ بِدَمِهِ.

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 لِيَظْهَرْ بِرُّ اللهِ إِذْ تَغَاضَى، بِإِمْهَالِهِ الإِلَهِيِّ، عَنِ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي حَدَثَتْ فِي الْمَاضِي، وَيَظْهَرَ أَيْضاً بِرُّهُ فِي الزَّمَنِ الْحَاضِرِ: فَيَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ بَارٌّ وَأَنَّهُ يُبَرِّرُ مَنْ لَهُ الإِيمَانُ بِيَسُوعَ.

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

27 إِذَنْ، أَيْنَ الاِفْتِخَارُ؟ إِنَّهُ قَدْ أُبْطِلَ! وَعَلَى أَيِّ أَسَاسٍ؟ أَعَلَى أَسَاسِ الأَعْمَالِ؟ لا، بَلْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ،

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

28 لأَنَّنَا قَدِ اسْتَنْتَجْنَا أَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ يَتَبَرَّرُ بِالإِيمَانِ، بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَطْلُوبَةِ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ.

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

29 أَوَ يَكُونُ اللهُ إِلَهَ الْيَهُودِ وَحْدَهُمْ؟ أَمَا هُوَ إِلهُ الأُمَمِ أَيْضاً؟ بَلَى، إِنَّهُ إِلَهُ الأُمَمِ أَيْضاً،

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

30 مَادَامَ اللهُ الْوَاحِدُ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيُبَرِّرُ أَهْلَ الْخِتَانِ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ، وَأَهْلَ عَدَمِ الْخِتَانِ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ.

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

31 إِذَنْ، هَلْ نَحْنُ نُبْطِلُ الشَّرِيعَةَ بِالإِيمَانِ؟ حَاشَا، بَلْ إِنَّنَا بِهِ نُثَبِّتُ الشَّرِيعَةَ.