¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

¹ሐዋርያ ሊሆን የተጠራ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ባሪያ ጳውሎስ በነቢያቱ አፍ በቅዱሳን መጻሕፍት አስቀድሞ ተስፋ ለሰጠው ለእግዚአብሔር ወንጌል ተለየ።

²(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

³ይህም ወንጌል በሥጋ ከዳዊት ዘር ስለ ተወለደ እንደ ቅድስና መንፈስ ግን ከሙታን መነሣት የተነሣ በኃይል የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ሆኖ ስለ ተገለጠ ስለ ልጁ ነው፤ እርሱም ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ነው።

³Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

⁵በእርሱም ስለ ስሙ በአሕዛብ ሁሉ መካከል ከእምነት የሚነሣ መታዘዝ እንዲገኝ ጸጋንና ሐዋርያነትን ተቀበልን፤

⁴And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

⁶በእነርሱም መካከል የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ልትሆኑ የተጠራችሁ እናንተ ደግሞ ናችሁ።

⁵By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

⁷በእግዚአብሔር ለተወደዳችሁና ቅዱሳን ልትሆኑ ለተጠራችሁ በሮሜ ላላችሁት ሁሉ፥ ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

⁶Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

⁸እምነታችሁ በዓለም ሁሉ ስለ ተሰማች አስቀድሜ ስለ ሁላችሁ አምላኬን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ አመሰግናለሁ።

⁷To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹በልጁ ወንጌል በመንፈሴ የማገለግለው እግዚአብሔር ምስክሬ ነውና፤ ምናልባት ብዙ ቆይቼ ወደ እናንተ አሁን እንድመጣ በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ መንገዴን እንዲያቀናልኝ እየለመንሁ ሁልጊዜ ስጸልይ ስለ እናንተ ሳላቋርጥ አሳስባለሁ።

⁸First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

¹¹ትጸኑ ዘንድ መንፈሳዊ ስጦታ እንዳካፍላችሁ ላያችሁ እናፍቃለሁና፤

⁹For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

¹²ይህንም ማለቴ በመካከላችን ባለች በእናንተና በእኔ እምነት አብረን በእናንተ እንድንጽናና ነው።

¹⁰Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

¹³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በሌሎቹ አሕዛብ ደግሞ እንደ ሆነ በእናንተም ፍሬ አገኝ ዘንድ ብዙ ጊዜ ወደ እናንተ ልመጣ እንዳሰብሁ እስከ አሁን ግን እንደ ተከለከልሁ ታውቁ ዘንድ እወዳለሁ።

¹¹For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

¹⁴ለግሪክ ሰዎችና ላልተማሩም፥ ለጥበበኞችና ለማያስተውሉም ዕዳ አለብኝ፤

¹²That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

¹⁵ስለዚህም በሚቻለኝ መጠን በሮሜ ላላችሁ ለእናንተ ደግሞ ወንጌልን ልሰብክ ተዘጋጅቼአለሁ።

¹³Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

¹⁶በወንጌል አላፍርምና፤ አስቀድሞ ለአይሁዳዊ ደግሞም ለግሪክ ሰው፥ ለሚያምኑ ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ለማዳን ነውና።

¹⁴I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

¹⁷ጻድቅ በእምነት ይኖራል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ የእግዚአብሔር ጽድቅ ከእምነት ወደ እምነት በእርሱ ይገለጣልና።

¹⁵So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

¹⁸እውነትን በዓመፃ በሚከለክሉ ሰዎች በኃጢአተኝነታቸውና በዓመፃቸው ሁሉ ላይ የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ ከሰማይ ይገለጣልና፤

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

¹⁹እግዚአብሔር ስለ ገለጠላቸው፥ ስለ እግዚአብሔር ሊታወቅ የሚቻለው በእነርሱ ዘንድ ግልጥ ነውና።

¹⁷For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

²⁰የማይታየው ባሕርይ እርሱም የዘላለም ኃይሉ ደግሞም አምላክነቱ ከዓለም ፍጥረት ጀምሮ ከተሠሩት ታውቆ ግልጥ ሆኖ ይታያልና፤ ስለዚህም እግዚአብሔርን እያወቁ እንደ እግዚአብሔርነቱ መጠን ስላላከበሩትና ስላላመሰገኑት የሚያመካኙት አጡ፤ ነገር ግን በአሳባቸው ከንቱ ሆኑ የማያስተውለውም ልባቸው ጨለመ።

¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

²²ጥበበኞች ነን ሲሉ ደንቆሮ ሆኑ፥

¹⁹Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

²³የማይጠፋውንም የእግዚአብሔር ክብር በሚጠፋ ሰውና በወፎች አራት እግር ባላቸውም በሚንቀሳቀሱትም መልክ መስለው ለወጡ።

²⁰For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

²⁴ስለዚህ እርስ በርሳቸው ሥጋቸውን ሊያዋርዱ እግዚአብሔር በልባቸው ፍትወት ወደ ርኵስነት አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው፤

²¹Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

²⁵ይህም የእግዚአብሔርን እውነት በውሸት ስለ ለወጡ በፈጣሪም ፈንታ የተፈጠረውን ስላመለኩና ስላገለገሉ ነው፤ እርሱም ለዘላለም የተባረከ ነው፤ አሜን።

²²Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

²⁶ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር ለሚያስነውር ምኞት አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው፤ ሴቶቻቸውም ለባሕርያቸው የሚገባውን ሥራ ለባሕርያቸው በማይገባው ለወጡ፤

²³And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

²⁷እንዲሁም ወንዶች ደግሞ ለባሕርያቸው የሚገባውን ሴቶችን መገናኘት ትተው እርስ በርሳቸው በፍትወታቸው ተቃጠሉ፤ ወንዶችም በወንዶች ነውር አድርገው በስሕተታቸው የሚገባውን ብድራት በራሳቸው ተቀበሉ።

²⁴Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

²⁸እግዚአብሔርን ለማወቅ ባልወደዱት መጠን እግዚአብሔር የማይገባውን ያደርጉ ዘንድ ለማይረባ አእምሮ አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው፤

²⁵Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

²⁹ዓመፃ ሁሉ፥ ግፍ፥ መመኘት፥ ክፋት ሞላባቸው፤ ቅናትን፥ ነፍስ መግደልን፥ ክርክርን፥ ተንኰልን፥ ክፉ ጠባይን ተሞሉ፤ የሚያሾከሹኩ፥

²⁶For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

³⁰ሐሜተኞች፥ አምላክን የሚጠሉ፥ የሚያንገላቱ፥ ትዕቢተኞች፥ ትምክህተኞች፥ ክፋትን የሚፈላለጉ፥ ለወላጆቻቸው የማይታዘዙ፥

²⁷And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

³¹የማያስተውሉ፥ ውል የሚያፈርሱ፥ ፍቅር የሌላቸው፥ ምሕረት ያጡ ናቸው፤

²⁸And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

³²እንደነዚህ ለሚያደርጉት ሞት ይገባቸዋል የሚለውን የእግዚአብሔርን ሕግ እያወቁ እነዚህን ከሚያደርጉ ጋር ይስማማሉ እንጂ አድራጊዎች ብቻ አይደሉም።

²⁹Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

³⁰Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

³¹Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

³²Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.