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

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

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።

²which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

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

³concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

⁶በእነርሱም መካከል የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ልትሆኑ የተጠራችሁ እናንተ ደግሞ ናችሁ።

⁴who was declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; [even] Jesus Christ our Lord,

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

⁵through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

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

⁶among whom are ye also called [to be] Jesus Christ's:

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።

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

¹¹ትጸኑ ዘንድ መንፈሳዊ ስጦታ እንዳካፍላችሁ ላያችሁ እናፍቃለሁና፤

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

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

⁹For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers

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።

¹⁰making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

¹⁴ለግሪክ ሰዎችና ላልተማሩም፥ ለጥበበኞችና ለማያስተውሉም ዕዳ አለብኝ፤

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

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

¹²that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

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

¹³And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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።

¹⁷For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

²²ጥበበኞች ነን ሲሉ ደንቆሮ ሆኑ፥

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

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

¹⁹because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.

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

²⁰For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

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

²¹because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

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

²²Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

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

²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

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

²⁴Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

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

²⁵for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

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

²⁶For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

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

²⁷and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.

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

²⁸And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

³⁰backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

³¹without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:

³²who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.