¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

¹Pavel, hlapec Jezusa Kristusa, poklican apostol, odločen za evangelij Božji,

²which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

²ki ga je Bog prej obljubil po prorokih svojih v svetih pismih

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

³o svojem Sinu, rojenem iz semena Davidovega po mesu,

⁴who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

⁴postavljenem [Drugi prelagajo: izkazanem, ali: določenem.] za Sina Božjega v moči po duhu svetosti na podlagi vstajenja od mrtvih, o Jezusu Kristusu, Gospodu našem.

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

⁵Po njem smo prejeli milost in apostolstvo, da se razširi poslušnost veri med vsemi narodi zaradi imena njegovega,

⁶among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

⁶ki ste med njimi tudi vi, poklicani Jezusa Kristusa;

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

⁷vsem, ki so v Rimu, ljubljencem Božjim, poklicanim svetim: Milost vam bodi in mir od Boga Očeta našega in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa.

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

⁸Najprej zahvaljujem Boga svojega po Jezusu Kristusu za vse vas, da se o veri vaši oznanja po vsem svetu.

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

⁹Kajti priča mi je Bog, ki mu služim v duhu svojem v evangeliju Sina njegovega, kako se vas neprenehoma spominjam, vsekdar v svojih molitvah proseč,

¹⁰requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

¹⁰da bi se mi kako že posrečilo po volji Božji priti k vam.

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

¹¹Zakaj močno vas želim videti, da bi vam podelil kak duhovni dar v potrjenje vaše;

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

¹²a to je, da se sredi vas porazveselim z vami vred, po skupni, vaši in svoji veri.

¹³Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

¹³Nočem pa, bratje, da bi ne vedeli, da sem se mnogokrat namenil priti k vam (pa sem bil zadržan do sedaj), da bi kaj sadu dobil tudi med vami, enako kakor med drugimi pogani.

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

¹⁴Dolžnik sem enako vsem: Grkom in divjakom, modrim in neumnim.

¹⁵So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

¹⁵Tako torej, kar se mene tiče, sem voljan oznanjati evangelij tudi vam, ki ste v Rimu.

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

¹⁶Kajti ne sramujem se evangelija, ker je moč Božja v zveličanje vsakemu, ki veruje, Judu najprej, pa tudi Grku.

¹⁷For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.” Habakkuk 2:4

¹⁷Zakaj pravičnost Božja se v njem razodeva iz vere v vero, kakor je pisano: „A pravičnik bo živel iz vere“.

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

¹⁸Razodeva se namreč jeza Božja z neba nad vsako brezbožnostjo in krivičnostjo ljudi, ki zadržujejo resnico v krivici,

¹⁹because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.

¹⁹ker to, kar more biti znano o Bogu, je v njih vesti očitno; Bog jim je to namreč razodel.

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.

²⁰Kajti kar se od njega ne more videti, njegova večna moč in božanstvo, to se od ustvarjenja sveta zaznava z umom in vidi po njegovih delih, tako da se ne morejo izgovarjati.

²¹Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

²¹Ker vkljub temu, da so spoznali Boga, ga niso slavili kot Boga, niti se mu zahvalili, temuč so zabredli v ničeve misli in njih nerazumno srce je potemnelo.

²²Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

²²Izdajajoč se za modre, so postali nespametni

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

²³in zamenili so slavo netrohljivega Boga s podobo obraza trohljivega človeka in ptic in četveronogih živali in lazečih zveri.

²⁴Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,

²⁴Zato jih je tudi izročil Bog, v željah njih src, v nečistost, da se skrunijo njih telesa med njimi samimi;

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

²⁵ki so zamenili resnico Božjo z lažjo in so izkazali večjo čast in službo stvoru nego Stvarniku, ki je hvaljen na veke. Amen.

²⁶For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

²⁶Zato jih je izročil Bog v sramotne strasti: kajti njih ženske so premenile naravno upotrebljevanje v protinaravno,

²⁷Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.

²⁷a enako so tudi moški zavrgli naravno upotrebljevanje ženske in se vneli v svoji želji drug za drugega ter počenjali nesramnosti moški z moškimi. In tako so prejemali zasluženo plačilo svoje zmote sami na sebi.

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

²⁸In kakor niso marali Boga imeti v spoznanju, tako jih je Bog izročil popačeni pameti, da so delali, kar ni spodobno,

²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

²⁹ter so bili napolnjeni vsakršne krivice, malopridnosti, lakomnosti, hudobnosti, polni zavisti, ubojstva, prepira, zvijače, zlobnosti;

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

³⁰prišeptavalci, obrekovalci, sovražni Bogu, grozovitniki, ošabneži, bahači, izmišljevalci hudega, roditeljem nepokorni,

³¹without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

³¹nerazumni, verolomni, brez ljubezni, neusmiljeni,ki, čeprav dobro poznajo pravno naredbo Božjo, da so vredni smrti, kateri tako delajo, takisto ne samo počenjajo, ampak tudi še hvalijo te, ki tako delajo.

³²who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

³²ki, čeprav dobro poznajo pravno naredbo Božjo, da so vredni smrti, kateri tako delajo, takisto ne samo počenjajo, ampak tudi še hvalijo te, ki tako delajo.