羅馬書 1
1 基督耶穌的僕人保祿，蒙召作宗徒，被選拔為傳天主的福音──
To all in Rome who are dear to God and have been called to become Christ’s People, from Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, who has been called to become an Apostle, and has been set apart to tell God’s Good News.
2 這福音是天主先前藉自己的先知在聖經上所預許的，
This Good News God promised long ago through his Prophets in the sacred Scriptures,
3 是論及他的兒子，我們的主耶穌基督，他按肉身是生於達味的後裔，
concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; who, as to his human nature, was descended from David,
4 按至聖的神性，由於他從死者中復活，被立為具有大能的天主之子，
but, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.
5 藉著祂，我們領受了宗徒職務的恩寵，為使萬民服從信德，以光榮他的聖名，
Through him we received the gift of the Apostolic office, to win submission to the Faith among all nations for the glory of his Name.
6 其中也有你們這些蒙召屬於耶穌基督的人──
And among these nations are you — you who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7 我保祿致書與一切住在羅馬，為天主所鍾愛，並蒙召為聖徒的人：願恩寵與平安由我們的父天主，和我們的主耶穌基督賜與你們。
May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
8 首先我應藉耶穌基督，為你們眾人感謝我的天主，因為你們的信德為全世界所共知。
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world.
9 有天主為我作證，即我在宣傳祂聖子的福音上，全心所事奉的天主，可證明我是怎樣不斷在祈禱中，時常紀念著你們，
God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the Goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,
10 懇求天主，如果是祂的聖意，賜我終能有一個好機會，到你們那裏去。
asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.
11 因為我切願見你們，把一些屬於神性的恩賜分給你們，為使你們得以堅固，
For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength —
12 也就是說：我在你們中間，藉著你們與我彼此所共有的信德，共得安慰。
or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other’s faith.
13 弟兄們! 我願告訴你們：我已多次決定要往你們那裏去，為在你們中間，如在其他外邦人中一樣，得到一些效果；然而直到現在，總是被阻延。
I want you to know, Brothers, that I have many times intended coming to see you — but until now I have been prevented — that I might find among you some fruit of my labours, as I have already among the other nations.
14 不但對希臘人，也對化外人，不但對有智慧的人，也對愚笨的人，我都是一個欠債者。
I have a duty to both the Greek and the Barbarian, to both the cultured and the ignorant.
15 所以，只要由得我，我也切願向你們在羅馬的人宣講福音。
And so, for my part, I am ready to tell the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
16 我決不以福音為恥，因為福音正是天主的德能，為使一切有信仰的人獲得救恩，先使猶太人，後使希臘人。
For I am not ashamed of the Good News; it is the power of God which brings Salvation to every one who believes in Christ, to the Jew first, but also to the Greek.
17 因為福音啟示了天主所施行的正義，這正義是源於信德，而又歸於信德，正如經上所載：『義人因信德而生活。』
For in it there is a revelation of the Divine Righteousness resulting from faith and leading on to faith; as Scripture says — ‘Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.’
18 原來天主的忿怒，從天上發願在人們的各種不敬與不義上，是他們以不義抑制了真理，
So, too, there is a revelation from Heaven of the Divine Wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those men who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the Truth.
19 因為認識天主為他們是很明顯的事，原來天主已將自己顯示給他們了。
This is so, because what can be known about God is plain to them; for God himself has made it plain.
For ever since the creation of the universe God’s invisible attributes — his everlasting power and divinity — are to be seen and studied in his works, so that men have no excuse; (aïdios g126)
21 他們雖然認識了天主，卻沒有以祂為天主而予以光榮或感謝，而他們所思所想的，反成了荒謬絕論的；他們冥頑不靈的心陷入了黑暗；
because, although they learned to know God, yet they did not offer him as God either praise or thanksgiving. Their speculations about him proved futile, and their undiscerning minds were darkened.
22 他們自負為智者，反而成為愚蠢，
Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;
23 將不可朽壞的天主的光榮，改歸為可朽壞的人、飛禽、走獸和爬蟲形狀的偶像。
and they transformed the Glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal man, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.
24 因此，天主任憑他們隨從心中的情慾，陷於不潔，以致彼此玷辱自己的身體。
Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, till they dishonoured their own bodies;
for they had substituted a lie for the truth about God, and had reverenced and worshiped created things more than the Creator, who is to be praised for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
26 因此，天主任慼他們陷於可恥的情慾中，以致他們的女人，把順性之用變為逆性之用；
That, I say, is why God abandoned them to degrading passions. Even the women among them perverted the natural use of their bodies to the unnatural;
27 男人也如此，放棄了與女人的順性之用，彼此慾火中燒，男人與男人行了醜事，就在各人身上受到了他們顛倒是非所應得的報應。
while the men, disregarding that for which women were intended by nature, were consumed with passion for one another. Men indulged in vile practices with men, and incurred in their own persons the inevitable penalty for their perverseness.
28 他們既不肯認真地認識天主，主也就任憑他們陷於邪惡的心思，去行不正當的事，
Then, as they would not keep God before their minds, God abandoned them to depraved thoughts, so that they did all kinds of shameful things.
29 充滿了各種不義、毒惡、貪婪、兇殘，滿懷嫉妒、謀殺、鬥爭、欺詐、乖戾；任憑他們作讒謗的、
They revelled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarrelling, treachery, malice.
30 詆毀的、恨天主的、悔辱人的、高傲的、自誇的、挑剔惡事的、忤逆父母的、
They became back-biters, slanderers, impious, insolent, boastful. They devised new sins. They disobeyed their parents.
31 冥頑的、背約的、無情的、不慈的人。
They were undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection or pity.
32 他們雖然明知天主正義的規例是：凡作這樣事的人，應受死刑；但他們不僅自己作這些事，而且還贊同作這些事的人。
Well aware of God’s decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.
