Romans 3
1 What, then, [is] the superiority of the Jew? Or what the profit of the circumcision?
What thanne is more to a Jew, or what profit of circumcisioun?
2 Much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God;
Myche bi al wise; first, for the spekyngis of God `weren bitakun to hem.
3 for what, if certain were faithless? Will their faithlessness make the faithfulness of God useless?
And what if summe of hem bileueden not? Whethir the vnbileue of hem hath auoidid the feith of God?
4 Let it not be! And let God become true, and every man false, according as it has been written: “That You may be declared righteous in Your words, and may overcome in Your being judged.”
God forbede. For God is sothefast, but ech man a liere; as it is writun, That thou be iustified in thi wordis, and ouercome, whanne thou art demed.
5 And if our unrighteousness establishes God’s righteousness, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (I speak after the manner of a man.)
But if oure wickidnesse comende the riytwisnesse of God, what shulen we seie? Whether God is wickid, that bryngith in wraththe?
6 Let it not be! Since how will God judge the world?
Aftir man Y seie. God forbede. Ellis hou schal God deme this world?
7 For if the truth of God in my falsehood abounded more to His glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?
For if the treuthe of God hath aboundid in my lessyng, in to the glorie of hym, what yit am Y demed as a synner?
8 And not, as we are spoken evil of, and as certain affirm us to say, “We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?” Whose judgment is righteous.
And not as we ben blasfemed, and as summen seien that we seien, Do we yuele thingis, that gode thingis come. Whos dampnacioun is iust.
9 What, then? Are we better? Not at all! For we charged before both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,
What thanne? Passen we hem? Nay; for we han schewid bi skile, that alle bothe Jewis and Grekis ben vndur synne,
10 according as it has been written: “There is none righteous, not even one;
as it is writun, For ther is no man iust;
11 there is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.
ther is no man vndurstondynge, nethir sekynge God.
12 All went out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.
Alle bowiden a wey, togidere thei ben maad vnprofitable; ther is noon that doith good thing, there is noon `til to oon.
13 Their throat [is] an opened grave; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of cobras [is] under their lips—
The throte of hem is an opyn sepulcre; with her tungis thei diden gilefuli; the venym of snakis is vndur her lippis.
14 whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
The mouth of whiche is ful of cursyng and bitternesse;
15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.
the feet of hem ben swifte to schede blood.
16 Ruin and misery [are] in their ways.
Sorewe and cursidnesse ben in the weies of hem,
17 And a way of peace they did not know.
and thei knewen not the weie of pees;
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
the drede of God is not bifor her iyen.
19 And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;
And we witen, that what euere thingis the lawe spekith, it spekith to hem that ben in the lawe, that ech mouth be stoppid, and ech world be maad suget to God.
20 for this reason by works of law will no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.
For of the werkis of the lawe ech fleisch schal not be iustified bifor hym; for bi the lawe ther is knowyng of synne.
21 And now apart from law the righteousness of God has been revealed, testified to by the Law and the Prophets,
But now with outen the lawe the riytwisnesse of God is schewid, that is witnessid of the lawe and the profetis.
22 and the righteousness of God [is] through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and on all those believing—for there is no difference,
And the riytwisnesse of God is bi the feith of Jhesu Crist in to alle men and on alle men that bileuen in hym; for ther is no departyng.
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God—
For alle men synneden, and han nede to the glorie of God;
24 being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,
and ben iustified freli bi his grace, bi the ayenbiyng that is in `Crist Jhesu.
25 whom God set forth [as] a propitiatory covering, through faith in His blood, for the showing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the former sins in the forbearance of God—
Whom God ordeynede foryyuer, bi feith in his blood, to the schewyng of his riytwisnesse, for remyssioun of biforgoynge synnes,
26 for the showing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who [is] of the faith of Jesus.
in the beryng up of God, to the schewyng of his riytwisnesse in this tyme, that he be iust, and iustifyynge hym that is of the feith of Jhesu Crist.
27 Where then [is] the boasting? It was excluded; by what law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith:
Where thanne is thi gloriyng? It is excludid. Bi what lawe? Of dedis doyng? Nay, but by the lawe of feith.
28 therefore we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
For we demen a man to be iustified bi the feith, with outen werkis of the lawe.
29 [Is He] only the God of Jews, and not also of nations?
Whethir of Jewis is God oneli? Whether he is not also of hethene men? Yhis, and of hethene men.
30 Yes, also of nations; since [there is] one God who will declare righteous circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
For `oon God is, that iustefieth circumcisioun bi feith, and prepucie bi feith.
31 Do we then make law useless through faith? Let it not be! Indeed, we establish law.
Distruye we therfor the lawe bi the feith? God forbede; but we stablischen the lawe.
