Romans 2
1 [God will severely punish non-Jewish people who habitually do evil things, because he has clearly revealed that he is angry with them]. So, [when God judges people], he will not excuse any one of you Jews [to whom I am writing]. You [(sg)] say that [God should] punish [non-Jews for doing evil things]. But when any one of you says that, it is you yourself whom you are saying that God should punish, because you [(sg)] do [some of] the same [evil] things [that the non-Jews do].
だから、ああ、すべて人をさばく者よ。あなたには弁解の余地がない。あなたは、他人をさばくことによって、自分自身を罪に定めている。さばくあなたも、同じことを行っているからである。
2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly [non-Jewish] people who do such [evil] things.
わたしたちは、神のさばきが、このような事を行う者どもの上に正しく下ることを、知っている。
3 So, you who [say God should punish] others for doing evil things yet you do evil things yourself, (you should certainly not think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God!/do you think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God?) [RHQ]
ああ、このような事を行う者どもをさばきながら、しかも自ら同じことを行う人よ。あなたは、神のさばきをのがれうると思うのか。
4 And you should not say, “God is acting very tolerantly and patiently toward me, [so I do not need to stop sinning] [DOU].” (You should realize that God is acting in a kind manner [toward you] in order to encourage you [(sg)] to turn away from your sinful behavior!/Do you not realize that God is acting in a kind manner [toward you] in order to encourage you [(sg)] to turn away from your sinful behavior?) [RHQ]
それとも、神の慈愛があなたを悔改めに導くことも知らないで、その慈愛と忍耐と寛容との富を軽んじるのか。
5 But instead, by your stubbornly refusing to turn away from your sinful behavior [DOU], you are causing [MET] God to punish you even more severely. [He will do that] at the time when he shows that he is angry and judges people fairly.
あなたのかたくなな、悔改めのない心のゆえに、あなたは、神の正しいさばきの現れる怒りの日のために神の怒りを、自分の身に積んでいるのである。
6 God will pay back everyone according to [what they deserve for] what they have done.
神は、おのおのに、そのわざにしたがって報いられる。
7 [Specifically], some people, by continuing to doing good things, strive to be highly honored [by God] [DOU] and to receive a life that will not end. [God will reward them by enabling them] to live forever. (aiōnios g166)
すなわち、一方では、耐え忍んで善を行って、光栄とほまれと朽ちぬものとを求める人に、永遠のいのちが与えられ、 (aiōnios g166)
8 But some people act in a selfish way and refuse to believe that [what God says is] true, and they do the things that [God says] are wrong. [God will] punish them very severely [DOU, MTY].
他方では、党派心をいだき、真理に従わないで不義に従う人に、怒りと激しい憤りとが加えられる。
9 He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly, [with the result that they will become severely] distressed [DOU]. This certainly will happen to the Jews [who refuse to accept God’s message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people], but it will also happen to the non-Jews.
悪を行うすべての人には、ユダヤ人をはじめギリシヤ人にも、患難と苦悩とが与えられ、
10 But [God will] greatly reward spiritually [MET, DOU] every person who habitually does good deeds. He will [certainly] do this for the Jews [because God chose them as his special people], but he will also do it for the non-Jews.
善を行うすべての人には、ユダヤ人をはじめギリシヤ人にも、光栄とほまれと平安とが与えられる。
11 God [will do this fairly], because people’s status does not influence him.
なぜなら、神には、かたより見ることがないからである。
12 Although [non-Jews do not have] the laws that [God gave to Moses], all [non-Jews] who sin will be eternally separated from God. He will [not consider whether or not they knew] the laws that he [gave to Moses]. And all the [Jews] who have sinned in spite of knowing the laws that [God gave to Moses will also be punished] {[God will also punish them]}. [They will be punished for disobeying] God’s laws.
そのわけは、律法なしに罪を犯した者は、また律法なしに滅び、律法のもとで罪を犯した者は、律法によってさばかれる。
13 [It is right for them to be punished] {[God to punish them]} [because] it is not those who [merely] know God’s laws whom he considers to be righteous. On the contrary, it is only those who continually have obeyed [all] (of [God’s] laws/of the laws that [God gave to Moses]) (whom God will consider righteous/whose record of sins God will erase).
なぜなら、律法を聞く者が、神の前に義なるものではなく、律法を行う者が、義とされるからである。
14 Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the laws [God gave to Moses], naturally obey those laws, [they prove that] they have a law within their own minds, even though they do not have the laws [God gave to Moses].
すなわち、律法を持たない異邦人が、自然のままで、律法の命じる事を行うなら、たとい律法を持たなくても、彼らにとっては自分自身が律法なのである。
15 They show that they know in their own minds what God [commands in his] laws [MET], as each person in his very own conscience either accuses or excuses/defends himself [concerning his own behavior].
彼らは律法の要求がその心にしるされていることを現し、そのことを彼らの良心も共にあかしをして、その判断が互にあるいは訴え、あるいは弁明し合うのである。
16 God [will punish people] at the time when he will judge them according to what they have thought and done. He will judge them [even] for the things that they have done secretly. He will judge people by [authorizing] Christ Jesus [to judge them]. This is [what I tell people when] I preach the gospel to them.
そして、これらのことは、わたしの福音によれば、神がキリスト・イエスによって人々の隠れた事がらをさばかれるその日に、明らかにされるであろう。
17 [Now I have something to say to any one of] you [Jews to whom I am writing]: You [(sg)] boast about yourself saying, “I am a Jew.” You [(sg)] trust [that God will save you because you possess] the laws [that he gave to Moses]. You boast that [you belong to] God.
もしあなたが、自らユダヤ人と称し、律法に安んじ、神を誇とし、
18 You know what God desires. Because you have been taught {[people] have taught you} [God’s] laws, you are able to know which things are right and to choose to do them.
御旨を知り、律法に教えられて、なすべきことをわきまえており、
19 You are certain that you [are able to] show [God’s truth to non-Jews], as guides [show the road] to those who are blind [MET]. You are certain that by what you say you can show God’s way to the [non-Jews who do not understand it], as a light shows the way to [those who walk in] the darkness [MET, DOU].
20 [You are certain that you] can instruct/correct [non-Jews, whom you consider] foolish [because of their not understanding God’s message]. Because you have in [God’s] laws a [written] expression of true knowledge [HEN], you are certain that you can teach [people who, being like] children, do not know [God’s truth] [MET].
さらに、知識と真理とが律法の中に形をとっているとして、自ら盲人の手引き、やみにおる者の光、愚かな者の導き手、幼な子の教師をもって任じているのなら、
21 [Since you claim that you have all these advantages because you are a Jew], (it is disgusting that you who teach other people [that they should obey the laws God gave Moses] do not [obey the laws that you] yourself teach!/why is it that you who teach other people [that they should obey the laws God gave Moses] do not [obey the laws that you] yourself teach?) [RHQ] You who preach that people should not steal things, it is disgusting that you yourself steal things! [RHQ]
なぜ、人を教えて自分を教えないのか。盗むなと人に説いて、自らは盗むのか。
22 You who command people not to have sexual relations with someone to whom they are not married, it is disgusting that you commit adultery yourself! [RHQ] You who detest idols, it is disgusting that you rob temples [where people worship idols]! [RHQ]
姦淫するなと言って、自らは姦淫するのか。偶像を忌みきらいながら、自らは宮の物をかすめるのか。
23 You who boast saying, “[I have God’s] laws,” it is disgusting that you disobey those same laws! [RHQ] As a result you are insulting God!
律法を誇としながら、自らは律法に違反して、神を侮っているのか。
24 [You must not be like our ancestors, about whom] were written [these words in the Scriptures: ] “The non-Jews speak evil about God because of [the evil actions of] many of you [Jews].” The non-Jews say God must be a hypocrite if he condones the behavior of people like you.
聖書に書いてあるとおり、「神の御名は、あなたがたのゆえに、異邦人の間で汚されている」。
25 Any one of you who [is] circumcised [to show that he belongs to God] can benefit from that if he obeys the laws [God gave to Moses]. But if you [(sg), a circumcised person], disobey [God’s] laws, [God will consider that] you who are circumcised are no better [in God’s sight] than [someone who is] not circumcised.
もし、あなたが律法を行うなら、なるほど、割礼は役に立とう。しかし、もし律法を犯すなら、あなたの割礼は無割礼となってしまう。
26 This means that God will certainly consider that even [non-Jews who are] not circumcised can become his people if they obey the things that he commanded in his laws. [RHQ]
だから、もし無割礼の者が律法の規定を守るなら、その無割礼は割礼と見なされるではないか。
27 [If any one of] you disobeys God’s laws, even though [you(sg) have] the Scriptures and even though someone has circumcised you {you are circumcised} [God will punish you]. And those people who are not circumcised, but who obey God’s laws, [will declare that God is right] when he says that he will punish you.
かつ、生れながら無割礼の者であって律法を全うする者は、律法の文字と割礼とを持ちながら律法を犯しているあなたを、さばくのである。
28 It is not those who perform rituals [to show they are God’s people] who are [true] Jews, and it is not being circumcised in their bodies [that causes God to accept them] [MTY].
というのは、外見上のユダヤ人がユダヤ人ではなく、また、外見上の肉における割礼が割礼でもない。
29 On the contrary, we whom [God has changed] inwardly are [true] Jews [MTY]. And [God has accepted us because we have allowed God’s] Spirit to change our hearts, not because we perform rituals. Even if [other] people will not praise us [for that change], God will praise us.
かえって、隠れたユダヤ人がユダヤ人であり、また、文字によらず霊による心の割礼こそ割礼であって、そのほまれは人からではなく、神から来るのである。
