Romans 1

1 [I], Paul, who serve Christ Jesus, [am writing this letter]. God chose me to be an apostle, and I was appointed by him {he appointed me} in order that [I should proclaim] (the good message/the gospel) that [comes from him].

מאת פולוס, עבדו של ישוע המשיח, אשר נקרא להיות שליח והוקדש להפצת בשורת אלוהים.

2 Long before [Jesus came to earth, God] promised [that he would reveal] this good message by means of what his prophets [wrote] in the sacred Scriptures.

אלוהים הבטיח לנו בשורה זאת לפני זמן רב באמצעות נביאיו בכתבי־הקודש.

3 This good message is [about the one whom we know as] his Son. As to his Son’s physical/human nature, he was born a descendant of [King] David.

היא מספרת לנו על אודות בנו, ישוע המשיח אדוננו, אשר בא לעולם בדמות אדם משושלת דוד המלך,

4 As to his divine nature, it was shown {[God] showed} powerfully that he is (God’s own Son/the man who is also God). [God] showed this by his Holy Spirit causing him to become alive again after he died. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.

ואשר קם מן המתים על ידי רוח הקודש והוכח להיות בן האלוהים. הוא ישוע המשיח האדון.

5 He is the one who appointed me, who did not deserve it, [to be] an apostle. He did that in order that [many] among the non-Jews would honor [him] and would obey him as a result of their believing [my message about him].

באמצעות המשיח העניק לנו אלוהים, חוטאים שכמונו, את טובו וחסדו, ועתה הוא שולח אותנו לספר לכל האנשים בעולם את המעשים הנפלאים שעשה ה׳ למענם, כדי שגם הם יאמינו בו ויצייתו לו.

6 You [believers] who are living in Rome [city] are included among those whom God has chosen to belong to Jesus Christ.

ידידים יקרים ברומא, גם אתם נמנים עם אלה שאלוהים אוהב; ישוע המשיח קרא גם לכם להשתייך לאלוהים ולהקדיש לו את חייכם. יברך אתכם האלוהים אבינו וישוע המשיח אדוננו בחסד ובשלום.

7 [I am writing this letter] to all of [you in Rome] whom God loves and whom he has chosen [to become his] people. [I pray that] God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord will [continue to] act kindly toward you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.

8 As I begin [this letter], I thank my God for all you [believers in Rome]. It is because of [what] Jesus Christ [has done for us that] I [am able to do that]. I thank him because your trusting [in Jesus Christ] is something that people all over [the Roman Empire] [HYP] are talking about.

ראשית כל ברצוני לומר לכם כי השמועה על אמונתכם הנפלאה באלוהים מתפשטת בכל העולם, ועל־ידי ישוע המשיח אני מודה לאלוהים על כולכם.

9 God, whom I devotedly serve as I [proclaim to people] the gospel concerning his Son, knows that I tell the truth when I say that I always mention you whenever [DOU] I pray [to God] [HYP].

אלוהים יודע שיומם ולילה אני מתפלל בעדכם ומזכיר אתכם לפני האלוהים, אשר אותו אני עובד בכל כוחי בזמן שאני מבשר את הבשורה על אודות בנו.

10 I especially ask God that if he desires [me to visit you], somehow at last I shall be able to do so.

בתפילותיי אני מתחנן לאלוהים שיאפשר לי לבוא אליכם סוף־סוף,

11 [I pray this] because I long to visit you to help you spiritually, in order that you will become stronger [spiritually].

כי אני משתוקק מאוד לראותכם ולהעניק לכם מתנה רוחנית כדי לחזק אתכם.

12 I long to visit you in order that you and I might encourage each other [by means of our sharing with each other] how each of us trusts [in Jesus].

כלומר, אני משתוקק להיות בחברתכם, כדי שאמונתכם תעודד אותי ואמונתי תעודד אתכם.

13 My fellow believers, many times I planned to visit you. I certainly want you to know [LIT] that. [But I have not been able to come to you because] I have been hindered {[things] have always prevented me} until the present time. I have wanted to come in order that I might help you to mature spiritually [IDM], as [I have helped people to mature spiritually] in many other non-Jewish groups [HYP].

אחים יקרים, דעו לכם כי פעמים רבות תכננתי לבוא אליכם, כדי שגם בקרבכם אוכל לעשות פרי, כשם שעשיתי בקרב עמים אחרים, אולם עד כה תוכנית זאת לא יצאה לפועל.

14 I feel obliged [to proclaim the gospel to all non-Jewish people], specifically to [people who know] the Greek [language and culture] and to those who do not know it, to people who are educated and to those who are uneducated.

אני חש מעין חובה לבשר את דבר האלוהים לכל העולם – לאנשי תרבות ולחסרי תרבות; למשכילים ולחסרי השכלה – ללא הפליה.

15 So what I have eagerly desired is that I might proclaim this good message to you who are living in Rome also.

משום כך, אנשי רומא, אני רוצה לספר את הבשורה גם לכם.

16 [That leads me to say that] I very confidently proclaim [LIT] the good message [about what Christ has done], because this good message is the powerful [means] that God [uses] to save [from the guilt of their sins] all people who trust [in what Christ has done for them]. Specifically, God first has saved the Jews [who believe the good message], and then he has saved non-Jews.

איני מתבייש בבשורת האלוהים! בכוחה להושיע את כל המאמינים בה – קודם כל את היהודי, ואחר כך גם את מי שאינו יהודי.

17 By means of this good message God reveals how he erases the record of people’s sins (OR, declares people no longer guilty for having sinned); and his doing this is entirely because [IDM] they trust [in Christ. This is confirmed] by what [a prophet long ago] wrote [that God said], “Those (whose record of sin [I] have erased/whom [I] have declared no longer guilty for sin) because they trust [in me] will live [forever].”

כי הבשורה מגלה כיצד מצדיק אלוהים את בני־האדם: על־ידי אמונה בלבד, כפי שכתוב:”צדיק באמונתו יחיה“. כלומר, הצדיק ייוושע ויחיה על־ידי אמונתו באלוהים.

18 From [where God rules in] heaven he is making it clear to all [non-Jewish] people who show no respect for God and who do wicked things, that he is angry with them [and that they deserve to be punished] {[that he would punish them]} [MTY]. By means of [their behaving] wickedly, they keep other people [from believing what they know] to be true [about God].

מאידך, אלוהים שפך את זעמו וכעסו על כל הרשעים העוצרים ומסתירים את האמת במעשי הרשע שלהם.

19 [Everyone] can clearly know what God [is like], because God himself has revealed to everyone [what he is like].

מדוע שפך עליהם אלוהים את זעמו? מפני שהם יודעים היטב את האמת! אלוהים עצמו גילה להם את כל מה שעליהם לדעת.

20 [People] cannot see what God is like. But ever since he created the world, by means of what he created he has clearly revealed what he is like. He has made clear to everyone that he has always been able to do very powerful things. [Therefore, we should recognize that] God is powerful, [completely different from all that he created]. So no one has a basis for saying, [“We never knew about God].” (aïdios g126)

מבריאת העולם חזו בני־האדם בשמים, בארץ ובכל בריאת ה׳; הם ידעו על קיומו ועל גבורתו הנצחית. משום כך, (כשיעמדו לפני אלוהים ביום הדין), לא יוכלו לתרץ את התנהגותם. (aïdios g126)

21 Although [the non-Jews] knew what God [is like], they did not honor him as God, nor did they thank [him for what he had done]. But instead, they began to think foolish [things about him], and they became unable to understand [MET] [what he wanted them to know].

כי למרות שידעו והכירו את האלוהים, לא כיבדוהו בכבוד המגיע לו, וגם לא הודו לו על כל מה שעשה למענם. לעומת זאת הם העסיקו את מוחם בדברי שטות והבל, עד כי מוחם שקע בבלבול ובטמטום.

22 Although they claimed that they were wise, they became foolish,

מאחורי חכמתם המדומה מסתתרת טיפשות!

23 and they refused to [admit that] God is glorious and will never die. Instead, they made and worshipped idols [that resembled people who] will some day die, and [then they made other idols that resembled] birds and four-footed animals, and [finally] they made idols that resembled reptiles.

במקום שיכבדו וישרתו את האלוהים החי והקיים, הם עשו לעצמם אלילים מעץ ומאבן, בדמות בני־אדם, עופות, חיות ורמשים.

24 So God allowed [the non-Jews] do immoral sexual things that they [SYN] strongly desired, things [that their desires were compelling them to do]. As a result, they [began to] dishonor each other’s bodies [by their sexual actions].

על כן מסר אותם אלוהים למעשי הטומאה שלהם; הוא הניח להם להמשיך במעשי התועבה והזנות ולחלל איש את גוף חברו.

25 Also, they [chose to worship] false [gods] instead (of admitting/of choosing to believe) what is true [about] God. They worshipped and served things [that God] created instead of [worshipping and serving God himself], the one who created [everything. They did this even though] he [deserves that those he created] would forever praise him. Amen!/May it be so! (aiōn g165)

בכוונה תחילה הם העדיפו להאמין בשקרים במקום באמת אלוהים; הם התפללו לבריאה, אך לא צייתו לאלוהים המבורך אשר ברא את הכול. (aiōn g165)

26 So, God allowed [the non-Jews to do] shameful [sexual] things that they [strongly] desired. As a result, many women did not have natural sexual relations [with their husbands] [EUP]. Instead, they were doing sexual actions with other women [EUP].

משום כך מסר אותם אלוהים לתאוותיהם, עד כי אף נשותיהם סטו מיחסי־מין נורמאליים וקיימו יחסים בלתי־נורמאליים עם בנות מינן.

27 Similarly, [many] men stopped having/did not have natural sexual relations with women [EUP]. Instead, they strongly desired to have sexual relations with other men. They committed [homosexual] acts with other men, acts that were shameful. As a result, [God has] punished them [by sicknesses] in their bodies, which is what they deserve [because] they [thought] wrongly [that God would not punish them for doing that].

גם הגברים סטו מהיחסים הנורמאליים והטבעיים וקיימו יחסים בלתי טבעיים עם גברים אחרים. כתוצאה מכך הם נענשו בתוך עצמם בעונש המגיע להם.

28 Furthermore, because they decided that it was not [worthwhile] to know God, he allowed their own worthless thoughts [to completely control them]. As a result, they began doing [evil] things that [God says that people] should not do.

כאשר לא מצאו לנכון להכיר באלוהים, הוא הניח להם להשתעבד לכל מעשי התועבה שהעלו בדעתם.

29 They strongly desire to do all [kinds of] unrighteous [things]. They strongly desire to do all [kinds of] evil things [to others]. They strongly desire to possess things that [belong to others]. They strongly desire to harm [others] in various ways. [Many non-Jews] are constantly envying [other people. Many] constantly desire to murder [people. Many] constantly desire to cause strife [between people. Many] constantly desire to deceive [others. Many] constantly desire to speak hatefully [about others] (OR, [to speak harmful things about others, things that are not true]). [Many] gossip [about others].

חייהם מלאו בכל מיני מעשי זנות, רשע, בצע, שנאה, קנאה, רצח, מריבה, מרמה ומרירות. הם נהיו רכלנים

30 [Many] slander [others. Many] act especially hatefully toward God. [Many] speak or act in an insulting way [toward others. Many] treat others contemptuously. [Many] boast [about themselves to others. Many] invent new ways to do evil things. [Many non-Jewish children] disobey their parents.

ומלשינים, שונאי אלוהים, חוצפנים וגאוותנים, יוזמי רשע ומורדים בהוריהם.

31 [Many non-Jews] act in other morally foolish ways. [Many] do not do what they promised [others that they would do. Many] do not [even] love [their own family members. And many] do not act mercifully [toward other people].

הם מתנהגים בטיפשות, בחוסר אמונה, ברשעות ובאכזריות, ומלאי שנאה וטינה.

32 Although they know that God has declared that those who do such things deserve to be killed, they not only habitually do these [kinds of evil] things, but they also approve of others who habitually do them.

הרשעים האלה ידעו היטב כי אלוהים יעניש עונש מוות את כל הנוהגים כך, אולם לא זו בלבד שלא היטיבו את דרכם, הם גם מעודדים את כל מי שעושה כמוהם!