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].
Jisu Kristo laksuh Pool, Rangte ih heh Ruurang Ese ah tumbaat suh heh kaamwah ih danje ano poonta erah jiin nawa arah tiit ah.
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.
Esa Rangteele ni raangthiinta jun ih, Ruurang Ese ah Rangte ih teewadi khowah loong suh thoomhoon lam ih baat rumta.
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.
Erah heh Sah, Teesu Jisu Kristo tiit: hansi mina jun ih heh ah Dewid sutoom ih dongta;
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.
esa moong achaang lamko ih we ang ano, heh ih elong chaan aphaan lam ih tek nawa ngaaksaat ano Rangte Sah ih noisokta.
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].
Rangte ih ngasuh uh Jisu Kristo thoi ih heh kaamwah ih mootkaat suh saapoot ah kohalang, deek akaan mina loongtang suh Jisu tiit ah hanpi thuk suh nyia heh jengchaatchaat etthuk suh ah.
6 You [believers] who are living in Rome [city] are included among those whom God has chosen to belong to Jesus Christ.
Arah jengkhaap ah Rangte ih sen Room hadaang nawa mina loong suh nep baat halan, Jisu Kristo mina toom ih hoon rum ah eah.
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.
Erah thoih ngah ih sen Room nawa mina loongtang suh raangkoh rumhala o mina Rangte ih minchan halan nyia poon halan loong asuh ah: Seng Wah Rangte nyia Teesu Jisu Kristo ih sen suh heh tenthet nyia semroongroong roidong ah toom kohan.
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.
Jaakhothoon, Jisu Kristo jun ih Rangte suh sen loong raangtaan ih lakookmi liihang, tumeah mongrep nawa loongtang ih sen tuungmaang ah chaat et rumha.
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].
Marah ngah ih amiisak tiit baat hang, adi Rangte ah nga haaki—Rangte raang ih ngaaten ngaamong ah koh angno Ruurang Ese tiit nyia heh Sah tiit ah baat suh nyootsoot hang. Ngah ih saarookwih samthun rumhala nyia rangsoom korumhala ah
10 I especially ask God that if he desires [me to visit you], somehow at last I shall be able to do so.
Rangte ih jat eha. Ngah ih saarookwih nga Rangte suh sen damdoh jen chomui raang ih lamlaang kotsuh rangsoom tang.
11 [I pray this] because I long to visit you to help you spiritually, in order that you will become stronger [spiritually].
Tumeah, ngah ih sen japtup suh rapne ih ramlang, sen suh moong achaang lam ih romseetam ah choh anno tarong ih tongjih tiit ah roongwaan suh ah.
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].
Ngah ih sen suh baat thunhang ah langla, seng loong ah eroom ih toom chosokmui ih, sen ah nga tuungmaang nawa ih, ngah ah sen tuungmaang nawa ih ah.
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].
Ngaaphoh ngaano loong, sen ih jat etheng, ngah sen hah nah raak suh saarookwih taat thuntang, ang abah uh jihoh nawa ih lamtang hangno tajen ra tahang. Ngah ih sengdung nawa uh eleksiit et suh thunhang, Ranglajatte loong leksiit rumtang ah likhiik ah.
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.
Tumeah mina loong asuh baat kot ah ngah sak ni chaat hala, jatwah angkoja bah uh lajat angkoja bah uh, Leewette angkoja oh lawette angkoja oh.
15 So what I have eagerly desired is that I might proclaim this good message to you who are living in Rome also.
Erah raang ih, ngah ih sen Room mina loong suh nep uh Ruurang Ese tiit ah baat kotsuh rapne ih ramlang.
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.
Ruurang Ese ah baat suh ngah tarakriikang; Rangte chaan nawa ih ba hanpiite loongtang puipang ah, jaakhoh ah Jehudi loong erah lilih Ranglajatte loong anep.
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].”
Tumeah, Rangte tiitkhaap ih mina heh teewah damdoh epun lam ih mame tongthaajih ah erah dongbaat ha: erah langla mina neng tuungmaang ah ephang dowa ih ethoon tuk ih eje angtheng. Rangteele ni liiha, “O mina Rangte damdi tuungmaang jun ih epun ih tongla aba khopui tong ah.”
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].
Rangte tenkhat ah rang nawa rangdah nyia ethih mina loong raang ih raaha, marah mina ih neng reeraang ethih nawa ih amiisak tiit ah tajat thuk rumka loong raang ih ah.
19 [Everyone] can clearly know what God [is like], because God himself has revealed to everyone [what he is like].
Rangte ih neng ah chamnaang etthuk ah, tumeah neng ih Rangte tiit ah jatcho ang rumta, Rangte heh teeteewah ih jatthuk cho ang rumta.
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)
Rangte ih mongrep hoonta dowa ih, latupjih hemoong hechaang ah, babah uh lathoonjih, nyia esa dang ajang ah jatririh ih japtup rumta; erah loong ah Rangte ih hoonta huk akhaak loong ah thoidi jat hi. Erah thoih erah mina loong ah babah uh tajen leek rumka! (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].
Neng ih Rangte ah jatcho, ang abah uh Rangte soomtuujih angta rah, neng ih tasoomtu rumka, adoleh heh suh lakookmi uh tali rumka. Erah nang ih bah neng ah thungko taklo, nyia neng tenthun ah laamang ni hahuung ih tongla.
22 Although they claimed that they were wise, they became foolish,
Neng ih neng teeteewah suh jatwah ih thiik rumha, emah ih bah neng ah thungko mina loong;
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.
Ething Rangte ah soom dakbi, neng ih mina, phih awoh, hi awak nyia changkom daangraat loong laaphaang ah soomtu rumha.
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].
Eno Rangte ih neng suh jootthih reeraang loong ah neng ten ih jamha jun ih reethuk rumla, eno neng chamchi ni erakriijih reeraang loong ah re rumla.
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)
Neng ih eleek tiit loong ah ih Rangte amiisak tiit ah lenglek rumha; edongsiite Rangte ah lalek soom thang ih heh lakmaak loong ah soomtu rumha, heh ah roitang phoongpha theng lek ang kano ah! Amen. (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].
Neng erah re thoidi, Rangte ih neng suh erakriijih reeraang asuh laan lungwaang thuk rumla. Minuh loong ah uh neng khoopiin ah minuh damdi marah doh lah angjih erah lam adi muungtuung thuk rumla.
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].
Erah likhiikkhiik miwah loong ah banlam doh bah minuh damdoh khoopiinjih angta rah ah thiinhaat ano miwah damdam di we luungla likhiik ih muungtuung rumla. Miwah loong ah erakriijih nengneng muungtuungla, erah thoidi neng thetre thaang chamchojih angta rah nengneng ih jam rumha.
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.
Tumeah erah miloong ah ih Rangte mongtham neng thung ni tathiin rumka, erah thoidi Rangte ih neng ah ethih lam ni reethuk rumla, eno neng loong ah lareejih ah re rumla.
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].
Neng tenthun ah jaatrep ethih ih me thuk rumla, ethih reeraang, nyamnyook, nyia jootthih; neng tenthun ni emiksuk mui, etek haatmui, changrook, mokwaan mui, nyia chamnaang di cham thuk rumla. Neng chamchi ni ejoobaat mui
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.
nyia esiit esiit ih thetbaat mui; neng ih Rangte ah miksuk rum, jeng lachaat thang, engaampo, nyia elonghoon noisok; neng ih lamthih rah ehan han ih boot jam rumha; neng ih nengnuh nengwah jeng uh takap rumka;
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].
nengdi nengthung nengtak ah tajeeka; neng ih neng kakham jengkhaap ah takapka, nyia nengdi wahoh suh tenthet minchan ah tajeeka.
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.
Neng ih jat eha arah mina loong tongsong rumla likhiik ah Rangte Hootthe ni tekcho eah. Ang abah uh, neng ah amadi re ruh ih rumla, eno wahoh suh nep noisok leh reethuk et rumha.
