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].

Ditsala tse di rategang mo Roma, Lokwalo lo lo tswa kwa go Paulo, motlhanka wa ga Jesu Keresete, yo o tlhophilweng go nna morongwa, ebile a romilwe go rera Mafoko a Modimo a a Molemo.

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.

Mafoko a a Molemo a, a ne a sa bolo go solofediwa batho bogologolo ke baporofiti ba Modimo mo Kgolaganong e kgologolo.

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.

Ke Mafoko a a Molemo kaga Morwaa one, Jesu Keresete Morena wa rona, yo o tsileng e le ngwana mo setshwanong sa motho, a tsalelwa mo losikeng lwa bogosi lwa ga Kgosi Dafide,

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.

mme ka go tsosiwa mo baswing o ne a supiwa e le Morwa Modimo yo o senatla, ka tlholego e e boitshepo ya Modimo ka sebele.

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].

Mme jaanong, ka Keresete, tshiamo yotlhe ya Modimo e goromeleditswe mo go rona baleofi ba e neng e sa re tshwanela; mme jaanong o re roma mo tikologong ya lefatshe go bolelela batho botlhe gongwe le gongwe kaga dilo tse dikgolo tse Mo-dimo o di ba diretseng, gore le bone ba tle ba dumele ba o obamele.

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

Mme lona, ditsala tse di rategang mo Roma, le lona lo bangwe ba o ba ratang thata, le lona lo lalediwa ke Jesu Keresete go nna ba Modimo tota, ee batho ba one ba ba boitshepo. A masego otlhe a Modimo le kagiso e e tswang kwa Modimong Rara wa rona, le Jesu Keresete Morena wa rona a nne le lona.

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.

Mmang ke simololeng ka go re, gongwe le gongwe kwa ke yang teng ke utlwa go buiwa kaga lona! Gonne tumelo ya lona mo Modimong e simolola go itsege mo tikologong ya lefatshe. Ke leboga Modimo thata jang ka Jesu Keresete ka pego e e molemo, le ka mongwe le mongwe wa lona.

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].

Modimo o itse gore ke lo rapelela gangwe le gape jang. Bosigo le motshegare ke lo baya le tse lo di tlhokang ka thapelo mo go yo ke mo direlang ka thata yotlhe, ke bolelela ba bangwe Mafoko a a molemo kaga Morwaa one.

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

Mme sengwe sa dilo tse ke di rapelelang gangwe le gape ke lobaka lo lo atlegileng lwa gore, fa Modimo o rata, ke tle go lo bona, le gore fa go kgonega ke tle ke nne le mosepele o o babalesegileng.

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

Gonne ke tlhologeletswe go lo etela gore ke tle ke kgone go lo naya tumelo e e tlaa thusang phuthego ya lona go nitama mo Moreneng. Fela jalo le nna, ke tlhoka thuso ya lona, gonne ga ke batle fela go abalana tumelo ya me le lona le nna ke tlhoka go kgothadiwa ke tumelo ya lona. Mongwe le mongwe wa rona o tlaa nna tshegofatso mo go yo mongwe.

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].

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].

Ke batla gore lo itse, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, gore ke gantsi ke ikaelela go tla kwa go lona (mme go sa kgonege) gore ke tle go dira le lona ke bo ke bone maungo a a molemo, fela jaaka ke dirile mo diphuthegong tse dingwe tsa Badichaba.

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.

Gonne ke molato o mogolo mo go lona le mo go mongwe le mongwe, le mo bathong ba ba tlhabologileng le dichaba tsa baheitane; ee, mo go ba ba rutegileng le mo go ba ba sa rutegang fela ka go tshwana.

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

Jalo he, ka fa selekanyong sa nonofo ya me e e tletseng, ke setse ke siame go tla le kwa go lona mo Roma go rera Mafoko a a Molemo a Modimo.

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.

Gonne ga ke tlhabisiwe ditlhong ke Mafoko a a Molemo a, kaga Keresete. Ke leano la Modimo le le nonofileng la go gapela kwa legodimong botlhe ba ba dumelang. Molaetsa o, o ne wa rerelwa Bajuta pele ba le bosi, mme jaanong mongwe le mongwe o lalediwa go tla mo Modimong ka yone tsela e.

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].”

Mafoko a a Molemo a, a re bolelela gore Modimo o re baakanyetsa gore re ye legodimong, a re siamisa mo ponong ya Modimo fa re baya tumelo ya rona le boikanyo mo go Keresete go re boloka. Mo go bonwa ka tumelo go tswa tshimologong go ya bokhutlong. Jaaka lokwalo lo bua lo re, “Motho yo o bonang botshelo o tlaa bo bona ka go ikanya Modimo.”

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].

Mme Modimo o supa bogale jwa one jo bo tswang legodimong mo baleofing, batho ba ba bosula ba ba tlosang boammaaruri mo go bone.

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

Gonne ba itse boammaaruri kaga Modimo sentle thata; Modimo o tsentse kitso e mo dipelong tsa bone.

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)

Go simolola mo dinakong tsa pele batho ba bonye lefatshe le loapi le gotlhe mo Modimo o go dirileng, ebile ba itsile ka go tshela ga one le nonofo e kgolo ya bosakhutleng. Jalo ga ba kitla ba nna le seipato (fa ba ema fa pele ga Modimo ka letsatsi la katlholo). (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].

Ee, ba itsile kaga one sentle thata, mme ga ba a ka ba dumela gore ba a o itse kgotsa ba o obamela le fa e le go o leboga ka fa o ba tlhokomelang ka teng malatsi otlhe. Mme morago ga lobakanyana ba simolola go akanya dikakanyo tsa boeleele tsa gore Modimo o ntse jang le gore o batla gore ba dire eng. Jalo ga diragala gore megopolo ya bone ya boeleele e fifale e bo e tlhakatlhakane.

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

Ba ikaya fa ba le botlhale kwa ntle ga Modimo, mme ba fetoga dieleele tse di feteletseng ka ntlha ya go tlhoka go ikanya Modimo.

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.

Mme hong mo boemong jwa go obamela Modimo o o galalelang o o tshelang ka bosakhutleng, ba ne ba tsaya dikgong le maje mme ba itirela medimo ya disetwa go e obamela, ba e betla go nna jaaka dinonyane le diphologolo le dinoga le batho ba e seng ba sepe ba ba nyatsegang.

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].

Jalo Modimo wa ba lesa go tswelela pele mo mofuteng mongwe le mongwe wa boaka, le go dira sengwe le sengwe se ba se batlang ee, ba tlontlolo-lana mebele ka boatla.

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)

Mo boemong jwa gore ba dumele se ba itseng e le boammaaruri kaga Mo-dimo, ba dumela ka bomo mo maakeng. Jalo ba obamela dilo tse Modimo o di dirileng, ba gana go obamela one Modimo o o dirileng dilo tse. (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].

Ke sone se Modimo o ba leseleditseng go dira tsotlhe tse di bosula tse, le gore le basadi ba bone ba furalele leano la Modimo la tlholego mme ba simolola go tlontlololana mebele.

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].

Mme banna, mo boemong jwa go tlhakanela dikobo le basadi ka fa tlholegong, ba simolola go gakalelana, banna ba dira dilo tse di tlhabisang ditlhong le banna ba bangwe, mme ka ntlha ya moo ba bona tuelo e e ba tshwanetseng.

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.

Jalo ke sone se e rileng fa ba latlha Modimo ebile ba sa batle go o itse, Modimo wa ba tlhokomologa gore ba dire sengwe le sengwe se megopolo ya bone e e bosula e neng e ka se akanya.

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].

Matshelo a bone a tlala mofuta mongwe le mongwe wa boikepo le sebe, wa bogagapa le kilo, keletso ya senama, polao, ntwa, maaka, bogalaka le ditshebo.

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.

E ne e le basebi, ba ba ilang Modimo, ba le makgakga, e le baikgantshi, ba aga ba akanya ditsela tse dintsha tsa go leofa ebile ba tswelela pele ba sa reetse batsadi ba bone.

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].

Ba leka go itira ba ba sa tlhaloganyeng, ba senya ditsholofetso tsa bone, ba le setlhogo, ba se pelotlhomogi.

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.

Ba ne ba itse sentle thata gore Modimo o atlholela loso ka ntlha ya melato e, le fa go ntse jalo ba tswelela pele mme ba e dira ka methale yotlhe, ba kgothatsa ba bangwe gore le bone ba e dire.