Romans 5
1 Standing then acquitted as the result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
我們既因信德成義，便是藉我們的主耶穌基督，與天主和好了。
2 through whom also, as the result of faith, we have obtained an introduction into that state of favour with God in which we stand, and we exult in hope of some day sharing in God's glory.
藉著耶穌我們得因信德進入了現今所站立的這恩寵中，並因希望分天主的光榮而歡躍。
3 And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;
不但如此，我們連在磨難中也歡躍，因為我們知道：磨難生忍耐，
4 fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;
忍耐生老練，老練生望德，
5 and that this hope never disappoints, because God's love for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
望德不叫人蒙羞，因為天主的愛，藉著所賜與我們的聖神，已傾注在我們心中了。
6 For already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right moment died for the ungodly.
當我們還在軟弱的時候，基督就在指定的時期為不虔敬的人死了。
7 Why, it is scarcely conceivable that any one would die for a simply just man, although for a good and lovable man perhaps some one, here and there, will have the courage even to lay down his life.
為義人死，是罕有的事44為善人或許有敢死的；
8 But God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us while we were still sinners.
但是，基督在我們還是罪人的時候，就為我們死了，這證明了天主怎樣愛我們。
9 If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him.
現在，我們既因祂的血而成義，我們更要藉著祂脫免天主的義怒，
10 For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life.
因為，假如我們還在為仇敵的時候，因著祂聖子的死得與天主和好了；那麼，在和好之後，我們一定更要因著祂的生命得救了。
11 And not only so, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained that reconciliation.
不但如此，我們現今既藉著我們的主耶穌基督獲得了和好，也必藉著祂而歡躍於天主。
12 What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.
故此，就如罪惡藉著一人進入了世界，死亡藉著罪惡也進入了世界；這樣死亡就殃及了眾人，因為眾人都犯了罪，成義也是如此──
13 For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.
沒有法律之前，罪惡已經在世界上；但因沒有法律，罪惡本不應算為罪惡。
14 Yet Death reigned as king from Adam to Moses even over those who had not sinned, as Adam did, against Law. And in Adam we have a type of Him whose coming was still future.
但從亞當起，直到梅瑟，死亡卻作了王，連那些沒有像亞當一樣違法犯罪的人，也屬它權下：這亞當原是那未來亞當的預像。
15 But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.
但恩寵決不是過犯所能比的，因為如果因一人的過犯大眾都死了；那麼，天主的恩寵和那因耶穌基督一人的恩寵所施與的恩惠，更要豐富地洋溢到大眾身上。
16 And it is not with the gift as it was with the results of one individual's sin; for the judgement which one individual provoked resulted in condemnation, whereas the free gift after a multitude of transgressions results in acquittal.
這恩惠的效果也不是那因人犯罪的結果所能比的，因為審判固然由於一人的過犯而來，被定罪；但恩賜卻使人在犯了許多過犯之後，獲得成義。
17 For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.
如果因一人的過犯，死亡就因那一人作了王；那麼，那些豐富地蒙受了恩寵和正義恩惠的人，更要藉著耶穌基督一人在生命中為王了。
18 It follows then that just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which extends to the whole race, so also the result of a single decree of righteousness is a life-giving acquittal which extends to the whole race.
這樣看來：就如因一人的過犯，眾人都被定了罪；同樣也一人的正義行為，眾人也都獲得了正義和生命。
19 For as through the disobedience of the one individual the mass of mankind were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous.
正如因一人的悖逆，大家都成了罪人；同樣，因一人的服從，大眾都成了義人。
20 Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;
法律本是後加的，是為增多過犯；但是罪惡在那裡越多，恩寵在那裡也越格外豐富，
