ローマ人への手紙 3
1 さらばユダヤ人に何の優るる所ありや、また割禮に何の益ありや。
[Someone may object to this, saying], “[If being circumcised does not cause God to accept us Jews], (there is no advantage in being a Jew [over being a non-Jew]./is there any advantage in being a Jew [over being a non-Jew]?) [RHQ] Being circumcised does not benefit [us Jews at all]!”
2 凡ての事に益おほし、先づ第一に彼らは神の言を委ねられたり。
[I would reply that being Jews] benefits [us] in many ways [HYP]. First of all, it benefits us because it was to [our ancestors] that God’s words, [words that contain his promises], were given {that [God] gave his words, [words that contain his promises]}.
3 されど如何ん、ここに信ぜざる者ありとも、その不 信は神の眞實を廢つべきか。
Many [Jews did not obey God as they promised that they would. So someone might ask], “Does their not being faithful mean that God will not [bless us Jews] as he promised [that he would]?”
4 決して然らず、人をみな虚僞 者とすとも神を誠實とすべし。録して『なんぢは其の言にて義とせられ、審かるるとき勝を得給はん爲なり』とあるが如し。
[I would reply], “No, it certainly does not mean that! God always does [what he has promised], even though [people do not]. All those who accuse God [of not keeping his promises to us Jews] are very mistaken.” [What King David wrote about God’s justly saying that he would punish him for his sins is also true of those who accuse God of not keeping his promises. What he said to God was], “So everyone must acknowledge that what you [(sg)] have said [about them] (OR, [their sin]) is true, and you will always win the case when you are accused {when [people] accuse you}.”
5 然れど若し我らの不義は神の義を顯すとせば何と言はんか、怒を加へたまふ神は不義なるか（こは人の言ふごとく言ふなり）
So if we [Jews’] being wicked [PRS] shows that it is right that God [does not bless us], what shall we say/conclude? Shall we conclude that it is not right for God to be angry [and punish us Jews] [MTY]? I [should not be saying these things], [but] I am speaking as ordinary humans [speak].
6 決して然らず、若し然あらば神は如何にして世を審き給ふべき。
We should certainly not [conclude that God should not judge us], because if God [did not judge us Jews], (it would not possibly be right for him to judge [anyone in] the world [MTY]!/how could he judge [anyone in] the world?) [MTY, RHQ]
7 わが虚僞によりて神の誠實いよいよ顯れ、その榮光とならんには、いかで我なほ罪人として審かるる事あらん。
But [someone might object and say to me], “The fact that God truly [keeps his promises] becomes very clear/evident because of my not doing [what God has commanded]. But the result is that people praise God! So (God should no longer say that I should be punished {that [he] should punish me} on account of my having sinned!/why should God still say that I should be punished {that [he] should punish me} on account of my having sinned?) [RHQ]
8 また『善を來らせん爲に惡をなすは可からずや』（或 者われらを譏りて之を我らの言なりといふ）かかる人の罪に定めらるるは正し。
[If what you, Paul, say is true], then (we might as well/it is all right for us to) do evil things in order that good things [like that] will result! For example, [then people will praise God]!” Some people speak evil about me by their [falsely] saying that I say [such things. God] will fairly/justly punish [people who say such things about me]!
9 さらば如何ん、我らの勝る所ありや、有ることなし。我ら既にユダヤ人もギリシヤ人もみな罪の下に在りと告げたり。
[If someone would ask], “[Shall we conclude that God] will treat us [Jews] more favorably [and will treat] the non-Jews less [favorably] [RHQ]?” [I would reply that we can] certainly not [conclude that]! I have already shown you that all people, the Jews and also the non-Jews, have sinned and [so they deserve to be punished] {[that God will punish them]} [PRS].
10 録して『義人なし、一人だになし、
[The following words] that are written {prophets have written} [in the Scriptures support this], No person is righteous. There is not even one righteous person!
11 聰き者なく、神を求むる者なし。
There is no one who understands [how to live properly] (OR, [about God]). There is no one who seeks/desires [to know] God!
12 みな迷ひて相 共に空しくなれり、善をなす者なし、一人だになし。
Absolutely everyone has turned away [MET] [from God]. God considers them depraved (OR, Everyone has become useless [to God]). There is no one who acts righteously; no, there is not even one!
13 彼らの咽は開きたる墓なり、舌には詭計あり、口唇のうちには蝮の毒あり、
What people say [MTY] [is foul/bad, like the smell that comes from] a grave that has been {that [people] have} opened [MET]. [By what people say] [MTY], they deceive people. [By what they say] [MTY] [they injure people, just like] the poison of snakes [injures people] [MET].
14 その口は詛と苦とにて滿つ。
They are continually (cursing/asking God to do harmful things to) others and saying (cruel/harsh/hateful) things [MTY].
15 その足は血を流すに速し、
They (go quickly/are eager) to murder people [MTY].
16 破壞と艱難とその道にあり、
Wherever they go, they ruin everything and make [people] miserable [MTY].
17 彼らは平和の道を知らず。
They have not/never known how [to live] peacefully [with other people].
18 その眼前に神をおそるる畏なし』とあるが如し。
They absolutely refuse to fear/reverence God [SYN]!
19 それ律法の言ふところは律法の下にある者に語ると我らは知る、これは凡ての口ふさがり、神の審判に全世界の服せん爲なり。
Furthermore, we know that it is to [Jewish] people, [who are] required to obey [God’s] laws, that Moses wrote those laws [PRS]. [We can infer from this that] there are no [Jews or non-Jews] [SYN] who are able to say anything [in reply to God’s saying that he will punish them for having sinned]. God has declared everyone in the world [MTY] guilty!
20 律法の行爲によりては、一人だに神のまへに義とせられず、律法によりて罪は知らるるなり。
It is not because people have done the things that God’s laws [require] that [God] will (erase the record of their sins/declare them no longer guilty for sin), [because no one has done those things completely]. In fact, the result of [our knowing God’s] laws is that we know clearly that we have sinned (OR, are sinful).
21 然るに今や律法の外に神の義は顯れたり、これ律法と預言者とに由りて證せられ、
But God’s (erasing the record of our sins/declaring us no longer guilty) does not depend on [our obeying] the laws [that he gave Moses]. It has now been {[God] has now} revealed [to us] how he erases the record of our sins [by a different way]. It was written about [by Moses] {[Moses] wrote about it} in the laws [PRS] [God gave] him, and it was also written about by the prophets {the prophets also wrote about it}.
22 イエス・キリストを信ずるに由りて凡て信ずる者に與へたまふ神の義なり。之には何 等の差別あるなし。
God erases the record of our sins because we trust in [what] Jesus Christ [has done for us]. God does this for every person who trusts [in Christ], because [he considers] that there is no difference [between Jews and non-Jews].
23 凡ての人、罪を犯したれば神の榮光を受くるに足らず、
All people have done evil, and all people have failed to accomplish the glorious [goals] that God [set for them].
24 功なくして神の恩惠により、キリスト・イエスにある贖罪によりて義とせらるるなり。
Our record of sins has been erased {God erased the record of our sins} by God acting kindly [to forgive our sins], without our doing anything to earn it. Christ Jesus accomplished this [by dying for us].
25 即ち神は忍耐をもて過來しかたの罪を見遁し給ひしが、己の義を顯さんとて、キリストを立て、その血によりて信仰によれる宥の供物となし給へり。
God showed that Christ was the one who would atone for (OR, forgive) our sins [with the] blood [that flowed from his body when he died. God redeems/forgives] us because of our trusting [in Christ’s having died for us. God wanted] to show that he acts justly. [He wanted to do that] because, before [Jesus came, God] did not punish [everyone who sinned. So it seemed as though he was not being just]. But he was overlooking people’s sins during [that time],
26 これ今おのれの義を顯して、自ら義たらん爲、またイエスを信ずる者を義とし給はん爲なり。
because he is patient. [God arranged for Jesus to die for us]. By doing that, God now shows that he is just, and he shows that he is justly able to erase the record of sins for everyone who trusts/believes in Jesus.
27 さらば誇るところ何處にあるか。既に除かれたり、何の律法に由りてか、行爲の律法か、然らず、信仰の律法に由りてなり。
It is not at all [RHQ] because of [our obeying the] laws [of Moses that God erases the record of our sins]. So, (there is no way that we can boast [that God does that because of our obeying those laws]./how can we boast [about God erasing the record of our sins because of our obeying those laws]?) [RHQ] Instead, [it is because of our] believing/trusting [in Christ that God erases the record of our sins].
28 我らは思ふ、人の義とせらるるは、律法の行爲によらず、信仰に由るなり。
[We cannot boast about that], because we conclude that the record of our sins is erased {God erases the record of our sins} because of our trusting [in Christ]. God does not erase the record of our sins because of our obeying the laws [that he gave to Moses, because it is impossible for us to completely obey them].
29 神はただユダヤ人のみの神なるか、また異邦人の神ならずや、然り、また異邦人の神なり。
(You who are Jews certainly should not [think that you] are the only ones whom God [will accept]!/Do you Jews [think it is you] alone whom God [will accept]?) [RHQ] You certainly should [realize that he will accept] non-Jews, too. [RHQ] Of course, [he will accept] non-Jews also,
30 神は唯一にして、割禮ある者を信仰によりて義とし、割禮なき者をも信仰によりて義とし給へばなり。
because, [as you firmly believe], there is only one God, who will erase the record of Jews’ [MTY] sins if they trust [in what Christ has done], and who will similarly erase the record of non-Jews’ [MTY] sins if they trust [in Christ].
31 然らば我ら信仰をもて律法を空しくするか、決して然らず、反つて律法を堅うするなり。
So, [if someone should ask concerning the laws that God gave Moses], “By saying [that God erases the record of our sins because of our] trusting [in Christ], does that mean that those laws now are useless?”, [I would reply], “Certainly not. Instead, we truly fulfill the laws [that God gave Moses].”
