Mga Roma 1

1 Ako si Pablo, na isang lingkod ni Jesu-Cristo, tinawag upang maging apostol, at inilaan para sa ebanghelyo ng Diyos.

[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].

2 Ito ang ebanghelyo na noon pa man ay ipinangako na niya sa pamamagitan ng mga propeta sa banal na kasulatan.

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.

3 Ito ay tungkol sa kaniyang Anak, na ipinanganak mula sa kaapu-apuhan ni David ayon sa laman.

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.

4 Ipinahayag siya bilang Anak ng Diyos ayon sa kapangyarihan ng Espiritu ng kabanalan, sa pamamagitan ng muling pagkabuhay mula sa kamatayan, si Jesu-Cristo na ating Panginoon.

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.

5 Sa pamamagitan niya ay natanggap namin ang biyaya at ang pagiging apostol upang magdulot ng pagsunod ng pananampalataya sa lahat ng mga bansa, alang-alang sa pangalan niya.

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].

6 Kasama ng mga bansang ito, kayo rin ay tinawag upang maging kay Jesu-Cristo.

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

7 Ang liham na ito ay para sa lahat ng nasa Roma, ang mga minamahal ng Diyos, na tinawag upang maging mga taong banal. Sumainyo nawa ang biyaya at kapayapaan na nagmumula sa Diyos na ating Ama at sa Panginoong Jesu-Cristo.

[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 Una sa lahat, nagpapasalamat ako sa aking Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Cristo dahil sa inyong lahat, dahil naipahayag ang inyong pananampalataya sa buong mundo.

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.

9 Sapagkat ang Diyos ang aking saksi, na pinaglilingkuran ko sa aking espiritu sa ebanghelyo ng kaniyang Anak, kung paano ko kayo laging binabanggit sa kaniya.

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].

10 Palagi kong hinihiling sa aking mga panalangin na sa kahit anong kaparaanan, nawa sa huli ay magtagumpay ako na makarating sa inyo ayon sa kalooban ng Diyos.

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

11 Sapagkat nais ko kayong makita, nang mabigyan ko kayo ng ilang espirituwal na kaloob upang kayo ay mapalakas.

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

12 Iyon ay, nananabik akong tayo ay magpalakasan ng loob, sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya ng bawat isa, ang sa inyo at sa akin.

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 Ngayon hindi ko nais na hindi ninyo malaman, mga kapatid, na ilang ulit kong binalak na magpunta sa inyo, ngunit ako ay hinahadlangan hanggang ngayon. Ninais ko ito upang sa ganoon ay magkaroon ng ilang bunga sa inyo tulad din ng ibang mga Gentil.

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].

14 May utang ako sa mga Griyego at sa mga dayuhan, sa mga marurunong at sa mga mangmang.

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.

15 Kaya, para sa akin, handa akong ipahayag ang ebanghelyo sa inyong nasa Roma.

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

16 Sapagkat hindi ko ikinahihiya ang ebanghelyo, sapagkat ito ang kapangyarihan ng Diyos upang iligtas ang sinumang sumasampalataya, una ay sa Judio at gayon din sa Griyego.

[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.

17 Sapagkat dito ang katuwiran ng Diyos ay naihahayag mula sa pananampalataya hanggang sa pananampalataya, gaya ng nasusulat, “Ang matuwid ay mabubuhay sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya.”

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].”

18 Sapagkat naihayag ang poot ng Diyos mula sa langit laban sa lahat ng kasamaan at kawalan ng katuwiran ng mga tao na sa pamamagitan ng kawalan ng katuwiran ay hinahadlangan ang katotohanan.

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].

19 Ito ay dahil ang maaaring malaman tungkol sa Diyos ay nakikita nila. Sapagkat niliwanagan sila ng Diyos.

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

20 Sapagkat ang kaniyang likas na hindi nakikita ay malinaw na nakikita simula pa noong likhain ang mundo. Nauunawaan ang mga ito sa pamamagitan ng mga nilikhang bagay. Ang mga likas na ito ay ang kaniyang walang hanggang kapangyarihan at ang kaniyang pagka-Diyos. Kung kaya, ang mga taong ito ay walang maidadahilan. (aïdios g126)

[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)

21 Sapagkat kahit kilala nila ang Diyos, siya ay hindi nila niluwalhati bilang Diyos, ni hindi nila siya pinasalamatan. Sa halip, naging hangal sila sa kanilang pag-iisip at nagdilim ang manhid nilang mga puso.

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].

22 Sila ay nagmamarunong ngunit sila ay naging mga hangal.

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

23 Ipinagpalit nila ang kaluwalhatian ng Diyos na walang kamatayan para sa katulad ng imahe ng taong namamatay, ng mga ibon, ng mga hayop na may apat na paa, at ng mga nagsisigapang.

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.

24 Kaya ibinigay sila ng Diyos sa pagnanasa ng kanilang puso sa karumihan, upang malapastangan ang kanilang mga katawan sa kani-kanilang sarili.

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].

25 Sila iyong mga ipinagpalit ang katotohanan ng Diyos sa kasinungalingan, at mga sumamba at naglingkod sa nilikha sa halip na ang Lumikha, na pinupuri magpakailanman. Amen. (aiōn g165)

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)

26 Dahil dito, ibinigay sila ng Diyos sa mga mahahalay na pagnanasa, sapagkat ipinagpalit ng kanilang mga kababaihan ang kanilang likas na kaugnayan sa kung ano ang laban sa likas,

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].

27 Gayon din, iniwan ng mga kalalakihan ang kanilang likas na kaugnayan sa mga babae at nag-aalab sila sa kanilang pagnanasa sa kapwa lalaki. Sila ang mga lalaking gumawa ng kahalayan sa mga kapwa lalaki, at tumanggap sa kanilang sarili ng parusa na nararapat sa kanilang kabuktutan.

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].

28 Dahil ayaw nilang magkaroon ng Diyos sa kanilang kamalayan, hinayaan niya sila sa mahahalay na pag-iisip, upang gawin nila ang mga bagay na hindi nararapat.

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.

29 Napuno sila ng pawang kawalan ng katuwiran, kasamaan, kasakiman at kahalayan. Puno sila ng inggit, pagpatay, pag-aawayan, pandaraya at mga masasamang hangarin.

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].

30 Sila ay mga tsismoso, mga mapanirang puri at nasusuklam sa Diyos. Sila ay mararahas, mayayabang, at mapagmataas. Mga manlilikha sila ng kasamaan at suwail sa mga magulang.

[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.

31 Wala silang pang-unawa, hindi mapagkakatiwalaan, walang pagmamahal at walang awa.

[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].

32 Nauunawaan nila ang mga tuntunin ng Diyos, na ang mga gumagawa ng ganoong mga bagay ay karapat-dapat sa kamatayan. Ngunit hindi lamang nila ginagawa ang mga ganitong bagay, sumasang-ayon din sila sa iba na gumagawa nito.

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.