Erromatarrei 15

1 Eta behar ditugu fermu garenóc, infirmoén flaccatassunac supportatu, eta ez gure buruey complacitu.

We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.

2 Bada gutaric batbederac complaci beça bere hurcoa vnguira edificationetan.

Let each of us please our neighbor for our neighbor’s good, to help in the building up of their character.

3 Ecen Christec-ere eztu bere buruä complacitu nahi vkan, baina, scribatua den beçala, Hiri iniuria erraiten drauèanén iniuriác ene gainera erori içan dituc.

Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as scripture says of him – ‘The reproaches of those who were reproaching you fell upon me.’

4 Ecen aitzinetic scribatu diraden gauça guciac, gure doctrinatan scribatu içan dirade, Scripturetaco patientiaz eta consolationez sperança dugunçát.

Whatever was written in the scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.

5 Bada patientiataco eta consolationetaco Iaincoac diçuela elkarren artean gauça ber baten pensatzeco gratia Iesus Christen araura:

And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

6 Gogo batez eta aho batez glorifica deçaçuençát Iaincoa, cein baita Iesus Christ gure Iaunaren Aita.

so that with one heart and one voice you may praise the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

7 Halacotz recebi eçaçue elkar, Christec-ere gu recebitu gaituen beçala Iaincoaren gloriatan.

Therefore always receive one another as friends, just as the Christ himself received us, to the glory of God.

8 Bada erraiten dut, Iesus Christ circonsionearen ministre içan dela, Iaincoaren eguiagatic, Aitey eguin çaizten promessac confirma litzançát:

For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God’s truthfulness, has become a minister of the covenant of circumcision, so that he may fulfill the promises made to our ancestors,

9 Eta Gentiléc Iaincoa bere misericordiagatic glorifica deçaten: scribatua den beçala, Halacotz laudorio emanen drauat hiri Gentilén artean, eta hire icenari cantaturen diarocát.

and that the Gentiles also may praise God for his mercy. As scripture says – ‘Therefore will I make acknowledgment to you among the Gentiles and sing in honor of your name.’

10 Eta berriz dio, Aleguera çaiteztez Gentilác haren populuarequin.

And again it says – ‘Rejoice, you Gentiles, with God’s people.’

11 Eta berriz, Lauda eçaçue Iauna Gentil guciéc eta elkarrequin lauda eçaçue hura populu guciéc.

And yet again – ‘Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all Peoples sing his praises.’

12 Eta berriz Esaiasec erraiten du, Içanen da Iesserenic çain-bat, eta, Gentilén gobernatzera altchaturen den-bat: Gentiléc hartan sperança vkanen duté.

Again, Isaiah says – ‘There will be a Scion of the house of Jesse, One who is to arise to rule the Gentiles; on him will the Gentiles rest their hopes.’

13 Sperançazco Iaincoac bada compli çaitzatela bozcario guciaz eta baquez sinhetsiz, sperançaz abundos çaretençát Spiritu sainduaren verthutez.

May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, until you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

14 Bada segur naiz, ene anayeác, ni neuror-ere çueçaz, ecen çuec cueróc ontassunez betheac çaretela, eçagutze guciaz betheric: etare elkar admonesta ahal baiteçaqueçue.

I am persuaded, my friends – yes, I Paul, with regard to you – that you are yourselves full of kindness, furnished with all Christian learning, and well able to give advice to one another.

15 Eta, anayeác, ausartquichiago scribatu drauçuet partez, çuec orhoit eraciten bacintuztét beçala, Iaincoaz niri eman içan çaitadan gratiagatic,

But in parts of this letter I have expressed myself somewhat boldly – by way of refreshing your memories –

16 Iesus Christen ministre naicençát Gentilac baithan, emplegatzen naicela Iaincoaren Euangelio sainduan, Gentilén oblationea placént dençát, Spiritu sainduaz sanctificaturic.

because of the charge with which God has entrusted me, that I should be an assistant of Christ Jesus to go to the Gentiles – that I should act as a priest of God’s good news, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

17 Badut beraz cerçaz gloria nadin Iesus Christez, Iaincoazco gaucetan.

It is, then, through my union with Christ Jesus that I have a proud confidence in my work for God.

18 Ecen ez ninçande, Christec niçaz eguin eztuen gauçaren erraitera ausart, Gentilén obedientiatara erekarteco, hitzez eta eguinez:

For I will not dare to speak of anything but what Christ has done through me to win the obedience of the Gentiles –

19 Signoén eta miraculuén verthutez, Iaincoaren Spirituaren verthutez: hambat non Ierusalemetic eta aldirietaric Illyriquerano abunda eraci vkan baitut Christen Euangelioa:

by my words and actions, through the power displayed in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. And so, starting from Jerusalem and going as far as Illyria, I have told in full the good news of the Christ;

20 Hala Euangelioaren predicatzen enseyatzen nincela, ez Christ aippatu içan cen lekutan, berceren fundament gainean edifica ezneçançát.

yet always with the ambition to tell the good news where Christ’s name had not previously been heard, so as to avoid building on another’s foundations.

21 Baina scribatua den beçala, Harçaz denuntiatu içan etzayenéc, ilkussiren duté: eta ençun eztutenéc, adituren duté.

But as scripture says – ‘They to whom he had never been proclaimed will see; and they who have never heard will understand!’

22 Eta halacotz empatchatu içan naiz anhitzetan ethortera çuetara.

That is why I have so often been prevented from coming to you.

23 Baina orain guehiago lekuric comarca hautan eztudanaz gueroz, eta ia anhitz vrthez gueroztic çuetara ethortera desir dudanaren gainean:

But now there are no further openings for me in these parts, and I have for several years been longing to come to you whenever I may be going to Spain.

24 Parti nadinean Espaigniarát, ethorriren naiz çuetara: ecen sperança dut iragaitean ikussiren çaituztedala, eta çueçaz hara guidaturen naicela: baldin lehen çuequin içatez sasituche banaiz.

For my hope is to visit you on my journey, and then to be sent on my way by you, after I have first partly satisfied myself by seeing something of you.

25 Bada orain banoa Ierusalemerát, sainduey administratzera.

Just now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem, to take help to Christ’s people there.

26 Ecen Macedoniacoén eta Achaiacoén placera içan da Ierusalemen diraden sainduetaco paubrey cerbaiten partitzera.

For Macedonia and Greece have been glad to make a collection for the poor among Christ’s people at Jerusalem.

27 Ecen hala placer vkan duté, eta çordun-ere badirade hetara: ecen baldin hayén on spiritualetan participant içan badirade Gentilac, hec-ere carnaléz den becembatean aiutatu behar dituzté.

Yes, they were glad to do so; and indeed it is a duty which they owe to them. For the Gentile converts who have shared their spiritual blessings are in duty bound to minister to them in the things of this world.

28 Bada haur acabatu duquedanean eta hæy fructu haur consignatu drauqueedanean, Espaigniarát ioanen naiçate çuec baitharic.

When I have settled this matter, and have secured for the poor at Jerusalem the enjoyment of these benefits, I will go, by way of you, to Spain.

29 Eta badaquit ecen çuetara ethor nadinean, Christen Euangelioco benedictionearen abundantiarequin ethorriren naicela.

And I know that, when I come to you, it will be with a full measure of blessing from Christ.

30 Halaber anayeác, othoitz eguiten drauçuet Iesus Christ gure Iaunaz, eta Spirituaren charitateaz, enequin emplega çaitezten, enegatic Iaincoari eguinen drautzaçuen othoitzéz:

I beg you, then, friends, by Jesus Christ, our Lord, and by the love inspired by the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf.

31 Iudean diraden desobedientetaric deliura nadinçát, eta Ierusalemen eguiteco dudan administratione haur, sainduén gogaraco dençát:

Pray that I may be rescued from those in Judea who reject the faith, and that the help which I am taking to Jerusalem may prove acceptable to Christ’s people;

32 Iaincoaren vorondatez çuetara bozcariorequin ethor nadinçát, eta çuequin batean recrea nadinçát.

so that, God willing, I may be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and enjoy some rest among you.

33 Bada baquezco Iaincoa dela çuequin gucioquin, Amen.

May God, the giver of peace, be with you all. Amen.