Romans 1

1 PAULOS, a servant of Jeshu Meshiha, called, and an apostle, who hath been separated unto the gospel of Aloha,

From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, who has been called to become an apostle, and has been set apart to tell God’s good news.

2 which from of old he had promised by the hand of the prophets, in the holy writings,

This good news God promised long ago through his prophets in the sacred scriptures,

3 concerning his Son, who was born, according to the flesh, of the seed of the house of David,

concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; who, as to his human nature, was descended from David,

4 and is known (to be) the Son of Aloha by power, and by the Holy Spirit, who raised him from among the dead, Jeshu Meshiha our Lord:

but, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.

5 by whom we have received grace and apostleship among all nations, that they should become obedient unto the faith of his name:

Through him we received the gift of the apostolic office, to win submission to the faith among all nations for the glory of his name.

6 and you also are of them, called in Jeshu Meshiha:

And among these nations are you – you who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.

7 To all who are in Ruma, beloved of Aloha, called and saints; peace and grace be with you from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

To all in Rome who are dear to God and have been called to become Christ’s people, may God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

8 First, I praise my God through Jeshu Meshiha on behalf of you all, that your faith is heard (of) in all the world.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world.

9 For a witness unto me is Aloha, whom I serve in the spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing at all time I remember you in my prayers.

God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,

10 And I pray that from now there may be opened unto me the way, by the will of Aloha, to come to you.

asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.

11 For I greatly desire to see you, and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit,

For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength –

12 that thereby you may be established, and that together we may be comforted by your faith and mine.

or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other’s faith.

13 BUT I will that you know, my brethren, that many times I have willed to come to you, and have been hindered until this;

I want you to know, my friends, that I have many times intended coming to see you – but until now I have been prevented – that I might find among you some fruit of my labours, as I have already among the other nations.

14 that among you also I may have fruit as among the rest of the nations of the Javnoyee and Barbaroyee, the wise and the foolish,

I have a duty to both the Greek and the barbarian, to both the cultured and the ignorant.

15 because to every man am I obligated to preach; and so am I urged to evangelize unto you also who are in Ruma.

And so, for my part, I am ready to tell the good news to you also who are in Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of Aloha for the salvation of all who believe in him, whether of the Jihudoyee first, or of the Aramoyee:

For I am not ashamed of the good news; it is the power of God which brings salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first, but also to the Greek.

17 for the righteousness of Aloha in it is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, The righteous by faith shall live.

For in it there is a revelation of the divine righteousness resulting from faith and leading on to faith; as scripture says – “Through faith the righteous will find life.”

18 For the wrath of Aloha is revealed from heaven against all the unrighteousness and depravity of the sons of men, who the truth in unrighteousness detain.

So, too, there is a revelation from heaven of the divine wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those people who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the truth.

19 Because the knowledge of Aloha is revealed in them; for Aloha revealed it in them.

This is so, because what can be known about God is plain to them; for God himself has made it plain.

20 For the occult things of Aloha from the foundations of the world, unto his creatures by intelligence are apparent, and his power and his Godhead eternal, that they may be without excuse. (aïdios g126)

For ever since the creation of the universe God’s invisible attributes – his everlasting power and divinity – are to be seen and studied in his works, so that people have no excuse; (aïdios g126)

21 For when they knew Aloha, they did not as Aloha glorify him and praise him, but became vain in their imaginations, and their heart was darkened, that they understood not.

because, although they learned to know God, yet they did not offer him as God either praise or thanksgiving. Their speculations about him proved futile, and their undiscerning minds were darkened.

22 And while thinking in themselves that they were wise, they were fools.

Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;

23 And they changed the glory of Aloha the Incorruptible into the likeness of the image of corruptible man, and into the likeness of birds and of four-footed (beasts) and of reptiles of the earth.

and they transformed the glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal humans, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.

24 Because of this Aloha delivered them up to the unclean lusts of their hearts, that they would debase their bodies among them.

Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, until they dishonoured their own bodies;

25 And they changed the truth of Aloha into a lie, and worshipped and served the creatures rather than their Creator, to whom be praises and blessings for ever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)

for they had substituted a lie for the truth about God, and had reverenced and worshiped created things more than the Creator, who is to be praised for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)

26 WHEREFORE Aloha delivered them up to passions of vileness: for their females changed the use of their nature, and to what is not natural were used.

That, I say, is why God abandoned them to degrading passions. Even the women among them perverted the natural use of their bodies to the unnatural;

27 And also their males likewise left the natural use of their females, and were inflamed with concupiscence one with another, and male with male wrought shamefulness, and the just retribution for their perverseness in themselves received.

while the men, disregarding that for which women were intended by nature, were consumed with passion for one another. Men indulged in vile practices with men, and incurred in their own persons the inevitable penalty for their perverseness.

28 And as they did not decide in themselves to know Aloha, so did Aloha cause them to be delivered up to a mind of vainness, and to do what is not fit;

Then, as they would not keep God before their minds, God abandoned them to depraved thoughts, so that they did all kinds of shameful things.

29 being filled with all wickedness, and uncleanness, and rancour, and malice, and rapacity, and envy, and murder, and contention, and deceit, and evil imaginings, and murmurings,

They revelled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarrelling, treachery, malice.

30 and slanders, and hating of Aloha: vilifiers, inflated ones, boasters, inventors of evil things, mindless, disobedient to parents,

They became back-biters, slanderers, impious, insolent, boastful. They devised new sins. They disobeyed their parents.

31 (men) to whom a compact is nothing, and (who) neither love peace nor (have) mercy in them; who,

They were undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection or pity.

32 knowing the judgment of Aloha, that they who these things do, unto death are condemned, (yet) not only do them, but also participate with those who do them.

Well aware of God’s decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.