Men Rom 1

1 PAULUS ladun Iesus Kristus men, me paeker, en wiala wanporon amen, me katoror ong papa rongamau en Kot,

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 Me a kotin kopekidor sapwilim a saukop akan nan kisin likau saraui kan.

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

3 Duen sapwilim a Ol me kisan kadaudok en Dawid ni tiak en pali uduk,

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

4 O me kadede kidar, me a Sapwilim en Kot a manaman, duen a kotin iasadar sang ren me melar akan ki Ngen saraui, Iesus Kristus atail Kaun,

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

5 Me kit ale sanger mak o koa en wanporon, pwen padaki ong men liki kan karos ni mar a, pwe irail en poson o peik,

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 Pwe komail pil kisan irail, me paeker dong Iesus Kristus.

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

7 Komail karos kompoke pan Kot, me paeker me saraui kan, me mimi Rom mak o popol sang ren Kot Sam atail o Kaun Iesus Kristus en mi re omail!

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 Iet kaieu, i kin kapinga ai Kot ki Iesus Kristus pweki komail karos; pwe omail poson me kalok sili lel penang sap karos.

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

9 Pwe Kot, me i kin papa ong ni ngen i ni ai padapadaki wei rongamau en sapwilim a Ol, me saunkadede pai, me i kin tamataman kin komail ansau karos, ngidingid ni ai kapakap akan.

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 Ngidingideki ansau karos, ma i sota pan kak pwarala re omail, ma iduen kupur en Kot.

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

11 Pwe i inong iong udial komail, pwe i en katungole kin komail ekis pwais ngenin, pwe komail en tinainda.

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

12 Pwe i en kasarloleid re omail, pweki atail poson ta ieu.

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

13 Ari, ri ai ol akan, i sota men, me komail en sasa duen ai kileledier pan pak toto, en pwar wong komail, ap saik pisoki ong, pwen diar ekis wan ai dodok re omail, dueta ren wei tei kan.

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 Pwe ngai me pwaipwand ong men Krik o men liki kan, o ong me lolekong o me so lolekong kan.

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

15 Pwe duen a pan kak pai, i men pil padaki ong komail men Rom rongamau.

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

16 Pwe i sota kin namenok ki rongamau, pwe i manaman en Kot, me kin kamaurela me poson akan karos, Sus oko mas, ap pil men Krik.

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 Pwe i me kin kasansaleda pung en Kot, me kin pwili sang poson, pwen poson duen a intingidier: Me pung o pan memaureki poson;

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 Pwe ongiong en Kot pan sansaleda sang nanlang ong me doo sang Kot akan o me sapung en aramas akan, me kin kawela melel ni arail sapung.

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 Pwe duen me pwarada sang ren Kot me sansal ong irail, pwe Kot me kotin kasansale ong irail,

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

20 Pwe meakan me so sansal duen i, iet akan, a manaman soutuk o pil duen a udan Kot sang ni ansaun sappa wiauier, kin sansal kida sapwilim a dodok kan, pwe solar pekid parail: (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 Pweki irail asadar Kot, a re sota wauneki i duen me kon ong Kot pil sota masak tol a, a re aklemai ong i, mongiong sapung arail ap rotorotalar.

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 Irail akereki pein irail ap lamponlar.

Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;

23 Irail kawukilar lingan en Kot me so kak mor pasang, ong mom en aramas me kin mor pasang o mom en manpir akai, o man aluki pa, o man korop akan.

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

24 I me Kot kotin mueide kila irail, en inong iong kasaminlar mongiong arail ni ar kasautela pein war arail nan pung arail,

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

25 Me kawukila melel en Kot ong likam, ap pongi o papa ong dipisou mon Saun wia meakaros, me iasanai potepoteta 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 Nan i me Kot mueidela kin ir ong inong sued akan, en lel ong arail li akan, en wuki sang ira’rail, kaokaoe ira’rail.

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 Pil dueta ol akan liki sang iran li, ap kalel nan pung arail; ol asada ol, me so kon, ap pein kapokala nan war arail mangidi en ar wiawia kan.

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 Nan duen irail kang kataman ong Kot, Kot ap mueidalang irail, en kapitakaila kamom ong wia meakan me sued,

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 Me dir en sapung karos, morsued, norok kapwa, sempok, dir en peirin, lolap, akamai, widing, weid, lidu mongin,

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

30 Pil en pan moli, likinekine, kasenta Kot, kang kapunglol, aklapalap, ponmaso, me kin diar me sued akan, so oke sam ar o in ar,

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

31 Lampon, inausopousok, sempok, somak.

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

32 Re asa duen kapung pung en Kot, me kin wia mepukat, pan mau ong mela, a kaidin i eta, pwe re pil kin perenki irail, me kin wia mepukat.

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.