Romans 1

1 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.

ᏉᎳ, ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᎩᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗ, ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᎢᏴᏋᏁᎸᎯ, ᎥᏆᏓᏓᎴᏔᏅᎯ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏆᎵᏥᏙᏗᏱ,

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

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏚᎢᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᏂᎨᏎ ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᏕᎬᏗᏍᎬ ᎾᎿᎭᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎪᏪᎵᎯ,

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

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏕᏫ ᎤᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᎨᏒ ᏧᏕᏁᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎨᏒᎢ;

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

ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏛ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏥᎾᎬᏁᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎿᎭᎤᏲᎱᏒ ᏚᎴᎯᏌᏅᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎦ,

5 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.

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᎩᏁᎸᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎣᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᎾᏓᏂᎸᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏙᎥ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬᎢ;

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

ᎾᎿᎭᎾᏍᏉ ᎢᏣᏓᏑᏯ ᏂᎯ, ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎢᏥᏯᏅᏛ ᏥᎩ;

7 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.

ᏂᏥᎥ ᎶᎻ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏥᎨᏳᎯ, ᎡᏥᏯᏅᏛ ᎢᏣᏓᏅᏘ; ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ ᎨᏤᎳᏗᏙᎮᏍᏗ, ᏅᏓᏳᎾᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᎩᏙᏓ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ.

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

ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏥᏯᎵᎡᎵᏤᎭ ᎠᏆᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎬᏗᎭ ᏚᏙᎥ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ, ᏂᏥᎥ ᏂᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎢᏦᎯᏳᏒ ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎠᏂᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ.

9 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,

ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏰᏃ ᎠᏉᎯᏳᏓᏁᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏥᏥᏯᏛᏁᎭ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏙ ᏥᎬᏗᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᎬᏁᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏥᏲᎯᏍᏗᏍᎬᎾ ᎢᏨᏁᎢᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎦᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬ.

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

ᏥᏔᏲᎯᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏰᎵ ᏱᎩ ᎪᎯ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎢᏯᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᎸᏍᏗᏱ ᎦᎢᏒ ᏫᏨᎷᏤᏗᏱ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᏰᎸᏍᎬ ᏅᏓᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.

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

ᎤᏣᏘᏰᏃ ᎠᏆᏚᎵ ᎢᏨᎪᏩᏛᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏨᏲᎯᏎᏗᏱ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏣᎵᏂᎪᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏭᎵᏱᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ;

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

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᎢᏧᎳᎭ ᎢᎩᎧᎵᏍᏙᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎬᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏴ ᏂᎯᏃ ᎤᏠᏱ ᎢᎪᎯᏳᏒᎢ.

13 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.

ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ ᎥᏝ ᎾᏂᎦᏔᎲᎾᏉ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏱᏨᏰᎵᏎᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎢᏳᏩᎫᏗ ᏓᏇᎪᏔᏅ ᏫᏨᎷᏤᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᎦᏔᏔᏅᎯ ᏂᎯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎢᏤᎲ ᎠᎩᎪᏩᏛᏗᏱ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᏒᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᏓᏁᏩᏗᏒᎢ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎪᎯ ᎢᏯᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏓᏄᎴᎭ.

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

ᎬᎩᏚᎦ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏂᎪᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᎾᏓᎴ ᏴᏫ, ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎾᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎾᎢ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ.

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

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᎬᏆᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᎦᎢ, ᎠᏆᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗᏉ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎢᏨᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᏗᏱ ᎶᎻ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎢᏤᎯ ᏂᎯ.

16 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.

ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᏱᎦᏕᎣᏍᎦ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ; ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᎬᏁᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᎾᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎠᏃᎯᏳᎲᏍᎩ; ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎢᎬᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏂᎪᎢ.

17 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.”

ᎾᎿᎭᏰᏃ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᎬᏁᎸᎯ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏓᏚᏓᎴᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏅᏛᏓᎴᎲᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏩᏍᏆᏗᏍᏗᏍᎩ; ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎬᏅᎪᏪᎸᎢ, ᏚᏳᎪᏛᏍᎩᏂ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎯ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏛᏂᏗᏍᏕᏍᏗ.

18 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.

ᎤᎾᎳᏅᎯᏰᏃ ᎤᏔᎳᏬᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᎬᏁᎸᎯ ᎦᎸᎶᎢ ᏨᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ ᏥᏓᎦᏘᎴᎦ ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏄᏂᎸᏉᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏴᏫ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏣᏂᎾᎯᏍᏗᎭ ᎤᏲ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ;

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

ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏰᎵ ᎬᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᎬᏁᎸᎯ ᎠᏁᎲᎢ; ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏰᏃ ᏚᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᎸ.

20 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)

ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᏗᎬᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᏧᏤᎵᎦ ᎬᏂᎨᏒᎢᏳ ᏗᎬᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎢᎩ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏧᏙᏢᏅ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏛ, ᏗᎦᎪᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎢᎩ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏗᎪᏢᏅᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏧᏓᎴᏅᎲᎾ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏂᎭ ᏧᎾᏢᏫᏍᏙᏗ; (aïdios g126)

21 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.

ᎤᏂᎦᏙᎥᏒᏰᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎥᏝ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎦᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏳᏂᎸᏉᏙᏔᏁᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏯᎾᎵᎮᎵᎨᎢ, ᎠᎾᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏎᏉᏉ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏁᎫ ᏧᏂᎾᏫ ᏚᎵᏏᎲᏎᎢ;

22 Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;

ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎾᎢ ᎠᎾᏤᎸᏍᎬᎢ, ᎤᏂᏁᎫ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ;

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

ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏁᏟᏴᏎ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏲᎱᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᏲᎱᏍᎩ ᏴᏫ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏅᏁᎴᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏍᏆ, ᎠᎴ ᏅᎩ ᏗᏂᏅᏌᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᏓᎾᏏᏂᏙᎯ.

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

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏕᎤᏲᏎ ᎦᏓᎭ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᏅᏙᏗᏱ ᎤᏅᏒ ᏧᏂᎾᏫᏱ ᎤᎾᏑᎸᏅᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏧᏂᏐᏢᎢᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏗᏂᏰᎸ ᎤᏅᏒᏉ ᏂᏓᎾᏓᏛᏁᎲᎢ;

25 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)

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᏁᏟᏴᏍᏔᏁ ᎦᏰᎪᎩ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎴ ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏛᏁᎴ ᎠᎪᏢᏅᎯᏉ ᎨᏒ ᎡᏍᎦᏉ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᏬᏢᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᏥᎩ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ. ᎡᎺᏅ. (aiōn g165)

26 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;

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏕᎤᏲᏒᎩ ᎤᏕᎰᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏚᎸᏅᏗᏱ; ᎾᏍᏉᏰᏃ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ ᏧᎾᏤᎵᎦ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎲ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᏁᏟᏴᏍᏔᏁ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎲ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ.

27 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.

ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᏚᏂᏲᏍᎨ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ ᎨᎦᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎤᏣᏘ ᏓᎾᏓᏕᎳᏲᏍᎨ ᎤᏅᏒᏉ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯᏉ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏓᎾᏓᏛᏗᏍᎨ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎮ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏕᎰᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏅᏒ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎾᎵᏩᏛᎡᎮ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎨᎦᎫᏴᎡᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᎵᏓᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ.

28 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.

ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏏ ᏄᏂᏰᎸᏒᎾ ᏥᎨᏎ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏂᎦᏙᎥᏒ ᎤᏂᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗᏱ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏕᎤᏲᏎ ᎨᏥᏐᏅᎢᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎢᏳᎾᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏚᎾᏓᏅᏛᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎬᏛᏁᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᏗᏱ;

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

ᎤᏂᎧᎵᏨᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎤᏕᎵᏛ ᏗᏂᏏᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎤᏲ ᎢᏯᏓᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᎠᎬᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎤᏂᏲ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎤᏂᎧᎵᏨᎯ ᎠᏛᏳᎨᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏗᏓᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏗᏘᏲᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᏠᏄᎮᏛ, ᎤᏲ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᎾᏙᏅᎢᎯ,

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

ᎤᏲ ᏗᎾᏓᏃᎮᎵᏙᎯ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏂᏂᏆᏘᎯ, ᎬᏩᎾᏓᏐᏢᏗ; ᎤᎾᏢᏉᏗ, ᎤᎾᏢᏆᏌᏗ, ᎠᏃᎷᏩᏘᏍᎩ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎤᏲᎢ, ᏂᏚᏃᎯᏳᏒᎾ ᏧᏂᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ,

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

ᏄᏃᎵᏣᏛᎾ, ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏚᎾᏠᎯᏍᏛ ᎠᏂᏲᏍᏗᏍᎩ, ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏧᏅᎾ ᏂᏚᏂᎨᏳᏒᎾ, ᎬᏩᏃᎯᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᏄᎾᏓᏙᎵᏣᏛᎾ;

32 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.

ᎾᏍᎩ ᏣᏂᎦᏔᎭ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏕᎫᎪᏗᏍᎬ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎩᎶ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᏰᎵᏉ ᏗᎬᏩᏂᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎾᏍᎩᏉ ᎾᎾᏛᏁᎲ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏱᎩ, ᎣᏏᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᏚᏂᏰᎸᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏯᎾᏛᏁᎯ.