| 1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called and
commissioned to be an apostle, chosen to reveal the Gospel of God, 2. That from ancient times, He delivered by the hands of the prophets the holy Scriptures, 3. Regarding His Son, who was born in the flesh from the seed of the house of David, 4. And was acknowledged to be the Son of God by the Power and by the holy Spirit, who rose from the dead, our very Lord Jesus Christ, 5. That through him we were granted grace and apostleship among all the nations, as you have heard regarding the faith in His name. 6. That you also should know that you are called by Jesus Christ,* 7. All who are in Rome that are beloved by God, the called and the sanctified, peace and grace be with you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ. 8. First, I acknowledge God through Jesus Christ to all of you, as your Faith has been heard in all the world. 9. For God is my witness that I serve Him in Spirit through His Revelation of His Son, as I remember you in my prayers ceaselessly in every season. 10. And therefore if it is His will to grant me the grace, He will open the way for me to come and be with you. 11. For I really want to see you and give you the gift of the Spirit, so that you may be justified through Him, 12. And as one we become justified through faith, yours and mine. 13. I want you to know, my brethren, that I wanted to come to you for a long time,* and I waited until now, so that among you also I may have converts* like among the nations, 14. Greeks and barbarians, wise men and fools, that I may be obliged to preach to every human being. 15. And thus I will endeavor to preach to you also in Rome the hope [of the Kingdom.] 16. For I am not embarrassed by Him, as He is revealed through the Gospel,* because He is the Power of God, [proffering] Life to whoever believes in Him, whether from the Jews first or from the Aramaic* speaking people first. 17. For the righteousness of God is revealed through Him, from faith to faith, as is written in Scriptures, "By faith you shall Live." 18. For He shall reveal the wrath of God from heaven against all the abomination and calumny of human beings, those who are heavily seized by abomination.* 19. Because the knowledge of God was revealed in them, for God revealed it to them. 20. For the holy attributes* of God were visible from the foundations of the universe [all the way] to His creations, also His Power and His Divinity* to [the end of] the universe, so that they did not have to lose their soul.* 21. Because they did know God, but* they did not regard Him as God or acknowledge Him, except they became enveloped in their own pretensions, and their heart grew darker so as it would not understand. 22. And as they thought to themselves that they were wise, they became shallow, 23. And they exchanged the glory of God that is immutable, with the likeness of human visage that is mutable, and in the likeness of birds and of the four-legged and the lowly creepers.* 24. Because of that God abandoned them to the defiling lusts of their heart, to enthrall their bodies in idolatry 25. And they exchanged God's truth for lies, and they worshipped nature more than its Creator,* and [for Whom belong] glory and blessings to [the end of] the universe, of all the universes, amen. 26. Because of that God abandoned them to venereal diseases. For their women exchanged their natural virtue for that which is unworthy of their nature. 27. And likewise their males abandoned the female's natural virtues and exhibited their depraved lusts one for the other, and males acted shamefully against males, and they received wages worthy of oblivion in their beings. 28. And as they did not judge themselves [worthy] of acknowledging God, God abandoned them to experience depravity, to do that which is not Lawful. 29. Whereas they are full of abominations, adultery, bitterness, evildoing, cheating, envy, murder, corruption, treachery and evil intentions, 30. And scandal, false accusation; and they are haters of God, arrogant, fault finders,* character assassins,* disobedient to their parents, 31. And they possess neither integrity,* nor love, nor peacefulness, nor kindness. 32. They that know the judgment of God, that those who are thus occupied are deserving* of Death, not only they do them, except they also associate themselves with those that do these things. *1:1 Literal Aramaic idiomatic (Lit. Ar. id.) construction: "That also you from them you are..." *1:9 Lit. Ar. name: "Evangalion" or "His Gospel." *1:13.1 Lit. Ar. id.: "Seasons." *1:13.2 Lit. Ar. id. figure of speech: "Harvest." *1:16.1 Lit. Aramaic name: "Evangalion." *1:16.2 Lit. Ar. id.: "Aramaeans." *1:18 Lit. Ar. idiom retained: "The truly corrupt." *1:20.1 Lit. Ar. id.: "Holiness." *1:20.2 Lit. Ar. id.: "Godhead." *1:20.3 Lit. Ar. id. expression: "So their spirit would not escape out." *1:21 Lit. Ar. id. figure of speech: "And not." *1:23 Lit. Ar. id. construction: "Creepers on the ground." *1:25 Lit. Ar. id. construction: "And they feared and ministered to the creatures well from that to their Creator." *1:30.1 Lit. Ar. id. expression: "Finders of evil." *1:30.2 Lit. Ar. id. figure of speech: "Detractors of opinion," or "opinionated detractors." *1:32 Lit. Ar. id. figure of speech: "To death responsible." |