Romans

這樣說來，猶太人有甚麼長處？割禮有甚麼益處呢？

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit {is there} of circumcision?

凡事大有好處：第一是神的聖言交託他們。

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

即便有不信的，這有何妨呢？難道他們的不信就廢掉神的信麼？

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

斷乎不能！不如說，神是真實的，人都是虛謊的。如經上所記：你責備人的時候，顯為公義；被人議論的時候，可以得勝。

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

我且照著人的常話說，我們的不義若顯出神的義來，我們可以怎麼說呢？神降怒，是他不義麼？

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? {Is} God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

斷乎不是！若是這樣，神怎能審判世界呢？

God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

若神的真實，因我的虛謊越發顯出他的榮耀，為甚麼我還受審判，好像罪人呢？

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

為甚麼不說，我們可以作惡以成善呢？這是毀謗我們的人說我們有這話。這等人定罪是該當的。

And not {rather}, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

這卻怎麼樣呢？我們比他們強麼？決不是的！因我們已經證明，猶太人和希利尼人都在罪惡之下。

What then? are we better {than they}? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; {proved: Gr. charged}

就如經上所記：沒有義人，連一個也沒有。

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

沒有明白的；沒有尋求神的；

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

都是偏離正路，一同變為無用。沒有行善的，連一個也沒有。

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

他們的喉嚨是敞開的墳墓；他們用舌頭弄詭詐，嘴唇裡有虺蛇的毒氣，

Their throat {is} an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps {is} under their lips:

滿口是咒罵苦毒。

Whose mouth {is} full of cursing and bitterness:

殺人流血，他們的腳飛跑，

Their feet {are} swift to shed blood:

所經過的路便行殘害暴虐的事。

Destruction and misery {are} in their ways:

平安的路，他們未曾知道；

And the way of peace have they not known:

他們眼中不怕神。

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

我們曉得律法上的話都是對律法以下之人說的，好塞住各人的口，叫普世的人都伏在神審判之下。

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}

所以凡有血氣的，沒有一個因行律法能在神面前稱義，因為律法本是叫人知罪。

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law {is} the knowledge of sin.

但如今，神的義在律法以外已經顯明出來，有律法和先知為證：

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

就是神的義，因信耶穌基督加給一切相信的人，並沒有分別。

Even the righteousness of God {which is} by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

因為世人都犯了罪，虧缺了神的榮耀；

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

如今卻蒙神的恩典，因基督耶穌的救贖，就白白的稱義。

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

神設立耶穌作挽回祭，是憑著耶穌的血，藉著人的信，要顯明神的義；因為他用忍耐的心寬容人先時所犯的罪，

Whom God hath set forth {to be} a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; {set forth: or, foreordained} {remission: or, passing over}

好在今時顯明他的義，使人知道他自己為義，也稱信耶穌的人為義。

To declare, {I say}, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

既是這樣，那裡能誇口呢？沒有可誇的了。用何法沒有的呢？是用立功之法麼？不是，乃用信主之法。

Where {is} boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

所以（有古卷：因為）我們看定了：人稱義是因著信，不在乎遵行律法。

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

難道神只作猶太人的神麼？不也是作外邦人的神麼？是的，也作外邦人的神。

{Is he} the God of the Jews only? {is he} not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

神既是一位，他就要因信稱那受割禮的為義，也要因信稱那未受割禮的為義。

Seeing {it is} one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

這樣，我們因信廢了律法麼？斷乎不是！更是堅固律法。

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.