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1 Pōvuls, Jezus Kristus kolps, paaicynōtais apostols, izvālātais Dīva Evangelijam, 2 kuru (Dīvs) caur sovim pravīšim svātajūs Rokstūs īprīkš apsūleja, 3 par sovu Dālu, kas pēc mīsas nōk nu Davida ciļts, 4 bet, pēc svātō Gora, caur sovu augšamceļšonūs nu myrūnim pīrōdeja, ka ir vareigais Dīva Dāls — myusu Kungs Jezus Kristus. 5 Caur Jū mes sajēmem apostolatu un žēlesteibu, lai Jō vōrda deļ ticeibai pakļautu vysas tautas. 6 Pi tom pīdarat arī jyus, Jezus Kristus aicynōtī.
7 Vysim Dīva nūmīļōtajim un aicynōtajim svātajim Romā.
Žēlesteiba jums un mīrs nu Dīva, myusu Tāva un nu Kunga Jezus Kristus.
8 Vyspyrms es pasateicu sovam Dīvam caur Jezu Kristu par jums vysim, ka jyusu ticeiba gūdam teik cyldynōta vysā pasaulī. 9 Man līcinīks ir Dīvs, kuram es nu vysas sovas sirds kolpoju, sludynōdams Jō Dāla Evangeliju, ka es sovōs lyugšonōs vysod jyusus pīmiņu, 10 lyugdams, lai man beidzūt, saskaņā ar Dīva grybu, pasaškērtu uz jums ceļš. 11 Jo es ilgojūs jyusus redzēt, lai jyusu pastyprynōšonai snāgtu jums kaut kaidu goreigu žēlesteibas dōvonu. 12 Un it seviški, lai mes vīns ūtru īprīcynōtu myusu ticeibā, kura ir kai muna, tai arī jyusu. 13 Brōļi, es nagrybu nu jums slēpt, ka jau daudz reižu es gribēju pi jums aizīt, bet leidz šam es beju aizkavāts, — lai arī nu jums man byutu kaids nūpalns, kai ir nu pōrejom tautom. 14 Man ir pīnōkums sludynōt Evangeliju kai grekim, tai arī tim, kas pi grekim napīdar, mōceitim un namōceitim, 15 un, par cik tys nu manis ir atkōreigs, arī jums, kas dzeivojit Romā. 16 Es Evangelija nasakauneju. Tys ir Dīva spāks pesteišonai ikvīnam ticeigajam, pyrmōk jūdam, tad arī pogōnam. 17 Jymā atsaklōj Dīva taisneiba nu ticeibas ticēšonai, kai stōv raksteits: Taisneigais dzeivoj nu ticeibas.
Pogōni atstōjuši eistū Dīvu un nūgrymuši grākūs.
18 Tai tad atsaklōj nu dabasim Dīva dusme par ikvīnu tūs cylvāku nataisneibu un bezdīveibu, kuri nataisneibā nūmōc patīseibu, 19 jo tys, kas par Dīvu ir jōzyna, jim ir labi zynoms, jo Dīvs jim tū ir atklōjis. 20 Tys, kas Jymā ir naradzams, kai Jō myužeigō vareiba un cīveiba, Jō dorbūs ar prōtu ir skaidri uztverams jau nu pasauļa radeišonas. Tōpēc jī nav attaisnojami. 21 Lai gon jī Dīvu pazyna, tūmār Jō kai Dīva nagūdynōja un napasateice, bet gon sovā prōtōšonā palyka nīceigi un jūs nasaprateigō sirds aptymsa. 22 Dīžōdamīs, ka šī asūt gudri, jī palyka par muļkim, 23 un namērsteigō Dīva gūdeibu jī atvītōja ar mērsteigō cylvāka, pat putnu, četrkōjaiņu, vai rōpuļu attālu.
24 Tōpēc Dīvs jūs atdeve jūs pošu sirds kōreibom — naceisteibai, un jī sovstarpeigi apgāneja sovas mīsas. 25 Dīva taisneibu jī atvītōja ar malim, radeibu gūdynōja un pīlyudze vairōk na kai Radeitōju, kas lai ir slaveits myužeigi. Amen.
26 Tōpēc Dīvs jūs atstōja naceistūs kōreibu varā: jūs sīvītes dabyskū sadzeivi atvītōja ar pretdabyskū; 27 tai pat arī veiri atstōja dabyskū sadzeivi ar sīvom un īsadaga naceistā kōreibā vīns pret ūtru, veirīši, pīkūpdami bezkauneibu ar veirīšim, par sovim moldim sajēme sovu nūpeļneitū strōpi.
28 Un tōpēc, ka jī Dīva atzeišonu nauzskateja par vajadzeigu, Dīvs jūs atstōja naprōteigā pōrlīceibā: dareit tū, kas napīdar. 29 Jī ir pylni vysaidas nataisneibas, ļaunuma, montkōreibas, ļauneibas, pylni skaudeibas, slapkaveibas, kiļdu, viļteibas un ļaundareibas; jī ir apmalōtōji, 30 aprunōtōji, Dīva naīradzātōji, pasmōdātōji, lepneigī, ļaunumā veiklī, dzymdynōtōjim napaklauseigī, 31 naprōteigī, nauzticeigī, cītsirdeigī, nažēleigī. 32 Lai gon jī Dīva lyukumu zyna ka tī, kas taidas lītas dora, ir nūdūdami nōvei, tūmār na tik vin poši tū dora, bet arī pīkreit tim, kas tū dora.
1 From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus.
God chose me to be an apostle, and he appointed me to preach the good news 2 that he promised long ago by what his prophets said in the holy Scriptures. 3-4 This good news is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ! As a human, he was from the family of David. But the Holy Spirit proved that Jesus is the powerful Son of God, because he was raised from death.
5 Jesus was kind to me and chose me to be an apostle, so that people of all nations would obey and have faith. 6 You are some of those people chosen by Jesus Christ.
7 This letter is to all of you in Rome. God loves you and has chosen you to be his very own people.
I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!
A Prayer of Thanks
8 First, I thank God in the name of Jesus Christ for all of you. I do this because people everywhere in the world are talking about your faith. 9 God has seen how I never stop praying for you, while I serve him with all my heart and tell the good news about his Son.
10 In all my prayers, I ask God to make it possible for me to visit you. 11 I want to see you and share with you the same blessings that God's Spirit has given me. Then you will grow stronger in your faith. 12 What I am saying is that we can encourage each other by the faith that is ours.
13 My friends, I want you to know that I have often planned to come for a visit. But something has always kept me from doing it. I want to win followers to Christ in Rome, as I have done in many other places. 14-15 It doesn't matter if people are civilized and educated, or if they are uncivilized and uneducated. I must tell the good news to everyone. That's why I am eager to visit all of you in Rome.
The Power of the Good News
16 I am proud of the good news! It is God's powerful way of saving all people who have faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. 17 The good news tells how God accepts everyone who has faith, but only those who have faith. It is just as the Scriptures say, “The people God accepts because of their faith will live.”
Everyone Is Guilty
18 From heaven God shows how angry he is with all the wicked and evil things that sinful people do to crush the truth. 19 They know everything that can be known about God, because God has shown it all to them. 20 God's eternal power and character cannot be seen. But from the beginning of creation, God has shown what these are like by all he has made. That's why those people don't have any excuse. 21 They know about God, but they don't honor him or even thank him. Their thoughts are useless, and their stupid minds are in the dark. 22 They claim to be wise, but they are fools. 23 They don't worship the glorious and eternal God. Instead, they worship idols that are made to look like humans who cannot live forever, and like birds, animals, and reptiles.
24 So God let these people go their own way. They did what they wanted to do, and their filthy thoughts made them do shameful things with their bodies. 25 They gave up the truth about God for a lie, and they worshiped God's creation instead of God, who will be praised forever. Amen.
26 God let them follow their own evil desires. Women no longer wanted to have sex in a natural way, and they did things with each other that were not natural. 27 Men behaved in the same way. They stopped wanting to have sex with women and had strong desires for sex with other men. They did shameful things with each other, and what has happened to them is punishment for their foolish deeds.
28 Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things. 29 They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip, 30 say cruel things about others, and hate God. They are proud, conceited, and boastful, always thinking up new ways to do evil.
These people don't respect their parents. 31 They are stupid, unreliable, and don't have any love or pity for others. 32 They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them.
