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1:1
Παῦλος δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, κλητὸς ἀπόστολος ἀφωρισμένος εἰς εὐαγγέλιον θεοῦ,
Paulus, servus Jesu Christi, vocatus Apostolus, segregatus in Evangelium Dei,
እምጳውሎስ ገብሩ ለእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወሐዋርያ ዘተጸውዐ ወተፈልጠ ለትምህርተ ወንጌለ እግዚአብሔር።
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,
1:2
ὃ προεπηγγείλατο διὰ τῶν προφητῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν γραφαῖς ἁγίαις,
quod ante promiserat per prophetas suos in Scripturis sanctis
ዘአቅደመ ነጊረ በአፈ ነቢያቲሁ ወመጻሕፍቲሁ ቅዱሳት።
which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
1:3
περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ γενομένου ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυεὶδ κατὰ σάρκα,
de Filio suo, qui factus est ei ex semine David secundum carnem,
በእንተ ወልዱ ዘተወልደ ወመጽአ እምዘርዐ ዳዊት በሥጋ ሰብእ።
concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,
1:4
τοῦ ὁρισθέντος υἱοῦ θεοῦ ἐν δυνάμει κατὰ πνεῦμα ἁγιωσύνης ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν,
qui praedestinatus est Filius Dei in virtute secundum spiritum sanctificationis ex resurrectione mortuorum Jesu Christi Domini nostri :
ወአርአየ ከመ ወልደ እግዚአብሔር ውእቱ በኀይሉ ወበመንፈሱ ቅዱስ ከመ ተንሥአ እሙታን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እግዚእነ።
who was declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
1:5
δι’ οὗ ἐλάβομεν χάριν καὶ ἀποστολὴν εἰς ὑπακοὴν πίστεως ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ,
per quem accepimus gratiam, et apostolatum ad obediendum fidei in omnibus gentibus pro nomine ejus,
ዘቦቱ ረከብነ ጸጋ ወተሠየምነ ሐዋርያተ ከመ ናስምዖሙ ለአሕዛብ ወይእመኑ በስሙ።
through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;
1:6
ἐν οἷς ἐστε καὶ ὑμεῖς κλητοὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
in quibus estis et vos vocati Jesu Christi :
ከመ አንትሙኒ ይእዜ ኮንክሙ ጽዉዓነ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ።
among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;
1:7
πᾶσιν τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἀγαπητοῖς θεοῦ, κλητοῖς ἁγίοις· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
omnibus qui sunt Romae, dilectis Dei, vocatis sanctis. Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo.
ለኵሎሙ እለ ሀለዉ ብሔረ ሮሜ ፍቁራኒሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ወኅሩያኒሁ ወቅዱሳኒሁ ሰላም ለክሙ ወጸጋ እግዚአብሔር አቡነ ወእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ።
to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:8
Πρῶτον μὲν εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῶ μου διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν καταγγέλλεται ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ.
Primum quidem gratias ago Deo meo per Jesum Christum pro omnibus vobis : quia fides vestra annuntiatur in universo mundo.
አቀድም አእኵቶቶ ለእግዚአብሔር በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በእንተ ኵልክሙ እስመ ተሰምዐት ሃይማኖትክሙ ውስተ ኵሉ ዓለም።
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
1:9
μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ θεός, ᾧ λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀδιαλείπτως μνείαν ὑμῶν ποιοῦμαι
Testis enim mihi est Deus, cui servio in spiritu meo in Evangelio Filii ejus, quod sine intermissione memoriam vestri facio
ወእግዚአብሔር ሰማዕትየ ዘኪያሁ አመልክ በኵሉ መንፈስየ ወበትምህርተ ወልዱ ከመ እዜከረክሙ በጸሎትየ ዘልፈ።
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
1:10
πάντοτε ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν μου, δεόμενος εἴπως ἤδη ποτὲ εὐοδωθήσομαι ἐν τῷ θελήματι τοῦ θεοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
semper in orationibus meis : obsecrans, si quomodo tandem aliquando prosperum iter habeam in voluntate Dei veniendi ad vos.
ወእስእል ከመ ይሠርሐኒ እግዚአብሔር በፈቃዱ እምጻእ ኀቤክሙ።
requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
1:11
ἐπιποθῶ γὰρ ἰδεῖν ὑμᾶς, ἵνα τι μεταδῶ χάρισμα ὑμῖν πνευματικὸν εἰς τὸ στηριχθῆναι ὑμᾶς,
Desidero enim videre vos, ut aliquid impertiar vobis gratiae spiritualis ad confirmandos vos :
እስመ እፈቅድ እርአይክሙ ወከመ ትርከቡ ጸጋሁ ለመንፈስ ቅዱስ በእንተዝ ከመ ይትፈሣሕ ልብክሙ እስመ ኀበርክሙ አሚነ ምስሌየ።
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
1:12
τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν συνπαρακληθῆναι ἐν ὑμῖν διὰ τῆς ἐν ἀλλήλοις πίστεως ὑμῶν τε καὶ ἐμοῦ.
id est, simul consolari in vobis per eam quae invicem est, fidem vestram atque meam.
ወእፈቅድ ባሕቱ ታእምሩ አኀዊነ ከመ ዘልፈ እፈቅድ እምጻእ ኀቤክሙ ወይሰአነኒ እስከ ይእዜ።
that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
1:13
οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι πολλάκις προεθέμην ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἐκωλύθην ἄχρι τοῦ δεῦρο, ἵνα τινὰ καρπὸν σχῶ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν καθὼς καὶ ἐν τοῖς λοιποῖς ἔθνεσιν.
Nolo autem vos ignorare fratres : quia saepe proposui venire ad vos (et prohibitus sum usque adhuc) ut aliquem fructum habeam et in vobis, sicut et in ceteris gentibus.
ወለእመኒቦ ከመ እርከብ ዕሴትየ በላዕሌክሙ ከመ በላዕለ አሕዛብኒ።
Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (and was hindered so far), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
1:14
Ἕλλησίν τε καὶ βαρβάροις, σοφοῖς τε καὶ ἀνοήτοις ὀφειλέτης εἰμί·
Graecis ac barbaris, sapientibus, et insipientibus debitor sum :
ወበላዕለ አረሚኒ ወበላዕለ ሐቃልኒ ወለጠቢባንኒ ወለአብዳንኒ እስመ ይደልወኒ ለኵሉ ሰብእ እምሀር።
I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.
1:15
οὕτως τὸ κατ’ ἐμὲ πρόθυμον καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἐν Ῥώμῃ εὐαγγελίσασθαι.
ita (quod in me) promptum est et vobis, qui Romae estis, evangelizare.
ወዓዲ ፈድፋደ እጽሕቅ ለክሙ ለእለ ብሔረ ሮሜ እምሀርክሙ።
So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
1:16
οὐ γὰρ ἐπαισχύνομαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, δύναμις γὰρ θεοῦ ἐστιν εἰς σωτηρίαν παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι, Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι.
Non enim erubesco Evangelium. Virtus enim Dei est in salutem omni credenti, Judaeo primum, et Graeco.
እስመ ኢየኀፍር ምህሮ ወንጌሉ እስመ ኀይሉ ለእግዚአብሔር ውእቱ ዘያሐይዎሙ ለኵሎሙ እለ የአምኑ ቦቱ ለአይሁዳዊ ቀዳማዊ ወለአረማዊኒ ደኃራዊ።
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
1:17
δικαιοσύνη γὰρ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀποκαλύπτεται ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν, καθὼς γέγραπται, ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται.
Justitia enim Dei in eo revelatur ex fide in fidem : sicut scriptum est : Justus autem ex fide vivit.
ወቦቱ ያስተርኢ ጽድቀ እግዚአብሔር ወርትዑ እስመ ያጸድቆሙ ለእለ የአምኑ ቦቱ በአሚን እስመ ከማሁ ይብል መጽሐፍ «ጻድቅአ በአሚን የሐዩ።»
For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
1:18
Ἀποκαλύπτεται γὰρ ὀργὴ θεοῦ ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ἀσέβειαν καὶ ἀδικίαν ἀνθρώπων τῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐν ἀδικίᾳ κατεχόντων,
Revelatur enim ira Dei de caelo super omnem impietatem, et injustitiam hominum eorum, qui veritatem Dei in injustitia detinent :
ወይመጽእ መቅሠፍተ እግዚአብሔር እምሰማይ ላዕለ ኵሉ ሰብእ ኃጥእ ወዐማፂ እለ የአምርዋ ለጽድቅ ወይመይጥዋ በዓመፃሆሙ።
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
1:19
διότι τὸ γνωστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ φανερόν ἐστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς· ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἐφανέρωσεν.
quia quod notum est Dei, manifestum est in illis. Deus enim illis manifestavit.
እስመ አእምሮ እግዚአብሔር ክሡት በኀቤሆሙ ወአርአየ እግዚአብሔር ላዕሌሆሙ።
because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.
1:20
τὰ γὰρ ἀόρατα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ κτίσεως κόσμου τοῖς ποιήμασιν νοούμενα καθορᾶται, ἥ τε ἀΐδιος αὐτοῦ δύναμις καὶ θειότης, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἀναπολογήτους·
Invisibilia enim ipsius, a creatura mundi, per ea quae facta sunt, intellecta, conspiciuntur : sempiterna quoque ejus virtus, et divinitas : ita ut sint inexcusabiles.
ወዘኢያስተርኢ እግዚአብሔር እምፍጥረተ ዓለም ይትዐወቅ በፍጥረቱ በኀልዮ ወበአእምሮ ወከመዝ ይትአመር ኀይሉ ወመለኮቱ ዘለዓለም ከመ ኢይርከቡ በዘይትዋሥኡ።
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.
1:21
διότι γνόντες τὸν θεὸν οὐχ ὡς θεὸν ἐδόξασαν ἢ ηὐχαρίστησαν, ἀλλ’ ἐματαιώθησαν ἐν τοῖς διαλογισμοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐσκοτίσθη ἡ ἀσύνετος αὐτῶν καρδία.
Quia cum cognovissent Deum, non sicut Deum glorificaverunt, aut gratias egerunt : sed evanuerunt in cogitationibus suis, et obscuratum est insipiens cor eorum :
እስመ እንዘ የአምርዎ ለእግዚአብሔር አኮ ከመ እግዚአብሔር ዘአእኰትዎ ወሰብሕዎ ዘእንበለ ዘሐሰውዎ ወረኵሱ በኅሊናሆሙ ወተጸለለ ልቦሙ።
Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
1:22
φάσκοντες εἶναι σοφοὶ ἐμωράνθησαν,
dicentes enim se esse sapientes, stulti facti sunt.
ወእንዘ ይፈቅዱ ይጥብቡ አብዱ።
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
1:23
καὶ ἤλλαξαν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ ἀφθάρτου θεοῦ ἐν ὁμοιώματι εἰκόνος φθαρτοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ πετεινῶν καὶ τετραπόδων καὶ ἑρπετῶν.
Et mutaverunt gloriam incorruptibilis Dei in similitudinem imaginis corruptibilis hominis, et volucrum, et quadrupedum, et serpentium.
እስመ ወለጡ ስብሐቲሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ዘኢይመውት ወአምሳለ ርእየተ ሰብእ መዋቲ ረሰዩ ወከመ እንስሳ ወከመ አራዊት ወከመ አዕዋፍ።
and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.
1:24
διὸ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῶν καρδιῶν αὐτῶν εἰς ἀκαθαρσίαν τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς,
Propter quod tradidit illos Deus in desideria cordis eorum, in immunditiam, ut contumeliis afficiant corpora sua in semetipsis :
ወበእንተዝ አግብኦሙ ወኀደጎሙ ከመ ያርኵሱ ርእሶሙ ለሊሆሙ ወያኅሥሩ ነፍስቶሙ።
Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves;
1:25
οἵτινες μετήλλαξαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ψεύδει, καὶ ἐσεβάσθησαν καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τῇ κτίσει παρὰ τὸν κτίσαντα, ὅς ἐστιν εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
qui commutaverunt veritatem Dei in mendacium : et coluerunt, et servierunt creaturae potius quam Creatori, qui est benedictus in saecula. Amen.
እስመ ሐሰተ ረሰይዎ ለጽድቀ እግዚአብሔር ወአምለኩ ወተፀአፅኡ ተግባሮ ወኀደግዎ ለፈጣሬ ኵሉ ዘውእቱ አምላክ ቡሩክ ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን።
who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
1:26
διὰ τοῦτο παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς εἰς πάθη ἀτιμίας· αἵ τε γὰρ θήλειαι αὐτῶν μετήλλαξαν τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν,
Propterea tradidit illos Deus in passiones ignominiae : nam feminae eorum immutaverunt naturalem usum in eum usum qui est contra naturam.
ወበእንተዝ ወሀቦሙ እግዚአብሔር መቅሠፍተ እኩየ ወአንስቲያሆሙኒ ኀደጋ ፍጥረቶን ወተመሰላ በዘኢኮነ ፍጥረቶን።
For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.
1:27
ὁμοίως τε καὶ οἱ ἄρρενες ἀφέντες τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν τῆς θηλείας ἐξεκαύθησαν ἐν τῇ ὀρέξει αὐτῶν εἰς ἀλλήλους, ἄρρενες ἐν ἄρρεσιν τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι καὶ τὴν ἀντιμισθίαν ἣν ἔδει τῆς πλάνης αὐτῶν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπολαμβάνοντες.
Similiter autem et masculi, relicto naturali usu feminae, exarserunt in desideriis suis in invicem, masculi in masculos turpitudinem operantes, et mercedem, quam oportuit, erroris sui in semetipsis recipientes.
ወከማሁ ዕደዊሆሙኒ ኀደጉ አንስቲያሆሙ ወነዱ በፍትወቶሙ ወገብኡ በበይናቲሆሙ ብእሲ ላዕለ ብእሲ ኀሣሮሙ ገብሩ ወባሕቱ ይረክቡ ፍዳሆሙ ወይገብእ ጌጋዮሙ ዲበ ርእሶሙ።
Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.
1:28
καὶ καθὼς οὐκ ἐδοκίμασαν τὸν θεὸν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει, παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς εἰς ἀδόκιμον νοῦν, ποιεῖν τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα,
Et sicut non probaverunt Deum habere in notitia, tradidit illos Deus in reprobum sensum, ut faciant ea quae non conveniunt,
ወበከመ ኢኀለይዎ ለእግዚአብሔር በልቦሙ ከማሁ እግዚአብሔርኒ ወሀቦሙ ልበ እበድ ከመ ይግበሩ ዘንተ ዘኢይደሉ።
Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
1:29
πεπληρωμένους πάσῃ ἀδικίᾳ πονηρίᾳ κακίᾳ πλεονεξίᾳ, μεστοὺς φθόνου φόνου ἔριδος δόλου κακοηθείας,
repletos omni iniquitate, malitia, fornicatione, avaritia, nequitia, plenos invidia, homicidio, contentione, dolo, malignitate : susurrones,
እንዘ እሙንቱ ጽጉባነ ኵሉ ዓመፃ ወእከይ ወጹግ ወትዕግልት ወጽጉባነ ቅንአት ሐማምያን ቀታልያን ጕሕላውያን መስተመይናን ዝኁራን እኩያነ ልማድ ወግዕዝ።
being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
1:30
ψιθυριστάς, καταλάλους, θεοστυγεῖς, ὑβριστάς, ὑπερηφάνους, ἀλαζόνας, ἐφευρετὰς κακῶν, γονεῦσιν ἀπειθεῖς,
detractores, Deo odibiles, contumeliosos, superbos, elatos, inventores malorum, parentibus non obedientes,
ሐማይያን መስተሣልቃን መስተሐብባን ዕቡያን ዝሉፋን ዐላውያን ሐሳውያን ጸላእያነ እግዚእ ሥሑጻን።
backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
1:31
ἀσυνέτους, ἀσυνθέτους, ἀστόργους, ἀνελεήμονας·
insipientes, incompositos, sine affectione, absque foedere, sine misericordia.
አብዳን ወዝንጉዓን ወመስተኃሥሣን ለእከይ ወአልቦሙ ምሕረት።
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
1:32
οἵτινες τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιγνόντες, ὅτι οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντες ἄξιοι θανάτου εἰσίν, οὐ μόνον αὐτὰ ποιοῦσιν ἀλλὰ καὶ συνευδοκοῦσιν τοῖς πράσσουσιν.
Qui cum justitiam Dei cognovissent, non intellexerunt quoniam qui talia agunt, digni sunt morte : et non solum qui ea faciunt, sed etiam qui consentiunt facientibus.
እንዘ ለሊሆሙ የአምሩ ኵነኔሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ከመ ይደልዎ ሞት ለዘገብረ ዘንተ ከመዝ አኮ ባሕቲቶሙ ዘይገብርዎ ዓዲ ለባዕድኒ ይዌሕክዎ ያግብእዎ።
who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
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