罗马书 15
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
不求自己的喜悅
15 我們堅強的人，應該擔當不堅強的人的軟弱，不應該求自己的喜悅。 2 我們各人務要叫鄰舍喜悅，好讓他得到益處、得到造就。 3 因為連基督也不求自己的喜悅；反而像經上所記的：“辱罵你的人的辱罵，都落在我的身上。” 4 從前經上所寫的，都是為教訓我們而寫的，好使我們藉著忍耐和聖經中的安慰得著盼望。 5 願賜忍耐和安慰的 神，使你們彼此同心，效法基督耶穌， 6 同心一致地榮耀我們主耶穌基督的父 神。
外族人蒙恩頌讚 神
7 因此，你們應當彼此接納，就像基督接納了你們一樣，使榮耀歸於 神。 8 我說，基督為了 神的真理，成了受割禮的人的僕人，為的是要證實對祖先的應許， 9 使外族人因著所蒙的憐憫榮耀 神；如經上所記：
“因此我要在列邦中稱讚你，
歌頌你的名。”
10 又說：
“列邦啊，當與他的子民一同快樂。”
11 又說：
“萬國啊，
你們當讚美主；
願萬民都頌讚他。”
12 以賽亞也說：
“將來必有耶西的根，
就是那興起來治理列邦的；
列邦都寄望於他。”
13 願那賜盼望的 神，因著你們的信，把一切喜樂平安充滿你們，使你們靠著聖靈的大能滿有盼望。
不在傳過基督的地方傳福音
14 我的弟兄們，我個人深信你們自己也滿有良善，充滿豐富的知識，也能夠彼此勸導。 15 但有些地方，我寫得稍為大膽一點，是要提醒你們；我因著 神賜給我的恩典， 16 為外族人作了基督耶穌的僕役，作了 神福音的祭司，使所獻上的外族人得蒙悅納，靠著聖靈成為聖潔。 17 所以，在 神的事上，我在基督耶穌裡倒有可以引以為榮的。 18-19 別的我不敢說，我只說基督藉著我所作的事，就是用言語行為，藉著神蹟和奇事的大能，以及聖靈的大能，使外族人順服；這樣，我從耶路撒冷直到以利里古，把基督的福音都傳開了。 20 我立定主意，不在宣揚過基督的地方傳福音，免得建立在別人的根基上， 21 反而照經上所記：
“那對他一無所聞的，將要看見；
那沒有聽過的，將要明白。”
保羅計劃到羅馬去
22 因此，我多次受到攔阻，不能到你們那裡去。 23 但現在這一帶再沒有可傳的地方，而我多年來又很想去見你們， 24 所以，無論我甚麼時候到西班牙去，都希望趁我路過時和你們見面，先稍微滿足我的心願，然後由你們給我送行到那裡去。 25 不過，我現在為了供應聖徒的事要往耶路撒冷去； 26 因為馬其頓和亞該亞人樂意捐了一些錢，給耶路撒冷聖徒中的窮人。 27 他們是樂意的，而且那也是他們的本分（“本分”原文作“債”），因為外族人既然分享了猶太人屬靈的好處，就應該供應他們肉身的需要。 28 等我辦好這件事，把這筆款項安全地交了給他們，我就要路過你們那裡到西班牙去。 29 我知道我到你們那裡去的時候，一定會帶著基督豐盛的福分。
30 弟兄們，我靠著我們的主耶穌基督，憑著聖靈的慈愛，勸你們和我一同竭力為我向 神祈禱， 31 求 神救我脫離猶太地不信從的人，使我帶到耶路撒冷的捐款，可以得到聖徒的悅納； 32 也使我照著 神的旨意，高高興興地到你們那裡去，好和你們一同得到安息。 33 願賜平安的 神與你們眾人同在。阿們。
Romans 15
New English Translation
Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak
15 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.[a] 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”[b] 4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope. 5 Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another[c] in accordance with Christ Jesus, 6 so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance
7 Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory. 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised[d] on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,[e] 9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy.[f] As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”[g] 10 And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”[h] 11 And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.”[i] 12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”[j] 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him,[k] so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter
14 But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters,[l] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. 15 But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve[m] the gospel of God[n] like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering,[o] sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 So I boast[p] in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience[q] of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation, 21 but as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”[r]
Paul’s Intention of Visiting the Romans
22 This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you. 23 But now there is nothing more to keep me[s] in these regions, and I have for many years desired[t] to come to you 24 when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me[u] on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
25 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints.[v] For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things. 28 Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them,[w] I will set out for Spain by way of you, 29 and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing.
30 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters,[x] through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf. 31 Pray[y] that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. 33 Now may the God of peace be with all of you. Amen.[z]
Footnotes
- Romans 15:1 tn Grk “and not please ourselves.” NT Greek negatives used in contrast like this are often not absolute, but relative: “not so much one as the other.”
- Romans 15:3 sn A quotation from Ps 69:9.
- Romans 15:5 tn Grk “grant you to think the same among one another.”
- Romans 15:8 tn Grk “of the circumcision”; that is, the Jews.
- Romans 15:8 tn Or “to the patriarchs.”
- Romans 15:9 tn There are two major syntactical alternatives which are both awkward: (1) One could make “glorify” dependent on “Christ has become a minister” and coordinate with “to confirm” and the result would be rendered “Christ has become a minister of circumcision to confirm the promises…and so that the Gentiles might glorify God.” (2) One could make “glorify” dependent on “I tell you” and coordinate with “Christ has become a minister” and the result would be rendered “I tell you that Christ has become a minister of circumcision…and that the Gentiles glorify God.” The second rendering is preferred.
- Romans 15:9 sn A quotation from Ps 18:49.
- Romans 15:10 sn A quotation from Deut 32:43.
- Romans 15:11 sn A quotation from Ps 117:1.
- Romans 15:12 sn A quotation from Isa 11:10.
- Romans 15:13 tn Grk “in the believing” or “as [you] believe,” with the object “him” supplied from the context. The referent could be God (15:13a) or Christ (15:12).
- Romans 15:14 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.
- Romans 15:16 tn Grk “serving.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but in keeping with contemporary English style, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- Romans 15:16 tn The genitive in the phrase τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ (to euangelion tou theou, “the gospel of God”) could be translated as either a subjective genitive (“the gospel which God brings”) or an objective genitive (“the gospel about God”). Either is grammatically possible. This is possibly an instance of a plenary genitive (see ExSyn 119-21; M. Zerwick, Biblical Greek, §§36-39). If so, an interplay between the two concepts is intended: The gospel which God brings is in fact the gospel about himself.
- Romans 15:16 tn Grk “so that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable.” This could be understood to refer to an offering belonging to the Gentiles (a possessive genitive) or made by the Gentiles (subjective genitive), but more likely the phrase should be understood as an appositive genitive, with the Gentiles themselves consisting of the offering (so J. D. G. Dunn, Romans [WBC 38], 2:860). The latter view is reflected in the translation “so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering.”
- Romans 15:17 tc ‡ After οὖν (oun), several significant Alexandrian and Western mss (B C D F G 81 365) have τήν (tēn). The article is lacking in א A Ψ 33 1175 1241 1505 1739 1881 M however. P46 supplies a relative pronoun and has a different reading entirely (“which I have [as a] boast”). Articles were frequently introduced to clarify the meaning of the text. In this instance, since the word modified (καύχησιν, kauchēsin) is third declension, a visual oversight (resulting in omission) is less likely. Hence, the shorter reading is probably earlier. The difference in translation between these first two options is negligible (“I have the boast” or “I have a boast”). NA28 puts the article in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.tn Grk “Therefore I have a boast.”
- Romans 15:18 tn Grk “unto obedience.”
- Romans 15:21 sn A quotation from Isa 52:15.
- Romans 15:23 tn Grk “now no longer having a place…I have.”
- Romans 15:23 tn Grk “but having a desire…for many years.”
- Romans 15:24 tn Grk “and to be helped by you.” The passive construction was changed to an active one in the translation.
- Romans 15:27 tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the Jerusalem saints) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Romans 15:28 tn Grk “have sealed this fruit to them.”
- Romans 15:30 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.
- Romans 15:31 tn Verses 30-31 form one long sentence in the Greek but have been divided into two distinct sentences for clarity in English.
- Romans 15:33 tc Some mss lack the word “Amen” here, one of them (P46) also inserting 16:25-27 at this point. See the tc note at 16:25 for more information.
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