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15 Nous qui sommes forts, nous devons supporter les faiblesses de ceux qui ne le sont pas, et ne pas nous complaire en nous-mêmes.

Que chacun de nous complaise au prochain pour ce qui est bien en vue de l'édification.

Car Christ ne s'est point complu en lui-même, mais, selon qu'il est écrit: Les outrages de ceux qui t'insultent sont tombés sur moi.

Or, tout ce qui a été écrit d'avance l'a été pour notre instruction, afin que, par la patience, et par la consolation que donnent les Écritures, nous possédions l'espérance.

Que le Dieu de la persévérance et de la consolation vous donne d'avoir les mêmes sentiments les uns envers les autres selon Jésus Christ,

afin que tous ensemble, d'une seule bouche, vous glorifiiez le Dieu et Père de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ.

Accueillez-vous donc les uns les autres, comme Christ vous a accueillis, pour la gloire de Dieu.

Je dis, en effet, que Christ a été serviteur des circoncis, pour prouver la véracité de Dieu en confirmant les promesses faites aux pères,

tandis que les païens glorifient Dieu à cause de sa miséricorde, selon qu'il est écrit: C'est pourquoi je te louerai parmi les nations, Et je chanterai à la gloire de ton nom. Il est dit encore:

10 Nations, réjouissez-vous avec son peuple!

11 Et encore: Louez le Seigneur, vous toutes les nations, Célébrez-le, vous tous les peuples!

12 Ésaïe dit aussi: Il sortira d'Isaï un rejeton, Qui se lèvera pour régner sur les nations; Les nations espéreront en lui.

13 Que le Dieu de l'espérance vous remplisse de toute joie et de toute paix dans la foi, pour que vous abondiez en espérance, par la puissance du Saint Esprit!

14 Pour ce qui vous concerne, mes frères, je suis moi-même persuadé que vous êtes pleins de bonnes dispositions, remplis de toute connaissance, et capables de vous exhorter les uns les autres.

15 Cependant, à certains égards, je vous ai écrit avec une sorte de hardiesse, comme pour réveiller vos souvenirs, à cause de la grâce que Dieu m'a faite

16 d'être ministre de Jésus Christ parmi les païens, m'acquittant du divin service de l'Évangile de Dieu, afin que les païens lui soient une offrande agréable, étant sanctifiée par l'Esprit Saint.

17 J'ai donc sujet de me glorifier en Jésus Christ, pour ce qui regarde les choses de Dieu.

18 Car je n'oserais mentionner aucune chose que Christ n'ait pas faite par moi pour amener les païens à l'obéissance, par la parole et par les actes,

19 par la puissance des miracles et des prodiges, par la puissance de l'Esprit de Dieu, en sorte que, depuis Jérusalem et les pays voisins jusqu'en Illyrie, j'ai abondamment répandu l'Évangile de Christ.

20 Et je me suis fait honneur d'annoncer l'Évangile là où Christ n'avait point été nommé, afin de ne pas bâtir sur le fondement d'autrui, selon qu'il est écrit:

21 Ceux à qui il n'avait point été annoncé verront, Et ceux qui n'en avaient point entendu parler comprendront.

22 C'est ce qui m'a souvent empêché d'aller vers vous.

23 Mais maintenant, n'ayant plus rien qui me retienne dans ces contrées, et ayant depuis plusieurs années le désir d'aller vers vous,

24 j'espère vous voir en passant, quand je me rendrai en Espagne, et y être accompagné par vous, après que j'aurai satisfait en partie mon désir de me trouver chez vous.

25 Présentement je vais à Jérusalem, pour le service des saints.

26 Car la Macédoine et l'Achaïe ont bien voulu s'imposer une contribution en faveur des pauvres parmi les saints de Jérusalem.

27 Elles l'ont bien voulu, et elles le leur devaient; car si les païens ont eu part à leurs avantages spirituels, ils doivent aussi les assister dans les choses temporelles.

28 Dès que j'aurai terminé cette affaire et que je leur aurai remis ces dons, je partirai pour l'Espagne et passerai chez vous.

29 Je sais qu'en allant vers vous, c'est avec une pleine bénédiction de Christ que j'irai.

30 Je vous exhorte, frères, par notre Seigneur Jésus Christ et par l'amour de l'Esprit, à combattre avec moi, en adressant à Dieu des prières en ma faveur,

31 afin que je sois délivré des incrédules de la Judée, et que les dons que je porte à Jérusalem soient agréés des saints,

32 en sorte que j'arrive chez vous avec joie, si c'est la volonté de Dieu, et que je jouisse au milieu de vous de quelque repos.

33 Que le Dieu de paix soit avec vous tous! Amen!

我為人人

15 我們堅強的人要扶助軟弱的人,分擔他們的重擔,不該只顧自己的喜好。 我們每個人都應該為他人著想,建造他人的生命。 因為基督並沒有專顧自己,正如聖經上說:「辱駡你之人的辱駡都落在我身上。」 從前寫在聖經上的話都是為了教導我們,使我們靠著忍耐和聖經的鼓勵而有盼望。 但願賜忍耐和鼓勵的上帝給你們合一的心去效法基督耶穌的榜樣, 使你們一起同聲頌贊上帝——我們主耶穌基督的父。

所以,你們應該像基督接納你們一樣彼此接納,使上帝得榮耀。 你們要知道,基督為了上帝的真理成為猶太人[a]的僕人,好實現上帝對猶太人祖先們的應許, 使外族人也因祂的憐憫而將榮耀歸給上帝。正如聖經上說:

「因此,我要在列邦中讚美你,
歌頌你的名。」

10 又說:

「外族人啊,
你們當與主的子民一同歡樂。」

11 又說:

「萬邦啊,你們當讚美主!
萬民啊,你們當頌讚祂!」

12 以賽亞先知也說:

「將來耶西的根要興起,
祂要統治外族,
外族人都要仰望祂。」

13 願使人有盼望的上帝,因為你們信祂,將諸般的喜樂和平安充滿你們的心,使你們藉著聖靈的能力充滿盼望!

福音特使

14 弟兄姊妹,我知道你們充滿良善,知識全備,能彼此勸導。 15 但我仍放膽寫信提醒你們幾件事,因為我蒙上帝賜恩, 16 在外族人中作基督耶穌的僕人和上帝福音的祭司,好叫外族人藉著聖靈得以聖潔,可以作上帝喜悅的祭物。 17 因此,我在基督耶穌裡以事奉上帝為榮。 18-19 別的事我不敢提,只有一件是我津津樂道的,就是基督藉著我的言語行為,用神蹟奇事和聖靈的大能叫外族人順服,使我把基督的福音從耶路撒冷一路傳到了以利哩古。 20 我立志只去從未聽過基督之名的地方傳福音,免得我建造在別人的根基上。 21 正如聖經上說:「對祂毫無所聞的,將要看見;未曾聽過的,將要明白。」

保羅計劃去羅馬

22 因此,我一直受到攔阻,不能到你們那裡。 23 但如今福音傳遍了這一帶,況且我幾年來一直盼望去你們那裡, 24 所以我想去西班牙的途中路過你們那裡,稍作停留,享受與你們的相聚之樂,然後由你們資助我上路。 25 但現在我要去耶路撒冷服侍當地的聖徒, 26 因為馬其頓和亞該亞的教會欣然捐出了財物給耶路撒冷的窮困聖徒。 27 這固然是他們慷慨解囊,但也可以說是他們該還的債。外族人既然分享了猶太聖徒屬靈的福分,現在以物質報答他們也是應該的。 28 等我辦完這件事,將捐款交付他們之後,我就會途經你們那裡去西班牙。 29 我知道我去的時候,必會把基督豐盛的祝福帶給你們。

30 弟兄姊妹,我藉著我們主耶穌基督和聖靈所賜的愛心,懇求你們與我一同竭力禱告,為我祈求上帝, 31 使我脫離猶太地區不信之人的迫害,叫耶路撒冷的聖徒樂意接受我帶去的捐款, 32 並使我按照上帝的旨意歡然去與你們相聚,一同重新得力。

33 願賜平安的上帝常與你們同在。阿們!

Footnotes

  1. 15·8 「猶太人」希臘文是「受割禮之人」。

15 We who are powerful need to be patient with the weakness of those who don’t have power, and not please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good in order to build them up. Christ didn’t please himself, but, as it is written, The insults of those who insulted you fell on me.[a] Whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction so that we could have hope through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures. May the God of endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude toward each other, similar to Christ Jesus’ attitude. That way you can glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ together with one voice.

So welcome each other, in the same way that Christ also welcomed you, for God’s glory. I’m saying that Christ became a servant of those who are circumcised for the sake of God’s truth, in order to confirm the promises given to the ancestors, and so that the Gentiles could glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles,
    and I will sing praises to your name.[b]

10 And again, it says,

Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people.[c]

11 And again,

Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
    and all the people should sing his praises.[d]

12 And again, Isaiah says,

There will be a root of Jesse,
    who will also rise to rule the Gentiles.
        The Gentiles will place their hope in him.[e]

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles

14 My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and are able to teach each other. 15 But I’ve written to you in a sort of daring way, partly to remind you of what you already know. I’m writing to you in this way because of the grace that was given to me by God. 16 It helps me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I’m working as a priest of God’s gospel so that the offering of the Gentiles can be acceptable and made holy by the Holy Spirit. 17 So in Christ Jesus I brag about things that have to do with God. 18 I don’t dare speak about anything except what Christ has done through me to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles. He did it by what I’ve said and what I’ve done, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. So I’ve completed the circuit of preaching Christ’s gospel from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum. 20 In this way, I have a goal to preach the gospel where they haven’t heard of Christ yet, so that I won’t be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Instead, as it’s written, Those who hadn’t been told about him will see, and those who hadn’t heard will understand.[f]

Travel plans to visit Rome

22 That’s why I’ve been stopped so many times from coming to see you. 23 But now, since I don’t have any place to work in these regions anymore, and since I’ve wanted to come to see you for many years, 24 I’ll visit you when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while I’m passing through. And I hope you will send me on my way there, after I have first been reenergized by some time in your company.

25 But now I’m going to Jerusalem, to serve God’s people. 26 Macedonia and Achaia have been happy to make a contribution for the poor among God’s people in Jerusalem. 27 They were happy to do this, and they are actually in debt to God’s people in Jerusalem. If the Gentiles got a share of the Jewish people’s spiritual resources, they ought to minister to them with material resources. 28 So then after I have finished this job and have safely delivered the final amount of the Gentiles’ offering to them, I will leave for Spain, visiting you on the way. 29 And I know that when I come to you I will come with the fullest blessing of Christ.

30 Brothers and sisters, I urge you, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggles in your prayers to God for me. 31 Pray that I will be rescued from the people in Judea who don’t believe. Also, pray that my service for Jerusalem will be acceptable to God’s people there 32 so that I can come to you with joy by God’s will and be reenergized with your company. 33 May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak(A) and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,(B) to build them up.(C) For even Christ did not please himself(D) but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”[a](E) For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,(F) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind(G) toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify(H) the God and Father(I) of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Accept one another,(J) then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews[b](K) on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises(L) made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles(M) might glorify God(N) for his mercy. As it is written:

“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
    I will sing the praises of your name.”[c](O)

10 Again, it says,

“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”[d](P)

11 And again,

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
    let all the peoples extol him.”[e](Q)

12 And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse(R) will spring up,
    one who will arise to rule over the nations;
    in him the Gentiles will hope.”[f](S)

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(T) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(U)

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,(V) filled with knowledge(W) and competent to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me(X) 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles.(Y) He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,(Z) so that the Gentiles might become an offering(AA) acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus(AB) in my service to God.(AC) 18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles(AD) to obey God(AE) by what I have said and done— 19 by the power of signs and wonders,(AF) through the power of the Spirit of God.(AG) So from Jerusalem(AH) all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.(AI) 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel(AJ) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.(AK) 21 Rather, as it is written:

“Those who were not told about him will see,
    and those who have not heard will understand.”[g](AL)

22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.(AM)

Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome

23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,(AN) 24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain.(AO) I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist(AP) me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem(AQ) in the service(AR) of the Lord’s people(AS) there. 26 For Macedonia(AT) and Achaia(AU) were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.(AV) 27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.(AW) 28 So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain(AX) and visit you on the way. 29 I know that when I come to you,(AY) I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.

30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit,(AZ) to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.(BA) 31 Pray that I may be kept safe(BB) from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution(BC) I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people(BD) there, 32 so that I may come to you(BE) with joy, by God’s will,(BF) and in your company be refreshed.(BG) 33 The God of peace(BH) be with you all. Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9
  2. Romans 15:8 Greek circumcision
  3. Romans 15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
  4. Romans 15:10 Deut. 32:43
  5. Romans 15:11 Psalm 117:1
  6. Romans 15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)
  7. Romans 15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)