为他人的益处

15 我们坚强的人,应该担当不坚强人的软弱,不求自己的喜悦。 我们每个人当为了邻人的益处让他喜悦,使他得造就。 因为基督不但不求自己的喜悦,反而像经上所记的:“那些责骂你之人的责骂,都落在我身上了。”[a] 实际上,凡是先前被记载的,都是为了教导我们而写的,好让我们藉着忍耐和经上的安慰,怀有盼望。 愿赐忍耐和安慰的神,使你们藉着基督耶稣,彼此同心合意, 好使你们同心同声荣耀神——我们主耶稣基督的父。

共同荣耀主

因此,你们当彼此接纳,就像基督也接纳了你们[b]归于神的荣耀。 我是说:基督[c]为了神的真理,已成为受割礼之人[d]的仆人,为要证实对祖先的各样应许, 并且使外邦人因着所蒙的怜悯而荣耀神,正如经上所记:

“为此,我要在外邦人中承认你,
歌颂你的名。”[e]

10 经上又说:“外邦人哪,你们要与他的子民一同庆祝!”[f] 11 又说:

“万国啊,你们要赞美主!
万民哪,你们要颂赞他!”[g]

12 又有以赛亚说:

“将有耶西的根,
就是兴起来统治外邦人的那一位;
外邦人要仰望他。”[h]

13 愿赐盼望的神,因着你们的信,将一切喜乐和平安充满你们,使你们藉着圣灵的能力满怀盼望。

传扬福音

14 我的弟兄们,至于你们,我自己同样深信:你们也满有良善,充满一切知识,又能彼此劝诫。 15 不过[i]我要提醒你们,藉着神所赐给我的恩典,我在部分地方写得比较大胆。 16 这恩典使我为外邦人成了基督耶稣的仆役、做了神福音的祭司,好让外邦人藉着圣灵被分别为圣,成为蒙悦纳的供物。 17 所以,我在基督耶稣里,在属神的事上有可夸耀的。 18 我什么都不敢说,只说基督藉着我所完成的事,就是为了外邦人的顺从,他藉着我所说的和所做的事, 19 藉着神迹、奇事的能力和圣灵[j]的能力所完成的事。结果我从耶路撒冷及其周围一带直到伊利里亚,把基督的福音都传遍了。 20 这样,我立定心志要在基督的名没有被传过的地方传福音,免得建造在别人的根基上, 21 正如经上所记:

“没有听说过他的人,将要看见;
没有听见过的人,将要领悟。”[k]

保罗的计划

22 所以,我也多次受到拦阻,不能到你们那里去。 23 但如今,这些地区再没有可传的[l]地方了,况且多年来我一直渴望见到你们。 24 就是说,当我去西班牙的时候,[m]我希望能顺路看你们;先与你们相聚[n],使我稍得满足;然后由你们在那里送我上路。 25 但如今,我要到耶路撒冷去服事圣徒, 26 因为马其顿省和亚该亚省的信徒[o],乐意与耶路撒冷圣徒中的穷人有一些分享[p] 27 确实,他们是乐意的,不过这也是他们的责任[q],因为外邦人如果分享了犹太人属灵的事,也就应该在物质的事[r]上服事犹太人。 28 所以,当我完成了这件事,向他们印证了这事的成果[s],我就要经过你们那里,往西班牙去。 29 我知道,我到你们那里去的时候,一定带着基督丰盛完美的[t]祝福而去。

30 弟兄们,藉着我们的主耶稣基督、藉着圣灵的爱,我恳求你们与我一同竭力为我向神祷告: 31 愿神[u]救我脱离犹太地区不肯信从的人,也使我为耶路撒冷的这服事[v]可以蒙圣徒们的悦纳, 32 好让我能照着神的旨意,快快乐乐地到你们那里去,和你们同得安息。

33 愿赐平安的神,与你们大家同在!阿们。

Footnotes

  1. 罗马书 15:3 《诗篇》69:9。
  2. 罗马书 15:7 你们——有古抄本作“我们”。
  3. 罗马书 15:8 基督——有古抄本作“耶稣基督”。
  4. 罗马书 15:8 受割礼之人——指“犹太人”。
  5. 罗马书 15:9 《撒母耳记下》22:50;《诗篇》18:49。
  6. 罗马书 15:10 《申命记》32:43。
  7. 罗马书 15:11 《诗篇》117:1。
  8. 罗马书 15:12 《以赛亚书》11:10。
  9. 罗马书 15:15 有古抄本附“弟兄们,”。
  10. 罗马书 15:19 圣灵——有古抄本作“神的灵”。
  11. 罗马书 15:21 《以赛亚书》52:15。
  12. 罗马书 15:23 可传的——辅助词语。
  13. 罗马书 15:24 有古抄本附“我会到你们那里去。”
  14. 罗马书 15:24 相聚——辅助词语。
  15. 罗马书 15:26 的信徒——辅助词语。
  16. 罗马书 15:26 分享——或译作“捐献”。
  17. 罗马书 15:27 这也是他们的责任——原文直译“他们是他们的欠债人”。
  18. 罗马书 15:27 物质的事——原文直译“属肉体的事”。
  19. 罗马书 15:28 成果——原文直译“果子”。
  20. 罗马书 15:29 有古抄本附“福音的”。
  21. 罗马书 15:31 神——辅助词语。
  22. 罗马书 15:31 服事——或译作“捐款”。

The Example of Christ

15 (A)We who are strong (B)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. (C)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For (D)Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, (E)“The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” For (F)whatever was written in former days was written for our (G)instruction, that through endurance and through (H)the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you (I)to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify (J)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles

For I tell you that Christ (K)became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order (L)to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order (M)that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

(N)“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,
    and sing to your name.”

10 And again it says,

(O)“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”

11 And again,

(P)“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
    and let all the peoples extol him.”

12 And again Isaiah says,

(Q)(R)“The root of Jesse will come,
    even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
(S)in him will the Gentiles hope.”

13 May the God of hope fill you with all (T)joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

14 (U)I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,[a] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with (V)all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, (W)because of the grace given me by God 16 to be (X)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles (Y)in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that (Z)the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have (AA)reason to be proud of (AB)my work for God. 18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except (AC)what Christ has accomplished through me (AD)to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 (AE)by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that (AF)from Jerusalem and all the way around (AG)to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, (AH)lest I build on someone else's foundation, 21 but as it is written,

(AI)“Those who have never been told of him will see,
    and those who have never heard will understand.”

Paul's Plan to Visit Rome

22 This is the reason why (AJ)I have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23 But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and (AK)since I have longed for many years to come to you, 24 I hope to see you in passing as I go (AL)to Spain, and (AM)to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 At present, however, (AN)I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. 26 For (AO)Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. 27 For they were pleased to do it, and indeed (AP)they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. 28 When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected,[b] I will leave (AQ)for Spain by way of you. 29 I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing[c] of Christ.

30 I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by (AR)the love of the Spirit, (AS)to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, 31 (AT)that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that (AU)my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32 so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and (AV)be refreshed in your company. 33 May (AW)the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:14 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 30
  2. Romans 15:28 Greek sealed to them this fruit
  3. Romans 15:29 Some manuscripts insert of the gospel

15 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.