Paulus, servus Jesu Christi, vocatus Apostolus, segregatus in Evangelium Dei,

It is Paul who writes; a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be his apostle, and set apart to preach the gospel of God.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

quod ante promiserat per prophetas suos in Scripturis sanctis

That gospel, promised long ago by means of his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Which he had promised before, by his prophets, in the holy scriptures,

de Filio suo, qui factus est ei ex semine David secundum carnem,

tells us of his Son, descended, in respect of his human birth, from the line of David,

Concerning his Son, who was made to him of the seed of David, according to the flesh,

qui prædestinatus est Filius Dei in virtute secundum spiritum sanctificationis ex resurrectione mortuorum Jesu Christi Domini nostri:

but, in respect of the sanctified spirit that was his, marked out miraculously as the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead; our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who was predestinated the Son of God in power, according to the spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead;

per quem accepimus gratiam, et apostolatum ad obediendum fidei in omnibus gentibus pro nomine ejus,

It is through him we have received the grace of apostleship; all over the world, men must be taught to honour his name by paying him the homage of their faith,

By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith, in all nations, for his name;

in quibus estis et vos vocati Jesu Christi:

and you among them, you, who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

Among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ:

omnibus qui sunt Romæ, dilectis Dei, vocatis sanctis. Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo.

I wish, to all those at Rome whom God loves and has called to be holy, grace and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

To all that are at Rome, the beloved of God, called to be saints. Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Primum quidem gratias ago Deo meo per Jesum Christum pro omnibus vobis: quia fides vestra annuntiatur in universo mundo.

And first, I offer thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, you whose faith is so renowned throughout the world.

First I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, because your faith is spoken of in the whole world.

Testis enim mihi est Deus, cui servio in spiritu meo in Evangelio Filii ejus, quod sine intermissione memoriam vestri facio

The God to whom I address the inner worship of my heart, while I preach the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I make mention of you,

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make a commemoration of you;

semper in orationibus meis: obsecrans, si quomodo tandem aliquando prosperum iter habeam in voluntate Dei veniendi ad vos.

never failing to ask, when I am at my prayers, that somehow, in God’s Providence, I may be granted at last an opportunity of visiting you.

Always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you.

Desidero enim videre vos, ut aliquid impertiar vobis gratiæ spiritualis ad confirmandos vos:

I long to see you, in the hope that I may have some spiritual gift to share with you, so as to strengthen your resolve;

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual grace, to strengthen you:

id est, simul consolari in vobis per eam quæ invicem est, fidem vestram atque meam.

or rather, so that the faith we find in each other, you and I, may be an encouragement to you and to me as well.

That is to say, that I may be comforted together in you, by that which is common to us both, your faith and mine.

Nolo autem vos ignorare fratres: quia sæpe proposui venire ad vos (et prohibitus sum usque adhuc) ut aliquem fructum habeam et in vobis, sicut et in ceteris gentibus.

I should be sorry, brethren, if you were left in doubt that (although hitherto I have always been prevented) I have often planned to visit you, and to be able to claim some harvest among you, as I can among the Gentiles elsewhere.

And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I have often purposed to come unto you, (and have been hindered hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

Græcis ac barbaris, sapientibus, et insipientibus debitor sum:

I have the same duty to all, Greek and barbarian, learned and simple;

To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor;

ita (quod in me) promptum est et vobis, qui Romæ estis, evangelizare.

and for my own part I am eager to preach the gospel to you in Rome as I have to others.

So (as much as is in me) I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are at Rome.

Non enim erubesco Evangelium. Virtus enim Dei est in salutem omni credenti, Judæo primum, et Græco.

I am not ashamed of this gospel. It is an instrument of God’s power, that brings salvation to all who believe in it, Jew first and then Greek.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek.

Justitia enim Dei in eo revelatur ex fide in fidem: sicut scriptum est: Justus autem ex fide vivit.

It reveals God’s way of justifying us, faith first and last; as the scripture says, It is faith that brings life to the just man.

For the justice of God is revealed therein, from faith unto faith, as it is written: The just man liveth by faith.

Revelatur enim ira Dei de cælo super omnem impietatem, et injustitiam hominum eorum, qui veritatem Dei in injustitia detinent:

God’s anger is being revealed from heaven; his anger against the impiety and wrong-doing of the men whose wrong-doing denies his truth its full scope.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those men that detain the truth of God in injustice:

quia quod notum est Dei, manifestum est in illis. Deus enim illis manifestavit.

The knowledge of God is clear to their minds; God himself has made it clear to them;

Because that which is known of God is manifest in them. For God hath manifested it unto them.

Invisibilia enim ipsius, a creatura mundi, per ea quæ facta sunt, intellecta, conspiciuntur: sempiterna quoque ejus virtus, et divinitas: ita ut sint inexcusabiles.

from the foundations of the world men have caught sight of his invisible nature, his eternal power and his divineness, as they are known through his creatures. Thus there is no excuse for them;

For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made; his eternal power also, and divinity: so that they are inexcusable.

Quia cum cognovissent Deum, non sicut Deum glorificaverunt, aut gratias egerunt: sed evanuerunt in cogitationibus suis, et obscuratum est insipiens cor eorum:

although they had the knowledge of God, they did not honour him or give thanks to him as God; they became fantastic in their notions, and their senseless hearts grew benighted;

Because that, when they knew God, they have not glorified him as God, or given thanks; but became vain in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened.

dicentes enim se esse sapientes, stulti facti sunt.

they, who claimed to be so wise, turned fools,

For professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.

Et mutaverunt gloriam incorruptibilis Dei in similitudinem imaginis corruptibilis hominis, et volucrum, et quadrupedum, et serpentium.

and exchanged the glory of the imperishable God for representations of perishable man, of bird and beast and reptile.

And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of the image of a corruptible man, and of birds, and of fourfooted beasts, and of creeping things.

Propter quod tradidit illos Deus in desideria cordis eorum, in immunditiam, ut contumeliis afficiant corpora sua in semetipsis:

That is why God abandoned their lustful hearts to filthy practices of dishonouring their own bodies among themselves.

Wherefore God gave them up to the desires of their heart, unto uncleanness, to dishonour their own bodies among themselves.

qui commutaverunt veritatem Dei in mendacium: et coluerunt, et servierunt creaturæ potius quam Creatori, qui est benedictus in sæcula. Amen.

They had exchanged God’s truth for a lie, reverencing and worshipping the creature in preference to the Creator (blessed is he for ever, Amen);

Who changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Propterea tradidit illos Deus in passiones ignominiæ: nam feminæ eorum immutaverunt naturalem usum in eum usum qui est contra naturam.

and, in return, God abandoned them to passions which brought dishonour to themselves. Their women exchanged natural for unnatural intercourse;

For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature.

Similiter autem et masculi, relicto naturali usu feminæ, exarserunt in desideriis suis in invicem, masculi in masculos turpitudinem operantes, et mercedem, quam oportuit, erroris sui in semetipsis recipientes.

and the men, on their side, giving up natural intercourse with women, were burnt up with desire for each other; men practising vileness with their fellow men. Thus they have received a fitting retribution for their false belief.

And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another, men with men working that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error.

Et sicut non probaverunt Deum habere in notitia, tradidit illos Deus in reprobum sensum, ut faciant ea quæ non conveniunt,

And as they scorned to keep God in their view, so God has abandoned them to a frame of mind worthy of all scorn, that prompts them to disgraceful acts.

And as they liked not to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate sense, to do those things which are not convenient;

repletos omni iniquitate, malitia, fornicatione, avaritia, nequitia, plenos invidia, homicidio, contentione, dolo, malignitate: susurrones,

They are versed in every kind of injustice, knavery, impurity, avarice, and ill-will; spiteful, murderous, contentious, deceitful, depraved, backbiters,

Being filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness, full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity, whisperers,

detractores, Deo odibiles, contumeliosos, superbos, elatos, inventores malorum, parentibus non obedientes,

slanderers, God’s enemies; insolent, haughty, vainglorious; inventive in wickedness, disobedient to their parents;

Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

insipientes, incompositos, sine affectione, absque fœdere, sine misericordia.

without prudence, without honour, without love, without loyalty, without pity.

Foolish, dissolute, without affection, without fidelity, without mercy.

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.

Yet, with the just decree of God before their minds, they never grasped the truth that those who so live are deserving of death; not only those who commit such acts, but those who countenance such a manner of living.

Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.