1 T hen what advantage remains to the Jew? Or what is the value or benefit of circumcision?

ما مِيزَةُ اليَهُودِيِّ إذاً؟ أوْ ما قِيمَةُ الخِتانِ؟

2 M uch in every way. To begin with, to the Jews were entrusted the oracles (the brief communications, the intentions, the utterances) of God.

إنَّ لِليَهُودِ مِيزاتٍ كَثِيرَةً مِنْ كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ: أوَّلاً، استَأْمَنَهُمُ اللهُ عَلَى كَلِمَتِهِ.

3 W hat if some did not believe and were without faith? Does their lack of faith and their faithlessness nullify and make ineffective and void the faithfulness of God and His fidelity ?

لَكِنْ ماذا لَو كانَ بَعضُهُمْ غَيرَ أُمَناءَ؟ ألَعَلَّ عَدَمَ أمانَتِهِمْ يُلغِي أمانَةَ اللهِ؟

4 B y no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That You may be justified and shown to be upright in what You say, and prevail when You are judged.

بِالطَبعِ لا! بَلْ إنَّ اللهَ صادِقٌ، حَتَّى لَوْ كانَ كُلُّ النّاسِ كاذِبِينَ. فَكَما يَقُولُ الكِتابُ: «لِكَي يَثبُتَ أنَّكَ عَلَى صَوابٍ فِيما تَقُولُ، وَتَربَحَ قَضِيَّتَكَ حِينَ تُحاكِمُنِي.»

5 B ut if our unrighteousness thus establishes and exhibits the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust and wrong to inflict His wrath upon us ? I speak in a human way.

فَإنْ كانَ إثمُنا يُبَيِّنُ أنَّ اللهَ عادِلٌ وَبارٌّ، فَماذا نَقُولُ؟ ألَعَلَّ اللهَ يَكُونُ ظالِماً إذا غَضَبَ وَعاقَبَنا؟ أنا أتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ مَنظُورٍ بَشَرِيٍّ.

6 B y no means! Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

بِالطَّبْعِ لا! لِأنَّهُ إنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ اللهُ عادِلاً، فَكَيفَ يُمكِنُهُ أنْ يَحكُمَ عَلَى العالَمِ؟

7 B ut if through my falsehood God’s integrity is magnified and advertised and abounds to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?

لَكِنَّكَ تَقُولُ: «لَقَدْ تَعَزَّزَ صِدقُ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ صِدقِي، وَقَدْ تَمَجَّدَ بِسَبَبِ ذَلِكَ. فَلِماذا أظَلُّ مُداناً كَخاطِئٍ؟»

8 A nd why should we not do evil that good may come?—as some slanderously charge us with teaching. Such is justly condemned by them.

وَهَذا أشبَهُ بِقَولِكَ: «هَيّا بِنا نَفعَلُ الشَّرَّ، لِكَيْ يَأتيَ الخَيرُ!» وَهوَ الكَلامُ الَّذِي يَفتَرِي فيهِ عَلَيَّ بَعضُهُمْ حِينَ يَزعَمُونَ إنَّنِي أقُولُهُ. فَهُمْ يَنالُونَ الدَّينُونَةَ الَّتِي يَستَحِقُّونَها. الجَمِيعُ أخطَأُوا

9 W ell then, are we superior and better off than they? No, not at all. We have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), are under sin.

فَماذا يَعنِي هَذا؟ هَلْ نَحنُ اليَهُودَ أفضَلُ حالاً مِنْ غَيْرِ اليَهُودِ؟ مُطلَقاً! فَقَدْ سَبَقَ أنْ أكَّدْتُ أنَّ اليَهُودَ وَغَيرَ اليَهُودِ وَاقِعُونَ تَحتَ قُوَّةِ الخَطِيَّةِ.

10 A s it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one.

فَكَما يَقُولُ الكِتابُ: «لَيسَ هُناكَ وَلا حَتَّى إنسانٌ واحِدٌ بارٌّ!

11 N o one understands; no one seeks out God.

لَيسَ هُناكَ مَنْ يَفهَمُ، وَلا مَنْ يَسعَى إلَى اللهِ.

12 A ll have turned aside; together they have gone wrong and have become unprofitable and worthless; no one does right, not even one!

ابتَعَدُوا جَمِيعاً عَنِ اللهِ. الجَمِيعُ أخطَأُوا وَصارُوا بِلا جَدوَى، وَلَيسَ مَنْ يَعمَلُ عَمَلاً صالِحاً، وَلا واحِدٌ!»

13 T heir throat is a yawning grave; they use their tongues to deceive (to mislead and to deal treacherously). The venom of asps is beneath their lips.

«أفواهُهُمْ أشبَهُ بِقُبُورٍ مَفتُوحَةٍ. يَخدَعُونَ النّاسَ بِألسِنَتِهِمْ. «سُمُّ الأفاعِي عَلَى شِفاهِهِمْ.

14 T heir mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

«أفواهُهُمْ مَملوءَةٌ بِاللَّعَناتِ وَالمَرارَةِ.

15 T heir feet are swift to shed blood.

يُسرِعُونَ إلَى القَتلِ.

16 D estruction and misery mark their ways.

«وَيَترُكُونَ وَراءَهُمُ الخَرابَ وَالتَّعاسَةَ.

17 A nd they have no experience of the way of peace.

أمّا طَرِيقُ السَّلامِ فَلا يَعرِفُونَهُ،

18 T here is no fear of God before their eyes.

«وَلا يَضَعُونَ مَهابَةَ اللهِ أمامَ عُيُونِهِمْ.»

19 N ow we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be hushed and all the world may be held accountable to God.

وَنَحنُ نَعلَمُ أنَّ كُلَّ ما تَقُولُهُ الشَّرِيعَةُ، فَإنَّما هُوَ مُوَجَّهٌ إلَى مَنْ هُمْ تَحتَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، لِكَي لا يَعُودَ هُناكَ مَجالٌ لِأعذارِ البَشَرِ، وَلِكَي يُصبِحَ الكُلُّ مَسؤُولاً أمامَ اللهِ.

20 F or no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable) in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. For the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin '> not mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance, faith, and holy character].

فَلَنْ يَتَبَرَّرَ أحَدٌ أمامَ اللهِ بَأعمالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، بَلْ تُبَيِّنُ الشَّرِيعَةُ لِلإنسانِ إنَّهُ خاطِئٌ. كَيفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ الإنسان

21 B ut now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets,

أمّا الآنَ، فَقَدْ أعلَنَ اللهُ كَيفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ الإنسانُ مِنْ دُونِ الشَّرِيعَةِ. وَتَشهَدُ الشَّرِيعَةُ وَكُتُبُ الأنبِياءِ بِذَلِكَ.

22 N amely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

فَاللهُ يُبَرِّرُ بِالإيمانِ بِيَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. وَهَذا يَشمَلُ جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ يُؤمِنُونَ. لا فَرقَ بَينَهُمْ.

23 S ince all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives.

حَيْثُ إنَّ الجَمِيعَ أخطَأُوا، وَهُمْ عاجِزونَ عَنْ بُلُوغِ مِقياسِ مَجدِ اللهِ.

24 a re justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

لَكِنَّهُمْ يَتَبَرَّرُونَ مَجّاناً بِنِعمَةِ اللهِ، بِالمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ الَّذِي اشتَراهُمْ وَحَرَّرَهُمْ.

25 W hom God put forward '> before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood through faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment.

فَاللهُ قَدَّمَ يَسُوعَ كَفّارَةً بِدَمِهِ لِخَطايا كُلِّ مَنْ يُؤمِنُ. وَهَذا يُؤَكِّدُ أنَّ اللهَ بارٌّ، حَيثُ تَرَكَ الخَطايا الَّتِي ارتُكِبَتْ فِي الماضِي دُونَ عِقابٍ،

26 I t was to demonstrate and prove at the present time ( in the now season) that He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

بِسَبَبِ إمهالِهِ. وَهوَ بارٌّ فِي الحاضِرِ أيضاً. وَهَكَذا هُوَ بارٌّ، وَهُوَ يُبَرِّرُ أيضاً الَّذِينَ يُؤمِنُونَ بِيَسُوعَ.

27 T hen what becomes of pride and boasting? It is excluded (banished, ruled out entirely). On what principle? of doing good deeds? No, but on the principle of faith.

فَهَلْ هُناكَ مَجالٌ لِلتَّباهِي؟ لا مَجالَ لِذَلِكَ، لِأنَّنا نَعتَمِدُ عَلَى أساسِ الإيمانِ لا عَلَى أعمالِنا.

28 F or we hold that a man is justified and made upright by faith independent of and distinctly apart from good deeds (works of the Law).

رَأينا إذاً أنَّ الإنسانَ يَتَبَرَّرُ بِالإيمانِ، لا بِأعمالِ الشَّريعَةِ.

29 O r is God merely of Jews? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

أمْ لَعَلَّ اللهَ لِليَهُودِ فَقَط؟ أفَلَيسَ اللهُ لِغَيرِ اليَهُودِ أيضاً؟ بَلَى، هُوَ لِغَيرِ اليَهُودِ أيضاً.

30 S ince it is one and the same God Who will justify the circumcised by faith '> which germinated from Abraham] and the uncircumcised through their faith..

فَاللهُ واحِدٌ، وَهُوَ يُبَرِّرُ اليَهُودَ وَغَيرَ اليَهُودِ بِالإيمانِ.

31 D o we then by faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law.

فَهَلْ نُلغِي الشَّرِيعَةَ بِقَولِنا: «التَّبريرُ بِالإيمانِ؟» بِالطَّبعِ لا! بَلْ إنَّنا نُحافِظُ عَلَى الشَّرِيعَةِ.