1 ¶ Pablo, siervo de Jesús, el Cristo, llamado a ser apóstol, apartado para el Evangelio de Dios,

From Paul, a bond servant of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) called to be an apostle, (a special messenger) set apart to the Gospel (good news) of and from God,

2 ( que él había antes prometido por sus profetas en las santas Escrituras,)

Which He promised in advance through His prophets in the sacred Scriptures—

3 d e su Hijo, (el cual le nació de la simiente de David según la carne;

regarding His Son, Who as to the flesh (His human nature) was descended from David,

4 e l cual fue declarado Hijo de Dios con potencia, según el Espíritu de santificación, por la resurrección de los muertos), de Jesús, el Cristo, Señor nuestro,

And according to the Spirit of holiness was openly designated the Son of God in power by His resurrection from the dead, even Jesus Christ our Lord (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

5 p or el cual recibimos la gracia y el apostolado, para hacer que se obedezca a la fe entre todos los gentiles en su Nombre,

It is through Him that we have received grace (God’s unmerited favor) and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith and make disciples for His name’s sake among all the nations,

6 d e los cuales sois también vosotros, los llamados de Jesús, el Cristo;

And this includes you, called of Jesus Christ and invited to belong to Him.

7 a todos los que estáis en Roma, amados de Dios, llamados a ser santos: Gracia y paz tengáis de Dios nuestro Padre, y del Señor Jesús, el Cristo.

To all God’s beloved ones in Rome, called to be saints and designated for a consecrated life: Grace and spiritual blessing and peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 ¶ Primeramente, doy gracias a mi Dios por Jesús, el Cristo, acerca de todos vosotros, de que vuestra fe es predicada en todo el mundo.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is made known to all the world and is commended everywhere.

9 P orque testigo me es Dios, al cual sirvo en mi espíritu en el Evangelio de su Hijo, que sin cesar me acuerdo de vosotros siempre en mis oraciones,

For God is my witness, Whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel and the good news of His Son, how incessantly I always mention you when at my prayers.

10 r ogando, si al fin tendré, por la voluntad de Dios, próspero viaje para ir a vosotros.

I keep pleading that somehow by God’s will I may now at last prosper and come to you.

11 P orque deseo veros, para repartir con vosotros algún don espiritual, para confirmaros;

For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart and share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen and establish you;

12 p ara ser juntamente consolado con vosotros por la común fe, vuestra y mía.

That is, that we may be mutually strengthened and encouraged and comforted by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

13 P ero no quiero, hermanos, que ignoréis que muchas veces me he propuesto ir a vosotros (pero hasta ahora he sido estorbado), para tener también entre vosotros algún fruto, como entre los otros gentiles.

I want you to know, brethren, that many times I have planned and intended to come to you, though thus far I have been hindered and prevented, in order that I might have some fruit (some result of my labors) among you, as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.

14 A griegos y a bárbaros, a sabios y a no sabios soy deudor.

Both to Greeks and to barbarians (to the cultured and to the uncultured), both to the wise and the foolish, I have an obligation to discharge and a duty to perform and a debt to pay.

15 A sí que, en cuanto a mí, presto estoy a anunciar el Evangelio también a los que estáis en Roma.

So, for my part, I am willing and eagerly ready to preach the Gospel to you also who are in Rome.

16 ¶ Porque no me avergüenzo del Evangelio del Cristo, porque es potencia de Dios para dar salud a todo aquel que cree; al judío primeramente y también al griego.

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God’s power working unto salvation to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek,

17 P orque en él la justicia de Dios se descubre de fe en fe. Como está escrito: Mas el justo vivirá por la fe.

For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith. As it is written, The man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith.

18 P orque manifiesta es la ira de Dios del cielo contra toda impiedad e injusticia de los hombres, que detienen la verdad con injusticia;

For God’s wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative.

19 ¶ porque lo que de Dios se conoce, a ellos es manifiesto; porque Dios se lo manifestó.

For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God has shown it to them.

20 P orque las cosas invisibles de él; su eterna potencia y divinidad, se ven entendidas por la creación del mundo, y por las cosas que son hechas, para que no haya excusa;

For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So are without excuse,

21 p orque habiendo conocido a Dios, no le glorificaron como a Dios, ni le dieron gracias; antes se desvanecieron en sus fantasías, y el tonto corazón de ellos fue entenebrecido.

Because when they knew and recognized Him as God, they did not honor and glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. But instead they became futile and godless in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.

22 D iciéndose ser sabios, se hicieron fatuos,

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

23 y trocaron la gloria del Dios incorruptible en semejanza de imagen de hombre corruptible, y de aves, y de animales de cuatro pies, y de serpientes.

And by them the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God were exchanged for and represented by images, resembling mortal man and birds and beasts and reptiles.

24 P or lo cual también Dios los entregó a las concupiscencias de sus corazones para inmundicia, para que contaminaran sus cuerpos entre sí mismos;

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to sexual impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

25 l os cuales mudaron la verdad de Dios en mentira, honrando y sirviendo a las criaturas antes que al Creador, el cual es bendito por los siglos. Amén.

Because they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen (so be it).

26 P or lo cual Dios los entregó a afectos vergonzosos; pues aun sus mujeres mudaron el natural uso en el uso que es contra naturaleza;

For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one,

27 y del mismo modo también los machos, dejando el uso natural de las hembras, se encendieron en sus concupiscencias los unos con los otros, cometiendo cosas nefandas machos con machos, y recibiendo en sí mismos la recompensa que provino de su error.

And the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust for one another—men committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies and personalities the inevitable consequences and penalty of their wrong-doing and going astray, which was fitting retribution.

28 Y como a ellos no les pareció tener a Dios en cuenta, Dios los entregó a perverso entendimiento, para que hicieran lo que no conviene,

And so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or approve of Him or consider Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome,

29 a testados de toda iniquidad, de fornicación, de malicia, de avaricia, de maldad, llenos de envidia, de homicidios, de contiendas, de engaños, de malignidades,

Until they were filled (permeated and saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, iniquity, grasping and covetous greed, and malice. full of envy and jealousy, murder, strife, deceit and treachery, ill will and cruel ways. secret backbiters and gossipers,

30 m urmuradores, detractores, aborrecedores de Dios, injuriosos, soberbios, altivos, inventores de males, desobedientes a los padres,

Slanderers, hateful to and hating God, full of insolence, arrogance, boasting; inventors of new forms of evil, disobedient and undutiful to parents.

31 n ecios, desleales, sin afecto natural, implacables, sin misericordia;

without understanding, conscienceless and faithless, heartless and loveless merciless.

32 q ue habiendo entendido la justicia de Dios, no entendieron que los que hacen tales cosas son dignos de muerte; no sólo los que las hacen, más aun los que consienten a los que las hacen.

Though they are fully aware of God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them themselves but approve and applaud others who practice them.