Romanos 1

I ma Páblo xu jek u tzij chique

1 Yin in a-Páblo quin tzʼibaj bi i wuj-i chiwe; in rajchac i Jesucrísto, man i Dios xin u chaʼo; xin u siqʼuij che in patan-i chi in rapóstol, y xin u tak bi chu paxsaxic i ʼutz laj tzij re i ʼelbal chi sak.
2 I Dios ʼax u bim wi chi cu yijba jun ʼelsabal-ke chi sak; i ʼutz laj tzij-le qui tzʼibam i je ajbil u tzij ire ujer chupam i loʼlaj wuj chi xqui tzʼibaj canok. 3 Are i tzij-le, are u cʼunbal i Kajwal Jesucrísto chi u Cʼojol i Dios. Ire, are xalax chuwach i jyub taʼaj, are jun chique u muk u xiquin i mam David, 4 xui-ri, ire lic u Cʼojol i Dios, lic nim u choʼab; ile xa ʼalijinsax chake rumal i loʼlaj u Tewal i Dios are xwalij wi li Jesucrísto chiquixol i camnak. 5 Rumal i Crísto, i Dios u yom chake coj ʼe chu paxsaxic u tzijol i u Cʼojol-le, man niʼpa tak i tinimit chuwach i jyub taʼaj, ʼo ni winak quiqui cuba na qui cʼux che, xak quiqui ʼan na pacha i cu bij,

6 queje pacha yix, man xak ix u siqʼuim ruʼ, coʼonbej chiwe ix re i Jesucrísto.

7 Quin tzʼibaj bi iri chiwe, iwonojel yix ix cristian chila pa Róma; i Dios quix raj, xak ix u siqʼuim ruʼ, ʼanbal chiwe chi lic ix re ire. I Ta chicaj, xak i Kajwal Jesucrísto chiqui ya utzil chomal chiwe, xak i uxlambal i cʼux.

I ma Páblo craj que u solij i cristian aj Róma

12 Are i cwaj yin, caka ya ni u cowil ka cʼux chakawach are cakilo wach u cubibal ka cʼux che i Jesucrísto chaka jujunal.
13 Ix wachalal, cwaj quiwetamaj chi qʼuialmul in chʼobom chi quix ʼe wila, xui-ri n-yatal ta chwe. Cwaj yin quin ʼan na chique jujun chila chi xak ique quiqui jach na quib puʼab i Crísto, queje pacha in ʼanom pa tak juban chic tinimit. 14 Yin, chinkul ʼo wi u cʼutic chique conojel, n-ta coʼono we je tijojtalic chi winak, o we ne te tijojtalic, we ʼo quetaʼam, o n-ta quetaʼam, yin pacha ʼo in cʼas cuʼ.

15 Rumal-i, lic cwaj yin xak quin paxsaj i ʼutz laj tzij re i Dios chila pa Róma.

Wach cu ʼan i ʼutz laj tzij re i Dios pa ka cʼaslemal

17 I ʼutz laj tzij-le, cu cʼut chake wach u ʼonquil chi n-ta ka mac chuwach i Dios. I u ʼonquil cu ʼan chake, are rumal u cubibal ka cʼux che i Kajwal; xa rumal u cubibal ka cʼux che coj oʼon ʼutz chuwach i Dios. Man queje iri tzʼibtal chupam u wuj i Dios ujer: “Niʼpa i n-ta chic qui mac chuwach i Dios, ʼo qui cʼaslemal sakil rumal u cubibal qui cʼux che i Kajwal.” (Queje ile tzʼibtal canokt.)

Conojel i winak ʼo qui mac chuwach i Dios

23 N-xqui coj tu ʼij i cʼaslic Dios chi n-ca cam taj; xa are xqui coj u ʼij qui qʼuexwach winak chi xa que camic, xak qui qʼuexwach itzel tak chicop, pacha tak i tzʼiquin, tak i cumatz, tak i chicop cajib cakan.
24 Rumal-i, i Dios xe roʼtaj i winak chupam i qui mac; xu ya chique wach u rayijbal qui cʼux chi n-ʼus taj; quiqui ʼan tak i n-chʼam taj chiquiwach, chi lic qʼuixbal.

25 Queje ile xqui ʼano man n-qui cojom ti sak laj tzij re i Dios, xa are xqui coj i tʼoronic laj tzij. Xa are qui cojom qui ʼij niʼpa tak i xa je ʼantalic, xa qui ʼanom qui patan chirij tak ile; n-xqui coj tu ʼij i Dios chi xa ʼanaw niʼpa i ʼolic. Are ire lic ca majaw che, caka coj u ʼij queʼe ʼij sak chirij. Amen (katzij).
26 Rumal-i, i Dios je roʼtam chu ʼonquil i n-ʼus ta laj tak u rayijbal i qui chʼacul, chi lic qʼuixbal. I ixokib xqui canaj can usucʼ i qui rayijbal cuʼ achiab y xqui rayij quib chiquiwach.

27 Xak queje i achiab, xqui canaj can usucʼ i qui rayijbal cuʼ ixokib y xqui rayij quib ique je achiab piqui qʼuexel ixokib. Quiqui ʼan nimak tak qʼuixbal chiquiwach; quituquel quiqui petsaj i tojpen piquiwi rumal i n-ʼus taj quiqui ʼano.
28 Ique n-cacaj ta quiqui ta u be usucʼ chi ire lic Dios, rumal-i, xe roʼtaj puʼab i itzel laj tak qui nojbal. Xu ya chique quiqui ʼan na ʼuri wach tak i n-ca majaw taj. 29 Ique lic qui yom quib chu ʼonquil itzel tak ʼanic; ca quetzʼbej qui ʼij chiquiwach cuʼ ixokib; toʼ quiqui ʼan i n-ʼus taj; xak quiqui rayij u wach ubitak-que chiquiwach; quiqui tzucuj i cʼax chiquij i juban; toʼ ca titat qui pam chique i juban; toʼ que camsanic; toʼ chʼoʼoj quiqui ʼano; toʼ que tʼoronic; toʼ quiqui chʼob i n-ʼus taj chiquij i juban, xak je aj tzucul tzij. 30 Toʼ quiqui yac tzij chiquij i juban; tzel quiquil i Dios; je toʼtanel; toʼ nim qui ʼij qui ʼanom che quib; toʼ nim que chʼawic. Je nucʼul re i n-ʼus taj; n-que cojon ta chique i qui kajaw qui chuch. 31 N-cacaj ta quiqui ta u be i ʼutz; n-quiqui ʼan taj pacha i quiqui bij; n-ta cʼaxnabal qui cʼux, mi xa ta che jun; n-que cuyun taj; n-caquil ta toʼbal qui wach i juban. 32 Ique quetaʼam wach u chʼobom i Dios chi cu ʼan na: ire u bim chi niʼpa i que ʼanaw queje ile, ca majawic chi que camic. Ique, bi que che ile; cʼa que tijin chu ʼanic. N-xui ta la ile, xak que quicotic we ʼo juban chic queje quiqui ʼan ile.

Romans 1

1 From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle chosen and called by God to preach his Good News.
2 The Good News was promised long ago by God through his prophets, as written in the Holy Scriptures. 3 It is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: as to his humanity, he was born a descendant of David; 4 as to his divine holiness, he was shown with great power to be the Son of God by being raised from death. 5 Through him God gave me the privilege of being an apostle for the sake of Christ, in order to lead people of all nations to believe and obey.

6 This also includes you who are in Rome, whom God has called to belong to Jesus Christ.

7 And so I write to all of you in Rome whom God loves and has called to be his own people:
May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

Prayer of Thanksgiving

12 What I mean is that both you and I will be helped at the same time, you by my faith and I by yours.
13 You must remember, my brothers and sisters, that many times I have planned to visit you, but something has always kept me from doing so. I want to win converts among you also, as I have among other Gentiles.t 14 For I have an obligation to all peoples, to the civilized and to the savage, to the educated and to the ignorant.

15 So then, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who live in Rome.

The Power of the Gospel

17 For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says, “The person who is put right with God through faith shall live.”tt

The Guilt of the Human Race

23 instead of worshipping the immortal God, they worship images made to look like mortal human beings or birds or animals or reptiles.t
24 And so God has given those people over to do the filthy things their hearts desire, and they do shameful things with each other.

25 They exchange the truth about God for a lie; they worship and serve what God has created instead of the Creator himself, who is to be praised for ever! Amen.
26 Because they do this, God has given them over to shameful passions. Even the women pervert the natural use of their sex by unnatural acts.

27 In the same way the men give up natural sexual relations with women and burn with passion for each other. Men do shameful things with each other, and as a result they bring upon themselves the punishment they deserve for their wrongdoing.
28 Because those people refuse to keep in mind the true knowledge about God, he has given them over to corrupted minds, so that they do the things that they should not do. 29 They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and vice; they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip 30 and speak evil of one another; they are hateful to God, insolent,t proud, and boastful; they think of more ways to do evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no conscience; they do not keep their promises, and they show no kindness or pity for others. 32 They know that God's law says that people who live in this way deserve death. Yet, not only do they continue to do these very things, but they even approve of others who do them.