1 וְעַתָּה מַה־הוּא יִתְרוֹן הַיְּהוּדִי וּמַה־הִיא תּוֹעֶלֶת הַמִּילָה | 1 What advantage then hath the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? |
2 הַרְבֵּה מִכָּל־פָּנִים בָּרִאשׁוֹן כִּי־הָפְקְדוּ בְיָדָם דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים | 2 Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them. |
3 כִּי מַה־הוּא אִם־מִקְצָתָם לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ הַיְבַטֵּל חֶסְרוֹן אֱמוּנָתָם אֶת־אֱמוּנַת אֱלֹהִים | 3 For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid. |
4 חָלִילָה אֲבָל יְהִי הָאֵל הוּא הַנֶּאֱמָן וְכָל־הָאָדָם כֹּזֵב כַּכָּתוּב לְמַעַן־תִּצְדַּק בִּדְבָרֶךָ תִּזְכֶּה בְשָׁפְטֶךָ | 4 But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged. |
5 וְאִם־עַוְלָתֵנוּ תְּרוֹמֵם אֶת־צִדְקַת הָאֱלֹהִים מַה־נֹּאמַר הֲכִי יֶשׁ־עָוֶל בֵּאלֹהִים הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ לְפִי דֶרֶךְ בְּנֵי־אָדָם אָנֹכִי מְדַבֵּר | 5 But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath? |
6 חָלִילָה שֶׁאִם־כֵּן אֵיךְ־יִשְׁפֹּט הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָעוֹלָם | 6 (I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world? |
7 כִּי אִם־עַל־יְדֵי כְזָבִי תִּרְבֶּה וְתִפְרֹץ אֱמֶת אֱלֹהִים לִתְהִלָּתוֹ לָמָּה זֶּה אֲנִי אֶשָּׁפֵט עוֹד כְּחוֹטֵא | 7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie, unto his glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner? |
8 וְלֹא נַעֲשֶׂה כִּדְבַר מְחָרֲפֵינוּ וּמִקְצָת מוֹצִיאֵי דִבָּה עָלֵינוּ לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה אֹמְרִים נַעֲשֶׂה הָרַע לְמַעַן יֵצֵא הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר דִּינָם יָבֹא עֲלֵיהֶם בְּצֶדֶק | 8 And not rather (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil, that there may come good? whose damnation is just. |
9 וְעַתָּה מַה־הוּא הֲיֶשׁ־לָנוּ מַעֲלָה יְתֵרָה לֹא בִמְאוּמָה כְּבָר הוֹכַחְנוּ כִּי גַם־הַיְּהוּדִים גַּם־הַיְּוָנִים כֻּלָּם הֵם תַּחַת הַחֵטְא | 9 What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews, and Greeks, that they are all under sin. |
10 כַּכָּתוּב אֵין צַדִּיק אֵין גַּם־אֶחָד | 10 As it is written: There is not any man just. |
11 אֵין מַשְׂכִּיל אֵין־דֹּרֵשׁ אֶת־אֱלֹהִים | 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. |
12 הַכֹּל סָר יַחְדָּו נֶאֱלָחוּ אֵין עֹשֵׂה־טוֹב אֵין גַּם־אֶחָד | 12 All have turned out of the way; they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one. |
13 קֶבֶר פָּתוּחַ גְּרוֹנָם לְשׁוֹנָם יַחֲלִיקוּן חֲמַת עַכְשׁוּב תַּחַת שְׂפָתֵימוֹ | 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips. |
14 אֲשֶׁר אָלָה פִּיהֶם מָלֵא וּמְרֹרוֹת | 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: |
15 רַגְלֵיהֶם יְמַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּם | 15 Their feet swift to shed blood: |
16 שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר בִּמְסִלֹּתָם | 16 Destruction and misery in their ways: |
17 וְדֶרֶךְ שָׁלוֹם לֹא יָדָעוּ | 17 And the way of peace they have not known: |
18 אֵין־פַּחַד אֱלֹהִים לְנֶגֶד עֵינֵיהֶם | 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. |
19 וַאֲנַחְנוּ יָדַעְנוּ כִּי כָל־מַה־שֶּׁאָמְרָה הַתּוֹרָה מְדַבֶּרֶת אֶל־אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת הַתּוֹרָה לְמַעַן יִסָּכֵר כָּל־פֶּה וְהָיָה כָל־הָעוֹלָם מְחֻיָּב לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים | 19 Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God. |
20 יַעַן אֲשֶׁר מִמַּעֲשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה לֹא־יִצְדַּק לְפָנָיו כָּל־בָּשָׂר כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַתּוֹרָה דַּעַת הַחֵטְא | 20 Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin. |
21 וְעַתָּה בִּבְלִי תוֹרָה צִדְקַת אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יָצָאָה אֲשֶׁר הֵעִידוּ עָלֶיהָ הַתּוֹרָה וְהַנְּבִיאִים | 21 But now without the law the justice of God is made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. |
22 וְהִיא צִדְקַת אֱלֹהִים בֶּאֱמוּנַת יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֶל־כֹּל וְעַל־כֹּל אֲשֶׁר הֶאֱמִינוּ בוֹ כִּי אֵין הַבְדֵּל | 22 Even the justice of God, by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe in him: for there is no distinction: |
23 כִּי־כֻלָּם חָטָאוּ וְחַסְרֵי־כְבוֹד אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה | 23 For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God. |
24 וְנִצְדְּקוּ חִנָּם בְּחַסְדּוֹ עַל־יְדֵי הַפְּדוּת אֲשֶׁר הָיְתָה בַּמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ | 24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption, that is in Christ Jesus, |
25 אֲשֶׁר שָׂמוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים לְפָנֵינוּ לְכַפֹּרֶת עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה בְּדָמוֹ לְהַרְאוֹת אֶת־צִדְקָתוֹ אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר־הֶעֱבִיר אֶת־הַחֲטָאִים שֶׁנַּעֲשֹוּ לְפָנִים בְּעֵת חֶמְלַת אֱלֹהִים | 25 Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins, |
26 לְהַרְאוֹת אֶת־צִדְקָתוֹ בָּעֵת הַזֹּאת לִהְיוֹתוֹ צַדִּיק וּמַצְדִּיק אֶת־בֶּן־אֱמוּנַת יֵשׁוּעַ | 26 Through the forbearance of God, for the shewing of his justice in this time; that he himself may be just, and the justifier of him, who is of the faith of Jesus Christ. |
27 וְעַתָּה אַיֵּה הַהִתְהַלְלוּת הֲלֹא נִשְׁבָּתָה וְעַל־יְדֵי תוֹרַת־מָה הַעַל־יְדֵי־תוֹרַת הַמַּעֲשִׂים לֹא כִּי עַל־יְדֵי תּוֹרַת הָאֱמוּנָה | 27 Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. |
28 לָכֵן נַחֲשֹׁב כִּי בֶאֱמוּנָה יִצְדַּק הָאָדָם בִּבְלִי מַעֲשֵׂי תוֹרָה | 28 For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law. |
29 אוֹ הַאֱלֹהִים רַק אֱלֹהֵי הַיְּהוּדִים הֲלֹא גַם אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם אָכֵן גַּם־אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם הוּא | 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also. |
30 כִּי אֶחָד הָאֱלֹהִים הַמַּצְדִּיק אֶת־הַמּוּלִים מִתּוֹךְ הָאֱמוּנָה וְאֶת־הָעֲרֵלִים עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה | 30 For it is one God, that justifieth circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. |
31 וְעַתָּה הַמְבַטְּלִים אֲנַחְנוּ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה עַל־יְדֵי הָאֱמוּנָה חָלִילָה אַךְ מְקַיְּמִים אֲנַחְנוּ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה | 31 Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law. |