Lettera ai Romani 3

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Quid ergo amplius est Iudaeo, aut quae utilitas circumcisionis?	1 What advantage then hath the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?
2 Multum per omnem modum. Primum quidem, quia credita sunt illis eloquia Dei.	2 Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them.
3 Quid enim, si quidam non crediderunt? Numquid incredulitas illorum fidem Deievacuabit?	3 For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid.
4 Absit! Exstet autem Deus verax, omnis autem homo mendax, sicut scriptum est:“ Ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis et vincas cum iudicaris ”.	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 Si autem iniustitia nostra iustitiam Dei commendat, quid dicemus? Numquidiniustus Deus, qui infert iram? Secundum hominem dico.	5 But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath?
6 Absit! Alioquin quomodo iudicabit Deus mundum?	6 (I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world?
7 Si enim veritas Dei in meo mendacio abundavit in gloriam ipsius, quid adhuc etego tamquam peccator iudicor?	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 Et non, sicut blasphemamur, et sicut aiuntquidam nos dicere: “ Faciamus mala, ut veniant bona ”? Quorum damnatio iustaest.	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 Quid igitur? Praecellimus eos? Nequaquam! Antea enim causati sumusIudaeos et Graecos omnes sub peccato esse,	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 sicut scriptum est: “ Non est iustus quisquam,	10 As it is written: There is not any man just.
11 non est intellegens, non est requirens Deum.	11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 Omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt; non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.	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 Sepulcrum patens est guttur eorum, linguis suis dolose agebant, venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum,	13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.
14 quorum os maledictione et amaritudine plenum est;	14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem,	15 Their feet swift to shed blood:
16 contritio et infelicitas in viis eorum,	16 Destruction and misery in their ways:
17 et viam pacis non cognoverunt.	17 And the way of peace they have not known:
18 Non est timor Dei ante oculos eorum ”.	18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Scimus autem quoniam, quaecumque lex loquitur, his, qui in lege sunt,loquitur, ut omne os obstruatur, et obnoxius fiat omnis mundus Deo;	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 quia exoperibus legis non iustificabitur omnis caro coram illo, per legem enim cognitiopeccati.	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 Nunc autem sine lege iustitia Dei manifestata est, testificata a Lege etProphetis,	21 But now without the law the justice of God is made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
22 iustitia autem Dei per fidem Iesu Christi, in omnes, qui credunt.Non enim est distinctio:	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 omnes enim peccaverunt et egent gloria Dei,	23 For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God.
24 iustificati gratis per gratiam ipsius per redemptionem, quae est in ChristoIesu;	24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption, that is in Christ Jesus,
25 quem proposuit Deus propitiatorium per fidem in sanguine ipsius adostensionem iustitiae suae, cum praetermisisset praecedentia delicta	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 insustentatione Dei, ad ostensionem iustitiae eius in hoc tempore, ut sit ipseiustus et iustificans eum, qui ex fide est Iesu.	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 Ubi est ergo gloriatio? Exclusa est. Per quam legem? Operum? Non, sed perlegem fidei.	27 Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
28 Arbitramur enim iustificari hominem per fidem sine operibuslegis.	28 For we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.
29 An Iudaeorum Deus tantum? Nonne et gentium? Immo et gentium,	29 Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.
30 quoniam quidem unus Deus, qui iustificabit circumcisionem ex fide et praeputiumper fidem.	30 For it is one God, that justifieth circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Legem ergo destruimus per fidem? Absit, sed legem statuimus.	31 Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.