15:1 Debemus autem nos firmiores imbecillitates infirmorum sustinere, et non nobis placere.

15:1 Now, we that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.

15:2 Unusquisque vestrum proximo suo placeat in bonum, ad ædificationem.

15:2 Let every one of you Please his neighbour unto good, to edification.

15:3 Etenim Christus non sibi placuit, sed sicut scriptum est : Improperia improperantium tibi ceciderunt super me.

15:3 For Christ did not please himself: but, as it is written: The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

15:4 Quæcumque enim scripta sunt, ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt : ut per patientiam, et consolationem Scripturarum, spem habeamus.

15:4 For what things soever were written were written for our learning: that, through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might have hope.

15:5 Deus autem patientiæ et solatii det vobis idipsum sapere in alterutrum secundum Jesum Christum :

15:5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind, one towards another, according to Jesus Christ:

15:6 ut unanimes, uno ore honorificetis Deum et patrem Domini nostri Jesu Christi.

15:6 That with one mind and with one mouth you may glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15:7 Propter quod suscipite invicem, sicut et Christus suscepit vos in honorem Dei.

15:7 Wherefore, receive one another, as Christ also hath received you, unto the honour of God.

15:8 Dico enim Christum Jesum ministrum fuisse circumcisionis propter veritatem Dei, ad confirmandas promissiones patrum :

15:8 For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

15:9 gentes autem super misericordia honorare Deum, sicut scriptum est : Propterea confitebor tibi in gentibus, Domine, et nomini tuo cantabo.

15:9 But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles and will sing to thy name.

15:10 Et iterum dicit : Lætamini gentes cum plebe ejus.

15:10 And again he saith: rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people.

15:11 Et iterum : Laudate omnes gentes Dominum : et magnificate eum omnes populi.

15:11 And again: praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles: and magnify him, all ye people.

15:12 Et rursus Isaias ait : Erit radix Jesse, et qui exsurget regere gentes, in eum gentes sperabunt.

15:12 And again, Isaias saith: There shall be a root of Jesse; and he that shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, in him the Gentiles shall hope.

15:13 Deus autem spei repleat vos omni gaudio, et pace in credendo : ut abundetis in spe, et virtute Spiritus Sancti.

15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing: that you may abound in hope and in the power of the Holy Ghost.

15:14 Certus sum autem fratres mei et ego ipse de vobis, quoniam et ipsi pleni estis dilectione, repleti omni scientia, ita ut possitis alterutrum monere.

15:14 And I myself also, my brethren, am assured of you that you also are full of love, replenished with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another.

15:15 Audacius autem scripsi vobis fratres ex parte, tamquam in memoriam vos reducens : propter gratiam, quæ data est mihi a Deo,

15:15 But I have written to you, brethren, more boldly in some sort, as it were putting you in mind, because of the grace which is given me from God,

15:16 ut sim minister Christi Jesu in gentibus : sanctificans Evangelium Dei, ut fiat oblatio gentium accepta, et sanctificata in Spiritu Sancto.

15:16 That I should be the minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles: sanctifying the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and sanctified in the Holy Ghost.

15:17 Habeo igitur gloriam in Christo Jesu ad Deum.

15:17 I have therefore glory in Christ Jesus towards God.

15:18 Non enim audeo aliquid loqui eorum, quæ per me non efficit Christus in obedientiam gentium, verbo et factis :

15:18 For I dare not to speak of any of those things which Christ worketh not by me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

15:19 in virtute signorum, et prodigiorum, in virtute Spiritus Sancti : ita ut ab Jerusalem per circuitum usque ad Illyricum repleverim Evangelium Christi.

15:19 By the virtue of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Ghost, so that from Jerusalem round about, as far as unto Illyricum, I have replenished the gospel of Christ.

15:20 Sic autem prædicavi Evangelium hoc, non ubi nominatus est Christus, ne super alienum fundamentum ædificarem :

15:20 And I have so preached this gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man a foundation.

15:21 sed sicut scriptum est : Quibus non est annuntiatum de eo, videbunt : et qui non audierunt, intelligent.

15:21 But as it is written: They to whom he was not spoken of shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

15:22 Propter quod et impediebar plurimum venire ad vos, et prohibitus sum usque adhuc.

15:22 For which cause also, I was hindered very much from coming to you and have been kept away till now.

15:23 Nunc vero ulterius locum non habens in his regionibus, cupiditatem autem habens veniendi ad vos ex multis jam præcedentibus annis :

15:23 But now, having no more place in these countries and having a great desire these many years past to come unto you,

15:24 cum in Hispaniam proficisci cœpero, spero quod præteriens videam vos, et a vobis deducar illuc, si vobis primum ex parte fruitus fuero.

15:24 When I shall begin to take my journey into Spain, I hope that, as I pass, I shall see you and be brought on my way thither by you: if first, in part, I shall have enjoyed you.

15:25 Nunc igitur proficiscar in Jerusalem ministrare sanctis.

15:25 But now I shall go to Jerusalem, to minister unto the saints.

15:26 Probaverunt enim Macedonia et Achaia collationem aliquam facere in pauperes sanctorum, qui sunt in Jerusalem.

15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a contribution for the poor of the saints that are in Jerusalem.

15:27 Placuit enim eis : et debitores sunt eorum. Nam si spiritualium eorum participes facti sunt gentiles, debent et in carnalibus ministrare illis.

15:27 For it hath pleased them: and they are their debtors. For, if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they ought also in carnal things to minister to them.

15:28 Hoc igitur cum consummavero, et assignavero eis fructum hunc, per vos proficiscar in Hispaniam.

15:28 When therefore I shall have accomplished this and consigned to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

15:29 Scio autem quoniam veniens ad vos, in abundantia benedictionis Evangelii Christi veniam.

15:29 And I know that when I come to you I shall come in the abundance of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

15:30 Obsecro ergo vos fratres per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, et per caritatem Sancti Spiritus, ut adjuvetis me in orationibus vestris pro me ad Deum,

15:30 I beseech you therefore, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ and by the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you help me in your prayers for me to God,

15:31 ut liberer ab infidelibus, qui sunt in Judæa, et obsequii mei oblatio accepta fiat in Jerusalem sanctis,

15:31 That I may be delivered from the unbelievers that are in Judea and that the oblation of my service may be acceptable in Jerusalem to the saints.

15:32 ut veniam ad vos in gaudio per voluntatem Dei, et refrigerer vobiscum.

15:32 That I may come to you with joy, by the will of God, and may be refreshed with you.

15:33 Deus autem pacis sit cum omnibus vobis. Amen.

15:33 Now the God of peace be with, you all. Amen.