Romawa 4
1 Ki tre ndi ngye nitu Ibrahim Bachi mbu u kpa afe?
What advantage then shall we say that Abraham our father had as to the flesh?
2 Ibrahim andi fe kpa chuwo nitu nduma, andi na wruwo ni san, wruwo ni san ma ndina he ni shishi Irji na.
For if Abraham was accepted as righteous through works, he hath ground of boasting. But he hath no ground of boasting before God.
3 Ahi ngye nassi hla? Ibrahim a kpanyime ni Irji, u baka bla yo niwu ndi ahi ndi tsratsra.
For what saith the scripture? “Abraham had faith in God, and it was accounted unto him as righteousness.”
4 Zizan wawu wa a tie ndu'a, bana bla lulu ma yo ni mi tsratsra na, bayo ni kpe wa a he u ma.
Now to him that performeth works, the reward is not accounted a matter of grace, but of debt;
5 Wawu wa ana he ni ndu na, a kpa nyime niwa ani wruhle nibi lahtre'a ba bla yo suron ma ni son tsratsra.
but to him who without performing works hath faith in him who accepteth as righteous one that hath been ungodly, his faith is accounted as righteousness;
6 Dauda a tre tre lulu nitu nji wa Irji bla yo nimi tsratsra hama ni ndu'a
as David also speaketh of the blessedness of the man whom God accepteth as righteous without works:
7 A tre ndi, “Lulu he nitu biwa ba wru lah tre mba hle'a ni biwa ba ka lah tre mba kaka ni bawu'a.
“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Lulu he nitu nji wa Irji na bla lah tre ma memle'e mu na'a.”
Blessed is the man whom the Lord shall not charge with sin.”
9 U lulu yi he nitu biwa ba yonji ni bawu ka gji, ka nitu biwa bana yonji ni bawu ngame'a na?
Doth this blessedness belong to the circumcised alone, or to the uncircumcised also? For we are saying that Abraham's faith was accounted as righteousness.
10 Ba bla yo niwu nihe? Ahe ni nton wa ba yonji ni Ibrahim ka ni nton wa ba na rhi he yo nji niwu'a? Ana he ni nton wa ba yo nji niwu'a na, a heni nto wa bana yo nji niwu'a na.
How then was it so accounted? After his circumcision, or while he was uncircumcised? Not after he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.
11 Ibrahim kpa ngban u yo nji'a. Wawu yi a he hatimi (seal) u yo suron wa a he niwu rhi ni nton wa ana yo nji rhi na. A tie wayi ndu ka tie tie bi wa ba yo suron'a, amma bana yo nji ni bawu rhi na, ndi duba blaba yo nimi bi wa ba tsratsra me'a.
And he received the outward sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all the uncircumcised who have faith, so that righteousness might be put to their account also;
12 Ahi tie biwa ba yo nji ni bawu'a, ana wa ba yo nji migyen na, bi wa ba zren ni nkon ndindi wa Ibrahim a hu rhi nda fe yo nji'a.
and that he might be the father of the circumcised, who are not circumcised merely, but who tread in the steps of that faith which our father Abraham had while yet uncircumcised.
13 Alkawali wa bana tie ni Ibrahim ni hama ndi ani gaje (heir) mgbumgblu'a ana doka na a rhi ni tsratsra u yo suron.
For not through the Law was the promise made to Abraham or his offspring that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 Biwa bana son nitu doka ba ni gaji koh Irji'a, iyo suron ani migyen (empty), u alikawali a ndi na kpe na.
For if they that are of the Law are heirs, then faith becometh a vain thing, and the promise is made of no effect.
15 Doka ni nji nfu ye, doka nita hama lah tre hamma.
For the Law is the cause of wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.
16 Ani tu tre yiyi ani kponji, ni ndu nno nyu mba ndu si nitu zizi nda bwu (nno) nkon ni grji Ibrahim.
Therefore the inheritance was made to depend on faith, that it might be a matter of grace; that the promise might be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is under the Law, but to that also which hath the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
17 Na wa ba nha, “Mi chu ndu he tie u mgbumgblu gbugbu'u” Ibrahim ahe ni shishi ndji wa a kpau nyime'a, wato Irji wa ani nu vri (life) ni biwa ba gyu nda ndu kpe biwa bana he na ndu ba he.
(as it is written, “I have made thee a father of many nations”) in the sight of that God whom he believed, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
18 Ibrahim a kpa nyime ni Irji nitu kpe wa ba he ni ko shishi'a. Na kati tie ni mgbumgblu gbugbuwu, ni tu kpe wa ba hla niwu'a, igrji me ba he naki.
For he had confident hope in that which was past hope, that he should become a father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, “Thus shall thy offspring be;”
19 Ana khwumgble ni yo suron mana, a kpa nyime ndi wawu ceye, don ana tie whewhre ni se dari, a kpa nyime ndi ikrju (Womb) Saratu na nji vren ngana.
and not being weak in faith, he regarded not his own body which had become dead, he being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb;
20 Nitu Alkawali Irji, Ibrahim ana senyu (hesitate) nitu ka kpa nyime mana, a fe mgbemgblen nitu son suron ma, nda gbre Irji San.
nor did he waver in respect to the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 A kpa nyime gbigbi ni kpe wa Irji hla ani tieu.
being fully convinced, that what he hath promised, he is able also to perform.
22 U ba bla kma yo niwu ndi ahi tsratsra ndji.
And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness.
23 Bana nha ndi ndu zo nika khji ma na.
And that it was so accounted was not written for his sake alone,
24 Ba nha ni tawu ngame, ba bla ni tawu biwa ki yo suron niwu wa a ton Yesu Almasihu shime ni khyu'a.
but for our sakes also, to whom it will be so accounted through our faith in him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 Ahi wa ndi ba kamba niwu nitu lah tre mbu'a nda tashime nitu kpata chuwo'a.
who was delivered up on account of our trespasses, and raised from the dead that we might be accepted as righteous.
