Roma 4
1 Unya unsa man ang atong isulti nga nakaplagan ni Abraham, nga atong katigulangan, sumala sa unod?
Abraham is the [revered] ancestor of us [Jews]. So think about what we can conclude [from what happened to Abraham about how God can erase the record of our sins]. [RHQ]
2 Kay kung si Abraham gipakamatarong pa pinaagi sa mga buhat, siya mahimong adunay rason sa pagpanghambog, apan dili sa atubangan sa Dios.
If it was because of Abraham’s doing [good] things that the record of his sins was erased {that [God] erased the record of his sins}, Abraham could then have been able to boast [about that to people], but he would not have [had any basis to] boast to God [about it].
3 Tungod kay unsa man ang gisulti sa kasulatan? “Si Abraham mituo sa Dios, ug kini giisip kaniya nga pagkamatarong.”
[Remember that] in the Scriptures it is written {someone wrote} [PRS] that Abraham believed what God [promised] [RHQ], and as a result the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
4 Karon alang kaniya nga nagbuhat, ang balos wala giisip nga grasya, apan alang sa kung unsa ang nautang.
If we receive wages for work that we do, those wages are not considered to be a gift. Instead, they [are considered] to be what we have earned. [Similarly, if God erases the record of our sins because we did things to earn God’s favor], we would not consider that [God’s erasing the record of our sin] was [a gift. Instead, we would consider it as what we had earned].
5 Apan alang kaniya nga wala magbuhat apan hinuon mituo sa usa nga nagmatarong sa dili diosnon, ang iyang pagtuo giisip ingon nga pagkamatarong.
But suppose that we do not do things [to gain God’s acceptance]. Suppose that we instead trust [in God], who erases the record of sins of wicked people. Then the erasing of the record of our sins because of our trusting [in Christ] is considered to be a gift to us, [not something that we earned].
6 Si David nagsulti usab ug panalangin ngadto sa tawo nga giisip sa Dios nga matarong bisan walay binuhatan.
Similarly, it is as David wrote [in the Psalms] about people being happy whose record of sins God has erased even though they have not done things [to earn it. David wrote]:
7 Siya miingon, “Bulahan kadtong kang kinsang kasal-anan gipasaylo na, ug kansang mga sala gitabonan.
[God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
8 Bulahan ang tawo nga ang Ginoo wala na mag-isip sa sala.”
[God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
9 Unya kining panalangin gipahayag lamang ba niadtong mga tinuli, o usab niadtong dili tinuli? Kay kami moingon, “Ang pagtuo giisip alang kang Abraham nga pagkamatarong.”
As for our being happy [because God has erased the record of our sins], (it is not something that [only] we Jews [can experience]./is it [MTY] something that [only] we Jews [can experience]?) [RHQ] [No, it is] also something that non-Jews [can experience] [MTY]. [What is written in the Scriptures], that it was because Abraham trusted [in God] that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}, [also shows that this is true].
10 Busa giunsa man kini pag-isip? Sa dihang si Abraham nga natuli na, o sa wala pa natuli? Dili kini sa natuli na, apan sa wala pa natuli.
([Think about] when [God erased the record of Abraham’s sins]./When did [God erase the record of Abraham’s sins]?) [RHQ] (Consider whether [it happened] after someone circumcised [Abraham to mark him as one who belonged to God], or before someone circumcised him./[Did it happen] after [Abraham was] circumcised [to be marked as one who belonged to God], or before he was circumcised?) [RHQ] It happened before he was circumcised, not after he was circumcised.
11 Si Abraham nakadawat sa ilhanan sa pagtuli. Kini mao ang usa ka silyo sa pagkamatarong sa pagtuo nga gipanag-iyahan na niya sa dihang siya anaa sa pagkadili tinuli. Ang sangpotan niini nga timailhan mao nga siya nahimong amahan sa tanang mga nagtuo, bisan pa nga sila dili tinuli. Kini nagpasabot nga ang pagkamatarong gilakip alang kanila.
[Many years later, God commanded that] Abraham [be] circumcised. Abraham’s accepting that ritual simply showed [that he knew that God had accepted him]. [He knew that God] had [erased the record of his sins] because he trusted [in God] while he was still, [in effect, a non-Jew because] he had not been circumcised. [So we can understand that] Abraham became (a spiritual ancestor/like an ancestor) to [all] of us whose record of sins has been erased {whose sins [God] has erased the record of} because we believe [in God’s promise, even though some of us] are not circumcised.
12 Kini usab nagpasabot nga si Abraham nahimong amahan sa pagkatinuli alang niadtong niabot nga dili lang gikan sa pagkatinuli, apan usab alang niadtong misunod sa lakang sa atong amahan nga si Abraham. Ug kini mao ang pagtuo nga iyang naangkon sa wala pa siya natuli.
Likewise, Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all us Jews who are not merely circumcised but who, more importantly, [believe in God’s promise] as our ancestor Abraham did, even before he was circumcised.
13 Kay dili kini pinaagi sa balaod nga ang saad gihatag ngadto kang Abraham ug sa iyang mga kaliwatan, kini nga saad nga sila mahimong manununod sa kalibotan. Hinuon, kini pinaagi sa pagkamatarong sa pagtuo.
God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive [the blessings that he promised to give to the people in] the world. But when he promised that, it was not because Abraham [obeyed] the laws [that God later gave to Moses]. Instead, it was because Abraham believed [that God would do what he promised that he would do]. As a result, God erased the record of his sins.
14 Kay kung kadtong iya sa balaod mao pa ang mga manununod, ang pagtuo nahimo nga walay sulod, ug ang saad walay pulos.
If [we think that] it is those who [obey God’s] laws who will receive [what he has promised], it is useless [for us to trust in him. And what he] promised is worthless. [Remember that] it is [stated] in God’s law [PRS] [that] he will punish [people who do not perfectly obey them], and remember that wherever [MTY] laws exist, [people] disobey them [LIT].
15 Kay ang balaod nagdala sa kapungot, apan kung diin walay balaod, ni walay pagkamasinupakon.
16 Tungod niini nga hinungdan kini mahitabo pinaagi sa pagtuo, aron nga kini mahimo pinaagi sa grasya. Isip sangpotan, ang saad sigurado alang sa mga kaliwatan. Ug kining mga kaliwatan naglakip dili lang niadtong nasayod sa balaod, apan usab niadtong gikan sa pagtuo ni Abraham. Kay siya mao ang amahan kanatong tanan,
So it is because [we] trust [in God that we will receive the things that he has promised]. [It is not because we perfectly obey God’s laws. He wants] (to [erase the record of our sins/to declare us no longer guilty]) without our earning it. As a result, what God now promises, he guarantees to give to all people who are [Abraham’s spiritual] descendants. [He promises to do that not only for us Jewish believers], who [have] God’s laws [and trust in him as Abraham did], but also for those [non-Jews who do not have God’s laws but] who trust [in him] as Abraham did. Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all of us [believers].
17 kay sama sa nahisulat, “Gihimo ko ikaw nga amahan sa daghang mga nasod.” Si Abraham anaa sa atubangan sa iyang gisaligan, nga mao, ang Dios, nga naghatag ug kinabuhi sa patay ug gitawag ang mga butang nga wala ngadto sa pagkaanaa.
What is written {What [Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures about what God promised Abraham shows that this is true]. [God said to him], “It is in order that you [(sg)] may be the ancestor of many ethnic groups that I have chosen you.” Romans 4:17b-22 God [guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants]. Abraham confidently believed that God [would do that],
18 Bisan pa sa tanang mga kakulian, si Abraham hugot misalig sa Dios alang sa umaabot. Busa nahimo siyang amahan sa daghang mga nasod, sumala kung unsa ang gipangsulti,”... Sa ingon ang mahimo nimong mga kaliwatan.”
even though there was no physical reason for him to hope [that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children]. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. [God said to Abraham], “You will have so many descendants that they will be [as impossible to count as the stars].” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups.
19 Siya dili huyang sa pagtuo. Si Abraham miila nga ang iyang kaugalingong lawas daw patay na—siya hapit na mag 100 ang panuigon. Iya usab giila ang pagkapatay sa tagoangkan ni Sara.
He did not doubt [that God would do what he promised], even though he knew that his body was already [as incapable of begetting children as if he were] dead [MET] because he was about 100 years old. And [even though he realized that] Sarah had never been able to become pregnant [IDM],
20 Apan tungod sa saad sa Dios, si Abraham wala nagduhaduha sa pagkawalay pagtuo. Hinuon, siya nagmalig-on sa pagtuo ug naghatag ug pagdayeg sa Dios.
he did not doubt at all that God [would do what he had] promised. Instead, he trusted [in God] more/very strongly, and he thanked God [for what God was going to do].
21 Siya bug-os nga kumbinsido nga kung unsa ang gisaad sa Dios, siya gayod makahimo sa pagtuman.
He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
22 Busa kini usab naglakip kaniya sa pagkamatarong.
And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
23 Karon wala kini gisulat alang lamang sa iyang kaayohan, nga kini naglakip lang kaniya.
The words [in the Scriptures], “The record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins},” are not only about Abraham.
24 Nahisulat usab kini alang kanato, niadtong mahimong ihapon, kanato nga nagtuo kaniya nga nagbanhaw kang Jesus nga atong Ginoo gikan sa patay.
They were also written {[They] also wrote that} for us whose record of sins would be erased {[God] would erase}. They were written {[They] wrote it} for us who believe [God], the one who caused our Lord Jesus to become alive again after he died.
25 Mao kini ang usa nga gitugyan alang sa atong mga kalapasan ug gibanhaw alang sa atong pagkamatarong.
Jesus allowed [men] to execute [MTY] him so that [God could forgive] our evil deeds. And [God] caused Jesus to live again because [God wanted to show that because of the death of Jesus he was able to] erase the record of our sins.
