Romans 4
1 Tabang ahile eite i pa Abraham thu bangbang son tu hi ziam, cilesa taw kisai bang mu ziam?
What then will we say Abraham, our father according to flesh, to have found?
2 Banghangziam cile Abraham sia a sepna te hang in thutang suana nga ahile, ki suantak natu nei hi; ahihang Pathian mai ah hi ngawl hi.
For if Abraham was made righteous from works, he has a boast, but not before God.
3 Banghangziam cile laithiangtho in bang hong ci ziam? Abraham in Pathian um a, tua a upna sia thutang suana in ceptesak hi.
For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
4 Tu in naseam khat sia a sep thaman sang hi a, hesuakna ci in ngaisut tu hi ngawl zaw a, a leibat hi zaw hi.
Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation.
5 Ahihang a seam ngawl khat sia Pathian nei ngawl te thutangsakpa a up uh hu in, tua a upna sia thutang suana in ceptesak hi.
But to the man not being employed, but who believes in him who makes the impious man righteous, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
6 Pathian in sepna kihel ngawl napi, mi thutang in a cepte mi khat i thupha sang ahina thu sia David in a sonna ah,
Just as David also tells the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness independent of works,
7 A phatngawl nate maisak na le, a mawna te a ki phualsealsak te sia mihing thuphatoai te a hihi.
saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Topa i a mawsak ngawl pa sia thuphatoai a hihi, ci hi.
Blessed is a man to whom the Lord does, no, not impute sin.
9 Hi thupha sia vunteap tan te tung bek ah ahi ziam, a hibale, vunteap tan ngawl te tung zong a theng veve ziam? banghangziam cile, Abraham i a upna sia thutang suana in ceptesak hi, i ci hi.
Is this blessedness therefore upon men of circumcision, or also upon men of uncircumcision? For we say, Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 Tabang hile bangbang in ceptesak ziam? vunteap a tan zawkciang ziam maw, a hibale vunteap a tan ma ziam? Vunteap a tan zawkciang hi ngawl hi, ahihang vunteap a tan ma hi zaw hi.
How then was it reckoned? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 Abraham in vunteap tan taw ceptena sang hi, tua thu sia vunteap a tan ma in a neisa upna hang in thutang suana kipsakna a hihi: tabang in vunteap tan ngawl te ahizong a um theampo te i Pa ahi thei natu le vunteap tan ngawl te zong a upna uh thutang suana in a ceptesak thei natu a hihi:
And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of his faith during uncircumcision, for him to be father of all those who believe during uncircumcision (for righteousness to also be imputed to them),
12 Taciang ama sia vunteap a tan te i Pa bek hi ngawl in, eite i Pa Abraham in vunteap a tan ma in a neisa upna khaw-ni a zui te i Pa zong a hihi.
and father of those of circumcision, to those not only of circumcision, but also to those who march in the steps of faith-of that during the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
13 Banghangziam cile Abraham le a suan a pal te leitung ngamhlua tu in a kamciam sia thukham taw hi ngawl hi, ahihang upna i thutang suana tungtawn a hihi.
For the promise to Abraham or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, was not through law, but through a righteousness of faith.
14 Banghangziam cile thukham a zui te ngamhlua te ahile, upna sia mannei ngawl suak hi, taciang kamciam zong mannung ngawl hong suak hi:
For if those from law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless.
15 Banghangziam cile thukham in Pathian thin-ukna piangsak hi: banghangziam cile thukham om ngawl na mun ah, thukham palsat na om ngawl hi.
For the law works wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
16 Tua ahikom in kamciam sia hesuakna hang in, upna tungtawn in i nga hi; ci sia a suan le pal theampo in a tawpdong a telthiang thei natu a hihi; tasia sia thukham a zui te bek hi ngawl in, Abraham bang in upna nei te zong kihel hi; banghangziam cile Abraham sia eite theampo i Pa a hihi,
Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all
17 Minam tampi te i Pa in kong vawt zo hi, ci a ki atsa bang in, Abraham sia, mithi te a thokiksak, a om ngawl lai nate a omsa bang in a son, a up Pathian mai ah eite theampo i Pa a hihi.
(as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before him whom he believed, of God who makes the dead alive, and who calls things not existing, as existing.
18 Na suan le pal te sia tabang in hi tu hi, ci a son bang in, minam tampi te i Pa hi tu lam-et om ngawl napi, upna taw lam-etna nei nginge hi.
Who, against hope, believed in hope, in order for him to become father of many nations according to that which was spoken, So thy seed will be.
19 A upna thaneam ngawl ahikom, Abraham sia kum zakhat kiim a phak ciang in, ama pumpi le Sarah i sul sia a thisa bang in ngaisun ngawl hi:
And not being weak in faith he did not regard his body, which was now deadened (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
20 Pathian kamciam muangla ngawl in, a upna thahat ahikom, Pathian pokna pia hi;
And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but became strong in faith, giving glory to God,
21 Pathian in kamciam a piak na bang in vawt thei hi, ci um ngam takpi hi.
and being fully assured that what he promised, he was able also to perform.
22 Tua ahikom a upna sia Pathian in thutang suana in ceptesak hi.
And therefore it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
23 Tu in hi upna thutang suana in a ceptesak sia, ama atu bek in a ki at hi ngawl hi;
Now it was not written because of him alone that it was imputed to him,
24 Ahihang eite i Topa Jesus Christ thina pan a thokiksak sia i um ahile, eite atu zong thutang suana in hong ceptesak tu hi;
but also because of us to whom it is going to be imputed, to those who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 Eite mawna hang in ki ap a, eite thutang suaksak tu in thina pan ki thokiksak hi.
who was delivered up for our offenses, and was raised up for our justification.
