羅馬書 4
1 那麼，我們對於按照血統作我們祖宗的亞巴郎，可以說什麼呢？
What then shall we say that our father Abraham discovered, as a man?
2 如果亞巴郎是由於行為，成為義人，他就可以自誇了；但不是在天主前，
If Abraham was really justified by works, he has a boast—but not before God.
3 因為經上說：『亞巴郎信了天主，天主就此算為他的正義。』
So what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
4 給工作的人工資，不算是恩惠，而是還債；
Now to him who works, the pay is not counted as a gift but as an obligation.
5 但為那沒有工作，而信仰那使不虔敬的人復義之主的，這人的信德為他便算是正義，這才是恩惠。
But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 正如達味也稱那沒有功行，而蒙天主恩賜算為正義的人，是有福的一樣：
Just as David speaks of the blessing of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7 『罪惡蒙赦免，過犯得遮掩的人，是有福的；
“Blessed are they whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered up.
8 上主不歸咎於他的人，是有福的。』
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin!”
9 那麼，這種福分是僅加於受割損的人呢？還是也加於未受割損的人呢？我們說過：「亞巴郎的信德為他算為正義。」
Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? Since we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness,
10 那麼，由什麼時候算起呢？是在他受割損以後，而是在他未受割損的時候。
how then was it credited? After he was circumcised or while still uncircumcised? Not circumcised, but uncircumcised!
11 他後來領受了割損的標記，只是作為他未受割損時，因信德獲得正義的印證。如此，亞巴郎作了一切未受割損而相信的人的父親，使他們也同樣因信德而算為正義；
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness from his faith while still uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all those who believe while uncircumcised, in order that this righteousness may be credited to them also,
12 同時也作受割損者的父親，就是那些不僅受割損，而且也追隨我們的祖宗亞巴郎，在未受割損時所走的信德之路的人。
and the father of the circumcised—not only those who are circumcised, but especially those who follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham while still uncircumcised.
13 因為許給亞巴郎和他的後裔的恩許，使他作世界的承繼者，並不是藉著法律，而是藉著因信德而獲得的正義，
Now the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or his seed, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 因為假使屬於法律的人才是承繼者，那麼信德便是空虛的，恩許就失了效力，
For if those who are of law are heirs, the faith is made empty and the promise has been invalidated;
15 因為法律只能激起天主的義怒：那裡沒有法律，那裡就沒有違犯。
because the law produces wrath, since where there is no law neither is there transgression.
16 為此，一切都是由於信德，為的是一切本著恩寵，使恩許為亞巴郎所有的一切後裔堅定不移，不僅為那屬於法律的後裔，而且也為那亞巴郎有信德的後裔，因為他是我們眾人的父親，
For this reason it is of faith so that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise be guaranteed to all the seed—not only to those of law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all;
17 正如經上所載：『我已立你為萬民之父；』亞巴郎是在他所信的天主面前，就是在叫死者復活，叫那不存在的成為存在的那位面，前作我們眾人的父親。
just as it is written: “I have made you a father of many ethnic nations”—in the presence of Him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead and calls the nonexistent things as though they did exist.
18 他在絕望中仍懷著希望而相信了，因此便成了萬民之父，正如向他所預許的：『你的後裔也要這樣多。』
Contrary to hope, Abraham in hope believed, so as to become a father of many ethnic nations, according to what had been spoken: “So shall your seed be.”
19 他雖然快一百歲，明知自己的身體已經衰老，撒辣的胎也已絕孕；但他的信心卻沒有衰弱，
And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (being about a hundred years old), or the deadness of Sarah's womb.
20 對於天主的恩許總沒有因不信而猶疑，反而信心堅固，歸光榮於天主，
He did not waver at God's promise in unbelief; rather, he was strengthened by the faith, giving glory to God,
21 且滿心相信天主所應許的，必予完成。
being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform
22 天主就以此算為他的正義。
—that is why it was credited to him as righteousness.
23 『算為他的正義』這句話，不是單為他個人寫的，
Now it was not only for his sake that it was written that it was credited to him,
24 而且也是為了我們這些將來得算為正義的人，即我們這些相信天主使我們的主耶穌，由死者中復活人寫的；
but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, we who believe on Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 這耶穌曾為了我們的過犯被交付，又為使我們成義而復活。
who was delivered up because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.
