Romans 4
1 What, then, shall we say that Abraham our father has found, as it respects the flesh?
Acunakyaküng, Abraham mi pupa, mi ti hin ihawkba mi ti khai ni? Abrahama pawhmsah khawi ta i ni?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has cause for boasting, but not before God.
Abraham naw bilawhnak am ngsungpyunnak a yah vaisü üng, a awhcahnak vai sü, cunsepi Pamhnama hmaia ta acukba am ni.
3 For what says the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
Cangcim naw a pyen ta “Abraham naw Pamhnam jum lü, acuna a jumnak cun Pamhnam naw ngsungpyunnaka a ngaih pet.”
4 Now to him that works, the reward is not counted as a favor, but as a debt:
Khyang naw khut a bi üng, a bia phu cun amdanga a yaha am kya, hlawh lü a yaha kyaki.
5 but to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Cunsepi, bilawhnak üng am ni lü jumnak am ngdüi lü Pamhnam jumkia mkhyekatnak cun ngcimki tia a ngaih pet. Isetiakyaküng Pamhnam naw acuna jumnak cun amät am jah ngsungpyunsaki tia Pamhnam naw a ngaih ni.
6 Even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God counts righteousness without works, saying:
Ahin hin, Davit naw khyanga bilawhnaka phäha am ni lü, Pamhnam naw ngsungpyunkia a jah ngaih pete cun jodaw ve,
7 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
“Ami mkhyenak jah mhlät peta khyange ja ami katnak jah bu pete ta jekyai u se!
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not charge sin.
Bawipa naw ami mkhyekatnak am a jah kheh petea khyange cun jekyai u se” tia a pyen ni.
9 Comes this blessedness then on those who are circumcised only, or on those who are uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham for righteousness.
Davita pyen jekyainak cun vun mawih khamkiea phäh däka mä akya? Am kya! Vun am mawikiea phäha pi kyaki ni. Cangcim üngka mi pyena kba, “Abraham naw Pamhnam jumei lü a jumnak cun ngsungpyunkia a doei pet.”
10 Under what circumstances, then, was it counted? After he was circumcised? Or, while he was uncircumcised? Not after he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.
Acun cun ihawkba a ngaih pet ni? Vun a mawi käna aw? Am a mawih ham üng aw? Vun a mawih käna am ni, a mawih hlana kyaki.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while he was uncircumcised, in order that he might be the father of all that believe, even in a state of uncircumcision, so that righteousness might be counted to them also;
Acunakyase, vun am a mawih ham üng a jumnak am ngsungpyunnak yahki tia ksingnak vaia, vun mawi lü msingnak pawhki. Acuna ngsungpyunnak cun ami phäha kya khaia, vun am mawikie üng jumeikie naküta paa kyanak thei vaia ni.
12 and the father of circumcision to those who are not only circumcised, but who, also, walk in the steps of that faith which our father Abraham had while he was yet uncircumcised.
Ani cun vun mawikiea paa pi a kyanak sih vaia, vun mawikie cun pi mi pa Abraham naw vun am mawi lü a xün k'um üng jumnak a taka mäiha jumnak ami tak vaia ni.
13 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, nor to his posterity, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Abraham ja a mjükphyüie naw khawmdek ami kanak vaia khyütam cun Thum a läklama phäh am ni, ani naw jum lü a jumnak cun ngsungpyunnaka a doei pet ni.
14 For if they that are of the law be heirs, the faith is made powerless, and the promise is unmeaning;
Thum läkie üng Pamhnam naw khyütam a jah pet ta jumnak cun am mdanga kya lü Pamhnama khyütam pi am mdang vai ni.
15 for the law inflicts punishment; for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Thum naw Pamhnama mlungsonak lawpüiki; cunsepi thuma am a ve üng thum lümkan am ve.
16 Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Acunakyase, khyütam cun jumnak üng kya lü Pamhnam naw Abrahama mjükphyüie amdanga a jah pet cun Thum läk sawxatki üng am kya lü Abrahama juma kba jumeikie a jah pet ni. Abraham cun ngmüimkhya lama avana mi pa vaia phäh ni.
17 (as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations, ) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.
Cangcim naw, “Khyangmjü khawkäna paa ka ning pyang päng ni” tia a pyena kba ni. Khyütam cun Abrahama jum Pamhnama ma daw lü acuna Pamhnam naw thikie jah xünsak lü, am vekie pi ve khaia pawhki ni.
18 He, against hope, confidently believed that he would become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken: So shall your posterity be.
Abraham naw äpei vaia anglawiki äpei lü jumnak am “ani cun khyangmjü khawhaha paa” thawn lawki. Cangcim naw, “Na mjükphyüie cun aisi kän law khaie” tia pyenki.
19 And not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body, which was already dead, (for he was about a hundred years old, ) nor the deadness of Sarah’s womb;
A khawkum a phya law khyäü khaia a mtisa xü lü a yängsänak am ve sepi, a jumnak am ngcek law. Sarah pi am ca khawh ti.
20 and he doubted not, through unbelief, with respect to the promise of God, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,
A jumnak am khyah, Pamhnama khyütam pi jumeiki. A jumnak cun johit üng be lü Pamhnam mhlünmtaiki.
21 and being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform.
Pamhnam naw khyütam cun kümkawi lawsak thei khai tia süm lü a jumnak khäng law bawki.
22 For this reason, it was counted to him for righteousness.
Acunakyase Abraham cun a jumnak üng ngsungpyunkia Pamhnam naw ngaih petki.
23 But that it was counted to him, was not written for his sake alone,
Acunakyase, “A jumnak cun a ngsungpyunnaka ngaiha kyaki” ti cun, amäta phäh däka yuka am kya lü,
24 but for our sakes also, to whom it shall be counted, if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
mimia phäha pi kyaki. Mi Bawipa Jesuh, kthihnak üngkhyüh mtho beki mi jumkia kyase, mi jumnak cun ngsungpyunnaka ngai vaia kyaki.
25 who was delivered up for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.
Acuna Jesuh cun, mi mkhyekatnaka phäha thikia kya lü, Pamhnam am mi ngsungpyunnak vaia phäh mthawh bea kyaki ni.
