Romans 4
1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
Twibetakujobha kiki kabhele kujha Abrahamu, dadi jhitu kwa namna jha mb'el'e, abhonekene?
2 If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
Kwa ndabha ikajhelayi Abrahamu abhalangibhu haki kwa matendo, na aajhe ni sababu jha kwitufya, lakini sio palongolo pa K'yara.
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Kwani majhandiku ghijobhuli? “Abrahamu an'kyeriri K'yara na abhalangibhu kwa muene kujha haki.”
4 Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
Henu kwa munu jha ibhomba mbombo, mal'epu gha muene ghibhalangibhwa lepi kujha ni neema, bali kujha lideni.
5 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
Lakini kwa munu jha ibhomba lepi mbombo jhojhioha bali akan'kiera muene ambajhe akambalangila haki jhaabeli kujha mtauwa, imani jha muene munu ojhu jhibalangibhu kujha haki.
6 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Daudi ni muene ijobha baraka panani pa munu ambajhe K'yara akambalangila haki bila matendo.
7 “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Ajobhili, “Bhabarikibhu bhala ambabho maovu gha bhene ghasamehibhu ni ambapo dhambi sya bhene sigupikibhu.
8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
Abarikibhu munu jhola ambajhe Bwana akambalangila lepi dhambi.”
9 Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
Basi je baraka e'se ndo kwa bhala bhabhatahiribhu tu, au kabhele ni kwa bhala bhabhabelikutahiribhwa? Kwa ndabha twijobha, “kwa Abrahamu imani jha muene jhabhalangiki kujha jha haki.”
10 In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
Henu jhabhalangibhu bhuli? Wakati Abrahamu ajhele mu tohara, au bho akhona kutahiribhwa? Jhajhelepi mu kutahiribhwa, bali kubela kutahiribhwa.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
Abrahamu apokili alama jha kutahiribhwa. Obho bhwajhele bhola muhuribhwa jhela haki jha amani jhaajhe nayu tayari kabla jha kutahiribhwa. Matokeo jha ishara ejhe ndo kwamba abhombiki kujha dadi ghwa bhoha bhabhikiera, hata kama bhajhele mu kutokutahiribhwa. Ejhe jhijhe ni maana kujha haki jhibetakubhalangibhwa kwa bhene.
12 And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Ejhe kabhele jha maamisi kujha Abrahamu abhombiki kujha dadi ghwa tohara sio tu kwa bhala bhabhitokana ni tohara, bali bhala bhabhakasikesya nyayu sya dadijhitu Abrahamu. Na ejhe ndo imani jhaajhe najhu kwa bhabeli kutahiribhwa.
13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
Kwa ndabha jha jhelepi kwa sheria kwamba ahadi jhahomesibhu kwa Abrahamu ni uzao bhwa muene, ahadi ejhe jha kujha bhibetakujha bharithi bha dunia. Isipokujha jhajhele kup'et'ela haki jha imani.
14 For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
Kwa maana kama bhala, bha sheria ndo bharithi, imani ijhele jha bhwaka, ni ahadi jhibatiliki.
15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
Kwa ndabha sheria jhileta ghadhabu, lakini pala ambapo ijhelepi sheria, kabhele kujhelepi kutii.
16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
Kwa ndabha ejhe e'le lihomela kwa imani, ili ijhelayi kwa neema. Matokeo ghake, ahadi ndo dhahiri kwa uzao bhuha. Ni bhazawa abha sio tu bhala bhabhajhimanyi sheria, bali kabhele bhala ambabho ndo bha imani jha Abrahamu. Kwa maana muene ndo dadijhitu tete twebhoka,
17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
kama kyajhilembibhu, “Nikubhombili bhebhe kujha dadi ghwa mataifa ghamehele.” Abrahamu ajhele mu uwepo bhwa jhola jhaamwamini, yaani, K'yara ambajhe akabhapela bhanu uzima ni kughakuta mambo ambagho ghajhelepi ili ghabhwesiajhi kujha.
18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
Licha jha hali syoha syakwibhala, Abrahamu kwa ujasiri an'kieriri K'yara kwa magono ghaghahideghe. Naha ajhele dadi ghwa mataifa ghamehele, kul'engana ni khela kyakyajobhibhu, “... Ndo kwawibetakujha uzao bhwa bhebhe.”
19 Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
Muene ajhelepi dhaifu mu imani. Abrahamu ajobhili kujhamb'el'e ghwa muene bhwamalili kujha bhufwili - ajhele ni umuli kulibila miaka mia moja. Kabhele ajhedekili ni hali jha kufwa jha lileme lya Sara.
20 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
Lakini kwa ndabha jha ahadi jha K'yara, Abrahamu abelilepi kubela kukiera, bali apelibhu nghofu mu imani ni kun'tufya K'yara.
21 being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
Ajhele amanyili bhukweli kujha khela ambakyo K'yara aahidi, ajhele kabhele ni bhuwezo bhwa kukikamilisya.
22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Henu ejhe kabhele jhabhalangibhu kwa muene kujha ndo haki.
23 Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,
Henu jhalembibhu lepi tu kwa faida jha muene, kujha jhabhalangibhu kwa muene.
24 but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Jhalembibhu kwa ndabha jha tete kabhele, kwa bhabhekibhu kubhalangibhwa tete ambabho twikiera kwa muene jha amfufuili Bwana bhitu Yesu kuhoma kwa bhafu.
25 He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
Ojho ndo jhola ambajhe apisibhu kwandabha jha makosa ghitu ni kufufulibhwa ili tukabhayi kubhalangibhwa haki.
