Romans 4
1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
Kale kiki kye tunaayogera ku jjajjaffe Ibulayimu ku bikwata ku by’omubiri?
2 If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
Singa Ibulayimu yaweebwa obutuukirivu lwa bikolwa, yandyenyumirizza, naye si eri Katonda.
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Ebyawandiikibwa bitugamba bitya? Ibulayimu yakkiriza Katonda ne kimubalirwa okuba obutuukirivu.
4 Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
Omuntu bw’akola omulimu, asasulwa empeera ye. Empeera gy’aweebwa, teba kirabo.
5 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
Katonda tayinza kukusembeza olw’ebikolwa byo. Katonda asembeza aboonoonyi olw’okukkiriza kwe balina mu ye.
6 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Kabaka Dawudi naye yayogera kye kimu ku muntu ono Katonda gw’awa obutuukirivu obutavudde mu bikolwa bye ng’agamba nti:
7 “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
“Baweereddwa omukisa, abasonyiyiddwa ebyonoono byabwe, ne baggyibwako ebibi byabwe.
8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
Aweereddwa omukisa omuntu, Mukama gw’atalibalira kibi.”
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.
Kale omukisa guno, gw’abakomole bokka oba n’abatali bakomole? Ebyawandiikibwa bitugamba nti okukkiriza kwa Ibulayimu kwamubalirwa okuba obutuukirivu.
10 In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
Kale, kwamubalirwa kutya? Ng’akomolebbwa oba nga tannakomolebwa? Nedda si ng’akomolebbwa naye nga tannakomolebwa.
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.
Akabonero ke yafuna ak’okukomolebwa, ye nvumbo ku butuukirivu olw’okukkiriza kwe, nga tannakomolebwa, alyoke abeere jjajja w’abo bonna abakkiriza nga si bakomole, nabo balyoke babalirwe obutuukirivu.
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.
Ate era ye jjajja w’abantu bonna, abakomole, era abatambulira mu kkubo ery’okukkiriza, jjajjaffe Ibulayimu kwe yalina nga tannakomolebwa.
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.
Ibulayimu n’ezzadde lye tebaaweebwa kisuubizo eky’okulya ensi yonna, ng’omugabo gwe, lwa kukwata mateeka. Katonda, ensi yagimusuubiza lwa butuukirivu obwamuweebwa olw’okukkiriza.
14 For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
Kale obanga baweebwa obusika lw’amateeka, okukkiriza kuba tekugasa, era nga n’ekisuubizo tekirina makulu.
15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
Katonda anyiiga Amateeka ge bwe gatagonderwa. Naye bwe wataba mateeka, tewaba mateeka ga kujeemera.
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.
Noolwekyo ekisuubizo kijja lwa kukkiriza, kiryoke kiweebwe lwa kisa, eri ezzadde lyonna, so si ezzadde erigondera amateeka lyokka naye n’eri ezzadde erya Ibulayimu olw’okukkiriza; era oyo ye jjajjaffe ffenna.
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.
Kyawandiikibwa nti, “Nkufudde jjajja w’amawanga amangi.” Ye jjajjaffe mu maaso g’oyo gwe yakkiriza, Katonda azuukiza abafu, era alaba ebitaliiwo ng’ebiriwo, era atonda ebintu ebiggya.
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.”
Katonda yasuubiza Ibulayimu abazzukulu bangi. Ne bwe kyalabika ng’ekitasoboka, Ibulayimu yalina okukkiriza mu Katonda, n’oluvannyuma n’abeera jjajja w’amawanga mangi, okusinziira ku ekyo ekyayogerwa nti, “Ezadde lyo bwe liriba.”
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.
Teyatendewererwa mu kukkiriza, newaakubadde nga yali wa myaka nga kikumi, nga n’omubiri gwe munafu nnyo, ate nga ne Saala mugumba.
20 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
Teyabuusabuusa kisuubizo kya Katonda mu butakkiriza, naye yaweebwa amaanyi lwa kukkiriza; n’agulumiza Katonda.
21 being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
Yakakasiza ddala nti Katonda kye yasuubiza asobola okukituukiriza,
22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
era bwe kityo ne kimubalirwa okuba obutuukirivu.
23 Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,
Naye tekyawandiikibwa ku lulwe yekka nti, “Kyamubalirwa okuba obutuukirivu;”
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.
naye era naffe, abakkiririza mu oyo eyazuukiza Yesu Mukama waffe mu bafu.
25 He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
Kristo yaweebwayo okuttibwa olw’ebibi byaffe, n’azuukizibwa tulyoke tuweebwe obutuukirivu.
