Romans 4
1 What then shall we say that our father Abraham discovered, as a man?
Tabang ahile eite i pa Abraham thu bangbang son tu hi ziam, cilesa taw kisai bang mu ziam?
2 If Abraham was really justified by works, he has a boast—but not before God.
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.
3 So what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Banghangziam cile laithiangtho in bang hong ci ziam? Abraham in Pathian um a, tua a upna sia thutang suana in ceptesak hi.
4 Now to him who works, the pay is not counted as a gift but as an obligation.
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.
5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
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.
6 Just as David speaks of the blessing of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Pathian in sepna kihel ngawl napi, mi thutang in a cepte mi khat i thupha sang ahina thu sia David in a sonna ah,
7 “Blessed are they whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered up.
A phatngawl nate maisak na le, a mawna te a ki phualsealsak te sia mihing thuphatoai te a hihi.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin!”
Topa i a mawsak ngawl pa sia thuphatoai a hihi, ci hi.
9 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? Since we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness,
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.
10 how then was it credited? After he was circumcised or while still uncircumcised? Not circumcised, but uncircumcised!
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.
11 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,
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:
12 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.
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.
13 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.
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.
14 For if those who are of law are heirs, the faith is made empty and the promise has been invalidated;
Banghangziam cile thukham a zui te ngamhlua te ahile, upna sia mannei ngawl suak hi, taciang kamciam zong mannung ngawl hong suak hi:
15 because the law produces wrath, since where there is no law neither is there transgression.
Banghangziam cile thukham in Pathian thin-ukna piangsak hi: banghangziam cile thukham om ngawl na mun ah, thukham palsat na om ngawl hi.
16 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;
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,
17 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.
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.
18 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.”
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.
19 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.
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:
20 He did not waver at God's promise in unbelief; rather, he was strengthened by the faith, giving glory to God,
Pathian kamciam muangla ngawl in, a upna thahat ahikom, Pathian pokna pia hi;
21 being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform
Pathian in kamciam a piak na bang in vawt thei hi, ci um ngam takpi hi.
22 —that is why it was credited to him as righteousness.
Tua ahikom a upna sia Pathian in thutang suana in ceptesak hi.
23 Now it was not only for his sake that it was written that it was credited to him,
Tu in hi upna thutang suana in a ceptesak sia, ama atu bek in a ki at hi ngawl hi;
24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, we who believe on Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
Ahihang eite i Topa Jesus Christ thina pan a thokiksak sia i um ahile, eite atu zong thutang suana in hong ceptesak tu hi;
25 who was delivered up because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.
Eite mawna hang in ki ap a, eite thutang suaksak tu in thina pan ki thokiksak hi.
