Romans 4
1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Acunakyaküng, Abraham mi pupa, mi ti hin ihawkba mi ti khai ni? Abrahama pawhmsah khawi ta i ni?
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory; 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 saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto 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 worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of 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 worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth 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 describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Ahin hin, Davit naw khyanga bilawhnaka phäha am ni lü, Pamhnam naw ngsungpyunkia a jah ngaih pete cun jodaw ve,
7 [Saying], 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 impute sin.
Bawipa naw ami mkhyekatnak am a jah kheh petea khyange cun jekyai u se” tia a pyen ni.
9 [Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only], or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned 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 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
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, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto 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 them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [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, or to his seed, through the 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 which are of the law [be] heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
Thum läkie üng Pamhnam naw khyütam a jah pet ta jumnak cun am mdanga kya lü Pamhnama khyütam pi am mdang vai ni.
15 Because the law worketh wrath: 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 [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is 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 thee a father of many nations, ) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be 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 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed 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 being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’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 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; 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 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Acunakyase Abraham cun a jumnak üng ngsungpyunkia Pamhnam naw ngaih petki.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
Acunakyase, “A jumnak cun a ngsungpyunnaka ngaiha kyaki” ti cun, amäta phäh däka yuka am kya lü,
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up 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 for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Acuna Jesuh cun, mi mkhyekatnaka phäha thikia kya lü, Pamhnam am mi ngsungpyunnak vaia phäh mthawh bea kyaki ni.
