Romans 4
1 What, then, will we say Abraham our father to have found, according to flesh?
Kisa n'a di konsènan Abraram, granpapa nou? Kisa l' te jwenn?
2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has to boast—but not before God;
Si se sa Abraram te fè a ki te fè Bondye fè l' gras, li ta mèt fè grandizè. Men, li pa ka fè sa devan Bondye.
3 for what does the writing say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”;
Men sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Abraram te mete konfyans li nan Bondye, se poutèt sa Bondye fè l' gras.
4 and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
Moun ki fè yon travay resevwa lajan pou sa l' fè a. Lajan yo ba li a, se pa yon favè, ni se pa kado yo fè li. Se yon bagay yo dwe li.
5 and to him who is not working, and is believing on Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned for righteousness—
Okontrè, moun ki pa fè okenn travay pou yo dwe li kichòy, men ki mete konfyans li nan Bondye sèlman, Bondye k'ap fè tout moun ki meprize l' yo gras, ap fè moun sa yo gras tou paske yo mete konfyans yo nan li.
6 even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:
Se sa David te vle di, lè l' deklare: yon moun Bondye fè gras san Bondye pa gade sou sa l' fè, se moun konsa ki beni:
7 “Blessed [are] they whose lawless acts were forgiven, And whose sins were covered;
Ala bon sa bon pou moun lè Bondye padonnen peche yo, lè Bondye pa gade sou fòt yo fè!
8 Blessed [is] the man To whom the LORD may not reckon sin.”
Ala bon sa bon pou yon moun lè Bondye pa mande l' kont pou sa li fè ki mal!
9 [Is] this blessedness, then, on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision—for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness?
Eske benediksyon sa a se pou moun ki sikonsi yo ase? Eske se pa pou moun ki pa sikonsi yo tou? Nou fèk sot di se paske Abraram te mete konfyans li nan Bondye kifè Bondye te fè l' gras.
10 How then was it reckoned? He being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;
Kilè sa te rive? Eske se te anvan Abraram te sikonsi an, osinon nan apre? Non. Se pa t' nan apre. Se te anvan li te sikonsi.
11 and he received a sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,
Se lontan apre sa Abraram te resevwa sikonsizyon an tankou yon letanp. Se te mak ki te pou moutre Bondye te fè l' gras, paske li te kwè anvan menm li te sikonsi. Se poutèt sa Abraram se papa tout moun ki mete konfyans yo nan Bondye, menm si yo pa sikonsi. Moun sa yo, Bondye ap fè yo gras.
12 and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of faith, that [is] in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
Abraram se papa moun ki sikonsi yo tou. Pa paske yo sikonsi ase, men paske yo menm tou yo swiv egzanp konfyans Abraram, papa nou, te gen nan Bondye anvan menm li te sikonsi.
13 For not through law [is] the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;
Bondye te pwomèt Abraram ak pitit pitit li yo pou l' te ba yo tout latè pou eritaj. Bondye pa t' fè pwomès sa a paske Abraram te fè sa lalwa mande, men paske Abraram te gen konfyans nan li. Se sak fè Bondye te fè l' gras.
14 for if they who are of law [are] heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless;
Si sa Bondye te pwomèt la se te pou moun ki fè sa lalwa a mande, moun pa ta bezwen gen konfyans nan Bondye ankò; pwomès li a pèdi tout valè li.
15 for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
Poukisa? Paske lalwa rale kòlè Bondye sou moun. Men, kote ki pa gen lalwa, moun pa ka dezobeyi lalwa.
16 Because of this [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which [is] of the Law only, but also to that which [is] of the faith of Abraham,
Konsa, Bondye fè pwomès la pou moun ki gen konfyans nan li. Se sak fè, pwomès la se yon favè Bondye pou tout pitit pitit Abraram yo, pa sèlman pou moun ki fè sa lalwa Moyiz la mande, men pou tout moun ki gen konfyans nan Bondye menm jan Abraram te gen konfyans nan li a. Abraram se papa nou tout,
17 who is father of us all (according as it has been written: “A father of many nations I have set you,”) before Him whom he believed—God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that are not as being.
jan sa ekri nan Liv la: Mwen fè ou tounen zansèt moun anpil nasyon. Wi, Abraram se papa nou tout devan Bondye, li te mete konfyans li nan Bondye ki fè moun mouri yo leve vivan ankò, nan Bondye ki kreye tout bagay ki pa t' la.
18 Who, against hope, believed in hope, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: “So will your seed be”;
Abraram te gen konfyans nan Bondye, li t'ap tann pwomès la, malgre lè sa a li pa t' gen okenn rezon pou l' te tann ankò. Se sak fè li tounen zansèt moun anpil nasyon dapre sa Bondye te di l': Pitit pitit ou yo va anpil.
19 and having not been weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead (being about one hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb,
Lè sa a, Abraram te prèt pou gen santan sou tèt li. Men, konfyans li pa t' febli lè l' te gade kò l' ki te fin ale, epi pou l' te wè Sara, madanm li, ki pa t' ka fè pitit ankò.
20 and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,
Non, li pa t' pèdi konfyans nan Bondye, li pa t' janm mete nan tèt li pwomès Bondye a te ka pa rive. Okontrè, li te vin gen plis konfyans toujou; epi li t'ap chante lwanj Bondye.
21 and having been fully persuaded that what He has promised He is also able to do:
Li te gen fèm konviksyon Bondye te gen pouvwa pou l' te fè sa l' te pwomèt la.
22 for this reason also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
Se konsa, poutèt konfyans Abraram te gen nan Bondye a, Bondye fè l' gras.
23 And it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
Men, se pa pou Abraram sèlman yo te ekri pawòl sa yo: Li fè li gras.
24 but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned—to us believing on Him who raised up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,
Pawòl sa yo te ekri pou nou tou. L'ap fè nou gras tou, nou menm ki mete konfyans nou nan moun li fè soti vivan pami mò yo, Jezikri, Seyè nou an.
25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
Se Jezi sa a ki te mouri pou peche nou yo epi ki leve soti vivan ankò pou fè Bondye fè nou gras.
