Romans 4
1 What, then, will we say Abraham our father to have found, according to flesh?
tutisagha kiki kange kuuti uAbulahamu unhaata ghwitu ku lwa m'bili avonike?
2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has to boast—but not before God;
ulwakuva nave uAbulahamu alyavalilue ikyang'haani mumaghendele, aale iva nulwa kwighinia, neke napavulongolo pa Nguluve.
3 for what does the writing say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”;
neke amalembe ghiti ndani?” uAbulahamu alyale ikumwitika uNguluve kange vakam'balila kwa mwene kuuva kyang'haani”
4 and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
lino kwa muunhu juno ivomba imbombo, uluhombo lwake naluvalilua kuuva vumosi, looli luva lideni.
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—
neke kwa muunhu juno naivomba imbombo kange ikumwitika umwene juno am'balile ikyang'haani juno nsila vupoki, ulwitiko lwa muunhu ujuo lulvalilua kuuva kyang'haani.
6 even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:
uDavidi ijova isa lufunyo kwa muunhu juno uNguluve am'balile ikyang'haani kisila maghendele.
7 “Blessed [are] they whose lawless acts were forgiven, And whose sins were covered;
akati, “vafunyilue vala vano uvuhosi vwave vusaghilue na vano isambi saave sikupikilue.
8 Blessed [is] the man To whom the LORD may not reckon sin.”
afunyilue umuunhu jula juno uMutwa naim'balila isambi”.
9 [Is] this blessedness, then, on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision—for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness?
pe ulufunyo ulu lwa vala vano vadumulivue ingola veene, neke nambe ku vala vano navadumulivue ingola saave? ulwakuva twiti, “kwa Abulahamu ulwitiko lwake luvalilue kuuva lwa kyang'haani”.
10 How then was it reckoned? He being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;
pe lukavalilue ndani? unsiki uAbulahamu lyale ku ludumuluo, nambe ye akyale kudumulua? najilyale kuvudumulua looli kuvudumulua.
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,
uAbulahamu alyupile ikivalilo kya kudumulua. iki kilyale kye kivalilo kya kyang'haani ja lwitiko luno alyale nalwo ye akyale kudumulivua. amahumile gha kivalilo iki kwe kuuti alyavombike kuuva nhaata ghwa vooni vano vikwitika, nambe nave navali muvudumulua. iji jili nu vufumbue kuuti ikyang'haani jilivalilua ku veene.
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.
iji jili nuvufumbue kuuti uAbulahamu alyavombike nhaata ghwa vadumulua veene looli kange ku vala vano vikusivigilila isajo va nhaata ghwitu uAbulahamu. na ulu lwe lwitiko luno alyale nalwo ku vano navadumulivue.
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;
ulwakuva najilyale ku ndaghilo kuuti ulufingo lukapelilue kwa Abulahamu nu vuholua vwake, ulufingo ulu ulwakuva viiva vahaasi va iisi, pe jilyale kukilila ikyang'haani ja lwitiko.
14 for if they who are of law [are] heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless;
ulwakuva ndeve avandaghilo vala vevahaasi ulwitiko lulu lwa vuvule, nu lwitiko lukanilue.
15 for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
ulwakuva idaghilo jileta ing'alaasi, neke pala pano pasila ndaghilo kange nakwele kusita kukwitikila.
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,
mu lulu jihumila ku lwitiko, neke luve ku vumosi, amahumile ghake ulufingo luvoneke ku vuholua vwoni. na vaholua ava na vevala veene vano vikagula indaghilo liilo na vala vano ve va lwitiko lwa Abulahamu. ulwakuva umwene ghe nhaata ghwitu twevoni,
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.
nave jilembilue kuuti, “nikupelile uve kuuva nhaata ghwa iisi nyinga” uAbulahamu alyale mu lwitiko lwa jula juno alyale mwitiki, kuuti, uNguluve juno ikuvapela avafue uvwumi na kukuvapela sooni sino vasila neke vavisaghe naso.
18 Who, against hope, believed in hope, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: “So will your seed be”;
nambe kuuva naso sooni, uAbulahamu ku lukangasio alyamwitikile uNguluve ku fighono fino fikwisa. pe lino akava nhaata ghwa iisi nyinga, kuling'aana na kila kino kilyajovilue”, fye luliva uluholuo lwako.
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,
umwene naalyale m'bote vote ku lwitiko. uAbulahamu alyajovile jujuo kuuti um'bili ghwake ghulyafwile - alyale ma maaka kuvelelela kijigho. kange akiting'ine ku vufue vwa lileme lya Sala.
20 and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,
neke ulwakuva ulufingo lwa Nguluve, uAbulahamu nakabuhilile kukwitika. pe akaponekisivue ingufu ku lwitiko na kukumughinia uNguluve.
21 and having been fully persuaded that what He has promised He is also able to do:
alyale ikagula ikyang'haani ku kila kino uNguluve akafingile alyale ni ngufu sa kuvomba.
22 for this reason also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
pe lino iji jope jilyavalilue kuuva je kyang'haani.
23 And it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
lino najilyalembilue ku vufumbue vwake lwene kuuti jilyavalilue kwa mwene.
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,
jilyalembilue vwimila jiitu kange. vano vavikilue kuvalilua ikyang'haani usue twe viitiki kwa mwene juno alyansiluile uMutwa ghwitu uYesu kuhuma kuvafue.
25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
uju ghwe juno uNguluve alyamwumisie vwimila uvuhosi vwitu na kusyukulivua neke tupate kuvalilua ikyang'haani.
