Romans 4
1 What then, it may be asked, are we to say about Abraham, the ancestor of our nation?
tutisagha kiki kange kuuti uAbulahamu unhaata ghwitu ku lwa m'bili avonike?
2 If he was pronounced righteous as the result of obedience, then he has something to boast of. Yes, but not before God.
ulwakuva nave uAbulahamu alyavalilue ikyang'haani mumaghendele, aale iva nulwa kwighinia, neke napavulongolo pa Nguluve.
3 For what are the words of scripture? ‘Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’
neke amalembe ghiti ndani?” uAbulahamu alyale ikumwitika uNguluve kange vakam'balila kwa mwene kuuva kyang'haani”
4 Now wages are regarded as due to the person who works, not as a favor, but as a debt;
lino kwa muunhu juno ivomba imbombo, uluhombo lwake naluvalilua kuuva vumosi, looli luva lideni.
5 while, as for the person who does not rely on their obedience, but has faith in him who can pronounce the godless righteous, their faith is regarded by God as 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 In precisely the same way David speaks of the blessing pronounced on the person who is regarded by God as righteous apart from actions –
uDavidi ijova isa lufunyo kwa muunhu juno uNguluve am'balile ikyang'haani kisila maghendele.
7 ‘Blessed are those whose wrongdoings have been forgiven and over whose sins a veil has been drawn!
akati, “vafunyilue vala vano uvuhosi vwave vusaghilue na vano isambi saave sikupikilue.
8 Blessed the man whom the Lord will never regard as sinful!’
afunyilue umuunhu jula juno uMutwa naim'balila isambi”.
9 Is this blessing, then, pronounced on the circumcised only or on the uncircumcised as well? We say that – ‘Abraham’s faith was regarded by God as 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 Under what circumstances, then, did this take place? After his circumcision or before it?
pe lukavalilue ndani? unsiki uAbulahamu lyale ku ludumuluo, nambe ye akyale kudumulua? najilyale kuvudumulua looli kuvudumulua.
11 Not after, but before. And it was as a sign of this that he received the rite of circumcision – to show the righteousness due to the faith of an uncircumcised man – in order that he might be the father of all who have faith in God even when uncircumcised, so that they also may be regarded by God as righteous;
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 as well as father of the circumcised – to those who are not only circumcised, but who also follow our father Abraham in that faith which he had while still uncircumcised.
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 the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through Law, but through the righteousness due to 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 If those who take their stand on Law are to inherit the world, then faith is robbed of its meaning and the promise comes to nothing!
ulwakuva ndeve avandaghilo vala vevahaasi ulwitiko lulu lwa vuvule, nu lwitiko lukanilue.
15 Law entails punishment; but, where no Law exists, no breach of it is possible.
ulwakuva idaghilo jileta ing'alaasi, neke pala pano pasila ndaghilo kange nakwele kusita kukwitikila.
16 That is why everything is made to depend on faith: so that everything may be God’s gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham’s descendants – not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the father of us all;
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 as scripture says – ‘I have made you the father of many nations.’) And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.
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 With no ground for hope, Abraham, sustained by hope, put faith in God; in order that, in fulfillment of the words – ‘So many will your descendants be,’ he might become ‘the father of many nations.’
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 Though he was nearly a hundred years old, yet his faith did not fail him, even when he thought of his own body, then utterly worn out, and remembered that Sarah was past bearing children.
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 He was not led by want of faith to doubt God’s promise.
neke ulwakuva ulufingo lwa Nguluve, uAbulahamu nakabuhilile kukwitika. pe akaponekisivue ingufu ku lwitiko na kukumughinia uNguluve.
21 On the contrary, his faith gave him strength; and he praised God, in the firm conviction that what God has promised he is also able to carry out.
alyale ikagula ikyang'haani ku kila kino uNguluve akafingile alyale ni ngufu sa kuvomba.
22 And therefore his faith ‘was regarded as righteousness.’
pe lino iji jope jilyavalilue kuuva je kyang'haani.
23 Now these words – ‘it was regarded as righteousness’ – were not written with reference to Abraham only;
lino najilyalembilue ku vufumbue vwake lwene kuuti jilyavalilue kwa mwene.
24 but also with reference to us. Our faith, too, will be regarded by God in the same light, if we have faith in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead;
jilyalembilue vwimila jiitu kange. vano vavikilue kuvalilua ikyang'haani usue twe viitiki kwa mwene juno alyansiluile uMutwa ghwitu uYesu kuhuma kuvafue.
25 for Jesus was given up to death to atone for our offenses, and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.
uju ghwe juno uNguluve alyamwumisie vwimila uvuhosi vwitu na kusyukulivua neke tupate kuvalilua ikyang'haani.
