Romans 4
1 What then shall we say concerning Abraham the patriarch, that by the flesh he obtained?
Acunakyaküng, Abraham mi pupa, mi ti hin ihawkba mi ti khai ni? Abrahama pawhmsah khawi ta i ni?
2 But if Abraham was justified by works, he had ground of glorying; yet 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? That Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Cangcim naw a pyen ta “Abraham naw Pamhnam jum lü, acuna a jumnak cun Pamhnam naw ngsungpyunnaka a ngaih pet.”
4 But to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as a debt to him.
Khyang naw khut a bi üng, a bia phu cun amdanga a yaha am kya, hlawh lü a yaha kyaki.
5 Whereas, to him that worketh not, but only believeth in him that justifieth sinners, his faith is accounted to him 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 As David also speaketh of the blessedness of the man, to whom God reckoneth 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 iniquity is forgiven, and whose sins are covered up:
“Ami mkhyenak jah mhlät peta khyange ja ami katnak jah bu pete ta jekyai u se!
8 and, Blessed is the man, to whom God will not reckon his sin.
Bawipa naw ami mkhyekatnak am a jah kheh petea khyange cun jekyai u se” tia a pyen ni.
9 This blessedness, therefore, is it on the circumcision? or on the uncircumcision? For we say, that Abraham's faith was reckoned to him 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 then was it reckoned to him? 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 For he received circumcision, as the sign and the seal of the righteousness of his faith while in uncircumcision: that he might become the father of all them of the uncircumcision who believe; and that it might be reckoned to them also for righteousness:
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 the circumcision; not to them only who are of the circumcision, but to them also who fulfill the steps of the faith of our father Abraham in his uncircumcision.
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 to Abraham and to his seed, that he should become the heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of his 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 who are of the law were heirs, faith would be made void, and the promise of no force.
Thum läkie üng Pamhnam naw khyütam a jah pet ta jumnak cun am mdanga kya lü Pamhnama khyütam pi am mdang vai ni.
15 For the law is a worker of wrath; because where no law is, there is no transgression of law.
Thum naw Pamhnama mlungsonak lawpüiki; cunsepi thuma am a ve üng thum lümkan am ve.
16 Wherefore, it is by the faith which is by grace, that we are justified: so that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that 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 constituted thee a father to a multitude of nations;" namely before God, in whom thou hast believed; who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as if 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 And without hope, he confided in the hope of becoming the father of a multitude of nations; (as it is written: So will 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 he was not sickly in his faith, while contemplating his inert body, (for he was a hundred years old, ) and the inert womb of Sarah.
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 And he did not hesitate at the promise of God, as one lacking faith; but he was strong in faith, and gave glory to God;
A jumnak am khyah, Pamhnama khyütam pi jumeiki. A jumnak cun johit üng be lü Pamhnam mhlünmtaiki.
21 and felt assured, that what God had promised to him, he was able to fulfill.
Pamhnam naw khyütam cun kümkawi lawsak thei khai tia süm lü a jumnak khäng law bawki.
22 And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Acunakyase Abraham cun a jumnak üng ngsungpyunkia Pamhnam naw ngaih petki.
23 And not for his sake alone, was it written, that his faith was accounted for righteousness;
Acunakyase, “A jumnak cun a ngsungpyunnaka ngaiha kyaki” ti cun, amäta phäh däka yuka am kya lü,
24 but for our sakes also; because it is to be accounted so to us, who believe in him that raised our Lord Jesus Messiah 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 up, on account of our sins; and arose, that he might justify us.
Acuna Jesuh cun, mi mkhyekatnaka phäha thikia kya lü, Pamhnam am mi ngsungpyunnak vaia phäh mthawh bea kyaki ni.
