Romans 4
1 Abraham is the [revered] ancestor of us [Jews]. So think about what we can conclude [from what happened to Abraham about how God can erase the record of our sins]. [RHQ]
La ba tok boki ye wo Ibraim, te be mor tebwiye fiya?
2 If it was because of Abraham’s doing [good] things that the record of his sins was erased {that [God] erased the record of his sins}, Abraham could then have been able to boast [about that to people], but he would not have [had any basis to] boast to God [about it].
No Ibraim fiya cerka fiye nangene ri ci kin fiyam ker kungka duwek, la kebo kabum Kwama.
3 [Remember that] in the Scriptures it is written {someone wrote} [PRS] that Abraham believed what God [promised] [RHQ], and as a result the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
La tak ye bifumro tok tiye? Ibraim ne bilenke Kwama nin, lan kiyeken cak-cake fiye ci wiye.
4 If we receive wages for work that we do, those wages are not considered to be a gift. Instead, they [are considered] to be what we have earned. [Similarly, if God erases the record of our sins because we did things to earn God’s favor], we would not consider that [God’s erasing the record of our sin] was [a gift. Instead, we would consider it as what we had earned].
Na weu nii wo ma nangen tiyeu, cuner cero mani a kiyeti na luma fiye ci wiye, la dike na ce.
5 But suppose that we do not do things [to gain God’s acceptance]. Suppose that we instead trust [in God], who erases the record of sins of wicked people. Then the erasing of the record of our sins because of our trusting [in Christ] is considered to be a gift to us, [not something that we earned].
La co wo manki nangeneu, lan ne bilenker nii wo cer no bwiran ker tiyeu, bilen ker cero kiye ken na cak-cake cinen.
6 Similarly, it is as David wrote [in the Psalms] about people being happy whose record of sins God has erased even though they have not done things [to earn it. David wrote]:
Dauda tok ker bibwiyer dor nii wo Kwama kiye nii cak-cakeu, ki bwini nangene.
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
La con toki, nob bibwiyereb nobo ci tab ciinen kero bwir ciyereu, buro bwirankereciyeu cumom-cumeu.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Nii bibwiyere wo kibi duware ce Kwwama mani a kiye cinenke ce tiyeu.
9 As for our being happy [because God has erased the record of our sins], (it is not something that [only] we Jews [can experience]./is it [MTY] something that [only] we Jews [can experience]?) [RHQ] [No, it is] also something that non-Jews [can experience] [MTY]. [What is written in the Scriptures], that it was because Abraham trusted [in God] that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}, [also shows that this is true].
La bibwiyero tokeu ki no dor nubo biyem te la'u ki kwa ci, kaka kange cii nubo biyebo te lareu? Wori bon tok kero, “bilenker Ibraim me kiye cak-cake dor cer.”
10 ([Think about] when [God erased the record of Abraham’s sins]./When did [God erase the record of Abraham’s sins]?) [RHQ] (Consider whether [it happened] after someone circumcised [Abraham to mark him as one who belonged to God], or before someone circumcised him./[Did it happen] after [Abraham was] circumcised [to be marked as one who belonged to God], or before he was circumcised?) [RHQ] It happened before he was circumcised, not after he was circumcised.
La ci kiye co nyi? Ki bwiko Ibraim biyem tē lāre ce kaka co biyebo ka? Kebo mor biyeka, dila mor bwini biyeka te larek.
11 [Many years later, God commanded that] Abraham [be] circumcised. Abraham’s accepting that ritual simply showed [that he knew that God had accepted him]. [He knew that God] had [erased the record of his sins] because he trusted [in God] while he was still, [in effect, a non-Jew because] he had not been circumcised. [So we can understand that] Abraham became (a spiritual ancestor/like an ancestor) to [all] of us whose record of sins has been erased {whose sins [God] has erased the record of} because we believe [in God’s promise, even though some of us] are not circumcised.
Ibraim yo yirom biye kam bo wuro co dokka kangek bilenkere co cike fiya ca biye beu. Co bibwiyer yiromero wo, dok co ca yilam tee nubo ne bilenkereu gwam. Bwen duwal ci biyebeu. Nyori dike nungeu a kiye cinen cak-cake.
12 Likewise, Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all us Jews who are not merely circumcised but who, more importantly, [believe in God’s promise] as our ancestor Abraham did, even before he was circumcised.
Wori nungi con yilam tee nubo biyemeu buro kebo ka tē lā ceu biye meu dila kange nubo buro fuwaten naa ciyeti nur bilenker wo tee be Ibraim fuwau na nimre cii biyem tē lā ceu.
13 God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive [the blessings that he promised to give to the people in] the world. But when he promised that, it was not because Abraham [obeyed] the laws [that God later gave to Moses]. Instead, it was because Abraham believed [that God would do what he promised that he would do]. As a result, God erased the record of his sins.
Wori noro ma Ibraim min kange naniya ceko, can yilam nii kwali dor bitinero boubo werfuneronin la bou cak-cake wo wo bilenkerer mineu.
14 If [we think that] it is those who [obey God’s] laws who will receive [what he has promised], it is useless [for us to trust in him. And what he] promised is worthless. [Remember that] it is [stated] in God’s law [PRS] [that] he will punish [people who do not perfectly obey them], and remember that wherever [MTY] laws exist, [people] disobey them [LIT].
Nā nubo burona werfundo ceu nob kwalib di, bilenker manki diker, la noro dubangum.
La werfunero ki bom nyo ki funer, la fiye ki bwini werfunere di fuwa ka nyalek man.
16 So it is because [we] trust [in God that we will receive the things that he has promised]. [It is not because we perfectly obey God’s laws. He wants] (to [erase the record of our sins/to declare us no longer guilty]) without our earning it. As a result, what God now promises, he guarantees to give to all people who are [Abraham’s spiritual] descendants. [He promises to do that not only for us Jewish believers], who [have] God’s laws [and trust in him as Abraham did], but also for those [non-Jews who do not have God’s laws but] who trust [in him] as Abraham did. Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all of us [believers].
Lawo kin bilenker na noro yi dor lumar ri na bwangten naniyak Ibraimek gwam, kebo ka nubo bwangten werfun tiye, dila kange nubo buro yilam ki bilenke Ibraime. Cin Tee be gwam,
17 What is written {What [Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures about what God promised Abraham shows that this is true]. [God said to him], “It is in order that you [(sg)] may be the ancestor of many ethnic groups that I have chosen you.” Romans 4:17b-22 God [guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants]. Abraham confidently believed that God [would do that],
Kambo mulangum mulangeu, “min yonen na yilam tee bi tenni, kila kila”. Ibraim kino kabum nii co wo ci ciya cikeu, con Kwama, wo ne nubo bwiya meu dume tiyeu, na cwo diker maniyeu, na bou na no wi.
18 even though there was no physical reason for him to hope [that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children]. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. [God said to Abraham], “You will have so many descendants that they will be [as impossible to count as the stars].” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups.
Wi yak kange dike bwiti bwiyeu, Ibraim ciya kange Kwama ki bi kwan neret dor kāba cek. La con yilam tee bi tenni kila-kilau kambo yim ceu,”Nyo naniyak mweko a yila tiye.”
19 He did not doubt [that God would do what he promised], even though he knew that his body was already [as incapable of begetting children as if he were] dead [MET] because he was about 100 years old. And [even though he realized that] Sarah had never been able to become pregnant [IDM],
Kebo ki yobka mor bilenker. Ibraim nyumom ki bwiceu dolbo bōka bwek (wori cor cero kiyang kwini kwob) kange ciraka fiye borek wice ko.
20 he did not doubt at all that God [would do what he had] promised. Instead, he trusted [in God] more/very strongly, and he thanked God [for what God was going to do].
La ker nore Kwamaro, Ibaim tintang bo mor bwini neke bilenker, lanyeu, con ma bikwan mor bilenker la con ne Kwama duktangka.
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
Co diim ki ciyaka Kwama ma cinen nor, la can di cinen.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Lan kiye wo cak-cake cinen.
23 The words [in the Scriptures], “The record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins},” are not only about Abraham.
La kero wo kiye ci ne neu, mukang bo nace na dor ceroce ki kwāce.
24 They were also written {[They] also wrote that} for us whose record of sins would be erased {[God] would erase}. They were written {[They] wrote it} for us who believe [God], the one who caused our Lord Jesus to become alive again after he died.
La mulangum ki bo ken. ki nii wo a kiye cinen tiye, bo nobo ba ne bilenker ki nii wo kung Yecu Tee luwe beu bwareu.
25 Jesus allowed [men] to execute [MTY] him so that [God could forgive] our evil deeds. And [God] caused Jesus to live again because [God wanted to show that because of the death of Jesus he was able to] erase the record of our sins.
Won co wuro ci neken co ker bwiran kerebe, lan kung co na fang bo.
