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]
Kuulunga ntuni hangi kina Abrahamu, tata witu nukimuili, wigelaa?
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].
Ang'wi Abrahamu aupewe itai kunsoko antendo, auzetula ni nsoko akikulya, ingi singa kuntongeela ang'wi Tunda.
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}.
Iti imaandiko akulunga uli? Abrahamu aumuhuie Itunda, kilalakwe ikatula muntu wa tai.
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].
Kumuntu nuitumile umulimo, ikinyamulimo kakwe shakialigwa kina ukende, ingi izi daigwa.
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].
Kululo kumuntu nishawituma umulimo kunu umu huie uyo uku nukumupa itai nishanga muntu wang'wi Tunda uuhuili wakwe umuntu uyu waalikwa kutula watai.
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]:
U Daudi ingi waligitya ukembetwa wa muntu ni Tunda wimuailya itai panakutili intendo.
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
Akalunga akembetwa ao nuubii wao nualekelwa ni milandu ao akunikilwa.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Akembetwe umuntu uyu ni Tunda shukumuailya imilandu.
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].
Iti gwa ukembetwa uwu ingi kuao ni tawe kukidamu du, ang'wi nao nishatawe kukidamu? Kunsoko kuulunga. Kung'wa Abrahamu uuhuili wakwe aikuaigwe kina watai.
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.
iti auaigwe uli? Matungo nu Abrahamu aukoli mukidamu, ang'wi aakili kutwalwa kukidamu? Singa aikoli kutwala kukidamu, ingi kuhita kutwalwa kukidamu.
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.
Abrahamu ausingilye kulingasiilyo ni kakudamu. Iki ai kilingasiilyo ni kitai nikauhuili naakili kutwalwa kukidamu. Kuumailyo wa kilingasiilyo iki, ingi akutula tata wa antu ihi niahuiie ata izeakoli mukidamu. Iyi ingi ikualigwa tai kitalao.
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.
Iyi hangi ainoneeye kina Abrahamu atule tata wa kidamu singa udu kina ao niapumie mukidamu, ingi nao niaityatile impambatilyo yang'wa tata witu Abrahamu. Nuwu wuwu uhuili naukite kuantu nishaatawe kukidamu.
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.
Kunsoko singa ai miko kina ilago ailipumiigwe kung'wa Abrahamu nuwilehi wakwe. Ilago ili kina azetula asali amihi ingi kuleka ihi atuile kukiila tai au huili.
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].
Kunsoko ang'wi ao nia miko wawo asali uhuili watula nakanda ni lago labipa.
Kunsoko imiko ileta kubipilwa kululo apo nikutile imiko, ikulyo iza kutile.
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].
Kunsoko aiyi iti ili lipumila kua uhuili, ingi litule laukenda, iliitigwa litule ilago niligeelekile kuwileli wihi, hangi aleki kutula wawa du nialingile imiko, naoga niauhuili wang'wa Abrahamu. kunsoko uyuite tata witu kihi.
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],
Anga naiyandikilwe, “Nakuika uewe kutula tata wa mahi idu. Abrahamu aukoli mung'wa uyo nauhuie, ingi Itunda uyu nuiapeza uupanga iashi nuitanga inkani nikutile ihume kigela.
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.
Palung'wi ninkani yidu niakunzi, Abrahamu akimika muhuili wang'wi Tunda mumakani ihi na mahiku napembilye. Kulola akatula tata wa mahi idu anga nailigitigwe. Uu ukutula uwileli wako.
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],
Nuanso singa aimunino ikiuhuili. Abrahamu akalunga kina umuili wakwe aiwakondya kusha aiwagomba nikululika kusha inda anga Sara.
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].
Kunsonko autite ilago lang'wi Tunda, Abrahamu singa akisinsila kuhita kuhuila ingi akizuligwa ingulu ya uhuili akamukulya Itunda.
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
Aumanyile kina iko naupewe ilago ni Tunda aukete ingulu yakuikondamilya.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Kululo iyi ikialigwa kitalakwe kina tai.
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.
Ingi gwa singa andikilwe kitalakwe du, ingi aiaigwe kitalakwe.
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.
Ingi aiyandikilwe kunsoko itu, kuantu ao naiaikiigwe ialo la kualigwa; usese nikuhuie kung'wa uyo naumukilye umukulu witu Yesu kupuma kuashi.
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.
Uyu ingi yuyu naupumiigwe kunsoko amagazo itu nu kuukigwa kuhuma kupegwa itai.
