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]
Erah ang abah, sengte sengwah jih ajaat Abraham asuh seng ih tumjih li ih? Heh ih jatje arah tumjijih rah ah?
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].
Heh reeraang dang ajang jun ih Rangte ngathong nah Abraham ah kateng angta bah, heh ah engaampo jih angta—enoothong Rangte miksok dobah tajen ngaampooka.
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}.
Rangteele ni liiha, “Abraham ih Rangte ah tuungmaang etta, erah tuungmaang jun ih Rangte ih heh ah kateng et thiikta”
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].
Marah mina moot ni kala abah lakbi thaang ah chola, erah suh thaangmuh lakkot liijih tah angka; erah chola ah heh lakniik thaang.
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].
Enoothong, marah mina heh mookaat suh lah angthang ih heh hanpi suh laalomte ah, ethih ah ese et jenlekte wah Rangte suh hanpiila, eno erah hanpiila thaang ah kateng mina et thiik ah.
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]:
Erah raang ih Dewid ih, o mina neng mootkaat muh taat ang abah uh, Rangte ih kateng et thiik rum ano tenroon chote loong asuh amet liiha:
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
“O thetre biin anaan ha loong ah tenroon ang ah, nyia neng rangdah biin anaan ha loong uh tenroon ang ah!
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Marah mina rangdah Teesu ih larookweka loong ah tenroon ang ah!”
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].
Erah tenroon tiit ah Dewid ih baat ha rah khoopkhan banlam hoonchoote loong suh laklak tam baat ha? Emah tah angka! Erah khoopkhan banlam hoon mute loong suh nep baat ha. Tumeah Rangteele ni amet liiha, “Abraham ih Rangte suh hanpiita, erah thoidi heh ah Rangte ih kateng et thiikta.”
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.
Erah babah angta? Abraham heh khoopkhan banlam maang hoon di tam angta, tamale erah lini angta? Erah heh khoopkhan banlam maang hoon di angta, lini tah angka.
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.
Abraham khoopkhanta banlam ah sin esiit angta heh ah Rangte suh hanpiite ang kano laalek heh ah kateng ih thiikjih angta. Erah thoidi Abraham ah deek akaan ni chiiala pan loongtang raangtaan ih hewah roop angta, mina loong neng khoopkhan banlam hoon muh taat ang abah uh, Rangte suh hanpiite loong abah heh ih kateng et thiik ah.
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.
Abraham ah khoopkhan banlam hoonchoote loong raangtaan ih uh neng waroop, erah langla khoopkhan luulu lah angthang ih, sengte sengwah Abraham heh khoopkhan banlam maang hoon di laalomta ah likhiik neng loong ah uh emamah ih laalomla.
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.
Rangte ih Abraham nyia heh sutoom satoom loong suh kakhamta adi mongrep ah heh raangtaan ang ah ih baatta, eno amiimiisak langta, erah langla Abraham ih Hootthe liphan thaang ih tah angta, enoothong heh hanpi nyia Rangte ih heh ah kateng et thiik thoidi angta.
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].
Tumeah Rangte kakham ah Hootthe lathong ni songtongte loong raangtaan ih mok ang abah, heh suh tuungmaang nyia heh kakham ah thaangmuh ih hoon ah.
Hootthe ih Rangte tenkhat ah datpoon ah; enoothong marah di hootthe tajeeka, erah doh hootthe thaangju theng uh tajeeka ang ah.
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].
Erah thoidi kakham ah tuungmaang jun ih ang ah, tumeah Rangte kakham ah Abraham sutoom loong suh thaangmuh ih kottheng thiinta—Hootthe lathong ni songtongte loong suh laklak lah angthang ih, Abraham ih hanpiita likhiik o ih hanpiiha erah loong suh nep koha. Erah thoidi Abraham ah chiiala lam ni seng waroop;
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],
Rangteele ni liiha likhiik ah, “Ngah ih an deek akaan rep raangtaan ih waroop ang thuk ha.” Erah kakham ah, marah Abraham ih hanpiita Rangte miksok di ese—tek nawa ngaakthing thukte nyia heh jengkhaap nawa ih jaatrep maangdi lajeeta loong ah jen dongsiitte Rangte suh ah.
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.
Laalomjih lah angka di, Abraham ih hanpi nyia laalom etta, erah thoih “deek akaan rep waroop ang thukta.” Rangteele ni liiha likhiik ah, “An sutoom satoom loong ah reksih thanthan ih jaatjaang ah.”
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],
Erah tok adi Abraham ah paang chaasiit angta; enoothong teekaang taat ang abah uh heh tuungmaang ah kamkam angta, amiidi heh ah tek nanah angta eno heh minuh Saara uh heh sah tajeeta.
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].
Heh tuungmaang jun ih Rangte kakham asuh tenchi tah angta; heh tuungmaang adi chaan aphaan eje angta, eno heh ih Rangte rangphoong ruh eta.
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
Rangte kakhamta asuh Abraham ah kamkam ih laalomta.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Erah thoidi Abraham ah, heh tuungmaang jun ih “Rangte ih kateng ih thiikta.”
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.
Marah Abraham suh “Kateng et liita” erah langla heh suh luulu li tiit taraangka
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.
Seng loong o kateng et thiik he erah loong raangtaan ih nep raangha nyia Jisu Kristo tek nawa we ngaakthing thukta ih hanpiihi loong ah suh nep raangha.
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.
Tumeah seng rangdah thoi ih heh roidong ah tek haat thukta, eno Rangte ngathong nah seng loong ah kateng angsuh we ngaakthing thukta.
