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]
Atunci ce vom spune că Avraam, strămoșul nostru, a găsit după trup?
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].
Căci, dacă Avraam a fost îndreptățit prin fapte, are cu ce să se laude, dar nu față de Dumnezeu.
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}.
Căci ce spune Scriptura? “Avraam a crezut pe Dumnezeu și i s-a socotit ca neprihănire.”
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].
Or, pentru cel care lucrează, răsplata nu este socotită ca un har, ci ca ceva datorat.
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].
Dar celui care nu lucrează, ci crede în Cel care justifică pe cei neevlavioși, credința lui este socotită drept dreptate.
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]:
Așa cum și David pronunță binecuvântarea asupra omului căruia Dumnezeu îi socotește dreptate în afară de fapte:
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
“Ferice de cei cărora li se iartă fărădelegile, ale căror păcate sunt acoperite.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Binecuvântat este omul pe care Domnul nu-l va acuza de păcat.”
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].
Este deci binecuvântarea aceasta numai pentru cei tăiați împrejur, sau și pentru cei netăiați împrejur? Căci noi spunem că credința i-a fost socotită lui Avraam ca neprihănire.
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.
Cum a fost deci socotită? Când era în circumcizie, sau în necircumcizie? Nu în circumcizie, ci în necircumcizie.
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.
El a primit semnul circumciziei, ca pecete a neprihănirii credinței pe care o avea când era în necircumcizie, ca să fie tatăl tuturor celor ce cred, chiar dacă sunt în necircumcizie, pentru ca și lor să li se socotească neprihănirea.
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.
El este tatăl circumciziei pentru cei care nu numai că sunt din circumcizie, dar care și umblă pe urmele acelei credințe a tatălui nostru Avraam, pe care el a avut-o în necircumcizie.
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.
Căci făgăduința făcută lui Avraam și urmașilor lui, că el va fi moștenitorul lumii, nu a fost făcută prin lege, ci prin neprihănirea credinței.
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].
Căci, dacă moștenitorii sunt cei ce țin de Lege, credința se anulează și făgăduința rămâne fără efect.
Căci legea produce mânie; căci unde nu este lege, nu este nici neascultare.
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].
De aceea este din credință, ca să fie după har, pentru ca făgăduința să fie sigură pentru toți urmașii, nu numai pentru cei din lege, ci și pentru cei din credința lui Avraam, care este tatăl nostru al tuturor.
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],
După cum este scris: “Te-am făcut tatăl multor neamuri”. Aceasta în prezența celui în care a crezut: Dumnezeu, care dă viață celor morți și numește lucrurile care nu sunt, ca și cum ar fi.
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.
Împotriva nădejdii, Avraam a crezut în nădejde, ca să devină tatăl multor neamuri, potrivit cu ceea ce fusese spus: “Așa va fi urmașul tău”.
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],
Fără să slăbească în credință, el nu s-a gândit la propriul său trup, care era deja uzat (el fiind în vârstă de aproape o sută de ani), și la moartea pântecelui Sarei.
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].
Cu toate acestea, privind la promisiunea lui Dumnezeu, el nu s-a clătinat din necredință, ci s-a întărit prin credință, dând slavă lui Dumnezeu
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
și fiind pe deplin încredințat că ceea ce promisese, era și în stare să împlinească.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
De aceea și acest lucru i-a fost “creditat ca neprihănire”.
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.
Or, nu a fost scris că i s-a socotit numai pentru el,
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.
ci și pentru noi, cărora li se va socoti, care credem în cel care l-a înviat din morți pe Isus, Domnul nostru,
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.
care a fost dat pentru greșelile noastre și a înviat pentru îndreptățirea noastră.
