Romans 4
1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, found?
Aa ino ty hataon-tika te nioni’ i Abraàme raentika am-bata’e?
2 For if Abraham had been justified by works, he would have had a reason to boast, but not before God.
fa naho o fimanea’eo ty nañavàntañe i Abraàme, le amam-pisengea’e re, fe tsy añatrefan’ Añahare.
3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
Ino ty tsarae’ o Sokitse Masiñeoo? Natokisa’ i Abraàme t’i Andrianañahare vaho nivolilian-ko havantañañe.
4 Now for him who works, what he is paid is not counted as a gift, but as what is owed.
Ie mitoroñe t’indaty, le tsy atao falalàñe ty tambe’e fa zo’e.
5 But for him who does not work but instead believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.
Fe amy tsy mitoroñe fa miato amy Mpañavantañe ty tsy aman-Kàkeiy, le volilieñe ho havantaña’e i fatokisa’ey.
6 David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness without works.
Hambañe amy tsarae’ i Davide ty haeha’ ondaty vinolilin’ Añahare ho vantañe tsy ty amy fitoroña’ey:
7 He said, “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Haha o nafahan-kakeoo, naho o aman-tahiñe kinolopokeo.
8 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count sin.”
Haha t’indaty tsy anaña’ Iehovà hakeo.
9 Then is this blessing pronounced only on those of the circumcision, or also on those of the uncircumcision? For we say, “Faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.”
O sinavatseo avao hao ro haha, ke o tsy sinavatseo ka? amy nataon-tika te nivolilieñe ho havantañañe amy Abraàme i fatokisa’ey.
10 So how was it counted? When Abraham was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? It was not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Akore ty namoliliañe aze? Ie fa sinavatse hao, ke ie mbe tsi-afa-boy. Toe ie tsy nisavatse naho mbe tsi-tinampake!
11 Abraham received the sign of circumcision. This was a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had already possessed when he was in uncircumcision. The result of this sign was that he became the father of all those who believe, even if they are in uncircumcision. This means that righteousness will be counted for them.
Aa le rinambe’e ho viloñe i savatsey; ho voli-fitombo’ i havantañam-patokisa’ey, ie mbe tsy niafa-boiñey. Toly ndra ie ty rae’ o mpiato tsy sinavatseo, hamoliliañe iareo ho vantañe.
12 This also meant that Abraham became the father of the circumcision for those who are not only circumcised but also for those who follow in the steps of faith of our father Abraham before he was circumcised.
Ie ka ty rae’ o sinavatseo, tsy o niafa-boiñeo avao fa o mañavelo amy fatokisa’ i Abraàme raen-tikañey t’ie mbe tsy nisavareñeo.
13 For the promise to Abraham and to his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Tsy añamy Hake fa amy havantañam-patokisañey ty nampitamañe i Abraàme naho o tarira’eo t’ie ty handova ty voatse toy.
14 For if those who live by the law are to be the heirs, faith is made empty, and the promise is void.
Fa naho ty mpimane Hake ro mpandova le tsy vara ty fatokisañe vaho kòake ty fitamàñe.
15 For the law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there is no trespass.
Toe minday lafa t’i Hake, fe naho tsy eo lily, tsy eo zehatse.
16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all of Abraham's descendants—not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all,
Ie amy zao, le fatokisañe añamy fatarihañey, hamenteañe ty nampitamañe ze hene tariratse, tsy ze amy Hàke avao, fa amo mpitrao-patokisañe amy Abrahàmeo ka, ie raen-tikañe iaby,
17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations.” Abraham was in the presence of him whom he trusted, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls the things that do not exist into existence.
(Fa hoe ty pinatetse: Fa nanoeko raem-pifeheañe maro irehe) ie añatrefa’ i natokisa’ey, i Andrianañahare mameloñe o nihomakeo vaho mikanjy o raha tsy eoo ho eoy.
18 In hope he believed against hope, that he would become the father of many nations, according to what he had been told, “So will your descendants be.”
Ie ho nilesa ty fisalala’e, mb’e niantofa’e i nampitamañey, t’ie ho raem-pifeheañe maro, ty amy nitsaraeñe ama’ey, te: Ho mira amy zay o tarira’oo.
19 Without becoming weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about a hundred years old)—and he considered the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Tsy nimokotse i fatokisa’ey, tsy hinao’e i sandri’e fa hihomakey—ie niha-zato taoñe—naho ty hamodoa’ ty trañon’ ana’ i Sarae;
20 But because of God's promise, Abraham did not hesitate in unbelief. Instead, he was strengthened in faith and gave praise to God.
tsy niankanie’e an-tsi-fatokisañe i nampitaman’ Añaharey, fe nihafatratse am-patokisañe, nandrenge an’ Andrianañahare;
21 He was fully convinced that what God had promised, he was also able to accomplish.
ie niantoke do’e te lefen’ Añahare ty hahafonitse i tsinara’ey
22 Therefore this was also counted to him as righteousness.
le vinolily ho havantañañe ama’e.
23 Now it was not written only for his benefit, that it was counted for him.
Ie amy zao, tsy ie avao ty nanokirañe te vinolily ho ama’e,
24 It was written also for us, for whom it will be counted, we who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
fa ho volilieñe ka tika mpiato amy nampitroatse Iesoà Talèn-tika an-kavilasiy;
25 This is the one who was delivered up for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.
ie nasese ty amo hakeon-tikañeo vaho natroatse hañavantañe an-tika.
