Romans 4
1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
Acunakyaküng, Abraham mi pupa, mi ti hin ihawkba mi ti khai ni? Abrahama pawhmsah khawi ta i ni?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not towards God.
Abraham naw bilawhnak am ngsungpyunnak a yah vaisü üng, a awhcahnak vai sü, cunsepi Pamhnama hmaia ta acukba am ni.
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
Cangcim naw a pyen ta “Abraham naw Pamhnam jum lü, acuna a jumnak cun Pamhnam naw ngsungpyunnaka a ngaih pet.”
4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
Khyang naw khut a bi üng, a bia phu cun amdanga a yaha am kya, hlawh lü a yaha kyaki.
5 But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
Cunsepi, bilawhnak üng am ni lü jumnak am ngdüi lü Pamhnam jumkia mkhyekatnak cun ngcimki tia a ngaih pet. Isetiakyaküng Pamhnam naw acuna jumnak cun amät am jah ngsungpyunsaki tia Pamhnam naw a ngaih ni.
6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
Ahin hin, Davit naw khyanga bilawhnaka phäha am ni lü, Pamhnam naw ngsungpyunkia a jah ngaih pete cun jodaw ve,
7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
“Ami mkhyenak jah mhlät peta khyange ja ami katnak jah bu pete ta jekyai u se!
8 Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
Bawipa naw ami mkhyekatnak am a jah kheh petea khyange cun jekyai u se” tia a pyen ni.
9 Is this blessing then pronounced only on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
Davita pyen jekyainak cun vun mawih khamkiea phäh däka mä akya? Am kya! Vun am mawikiea phäha pi kyaki ni. Cangcim üngka mi pyena kba, “Abraham naw Pamhnam jumei lü a jumnak cun ngsungpyunkia a doei pet.”
10 How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Acun cun ihawkba a ngaih pet ni? Vun a mawi käna aw? Am a mawih ham üng aw? Vun a mawih käna am ni, a mawih hlana kyaki.
11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
Acunakyase, vun am a mawih ham üng a jumnak am ngsungpyunnak yahki tia ksingnak vaia, vun mawi lü msingnak pawhki. Acuna ngsungpyunnak cun ami phäha kya khaia, vun am mawikie üng jumeikie naküta paa kyanak thei vaia ni.
12 He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
Ani cun vun mawikiea paa pi a kyanak sih vaia, vun mawikie cun pi mi pa Abraham naw vun am mawi lü a xün k'um üng jumnak a taka mäiha jumnak ami tak vaia ni.
13 For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he would be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Abraham ja a mjükphyüie naw khawmdek ami kanak vaia khyütam cun Thum a läklama phäh am ni, ani naw jum lü a jumnak cun ngsungpyunnaka a doei pet ni.
14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
Thum läkie üng Pamhnam naw khyütam a jah pet ta jumnak cun am mdanga kya lü Pamhnama khyütam pi am mdang vai ni.
15 For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
Thum naw Pamhnama mlungsonak lawpüiki; cunsepi thuma am a ve üng thum lümkan am ve.
16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
Acunakyase, khyütam cun jumnak üng kya lü Pamhnam naw Abrahama mjükphyüie amdanga a jah pet cun Thum läk sawxatki üng am kya lü Abrahama juma kba jumeikie a jah pet ni. Abraham cun ngmüimkhya lama avana mi pa vaia phäh ni.
17 As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
Cangcim naw, “Khyangmjü khawkäna paa ka ning pyang päng ni” tia a pyena kba ni. Khyütam cun Abrahama jum Pamhnama ma daw lü acuna Pamhnam naw thikie jah xünsak lü, am vekie pi ve khaia pawhki ni.
18 Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
Abraham naw äpei vaia anglawiki äpei lü jumnak am “ani cun khyangmjü khawhaha paa” thawn lawki. Cangcim naw, “Na mjükphyüie cun aisi kän law khaie” tia pyenki.
19 Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
A khawkum a phya law khyäü khaia a mtisa xü lü a yängsänak am ve sepi, a jumnak am ngcek law. Sarah pi am ca khawh ti.
20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
A jumnak am khyah, Pamhnama khyütam pi jumeiki. A jumnak cun johit üng be lü Pamhnam mhlünmtaiki.
21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
Pamhnam naw khyütam cun kümkawi lawsak thei khai tia süm lü a jumnak khäng law bawki.
22 Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
Acunakyase Abraham cun a jumnak üng ngsungpyunkia Pamhnam naw ngaih petki.
23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
Acunakyase, “A jumnak cun a ngsungpyunnaka ngaiha kyaki” ti cun, amäta phäh däka yuka am kya lü,
24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
mimia phäha pi kyaki. Mi Bawipa Jesuh, kthihnak üngkhyüh mtho beki mi jumkia kyase, mi jumnak cun ngsungpyunnaka ngai vaia kyaki.
25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
Acuna Jesuh cun, mi mkhyekatnaka phäha thikia kya lü, Pamhnam am mi ngsungpyunnak vaia phäh mthawh bea kyaki ni.
