Romans 4
1 What thanne schulen we seie, that Abraham oure fadir aftir the flesch foond?
What shall we then say that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2 For if Abraham is iustified of werkis of the lawe, he hath glorie, but not anentis God.
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory, but not before God.
3 For what seith the scripture? Abraham bileued to God, and it was arettid to him to riytwisnesse.
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
4 And to hym that worchith mede is not arettid bi grace, but bi dette.
Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 Sotheli to hym that worchith not, but bileueth in to hym that iustefieth a wickid man, his feith is arettid to riytwisnesse, aftir the purpos of Goddis grace.
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 As Dauid seith the blessidnesse of a man, whom God acceptith, he yyueth to hym riytwisnesse with outen werkis of the lawe,
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man to whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Blessid ben thei, whos wickidnessis ben foryouun, and whos synnes ben hid.
[Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessid is that man, to whom God arettide not synne.
Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9 Thanne whether dwellith this blisfulnesse oneli in circumcisioun, or also in prepucie? For we seien, that the feith was arettid to Abraham to riytwisnesse.
[Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only], or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 Hou thanne was it arettid? in circumcisioun, or in prepucie? Not in circumcisioun, but in prepucie.
How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he took a signe of circumcisioun, a tokenyng of riytwisnesse of the feith which is in prepucie, that he be fadir of alle men bileuynge bi prepucie, that it be arettid also to hem to riytwisnesse;
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith, which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they are not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also;
12 and that he be fadir of circumcisioun, not onely to hem that ben of circumcisioun, but also to hem that suen the steppis of the feith, which feith is in prepucie of oure fader Abraham.
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.
13 For not bi the lawe is biheest to Abraham, or to his seed, that he schulde be eir of the world, but bi the riytwisnesse of feith.
For the promise that he should be the heir of the world [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if thei that ben of the lawe, ben eiris, feith is distried, biheest is don awey.
For if they who are of the law [are] heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of no effect.
15 For the lawe worchith wraththe; for where is no lawe, there is no trespas, nethir is trespassyng.
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, [there is] no transgression.
16 Therfor riytfulnesse is of the feith, that bi grace biheeste be stable to ech seed, not to that seed oneli that is of the lawe, but to that that is of the feith of Abraham, which is fadir of vs alle.
Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, 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;
17 As it is writun, For Y haue set thee fadir of many folkis, bifor God to whom thou hast bileued. Which God quykeneth deed men, and clepith tho thingis that ben not, as tho that ben.
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who reviveth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as though they were.
18 Which Abraham ayens hope bileuede in to hope, that he schulde be maad fader of many folkis, as it was seid to hym, Thus schal thi seed be, as the sterris of heuene, and as the grauel that is in the brenke of the see.
Who against hope believed with hope, that he should become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And he was not maad vnstidfast in the bileue, nether he biheelde his bodi thanne nyy deed, whanne he was almost of an hundrid yeer, ne the wombe of Sare nyy deed.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.
20 Also in the biheeste of God he doutide not with vntrist; but he was coumfortid in bileue,
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 yyuynge glorie to God, witynge moost fulli that what euere thingis God hath bihiyt, he is myyti also to do.
And being fully persuaded, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 Therfor it was arettid to hym to riytwisnesse.
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 And it is not writun oneli for him, that it was arettid to hym to riytwisnesse,
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 but also for vs, to whiche it schal be arettid, that bileuen in him that reiside oure Lord Jhesu Crist fro deeth.
But for us also, to whom it will be imputed, if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 Which was bitakun for oure synnes, and roos ayen for oure iustefiyng.
Who was delivered for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.
