Romatɔwo 4
1 Azɔ nu ka gblɔ ge míala tso mía tɔgbui Abraham, ame si ƒe ŋutinya míese le nya sia me la ŋuti?
asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm kāyikakriyayā kiṁ labdhavān etadadhi kiṁ vadiṣyāmaḥ?
2 Ne ele eme vavã be wotso afia na Abraham to eƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me la, ekema nane li si ŋuti wòaƒo adegbe le, gake menye le Mawu ŋkume o.
sa yadi nijakriyābhyaḥ sapuṇyo bhavet tarhi tasyātmaślāghāṁ karttuṁ panthā bhavediti satyaṁ, kintvīśvarasya samīpe nahi|
3 Nu ka Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ? “Abraham xɔ Mawu dzi se, eye wobui nɛ dzɔdzɔenyenyee.”
śāstre kiṁ likhati? ibrāhīm īśvare viśvasanāt sa viśvāsastasmai puṇyārthaṁ gaṇito babhūva|
4 Azɔ ne ame aɖe wɔ dɔ la, ekema eƒe fetu menye nunana o, ke boŋ enye eƒe dɔdeasi.
karmmakāriṇo yad vetanaṁ tad anugrahasya phalaṁ nahi kintu tenopārjitaṁ mantavyam|
5 Ke ne ame aɖe mewɔ dɔ o, gake wòxɔ Mawu, ame si tsoa afia na ame vɔ̃ɖi dzi se la, ekema woabu eƒe xɔse nɛ dzɔdzɔenyenyee.
kintu yaḥ pāpinaṁ sapuṇyīkaroti tasmin viśvāsinaḥ karmmahīnasya janasya yo viśvāsaḥ sa puṇyārthaṁ gaṇyo bhavati|
6 David gblɔ nya sia ke esi wòƒo nu tso ame si Mawu bu ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe yayra ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ manɔmee be,
aparaṁ yaṁ kriyāhīnam īśvaraḥ sapuṇyīkaroti tasya dhanyavādaṁ dāyūd varṇayāmāsa, yathā,
7 “Woayra ame siwo wotsɔ woƒe dzidadawo ke wo, kple ame siwo wotsyɔ nu woƒe nu vɔ̃wo dzi la.
sa dhanyo'ghāni mṛṣṭāni yasyāgāṁsyāvṛtāni ca|
8 Woayra ŋutsu si ƒe nu vɔ̃ Aƒetɔ la mabu nɛ o la.”
sa ca dhanyaḥ pareśena pāpaṁ yasya na gaṇyate|
9 Ɖe yayra sia nye aʋatsotsotɔwo ɖeɖe ko tɔ alo enye ame siwo menye aʋamatsomatsotɔwo hã tɔa? Míegblɔna be Mawu bu Abraham ƒe xɔse nɛ dzɔdzɔenyenyee.
eṣa dhanyavādastvakchedinam atvakchedinaṁ vā kaṁ prati bhavati? ibrāhīmo viśvāsaḥ puṇyārthaṁ gaṇita iti vayaṁ vadāmaḥ|
10 Nu ka ta wobu Abraham ƒe xɔse nɛ dzɔdzɔenyenyee ɖo? Ɖe wobui nɛ dzɔdzɔenyenyee le eƒe aʋatsotso megbe alo do ŋgɔ na eƒe aʋatsotsoa? Menye le eƒe aʋatsotso megbe o, ke boŋ do ŋgɔ na eƒe aʋatsotso!
sa viśvāsastasya tvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ kim atvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ kasmin samaye puṇyamiva gaṇitaḥ? tvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ nahi kintvatvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ|
11 Exɔ aʋatsotso si nye eƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe nutrenu ƒe dzesi si wòxɔ la esime wometso aʋa nɛ o. Esia ta Abraham nye ame siwo katã xɔ se, gake wometso aʋa na wo o la fofo, be woabui na wo dzɔdzɔenyenyee.
aparañca sa yat sarvveṣām atvakchedināṁ viśvāsinām ādipuruṣo bhavet, te ca puṇyavattvena gaṇyeran;
12 Abraham ganye ame siwo katã wotso aʋa na la fofo, ame siwo mexɔ aʋatsotso ɖeɖe ko o, ke boŋ wonɔ agbe le xɔse me abe ale si mía fofo Abraham hã nɔ agbee hafi wotso aʋa nɛ ene.
ye ca lokāḥ kevalaṁ chinnatvaco na santo 'smatpūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm achinnatvak san yena viśvāsamārgeṇa gatavān tenaiva tasya pādacihnena gacchanti teṣāṁ tvakchedināmapyādipuruṣo bhavet tadartham atvakchedino mānavasya viśvāsāt puṇyam utpadyata iti pramāṇasvarūpaṁ tvakchedacihnaṁ sa prāpnot|
13 Menye to se la mee Abraham kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo xɔ ŋugbedodo la le be anye xexea me ƒe domenyila o, ke boŋ to dzɔdzɔenyenye si tso xɔse mee.
ibrāhīm jagato'dhikārī bhaviṣyati yaiṣā pratijñā taṁ tasya vaṁśañca prati pūrvvam akriyata sā vyavasthāmūlikā nahi kintu viśvāsajanyapuṇyamūlikā|
14 Elabena ne ame siwo le agbe le se la nu nye domenyilawo la, ekema xɔse menye viɖenu o, eye ŋugbedodo la nye yakanu,
yato vyavasthāvalambino yadyadhikāriṇo bhavanti tarhi viśvāso viphalo jāyate sā pratijñāpi luptaiva|
15 elabena se la hea dɔmedzoe vanɛ. Eye afi si se mele o la, nu vɔ̃ menɔa anyi o.
adhikantu vyavasthā kopaṁ janayati yato 'vidyamānāyāṁ vyavasthāyām ājñālaṅghanaṁ na sambhavati|
16 Eya ta ŋugbedodo la vana to xɔse me be wòanye amenuveve, eye wòanye Abraham ƒe dzidzimeviwo katã, menye ame siwo le se la te ɖeɖe ko o, ke boŋ ame siwo si xɔse le abe Abraham ene. Eyae nye mí katã fofo.
ataeva sā pratijñā yad anugrahasya phalaṁ bhavet tadarthaṁ viśvāsamūlikā yatastathātve tadvaṁśasamudāyaṁ prati arthato ye vyavasthayā tadvaṁśasambhavāḥ kevalaṁ tān prati nahi kintu ya ibrāhīmīyaviśvāsena tatsambhavāstānapi prati sā pratijñā sthāsnurbhavati|
17 Abe ale si Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ ene be: “Meɖo wò dukɔ geɖewo fofo.” Eyae nye mía fofo le Mawu ŋkume, ame si dzi wòxɔ se, Mawu, ame si naa agbe ame kukuwo, eye wòyɔa nu siwo meli o la abe ɖe woli ene.
yo nirjīvān sajīvān avidyamānāni vastūni ca vidyamānāni karoti ibrāhīmo viśvāsabhūmestasyeśvarasya sākṣāt so'smākaṁ sarvveṣām ādipuruṣa āste, yathā likhitaṁ vidyate, ahaṁ tvāṁ bahujātīnām ādipuruṣaṁ kṛtvā niyuktavān|
18 Togbɔ be mɔkpɔkpɔ aɖeke megali o hã la, Abraham kpɔ mɔ le xɔse me, eye wòzu dukɔ geɖewo fofo, abe ale si wogblɔ nɛ ene be, “Nenema anye wò dzidzimeviwo.”
tvadīyastādṛśo vaṁśo janiṣyate yadidaṁ vākyaṁ pratiśrutaṁ tadanusārād ibrāhīm bahudeśīyalokānām ādipuruṣo yad bhavati tadarthaṁ so'napekṣitavyamapyapekṣamāṇo viśvāsaṁ kṛtavān|
19 Megbɔdzɔ le xɔse me o, eya ta mebu be yeƒe ŋutilã ku, esi wòxɔ abe ƒe alafa ɖeka ene, eye Sara hã ƒe vidzidɔ ku na vidzidzi o.
aparañca kṣīṇaviśvāso na bhūtvā śatavatsaravayaskatvāt svaśarīrasya jarāṁ sārānāmnaḥ svabhāryyāyā rajonivṛttiñca tṛṇāya na mene|
20 Ke meke ɖi le Mawu ƒe ŋugbedodo la ŋuti le dzimaxɔse me o, ke boŋ edo ŋusẽ eƒe xɔse, eye wòtsɔ ŋutikɔkɔe na Mawu,
aparam aviśvāsād īśvarasya pratijñāvacane kamapi saṁśayaṁ na cakāra;
21 eye wòka ɖe edzi blibo be Mawu ate ŋu awɔ nu sia nu si ŋugbe wòdo la.
kintvīśvareṇa yat pratiśrutaṁ tat sādhayituṁ śakyata iti niścitaṁ vijñāya dṛḍhaviśvāsaḥ san īśvarasya mahimānaṁ prakāśayāñcakāra|
22 Nu sia ta “wobui nɛ dzɔdzɔenyenyee” ɖo.
iti hetostasya sa viśvāsastadīyapuṇyamiva gaṇayāñcakre|
23 Gake menye eya ɖeɖe ta woŋlɔ ɖi be “wobui nɛ dzɔdzɔenyenyee” o,
puṇyamivāgaṇyata tat kevalasya tasya nimittaṁ likhitaṁ nahi, asmākaṁ nimittamapi,
24 ke míawo hã tae, mí ame siwo Mawu abui na dzɔdzɔenyenyee, mí ame siwo xɔa ame si fɔ Yesu, míaƒe Aƒetɔ la ɖe tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome dzi sena.
yato'smākaṁ pāpanāśārthaṁ samarpito'smākaṁ puṇyaprāptyarthañcotthāpito'bhavat yo'smākaṁ prabhu ryīśustasyotthāpayitarīśvare
25 Eku ɖe míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta, eye wofɔe ɖe tsitre ɖe afiatsotso na mí ta.
yadi vayaṁ viśvasāmastarhyasmākamapi saeva viśvāsaḥ puṇyamiva gaṇayiṣyate|
