Aroma 4
1 Iburahĩmu, o ũcio ithe witũ ũhoro-inĩ wa gũciarwo na mwĩrĩ-rĩ, aamenyire atĩa ũhoro ũcio?
What, then, will we say Abraham our father to have found, according to flesh?
2 Angĩkorwo, ti-itherũ, Iburahĩmu aatuirwo mũthingu na ũndũ wa ciĩko iria ekaga-rĩ, nĩarĩ na ũndũ wa kwĩrahĩra, no ti mbere ya Ngai.
For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has to boast—but not before God;
3 Nĩgũkorwo Maandĩko marĩa matheru moigĩte atĩa? “Iburahĩmu nĩetĩkirie Ngai, naguo ũndũ ũcio ũgĩtũma atuuo mũthingu.”
for what does the writing say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”;
4 Atĩrĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mũndũ aruta wĩra-rĩ, mũcaara wake ũrĩa aheagwo ndũkoragwo ũrĩ ta kĩheo, no nĩ ta thiirĩ ararĩhwo.
and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
5 No rĩrĩ, mũndũ ũrĩa ũtehokaga maũndũ marĩa ekaga, tiga o gwĩtĩkia Ngai ũrĩa ũtuaga andũ arĩa aaganu athingu-rĩ, wĩtĩkio wa mũndũ ũcio nĩguo atuagĩrwo taarĩ ũthingu.
and to him who is not working, and is believing on Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned for righteousness—
6 Ũguo noguo Daudi oigaga rĩrĩa aaragia ũhoro wa kĩrathimo kĩa mũndũ ũrĩa Ngai atuĩte mũthingu hatarĩ ũhoro wa ciĩko, akoiga atĩrĩ:
even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:
7 “Kũrathimwo-rĩ, nĩ arĩa marekeirwo mahĩtia mao, namo mehia mao makahumbĩrwo.
“Blessed [are] they whose lawless acts were forgiven, And whose sins were covered;
8 Kũrathimwo-rĩ, nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa Mwathani atatuaga mwĩhia.”
Blessed [is] the man To whom the LORD may not reckon sin.”
9 Hihi kĩrathimo gĩkĩ no kĩa andũ arĩa maruaga oiki, kana nĩ kĩa o na arĩa mataruaga? Nĩtũkoretwo tũkiuga atĩ wĩtĩkio wa Iburahĩmu nĩguo watũmire atuuo mũthingu.
[Is] this blessedness, then, on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision—for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness?
10 No aatuirwo mũthingu arĩ na ũhoro ũrĩkũ? Hihi nĩ thuutha wa kũrua, kana nĩ mbere ĩyo? Ti thuutha wa kũrua, no nĩ mbere ĩyo, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ataaruĩte!
How then was it reckoned? He being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;
11 Nake agĩcooka akĩamũkĩra rũũri rwa kũrua, rũrĩ mũhũri wa ũthingu ũrĩa aarĩ naguo nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia o na hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ataarĩ mũruu. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩtuĩka ithe wa arĩa othe metĩkagia o na matarĩ aruu, nĩgeetha o nao matuuagwo athingu.
and he received a sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,
12 Na ningĩ nowe ithe wa andũ arĩa maruaga, arĩa matarĩ atĩ no kũrua maruĩte, no nĩmathiiaga na mũthiĩre wa wĩtĩkio ũrĩa ithe witũ Iburahĩmu aarĩ naguo mbere ya kũrua.
and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of faith, that [is] in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
13 Iburahĩmu ndeerĩirwo kĩĩranĩro atĩ nĩagatuĩka mũgai wa thĩ hamwe na njiaro ciake nĩ ũndũ wa gwathĩkĩra watho, no nĩ ũndũ wa ũthingu ũrĩa uumanaga na wĩtĩkio.
For not through law [is] the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;
14 Nĩgũkorwo kũngĩtuĩka atĩ arĩa matũũragio nĩ watho nĩ agai-rĩ, wĩtĩkio ndũkĩrĩ kĩene, nakĩo kĩĩranĩro nĩ gĩa tũhũ,
for if they who are of law [are] heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless;
15 tondũ watho ũrehaga mangʼũrĩ. Naho harĩa hatarĩ watho hatirĩ ũhoro wa kwagarara watho.
for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
16 Tondũ wa ũguo-rĩ, kĩĩranĩro kiumanaga na wĩtĩkio, nĩgeetha wonekage na ũndũ wa wega wa Ngai, na ũtuĩke wa kũheo kũna njiaro ciothe cia Iburahĩmu, na to arĩa maaheirwo ũhoro wa watho oiki, no nĩ kũrĩ arĩa othe metĩkĩtie ta ũrĩa Iburahĩmu eetĩkĩtie. Nĩgũkorwo Iburahĩmu nĩwe ithe wa arĩa othe metĩkĩtie.
Because of this [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which [is] of the Law only, but also to that which [is] of the faith of Abraham,
17 Ta ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ: “Nĩngũtuĩte ithe wa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ.” We nĩwe ithe witũ maitho-inĩ ma Ngai, o ũcio Iburahĩmu eetĩkĩtie, o we Ngai ũrĩa ũriũkagia arĩa makuĩte, na waragia ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩa matarĩ ho ta marĩ ho.
who is father of us all (according as it has been written: “A father of many nations I have set you,”) before Him whom he believed—God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that are not as being.
18 Iburahĩmu nĩagĩire na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro o na harĩa hataarĩ kĩndũ gĩa kwĩrĩgĩrĩra na agĩĩtĩkia, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩtuĩka ithe wa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ, o ta ũrĩa erĩtwo atĩrĩ, “Ũguo nĩguo rũciaro rwaku rũkaigana.”
Who, against hope, believed in hope, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: “So will your seed be”;
19 Nake o na akĩmenyaga atĩ mwĩrĩ wake watariĩ ta ũrĩ mũkuũ nĩgũkorwo ũkũrũ wake warĩ ta mĩaka igana rĩmwe, na aamenya atĩ nda ya Sara nĩyathirĩte hinya wa gũciara-rĩ, ndaigana kũnyihanyiihĩrwo nĩ wĩtĩkio.
and having not been weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead (being about one hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb,
20 Nowe ndaigana kũgĩa na nganja ũhoro-inĩ wa wĩtĩkio ũkoniĩ kĩĩranĩro kĩu kĩa Ngai, no wĩtĩkio wake nĩ hinya wongereirwo, nake akĩgooca Ngai,
and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,
21 tondũ nĩetĩkĩtie biũ atĩ Ngai arĩ na hinya wa kũhingia ũrĩa eranĩire.
and having been fully persuaded that what He has promised He is also able to do:
22 Ũndũ ũcio ũgĩtũma atuuo mũthingu.
for this reason also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
23 Na rĩrĩ, ciugo icio ciandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ “Nĩatuirwo mũthingu” itiandĩkirwo nĩ ũndũ wake wiki,
And it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
24 no ciandĩkirwo nĩ ũndũ witũ, ithuĩ arĩa Ngai agaatua athingu, o ithuĩ arĩa twĩtĩkĩtie Ngai ũrĩa wariũkirie Jesũ Mwathani witũ kuuma kũrĩ arĩa akuũ.
but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned—to us believing on Him who raised up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,
25 We aaneanirwo oragwo nĩ ũndũ wa mehia maitũ, na agĩcooka akĩriũkio nĩgeetha tũtuuo athingu.
who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
