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1 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν, εὑρηκέναι Ἀβραὰμ τὸν προπάτορα ἡμῶν κατὰ σάρκα;
What then will we say Abraham, our father according to flesh, to have found?
2 Εἰ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἔχει καύχημα, ἀλλʼ οὐ πρὸς ˚Θεόν.
For if Abraham was made righteous from works, he has a boast, but not before God.
3 Τί γὰρ ἡ Γραφὴ λέγει; “Ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ ˚Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.”
For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
4 Τῷ δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ, ὁ μισθὸς οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ὀφείλημα.
Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation.
5 Τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ, πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ, λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην,
But to the man not being employed, but who believes in him who makes the impious man righteous, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
6 καθάπερ καὶ Δαυὶδ λέγει τὸν μακαρισμὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ᾧ ὁ ˚Θεὸς λογίζεται δικαιοσύνην χωρὶς ἔργων:
Just as David also tells the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness independent of works,
7 “Μακάριοι, ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι καὶ ὧν ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι.
saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Μακάριος ἀνὴρ, οὗ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται ˚Κύριος ἁμαρτίαν.”
Blessed is a man to whom the Lord does, no, not impute sin.
9 Ὁ μακαρισμὸς οὖν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν περιτομὴν, ἢ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν; Λέγομεν γάρ, “Ἐλογίσθη τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἡ πίστις εἰς δικαιοσύνην.”
Is this blessedness therefore upon men of circumcision, or also upon men of uncircumcision? For we say, Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 Πῶς οὖν ἐλογίσθη; Ἐν περιτομῇ ὄντι, ἢ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ; Οὐκ ἐν περιτομῇ, ἀλλʼ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ·
How then was it reckoned? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 καὶ σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς, σφραγῖδα τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐν τῇ ἀκροβυστίᾳ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων διʼ ἀκροβυστίας, εἰς τὸ λογισθῆναι αὐτοῖς τὴν δικαιοσύνην,
And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of his faith during uncircumcision, for him to be father of all those who believe during uncircumcision (for righteousness to also be imputed to them),
12 καὶ πατέρα περιτομῆς τοῖς οὐκ ἐκ περιτομῆς μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς στοιχοῦσιν τοῖς ἴχνεσιν τῆς ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ πίστεως, τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ.
and father of those of circumcision, to those not only of circumcision, but also to those who march in the steps of faith-of that during the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
13 Οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι κόσμου, ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως.
For the promise to Abraham or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, was not through law, but through a righteousness of faith.
14 Εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐκ νόμου κληρονόμοι, κεκένωται ἡ πίστις καὶ κατήργηται ἡ ἐπαγγελία.
For if those from law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless.
15 Ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται, οὗ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις.
For the law works wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
16 Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ πίστεως, ἵνα κατὰ χάριν, εἰς τὸ εἶναι βεβαίαν, τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν παντὶ τῷ σπέρματι, οὐ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ νόμου μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ ἐκ πίστεως Ἀβραάμ, ὅς ἐστιν πατὴρ πάντων ἡμῶν,
Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all
17 καθὼς γέγραπται, ὅτι “Πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε”, κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίστευσεν, ˚Θεοῦ τοῦ ζῳοποιοῦντος τοὺς νεκροὺς, καὶ καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα.
(as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before him whom he believed, of God who makes the dead alive, and who calls things not existing, as existing.
18 Ὃς παρʼ ἐλπίδα, ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν, εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, “Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.”
Who, against hope, believed in hope, in order for him to become father of many nations according to that which was spoken, So thy seed will be.
19 Καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει, κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα ἤδη νενεκρωμένον, ἑκατονταετής που ὑπάρχων, καὶ τὴν νέκρωσιν τῆς μήτρας Σάρρας,
And not being weak in faith he did not regard his body, which was now deadened (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
20 εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, οὐ διεκρίθη τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, ἀλλʼ ἐνεδυναμώθη τῇ πίστει, δοὺς δόξαν τῷ ˚Θεῷ,
And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but became strong in faith, giving glory to God,
21 καὶ πληροφορηθεὶς ὅτι ὃ ἐπήγγελται, δυνατός ἐστιν καὶ ποιῆσαι.
and being fully assured that what he promised, he was able also to perform.
22 Διὸ καὶ “ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην”.
And therefore it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
23 Οὐκ ἐγράφη δὲ διʼ αὐτὸν μόνον, ὅτι ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ,
Now it was not written because of him alone that it was imputed to him,
24 ἀλλὰ καὶ διʼ ἡμᾶς, οἷς μέλλει λογίζεσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν ἐγείραντα ˚Ἰησοῦν, τὸν ˚Κύριον ἡμῶν, ἐκ νεκρῶν,
but also because of us to whom it is going to be imputed, to those who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 ὃς παρεδόθη διὰ τὰ παραπτώματα ἡμῶν, καὶ ἠγέρθη διὰ τὴν δικαίωσιν ἡμῶν.
who was delivered up for our offenses, and was raised up for our justification.
