Ròm 4
1 Konsa kisa nou kapab di ke Abraham, zansèt nou selon lachè te jwenn kon jijman?
What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
2 Paske si Abraham te jistifye pa zèv, li gen yon bagay pou vante tèt li, men pa devan Bondye.
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not towards God.
3 Paske kisa Ekriti Sen Yo di?: “Abraham te kwè Bondye e sa te konte kòm ladwati li.”
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
4 Alò, nou konnen ke sila ki travay la, salè li pa konte kòm yon favè, men kòm sa li merite.
Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
5 Men pou sila ki pa travay la, men kwè nan Sila ki jistifye pechè yo, lafwa li ap konte kòm ladwati li.
But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
6 Menm jan ke David te pale tou sou benediksyon ki vini sou moun ke Bondye deklare jis apa de zèv li yo:
Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 “Beni se tout moun ki gen tan padone pou tout inikite yo, e ke peche pa yo gen tan fin kouvri.
“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
8 Beni se moun Senyè a pa rann kont pou peche l.”
Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
9 Konsa èske benediksyon sa a sou sikonsi sèlman, oubyen èske li tonbe sou ensikonsi yo tou? Paske nou di ke: “Lafwa a te konte a Abraham kòm ladwati li.”
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.
10 Konsa kòman sa te konte? Pandan li te sikonsi, oubyen pandan li te ensikonsi a? Se pa t pandan li te sikonsi a, men lè li te ensikonsi a!
How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 Li te resevwa sign sikonsisyon an, kòm yon so ladwati li ke li te genyen pandan li te ensikonsi a, pou li ta kapab vin papa a tout sila ki kwè, menm sa yo san sikonsisyon, pou ladwati kapab konte pou yo.
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.
12 Li se papa a sikonsizyon, non sèlman pou sila ki sikonsi yo, men osi a sila yo ki swiv chemen lafwa ke Abraham te genyen pandan li te ensikonsi a.
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.
13 Paske pwomès a Abraham ak desandan li yo pou li te kab resevwa tout lemond kòm eritaj, pa t fèt selon lalwa, men selon ladwati lafwa a.
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.
14 Paske si se sila ki gen Lalwa a k ap eritye, lafwa vin pa vo anyen e pwomès la vin anile.
For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
15 Paske Lalwa a pote lakòlè, men kote ki pa gen lalwa, pa gen vyolasyon.
For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
16 Pou rezon sa a, se pa lafwa, pou li ta kapab pa gras, ke pwomès la ta kapab asire a tout desandan Abraham yo; non sèlman a sila ki gen Lalwa a, men osi a sila ki gen lafwa Abraham nan, ki se papa a nou tout.
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.
17 Jan sa ekri a: “Mwen te fè ou Papa a anpil nasyon yo”, devan Sila a ke li (Abraham) te kwè a. Sa vle di, menm Bondye ki bay lavi a mò yo e ki fè egziste tout sila ki pa t janm egziste oparavan yo.
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.
18 Nan espwa kont tout esperans li te kwè, pou li ta kapab vin papa a anpil nasyon, selon sa ki te pale a: “Se konsa tout desandan ou yo va ye”.
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.”
19 San li pa t vin fèb nan lafwa, li te reflechi sou pwòp kò li, ki te gen tan prèske mouri paske li te gen anviwon san lane e vant Sarah a te esteril akoz laj li.
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.
20 Men, selon pwomès a Bondye a, li pa t varye menm nan konfyans li, men te vin fò nan lafwa e te toujou bay Bondye lwanj.
Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
21 Li te gen asirans konplè ke sa Bondye te pwomèt la, Li ta kapab fè l rive.
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
22 Donk sa te konte osi pou li kòm ladwati.
Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
23 Se pa t sèlman pou lakoz li sèl ke yo te ekri ke sa te konte pou li,
Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
24 men anplis pou nou osi sa te konte, kòm sila ki kwè nan Li yo; Li menm ki te resisite Jésus Kri, Senyè nou an sòti nan lanmò.
but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Yeshua our Lord from the dead,
25 Li menm ki te livre a lakwa a pou peche nou yo e te resisite pou jistifikasyon nou.
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
