Roma 4
1 Kepada orang Yahudi saya bertanya, bagaimana dengan leluhur kita Abraham?
Abraham is the [revered] ancestor of us [Jews]. So think about what we can conclude [from what happened to Abraham about how God can erase the record of our sins]. [RHQ]
2 Kalau Abraham diterima sebagai orang benar di mata Allah karena perbuatan baiknya, maka dia punya alasan untuk membanggakan diri bahwa dia lebih baik daripada orang lain. Tetapi di hadapan Allah, Abraham tidak dapat membanggakan diri seperti itu,
If it was because of Abraham’s doing [good] things that the record of his sins was erased {that [God] erased the record of his sins}, Abraham could then have been able to boast [about that to people], but he would not have [had any basis to] boast to God [about it].
3 sebab inilah yang dikatakan Kitab Suci tentang dia, “Abraham percaya penuh kepada janji Allah, karena itu Allah menerima dia sebagai orang benar.”
[Remember that] in the Scriptures it is written {someone wrote} [PRS] that Abraham believed what God [promised] [RHQ], and as a result the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
4 Perhatikanlah! Jika seseorang bekerja untuk majikannya, upah yang dia terima tidak dianggap sebagai hadiah, melainkan sebagai haknya.
If we receive wages for work that we do, those wages are not considered to be a gift. Instead, they [are considered] to be what we have earned. [Similarly, if God erases the record of our sins because we did things to earn God’s favor], we would not consider that [God’s erasing the record of our sin] was [a gift. Instead, we would consider it as what we had earned].
5 Namun, jika seseorang tidak mengandalkan hasil usahanya sendiri dan hanya percaya penuh kepada janji Allah, maka berkat yang dia terima dianggap sebagai hadiah. Begitulah yang terjadi pada kita! Allah mengampuni kejahatan kita masing-masing tanpa menghitung perbuatan baik kita, lalu Dia menerima kita sebagai orang yang hidupnya benar.
But suppose that we do not do things [to gain God’s acceptance]. Suppose that we instead trust [in God], who erases the record of sins of wicked people. Then the erasing of the record of our sins because of our trusting [in Christ] is considered to be a gift to us, [not something that we earned].
6 Raja Daud pun merasakan kebaikan Allah itu dan menulis tentang berkat yang Allah berikan kepada seseorang tanpa memperhatikan perbuatan-perbuatan baiknya. Daud berkata,
Similarly, it is as David wrote [in the Psalms] about people being happy whose record of sins God has erased even though they have not done things [to earn it. David wrote]:
7 “Sungguh diberkati Allah orang yang diampuni pelanggaran dan dosa-dosanya!
[God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
8 Sungguh diberkati Allah orang yang dosa-dosanya tidak lagi dihitung-hitung!”
[God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
9 Apakah berkat itu hanya untuk orang Yahudi saja sebagai bangsa yang bersunat? Atau apakah untuk orang dari bangsa-bangsa lain juga? Tadi kita sudah melihat bahwa Abraham dibenarkan Allah karena dia percaya penuh kepada Allah.
As for our being happy [because God has erased the record of our sins], (it is not something that [only] we Jews [can experience]./is it [MTY] something that [only] we Jews [can experience]?) [RHQ] [No, it is] also something that non-Jews [can experience] [MTY]. [What is written in the Scriptures], that it was because Abraham trusted [in God] that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}, [also shows that this is true].
10 Kapan hal itu terjadi? Sebelum atau sesudah dia disunat? Ya, itu terjadi sebelum dia disunat.
([Think about] when [God erased the record of Abraham’s sins]./When did [God erase the record of Abraham’s sins]?) [RHQ] (Consider whether [it happened] after someone circumcised [Abraham to mark him as one who belonged to God], or before someone circumcised him./[Did it happen] after [Abraham was] circumcised [to be marked as one who belonged to God], or before he was circumcised?) [RHQ] It happened before he was circumcised, not after he was circumcised.
11 Abraham diterima Allah sebagai orang benar, barulah kemudian dia disunat sebagai tanda bahwa dia sudah diterima oleh Allah. Dengan begitu jelaslah bahwa Abraham adalah bapak semua orang percaya, termasuk yang tidak bersunat. Dengan percaya penuh kepada janji Allah, mereka juga diterima oleh Allah sebagai orang benar.
[Many years later, God commanded that] Abraham [be] circumcised. Abraham’s accepting that ritual simply showed [that he knew that God had accepted him]. [He knew that God] had [erased the record of his sins] because he trusted [in God] while he was still, [in effect, a non-Jew because] he had not been circumcised. [So we can understand that] Abraham became (a spiritual ancestor/like an ancestor) to [all] of us whose record of sins has been erased {whose sins [God] has erased the record of} because we believe [in God’s promise, even though some of us] are not circumcised.
12 Abraham juga bapak dari orang yang disunat. Tetapi bukan karena sunat itulah orang Yahudi diperhitungkan sebagai keturunan Abraham. Orang Yahudi menjadi keturunan sejati Abraham hanya jika mereka percaya kepada Allah seperti Abraham percaya sebelum dia disunat.
Likewise, Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all us Jews who are not merely circumcised but who, more importantly, [believe in God’s promise] as our ancestor Abraham did, even before he was circumcised.
13 Allah berjanji untuk memberikan dunia ini kepada Abraham dan keturunannya. Perhatikanlah bahwa janji Allah diberikan bukan karena Abraham taat kepada hukum Taurat, melainkan karena dia percaya penuh kepada janji Allah, lalu diterima Allah sebagai orang benar.
God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive [the blessings that he promised to give to the people in] the world. But when he promised that, it was not because Abraham [obeyed] the laws [that God later gave to Moses]. Instead, it was because Abraham believed [that God would do what he promised that he would do]. As a result, God erased the record of his sins.
14 Kalau yang diberkati Allah hanya orang yang melakukan hukum Taurat, berarti janji Allah kepada Abraham omong kosong saja. Artinya sia-sialah juga kita percaya seperti Abraham percaya.
If [we think that] it is those who [obey God’s] laws who will receive [what he has promised], it is useless [for us to trust in him. And what he] promised is worthless. [Remember that] it is [stated] in God’s law [PRS] [that] he will punish [people who do not perfectly obey them], and remember that wherever [MTY] laws exist, [people] disobey them [LIT].
15 Hukum Taurat tidak bisa membawa berkat, tetapi hanya menyebabkan murka Allah waktu kita melanggarnya. Pada zaman Abraham belum ada hukum Taurat, berarti tidak ada peraturan yang dilanggar.
16 Jadi, kunci untuk dibenarkan di mata Allah adalah percaya penuh! Orang-orang yang percaya penuh kepada-Nya akan menerima berkat dari janji Allah seperti yang terjadi kepada Abraham. Allah mengatur cara itu supaya pembenaran berdasarkan janji merupakan hadiah yang diberikan secara cuma-cuma. Dan kalau janji itu adalah hadiah, artinya semua keturunan Abraham secara rohani pasti akan menerimanya. Janji itu bukan hanya untuk keturunannya yang hidup sesuai hukum Taurat, tetapi juga untuk keturunan yang percaya penuh seperti dia. Di hadapan Allah, secara rohani Abraham adalah nenek moyang kita semua.
So it is because [we] trust [in God that we will receive the things that he has promised]. [It is not because we perfectly obey God’s laws. He wants] (to [erase the record of our sins/to declare us no longer guilty]) without our earning it. As a result, what God now promises, he guarantees to give to all people who are [Abraham’s spiritual] descendants. [He promises to do that not only for us Jewish believers], who [have] God’s laws [and trust in him as Abraham did], but also for those [non-Jews who do not have God’s laws but] who trust [in him] as Abraham did. Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all of us [believers].
17 Hal itu sesuai dengan yang tertulis tentang Abraham dalam Kitab Suci, “Aku akan menjadikan engkau bapak dari banyak bangsa.” Abraham mempercayai perkataan Allah itu karena dia tahu bahwa Allahlah yang sanggup menghidupkan orang mati. Dan dia percaya bahwa Allah, melalui perkataan-Nya saja, dapat menciptakan hal-hal yang belum pernah ada menjadi ada.
What is written {What [Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures about what God promised Abraham shows that this is true]. [God said to him], “It is in order that you [(sg)] may be the ancestor of many ethnic groups that I have chosen you.” Romans 4:17b-22 God [guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants]. Abraham confidently believed that God [would do that],
18 Pada waktu itu, tidak ada harapan bagi Abraham untuk mempunyai anak, tetapi Abraham terus berharap kepada Allah dan percaya pada janji-Nya. Hal itulah yang membuatnya menjadi bapak bagi banyak bangsa, tepat seperti kata Allah kepadanya, “Keturunanmu akan menjadi sangat banyak.”
even though there was no physical reason for him to hope [that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children]. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. [God said to Abraham], “You will have so many descendants that they will be [as impossible to count as the stars].” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups.
19 Saat itu Abraham sudah hampir seratus tahun. Sara juga sudah terlalu tua untuk bisa mengandung. Namun, keadaan tubuh mereka itu tidak melemahkan keyakinan Abraham pada janji Allah.
He did not doubt [that God would do what he promised], even though he knew that his body was already [as incapable of begetting children as if he were] dead [MET] because he was about 100 years old. And [even though he realized that] Sarah had never been able to become pregnant [IDM],
20 Abraham tidak setengah hati dalam mempercayai bahwa Allah dapat melakukan apa yang sudah dijanjikan kepadanya. Dia menguatkan hati untuk menghormati Allah. Maka Abraham semakin percaya,
he did not doubt at all that God [would do what he had] promised. Instead, he trusted [in God] more/very strongly, and he thanked God [for what God was going to do].
21 bahkan yakin sepenuhnya bahwa Allah mampu melakukan apa yang sudah Dia janjikan.
He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
22 Itulah sebabnya Abraham “diterima Allah sebagai orang yang hidupnya benar.”
And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
23 Kata-kata “diterima sebagai orang yang hidupnya benar” tidak hanya ditulis tentang Abraham,
The words [in the Scriptures], “The record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins},” are not only about Abraham.
24 tetapi juga tentang kita yang sudah diterima Allah sebagai orang benar, yakni kita yang percaya penuh kepada Allah yang sudah menghidupkan kembali Yesus Penguasa kita dari kematian.
They were also written {[They] also wrote that} for us whose record of sins would be erased {[God] would erase}. They were written {[They] wrote it} for us who believe [God], the one who caused our Lord Jesus to become alive again after he died.
25 Yesus sudah diserahkan sampai mati disalib karena pelanggaran kita, dan Dia sudah dihidupkan kembali dari kematian supaya kita bisa dibenarkan di hadapan Allah.
Jesus allowed [men] to execute [MTY] him so that [God could forgive] our evil deeds. And [God] caused Jesus to live again because [God wanted to show that because of the death of Jesus he was able to] erase the record of our sins.
