Romanos 4
1 ¿Jas kꞌu kaqabꞌij che ri xkꞌulmataj rukꞌ ri Abraham ri qatiꞌt qamam?
What then will we say that Avraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
2 We ta xbꞌan sukꞌ che rumal ri utz taq chak ri xubꞌano, xunaꞌ ta nimal riꞌ pune man kakwin taj kubꞌan nimal cho ri Dios.
For if Avraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3 ¿Jas kꞌu kubꞌij ri tzꞌibꞌatalik? Ri Abraham xukoj ri xubꞌij ri Dios che, rumal riꞌ xbꞌix che chi sukꞌ achi.
For what does the Scripture say? And Avraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
4 Kamik kꞌut we kꞌo jun kachakunik, ri tojbꞌal rech man xa ta kasipaxik, xane xa katoj bꞌik ri kꞌasaj che.
Now to the one who works, the pay is not counted as a gift, but as an obligation.
5 Are kꞌu ri man kachakun taj, xane xaq xwi kakojon che ri kabꞌanow sukꞌ che ri itzel winaq, are kil ri ukojobꞌal rech jeriꞌ kabꞌan sukꞌ che.
But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 Ri David xuqujeꞌ xubꞌij chi utz rech ri achi ri kabꞌantaj sukꞌ che rumal ri Dios, man rumal taj ri uchak.
Even as Dawid also pronounces blessing on the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
7 Jewaꞌ xubꞌij: Utz ke ri kekuyutaj che ri etzelal ri kibꞌanom xuqujeꞌ kachꞌuqtaj ri kimak.
"Happy are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Utz rech ri achi ri man are ta kil ri umak rumal ri Dios.
Happy is the one whom the Lord will not charge with sin."
9 ¿La xaq xwi kꞌu yaꞌtal we riꞌ chike ri okisatal ketal? ¿La man kꞌu yaꞌtal xuqujeꞌ chike ri man e kojtal ta ketal? Xbꞌiꞌtaj qumal chi ri Abraham xbꞌix sukꞌ che rumal ri ukojobꞌal.
Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was credited to Avraham as righteousness.
10 ¿Jas kꞌu rumal xbꞌantaj sukꞌ che? ¿La bꞌantajinaq chi kꞌu sukꞌ che are xokisax retal o are majaꞌ kokisax ri retal? Bꞌantal chi sukꞌ are majaꞌ kakoj retal.
How then was it credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 Xuqujeꞌ are majaꞌ kakoj retal, xukꞌamawaꞌj ri etal jetaq jun etal rech ri sukꞌal ri xkꞌamawaꞌx pa ri kojobꞌal. Jeriꞌ ri Abraham kitat kojonel ri kekojonik, pune man kojtal ketal, rech xa rumal ri kikojobꞌal kabꞌan sukꞌ chike.
He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, so that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be credited to them.
12 Xuqujeꞌ kitat konojel ri winaq ri man xwi ta xkoj ketal xane kitereneꞌm ri unoꞌjibꞌal ri qatat Abraham, areꞌ xkojonik are majaꞌ kakoj retal.
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 Avraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
13 Jeriꞌ rumal cher ri Dios man xubꞌij ta chike ri Abraham xuqujeꞌ ri e rijaꞌl chi kakechabꞌej na ronojel ri uwachulew rumal ri taqanik, xane kakechabꞌej na rumal ri kojobꞌal.
For the promise to Avraham and to his descendants that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 Rumal kꞌu cher we ta are eꞌchanel ri e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri taqanik, maj bꞌa kutayij riꞌ ri kojobꞌal xuqujeꞌ maj kutayij ri bꞌiꞌtal loq.
For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
15 Ri taqanik xaq xwi rukꞌaꞌm loq qꞌatoj tzij, jawjeꞌ maj wi taqanik maj xuqujeꞌ makaj.
For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
16 Rumal riꞌ, xa rumal ri kojobꞌal xuqujeꞌ ri toqꞌobꞌ, kape ri bꞌiꞌtal loq rech jeriꞌ kajeqiꞌ chike konojel ri e rijaꞌl, man xaq xwi taj chike ri e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri taqanik xane xuqujeꞌ chike ri kꞌo kikojobꞌal jetaq ri rech ri Abraham, are kitat konojel ri kekojonik.
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 descendants, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Avraham, who is the father of us all.
17 Jetaq kubꞌij ri Tyoxalaj Wuj: Nubꞌim chawe chi katux na kitat sibꞌalaj e kꞌi tinimit winaq, xaq jeriꞌ ri Abraham xkojonik che ri Dios ri kuya kikꞌaslemal ri kaminaqibꞌ xuqujeꞌ kubꞌij chi ri jastaq ri majaꞌ kilitaj uwach, kꞌo chik.
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 Ri Abraham xukojo xuqujeꞌ xrayeꞌj rech jeriꞌ xux na kitat sibꞌalaj e kꞌi winaq. Jetaq ri xbꞌix che: Sibꞌalaj e kꞌi na ri awijaꞌl.
Who hoped in spite of hopeless circumstances, with the result that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "so will your descendants be."
19 Man xchuquchubꞌ taj chukojik ri xbꞌix che pune riꞌj chik, kaminaq chik ri utyoꞌjal, jeriꞌ rumal jun ciento chik ujunabꞌ, xuqujeꞌ ri Sara man kakwin ta chik kekꞌojiꞌ ral.
And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
20 Man xkabꞌalaj ta ukꞌuꞌx chukojik ri ubꞌim loq ri Dios che, xane sibꞌalaj xjeqiꞌ pa ri ukojobꞌal, xuqujeꞌ xuya uqꞌij ri Dios.
Yet, looking to the promise of God, he did not waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
21 Sibꞌalaj xjeqiꞌ ukꞌuꞌx chi ri Dios sibꞌalaj kwinel chubꞌanik ri ubꞌim loq.
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 Rumal riꞌ xbꞌix che chi jun sukꞌ achi rumal ri ukojobꞌal.
And therefore "it was credited to him as righteousness."
23 Man xwi ta kꞌu xtzꞌibꞌaxik chi xkoj pa kwenta ri ukojobꞌal ri Abraham, rech karil ri Abraham.
Now it was not written that it was credited to him for his sake alone,
24 Xane xuqujeꞌ xtzꞌibꞌaxik rech kaqil uj. Ri Dios karil na ri qakojobꞌal rech jeriꞌ kubꞌan sukꞌ chaqe, rumal ri kaqakojo chi ri Dios are xwaꞌjilisan ri Jesús ri Ajawxel chikixoꞌl ri kaminaqibꞌ.
but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, who believe in him who raised Yeshua our Lord from the dead,
25 Ri Jesús xjach pa kamikal rumal ri qamak xuqujeꞌ xkꞌastaj uwach chikixoꞌl ri kaminaqibꞌ chubꞌanik sukꞌ chaqe.
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
