Roma 4

1 He aha ra, ki ta tatou, te mea i riro i a Aperahama, i to tatou tupuna i runga i te kikokiko?

What then shall we say of Abraham, our ancestor in the flesh?

2 Mehemea hoki na nga mahi i tika ai a Aperahama, he mea tana e whakamanamana ai ia; otira kahore ki te Atua.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to be proud of, but not before God.

3 E pehea ana oti ta te karaipiture? I whakapono a Aperahama ki te Atua, a whakairia ana hei tika mona.

For what does Scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was set down to his account as righteousness.

4 Na he tangata e mahi ana, e kore e kiia te utu mona he mea aroha noa, engari he mea mo tana.

Now if a man earn his pay by his work, it is not counted to him as a favor, but it is paid him as a debt;

5 Otira ko te tangata kahore e mahi, engari e whakapono ana ki te kaiwhakatika i te tangata karakiakore, ka whakairia tona whakapono hei tika mona.

but a man who does not "work," but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith imputed to him for righteousness.

6 Pera hoki me ta Rawiri korero i te manaaki ki te tangata, ka whakairia nei e te Atua he tika ki a ia, motu ke i nga mahi,

Just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from actions.

7 I ki ai ia, Ka hari te hunga kua oti a ratou mahi tutu te muru, o ratou hara te hipoki:

Blessed he says are they whose iniquities have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered.

8 Ka hari te tangata e kore nei e whakairia e te Ariki he hara ki a ia.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

9 E korerotia ana ranei tenei haringa mo te kotinga, mo te kotingakore ano ranei? e mea ana hoki tatou, I whakairia tona whakapono hei tika mo Aperahama.

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcised alone? or for the uncircumcised also? Abraham’s faith, I say, was imputed to him for righteousness.

10 He pehea ra te whakairinga? i a ia i te kotinga, i te kotingakore ranei? He teka i a ia i te kotinga, engari i te kotingakore:

How then was it imputed to him? When he was circumcised? or uncircumcised? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

11 A riro ana i a ia te kotinga hei tohu, hei hiri mo te tika o tona whakapono, i a ia i te kotingakore: kia waiho ai ia hei matua ki te hunga katoa e whakapono ana, ahakoa kahore ratou i kotia, kia whakairia ai te tika ki a ratou;

and he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the faith- righteousness which he had while he was in uncircumcision; in order that he might be the father of all who believe, even though they are uncircumcised; so that righteousness might be imputed to them.

12 Hei matua ano mo te kotinga ki te hunga ehara i te mea no te kotinga anake, engari e takahi ana hoki i runga i nga tapuae o taua whakapono o to tatou matua, o Aperahama, i a ia kahore ano i kotia.

He is the father of circumcision to those who are not merely circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he held while he was as yet uncircumcised.

13 Ehara i te mea i na runga mai i te ture te kupu ki a Aperahama ratou ko ona uri mo te ao ka riro i a ia; engari i na runga mai i te tika o te whakapono.

For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith- righteousness.

14 Mehemea hoki ka riro i te hunga ture, kua tikangakore te whakapono, kua taka te kupu whakaari:

For if those who are righteous through law are heirs, faith is empty and the promise becomes void.

15 Ko ta te ture hoki e mahi ai, he riri; engari ki te kahore he ture, kahore hoki he hara.

For law works wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

16 Koia i na rototia ai i te whakapono, kia waiho ai ma te aroha noa; kia u ai te kupu whakaari ki te whanau katoa; ehara i te mea ki to te ture anake, engari ki to te whakapono ano o Aperahama, ko ia nei hoki te matua o tatou katoa,

This is why righteousness is of faith, that it may be a free gift; so that the promise stands firm to all Abraham’s posterity; not to his children of his faith. For in the sight of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which is not, Abraham is the father of us all both Jews and Gentiles,

17 Ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, Kua waiho koe e ahau hei matua ki nga iwi maha, he matua i te aroaro o tana i whakapono ai, ara o te Atua, e whakaora nei i nga tupapaku, e karanga nei i nga mea kua kahore me te mea kei konei nei ano.

as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations.

18 Ahakoa kahore he rawa, u tonu tona manakonako ki a ia, kia meinga ai ia hei matua mo nga iwi maha, pera me te mea i korerotia, Ka penei tau whanau.

For Abraham, hoping against hope, had faith to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So numberless shall your descendants be.

19 Kihai ano i ngoikore tona whakapono, i mahara iho ia ki tona tinana, he penei me te mea kua tupapakutia, wahi iti hoki kua kotahi rau ona tau, ki te tupapakutanga hoki o te kopu o Hera:

Though he was about a hundred years old, his faith did not fail him when he regarded his own body, now as good as dead. and remembered Sarah’s barrenness.

20 Ae, i titiro ia ki te kupu whakaari a te Atua, kihai ia i ruarua i runga i te whakaponokore, engari ka kaha tonu tona whakapono, me te whakakororia ki te Atua,

Nor did he with regard to the promise of God waver in unbelief, but he waxed strong in faith, while he gave God glory,

21 U tonu hoki tona whakaaro e taea e ia te mea tana i korero ai.

and was fully persuaded that what God had promised, he was able also to perform.

22 Koia hoki i whakairia ai ki a ia hei tika.

And so his faith was reckoned to him for righteousness.

23 Otira ehara i te mea he whakaaro ki a ia anake i tuhituhia ai taua whakairinga ki a ia;

Now these words were not written simply for his sake, but for us as well.

24 Engari he whakaaro ki a tatou ano hoki; ka whakairia ki a tatou e whakapono nei ki te kaiwhakaara i a Ihu, i to tatou Ariki, i te hunga mate:

For it will be "reckoned for righteousness." to us also, who believe on him that raised from the dead our Lord Jesus;

25 I tukua nei mo o tatou he, i whakaarahia mo tatou kia whakatikaia.

who was betrayed to death for our transgressions, and raised again to life for our justification.