Romerne 4
1 Kva skal me då segja at Abraham, far vår, hev vunne etter kjøtet?
What then, it may be asked, are we to say about Abraham, the ancestor of our nation?
2 For vart Abraham rettferdiggjord av gjerningar, so hev han noko å rosa seg av. Men det hev han ikkje for Gud.
If he was pronounced righteous as the result of obedience, then he has something to boast of. Yes, but not before God.
3 For kva segjer Skrifti? «Abraham trudde Gud, og det vart rekna honom til rettferd.»
For what are the words of scripture? “Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.”
4 Men den som held seg til gjerningar, honom vert løni ikkje tilrekna av nåde, men etter skyldnad;
Now wages are regarded as due to the person who works, not as a favour, but as a debt;
5 men den som ikkje held seg til gjerningar, men trur på han som gjer den ugudlege rettferdig, honom vert trui hans rekna til rettferd.
while, as for the person who does not rely on their obedience, but has faith in him who can pronounce the godless righteous, their faith is regarded by God as righteousness.
6 Soleis prisar og David det menneskjet sælt som Gud tilreknar rettferd utan gjerningar:
In precisely the same way David speaks of the blessing pronounced on the person who is regarded by God as righteous apart from actions –
7 «Sæle er dei som hev misgjerderne sine forlatne og synderne sine yverbreidde.
“Blessed are those whose wrongdoings have been forgiven and over whose sins a veil has been drawn!
8 Sæl er den mann som Herren ikkje tilreknar synd.»
Blessed the man whom the Lord will never regard as sinful!”
9 Gjeld no denne sælkingi dei umskorne, eller dei u-umskorne og? For me segjer at trui vart rekna Abraham til rettferd.
Is this blessing, then, pronounced on the circumcised only or on the uncircumcised as well? We say that – “Abraham’s faith was regarded by God as righteousness.”
10 Korleis vart ho då tilrekna honom? då han var umskoren, eller då han hadde fyrehud? Ikkje då han var umskoren, men då han hadde fyrehud,
Under what circumstances, then, did this take place? After his circumcision or before it?
11 og han fekk umskjeringsteiknet til innsigle på rettferdi ved den trui som han hadde då han var u-umskoren, av di han skulde vera far til alle dei u-umskorne som trur, so rettferdi kunde verta tilrekna deim og,
Not after, but before. And it was as a sign of this that he received the rite of circumcision – to show the righteousness due to the faith of an uncircumcised man – in order that he might be the father of all who have faith in God even when uncircumcised, so that they also may be regarded by God as righteous;
12 og far til dei umskorne, dei som ikkje berre hev umskjering, men og gjeng i fotfaret av den trui som Abraham, far vår, hadde då han var u-umskoren.
as well as father of the circumcised – to those who are not only circumcised, but who also follow our father Abraham in that faith which he had while still uncircumcised.
13 For ikkje ved lovi fekk Abraham eller ætti hans den lovnaden at han skulde vera erving til verdi, men ved tru-rettferd.
For the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through Law, but through the righteousness due to faith.
14 For er dei som held seg til lovi ervingar, so hev trui vorte gagnlaus og lovnaden til inkjes;
If those who take their stand on Law are to inherit the world, then faith is robbed of its meaning and the promise comes to nothing!
15 for lovi verkar vreide, men der det ingi lov er, der er ikkje heller lovbrot.
Law entails punishment; but, where no Law exists, no breach of it is possible.
16 Difor fekk han lovnaden ved trui, so det kunde vera som ein nåde, so lovnaden kunde standa fast for all ætti, ikkje berre for den som hev lovi, men og for den som hev Abrahams tru; han som er far til oss alle -
That is why everything is made to depend on faith: so that everything may be God’s gift, and in order that the fulfilment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham’s descendants – not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the father of us all;
17 som skrive stend: «Til fader åt mange folk hev eg sett deg» - for Guds åsyn som han trudde på, han som gjer dei daude livande og kallar det som ikkje er til, som um det vore til.
as scripture says – “I have made you the father of many nations.”) And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.
18 Mot von trudde han med von, so han skulde verta far til mange folk, etter det som sagt var: «So skal ætti di verta.»
With no ground for hope, Abraham, sustained by hope, put faith in God; in order that, in fulfilment of the words – “So many will your descendants be,” he might become “the father of many nations.”
19 Og utan veikskap i trui såg han på sin eigen likam, som var utlivd, han var nære på hundrad år, og på det utdøydde morslivet hennar Sara;
Though he was nearly a hundred years old, yet his faith did not fail him, even when he thought of his own body, then utterly worn out, and remembered that Sarah was past bearing children.
20 men på Guds lovnad tvila han ikkje med vantru, men vart sterk i trui, med di han gav Gud æra
He was not led by want of faith to doubt God’s promise.
21 og var fullviss på at det han hadde lova, var han og megtig til å gjera.
On the contrary, his faith gave him strength; and he praised God, in the firm conviction that what God has promised he is also able to carry out.
22 Difor vart det og rekna honom til rettferd.
And therefore his faith “was regarded as righteousness.”
23 Men ikkje berre for hans skuld er det skrive at det vart honom tilrekna,
Now these words – “it was regarded as righteousness” – were not written with reference to Abraham only;
24 men og for vår skuld som det skal verta tilrekna, me som trur på honom som vekte upp Jesus, vår Herre, frå dei daude,
but also with reference to us. Our faith, too, will be regarded by God in the same light, if we have faith in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead;
25 han som vart gjeven for våre brot og uppvekt til vår rettferdiggjering.
for Jesus was given up to death to atone for our offences, and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.
