Warumi 4
1 Su twenga tutakuli hashi kuusu Aburahamu mbuyi gwetu?
What then shall we say concerning Abraham the patriarch, that by the flesh he obtained?
2 Handa Aburahamu katenditwi kamfiriziyi Mlungu kulawirana na vitwatira vyakatenditi, su yomberi kana shintu sha kulitumbira, kumbiti kulongolu ndiri kwa Mlungu.
But if Abraham was justified by works, he had ground of glorying; yet not before God.
3 Toziya Mumalembu Mananagala galembwa, “Aburahamu kamjimiriti Mlungu, Mlungu kumtenda muheri kulongolu kwakuwi toziya ya njimiru yakuwi.”
For what saith the scripture? That Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
4 Muntu yakatenda lihengu wamupa shibenamgongu, shibenamgongu shakuwi lifupu ndiri, kumbiti ndo shintu shakafiruwa kupananwa.
But to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as a debt to him.
5 Wantu woseri yawalitumbira munjimiru, walitumbira ndiri matendu, kumbiti wamjimiri Mlungu yakawalekiziya vidoda, su Mlungu kawona njimiru ya wantu awa na kuwatenda waweri waheri kulongolu kwakuwi.
Whereas, to him that worketh not, but only believeth in him that justifieth sinners, his faith is accounted to him for righteousness.
6 Na Dawudi katakuliti hangu kuusu nemeleru ya muntu ulii, Mlungu kamtenda kuwera muheri kulongolu kwakuwi pota kugashera matendu gakuwi.
As David also speaketh of the blessedness of the man, to whom God reckoneth righteousness without works,
7 “Mbaka walii yawalegiziwitwi vidoda vyawu, walii vidoda vyawu viwusilirwa!
saying: Blessed are they, whose iniquity is forgiven, and whose sins are covered up:
8 Mbaka muntu ulii, Mtuwa hapeni kawalangi vidoda vyakuwi.”
and, Blessed is the man, to whom God will not reckon his sin.
9 Hashi, matekeleru gakalongiti Dawudi kuusu wantu yawayingiziyitwi jandu hera? Ndala! Shitwatira ashi shiwawusu viraa wantu woseri yawayingiziyitwi ndiri jandu. Kwatwenga tusomiti mumalembu Mananagala, “Aburahamu kamjimiriti Mlungu na toziya ya njimiru yakuwi, Mlungu kamtenda kaweri muheri kulongolu kwakuwi.”
This blessedness, therefore, is it on the circumcision? or on the uncircumcision? For we say, that Abraham's faith was reckoned to him for righteousness.
10 Hashi, Aburahamu kajimiritwi pamberi pa kwingiziwa jandu, ama pakingiziwitwi kala jandu? Yomberi kajimiritwi pamberi pa kwingiziwa jandu.
How then was it reckoned to him? In circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 Aburahamu kingizitwi jandu shakapanu, na kwingiziwa jandu aku kuweriti lilangaliru lya kulanguziya Mlungu kamtenditi kuwera muheri kulongolu kwakuwi toziya ya njimiru yakuwi yakaweriti nayu pamberi pa kwingiziwa jandu. Su Aburahamu kawera tati gwa shirohu kwa wantu woseri yawamjimira Mlungu na yawatenditwi na Mlungu kuwera waheri kulongolu kwakuwi ata weni pawayingiziwitwi ndiri jandu.
For he received circumcision, as the sign and the seal of the righteousness of his faith while in uncircumcision: that he might become the father of all them of the uncircumcision who believe; and that it might be reckoned to them also for righteousness:
12 Vilaa yomberi ndo tati gwa wantu woseri yawayingiziwitwi jandu, ndoweni walii yawayingiziwitwi ndiri jandu hera, kumbiti walii yawafata njimiru ilii yakaweriti nayu tati gwetu gwa shirohu Aburahamu pamberi pa kwingiziwa jandu.
and the father of the circumcision; not to them only who are of the circumcision, but to them also who fulfill the steps of the faith of our father Abraham in his uncircumcision.
13 Mlungu pakamlagiliti Aburahamu na shileri shakuwi kuwera pasipanu meiweri pawu, su mweni katenditi, toziya ndiri ya Aburahamu kujimira Lilagaliru kumbiti toziya yomberi kajimiriti na katenditwi na Mlungu kuwera muheri kulongolu kwakuwi kwa njimiru.
For the promise to Abraham and to his seed, that he should become the heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of his faith.
14 Handa shilii shakalagiliti Mlungu shiwera sha wantu walii yawajimira Lilagaliru, su njimiru hapeni iweri shintu na kwakalagiliti Mlungu hakuweri kwahera mana.
For if they who are of the law were heirs, faith would be made void, and the promise of no force.
15 Malagaliru gajega maya ga Mlungu, kumbiti handa kwahera malagaliru, hapeni kuweri na vidoda.
For the law is a worker of wrath; because where no law is, there is no transgression of law.
16 Su lagilu lilawirana na njimiru, viraa lilawirana na manemu ga Mlungu kwa mbereka zyoseri zya Aburahamu, kwa wantu ndiri walii yawajimira lilagaliru kumbiti viraa kwa wantu walii yawajimira ntambu pakatenditi Aburahamu, toziya Aburahamu ndo tati gwa twoseri twenga.
Wherefore, it is by the faith which is by grace, that we are justified: so that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all:
17 Malembu Mananagala ntambu yagalonga, “Nukutenda guweri tati gwa isi zivuwa.” Yomberi ndo tati gwetu kulongolu kwa Mlungu, ndomweni Aburahamu yakamjimira Mlungu yakawapananiti ukomu walii yawahowiti na amuli zyakuwi muvitwatira vyaviweriti ndiri, su viwera.
as it is written: " I have constituted thee a father to a multitude of nations;" namely before God, in whom thou hast believed; who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as if they were.
18 Aburahamu kajimiriti na kulitumbira, ata pakuweriti kwahera toziya ya kulitumbira, su kawera “Tati gwa isi zivuwa,” ntambu Malembu Mananagala galembwa, “Mbereka yaku hayiweri shivuwa gambira ntondu.”
And without hope, he confided in the hope of becoming the father of a multitude of nations; (as it is written: So will thy seed be.)
19 Yomberi kaweriti mgogolu gwa umuli gwa vinja miya hangu, kumbiti njimiru yakuwi izotopa ndiri, tembera kavimani kuwera hapeni kapati mwana, viraa vilii mdala gwakuwi Sara kaweriti mpendi.
And he was not sickly in his faith, while contemplating his inert body, (for he was a hundred years old, ) and the inert womb of Sarah.
20 Aburahamu kalekiti ndiri kujimira lagilu ya Mlungu, njimiru yakuwi imemiti makakala na kamupananiti ukwisa Mlungu.
And he did not hesitate at the promise of God, as one lacking faith; but he was strong in faith, and gave glory to God;
21 Kavimaniti nakaka kuwera Mlungu kaweza kutenda shilii shakalagiliti.
and felt assured, that what God had promised to him, he was able to fulfill.
22 Ndo mana Aburahamu, kupitira njimiru, “katenditwi na Mlungu kuwera muheri kulongolu kwakuwi.”
And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness.
23 Payitakulwa, “Yomberi katenditwi kuwera muheri kulongolu kwa Mlungu.” Itakulwa ndiri kwa gweka yakuwi.
And not for his sake alone, was it written, that his faith was accounted for righteousness;
24 Womberi watulembiliriti na twenga viraa yatutenditwi kuwera waheri, tumjimira Mlungu yakamzyukusiyiti Mtuwa gwetu Yesu.
but for our sakes also; because it is to be accounted so to us, who believe in him that raised our Lord Jesus Messiah from the dead;
25 Toziya ya vidoda vyatwenga, kalaviriyitwi kahowi na kazyukisiyitwi, su katutendi tuweri waheri kulongolu kwa Mlungu.
who was delivered up, on account of our sins; and arose, that he might justify us.
