Rzymian 4
1 Cóż tedy, rzeczemy, znalazł Abraham, ojciec nasz według ciała?
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 Bo jeźli Abraham z uczynków jest usprawiedliwiony, ma się czem chlubić, ale nie u Boga.
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 Albowiem cóż Pismo mówi? Uwierzył Abraham Bogu i przyczytano mu to za sprawiedliwość.
[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 A robiącemu zapłata nie bywa przyczytana podług łaski, ale podług długu;
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 Nie robiącemu zaś, lecz wierzącemu w tego, który usprawiedliwia niepobożnego, przyczytana bywa wiara jego za sprawiedliwość.
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 Jako i Dawid powiada, że błogosławieństwo człowieka jest, któremu Bóg przyczyta sprawiedliwość bez uczynków, mówiąc:
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 Błogosławieni, których odpuszczone są nieprawości, a których zakryte są grzechy;
[God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
8 Błogosławiony mąż, któremu Pan grzechu nie przyczyta.
[God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
9 To tedy błogosławieństwo tylko na obrzezkę przychodzi, czy też na nieobrzezkę? Gdyż mówimy, iż wiara Abrahamowi jest przyczytana za sprawiedliwość.
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 Jakoż mu tedy jest przyczytano? Gdy był w obrzezce, czyli w nieobrzezce? Nie w obrzezce, ale w nieobrzezce.
([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 I przyjął znak obrzezki za pieczęć sprawiedliwości onej wiary, która była w nieobrzezce, na to, aby był ojcem wszystkich wierzących w nieobrzezce, aby i onym przyczytana była sprawiedliwość;
[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 I aby był ojcem obrzezki, nie tylko tych, którzy są z obrzezki, ale też i tych, którzy chodzą stopami wiary ojca naszego Abrahama, która była w nieobrzezce.
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 Albowiem nie przez zakon się stała obietnica Abrahamowi albo nasieniu jego, aby był dziedzicem świata, ale przez sprawiedliwość wiary.
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 Bo jeźli ci, którzy są z zakonu, dziedzicami są, tedyć zniszczała wiara i wniwecz się obróciła obietnica.
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 Gdyż zakon gniew sprawuje; albowiem gdzie zakonu nie masz, tam ani przestępstwa.
16 Przetoż z wiary jest dziedzictwo, aby było z łaski, i żeby była warowna obietnica wszystkiemu nasieniu, nie tylko temu, które jest z zakonu, ale i temu, które jest z wiary Abrahamowej, który jest ojcem nas wszystkich;
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 (Jako napisano: Ojcem wielu narodów wystawiłem cię) przed Bogiem, któremu uwierzył, który ożywia umarłe i który przywołuje te rzeczy, których nie masz, i jakoby były.
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 Który (Abraham) przeciwko nadziei w nadzieję uwierzył, że się stanie ojcem wielu narodów według tego, co mu powiedziano: Tak będzie nasienie twoje.
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 A nie będąc słabym w wierze, nie patrzył na ciało swoje już obumarłe, mając około stu lat, ani na obumarły żywot Sary.
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 O obietnicy tedy Bożej nie wątpił z niedowiarstwa; ale się umocnił wiarą i dał chwałę Bogu,
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 Będąc też tego pewien, że cokolwiek on obiecał, mocen jest i uczynić.
He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
22 Przetoż przyczytano mu to za sprawiedliwość.
And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
23 A nie napisano tego dla niego samego, iż mu to przyczytano,
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 Ale i dla nas, którym ma być przyczytano, którzy wierzymy w tego, który wzbudził Jezusa, Pana naszego, z martwych;
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 Który wydany jest dla grzechów naszych, a wstał z martwych dla usprawiedliwienia naszego.
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.
