Romanos 4
1 Então, que diremos que Abraão, nosso ancestral segundo a carne, obteve?
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 Pois se Abraão foi justificado pelas obras, ele tem do que se orgulhar, mas não diante de Deus.
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 Pois o que diz a Escritura? Abraão creu em Deus, e isso lhe foi lhe imputado como justiça.
[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 Ora, ao que trabalha, seu pagamento não é considerado um favor, mas sim, uma dívida.
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 Porém, ao que não tem obra, mas crê naquele que torna justo o ímpio, sua fé lhe é reputada como justiça.
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 Desta maneira, também Davi afirma que bendito é aquele a quem Deus atribui justiça independentemente das obras:
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 Benditos são os que têm as transgressões perdoadas, e seus pecados são cobertos.
[God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
8 Bendito é o homem a quem o Senhor não atribui pecado.
[God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
9 Ora, essa bendição [é somente] para os circuncisos, ou também para os incircuncisos? Pois dizemos que a fé a Abraão foi reputada como justiça.
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 Como, pois, [lhe] foi reputada? Enquanto ele estava na circuncisão ou na incircuncisão? Não na circuncisão, mas sim, na incircuncisão.
([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 E ele recebeu o sinal da circuncisão como selo da justiça da fé quando ainda era incircunciso, para que fosse pai de todos os que creem, ainda que não estejam circuncidados, para que a justiça [ também ] lhes seja imputada;
[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 e para que fosse pai da circuncisão, dos que não somente são circuncidados, mas que também andam nos passos da fé do nosso pai Abraão, quando ainda não era circuncidado.
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 Pois não foi pela Lei que a promessa de ser herdeiro do mundo [foi feita] a Abraão ou à sua descendência, mas sim, pela justiça da fé;
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 porque, se é da Lei que são os herdeiros, logo a fé se torna vazia, e a promessa é anulada.
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 Pois a Lei produz ira, mas onde não há Lei, também não há transgressão.
16 Por isso é pela fé, para que seja conforme a graça, a fim de que a promessa seja confirmada a todos os descendentes, não somente aos que são da Lei, mas também aos que são da fé de Abraão, que é Pai de todos nós,
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 (como está escrito: “Eu te constituí pai de muitas nações”) diante daquele em quem ele creu, Deus, que vivifica os mortos, e chama as coisas que não são como se já fossem.
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 Com esperança, [Abraão] creu, contra as expectativas, que se tornaria pai de muitas nações, conforme o que [lhe] fora dito: “Assim será a tua descendência”.
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 Ele não fraquejou na fé, mesmo considerando o seu próprio corpo já praticamente morto (pois já era de quase cem anos), e o ventre de Sara em estado de morte;
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 nem duvidou da promessa de Deus; pelo contrário, fortaleceu-se na fé, dando glória a Deus;
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 e teve plena certeza de que aquele que havia prometido também era poderoso para cumprir.
He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
22 Por esse motivo que também isso lhe foi imputado como justiça.
And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
23 Ora, não só por causa dele está escrito que lhe foi imputado;
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 mas também por nós, a quem será imputado, aos que creem naquele que ressuscitou dos mortos a Jesus, nosso Senhor,
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 que foi entregue por nossos pecados, e ressuscitou para a nossa justificação.
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.
