Rimljanom 4
1 Kaj bomo torej rekli, da je našel Abraham, naš oče, kar se nanaša na meso?
What then shall we say that Abraham, our earthly forefather, has gained?
2 Kajti če bi bil Abraham opravičen po delih, bi se imel s čim ponašati; toda ne pred Bogom.
For if he was held to be righteous on the ground of his actions, he has something to boast of; but not in the presence of God.
3 Kajti kaj pravi pismo? Abraham je verjel Bogu in to mu je bilo šteto za pravičnost.
For what says the Scripture? "And Abraham believed God, and this was placed to his credit as righteousness."
4 Torej tistemu, ki dela, nagrada ni šteta po milosti, temveč po dolgu.
But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;
5 Toda tistemu, ki ne dela, temveč veruje v tistega, ki opravičuje brezbožnega, je njegova vera šteta za pravičnost.
whereas in the case of a man who pleads no actions of his own, but simply believes in Him who declares the ungodly free from guilt, his faith is placed to his credit as righteousness.
6 Celo kakor tudi David opisuje blaženost človeka, ki mu Bog pripisuje pravičnost brez del,
In this way David also tells of the blessedness of the man to whose credit God places righteousness, apart from his actions.
7 rekoč: ›Blagoslovljeni so tisti, katerih krivičnosti so odpuščene in katerih grehi so pokriti.
"Blessed," he says, "are those whose iniquities have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over.
8 Blagoslovljen je človek, ki mu Gospod ne bo pripisal greha.‹
Blessed is the man of whose sin the Lord will not take account."
9 Prihaja potem ta blaženost samo na obrezo ali tudi na neobrezo? Kajti pravimo, da je bila vera Abrahamu šteta za pravičnost.
This declaration of blessedness, then, does it come simply to the circumcised, or to the uncircumcised as well? For Abraham's faith--so we affirm--was placed to his credit as righteousness.
10 Kako je bila potem šteta? Ko je bil v obrezi ali v neobrezi? Ne v obrezi, temveč [ko je bil] v neobrezi.
What then were the circumstances under which this took place? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before?
11 In ko je bil še neobrezan, je prejel znamenje obreze, pečat pravičnosti vere, ki jo je imel, da bi bil lahko oče vseh teh, ki verujejo, čeprav niso obrezani, da bi bila lahko tudi njim pripisana pravičnost;
Before, not after. And he received circumcision as a sign, a mark attesting the reality of the faith-righteousness which was his while still uncircumcised, that he might be the forefather of all those who believe even though they are uncircumcised--in order that this righteousness might be placed to their credit;
12 in oče obrezanih, teh, ki niso samo iz obreze, temveč ki tudi hodijo po stopinjah tiste vere našega očeta Abrahama, ki jo je imel, ko je bil še neobrezan.
and the forefather of the circumcised, namely of those who not merely are circumcised, but also walk in the steps of the faith which our forefather Abraham had while he was as yet uncircumcised.
13 Kajti obljuba, da naj bi bil dedič sveta, ni bila [dana] Abrahamu ali njegovemu semenu preko postave, temveč preko pravičnosti iz vere.
Again, the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his posterity conditioned by Law, but by faith-righteousness.
14 Kajti če bodo dediči tisti, ki so iz postave, je vera ničeva in obljuba brez učinka;
For if it is the righteous through Law who are heirs, then faith is useless and the promise counts for nothing.
15 zato ker postava povzroča bes; kajti kjer ni nobene postave, tam ni prestopka.
For the Law inflicts punishment; but where no Law exists, there can be no violation of Law.
16 Torej je to iz vere, da bi bilo lahko po milosti; z namenom, da bi bila obljuba lahko zanesljiva vsemu semenu; ne samo temu, ki je iz postave, temveč tudi temu, ki je iz Abrahamove vere, ki je oče nas vseh,
All depends on faith, and for this reason--that acceptance with God might be an act of pure grace,
17 (kakor je pisano: ›Naredil sem te za očeta mnogih narodov‹) pred njim, ki mu je veroval, celó [pred] Bogom, ki oživlja mrtve in kliče te stvari, ki niso, kakor da bi bile.
so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, Abraham is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, "I have appointed you to be the forefather of many nations."
18 Ki je proti upanju veroval v upanje, da bi lahko postal oče mnogih narodov; glede na to, kar je bilo spregovorjeno: ›Takšno bo tvoje seme.‹
Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words "Equally numerous shall your posterity be."
19 In ker ni bil slaboten v veri, ko je bil star okoli sto let, svojega lastnega telesa torej ni imel za mrtvega niti ne še omrtvelost Sarine maternice.
And, without growing weak in faith, he could contemplate his own vital powers which had now decayed--for he was nearly 100 years old--and Sarah's barrenness.
20 Ob Božji obljubi ni okleval zaradi nevere, temveč je bil močan v veri in dal slavo Bogu;
Nor did he in unbelief stagger at God's promise, but became mighty in faith, giving glory to God,
21 in je bil popolnoma prepričan, da kar je on obljubil, je zmožen tudi izpolniti.
and being absolutely certain that whatever promise He is bound by He is able also to make good.
22 Zato mu je bilo to šteto za pravičnost.
For this reason also his faith was placed to his credit as righteousness.
23 Torej, da mu je bilo šteto, to ni bilo napisano samo zaradi njega,
Nor was the fact of its being placed to his credit put on record for his sake only;
24 temveč tudi zaradi nas, ki nam bo šteto, če verujemo v tistega, ki je obudil našega Gospoda Jezusa od mrtvih;
it was for our sakes too. Faith, before long, will be placed to the credit of us also who are believers in Him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,
25 ki je bil izročen zaradi naših prestopkov in je bil ponovno obujen zaradi našega opravičenja.
who was surrendered to death because of the offences we had committed, and was raised to life because of the acquittal secured for us.
