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1 Ano nga ang ating sasabihin, na nasumpungan ni Abraham na ating magulang ayon sa laman?
What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
2 Sapagka't kung si Abraham ay inaring-ganap sa pamamagitan ng mga gawa, ay mayroon sana siyang ipagmamapuri; datapuwa't hindi sa Dios.
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3 Sapagka't ano ang sinasabi ng kasulatan? At sumampalataya si Abraham sa Dios, at sa kaniya'y ibinilang na katuwiran.
For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
4 Ngayon sa kaniya na gumagawa'y, hindi ibinibilang na biyaya ang ganti, kundi utang.
Now to the one who works, the pay is not counted as a gift, but as an obligation.
5 Datapuwa't sa kaniya na hindi gumagawa, nguni't sumasampalataya sa kaniya na umaaring ganap sa masama, ang kaniyang pananampalataya ay ibibilang na katuwiran.
But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 Gaya naman ng sinasambit ni David na kapalaran ng tao, na sa kaniya'y ibinibilang ng Dios ang katuwiran nang walang mga gawa,
Even as David also pronounces blessing on the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
7 Na sinasabi, Mapapalad yaong ang kanilang mga pagsalangsang ay ipinatawad, At ang kanilang mga kasalanan ay nangatakpan.
"Happy are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Mapalad ang tao na sa kaniya'y hindi ibibilang ng Panginoon ang kasalanan.
Happy is the one whom the Lord will not charge with sin."
9 Sinambit nga baga ang kapalarang ito tungkol sa pagtutuli, o tungkol din naman sa di-pagtutuli? sapagka't sinasabi natin, Kay Abraham ay ibinilang na katuwiran ang kaniyang pananampalataya.
Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.
10 Paano ngang ito'y ibinilang? nang siya baga'y nasa pagtutuli, o sa di-pagtutuli? Hindi sa pagtutuli, kundi sa di-pagtutuli:
How then was it credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 At tinanggap niya ang tanda ng pagtutuli, na isang tatak ng katuwiran ng pananampalataya na nasa kaniya samantalang siya'y nasa di-pagtutuli: upang siya'y maging ama ng lahat ng mga nagsisisampalataya, bagaman sila'y nasa di-pagtutuli, upang ang katuwiran ay maibilang sa kanila;
He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, so that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be credited to them.
12 At ang ama ng pagtutuli nila na hindi lamang sa pagtutuli, kundi pati naman sa mga nagsisilakad sa mga bakas niyaong pananampalataya ng ating amang si Abraham na nasa kaniya nang siya'y nasa di-pagtutuli.
The father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
13 Sapagka't hindi sa pamamagitan ng kautusan ginawa ang pangako kay Abraham o sa kaniyang binhi na siyang magmamana ng sanglibutan, kundi sa pamamagitan ng katuwiran ng pananampalataya.
For the promise to Abraham and to his descendants that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 Sapagka't kung silang nangasa kautusan ay siyang mga tagapagmana, ay walang kabuluhan ang pananampalataya, at nawawalang kabuluhan ang pangako:
For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
15 Sapagka't ang kautusan ay gumagawa ng galit; datapuwa't kung saan walang kautusan ay wala ring pagsalangsang.
For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
16 Dahil dito'y sa pananampalataya, upang maging ayon sa biyaya; upang ang pangako ay lumagi sa lahat ng binhi; hindi lamang sa nasa kautusan, kundi pati naman sa nasa pananampalataya ni Abraham, na ama nating lahat.
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the descendants, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
17 (Gaya ng nasusulat, Ginawa kitang ama ng maraming bansa) sa harapan niyaong kaniyang pinanampalatayanan, sa makatuwid baga'y ang Dios, na nagbibigay ng buhay sa mga patay, at tumatawag sa mga bagay na hindi pa hayag na tila hayag na.
As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
18 Siya na sumampalataya na nasa pagasa laban sa pagasa, upang maging ama ng maraming bansa ayon sa sabi, Magiging gayon ang iyong binhi.
Who hoped in spite of hopeless circumstances, with the result that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "so will your descendants be."
19 At hindi humina sa pananampalataya na ipinalagay man ang kaniyang katawang tulad sa patay na (gayon siya'y may mga isang daang taon na), at ang pagkabaog ng bahay-bata ni Sara;
And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
20 Kundi, sa pagtingin niya sa pangako ng Dios, ay hindi nagalinlangan sa pamamagitan ng di pananampalataya, kundi lumakas ng lumakas sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya, na niluluwalhati ang Dios,
Yet, looking to the promise of God, he did not waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
21 At lubos nanalig na ang Dios na nangako ay may kapangyarihang makagawa noon.
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 Dahil dito'y ibinilang naman na katuwiran sa kaniya.
And therefore "it was credited to him as righteousness."
23 Ngayo'y hindi lamang dahil sa kaniya isinulat, na sa kaniya'y ibinilang;
Now it was not written that it was credited to him for his sake alone,
24 Kundi dahil din naman sa atin, na ibibilang sa ating mga nagsisisampalataya sa kaniya na bumuhay na maguli sa mga patay, kay Jesus na ating Panginoon,
but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, who believe in him who raised Yeshua our Lord from the dead,
25 Na ibinigay dahil sa ating mga kasuwayan, at binuhay na maguli sa ikaaaring-ganap natin.
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
