Loma 4

1 Pea ka ko ia, pea te tau pehē naʻe maʻu ʻae hā ʻe heʻetau tamai ko ʻEpalahame, ʻi he anga fakasino?

What, then, will we say Abraham our father to have found, according to flesh?

2 He kapau naʻe fakatonuhiaʻi ʻa ʻEpalahame ʻe he ngaahi ngāue, kuo ne maʻu ʻae poleʻanga kae ʻikai ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.

For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has to boast—but not before God;

3 He ʻoku pehē ʻe he tohi ko e hā? “Naʻe tui ʻa ʻEpalahame ki he ʻOtua, pea naʻe lau ia kiate ia ko e māʻoniʻoni.”

for what does the writing say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”;

4 Pea ko eni, ʻoku ʻikai lau ʻae totongi kiate ia ʻoku ngāue ko e foaki ʻofa, ka ko e meʻa totonu.

and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

5 Ka ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ke ngāue, kae tui pe kiate ia ʻoku ne fakatonuhiaʻi ʻae taʻelotu, ʻoku lau ʻene tui ko e māʻoniʻoni.

and to him who is not working, and is believing on Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned for righteousness—

6 ‌ʻO hangē ko e fakamatala foki ʻe Tevita ʻae monūʻia ʻae tangata, ʻaia ʻoku lau ki ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae māʻoniʻoni taʻehangāue,

even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:

7 ‌ʻo[pehē], “ʻOku monūʻia ʻakinautolu kuo fakamolemolea ʻenau ngaahi taʻemāʻoniʻoni, pea kuo ʻufiʻufi ʻenau ngaahi angahala.

“Blessed [are] they whose lawless acts were forgiven, And whose sins were covered;

8 ‌ʻOku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻe ʻikai lau ki ai ʻe he ʻEiki ha angahala.”

Blessed [is] the man To whom the LORD may not reckon sin.”

9 Ko e monūʻia eni ki he kamu pē, pe ki he taʻekamu foki? He ʻoku mau pehē, “ko e tui ʻa ʻEpalahame naʻe lau kiate ia ko e māʻoniʻoni.”

[Is] this blessedness, then, on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision—for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness?

10 Pea naʻe lau fakafēfē ia? ʻI heʻene ʻi he kamu, pe ʻi he taʻekamu? Naʻe ʻikai ʻi he kamu, kae ʻi he taʻekamu.

How then was it reckoned? He being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

11 Pea naʻe maʻu ʻe ia ʻae fakaʻilonga ʻoe kamu, ko e fakamoʻoni ʻoe māʻoniʻoni ʻi heʻene tui, ʻoku teʻeki ai kamu ia: koeʻuhi ke hoko ia ko e tamai ʻanautolu kotoa pē ʻoku tui, neongo pe te nau taʻekamu; pea koeʻuhi ke lau ʻae māʻoniʻoni kiate kinautolu foki:

and he received a sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

12 Pea ko e tamai ia ʻoe kamu kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻikai ʻoe kamu pē, ka ʻoku nau muimui foki ʻi he lakanga tui ʻo ʻetau tamai ko ʻEpalahame, ʻi he teʻeki ai ke kamu ia.

and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of faith, that [is] in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

13 He ko e talaʻofa, ke hoko ia ko e tangata hoko ʻa māmani, naʻe ʻikai kia ʻEpalahame, pe ki hono hako, ʻi he fono, ka ʻi he māʻoniʻoni ʻoe tui.

For not through law [is] the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

14 He kapau ko e kakai hoko ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻi he fono, tā ko e vaʻinga pe ʻae tui, pea ʻoku fakataʻeʻaonga mo e talaʻofa foki:

for if they who are of law [are] heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless;

15 Koeʻuhi ʻoku tupu ʻi he fono ʻae houhau: he ka ʻikai ha fono, ʻoku ʻikai foki ha fai hala.

for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.

16 Ko ia, ʻoku mei he tui ia, koeʻuhi ke ʻi he ʻaloʻofa pē; koeʻuhi ke tuʻumaʻu ʻae talaʻofa ki he hako kotoa pē; ʻikai kiate kinautolu pe ʻoku ʻoe fono, ka kiate kinautolu foki ʻoku ʻoe tui ʻa ʻEpalahame; ʻaia ko e tamai ʻatautolu kotoa pē,

Because of this [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which [is] of the Law only, but also to that which [is] of the faith of Abraham,

17 (ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Kuo u tuʻutuʻuni koe ko e tamai ʻae ngaahi kakai lahi,”) ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua ʻaia naʻa ne tui ki ai, ʻaia ʻoku ne fakaake ʻae mate, pea ne lea ki he ngaahi meʻa ko ia kuo ʻikai, ʻo hangē kuo ʻi ai ia.

who is father of us all (according as it has been written: “A father of many nations I have set you,”) before Him whom he believed—God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that are not as being.

18 Pea naʻa ne ʻamanaki, ka kuo ʻikai hano tuʻunga ʻo ʻene ʻamanaki, pea tui, ke ne hoko ko e tamai ʻae ngaahi kakai lahi, ʻo fakatatau mo ia naʻe leaʻaki, “ʻE pehē pe ho hako.”

Who, against hope, believed in hope, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: “So will your seed be”;

19 Pea ʻi he ʻikai vaivai ia ʻi he tui, naʻe ʻikai te ne tokanga ki hono sino ʻoʻona kuo mate, he kuo teau nai ʻae taʻu ʻo ʻene motuʻa, pe ko e mate ʻae manāva ʻo Sela:

and having not been weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead (being about one hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb,

20 Naʻe ʻikai lotolotoua ia ʻi he taʻetui ki he talaʻofa ʻae ʻOtua; ka naʻe mālohi ia ʻi he tui, ʻo ne fakaongoongolelei ʻae ʻOtua;

and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

21 ‌ʻO ne mātuʻaki ʻilo loto, ko e meʻa kuo ne talaʻofa ai, ʻe mafai foki ʻe ia ke fakamoʻoni.

and having been fully persuaded that what He has promised He is also able to do:

22 Ko ia foki naʻe lau ai “ia kiate ia ko e māʻoniʻoni.”

for this reason also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.

23 Ko eni, naʻe ʻikai ke tohi “kuo lau ia kiate ia,” koeʻuhi ko ia pē;

And it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,

24 Ka koeʻuhi ko kitautolu foki, ʻaia ʻe lau ia ki ai, ʻo kapau te tau tui kiate ia naʻa ne fokotuʻu hake hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu mei he mate;

but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned—to us believing on Him who raised up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,

25 ‌ʻAia naʻe tukuange koeʻuhi ko ʻetau ngaahi angahala, pea naʻe fokotuʻu hake ia koeʻuhi ko hotau fakatonuhia.

who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.