Romans 4
1 Ǹjẹ́ kín ni àwa ó ha wí nípa Abrahamu, baba wa ti o ṣàwárí èyí? Májẹ̀mú láéláé jẹ́rìí sí i wí pé, a gba Abrahamu là nípa ìgbàgbọ́.
What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
2 Nítorí bí a bá dá Abrahamu láre nípa iṣẹ́, ó ní ohun ìṣògo; ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe níwájú Ọlọ́run.
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.
3 Ìwé Mímọ́ ha ti wí? “Abrahamu gba Ọlọ́run gbọ́, a sì kà á sí òdodo fún un.”
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
4 Ǹjẹ́ fún ẹni tí ó ṣiṣẹ́, a kò ka èrè náà sí oore-ọ̀fẹ́ bí kò ṣe sí ẹ̀tọ́ rẹ̀.
Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
5 Ṣùgbọ́n fún ẹni tí kò ṣiṣẹ́, tí ó sì ń gba ẹni tí ó ń dá ènìyàn búburú láre gbọ́, a ka ìgbàgbọ́ rẹ̀ sí òdodo.
But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
6 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí Dafidi pẹ̀lú ti pe olúwa rẹ̀ náà ní ẹni ìbùkún, ẹni tí Ọlọ́run ka òdodo fún láìsí ti iṣẹ́.
Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 Wí pé, “Ìbùkún ni fún àwọn ẹni tí a dárí ìrékọjá wọn jì, tí a sì bo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn mọ́lẹ̀.
“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
8 Ìbùkún ni fún ọkùnrin náà ẹni tí Olúwa kò ka ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ sí lọ́rùn.”
Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
9 Ìbùkún yìí ha jẹ́ ti àwọn akọlà nìkan, tàbí ti àwọn aláìkọlà pẹ̀lú? Nítorí tí a wí pé, Abrahamu gba Ọlọ́run gbọ́, a sì kà á sí òdodo fún un.
Is this blessing then pronounced only on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
10 Báwo ni a ṣe kà á sí i? Nígbà tí ó wà ní ìkọlà tàbí ní àìkọlà? Kì í ṣe ni ìkọlà, ṣùgbọ́n ní àìkọlà ni.
How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 Ó sì gbé àmì ìkọlà àti èdìdì òdodo ìgbàgbọ́ tí ó ní nígbà tí ó wà ní àìkọlà kí ó lè ṣe baba gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbàgbọ́, bí a kò tilẹ̀ kọ wọ́n ní ilà kí a lè ka òdodo sí wọn pẹ̀lú.
He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
12 Àti baba àwọn tí ìkọlà tí kì í ṣe pé a kàn kọlà fún nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n tiwọn ń tẹ̀lé àpẹẹrẹ ìgbàgbọ́ tí baba wa Abrahamu ní, kí a tó kọ ọ́ nílà.
He is 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 Ìlérí fún Abrahamu àti fún irú-ọmọ rẹ̀, ni pé, wọn ó jogún ayé, kì í ṣe nípa òfin bí kò ṣe nípa òdodo ti ìgbàgbọ́.
For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he would be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 Nítorí bí àwọn tí ń ṣe ti òfin bá jẹ ajogún, ìgbàgbọ́ di asán, ìlérí sì di aláìlágbára.
For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
15 Nítorí òfin ń ṣiṣẹ́ ìbínú, ṣùgbọ́n ní ibi tí òfin kò bá sí, ìrúfin kò sí níbẹ̀.
For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
16 Nítorí náà ni ó ṣe gbé e ka orí ìgbàgbọ́, kí ìlérí náà bá a lè sinmi lé oore-ọ̀fẹ́, kí a sì lè mú un dá gbogbo irú-ọmọ lójú, kì í ṣe fún àwọn tí ń pa òfin mọ́ nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n bí kò ṣe pẹ̀lú fún àwọn ti ó pín nínú ìgbàgbọ́ Abrahamu, ẹni tí í ṣe baba gbogbo wa pátápátá,
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 offspring, 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 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Mo ti fi ọ́ ṣe baba orílẹ̀-èdè púpọ̀.” Níwájú Ọlọ́run ẹni tí òun gbàgbọ́, ẹni tí ó sọ òkú di ààyè, tí ó sì pè àwọn ohun tí kò sí bí ẹni pé wọ́n wà.
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 Nígbà tí ìrètí kò sí mọ́, Abrahamu gbàgbọ́ nínú ìrètí bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó sì di baba orílẹ̀-èdè púpọ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí èyí tí a wí fún un pé, “Báyìí ni irú-ọmọ rẹ̀ yóò rí.”
Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
19 Ẹni tí kò rẹ̀wẹ̀sì nínú ìgbàgbọ́, nígbà tí ó mọ pe ara òun tìkára rẹ̀ tí ó ti kú tan, nítorí ó tó bí ẹni ìwọ̀n ọgọ́rùn-ún ọdún, àti nígbà tí ó ro ti yíyàgàn inú Sara.
Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
20 Kò fi àìgbàgbọ́ ṣiyèméjì nípa ìlérí Ọlọ́run; ṣùgbọ́n ó lágbára sí i nínú ìgbàgbọ́ bí ó ti fi ògo fún Ọlọ́run,
Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
21 pẹ̀lú ìdánilójú kíkún pé, Ọlọ́run lè ṣe ohun tí ó ti ṣe ìlérí rẹ̀.
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
22 Nítorí náà ni a sì ṣe kà á sí òdodo fún un.
Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
23 Ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ náà, “A kà á sí òdodo fún un,” ni a kọ kì í ṣe nítorí tirẹ̀ nìkan.
Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
24 Ṣùgbọ́n nítorí tiwa pẹ̀lú. A ó sì kà á sí fún wa, bí àwa bá gba ẹni tí ó gbé Jesu Olúwa wa dìde kúrò nínú òkú gbọ́.
but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 Ẹni tí a pa fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa, tí a sì jí dìde nítorí ìdáláre wa.
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
