Romans 4

1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

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

2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

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

3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

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.”

4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

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

5 But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

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

6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

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

7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

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

8 Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”

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

9 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.

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.”

10 How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

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

11 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.

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:

12 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.

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.

13 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.

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.

14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

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:

15 For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

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

16 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.

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,

17 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.

(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.

18 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.”

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.”

19 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.

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:

20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

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

21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

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

22 Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”

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

23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

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

24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

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;

25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

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