Pāvilavēstulē Romiešiem 4
1 Ko nu lai sakām, ka mūsu vectēvs Ābrahāms ir dabūjis pēc miesas?
What then, it may be asked, are we to say about Abraham, the ancestor of our nation?
2 Jo ja Ābrahāms caur darbiem ir taisnots, tad tam ir gan slava, bet ne pie Dieva.
If he was pronounced righteous as the result of obedience, then he has something to boast of. Yes, but not before God.
3 Jo ko tas raksts saka? Ābrahāms Dievam ir ticējis un tas viņam ir pielīdzināts par taisnību.
For what are the words of scripture? “Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.”
4 Bet tam darba darītājam alga netop pielīdzināta pēc žēlastības, bet pēc parāda.
Now wages are regarded as due to the person who works, not as a favour, but as a debt;
5 Bet tam, kas nav darba darītājs, bet tic uz To, kas bezdievīgo taisno, tam ticība top pielīdzināta par taisnību.
while, as for the person who does not rely on their obedience, but has faith in him who can pronounce the godless righteous, their faith is regarded by God as righteousness.
6 Tā kā arī Dāvids saka, to cilvēku esam svētīgu, kam Dievs taisnību pielīdzina bez darbiem:
In precisely the same way David speaks of the blessing pronounced on the person who is regarded by God as righteous apart from actions –
7 Svētīgi tie, kam pārkāpumi piedoti un grēki apklāti;
“Blessed are those whose wrongdoings have been forgiven and over whose sins a veil has been drawn!
8 Svētīgs tas vīrs, kam Tas Kungs grēku nepielīdzina.
Blessed the man whom the Lord will never regard as sinful!”
9 Vai nu šis labums atlec apgraizījumam vien, vai arī priekšādai? Jo mēs sakām, ka Ābrahāmam ticība ir pielīdzināta par taisnību.
Is this blessing, then, pronounced on the circumcised only or on the uncircumcised as well? We say that – “Abraham’s faith was regarded by God as righteousness.”
10 Kā tad tā viņam ir pielīdzināta? Vai iekš apgraizījuma, vai iekš priekšādas? Ne iekš apgraizījuma, bet iekš priekšādas.
Under what circumstances, then, did this take place? After his circumcision or before it?
11 Bet to apgraizīšanas zīmi viņš dabūja par taisnības zieģeli tai ticībai, ko viņš vēl priekšādā būdams turēja; ka tas būtu par tēvu visiem, kas priekšādā būdami tic, lai ticība tiem arīdzan taptu pielīdzināta par taisnību,
Not after, but before. And it was as a sign of this that he received the rite of circumcision – to show the righteousness due to the faith of an uncircumcised man – in order that he might be the father of all who have faith in God even when uncircumcised, so that they also may be regarded by God as righteous;
12 Un par apgraizīšanas tēvu tiem, kas ne vien apgraizīti, bet arī staigā tās ticības pēdās, kas mūsu tēvam Ābrahāmam bija priekšādā.
as well as father of the circumcised – to those who are not only circumcised, but who also follow our father Abraham in that faith which he had while still uncircumcised.
13 Jo tā apsolīšana, ka viņš būšot pasaules mantinieks, Ābrahāmam jeb viņa sēklai nav notikusi caur bauslību, bet caur ticības taisnību.
For the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through Law, but through the righteousness due to faith.
14 Jo ja tie bauslības ļaudis - mantinieki, tad ticība ir veltīga un tā apsolīšana iznīkusi.
If those who take their stand on Law are to inherit the world, then faith is robbed of its meaning and the promise comes to nothing!
15 Jo bauslība padara dusmību; jo kur bauslības nav, tur arī nav pārkāpšanas.
Law entails punishment; but, where no Law exists, no breach of it is possible.
16 Tāpēc no ticības, lai ir pēc žēlastības; lai tā apsolīšana ir pastāvīga visam dzimumam, ne vien tam, kas no bauslības, bet arī tam, kas no Ābrahāma ticības. Tas mums visiem ir tēvs,
That is why everything is made to depend on faith: so that everything may be God’s gift, and in order that the fulfilment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham’s descendants – not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the father of us all;
17 (Kā ir rakstīts: daudz tautām Es tevi esmu cēlis par tēvu, ) Tā Dieva priekšā, kam viņš ir ticējis, kas miroņus dara dzīvus un sauc to, kas vēl nav, tā kā tas jau būtu.
as scripture says – “I have made you the father of many nations.”) And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.
18 Pret cerību viņš ir ticējis uz cerību, lai paliktu par tēvu daudz tautām, pēc tā vārda: Tādam būs būt tavam dzimumam.
With no ground for hope, Abraham, sustained by hope, put faith in God; in order that, in fulfilment of the words – “So many will your descendants be,” he might become “the father of many nations.”
19 Un viņš nepalika vājš iekš ticības, nedz lūkoja uz savām izdēdējušām miesām, tik ne simts gadus vecs būdams, nedz uz Sāras izdēdējušām miesām.
Though he was nearly a hundred years old, yet his faith did not fail him, even when he thought of his own body, then utterly worn out, and remembered that Sarah was past bearing children.
20 Bet pie tās Dieva apsolīšanas viņa prāts neticībā nešaubījās, bet kļuva spēcīgs iekš ticības un Dievam deva godu,
He was not led by want of faith to doubt God’s promise.
21 Pilnā ticībā zinādams, ka Dievs to, ko Viņš apsolījis, arī spēj darīt.
On the contrary, his faith gave him strength; and he praised God, in the firm conviction that what God has promised he is also able to carry out.
22 Tāpēc tas viņam arī pielīdzināts par taisnību.
And therefore his faith “was regarded as righteousness.”
23 Bet tas ne vien viņa dēļ ir rakstīts, ka tas viņam ir pielīdzināts,
Now these words – “it was regarded as righteousness” – were not written with reference to Abraham only;
24 Bet arī mūsu dēļ, kam tas tiks pielīdzināts, kad ticam uz to, kas no miroņiem ir uzmodinājis mūsu Kungu Jēzu,
but also with reference to us. Our faith, too, will be regarded by God in the same light, if we have faith in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead;
25 Kas ir nodots mūsu grēku dēļ un uzmodināts mūsu taisnošanas labad.
for Jesus was given up to death to atone for our offences, and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.
