< رُوما 4 >

فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ إِنَّ أَبَانَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَدْ وَجَدَ حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ؟ ١ 1
What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, found?
لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَدْ تَبَرَّرَ بِٱلْأَعْمَالِ فَلَهُ فَخْرٌ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ لَدَى ٱللهِ. ٢ 2
For if Abraham had been justified by works, he would have had a reason to boast, but not before God.
لِأَنَّهُ مَاذَا يَقُولُ ٱلْكِتَابُ؟ «فَآمَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِٱللهِ فَحُسِبَ لَهُ بِرًّا». ٣ 3
For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
أَمَّا ٱلَّذِي يَعْمَلُ فَلَا تُحْسَبُ لَهُ ٱلْأُجْرَةُ عَلَى سَبِيلِ نِعْمَةٍ، بَلْ عَلَى سَبِيلِ دَيْنٍ. ٤ 4
Now for him who works, what he is paid is not counted as a gift, but as what is owed.
وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِي لَا يَعْمَلُ، وَلَكِنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلَّذِي يُبَرِّرُ ٱلْفَاجِرَ، فَإِيمَانُهُ يُحْسَبُ لَهُ بِرًّا. ٥ 5
But for him who does not work but instead believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.
كَمَا يَقُولُ دَاوُدُ أَيْضًا فِي تَطْوِيبِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَحْسِبُ لَهُ ٱللهُ بِرًّا بِدُونِ أَعْمَالٍ: ٦ 6
David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness without works.
«طُوبَى لِلَّذِينَ غُفِرَتْ آثَامُهُمْ وَسُتِرَتْ خَطَايَاهُمْ. ٧ 7
He said, “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
طُوبَى لِلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَحْسِبُ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ خَطِيَّةً». ٨ 8
Blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count sin.”
أَفَهَذَا ٱلتَّطْوِيبُ هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْخِتَانِ فَقَطْ أَمْ عَلَى ٱلْغُرْلَةِ أَيْضًا؟ لِأَنَّنَا نَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ حُسِبَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ٱلْإِيمَانُ بِرًّا. ٩ 9
Then is this blessing pronounced only on those of the circumcision, or also on those of the uncircumcision? For we say, “Faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.”
فَكَيْفَ حُسِبَ؟ أَوَهُوَ فِي ٱلْخِتَانِ أَمْ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ؟ لَيْسَ فِي ٱلْخِتَانِ، بَلْ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ! ١٠ 10
So how was it counted? When Abraham was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? It was not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
وَأَخَذَ عَلَامَةَ ٱلْخِتَانِ خَتْمًا لِبِرِّ ٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ، لِيَكُونَ أَبًا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَهُمْ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ، كَيْ يُحْسَبَ لَهُمْ أَيْضًا ٱلْبِرُّ. ١١ 11
Abraham received the sign of circumcision. This was a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had already possessed when he was in uncircumcision. The result of this sign was that he became the father of all those who believe, even if they are in uncircumcision. This means that righteousness will be counted for them.
وَأَبًا لِلْخِتَانِ لِلَّذِينَ لَيْسُوا مِنَ ٱلْخِتَانِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ أَيْضًا يَسْلُكُونَ فِي خُطُوَاتِ إِيمَانِ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ. ١٢ 12
This also meant that Abraham became the father of the circumcision for those who are not only circumcised but also for those who follow in the steps of faith of our father Abraham before he was circumcised.
فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِٱلنَّامُوسِ كَانَ ٱلْوَعْدُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَوْ لِنَسْلِهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَارِثًا لِلْعَالَمِ، بَلْ بِبِرِّ ٱلْإِيمَانِ. ١٣ 13
For the promise to Abraham and to his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ هُمْ وَرَثَةً، فَقَدْ تَعَطَّلَ ٱلْإِيمَانُ وَبَطَلَ ٱلْوَعْدُ: ١٤ 14
For if those who live by the law are to be the heirs, faith is made empty, and the promise is void.
لِأَنَّ ٱلنَّامُوسَ يُنْشِئُ غَضَبًا، إِذْ حَيْثُ لَيْسَ نَامُوسٌ لَيْسَ أَيْضًا تَعَدٍّ. ١٥ 15
For the law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there is no trespass.
لِهَذَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ، كَيْ يَكُونَ عَلَى سَبِيلِ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ، لِيَكُونَ ٱلْوَعْدُ وَطِيدًا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلنَّسْلِ. لَيْسَ لِمَنْ هُوَ مِنَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ أَيْضًا لِمَنْ هُوَ مِنْ إِيمَانِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ أَبٌ لِجَمِيعِنَا. ١٦ 16
For this reason it is by faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all of Abraham's descendants—not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all,
كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «إِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ أَبًا لِأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ». أَمَامَ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي آمَنَ بِهِ، ٱلَّذِي يُحْيِي ٱلْمَوْتَى، وَيَدْعُو ٱلْأَشْيَاءَ غَيْرَ ٱلْمَوْجُودَةِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْجُودَةٌ. ١٧ 17
as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations.” Abraham was in the presence of him whom he trusted, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls the things that do not exist into existence.
فَهُوَ عَلَى خِلَافِ ٱلرَّجَاءِ، آمَنَ عَلَى ٱلرَّجَاءِ، لِكَيْ يَصِيرَ أَبًا لِأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، كَمَا قِيلَ: «هَكَذَا يَكُونُ نَسْلُكَ». ١٨ 18
In hope he believed against hope, that he would become the father of many nations, according to what he had been told, “So will your descendants be.”
وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ضَعِيفًا فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ لَمْ يَعْتَبِرْ جَسَدَهُ - وَهُوَ قَدْ صَارَ مُمَاتًا، إِذْ كَانَ ٱبْنَ نَحْوِ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ - وَلَا مُمَاتِيَّةَ مُسْتَوْدَعِ سَارَةَ. ١٩ 19
Without becoming weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about a hundred years old)—and he considered the deadness of Sarah's womb.
وَلَا بِعَدَمِ إِيمَانٍ ٱرْتَابَ فِي وَعْدِ ٱللهِ، بَلْ تَقَوَّى بِٱلْإِيمَانِ مُعْطِيًا مَجْدًا لِلهِ. ٢٠ 20
But because of God's promise, Abraham did not hesitate in unbelief. Instead, he was strengthened in faith and gave praise to God.
وَتَيَقَّنَ أَنَّ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ هُوَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ أَيْضًا. ٢١ 21
He was fully convinced that what God had promised, he was also able to accomplish.
لِذَلِكَ أَيْضًا: حُسِبَ لَهُ بِرًّا». ٢٢ 22
Therefore this was also counted to him as righteousness.
وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ وَحْدَهُ أَنَّهُ حُسِبَ لَهُ، ٢٣ 23
Now it was not written only for his benefit, that it was counted for him.
بَلْ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا، ٱلَّذِينَ سَيُحْسَبُ لَنَا، ٱلَّذِينَ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَنْ أَقَامَ يَسُوعَ رَبَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، ٢٤ 24
It was written also for us, for whom it will be counted, we who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
ٱلَّذِي أُسْلِمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَطَايَانَا وَأُقِيمَ لِأَجْلِ تَبْرِيرِنَا. ٢٥ 25
This is the one who was delivered up for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.

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