Romans 4

1 What then will we say to have discovered Abraham the (ancestor *N+KO) of us 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 If for Abraham by works was justified, he has ground of boasting 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 What for the Scripture says? Believed then Abraham in God, and it was reckoned 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 To the [one] now working the reward not is reckoned according to grace but according to debt;

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

5 To the [one] however not working, believing however on the [One] justifying the ungodly, is reckoned the faith of him 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 just as also David declares the blessedness of the man to whom God credits 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 of whom are forgiven the lawless deeds and of whom are covered the sins;

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

8 blessed [is] [the] man (of whom *N+kO) certainly not may reckon [the] Lord sin.

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

9 [Is] the blessing then this on the circumcision or also on the uncircumcision? We are saying for (that: *k) was credited to Abraham the faith as 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 credited? In circumcision being 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 And [the] sign he received of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith that [he had] [while] in the uncircumcision; for the to be him father of all those believing in uncircumcision, for to be credited also to them the righteousness,

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 and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only but also to those walking in the steps during (the *k) uncircumcision (of the *k) faith of the father of us Abraham.

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 Not for through [the] Law [was] the promise to Abraham or to the descendants of him that heir he being (of the *k) world 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 If for those of [the] Law [are] heirs, has been made void faith and has been nullified the promise;

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 law wrath brings; where (now *N+kO) no there is law, neither [is] transgression.

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

16 Therefore it [is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for to be sure the promise to all the seed, not to that of the law only but also to that of [the] faith of Abraham, who is [the] father of all of us —

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 even as it has been written that A father of many nations I have made you, before whom he believed God, who is giving life to the dead and calling the [things] not [into] being as existing;

(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 who against hope in hope believed for to become him [the] father of many nations according to that spoken; So will be the offspring of you;

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 And not having become weak in the faith (not *K) he considered his own body already expired, a hundred years old about being, and the lifelessness of the womb of Sarah,

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 About however the promise of God not he did waver through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given 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 having been fully assured that what He has promised able He is also to do;

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

22 Therefore also it was credited to him unto righteousness.

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

23 Not it was written now on account of him alone that it was credited to him,

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

24 but also on account of us to whom it is about to be credited, to those believing on the [One] having raised Jesus the Lord of us out 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 over for the trespasses of us and was raised for the justification of us.

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