Romans 4
1 Abraham is the [revered] ancestor of us [Jews]. So think about what we can conclude [from what happened to Abraham about how God can erase the record of our sins]. [RHQ]
Me kenan zamu ce game da Ibrahim, kakanmu a jiki, me ya samu?
2 If it was because of Abraham’s doing [good] things that the record of his sins was erased {that [God] erased the record of his sins}, Abraham could then have been able to boast [about that to people], but he would not have [had any basis to] boast to God [about it].
Domin idan Ibrahim ya sami kubutarwa ta wurin ayuka, ai da ya sami dalilin fahariya, amma ba a gaban Allah ba.
3 [Remember that] in the Scriptures it is written {someone wrote} [PRS] that Abraham believed what God [promised] [RHQ], and as a result the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Kuma fa me nassi ke fadi? “Ibrahim ya bada gaskiya ga Allah, sai aka lisafta ta adalci gare shi.”
4 If we receive wages for work that we do, those wages are not considered to be a gift. Instead, they [are considered] to be what we have earned. [Similarly, if God erases the record of our sins because we did things to earn God’s favor], we would not consider that [God’s erasing the record of our sin] was [a gift. Instead, we would consider it as what we had earned].
Yanzu fa shi dake yin ayyuka, ladansa ba a lisafta shi alheri ba ne, amma abun da ke nasa.
5 But suppose that we do not do things [to gain God’s acceptance]. Suppose that we instead trust [in God], who erases the record of sins of wicked people. Then the erasing of the record of our sins because of our trusting [in Christ] is considered to be a gift to us, [not something that we earned].
Amma kuma shi da bai da ayyuka kuma maimakon haka ya gaskanta ga wanda ke kubutar da masu zunubai, bangaskiyarsa an lisafta ta a misalin adalci.
6 Similarly, it is as David wrote [in the Psalms] about people being happy whose record of sins God has erased even though they have not done things [to earn it. David wrote]:
Dauda ya yi furcin albarka bisa mutumin da Allah ya lisafta mai adalci da rashin ayyuka.
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
Sai ya ce, “Masu albarka ne wadanda aka yafe laifofinsu, kuma wadanda zunubansu a rufe suke.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Mai albarka ne mutumin da ko kadan Ubangiji ba zaya lisafta zunubin sa ba.”
9 As for our being happy [because God has erased the record of our sins], (it is not something that [only] we Jews [can experience]./is it [MTY] something that [only] we Jews [can experience]?) [RHQ] [No, it is] also something that non-Jews [can experience] [MTY]. [What is written in the Scriptures], that it was because Abraham trusted [in God] that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}, [also shows that this is true].
To albarkar da aka fadi ko a bisansu wadanda aka yi wa kaciya ne kadai, ko kuwa a bisan su ma marasa kaciya? Domin mun yi furcin, “Bangaskiyar Ibrahim an lisafta ta adalci ce agare shi.”
10 ([Think about] when [God erased the record of Abraham’s sins]./When did [God erase the record of Abraham’s sins]?) [RHQ] (Consider whether [it happened] after someone circumcised [Abraham to mark him as one who belonged to God], or before someone circumcised him./[Did it happen] after [Abraham was] circumcised [to be marked as one who belonged to God], or before he was circumcised?) [RHQ] It happened before he was circumcised, not after he was circumcised.
Yaya aka lisafta ta? Bayan Ibrahim ya yi kaciya, ko kuwa a rashin kaciya? Ba a cikin kaciya ba, amma a rashin kaciya.
11 [Many years later, God commanded that] Abraham [be] circumcised. Abraham’s accepting that ritual simply showed [that he knew that God had accepted him]. [He knew that God] had [erased the record of his sins] because he trusted [in God] while he was still, [in effect, a non-Jew because] he had not been circumcised. [So we can understand that] Abraham became (a spiritual ancestor/like an ancestor) to [all] of us whose record of sins has been erased {whose sins [God] has erased the record of} because we believe [in God’s promise, even though some of us] are not circumcised.
Ibrahim ya amshi alamar kaciya. Wannan shi ne hatimin adalcin bangaskiyar da ya ke da ita tun cikin rashin kaciyarsa. Albarkacin wannan alama ce, ta sa shi ya zama uban dukkan wadanda suka badagaskiya, ko da shike ba su da kaciya. Wato ma'ana, adalci za a lisafta masu.
12 Likewise, Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all us Jews who are not merely circumcised but who, more importantly, [believe in God’s promise] as our ancestor Abraham did, even before he was circumcised.
Wannan kuma yana da ma'anar cewa Ibrahim ya zama uban kaciya ga wadanda suka fito ba domin masu kaciya kadai ba, amma kuma domin wadanda ke biyo matakin ubanmu Ibrahim. Kuma wannan itace bangaskiyar da ya ke da ita a rashin kaciya.
13 God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive [the blessings that he promised to give to the people in] the world. But when he promised that, it was not because Abraham [obeyed] the laws [that God later gave to Moses]. Instead, it was because Abraham believed [that God would do what he promised that he would do]. As a result, God erased the record of his sins.
Domin ba ta wurin shari'a aka bada alkawarin nan da aka yi wa Ibrahim da zuriyarsa ba, wannan alkawarin da ya ce zasu gaji duniya. Maimako, a ta wurin adalcin bangaskiya ne.
14 If [we think that] it is those who [obey God’s] laws who will receive [what he has promised], it is useless [for us to trust in him. And what he] promised is worthless. [Remember that] it is [stated] in God’s law [PRS] [that] he will punish [people who do not perfectly obey them], and remember that wherever [MTY] laws exist, [people] disobey them [LIT].
Domin idan su da ke na shari'a magada ne, bangaskiya bata da komai, kuma alkawarin an wofintar da shi kenan.
Domin shari'a ta kan jawo fushi, amma ta wurin rashin shari'a, babu karya umarni.
16 So it is because [we] trust [in God that we will receive the things that he has promised]. [It is not because we perfectly obey God’s laws. He wants] (to [erase the record of our sins/to declare us no longer guilty]) without our earning it. As a result, what God now promises, he guarantees to give to all people who are [Abraham’s spiritual] descendants. [He promises to do that not only for us Jewish believers], who [have] God’s laws [and trust in him as Abraham did], but also for those [non-Jews who do not have God’s laws but] who trust [in him] as Abraham did. Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all of us [believers].
Saboda wannan dalili haka ta faru ta wurin bangaskiya, domin ya zama bisa ga alheri. Kamar haka, alkawarin ya tabbata ga dukkan zuriya. Kuma wannan zuriya ba zata kunshi wadanda suke da sanin shari'a ba kadai, har ma da wadanda ke daga bangaskiyar Ibrahim. Saboda shi ne uban dukkan kowa,
17 What is written {What [Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures about what God promised Abraham shows that this is true]. [God said to him], “It is in order that you [(sg)] may be the ancestor of many ethnic groups that I have chosen you.” Romans 4:17b-22 God [guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants]. Abraham confidently believed that God [would do that],
kamar yadda aka rubuta, “Na maishe ka uba ga kasashe masu yawa.” Ibrahim na gaban aminin sa, wato, Allah, mai bada rai ga mattatu kuma ya kan kira abubuwan da basu da rai su kuma kasance.
18 even though there was no physical reason for him to hope [that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children]. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. [God said to Abraham], “You will have so many descendants that they will be [as impossible to count as the stars].” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups.
Duk da halin da ke a bayyane, Ibrahim ya gaskata ga Allah kai tsaye game da abubuwan da ke nan gaba. Sai ya zama uba ga kasashe masu yawa, kamar yadda aka ambata, “... Haka zuriyarka zata kasance.”
19 He did not doubt [that God would do what he promised], even though he knew that his body was already [as incapable of begetting children as if he were] dead [MET] because he was about 100 years old. And [even though he realized that] Sarah had never been able to become pregnant [IDM],
Ba ya karaya a bangaskiya ba. Ibrahim ya yarda da cewa jikinsa ya rigaya ya tsufa (shekarun sa na misalin dari). Ya kuma yarda da cewa mahaifar Saratu bata iya bada 'ya'ya ba.
20 he did not doubt at all that God [would do what he had] promised. Instead, he trusted [in God] more/very strongly, and he thanked God [for what God was going to do].
Amma domin alkawarin Allah, Ibrahim bai ji nauyin rashin bangaskiya ba. Maimakon haka, ya sami karfafawa a bangaskiyarsa sai ya daukaka Allah.
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
Ya na da cikakkiyar gamsuwa cewa idan Allah ya yi alkawari, shi mai iya kammalawa ne.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Haka nan ne kuma aka lisafta masa wannan a matsayin adalci.
23 The words [in the Scriptures], “The record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins},” are not only about Abraham.
To ba'a rubuta kawai damin amfaninsa kadai ba, da aka lisafta dominsa.
24 They were also written {[They] also wrote that} for us whose record of sins would be erased {[God] would erase}. They were written {[They] wrote it} for us who believe [God], the one who caused our Lord Jesus to become alive again after he died.
A rubuce yake domin mu, domin wadanda za'a lisafta su, mu da muka bada gaskiya gare shi wanda ya tada Yesu Ubangijinmu daga matattu.
25 Jesus allowed [men] to execute [MTY] him so that [God could forgive] our evil deeds. And [God] caused Jesus to live again because [God wanted to show that because of the death of Jesus he was able to] erase the record of our sins.
Wannan shi ne wanda aka bashe shi domin zunubanmu kuma an tada shi saboda fasar mu.
