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]
Mari kita lihat Abraham, sebagai contoh. Dari sudut pandang manusia, dia adalah leluhur bangsa kita. Mari tanyakan, “Apa saja yang sudah dia alami?”
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].
Sebab jika Abraham dianggap benar karena perbuatannya, maka dia memiliki alasan untuk menjadi sombong — tetapi tidak jika dilihat dari sudut pandang Allah.
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}.
Namun demikian, apa yang Kitab Suci katakan? “Abraham percaya kepada Allah, maka dia dianggap sebagai orang baik yang melakukan perbuatan yang benar.”
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].
Seseorang yang bekerja pasti mendapatkan upahnya, dan hal itu tidak dihitung sebagai hadiah, tetapi sebagai hak sebab mereka sudah melaksanakan kewajiban mereka.
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].
Tetapi Allah, yang membuat orang berdosa menjadi benar, menganggap mereka benar bukan karena mereka telah bekerja untuk itu tetapi karena mereka percaya kepada-Nya. Itu sebabnya
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]:
Daud berbicara tentang kebahagiaan dari mereka yang Allah anggap sebagai orang benar, dan bukan karena mereka berusaha menjadi orang benar:
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
“Betapa bahagianya orang-orang yang diampuni kesalahannya, dan ditutupi dosa-dosanya.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Betapa bahagianya orang-orang yang Allah anggap tidak berdosa.”
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].
Apakah berkah ini khusus hanya untuk orang Yahudi, ataukah bisa juga untuk mereka yang bukan orang Yahudi? Kita baru saja menyatakan bahwa Abraham diterima sebagai orang yang benar dan baik karena dia percaya kepada Allah.
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.
Tetapi kapankah hal ini terjadi? Sesudah Abraham menjadi orang Yahudi atau sebelumnya?
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.
Itu sebenarnya sebelum dia menjadi seorang Yahudi dengan disunat, yang merupakan konfirmasi dari kepercayaannya kepada Allah untuk membuat dia benar. Peristiwa ini terjadi sebelum dia melakukan sunat, sehingga dia menjadi nenek moyang bagi setiap orang yang percaya kepada Allah dan dianggap benar oleh Allah, sekalipun mereka tidak menyunatkan diri mereka seperti orang Yahudi.
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.
Abraham juga menjadi nenek moyang dari orang Yahudi yang disunat bukan hanya karena mereka disunat, tetapi karena mereka mengikuti contoh nenek moyang Abraham untuk percaya kepada Allah sebelum dia disunat.
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.
Janji Allah kepada Abraham dan keturunannya adalah dunia akan menjadi miliknya bukan karena Abraham taat kepada hukum Taurat, tetapi karena dia dibuat benar melalui kepercayaannya kepada Allah.
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].
Karena jika warisan yang dijanjikan itu didasarkan pada ketaatan pada hukum Taurat, maka masalah percaya kepada Allah tidak perlu, dan janji itu tidak ada gunanya.
Karena hukum Taurat menghasilkan hukuman — tetapi jika tidak ada hukum Taurat maka hukum itu tidak dapat dilanggar.
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].
Jadi janji itu berdasarkan kita percaya kepada Allah. Diberikan sebagai hadiah, mendapatkan kepastian bagi semua anak-anak Abraham — bukan hanya untuk mereka yang mengikuti hukum Taurat, tetapi juga mereka yang percaya seperti Abraham, nenek moyang kita semua.
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],
Seperti yang dikatakan Kitab Suci, “Aku telah menjadikanmu bapak dari banyak bangsa.” Sebab di hadapan Allah, Abraham percaya kepada Allah yang bisa membangkitkan orang mati dan menciptakan segala sesuatu yang ada dari ketiadaan.
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.
Sekalipun Abraham tidak memiliki harapan di mata manusia, tetapi dia tetap berharap kepada Allah, sehingga bisa menjadi ayah dari segala bangsa, seperti yang Allah janjikan kepadanya: “Sebanyak inilah jumlah keturunanmu!”
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],
Abraham tetap percaya kepada Allah sekalipun secara jasmani dia sudah tidak mungkin memiliki keturunan (usia Abraham saat itu sudah 100 tahun), dan tahu bahwa Sarah juga sudah terlalu tua untuk memiliki anak-anak.
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].
Abraham berpegang pada janji Allah — dan dia tidak pernah meragukannya. Sebaliknya dia semakin percaya kepada Allah, dan memberikan segala kemuliaan kembali kepada Allah.
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
Dia sungguh-sungguh percaya bahwa yang sudah Allah janjikan, maka Allah akan sanggup tepati.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Itu sebabnya Allah menganggap Abraham sebagai orang benar.
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.
Perkataan “Abraham dianggap sebagai orang benar” bukan ditulis hanya untuk dia saja.
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.
Tetapi itu juga untuk kita, bagi kita yang akan dianggap benar, sebab kita percaya kepada Allah yang sudah menghidupkan kembali Allah kita Yesus dari antara orang mati.
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.
Yesus diserahkan untuk mati bagi dosa-dosa kita, dan dibangkitkan untuk membuat kita benar.
