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]
Che diremo dunque di Abramo, nostro antenato secondo la carne?
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].
Se infatti Abramo è stato giustificato per le opere, certo ha di che gloriarsi, ma non davanti a Dio.
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}.
Ora, che cosa dice la Scrittura? Abramo ebbe fede in Dio e ciò gli fu accreditato come giustizia.
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].
A chi lavora, il salario non viene calcolato come un dono, ma come debito;
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].
a chi invece non lavora, ma crede in colui che giustifica l'empio, la sua fede gli viene accreditata come giustizia.
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]:
Così anche Davide proclama beato l'uomo a cui Dio accredita la giustizia indipendentemente dalle opere:
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
Beati quelli le cui iniquità sono state perdonate e i peccati sono stati ricoperti;
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
beato l'uomo al quale il Signore non mette in conto il peccato!
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].
Orbene, questa beatitudine riguarda chi è circonciso o anche chi non è circonciso? Noi diciamo infatti che la fede fu accreditata ad Abramo come giustizia.
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.
Come dunque gli fu accreditata? Quando era circonciso o quando non lo era? Non certo dopo la circoncisione, ma prima.
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.
Infatti egli ricevette il segno della circoncisione quale sigillo della giustizia derivante dalla fede che aveva gia ottenuta quando non era ancora circonciso; questo perché fosse padre di tutti i non circoncisi che credono e perché anche a loro venisse accreditata la giustizia
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.
e fosse padre anche dei circoncisi, di quelli che non solo hanno la circoncisione, ma camminano anche sulle orme della fede del nostro padre Abramo prima della sua circoncisione.
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.
Non infatti in virtù della legge fu data ad Abramo o alla sua discendenza la promessa di diventare erede del mondo, ma in virtù della giustizia che viene dalla fede;
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].
poiché se diventassero eredi coloro che provengono dalla legge, sarebbe resa vana la fede e nulla la promessa.
La legge infatti provoca l'ira; al contrario, dove non c'è legge, non c'è nemmeno trasgressione.
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].
Eredi quindi si diventa per la fede, perché ciò sia per grazia e così la promessa sia sicura per tutta la discendenza, non soltanto per quella che deriva dalla legge, ma anche per quella che deriva dalla fede di Abramo, il quale è padre di tutti noi.
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],
Infatti sta scritto: Ti ho costituito padre di molti popoli; (è nostro padre) davanti al Dio nel quale credette, che dà vita ai morti e chiama all'esistenza le cose che ancora non esistono.
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.
Egli ebbe fede sperando contro ogni speranza e così divenne padre di molti popoli, come gli era stato detto: Così sarà la tua discendenza.
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],
Egli non vacillò nella fede, pur vedendo gia come morto il proprio corpo - aveva circa cento anni - e morto il seno di Sara.
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].
Per la promessa di Dio non esitò con incredulità, ma si rafforzò nella fede e diede gloria a Dio,
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
pienamente convinto che quanto egli aveva promesso era anche capace di portarlo a compimento.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Ecco perché gli fu accreditato come giustizia.
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.
E non soltanto per lui è stato scritto che gli fu accreditato come giustizia,
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.
ma anche per noi, ai quali sarà egualmente accreditato: a noi che crediamo in colui che ha risuscitato dai morti Gesù nostro Signore,
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.
il quale è stato messo a morte per i nostri peccati ed è stato risuscitato per la nostra giustificazione.
