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]
Nyanini tidi gu ahira ucokoro acokoro aru Ibrahim.
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].
Agi Ibrahim ma suburka barki katuma kame kani mada zome ini mum ubezi ubari, ani me ahira Asere.
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}.
Nyanini tize be ta Asere ta guna, Ibrahim ma hem ina Asere, abati me unu hem in tize ta Asere.
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].
De sa ma zin jatuma ka geme ahira anu nyanki be e imum, imum sa adi nyanki me ane ani barki katuma kame kani sz ma wuza.
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].
De sa ma da wuza katuma barki anya me iri imum ma hibina ahira Asere, de sa ma sobiso ande sa wa wuza imumu iburi, aka bura me nyimo anu inko utize ta Asere iriba.
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]:
Ane ani Dauda ma buki ani ceh ni desa Asere abati me anyimo anu iso utize tume a mu riba mu we me barki ada nya we iri mum ba.
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
Sa ma gu, anu inko tize ta Asere amu riba mu we madini mawe me aveteni, akuri avisa vat madini ma we me.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Imum irum irunta ihuma ande sa Asere mada bata me anyimo ana madini. Adi basa ti mum tihuma ahira adesa da Asere akem me in madini 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].
A wuza imumu iriri ahira ande sa wa kaba tize ta Asere ba nani vat nan andesa wa kaba ba, imum be sati boo, abata imumu ihuma ahira Ibrahim barki uhem wa Asere ame ani.
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.
Uya una uni abati me nii, sa amu zina agbara me nani daki a u gbara me ba, nani da amu wuza me ba. Da amu wuza ba.
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.
Ni gbari sa awuzi me barki a bezi kadure kameme kani, barki unya iriba imeme uganiya sa da amu wuza me nigbari me, Aani me barki ma cukuno acoh anu nya iriba, barki ma basa we anyimo anu unasa ace, ba sede awuza nigbari me.
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.
A ani me ma cukuno acoh ana nigbari, ande sa da sa nigbari nini wazini cas ba, wa tarsa una ukadure cangi ku cokoro uru ugino me Ibrahim, sa da azi amu wuza ni gbari me ba.
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.
Imumu igino sa awu Ibrahim iriba, agi madi kem uneh azo se a iso me tize barki sa ma nya iriba, ine ini Asere akabi me.
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].
Ingi anu tarsa u iso utize wadi cukuno ahuma, ani ya cukuno uwuna iriba uzome in katuma in tize ti gino me ta cukuno uzatu katuma.
Barki u iso utize ti gino me ti hirziza Asere iriba ahira me sa u iso utize uzoni, imumu iburi izoni.
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].
Ani me ani u inko iriba wa hibinani, ani me barki abezi uhem wa Asere, barki arusi unu nya iriba Ibeahim da agi ande sa wa ra una udungara u musa cas, nan ande sa wa inko mu riba ugusa Ibrahim ma wuu. Ibrahim ugino me memani ucokoro uru va.
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],
Kasi sa anyetirke agi, ma wu a we ucukuno acoh ati lem vat, Amyinca tize ti gino me Ibrahim ucokoro uru mani ahira Asere de sa ma nya iriba ahira ame, me mani unu bari ma titi timum sa ti zo ba nan tige sa ti zii.
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.
Uwuna iriba Ibrahim izi gusi izome in katuma ba, vat ani me ma ri aje unu wuzi riba ni, ma isi iriba ni manno ma cukuno acoh ati lem gbardan, a anime barki sa awuzi me tize ta bangame,”ane ani bi sana buwe me bidi cukuno.
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],
Uganiya me Ibrahim ma zin ti weh ni ino da ma wuna seke anyimo u iso utize ta Asere iribame, barki ma hira mazin ni kara ani pum numeme vat unu guna ma mu unah, wannu guna Saraya uneh umeme mamu aka uganiya u yoh.
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].
Da ma kem mare ma aye ba ubuka Asere abezi uzatu u inko iriba, ba ma kinki nikara anyimo u iso iriba sa abuki me agi,”Ane ani bisana bi we me bidi cukuno.
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
Ma hem anyimo iriba meme vat i um sa Asere ma buki ani ceh numeme idi cukuno ani me.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Ani me vat ya cukuno me imumu u iso iriba.
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.
Vat ani me sa anyetirke da anyetirke barki Ibrahim mani cas.
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.
Wan haru cangi haru ande sa ta hem u u hirza u Yesu anyimo iwono.
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.
Yessu, desa anya me barki madini maru, akuri ahirza me barki ti kem u biki ahira Asere.
