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]
Ko nu lai sakām, ka mūsu vectēvs Ābrahāms ir dabūjis pēc miesas?
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].
Jo ja Ābrahāms caur darbiem ir taisnots, tad tam ir gan slava, bet ne pie Dieva.
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}.
Jo ko tas raksts saka? Ābrahāms Dievam ir ticējis un tas viņam ir pielīdzināts par taisnību.
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].
Bet tam darba darītājam alga netop pielīdzināta pēc žēlastības, bet pēc parāda.
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].
Bet tam, kas nav darba darītājs, bet tic uz To, kas bezdievīgo taisno, tam ticība top pielīdzināta par taisnību.
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]:
Tā kā arī Dāvids saka, to cilvēku esam svētīgu, kam Dievs taisnību pielīdzina bez darbiem:
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
Svētīgi tie, kam pārkāpumi piedoti un grēki apklāti;
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Svētīgs tas vīrs, kam Tas Kungs grēku nepielīdzina.
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].
Vai nu šis labums atlec apgraizījumam vien, vai arī priekšādai? Jo mēs sakām, ka Ābrahāmam ticība ir pielīdzināta par taisnību.
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.
Kā tad tā viņam ir pielīdzināta? Vai iekš apgraizījuma, vai iekš priekšādas? Ne iekš apgraizījuma, bet iekš priekšādas.
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.
Bet to apgraizīšanas zīmi viņš dabūja par taisnības zieģeli tai ticībai, ko viņš vēl priekšādā būdams turēja; ka tas būtu par tēvu visiem, kas priekšādā būdami tic, lai ticība tiem arīdzan taptu pielīdzināta par taisnību,
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.
Un par apgraizīšanas tēvu tiem, kas ne vien apgraizīti, bet arī staigā tās ticības pēdās, kas mūsu tēvam Ābrahāmam bija priekšādā.
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.
Jo tā apsolīšana, ka viņš būšot pasaules mantinieks, Ābrahāmam jeb viņa sēklai nav notikusi caur bauslību, bet caur ticības taisnību.
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].
Jo ja tie bauslības ļaudis - mantinieki, tad ticība ir veltīga un tā apsolīšana iznīkusi.
Jo bauslība padara dusmību; jo kur bauslības nav, tur arī nav pārkāpšanas.
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].
Tāpēc no ticības, lai ir pēc žēlastības; lai tā apsolīšana ir pastāvīga visam dzimumam, ne vien tam, kas no bauslības, bet arī tam, kas no Ābrahāma ticības. Tas mums visiem ir tēvs,
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],
(Kā ir rakstīts: daudz tautām Es tevi esmu cēlis par tēvu, ) Tā Dieva priekšā, kam viņš ir ticējis, kas miroņus dara dzīvus un sauc to, kas vēl nav, tā kā tas jau būtu.
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.
Pret cerību viņš ir ticējis uz cerību, lai paliktu par tēvu daudz tautām, pēc tā vārda: Tādam būs būt tavam dzimumam.
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],
Un viņš nepalika vājš iekš ticības, nedz lūkoja uz savām izdēdējušām miesām, tik ne simts gadus vecs būdams, nedz uz Sāras izdēdējušām miesām.
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].
Bet pie tās Dieva apsolīšanas viņa prāts neticībā nešaubījās, bet kļuva spēcīgs iekš ticības un Dievam deva godu,
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
Pilnā ticībā zinādams, ka Dievs to, ko Viņš apsolījis, arī spēj darīt.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Tāpēc tas viņam arī pielīdzināts par taisnību.
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.
Bet tas ne vien viņa dēļ ir rakstīts, ka tas viņam ir pielīdzināts,
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.
Bet arī mūsu dēļ, kam tas tiks pielīdzināts, kad ticam uz to, kas no miroņiem ir uzmodinājis mūsu Kungu Jēzu,
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.
Kas ir nodots mūsu grēku dēļ un uzmodināts mūsu taisnošanas labad.
