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]
Taiganga hwele nantele huje o Ibulahimu, yise wetu hwidala elye bele, apatihene?
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].
Nantele nkashele u Ibulahimu abhaziwa elyoli hu mbombo, hangali nenangwa ezyahwisovye, nantele saga hwitagalila lya Ngolobhe.
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}.
Eshi ensimbo zigawele? “Abulahamu amwetesheye Ongolobhe, na bhaziwe hwakwe huje alinelyoli.”
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].
Eshi hwa mtu yawombe embombo eposhenzi zyakwe sezibhaziwa huje hee wenee, hwa huje eshi lideni.
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].
Nantele hwa mtu yasaga abhomba embombo nkashele ahumweteha omwene yali ahubhazizya elyoli yasagali bhatamu, enyinza zyakwe umtu oyo zibhaziwe huje lyoli.
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]:
O Daudi wope ayanga esalifyo hwa mtu yali Ongolobhe abhazizizye elyoli pasepali nembombo.
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
Ayajile, “Bhasalifiwe bhala bhabhali embibhi zyabho zisajilwe nabhala abhezambe zyabho zyazikwishilwe.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Asalifiwe omtu ola nkashele Ogosi sabhazizizye ezambe.”
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].
Eshi huje ensalifyo zyabhala bhabhatahiliwe bhene, huje nabha sebhatahiliwe? Eshi tiyanga, “huje o Ibulahimu enyinza zyakwe zyabhaziwe huje lyoli.”
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.
Huje yabhaweweleshi? Shila o Ibulahimu ali hu tohala, nantele sasele atahilwe? Sagayali hu tahilwe, eshi ashele tahilwe.
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.
O Ibulahimu ahambilile ehalama yatahilwe. Ogu gwali muhuli gwela ehaki enyinza yalinayo hani sasele atahilwe. Efumizyo ezyandolesyo ene huja abhombeshe abhe baba wa bhoti bhabhahweteha. Atankashile bhahweli bhabhali atahilwe. Eshi hwahuje ehaki yaibhaziwa hwabhene.
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.
Ene yope yamisizye aje o Ibulahimu abhombeshe baba we tohala saga hwabhala bhabhafumila mutohala aje nabhala bhabhazilondola enyayo zya baba wetu o Ibulahimu. Huje ene nyinza yalinayo hwabhatahilwe.
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.
Hwa huje sanayahali hudajizyo aje eahadi ehafumiziwe hwa Ibulahimu ne papo yakwe, eahadi ene eyaje bhaibhabhagali bhesi huje ehaliashelenle ehaki eyenyinza.
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].
Huje eshi nashi bhala bhe ndajizyo huje bhagali, enyinzizili nahamo, ne ahadi egalu zenywe.
Huje eshi edajizyo zileta ilyoyo, huje pala pasepali nedajizyo, nahumo huje huli eshishi.
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].
Hwa huje eli sagalyafumie hunyinza, aje ebheye wene. Amafumilo gakwe, eahadi elipazelu hu mpapo yoti. Na zawa ebha sagaje bhala bhabhamenye edajizyo, huje bhala bhali nenza ezya Ibulahimu. Huje omwene isewetu ate tenti,
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],
nashi sesibwilweli, “Ebheshele awe abhe baba wensi enyiji.” O Ibulahimu ali hweli hwola ya menye yaani Ongolobhe yasaga abhapiye abhafwe owomi na kwizye enongwa zyanazimo ajezibhe.
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.
Hata zibhe zyoti zya hwoze, Abulahamu abhejivi amawaminiye Ongolobhe hu siku zyazihwenza. Eshi abha baba wesi enyinji alengane nahala hahagajilwe,”... Esho shayaibha empapo yaho.”
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],
Omwene sagali bhinu hunyinza. Abulahamu aheteshe aje obele gwakwe yoyoo gumalishe afwe - ali no umuli wesiku amaha emia emo. Nantele ahetehene nehali eyafwe eyevyanda uya Sala.
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].
Eshi alengane ne ahadi eya Ngolobhe, o Ibulahimu sagasitile ahumweteshe. Nantele, apewilwe eguvu hunyinza nantele asombele Ongolobhe.
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
Ali amenye loli aje hala hahali Ongolobhe haaidiye ali nouwezo owa hakamilisye.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Hweli lyope lyabhaziwe humwene abha haki.
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.
Eshi sagayasimbwilwe wene hufaida yakwe, aje yabhaziwe hwa mwene.
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.
Yasimbwilwe huliti nantele, hwa bhabhishewe abhaziwe atetatili tihweteha aje omwene azyozyeze Ogosi wetu oYesu afume hwa bhafwe.
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.
Ono yayola yalifumiziwe hu mbibhi zetu nazyosewe aje tipate abhaziwe ehaki.
