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]
asmaaka. m puurvvapuru. sa ibraahiim kaayikakriyayaa ki. m labdhavaan etadadhi ki. m vadi. syaama. h?
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].
sa yadi nijakriyaabhya. h sapu. nyo bhavet tarhi tasyaatma"slaaghaa. m karttu. m panthaa bhavediti satya. m, kintvii"svarasya samiipe nahi|
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}.
"saastre ki. m likhati? ibraahiim ii"svare vi"svasanaat sa vi"svaasastasmai pu. nyaartha. m ga. nito babhuuva|
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].
karmmakaari. no yad vetana. m tad anugrahasya phala. m nahi kintu tenopaarjita. m mantavyam|
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].
kintu ya. h paapina. m sapu. nyiikaroti tasmin vi"svaasina. h karmmahiinasya janasya yo vi"svaasa. h sa pu. nyaartha. m ga. nyo bhavati|
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]:
apara. m ya. m kriyaahiinam ii"svara. h sapu. nyiikaroti tasya dhanyavaada. m daayuud var. nayaamaasa, yathaa,
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 dhanyo. aghaani m. r.s. taani yasyaagaa. msyaav. rtaani ca|
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
sa ca dhanya. h pare"sena paapa. m yasya na ga. nyate|
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].
e. sa dhanyavaadastvakchedinam atvakchedina. m vaa ka. m prati bhavati? ibraahiimo vi"svaasa. h pu. nyaartha. m ga. nita iti vaya. m vadaama. h|
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.
sa vi"svaasastasya tvakcheditvaavasthaayaa. m kim atvakcheditvaavasthaayaa. m kasmin samaye pu. nyamiva ga. nita. h? tvakcheditvaavasthaayaa. m nahi kintvatvakcheditvaavasthaayaa. m|
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.
apara nca sa yat sarvve. saam atvakchedinaa. m vi"svaasinaam aadipuru. so bhavet, te ca pu. nyavattvena ga. nyeran;
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.
ye ca lokaa. h kevala. m chinnatvaco na santo. asmatpuurvvapuru. sa ibraahiim achinnatvak san yena vi"svaasamaarge. na gatavaan tenaiva tasya paadacihnena gacchanti te. saa. m tvakchedinaamapyaadipuru. so bhavet tadartham atvakchedino maanavasya vi"svaasaat pu. nyam utpadyata iti pramaa. nasvaruupa. m tvakchedacihna. m sa praapnot|
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.
ibraahiim jagato. adhikaarii bhavi. syati yai. saa pratij naa ta. m tasya va. m"sa nca prati puurvvam akriyata saa vyavasthaamuulikaa nahi kintu vi"svaasajanyapu. nyamuulikaa|
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].
yato vyavasthaavalambino yadyadhikaari. no bhavanti tarhi vi"svaaso viphalo jaayate saa pratij naapi luptaiva|
adhikantu vyavasthaa kopa. m janayati yato. avidyamaanaayaa. m vyavasthaayaam aaj naala"nghana. m na sambhavati|
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].
ataeva saa pratij naa yad anugrahasya phala. m bhavet tadartha. m vi"svaasamuulikaa yatastathaatve tadva. m"sasamudaaya. m prati arthato ye vyavasthayaa tadva. m"sasambhavaa. h kevala. m taan prati nahi kintu ya ibraahiimiiyavi"svaasena tatsambhavaastaanapi prati saa pratij naa sthaasnurbhavati|
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],
yo nirjiivaan sajiivaan avidyamaanaani vastuuni ca vidyamaanaani karoti ibraahiimo vi"svaasabhuumestasye"svarasya saak. saat so. asmaaka. m sarvve. saam aadipuru. sa aaste, yathaa likhita. m vidyate, aha. m tvaa. m bahujaatiinaam aadipuru. sa. m k. rtvaa niyuktavaan|
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.
tvadiiyastaad. r"so va. m"so jani. syate yadida. m vaakya. m prati"sruta. m tadanusaaraad ibraahiim bahude"siiyalokaanaam aadipuru. so yad bhavati tadartha. m so. anapek. sitavyamapyapek. samaa. no vi"svaasa. m k. rtavaan|
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],
apara nca k. sii. navi"svaaso na bhuutvaa "satavatsaravayaskatvaat sva"sariirasya jaraa. m saaraanaamna. h svabhaaryyaayaa rajoniv. rtti nca t. r.naaya na mene|
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].
aparam avi"svaasaad ii"svarasya pratij naavacane kamapi sa. m"saya. m na cakaara;
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
kintvii"svare. na yat prati"sruta. m tat saadhayitu. m "sakyata iti ni"scita. m vij naaya d. r.dhavi"svaasa. h san ii"svarasya mahimaana. m prakaa"sayaa ncakaara|
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
iti hetostasya sa vi"svaasastadiiyapu. nyamiva ga. nayaa ncakre|
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.
pu. nyamivaaga. nyata tat kevalasya tasya nimitta. m likhita. m nahi, asmaaka. m nimittamapi,
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.
yato. asmaaka. m paapanaa"saartha. m samarpito. asmaaka. m pu. nyapraaptyartha ncotthaapito. abhavat yo. asmaaka. m prabhu ryii"sustasyotthaapayitarii"svare
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.
yadi vaya. m vi"svasaamastarhyasmaakamapi saeva vi"svaasa. h pu. nyamiva ga. nayi. syate|
