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]
¿Qué podemos decir que Abraham, nuestro padre ganó según 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].
Porque si Abraham fue justificado por las obras, tiene razón para el orgullo; pero no ante Dios.
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}.
¿Pero qué dice en las Sagradas Escrituras? Y Abraham tuvo fe en Dios, y le fue contado como justicia.
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].
Ahora bien, la recompensa se le acredita a quien hace las obras, no como por gracia, sino como una deuda.
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].
Pero al que sin obras, tiene fe en aquel que justifica al impío, su fe le es contada como justicia.
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]:
Como David dice que hay una bendición sobre el hombre por cuya cuenta Dios justifica sin obras, diciendo:
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
Felices son los que tienen perdón por su maldad, y cuyos pecados están cubiertos.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Feliz es el hombre contra quien el Señor no registra ningún pecado.
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].
¿Es esta bendición, entonces, solo para la circuncisión, o corresponderá también a los que no lo están? porque decimos que la fe de Abraham fue puesta a su cuenta como justicia.
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.
¿Cómo, entonces, fue juzgado? cuando tuvo la circuncisión, o cuando no la tuvo? No cuando la tuvo, sino cuando no la tuvo:
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.
Y se le dio la señal de la circuncisión como testigo de la fe que tuvo antes de ser sometido a la circuncisión: para que él sea el padre de todos los que tienen fe, aunque no tienen circuncisión, y para que la justicia sea puesta a su cuenta;
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.
Y el padre de la circuncisión para los que no solo son de la circuncisión, sino que se mantienen en el camino de la fe que tenía nuestro padre Abraham antes de ser sometido a la circuncisión.
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.
Porque la promesa de Dios, que la tierra sería su heredad, le fue dada a Abraham o su descendencia, no por la ley, sino por la justicia de la fe.
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].
Porque si los que son de la ley son las personas que obtienen la herencia, entonces la fe no tiene uso, y la palabra de Dios no tiene poder;
Porque el resultado de la ley es ira; pero donde no hay ley, tampoco hay transgresión.
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].
Por esta razón es de fe, para que sea por gracia; y para que la palabra de Dios sea cierta para toda la simiente; no solo a lo que es de la ley, sino a lo que es de la fe de Abraham, que es el padre de todos nosotros,
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],
(Como dice en las Sagradas Escrituras, te he hecho padre de muchas naciones) delante de él en quien tuvo fe, es decir, Dios, que da vida a los muertos, y quien llama las cosas que no son, como si fuesen.
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.
quien sin razón de esperanza, en la fe, esperó, y se hizo padre de muchas naciones, como se había dicho: así será tu simiente.
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],
Y no siendo débil en la fe, aunque su cuerpo le pareció un poco mejor que muerto (tenía alrededor de cien años) y Sara ya no era capaz de tener hijos:
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].
Sin embargo, él no abandonó la fe en la promesa de Dios, pero se hizo fuerte por la fe, glorificando a Dios,
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
y estando seguro de que Dios tiene poder Para cumplir la palabra que prometió.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Por lo cual su fe, fue a su cuenta como justicia.
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.
Ahora, no fue solo por él que esto fue dicho,
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.
Pero para nosotros, además, a quién se nos contará, si tenemos fe en aquel que resucitó a Jesús nuestro Señor.
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.
Que fue ejecutado por nuestros pecados, y volvió a la vida para que pudiéramos ser justificados.
