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]
Ano nga ang ating sasabihin, na nasumpungan ni Abraham na ating magulang ayon sa laman?
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].
Sapagka't kung si Abraham ay inaring-ganap sa pamamagitan ng mga gawa, ay mayroon sana siyang ipagmamapuri; datapuwa't hindi sa 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}.
Sapagka't ano ang sinasabi ng kasulatan? At sumampalataya si Abraham sa Dios, at sa kaniya'y ibinilang na katuwiran.
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].
Ngayon sa kaniya na gumagawa'y, hindi ibinibilang na biyaya ang ganti, kundi utang.
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].
Datapuwa't sa kaniya na hindi gumagawa, nguni't sumasampalataya sa kaniya na umaaring ganap sa masama, ang kaniyang pananampalataya ay ibibilang na katuwiran.
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]:
Gaya naman ng sinasambit ni David na kapalaran ng tao, na sa kaniya'y ibinibilang ng Dios ang katuwiran nang walang mga gawa,
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
Na sinasabi, Mapapalad yaong ang kanilang mga pagsalangsang ay ipinatawad, At ang kanilang mga kasalanan ay nangatakpan.
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
Mapalad ang tao na sa kaniya'y hindi ibibilang ng Panginoon ang kasalanan.
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].
Sinambit nga baga ang kapalarang ito tungkol sa pagtutuli, o tungkol din naman sa di-pagtutuli? sapagka't sinasabi natin, Kay Abraham ay ibinilang na katuwiran ang kaniyang pananampalataya.
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.
Paano ngang ito'y ibinilang? nang siya baga'y nasa pagtutuli, o sa di-pagtutuli? Hindi sa pagtutuli, kundi sa di-pagtutuli:
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.
At tinanggap niya ang tanda ng pagtutuli, na isang tatak ng katuwiran ng pananampalataya na nasa kaniya samantalang siya'y nasa di-pagtutuli: upang siya'y maging ama ng lahat ng mga nagsisisampalataya, bagaman sila'y nasa di-pagtutuli, upang ang katuwiran ay maibilang sa kanila;
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.
At ang ama ng pagtutuli nila na hindi lamang sa pagtutuli, kundi pati naman sa mga nagsisilakad sa mga bakas niyaong pananampalataya ng ating amang si Abraham na nasa kaniya nang siya'y nasa di-pagtutuli.
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.
Sapagka't hindi sa pamamagitan ng kautusan ginawa ang pangako kay Abraham o sa kaniyang binhi na siyang magmamana ng sanglibutan, kundi sa pamamagitan ng katuwiran ng pananampalataya.
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].
Sapagka't kung silang nangasa kautusan ay siyang mga tagapagmana, ay walang kabuluhan ang pananampalataya, at nawawalang kabuluhan ang pangako:
Sapagka't ang kautusan ay gumagawa ng galit; datapuwa't kung saan walang kautusan ay wala ring pagsalangsang.
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].
Dahil dito'y sa pananampalataya, upang maging ayon sa biyaya; upang ang pangako ay lumagi sa lahat ng binhi; hindi lamang sa nasa kautusan, kundi pati naman sa nasa pananampalataya ni Abraham, na ama nating lahat.
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],
(Gaya ng nasusulat, Ginawa kitang ama ng maraming bansa) sa harapan niyaong kaniyang pinanampalatayanan, sa makatuwid baga'y ang Dios, na nagbibigay ng buhay sa mga patay, at tumatawag sa mga bagay na hindi pa hayag na tila hayag na.
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.
Siya na sumampalataya na nasa pagasa laban sa pagasa, upang maging ama ng maraming bansa ayon sa sabi, Magiging gayon ang iyong binhi.
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],
At hindi humina sa pananampalataya na ipinalagay man ang kaniyang katawang tulad sa patay na (gayon siya'y may mga isang daang taon na), at ang pagkabaog ng bahay-bata ni Sara;
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].
Kundi, sa pagtingin niya sa pangako ng Dios, ay hindi nagalinlangan sa pamamagitan ng di pananampalataya, kundi lumakas ng lumakas sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya, na niluluwalhati ang Dios,
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
At lubos nanalig na ang Dios na nangako ay may kapangyarihang makagawa noon.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Dahil dito'y ibinilang naman na katuwiran sa kaniya.
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.
Ngayo'y hindi lamang dahil sa kaniya isinulat, na sa kaniya'y ibinilang;
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.
Kundi dahil din naman sa atin, na ibibilang sa ating mga nagsisisampalataya sa kaniya na bumuhay na maguli sa mga patay, kay Jesus na ating Panginoon,
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.
Na ibinigay dahil sa ating mga kasuwayan, at binuhay na maguli sa ikaaaring-ganap natin.
