Romans 4
1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
Tulatyeni kuti Abbulahamu, ndeende sikale wesu munyama, wakajanaanzi?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not towards God.
Nkaambo na Abbulahamu wakatambulika amilimu, nikuli uli aachakulidundiizya aacho, pele pe pe kunembo lyaLeza.
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
Lino malembe atyeni? “Abbulahamu wakasyoma Leza, aboobo chakatolwa mbuli bululami kulinguwe.”
4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
Lino kuli wooyo uubeleka, muholo wakwe tuubalwi mbuli chipo pe, pele mbuli chikwelete.
5 But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
Pele kuli wooyo uubeleka pele kasyoma muli wooyo uululamika batakwe bunaLeza, lusyomo lwakwe lubalwa mbuli bululami.
6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
Deviti alubo waamba chilongezyo kumuntu ooyo Leza ngwabalila bululami butakwe milimu.
7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Wakati, “Balilongezegelwe aabo balekelelwa nchito zyabo zitali mumulawu, alimwi azibi zyabo zivumbidwe.
8 Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
Ulilongezegelwe ooyo muntu Mwami ngwatabalili zibi.”
9 Is this blessing then pronounced only on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
Sa eechi chilongezyo chaambwa biyo kuli babo basibupalulwe, na kuti akuli babo batali basibupalulwe? Nkaambo twaamba kuti, “Lusyomo lwakabalilwa Abbulahamu mbuli bululami.”
10 How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Wakalubalilwa biyeni? Aawo katana palulwa na, kana kuti musule akupalulwa, pesi katana palulwa.
11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
Abbulahamu wakatambula chitondeezyo chabupalule. Echi chakali chisimyo chalusyomo ndwakalaabo katanapalulwa. Mpindu yachitondeezyo echi nkuti wakaba wisi wabaabo boonse basyoma, nikuba kabatanapalulwa.
12 He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
Echi chaamba kuti bululami bubalilwe kulinguwe. Alubo eechi chaamba kuti Abbulahamu wakaba wisi wabaabo bapalwide kulibaabombasike pe pe kuzwa kubapalulwe luzutu, pele alubo kulibaabo batobela nzila zya taata wesu Abbulahamu. Elyo oolu ndulo lusyomo ndwakalaalo katana palulwa.
13 For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he would be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Nkaambo teensi kwiinda mumulawu pe chakapa kuti chisyomezyo chipegwe kuli Abbulahamu akulunyungu lwakwe, echi chisyomezyo kuti babe basimulyazina benyika. Pesi kwiinda mubululami bwalusyomo.
14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
Nkaambo na kuti aabo bapona mumulawu babambabo basimulyazina, lusyomo taluchaambi chintu, aboobo lusyom lwaba lwabuyo.
15 For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
Nkaambo mulawu weeta bukali, pele aawo atakwe mulawu, takwe bulewusi.
16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
Akambo kaaka echi chilachitika kwiinda mulusyomo, kuti chibe chaluzyalo. Akaako, chisyomezyo chibe chakasimpe kubana boonse. Alimwi boonse bana banoobikilizya pe pe luzutu bazi mulawu, pele alubo aabo bazwa kulusyomo lyaAbbulahamu. Nkaambo ngu taata wesu toonse,
17 As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
mbulimbukulembedwe, “Ndakuchita wisi wamanyika miingi. “Abbulahamu wakali mubuliwo bwawooyo ngwakasyoma, nkokuti, Leza, uupa buumi kubafu alimwi wiita zintu zitawo kuti zibewo.
18 Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
Nikuba wakasweenene azintu zilibuti, Abbulahamu wakasyoma Leza chakasimpe alyejunza. Akaako wakaba wisi wamanyika miingi, mbuli mbuzyakaambulwa, “Mazyalane aako mbayooba.”
19 Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
Takawizukide mulusyomo. Abbulahamu wakamvwisisisya kuti mubili wakwe tuchikonzyi kuchita mwana (nkaambo wakali waamba kusisya myaaka ili mwaanda). Alimwi wakazumina kuti bula bwaSala tabuchikonzyi kuzyala mwana.
20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
Pele akaambo kachisyomezyo chaLeza, Abbulahamu taakwe naakatazumbuuzya mukutasyoma. Pesi, wakasimisigwa mulusyomo alimwi wakapa bulemu kuliLeza.
21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
Wakakutisika loko kuti ezyo Leza nzyakasyomezya, ulakonzya kuzuzikizya.
22 Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
Akaako zyakabalilwa lubo kulinguwe mbuli bululami.
23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
Lino tezyakalilembedwe luzutu pe kukukutisya lwakwe mwini, zyakabalilidwe kulinguwe.
24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Yeshua our Lord from the dead,
Zyakalembelwa ndiswe alubo, nkuziyoobalilwa, iswe nitusyoma muliwooyo wakabusyaJesu Mwami wesukuzwa kubafu.
25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
Oyu nguwe wakaabwa akaambo kazibi zyesu alimwi wakabusigilwa kukululamikwa kwesu.
