Rome 4

1 Na mea kut ac srumun inge kacl Abraham, papa matu tumun mwet Jew uh? Mea tuh sikyak nu sel?

What then shall we say of Abraham, our ancestor in the flesh?

2 God El fin aksuwoswosyal ke sripen orekma lal, na oasr ma el ku in konkin kac — tusruktu tia ye mutun God.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to be proud of, but not before God.

3 Ma Simusla uh fahk, “Abraham el filiya lulalfongi lal in God ac ke sripen lulalfongi lal, God El oakulla sie mwet suwoswos.”

For what does Scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was set down to his account as righteousness.

4 Sie mwet su orekma el eis molin orekma lal, na moul se inge tia mwe kite se, a molin orekma lal.

Now if a man earn his pay by his work, it is not counted to him as a favor, but it is paid him as a debt;

5 A mwet se su lulalfongi in God, ac tia filiya lulalfongi lal ke orekma wo lal sifacna, pa inge mwet se su God El ku in nunak munas nu sel ke ma koluk lal, ac ke sripen lulalfongi lal, God El oakulla sie mwet suwohs.

but a man who does not "work," but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith imputed to him for righteousness.

6 Pa inge kalmen ma David el fahk ke el kaskas ke insewowo lun mwet se su God El oakla mu el suwohs, finne wangin ma el oru:

Just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from actions.

7 “Insewowo elos su ma koluk lalos nunak munas nu selos, Su orekma koluk lalos tuleyukla!

Blessed he says are they whose iniquities have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered.

8 Insewowo el su Leum El tia oakla ma koluk lal!”

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

9 Ya insewowo se ma David el kaskas kac inge, ma na nu sin mwet kosrala mukena? Mo, ma pac nu selos su tia kosrala. Tuh oana ma nga fahk tari, Ma Simusla uh fahk mu, “Abraham el filiya lulalfongi lal in God ac ke sripen lulalfongi lal, God El oakulla sie mwet suwoswos.”

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcised alone? or for the uncircumcised also? Abraham’s faith, I say, was imputed to him for righteousness.

10 Ma se inge sikyak ngac? Meet liki Abraham el kosrala ku tukun el kosrala? Ma meet, tia ma toko.

How then was it imputed to him? When he was circumcised? or uncircumcised? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

11 El tuh kosrkosrla tok, ac kosrala lal sie akul in akkalemye lah, ke sripen lulalfongi lal, God El oakal sie mwet suwoswos meet liki el kosrala. Ke ma inge Abraham el oana papa tumun mwet nukewa su lulalfongi in God, ac God El oakalos mwet suwoswos ye mutal, elos finne tia kosrla.

and he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the faith- righteousness which he had while he was in uncircumcision; in order that he might be the father of all who believe, even though they are uncircumcised; so that righteousness might be imputed to them.

12 El papa pac tumalos su kosrala, aok, elos su oayapa moul in lulalfongi oana papa tumasr Abraham el moulkin meet liki el tuh kosrala.

He is the father of circumcision to those who are not merely circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he held while he was as yet uncircumcised.

13 Ke God El wulela nu sel Abraham ac fwilin tulik natul mu faclu ac fah ma lal, El oru ouinge, tia mweyen Abraham el akos Ma Sap, a mweyen el lulalfongi ac el oaoala sie mwet suwoswos ye mutun God.

For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith- righteousness.

14 Tuh fin ma God El wuleang kac ac itukyang na nu selos su akos Ma Sap, na ac wangin kalmen lulalfongi lun mwet uh, ac wuleang lun God wangin sripa.

For if those who are righteous through law are heirs, faith is empty and the promise becomes void.

15 Seakos lun mwet nu ke Ma Sap lun God pwanang kasrkusrak lal, tusruktu yen ma wangin ma sap we, wangin pac seakos ma sap.

For law works wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

16 Ke ma inge, wuleang se inge oakwuki fin lulalfongi, tuh in arulana kalem lah wuleang se inge oanu sie mwe kite lun God su wangin molo, nu sin fwilin tulik natul Abraham nukewa — tia nu selos mukena su akos Ma Sap, a oayapa nu selos su lulalfongi oana Abraham. Tuh Abraham el papa tumasr nukewa in ngun;

This is why righteousness is of faith, that it may be a free gift; so that the promise stands firm to all Abraham’s posterity; not to his children of his faith. For in the sight of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which is not, Abraham is the father of us all both Jews and Gentiles,

17 oana Ma Simusla uh fahk, “Nga ac oru kom in papa tumun mutanfahl puspis.” Ke ma inge wulela sac pwayena mweyen ma sin God me, su Abraham el lulalfongi — God su akmoulyauk mwet misa, ac su sap lal uh oru in sikyak ma su wangin meet.

as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations.

18 Abraham el sruokya lulalfongi ac finsrak lal, finne pacl ma upa na in oasr finsrak. Pa oru el “papa tumun mutanfahl puspis.” In oana ke Ma Simusla uh fahk, “Fwilin tulik nutum ac fah pus oana itu uh.”

For Abraham, hoping against hope, had faith to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So numberless shall your descendants be.

19 In pacl sac Abraham el apkuran in sun yac siofok, ac lulalfongi lal tiana munasla, el finne nunku ke manol lah apkuran in misa, ku kacl Sarah lah el kofla orek tulik.

Though he was about a hundred years old, his faith did not fail him when he regarded his own body, now as good as dead. and remembered Sarah’s barrenness.

20 Lulalfongi lal tiana wanginla, ac el tiana alolo ke wulela lun God nu sel. Lulalfongi lal akkeyal, ac el kaksakin God.

Nor did he with regard to the promise of God waver in unbelief, but he waxed strong in faith, while he gave God glory,

21 El etu na pwaye lah God El ku in oru ma El wulela kac.

and was fully persuaded that what God had promised, he was able also to perform.

22 Pa oru, ke sripen lulalfongi lal Abraham, “God El oakulla sie mwet suwoswos.”

And so his faith was reckoned to him for righteousness.

23 Kas inge “God El oakulla sie mwet suwoswos” tia simla kacl Abraham mukena.

Now these words were not written simply for his sake, but for us as well.

24 Simla pac kacsr, su ac fah oaoala mwet suwoswos ke sripen kut lulalfongi in God su akmoulyalak Jesus Leum lasr liki misa.

For it will be "reckoned for righteousness." to us also, who believe on him that raised from the dead our Lord Jesus;

25 God El eisalang Jesus nu ke misa ke sripen ma koluk lasr, ac El akmoulyalak tuh Elan aksuwosye kut ye mutal sifacna.

who was betrayed to death for our transgressions, and raised again to life for our justification.