Romerne 4
1 Kva skal me då segja at Abraham, far vår, hev vunne etter kjøtet?
What, then, shall we say that Abraham our father has found, as it respects the flesh?
2 For vart Abraham rettferdiggjord av gjerningar, so hev han noko å rosa seg av. Men det hev han ikkje for Gud.
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has cause for boasting, but not before God.
3 For kva segjer Skrifti? «Abraham trudde Gud, og det vart rekna honom til rettferd.»
For what says the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
4 Men den som held seg til gjerningar, honom vert løni ikkje tilrekna av nåde, men etter skyldnad;
Now to him that works, the reward is not counted as a favor, but as a debt:
5 men den som ikkje held seg til gjerningar, men trur på han som gjer den ugudlege rettferdig, honom vert trui hans rekna til rettferd.
but to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 Soleis prisar og David det menneskjet sælt som Gud tilreknar rettferd utan gjerningar:
Even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God counts righteousness without works, saying:
7 «Sæle er dei som hev misgjerderne sine forlatne og synderne sine yverbreidde.
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Sæl er den mann som Herren ikkje tilreknar synd.»
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not charge sin.
9 Gjeld no denne sælkingi dei umskorne, eller dei u-umskorne og? For me segjer at trui vart rekna Abraham til rettferd.
Comes this blessedness then on those who are circumcised only, or on those who are uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham for righteousness.
10 Korleis vart ho då tilrekna honom? då han var umskoren, eller då han hadde fyrehud? Ikkje då han var umskoren, men då han hadde fyrehud,
Under what circumstances, then, was it counted? After he was circumcised? Or, while he was uncircumcised? Not after he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.
11 og han fekk umskjeringsteiknet til innsigle på rettferdi ved den trui som han hadde då han var u-umskoren, av di han skulde vera far til alle dei u-umskorne som trur, so rettferdi kunde verta tilrekna deim og,
And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while he was uncircumcised, in order that he might be the father of all that believe, even in a state of uncircumcision, so that righteousness might be counted to them also;
12 og far til dei umskorne, dei som ikkje berre hev umskjering, men og gjeng i fotfaret av den trui som Abraham, far vår, hadde då han var u-umskoren.
and the father of circumcision to those who are not only circumcised, but who, also, walk in the steps of that faith which our father Abraham had while he was yet uncircumcised.
13 For ikkje ved lovi fekk Abraham eller ætti hans den lovnaden at han skulde vera erving til verdi, men ved tru-rettferd.
For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, nor to his posterity, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For er dei som held seg til lovi ervingar, so hev trui vorte gagnlaus og lovnaden til inkjes;
For if they that are of the law be heirs, the faith is made powerless, and the promise is unmeaning;
15 for lovi verkar vreide, men der det ingi lov er, der er ikkje heller lovbrot.
for the law inflicts punishment; for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Difor fekk han lovnaden ved trui, so det kunde vera som ein nåde, so lovnaden kunde standa fast for all ætti, ikkje berre for den som hev lovi, men og for den som hev Abrahams tru; han som er far til oss alle -
Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17 som skrive stend: «Til fader åt mange folk hev eg sett deg» - for Guds åsyn som han trudde på, han som gjer dei daude livande og kallar det som ikkje er til, som um det vore til.
(as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations, ) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.
18 Mot von trudde han med von, so han skulde verta far til mange folk, etter det som sagt var: «So skal ætti di verta.»
He, against hope, confidently believed that he would become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken: So shall your posterity be.
19 Og utan veikskap i trui såg han på sin eigen likam, som var utlivd, han var nære på hundrad år, og på det utdøydde morslivet hennar Sara;
And not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body, which was already dead, (for he was about a hundred years old, ) nor the deadness of Sarah’s womb;
20 men på Guds lovnad tvila han ikkje med vantru, men vart sterk i trui, med di han gav Gud æra
and he doubted not, through unbelief, with respect to the promise of God, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,
21 og var fullviss på at det han hadde lova, var han og megtig til å gjera.
and being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform.
22 Difor vart det og rekna honom til rettferd.
For this reason, it was counted to him for righteousness.
23 Men ikkje berre for hans skuld er det skrive at det vart honom tilrekna,
But that it was counted to him, was not written for his sake alone,
24 men og for vår skuld som det skal verta tilrekna, me som trur på honom som vekte upp Jesus, vår Herre, frå dei daude,
but for our sakes also, to whom it shall be counted, if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 han som vart gjeven for våre brot og uppvekt til vår rettferdiggjering.
who was delivered up for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.
