罗马书 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
亚伯拉罕的榜样
4 那么，从我们的先祖亚伯拉罕身上，我们学到什么呢？ 2 如果亚伯拉罕是因为有好行为而被称为义人，他就可以夸口了，但他在上帝面前没有可夸的。 3 圣经上不是说“亚伯拉罕信上帝，就被算为义人”吗？ 4 人工作得来的工钱不算是恩典，是应得的。 5 但对于只信赦免罪人的上帝、不靠功劳的人，他的信就被算为义。
6 大卫也说不靠行为而被上帝算为义的人是有福的，他说： 7 “过犯得到赦免、罪恶被遮盖的人有福了。 8 不被主定罪的人有福了。”
9 那么，这种福分只给受割礼的人吗？还是也给没有受割礼的人呢？因为我们说，亚伯拉罕信上帝，就被算为义人。 10 他究竟是怎么被算为义人的呢？是他受割礼以前呢？还是以后呢？不是以后，而是以前。 11 他后来受割礼只不过是一个记号，表明他在受割礼前已经因信而被称为义人了。他因此成为一切未受割礼的信徒之父，使这些人也可以被算为义人。 12 他也做了受割礼之人的父。这些人不只是受了割礼，还跟随我们先祖亚伯拉罕的脚步，效法他在未受割礼时的信心。
13 上帝应许将世界赐给亚伯拉罕和他的后裔，不是因为亚伯拉罕遵行了律法，而是因为他因信而成了义人。 14 如果只有遵行律法的人才可以承受应许，信心就没有价值，上帝的应许也就落了空。 15 因为有律法，就有刑罚；哪里没有律法，哪里就没有违法的事。 16 所以，上帝的应许是借着人的信心赐下的，好叫这一切都是出于上帝的恩典，确保应许归给所有亚伯拉罕的子孙，不单是守律法的人，也包括一切效法亚伯拉罕信心的人。 17 亚伯拉罕在上帝面前是我们所有人的父，正如圣经上说：“我已经立你为万族之父。”他所信的上帝是能够使死人复活、使无变有的上帝。
18 他在毫无指望的情况下仍然满怀盼望地相信上帝的应许，因而成为“万族之父”，正如上帝的应许：“你的后裔必这么多”。 19 那时他将近百岁，知道自己身体如同已死，撒拉也过了生育的岁数，但他的信心仍然没有动摇。 20 他没有因不信而怀疑上帝的应许，反倒信心更加坚定，将荣耀归给上帝。 21 他完全相信上帝必能实现祂的应许。 22 因此，他被算为义人。 23 “他被算为义人”这句话不单单是为他写的， 24 也是为将来要被算为义人的我们写的，就是相信上帝使主耶稣从死里复活的人。 25 耶稣受害而死是为了我们的过犯，祂复活是为了使我们成为义人。
Romans 4
New King James Version
Abraham Justified by Faith(A)
4 What then shall we say that (B)Abraham our (C)father[a] has found according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was (D)justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? (E)“Abraham believed God, and it was [b]accounted to him for righteousness.” 4 Now (F)to him who works, the wages are not counted [c]as grace but as debt.
David Celebrates the Same Truth
5 But to him who (G)does not work but believes on Him who justifies (H)the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also (I)describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed(J) are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”
Abraham Justified Before Circumcision
9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. 11 And (K)he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that (L)he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, 12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father (M)Abraham had while still uncircumcised.
The Promise Granted Through Faith
13 For the promise that he would be the (N)heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For (O)if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, 15 because (P)the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be (Q)according to grace, (R)so that the promise might be [d]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, (S)who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, (T)“I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, (U)who gives life to the dead and calls those (V)things which do not exist as though they did; 18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, (W)“So shall your descendants be.” 19 And not being weak in faith, (X)he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), (Y)and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised (Z)He was also able to perform. 22 And therefore (AA)“it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
23 Now (AB)it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24 but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe (AC)in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 (AD)who was delivered up because of our offenses, and (AE)was raised because of our justification.
Footnotes
- Romans 4:1 Or (fore)father according to the flesh has found?
- Romans 4:3 imputed, credited, reckoned, counted
- Romans 4:4 according to
- Romans 4:16 certain
羅 馬 書 4
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
亚伯拉罕之例
4 那么，关于我们的祖先亚伯拉罕，我们该说什么呢？关于信仰，他发现了什么呢？ 2 假如亚伯拉罕凭他的行为得到上帝的认可，那么，他就有理由骄傲了，但是他却不能在上帝面前骄傲。 3 《经》上是怎么说的呢？“亚伯拉罕相信了上帝，因为他相信了，上帝像接受一位行为正直的人一样接受了他。”
4 给工作的人付工资，不是出于恩典给他的，而是出于义务。 5 如果一个人没有做任何工作，但他却信任让人改邪归正的上帝， 那么上帝就会接受他的信仰，并得到上帝的认可。 6 同样，大卫也说过同样的话，他说到如果一个人，上帝不计较他的行为而得到他的认可的人，他是有福的。他说：
7 “不法行为被宽恕的人，是有福的，
罪被遮盖的人，是有福的，
8 主不把他的罪过记在账上的人，是有福的。”
9 那么，这种祝福只施给那些受过割礼的人吗？或者也会施给那些未受过割礼的人吗？（是的，它也会降临在未受割礼的人的身上的）我们说过，亚伯拉罕因为他的信仰得到了上帝的认可。 10 这是在什么情况下发生的呢？是在他受割礼之前，还是在他受割礼之后呢？是在之前，而不是在之后。 11 他后来接受了割礼，他的割礼只是一个标记，表明在他受割礼之前，已由于信仰得到了上帝的认可。所以，亚伯拉罕是所有相信、但没有受割礼的人的祖先。这些人，得到了上帝的认可。 12 亚伯拉罕也是那些受到割礼的人之父，割礼并没有使他成为他们的父亲，而是靠信仰生活，亚伯拉罕才成为他们之父，亚伯拉罕受割礼之前已有了这信仰。
凭信仰得到上帝的许诺
13 亚伯拉罕和他的后代得到许诺，他们将会得到整个世界。亚伯拉罕得到这许诺，不是由于他服从了律法，而是因为通过他的信仰得到了上帝的认可。 14 如果通过守法就能得到上帝的许诺，那么信仰就毫无价值了，上帝对亚伯拉罕的许诺也就一钱不值了， 15 因为律法只能导致上帝对那些违法人的愤怒。如果没有律法，也就不会出现违背的事情了。
16 所以，由于信仰，人们得到上帝的许诺，因此这许诺是无偿的馈赠)。既然这许诺是无偿的，那么所有的亚伯拉罕的子民都能得到它。这许诺不仅仅是给予那些生活在摩西律法之下的人们，也是给予那些像亚伯拉罕那样靠信仰生活的人。亚伯拉罕是我们所有人的祖先， 17 正如《经》上所说∶“我使你成为众多民族的祖先。” [a]在上帝眼里，亚伯拉罕是我们的祖先，他信仰的上帝，既让死人复活、从无创造了万物的上帝。
18 亚伯拉罕没有指望有孩子，但他仍然相信上帝，继续心怀希望，为此他成为众多民族的祖先。正如上帝对他所说的那样∶“你的后代将多如天上的繁星。” [b] 19 亚伯拉罕将近一百岁了，他的肉体也行将就木，撒拉也不能再生育了，但是，亚伯拉罕的信仰却丝毫没有削弱， 20 他对于上帝会履行许诺毫不怀疑，他从未停止过相信上帝。他对上帝的信仰反而更加坚定，并把荣耀归于上帝。 21 他完全相信上帝能够实现他的诺言， 22 所以，这是为什么∶“他被接受，因为他仿佛做了正义的事。” [c] 23 这些话“他被接受，”不仅仅是针对亚伯拉罕所说的。 24 这些话也是针对我们而说的，因为我们相信，所以上帝也会接受我们。我们信仰使耶稣—我们的主，从死里复活的上帝。 25 为我们的罪恶，耶稣被交给了死亡，然后又让他从死里复活，为的是让我们得到上帝的认可。
Footnotes
- 羅 馬 書 4:17 引自《创世记》17:5
- 羅 馬 書 4:18 引自《创世记》17:5
- 羅 馬 書 4:22 引自《创世记》17:6
Romans 4
EasyEnglish Bible
Abraham believed God
4 Abraham was the ancestor of all of us who are Jews. Think about what he discovered. 2 God did not accept Abraham as right with him because Abraham had done good things. If God had done that, then Abraham would have been able to boast about himself. But he could not boast to God. 3 Remember what the Bible tells us. It says: ‘Abraham believed God. As a result, God accepted Abraham as right with him.’[a]
4 When a person works to get money, it is right for him to receive his money. That money is not a gift. It is what that person ought to receive as a result of his work. 5 But someone may believe in God. He does not work to cause God to accept him. God accepts that person because of their faith. God says that people who have turned away from him are right with him, if they trust him. That is God's gift to them. 6 David also wrote about the same thing. He describes those people that God has accepted as right with himself. God has not accepted them because they have done good things, but as his gift to them. David tells us how happy people like that are. 7 David says:
‘The people that God has forgiven are really happy.
They have done wrong things, but he has forgiven them.
8 A person is really happy when the Lord accepts him.
The Lord does not think about that person's sin any more.’[b]
9 God does this for all people, both Jews and Gentiles. All people can be really happy like this, when God accepts them. As we have said, Abraham believed God. As a result, God accepted Abraham as right with him. 10 They circumcised Abraham to show that he was a Jew. Think about the time when God accepted Abraham. Did it happen before they circumcised him, or after that? We know that it was before they circumcised him! 11 Some time after that, God told Abraham that someone should circumcise him. That would be a mark on his body to show that God had accepted him. God had already accepted Abraham because Abraham believed in him. God did not accept Abraham because they had circumcised him as a Jewish man. This shows that Abraham is like a father to everyone that God has accepted. Like Abraham, God has accepted them because they have believed in him. It is not important that nobody has circumcised them. 12 But Abraham is also like the father of all Jews who believe in God. Someone has circumcised those Jews, but they have copied Abraham's example. They have believed in God, as Abraham believed before anyone had circumcised him.[c]
13 God promised to Abraham, and to his descendants, that the world would belong to them one day.[d] God did not promise that because Abraham obeyed any rules. God promised it because Abraham believed in him. That is why God accepted Abraham as right with him. 14 People cannot get what God promised because they obey rules. If they could get it like that, then faith in God would be worth nothing. And what God promised would be worth nothing. 15 The rules in Moses' Law say that God will punish people who do not obey those rules. But without any rules, there is nothing for people to obey.
16 So God gives us his promise as a gift, because he is very kind. We receive it when we trust him. If we believe in God like Abraham did, then God accepts us. That is God's promise to all of Abraham's family. If we believe in God, we can call Abraham our ancestor. We can all receive what God has promised. It is not only for those who have Moses' Law to obey. 17 In the Bible, God said to Abraham, ‘I have chosen you to become the ancestor of many different people.’[e] That is what God himself promises, because Abraham believed in him. God is the one who causes dead people to become alive again. He speaks about things that are not yet there as if they were already there.
18 Abraham continued to trust God. He hoped to receive what God had promised. He continued to hope even when he had no good reason to hope. That is why he became the ancestor of many different people. It happened just like God had said: ‘You will have very many descendants.’[f]
19 Abraham was about 100 years old. His body was already so old that it was nearly dead. His wife, Sarah, was unable to have children. Abraham understood all that, but he did not stop trusting God. 20 He never stopped believing what God had promised. Instead, he believed in God more strongly. He trusted God's great power. 21 Abraham was sure that God was able to do what he had promised to do. 22 So we see that it is true: Because Abraham believed God, God accepted Abraham as right with him.[g]
23 Think about those words, ‘God accepted him as right.’ They are not only speaking about Abraham. 24 They are written in the Bible to help us too. If we believe in God, he will accept us as right with him. God raised our Lord Jesus, so that he became alive again after his death. 25 God let people kill Jesus on the cross because of the wrong things that we have done. Then God raised Jesus from death, to show that he would accept us as right with him.
Footnotes
- 4:3 See Genesis 15:6. Genesis 12—22 tell us about how Abraham believed God.
- 4:8 See Psalms 32:1-2.
- 4:12 See Genesis 17:1-27.
- 4:13 Genesis 22:17-18 shows us what God promised to Abraham.
- 4:17 See Genesis 17:5.
- 4:18 See Genesis 17:7.
- 4:22 See Genesis 18:14;.
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