ROMANOS 4
Uspanteco
Jun cˈutbˈire chikawch ri xan Abraham
4 Lajori rajwaxiˈ tikacojtak retal chi kamam Abraham ojr taˈ nen xan pire xan sucˈul ranm chiwch Kakaj Dios. 2 Witi jwiˈlke wiˈ nen xan Abraham pire xan sucˈul ranm chiwch Kakaj Dios, tijnaˈ roj xcoj jkˈij ricˈan, pero chiwch Kakaj Dios taˈ nim jkˈij.
3 Li wuj re Lokˈlaj Jyolj Kakaj Dios tijbˈij jilonri:
Abraham xcubˈariˈ jchˈol chirij Kakaj Dios, jwiˈliˈli Kakaj Dios xij chi sucˈuliˈ ranm chiwch, ticheˈ.
4 Jun cristian ri tichacunc, jtojbˈl ri tiyeˈsaj maˈ titaˈke sipaj re, rajwaxiˈ tiyeˈsaj re jwiˈl chˈequeliˈ jwiˈl. 5 Kes tzˈetel tzˈet jun cristian onque taˈ nen bˈanal jwiˈl, pero wi ticubˈar jchˈol chirij Kakaj Dios chi tijcuyaˈ jmac jun ajmac, tranaˈ sucˈul ranm chiwch Kakaj Dios.
6 David xij chi tzi rechak yak cristian ri tran sucˈul ranmak chiwch Kakaj Dios onque taˈ nen utzil bˈanal jwiˈlak, 7 cuando xij jilonri:
¡Tzi rechak mak cristian ri xcuysaj jmacak jwiˈl Kakaj Dios onque xrilaˈ mak etzltak noˈj ri bˈanal jwiˈlak, pero taˈ chiquiˈ xcuxtaaj!
8 ¡Tzi re jun cristian cuando Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl taˈ tijyeˈ riqˈui ranm juntir jmac ri bˈanal jwiˈl! xcheˈ.
9 Y juntir ri xijsaj maˈ xitaˈke pi rechak yak ri cojol retal jtioˈjlak, xijsajiˈ pi rechak yak ri taˈ cojol retal jtioˈjlak. Xkabˈijiˈ chi Abraham xcubˈariˈ jchˈol chirij Kakaj Dios, jwiˈliˈli Kakaj Dios xij chi sucˈuliˈ ranm chiwch. 10 Cuando ajquiˈ chi cojsaj retal jtioˈjl Abraham, Kakaj Dios jorok jbˈijiˈ chi sucˈuliˈ ranm chiwch. 11 Abraham sucˈulchak ranm chiwch Kakaj Dios cuando xcojsaj retal jtioˈjl pire cˈutbˈire chi sucˈuliˈ ranm jwiˈl xcubˈariˈ jchˈol chirij. Jwiˈliˈli Abraham xoc pire jmamak juntir yak ri xcubˈar jchˈolak chirij Kakaj Jesucristo. Jilonli xan sucˈul ranm chiwch Kakaj Dios onque taˈ cojol retal jtioˈjlak. 12 Y Abraham riˈ jmamak yak ri cojol retal jtioˈjlak ri maˈ xitaˈke cojol retalak, cubˈuliˈ jchˈolak chirij Kakaj Dios chapcaˈ xan Abraham cubˈulchak jchˈol chirij Kakaj Dios cuando ajquiˈ chi cojsaj retal jtioˈjl.
Ri ticˈulsaj jwiˈl cubˈarbˈ chˈol chirij Kakaj Jesucristo
13 Kakaj Dios xij re Abraham chi tijyaˈ man ulew re ri bˈil jwiˈl y rechak yak rijajl pire jtextamentak, pero maˈ jwiˈl taˈ xan lawiˈ ri tijbˈij Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios, jwiˈliˈ xcubˈar jchˈol chirij Kakaj Dios xan sucˈul ranm chiwch. 14 Y wi ri bˈil jwiˈl Kakaj Dios xike tiyeˈsaj rechak yak ri tibˈanowtak lawiˈ ri tijbˈij mak Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios, taˈ nen tichacuj ticubˈar jchˈol jun cristian chirij Kakaj Jesucristo y taˈ nen tichacuj ri bˈil jwiˈl Kakaj Dios.
15 Mak cristian jwiˈl taˈ trantak lawiˈ ri tijbˈij mak Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios, tipe retzal Kakaj Dios chirijak. Jwiˈl lamas taˈ titakon pixabˈ chibˈak cristian, taˈ cristian timacun chiwch pixabˈ. 16 Kakaj Dios tijyaˈ rechak juntir yak rijajl Abraham ri bˈil jwiˈl, jwiˈlke wi ticubˈar jchˈolak chirij Kakaj Dios pire ticˈutun chi jwiˈlke rutzil ranm Kakaj Dios chirijak tijyeˈ ri bˈil jwiˈl. Yak ri tibˈanowtak lawiˈ ri tijbˈij Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios pach yak ri cubˈul jchˈolak chirij Kakaj Dios chapcaˈ xan Abraham tijcˈulaˈtakaˈ ri bˈil jwiˈl Kakaj Dios. Y jilonli chiwch Kakaj Dios, Abraham riˈ kakaj ojtak juntir yak ajtakeltak re Kakaj Jesucristo 17 chapcaˈ tzˈibˈal li wuj re Lokˈlaj Jyolj ri tijbˈij jilonri:
Xatincojaˈ pire jkajak subˈlaj cristian re subˈlaj tilmit, ticheˈ. Riˈ Kakaj Dios li cubˈul jchˈol Abraham chirij, ri ticˈastasan jwichak camnakibˈ y ri tibˈanow juntir ri tina waˈxna ri taˈ waˈsal.
18 Abraham taˈ tiwaˈx ralcˈwal, pero xcojaˈn y xcubˈariˈ jchˈol chi rulbˈej ri xijsaj re jwiˈl Kakaj Dios. Jilonli xwux pi jkajak subˈlaj cristian re subˈlaj tilmit chapcaˈ xij Kakaj Dios re:
Jilonri jqˈuiyal awijajl tina waˈxna, xcheˈ re. 19 Abraham taˈ xquibˈaj ranm, aj cubˈuliˈ jchˈol chirij Kakaj Dios onque raj wiˈchak jun cient (100) junbˈ, re retamiˈ chi subˈlaj riˈjchak y Sara ri rixokl taˈ chiquiˈ tialcˈwalanc. 20 Pero re taˈ xquibˈaj ranm chirij ri xijsaj re jwiˈl Kakaj Dios, masneˈ xcubˈar jchˈol chirij y xnimirsaj jkˈij 21 jwiˈl xcojaˈ chi Kakaj Dios wiˈ jcwinel chi jbˈanic ri bˈil jwiˈl. 22 Abraham xcubˈariˈ jchˈol chirij Kakaj Dios, jwiˈliˈli Kakaj Dios xij chi sucˈuliˈ ranm chiwch.
23 Y mak yoloj ri tijbˈij chi xsucˈulabˈiˈ ranm chiwch Kakaj Dios, maˈ xitaˈke chirij Abraham xtzˈibˈajwiˈ, 24 xtzˈibˈajiˈ chikij oj chi tisucˈulabˈiˈ kanm chiwch Kakaj Dios wi ticubˈar kachˈol chirij Kakaj Dios ri xcˈastasan jwich Kakaj Jesucristo ri Kajawl laj jcamnakl xoˈlak camnakibˈ, 25 ri xjachsaj pi camic jwiˈl kamac y xcˈastasaj jwich laj jcamnakl pire tisucˈulabˈ kanm chiwch Kakaj Dios.
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
Romans 4
English Standard Version
Abraham Justified by Faith
4 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, (A)our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but (B)not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? (C)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now (D)to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but (E)believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 (F)“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not (G)count his sin.”
9 Is this blessing then only for (H)the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? (I)For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 (J)He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was (K)to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
The Promise Realized Through Faith
13 For (L)the promise to Abraham and his offspring (M)that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 (N)For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For (O)the law brings wrath, but (P)where there is no law (Q)there is no transgression.
16 That is why it depends on faith, (R)in order that the promise may rest on grace and (S)be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, (T)who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, (U)“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, (V)who gives life to the dead and calls into existence (W)the things that do not exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, (X)“So shall your offspring be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was (Y)as good as dead ((Z)since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered (AA)the barrenness[b] of Sarah's womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that (AB)God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But (AC)the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us (AD)who believe in (AE)him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 (AF)who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised (AG)for our justification.
Footnotes
- Romans 4:5 Or but trusts; compare verse 24
- Romans 4:19 Greek deadness
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