Romans 4

1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?

1 如此說來，我們的祖宗亞伯拉罕憑着肉體得了甚麼呢？

2 If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.

2 倘若亞伯拉罕是因行為稱義，就有可誇的；只是在上帝面前並無可誇。

3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

3 經上說甚麼呢？說：「亞伯拉罕信上帝，這就算為他的義。」

4 Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.

4 做工的得工價，不算恩典，乃是該得的；

5 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

5 惟有不做工的，只信稱罪人為義的上帝，他的信就算為義。

6 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

6 正如大衛稱那在行為以外蒙上帝算為義的人是有福的。

7 “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

7 他說： 得赦免其過、遮蓋其罪的， 這人是有福的。

8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

8 主不算為有罪的， 這人是有福的。

9 Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.

9 如此看來，這福是單加給那受割禮的人嗎？不也是加給那未受割禮的人嗎？因我們所說，亞伯拉罕的信，就算為他的義，

10 In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.

10 是怎麼算的呢？是在他受割禮的時候呢？是在他未受割禮的時候呢？不是在受割禮的時候，乃是在未受割禮的時候。

11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

11 並且他受了割禮的記號，作他未受割禮的時候因信稱義的印證，叫他作一切未受割禮而信之人的父，使他們也算為義；

12 And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

12 又作受割禮之人的父，就是那些不但受割禮，並且按我們的祖宗亞伯拉罕未受割禮而信之蹤跡去行的人。

13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

13 因為上帝應許亞伯拉罕和他後裔，必得承受世界，不是因律法，乃是因信而得的義。

14 For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,

14 若是屬乎律法的人才得為後嗣，信就歸於虛空，應許也就廢棄了。

15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

15 因為律法是惹動忿怒的 ；哪裏沒有律法，那裏就沒有過犯。

16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

16 所以人得為後嗣是本乎信，因此就屬乎恩，叫應許定然歸給一切後裔；不但歸給那屬乎律法的，也歸給那效法亞伯拉罕之信的。

17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

17 亞伯拉罕所信的，是那叫死人復活、使無變為有的上帝，他在主面前作我們世人的父。如經上所記：「我已經立你作多國的父。」

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

18 他在無可指望的時候，因信仍有指望，就得以作多國的父，正如先前所說：「你的後裔將要如此。」

19 Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

19 他將近百歲的時候，雖然想到自己的身體如同已死，撒拉的生育已經斷絕，他的信心還是不軟弱；

20 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

20 並且仰望上帝的應許，總沒有因不信心裏起疑惑，反倒因信心裏得堅固，將榮耀歸給上帝，

21 being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.

21 且滿心相信上帝所應許的必能做成。

22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

22 所以，這就算為他的義。

23 Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,

23 「算為他義」的這句話不是單為他寫的，

24 but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

24 也是為我們將來得算為義之人寫的，就是我們這信上帝使我們的主耶穌從死裏復活的人。

25 He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

25 耶穌被交給人，是為我們的過犯；復活，是為叫我們稱義 。