Romans 4

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

1 وَالآنَ، مَا قَوْلُنَا فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِينَا حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ؟ مَاذَا وَجَدَ؟

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

2 لَوْ كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَدْ تَبَرَّرَ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الأَعْمَالِ، لَكَانَ مِنْ حَقِّهِ أَنْ يَفْتَخِرَ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ أَمَامَ اللهِ.

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

3 لأَنَّهُ مَاذَا يَقُولُ الْكِتَابُ؟ «فَآمَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِاللهِ، فَحُسِبَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ بِرّاً».

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

4 إِنَّ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ، لَا تُحْسَبُ لَهُ الأُجْرَةُ مِنْ قَبِيلِ النِّعْمَةِ بَلْ مِنْ قَبِيلِ الدَّيْنِ. أَمَّا الَّذِي لَا يَعْمَلُ

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

5 وَإِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِمَنْ يُبَرِّرُ الأَثِيمَ، فَإِنَّ إِيمَانَهُ يُحْسَبُ لَهُ بِرّاً.

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

6 كَمَا يُهَنِّئُ دَاوُدُ أَيْضاً الإِنْسَانَ الَّذِي يَحْسِبُ لَهُ اللهُ بِرّاً بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَالِ، إِذْ يَقُولُ:

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

7 «طُوبَى لِلَّذِينَ غُفِرَتْ آثَامُهُمْ وَسُتِرَتْ خَطَايَاهُمْ.

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

8 طُوبَى لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي لَا يَحْسِبُ لَهُ الرَّبُّ خَطِيئَةً!»

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 فَهَلْ هذِهِ الطُّوبَى لأَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ وَحْدَهُمْ، أَمْ لأَهْلِ عَدَمِ الْخِتَانِ أَيْضاً؟ إِنَّنَا نَقُولُ إِنَّ الإِيمَانَ قَدْ حُسِبَ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ بِرّاً.

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

10 فَفِي أَيَّةِ حَالَةٍ حُسِبَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ؟ أَبَعْدَ الْخِتَانِ أَمْ قَبْلَ الْخِتَانِ؟

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 ثُمَّ تَلَقَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلامَةَ الْخِتَانِ خَتْماً لِلْبِرِّ الْحَاصِلِ بِالإِيمَانِ الَّذِي كَانَ لَهُ وَهُوَ مَازَالَ غَيْرَ مَخْتُونٍ، لِكَيْ يَكُونَ أَباً لِجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْمَخْتُونِينَ فَيُحْسَبَ الْبِرُّ لَهُمْ أَيْضاً،

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 وَأَباً لِلْمَخْتُونِينَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ وَحَسْبُ بَلِ الَّذِينَ يَسِيرُونَ فِي خُطَى الإِيمَانِ الَّذِي كَانَ لأَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَهُوَ بَعْدُ غَيْرُ مَخْتُونٍ.

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 فَلَيْسَ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الشَّرِيعَةِ كَانَ الْوَعْدُ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَوْ لِنَسْلِهِ، بِأَنْ يَكُونَ وَارِثاً لِلْعَالَمِ، وَإِنَّمَا عَلَى أَسَاسِ الْبِرِّ الَّذِي بِالإِيمَانِ.

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

14 فَلَوْ كَانَ أَهْلُ الشَّرِيعَةِ هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الإِرْثِ، لَصَارَ الإِيمَانُ بِلا فَاعِلِيَّةٍ وَنُقِضَ الْوَعْدُ.

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

15 لأَنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ إِنَّمَا تُنْتِجُ الْغَضَبَ؛ فَلَوْلا الشَّرِيعَةُ لَمَا ظَهَرَتِ الْمُخَالَفَةُ.

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 لِذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ الْوَعْدَ هُوَ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ لِيَكُونَ بِحَسَبِ النِّعْمَةِ، بِقَصْدِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَضْمُوناً لِلنَّسْلِ كُلِّهِ: لَيْسَ لأَهْلِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَحْدَهُمْ، بَلْ أَيْضاً لأَهْلِ الإِيمَانِ الَّذِي كَانَ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ. فَإِنَّهُ أَبٌ لَنَا جَمِيعاً،

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 كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «إِنِّي جَعَلْتُكَ أَباً لأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.» (إِنَّهُ أَبٌ لَنَا) فِي نَظَرِ اللهِ الَّذِي بِهِ آمَنَ، الَّذِي يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَيَسْتَدْعِي إِلَى الْوُجُودِ مَا كَانَ غَيْرَ مَوْجُودٍ.

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 إِذْ رَغْمَ انْقِطَاعِ الرَّجَاءِ، فَبِالرَّجَاءِ آمَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِأَنَّهُ سَيَصِيرُ أَباً لأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، وَفْقاً لِمَا قِيلَ لَهُ: «بِهذِهِ الْكَثْرَةِ سَيَكُونُ نَسْلُكَ».

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 وَلَمْ يَضْعُفْ فِي الإِيمَانِ حِينَ أَدْرَكَ مَوْتَ جَسَدِهِ، لِكَوْنِهِ قَارَبَ سِنَّ الْمِئَةِ، وَمَوْتَ رَحِمِ زَوْجَتِهِ سَارَةَ أَيْضاً؛

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 وَلَمْ يَشُكْ فِي وَعْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَدَمِ إِيمَانٍ، بَلْ وَجَدَ فِي الإِيمَانِ قُوَّةً، فَأَعْطَى الْمَجْدَ لِلهِ.

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

21 وَإِذِ اقْتَنَعَ تَمَاماً بِأَنَّ مَا وَعَدَهُ اللهُ بِهِ هُوَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ؛

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

22 فَلِهَذَا أَيْضاً حُسِبَ لَهُ ذلِكَ بِرّاً.

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

23 وَلَكِنَّ مَا قَدْ كُتِبَ مِنْ أَنَّ الْبِرَّ حُسِبَ لَهُ، لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ وَحْدَهُ،

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 بَلْ أَيْضاً مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ سَيُحْسَبُ ذَلِكَ لَنَا إِذْ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَنْ أَقَامَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ يَسُوعَ رَبَّنَا

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

25 الَّذِي أُسْلِمَ لِلْمَوْتِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَعَاصِينَا ثُمَّ أُقِيمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ تَبْرِيرِنَا.