Romans 4

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

1 فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ إِنَّ أَبَانَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَدْ وَجَدَ حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ؟

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

2 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَدْ تَبَرَّرَ بِٱلْأَعْمَالِ فَلَهُ فَخْرٌ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ لَدَى ٱللهِ.

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

3 لِأَنَّهُ مَاذَا يَقُولُ ٱلْكِتَابُ؟ «فَآمَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِٱللهِ فَحُسِبَ لَهُ بِرًّا».

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

4 أَمَّا ٱلَّذِي يَعْمَلُ فَلَا تُحْسَبُ لَهُ ٱلْأُجْرَةُ عَلَى سَبِيلِ نِعْمَةٍ، بَلْ عَلَى سَبِيلِ دَيْنٍ.

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

5 وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِي لَا يَعْمَلُ، وَلَكِنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلَّذِي يُبَرِّرُ ٱلْفَاجِرَ، فَإِيمَانُهُ يُحْسَبُ لَهُ بِرًّا.

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

6 كَمَا يَقُولُ دَاوُدُ أَيْضًا فِي تَطْوِيبِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَحْسِبُ لَهُ ٱللهُ بِرًّا بِدُونِ أَعْمَالٍ:

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 ٱلَّذِي لَا يَحْسِبُ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ خَطِيَّةً».

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 أَفَهَذَا ٱلتَّطْوِيبُ هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْخِتَانِ فَقَطْ أَمْ عَلَى ٱلْغُرْلَةِ أَيْضًا؟ لِأَنَّنَا نَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ حُسِبَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ٱلْإِيمَانُ بِرًّا.

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

10 فَكَيْفَ حُسِبَ؟ أَوَهُوَ فِي ٱلْخِتَانِ أَمْ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ؟ لَيْسَ فِي ٱلْخِتَانِ، بَلْ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ!

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 وَأَخَذَ عَلَامَةَ ٱلْخِتَانِ خَتْمًا لِبِرِّ ٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ، لِيَكُونَ أَبًا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَهُمْ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ، كَيْ يُحْسَبَ لَهُمْ أَيْضًا ٱلْبِرُّ.

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 وَأَبًا لِلْخِتَانِ لِلَّذِينَ لَيْسُوا مِنَ ٱلْخِتَانِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ أَيْضًا يَسْلُكُونَ فِي خُطُوَاتِ إِيمَانِ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلْغُرْلَةِ.

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 فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِٱلنَّامُوسِ كَانَ ٱلْوَعْدُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَوْ لِنَسْلِهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَارِثًا لِلْعَالَمِ، بَلْ بِبِرِّ ٱلْإِيمَانِ.

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

14 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ هُمْ وَرَثَةً، فَقَدْ تَعَطَّلَ ٱلْإِيمَانُ وَبَطَلَ ٱلْوَعْدُ:

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

15 لِأَنَّ ٱلنَّامُوسَ يُنْشِئُ غَضَبًا، إِذْ حَيْثُ لَيْسَ نَامُوسٌ لَيْسَ أَيْضًا تَعَدٍّ.

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 لِهَذَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ، كَيْ يَكُونَ عَلَى سَبِيلِ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ، لِيَكُونَ ٱلْوَعْدُ وَطِيدًا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلنَّسْلِ. لَيْسَ لِمَنْ هُوَ مِنَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ أَيْضًا لِمَنْ هُوَ مِنْ إِيمَانِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ أَبٌ لِجَمِيعِنَا.

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 هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «إِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ أَبًا لِأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ». أَمَامَ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي آمَنَ بِهِ، ٱلَّذِي يُحْيِي ٱلْمَوْتَى، وَيَدْعُو ٱلْأَشْيَاءَ غَيْرَ ٱلْمَوْجُودَةِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْجُودَةٌ.

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 فَهُوَ عَلَى خِلَافِ ٱلرَّجَاءِ، آمَنَ عَلَى ٱلرَّجَاءِ، لِكَيْ يَصِيرَ أَبًا لِأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، كَمَا قِيلَ: «هَكَذَا يَكُونُ 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 وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ضَعِيفًا فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ لَمْ يَعْتَبِرْ جَسَدَهُ - وَهُوَ قَدْ صَارَ مُمَاتًا، إِذْ كَانَ ٱبْنَ نَحْوِ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ - وَلَا مُمَاتِيَّةَ مُسْتَوْدَعِ سَارَةَ.

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 وَلَا بِعَدَمِ إِيمَانٍ ٱرْتَابَ فِي وَعْدِ ٱللهِ، بَلْ تَقَوَّى بِٱلْإِيمَانِ مُعْطِيًا مَجْدًا لِلهِ.

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

21 وَتَيَقَّنَ أَنَّ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ هُوَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ أَيْضًا.

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

22 لِذَلِكَ أَيْضًا: حُسِبَ لَهُ بِرًّا».

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

23 وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ وَحْدَهُ أَنَّهُ حُسِبَ لَهُ،

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 مِنْ أَجْلِنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا، ٱلَّذِينَ سَيُحْسَبُ لَنَا، ٱلَّذِينَ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَنْ أَقَامَ يَسُوعَ رَبَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ،

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

25 ٱلَّذِي أُسْلِمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَطَايَانَا وَأُقِيمَ لِأَجْلِ تَبْرِيرِنَا.