¹What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

¹Ahihleh, Abraham sa dana I pu un, bang ahia a muh i gen ding?

²For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

²Abrahamin thilhih jiaka siam a tan ngalleh, suan ding a nei ahi, Pathian maah jaw hi hetlouin.

³For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

³Laisiangthouin bang a gena ahia? Abrahamin Pathian a ging taa, huan, huai ginna tuh a diknaa seh ahi, chiin a gen ahi.

⁴Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

⁴Huan, nasemmi loh tuh hehpihna a seh ahi keia, bata seh ahi jaw hi.

⁵But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

⁵Ahihhangin, na sem loua, Pathian limsaklou siamtangsakpa gingta zomi ginna tuh, amah diktatna a seh ahi.

⁶Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

⁶Mi, a thilhih ngaihtuah loua, Pathianin diktata a seh, vual a jawl sak thu David in leng,

⁷Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

⁷A tatleknate uh ngaihdama om leh, a khelhnate uh khuha omte, a hampha uhi,

⁸Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

⁸Toupan khelhna neia a seh louhte a hampha uhi, chia a gen bangin.

⁹Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

⁹Ahihleh, huai hamphatna zeksumte tungah kia hia a om, zeksumloute tungah leng? Abraham ginna a diktatna seh ahi, i chi ngala.

¹⁰How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

¹⁰Huai bangchi seh ahia leh? A zeksum nungin hia, a zeksum main? A zeksum nungin ahi keia, a zeksum ma in ahi jaw hi.

¹¹And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

¹¹Huchiin, zeksumlouh a hih laia ginna jiaka diktatna a muh chiamtehna dingin zeksum tuh a mu hi. Huchi-a amah tuh zeksumlouhte, ahihhanga gingtaa diktatna sehsaka omte, tengteng pa ahih theihna ding.

¹²And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

¹²Huan, huchimah banga, zeksumte, ahihhanga zeksum phet hilou-a i pa uh Abrahamin zek a sum maa ginna a neih bang ginna neite pa a hihtheihna ding ahi.

¹³For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹³Abraham; leh a suante kianga, khovel gouluah ding ahi ding uh chih thuchiam jaw dana kinga ahi keia, ginna jiaka diktatna a kinga ahi jaw hi.

¹⁴For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

¹⁴Dan nei mite gouluahte hi ding hile ubel, ginna bangmahin a phatuam keia, thuchiam leng thuchiam ahita kei hi.

¹⁵Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

¹⁵Danin hehna a tun nak ngala; himahleh dan omlouhna ah tatlekna leng a om kei hi.

¹⁶Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

¹⁶Huaijiakin, thuchiam tuh hehpihna a piak a hihtheihna dingin ginnaa kinga ahi, suante tengtengin thuchiam pellou-a a luah theihna dingun. Dan nei mite kian a luah kei ding ua, Abraham neih bang ginna neiten leng a luah sam ding uhi; amah tuh i vek ua pa ahi ngala.

¹⁷(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

¹⁷Nam tampite pain ka honbawlta, chia gelh bangin, misite hihhingpa leh thil omloute om bang a genpa a gin Pathian mitmuh ah eite paa bawlin a om hi.

¹⁸Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

¹⁸Lamet tuaka a om louhin leng aman jaw lamen takin a gingta a, chi tampite pa a honghih theihna dingin: Tua bangin na suante a honghi ding uh, chia hilha a om bangin.

¹⁹And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

¹⁹Huan, ginna kiplou tuan louin, a pumpi sisa banga om tuh a ngaihtuaha, (amah kum ja khawng mi ahi ngala), Sara ching leng a ngaihtuah sama.

²⁰He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

²⁰Himahleh, ginna tasamin Pathian thuchiam a ging lel keia, Pathian a pahtawia,

²¹And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

²¹A thuchiam a lohching sak thei chih leng a gingta mahmaha, a ginna a hongkip zota hi.

²²And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

²²Huaijiakin a ginna tuh a diktatna a seh ana hita.

²³Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

²³Huchiin, a ginna tuh a diktatna seh ahi chih amah jiak kiaa gelh ahi keia, eite jiakin leng ahi.

²⁴But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

²⁴Jesu i Toupa misi laka kipana kaithoupa gingtate i hia. I ginna tuh diktatna a seh ahi ding hi.Huai Jesu tuh i tatlekna jiaka matsaka om a, siam i tanna dinga kaihthoha om ahi.

²⁵Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

²⁵Huai Jesu tuh i tatlekna jiaka matsaka om a, siam i tanna dinga kaihthoha om ahi.