1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
1 Sunu maam Ibraayma, mi nu soqikoo; nu mbiram tëdde?
2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
2 Bu fekkoonte ne Ibraayma, ci kaw i jëfam la ko Yàlla àttee ni ku jub, kon am na lu mu ci man a damoo. Waaye demewul noonu ci kanam Yàlla.
3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
3 Lan la Mbind mi wax ci loolu? Nee na: «Ibraayma gëm na Yàlla, te Yàlla jàppe ngëmam ni njub.»
4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
4 Képp kuy liggéey dina jot peyam; te pey googu du ag may, ñaqam la.
5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
5 Waaye Yàlla dina àtte jub sax ki ko weddi woon; kon ku wéeruwul ciy jëfam, waaye mu gëm rekk, Yàlla dina jàppe ngëmam ni njub.
6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
6 Noonu la Daawuda birale barkeelug nit ki Yàlla jagleel njub, fekk ay jëfam taxul.
7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
7 Mu ne:«Ñi ñu baal seen jàdd yoon,te seeni bàkkaar far ci kanam Yàlla,ñu barkeel lañu.
8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
8 Ki Boroom bi sëful ay bàkkaaram,kooka ku barkeel la.»
9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
9 Kon nag barkeel googu, ndax ñi xaraf rekk ñoo ko yeyoo? Ndax ñi xaraful it bokkuñu ci? Aaŋkay! Ndaxte wax nanu ne, Yàlla jàppe na ngëmu Ibraayma ni njub.
10How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
10 Kañ la ko jagleel njub nag? Ndax lu jiitu xarafam la woon, am gannaaw ga? Lu ko jiitu la woon.
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:
11 Ndaxte Ibraayma gëm na, te Yàlla jàppe na ngëmam ni njub, fekk booba xarafagul. Te xarafal gi, màndarga la woon ci yaramam, di firndeel ne, ku jub la woon. Noonu la Ibraayma man a nekke baayu ñépp ñi gëm, ba Yàlla man leen a àtte ni ñu jub, te xarafuñu sax.
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.
12 Te noonu itam la Ibraayma man a nekke baayu ñi xaraf, bu fekkee yemuñu rekk ci xaraf, waaye ñu am ngëm, ga Ibraayma sunu maam amoon lu jiitu xarafam.
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.
13 Ndaxte Yàlla dafa digoon Ibraayma ak ñi naroon a soqikoo ci moom, ne dinañu moom àddina si. Te dige boobu jógewul ci yoonu Musaa, waaye dafa jóge ci njub, gi Ibraayma amoon ci kanam Yàlla ci kaw ngëmam.
14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
14 Ndaxte su fekkee ne ñi nekk ci yoonu Musaa rekk ñooy moom àddina, kon ngëm amatul njariñ, te digeb Yàlla dafa toxu.
15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
15 Yoonu Musaa daal du def lu dul wàcce merum Yàlla ci sunu bopp; ndax fu yoon amul, jàdd yoon du fa man a am.
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,
16 Kon nag loolu Yàlla dige, ngëm rekk a koy indi, ngir mu sukkandikoo yiwu Yàlla rekk. Noonu la dige bi wóore ci ñi soqikoo ci Ibraayma ñépp, du ci ñi nekk ci yoonu Musaa rekk, waaye itam ñi gëm ni Ibraayma gëme woon. Kon Ibraayma mooy sunu baay, nun ñépp.
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.
17 Moom la Yàlla dogal, wax ko ci Mbind mi ne: «Def naa la baayu xeet yu bare.» Ndaxte Ibraayma gëmoon na Yàlla, miy dekkal ñi dee, tey wax ci lu amagul, mel ni dafa am.
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.
18 Ibraayma dafa jàppoon ci ngëmam, di yaakaar, fekk bunti yaakaar yépp tëju. Moo tax mu nekk baayu xeet yu bare, ni ko Mbind mi waxe ne: «Noonu la sa askan di meli.»
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:
19 Mu xool yaramam, xam ne dee rekk a ko dese, ndax mi ngi tollu woon ci lu mat téeméeri at, waaye ba tey ngëmam wàññikuwul. Mu xam it ne, Saarata mënatul a ëmb.
20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
20 Waaye loolu taxul ngëmadi jàpp ko, ba muy werante ci waxu Yàlla; ngëmam sax di gën a dëgër, mu daldi sant Yàlla,
21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
21 mu wóor ko ne, loolu ko Yàlla dig, Yàlla man na koo def.
22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
22 Moo tax «Yàlla jagleel na Ibraayma njub.»
23Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
23 Waaye loolu lañu bind ne: «Yàlla jagleel na ko njub,» du Ibraayma rekk a moom wax ji.
24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
24 Nun itam ci wax jooju lanu bokk, te Yàlla dina nu jagleel njub, nun ñi gëm Yàlla, mi dekkal Yeesu sunu Boroom.
25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
25 Ndaxte Yàlla jébbale na ko ngir sunuy tooñ, dekkal ko ngir àtte nu jub.