¹What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?

¹እንግዲህ በሥጋ አባታችን የሆነ አብርሃም ምን አገኘ እንላለን?

²for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast — but not before god;

²አብርሃም በሥራ ጸድቆ ቢሆን የሚመካበት አለውና፥ ነገር ግን በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ አይደለም።

³for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;`

³መጽሐፍስ ምን አለ? አብርሃምም እግዚአብሔርን አመነ ጽድቅም ሆኖ ተቈጠረለት።

⁴and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

⁴ለሚሠራ ደመወዝ እንደ ዕዳ ነው እንጂ እንደ ጸጋ አይቈጠርለትም፤

⁵and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned — to righteousness:

⁵ነገር ግን ለማይሠራ፥ ኃጢአተኛውንም በሚያደድቅ ለሚያምን ሰው እምነቱ ጽድቅ ሆኖ ይቆጠርለታል።

⁶even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

⁶እንደዚህ ዳዊት ደግሞ እግዚአብሔር ያለ ሥራ ጽድቅን ስለሚቆጥርለት ስለ ሰው ብፅዕና ይናገራል እንዲህ ሲል።

⁷`Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered;

⁷ዓመፃቸው የተሰረየላቸው ኃጢአታቸውም የተከደነላቸው ብፁዓን ናቸው፤

⁸happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.`

⁸ጌታ ኃጢአቱን የማይቆጥርበት ሰው ብፁዕ ነው።

⁹[Is] this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision — for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham — to righteousness?

⁹እንግዲህ ይህ ብፅዕና ስለ መገረዝ ተነገረ? ወይስ ደግሞ ስለ አለመገረዝ? እምነቱ ለአብርሃም ጽድቅ ሆኖ ተቆጠረለት እንላለንና።

¹⁰how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

¹⁰እንዴት ተቆጠረለት? ተገርዞ ሳለ ነውን? ወይስ ሳይገረዝ? ተገርዞስ አይደለም፥ ሳይገረዝ ነበር እንጂ።

¹¹and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

¹¹ሳይገረዝም በነበረው እምነት ያገኘው የጽድቅ ማኅተም የሆነ የመገረዝን ምልክት ተቀበለ፤ ይህም እነርሱ ደግሞ ጻድቃን ሆነው ይቆጠሩ ዘንድ ሳይገረዙ ለሚያምኑ ሁሉ አባት እንዲሆን ነው፥

¹²and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that [is] in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

¹²ለተገረዙትም አባት እንዲሆን ነው፤ ይኸውም ለተገረዙት ብቻ አይደለም ነገር ግን አባታችን አብርሃም ሳይገረዝ የነበረውን የእምነቱን ፍለጋ ደግሞ ለሚከተሉ ነው።

¹³For not through law [is] the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

¹³የዓለምም ወራሽ እንዲሆን ለአብርሃምና ለዘሩ የተሰጠው የተስፋ ቃል በእምነት ጽድቅ ነው እንጂ በሕግ አይደለም።

¹⁴for if they who are of law [are] heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;

¹⁴ከሕግ የሆኑትስ ወራሾች ከሆኑ እምነት ከንቱ ሆኖአል የተስፋውም ቃል ተሽሮአል፤

¹⁵for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.

¹⁵ሕጉ መቅሠፍትን ያደርጋልና፤ ነገር ግን ሕግ በሌለበት መተላለፍ የለም።

¹⁶Because of this [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which [is] of the law only, but also to that which [is] of the faith of Abraham,

¹⁶ስለዚህ ከሕግ ብቻ ሳይሆን ከአብርሃም እምነት ደግሞ ለሆነ ለዘሩ ሁሉ የተስፋው ቃል እንዲጸና እንደ ጸጋ ይሆን ዘንድ በእምነት ነው፤ እርሱም። ለብዙ አሕዛብ አባት አደረግሁህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ ለሙታን ሕይወት በሚሰጥ የሌለውንም እንዳለ አድርጎ በሚጠራ ባመነበት በአምላክ ፊት የሁላችን አባት ነው።

¹⁷who is father of us all (according as it hath been written — `A father of many nations I have set thee,`) before Him whom he did believe — God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

¹⁸ዘርህ እንዲሁ ሊሆን ነው እንደ ተባለ፥ ተስፋ ባልሆነው ጊዜ የብዙ አሕዛብ አባት እንዲሆን ተስፋ ይዞ አመነ።

¹⁸Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: `So shall thy seed be;`

¹⁹የመቶ ዓመትም ሽማግሌ ስለ ሆነ እንደ ምውት የሆነውን የራሱን ሥጋና የሳራ ማኅፀን ምውት መሆኑን በእምነቱ ሳይደክም ተመለከተ፤

¹⁹and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (being about a hundred years old,) and the deadness of Sarah`s womb,

²⁰ለእግዚአብሔርም ክብር እየሰጠ፥ የሰጠውንም ተስፋ ደግሞ ሊፈጽም እንዲችል አጥብቆ እየተረዳ፥ በእምነት በረታ እንጂ በአለማመን ምክንያት በእግዚአብሔር ተስፋ ቃል አልተጠራጠረም።

²⁰and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

²²ስለዚህ ደግሞ ጽድቅ ሆኖ ተቆጠረለት።

²¹and having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do:

²³ነገር ግን። ተቈጠረለት የሚለው ቃል ስለ እርሱ ብቻ የተጻፈ አይደለም፥ ስለ እኛም ነው እንጂ፤

²²wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.

²⁴ስለ በደላችን አልፎ የተሰጠውን እኛን ስለ ማጽደቅም የተነሣውን ጌታንችንን ኢየሱስን ከሙታን ባስነሣው ለምናምን ለእኛ ይቈጠርልን ዘንድ አለው።

²³And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him,

²⁴but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned — to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,

²⁵who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.