¹እንግዲህ በሥጋ አባታችን የሆነ አብርሃም ምን አገኘ እንላለን?

¹What shall we say then that Abraham our father according to flesh has found?

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

²For if Abraham has been justified on the principle of works, he has whereof to boast: but not before God;

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

³for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

⁴ለሚሠራ ደመወዝ እንደ ዕዳ ነው እንጂ እንደ ጸጋ አይቈጠርለትም፤

⁴Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:

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

⁵but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

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

⁶Even as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness without works:

⁷ዓመፃቸው የተሰረየላቸው ኃጢአታቸውም የተከደነላቸው ብፁዓን ናቸው፤

⁷Blessed [they] whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered:

⁸ጌታ ኃጢአቱን የማይቆጥርበት ሰው ብፁዕ ነው።

⁸blessed [the] man to whom [the] Lord shall not at all reckon sin.

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

⁹[Does] this blessedness then [rest] on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision? For we say that faith has been reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.

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

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

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

¹¹And he received [the] sign of circumcision [as] seal of the righteousness of faith which [he had] being in uncircumcision, that he might be [the] father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also;

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁴For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.

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

¹⁵For law works wrath; but where no law is neither [is there] transgression.

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።

¹⁶Therefore [it is] on the principle of faith, that [it might be] according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which [is] of the law, but to that also which [is] of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,

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

¹⁷(according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being;

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

¹⁸who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:

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

¹⁹and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,

²²ስለዚህ ደግሞ ጽድቅ ሆኖ ተቆጠረለት።

²⁰and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;

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

²¹and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;

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

²²wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

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

²⁴but on ours also, to whom, believing on him who has raised from among [the] dead Jesus our Lord,

²⁵who has been delivered for our offences and has been raised for our justification, it will be reckoned.