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

¹Inona ary no holazaintsika ho efa azon'i Abrahama, razantsika araka ny nofo?

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

²Fa raha asa no nanamarinana an'i Abrahama, dia misy hireharehany ihany, nefa tsy amin'Andriamanitra.

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

³Fa ahoana hoy ny Soratra Masina? Ary Abrahama nino an'Andriamanitra, ka dia nisaina ho fahamarinany izany (Gen. 15. 6).

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

⁴Ary ho an'izay miasa, dia tsy isaina ho fahasoavana ny karama, fa ho trosa.

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

⁵Fa ho an'izay tsy miasa kosa, fa mino Izay manamarina ny ratsy fanahy, dia ny finoany no isaina ho fahamarinana.

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

⁶Dia araka izany koa no ilazan'i Davida fa sambatra ny olona izay isain'Andriamanitra fahamarinana tsy amin'ny asa, hoe:

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

⁷Sambatra izay voavela ny helony sy voasarona ny fahotany.

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

⁸Sambatra izay olona tsy hisain'i Jehovah heloka (Sal. 32. 1, 2).

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.

⁹Koa izany fahasambarana izany moa an'ny voafora ihany va, sa an'ny tsy voafora koa? fa lazaintsika fa ny finoana no nisaina ho fahamarinan'i Abrahama.

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

¹⁰Ary ahoana no nanisana izany? Tamin'izy efa voafora va, sa fony izy tsy mbola voafora? Tsy tamin'izy efa voafora tsy akory, fa fony izy tsy mbola voafora.

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;

¹¹Ary ny famorana, izay famantarana, dia noraisiny ho tombo-kasen'ny fahamarinana amin'ny finoana izay nananany fony izy tsy mbola voafora, mba ho rain'ny olona rehetra izay mino izy, na dia ny tsy voafora aza, mba hisaina ho an'ireny ny fahamarinana,

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.

¹²ary ho rain'ny voafora, dia tsy izay voafora ihany, fa izay mandeha araka ny dian'ny finoan'i Abrahama razantsika koa, izay nananany fony izy tsy mbola voafora.

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.

¹³Fa tsy lalàna, fa fahamarinana amin'ny finoana, no nahazoan'i Abrahama sy ny taranany ny teny fikasana ho mpandova izao tontolo izao izy.

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

¹⁴Fa raha izay amin'ny lalàna no mpandova, dia efa foana ny finoana, ary efa tsinontsinona ny teny fikasana;

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

¹⁵fa ny lalàna mahatonga fahatezerana; fa raha tsy misy lalàna, dia tsy misy fandikan-dalàna.

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,

¹⁶Koa finoana no andovana, mba ho araka ny fahasoavana, hahatò ny teny fikasana ho an'ny taranaka rehetra,- tsy ho an'izay amin'ny lalàna ihany, fa ho an'izay amin'ny finoan'i Abrahama koa, dia ilay razantsika rehetra -

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;

¹⁷araka ny voasoratra hoe: Nataoko ho rain'ny firenena maro ianao (Gen. 17. 5) - teo anatrehan'izay ninoany, dia Andriamanitra Izay mamelona ny maty sy miantso ny tsy misy toy ny misy.

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

¹⁸Ary na dia efa tsy nisy fanantenana aza, dia nanantena ihany izy ka nino, mba ho rain'ny firenena maro; araka ny voalaza hoe: Ho tahaka izany ny taranakao (Gen. 15. 5).

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,

¹⁹Ary satria tsy mba nalemy finoana izy, dia nihevitra ny tenany izay efa hoatra ny maty (fa efa tokony ho zato taona izy) sy ny fahafatesan'ny kibon'i Saraha,

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

²⁰ary tsy niahanahana ny amin'ny teny fikasan'Andriamanitra tamin'ny tsi-finoana izy, fa nampaherezin'ny finoana ka nanome voninahitra an'Andriamanitra

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

²¹ary natoky indrindra fa izay nolazainy dia hainy hatao koa.

²²wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

²²Dia nisaina ho fahamarinany izany.

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

²³Nefa tsy ho azy ihany no nanoratana fa nisaina ho azy izany,

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

²⁴fa ho antsika izay hanisana izany koa, dia isika izay mino Ilay nanangana an'i Jesosy Tompontsika tamin'ny maty,Izay natolotra noho ny fahadisoantsika ka natsangana indray ho fanamarinana antsika.

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

²⁵Izay natolotra noho ny fahadisoantsika ka natsangana indray ho fanamarinana antsika.