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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁷Sambatra izay voavela ny helony sy voasarona ny fahotany.

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

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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,

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,

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.

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.

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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 -

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,

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.

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.

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).

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

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,

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,

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

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

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

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

²²Dia nisaina ho fahamarinany izany.

²²wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.

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

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

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.

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,

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

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