¹Čo tedy povieme o Abrahámovi, o svojom praotcovi, že čo našiel podľa tela?

¹What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

²Lebo ak bol Abrahám ospravedlnený zo skutkov, má sa čím chváliť, ale nie u Boha.

²For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

³Lebo veď čo hovorí Písmo? A Abrahám uveril Bohu, a bolo mu to počítané za spravedlivosť.

³For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Genesis 15:6

⁴Tomu však, kto robí skutky, nepočíta sa mzda podľa milosti, ale podľa podlžnosti.

⁴Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

⁵Ale tomu, kto nerobí skutkov, ale verí na toho, ktorý ospravedlňuje bezbožného, počíta sa jeho viera za spravedlivosť.

⁵But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

⁶Ako aj Dávid hovorí o blahoslavenstve človeka, ktorému Bôh počíta spravedlivosť bez skutkov:

⁶Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

⁷Blahoslavení, ktorým sú odpustené neprávosti, a ktorých hriechy sú prikryté!

⁷“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

⁸Blahoslavený človek, ktorému Pán nepočíta hriechu.

⁸Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.” Psalm 32:1-2

⁹Čo tedy, či sa vzťahuje toto blahoslavenstvo iba na obriezku a či aj na neobriezku? Lebo hovoríme, že Abrahámovi sa počítala viera za spravedlivosť.

⁹Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

¹⁰A tak ako sa mu počítala? Či vtedy, keď bol v obriezke, keď bol obrezaný, a či v neobriezke, keď bol ešte neobrezaný? Nie v obriezke, ale v neobriezke,

¹⁰How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

¹¹a dostal znamenie obriezky jako pečať spravedlivosti viery, viery v neobriezke, aby bol otcom všetkých veriacich neobriezkou, aby aj im bola pripočítaná spravedlivosť,

¹¹He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

¹²a aby bol otcom obriezky nie len tým, ktorí sú z obriezky, ale aj tým, ktorí kráčajú v šľapajach viery, viery v neobriezke, našeho otca Abraháma.

¹²He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

¹³Lebo nie skrze zákon bolo dané Abrahámovi alebo jeho semenu zasľúbenie, že bude dedičom sveta, ale skrze spravedlivosť viery.

¹³For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹⁴Lebo ak sú dedičmi tí, ktorí sú zo zákona, vtedy je vyprázdnená viera a zmarené je zasľúbenie.

¹⁴For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

¹⁵Lebo zákon pôsobí hnev; lebo tam, kde nieto zákona, niet ani prestúpenia.

¹⁵For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

¹⁶Preto z viery, aby bolo podľa milosti, aby bolo zasľúbenie pevné všetkému semenu, nie len tomu zo zákona, ale aj tomu z viery Abrahámovej, ktorý je otcom všetkých nás -

¹⁶For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may 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.

¹⁷ako je napísané: Učinil som ťa otcom mnohých národov - pred tvárou Boha, ktorému uveril, a ktorý oživuje mŕtvych a volá to, čo nie je, ako čo by bolo;

¹⁷As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” Genesis 17:5 This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

¹⁸ktorý tam, kde nebolo nádeje, uveril v nádeji, aby bol otcom mnohých národov podľa povedaného: Tak bude tvoje semä;

¹⁸Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your seed be.” Genesis 15:5

¹⁹a neoslabnúc vo viere nehľadel na svoje už umŕtvené telo majúc okolo sto rokov ani na umŕtvenie života Sáry

¹⁹Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

²⁰a nepochyboval o zasľúbení Božom v nevere, ale bol posilnený vo viere dajúc slávu Bohu

²⁰Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

²¹a súc cele istý toho, že to, čo zasľúbil, je mocný aj učiniť,

²¹and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

²²preto mu to aj bolo počítané za spravedlivosť.

²²Therefore it also was “reckoned to him for righteousness.” Genesis 15:6

²³A nie je to napísané iba pre neho, že sa mu počítalo,

²³Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

²⁴ale aj pre nás, ktorým sa má počítať, nám veriacim na toho, ktorý vzkriesil Ježiša, nášho Pána, z mŕtvych,

²⁴but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,

²⁵ktorý bol vydaný pre naše hriechy a vstal z mŕtvych pre naše ospravedlnenie.

²⁵who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.