¹Zvino tichati Abhurahamu baba vedu wakawanei panyama?

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

²Nekuti dai Abhurahamu akanzi wakarurama nemabasa ake, une kuzvikudza; asi kwete pamberi paMwari.

²For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God.

³Nekuti Rugwaro runoti kudini? Runoti: Abhurahamu wakatenda Mwari, zvikaverengwa kwaari kuti kururama.

³For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

⁴Asi kune unoshanda, mubairo hautorwi sowenyasha, asi wengava.

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

⁵Asi kune usingashandi, asi unotenda kuna iye unoruramisa usingadi Mwari, rutendo rwake rwunoverengerwa kuti kururama.

⁵But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

⁶SaDhavhidhiwo achitsanangura kuropafadzwa kwemunhu unoverengwa naMwari sewakarurama kunze kwemabasa, achiti:

⁶Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,

⁷Vakaropafadzwa vakakangamwirwa zvakaipa zvavo, vane zvivi zvakafukidzirwa;

⁷[saying], Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.

⁸Wakaropafadzwa munhu Ishe waasingaverengeri chivi.

⁸Blessed is the man to whom, the Lord will not reckon sin.

⁹Zvino kuropafadzwa uku kuri pamusoro pokudzingiswa here kana pamusoro pokusadzingiswawo? Nekuti tinoti rutendo rwakaverengwa kuna Abhurahamu kuti kururama.

⁹Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness.

¹⁰Zvino kwakaverengwa sei? Ari mukudzingiswa here kana mukusadzingiswa? kwete mukudzingiswa, asi mukusadzingiswa.

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

¹¹Zvino wakagamuchira chiratidzo chekudzingiswa, chive chisimbiso chekururama kwerutendo, rwaakanga anarwo asati adzingiswa; kuti ave baba vevose avo vanotenda, kunyange vasina kudzingiswa, kuti kururama kuverengerwe kwavariwo;

¹¹and he 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 them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

¹²uye baba vekudzingiswa kune avo vasiri vekudzingiswa chete, asi vanofambawo mumakwara erutendo rwababa vedu Abhurahamu, kwevaiva nako vasati vadzingiswa.

¹²and the father of circumcision to them 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.

¹³Nekuti hakusi kubudikidza nemurairo kwakava nechivimbiso kuna Abhurahamu kana kumbeu yake chekuva mugari wenhaka yenyika, asi kubudikidza nekururama kwerutendo.

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

¹⁴Nekuti kana ivo vari vemurairo, vari vagari venhaka, rutendo rwunoshaiswa maturo, nechivimbiso chinoshaiswa basa;

¹⁴For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:

¹⁵nekuti murairo unouyisa kutsamwa; nekuti pasina murairo hapana kudarika.

¹⁵for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

¹⁶Naizvozvo ndezverutendo kuti zvive zvenyasha; kuti chivimbiso chisimbiswe kumbeu yake yese; chisati chiri chemurairo chete, asi neicho cherutendo rwaAbhurahamuwo, unova baba vedu tose,

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

¹⁷(sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Ndakakugadza uve baba vemarudzi mazhinji) pamberi paiye waakatenda, iye Mwari unomutsa vakafa, nekudana zvisipo sekunge zviripo.

¹⁷(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

¹⁸Iye pasina tariro wakatenda kutariro, kuti uchava baba vemarudzi mazhinji maererano nezvakanga zvataurwa, ndizvo zvichaita mbeu yako.

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 shall thy seed be.

¹⁹Uye haana kushaiwa simba parutendo, akasarangarira muviri wake zvino wakange wafa, nekuti akange ava nemakore anenge zana, kana kufa kwechizvaro chaSara;

¹⁹And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;

²⁰Asi haana kukahadzika pachivimbiso chaMwari kubudikidza nekusatenda, asi wakasimbiswa parutendo, achipa rumbidzo kuna Mwari,

²⁰yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God,

²¹achipwisa zvakazara kuti icho chaakavimbisa, wakange achigonawo kuchiita.

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

²²Saka zvakaverengerwa kwaari kuti kururama.

²²Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

²³Zvino zvakanga zvisina kunyorwa nekuda kwake oga, kuti zvakaverengerwa kwaari;

²³Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned unto him;

²⁴asi nekuda kweduwo; tichaverengerwa icho, tinotenda kune wakamutsa Jesu Ishe wedu kuvakafa,

²⁴but for our sake also, unto whom it shall be reckoned, who believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

²⁵wakakumikidzwa kurufu nekuda kwemhosva dzedu, akamutswazve kuti tinzi takarurama.

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