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

¹እንግዲህ በሥጋ አባታችን የሆነ አብርሃም ምን አገኘ እንላለን?

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

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

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

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

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

⁴ለሚሠራ ደመወዝ እንደ ዕዳ ነው እንጂ እንደ ጸጋ አይቈጠርለትም፤

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

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

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

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

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

⁷ዓመፃቸው የተሰረየላቸው ኃጢአታቸውም የተከደነላቸው ብፁዓን ናቸው፤

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

⁸ጌታ ኃጢአቱን የማይቆጥርበት ሰው ብፁዕ ነው።

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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።

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

²²ስለዚህ ደግሞ ጽድቅ ሆኖ ተቆጠረለት።

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

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

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

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

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

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

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