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

¹Anakcuan tinâtinak chirix laj Abraham li kaxe'tônil yucua'. ¿Ma quitîcobresîc xch'ôl chiru li Dios riq'uin lix yehom xbânuhom? Inc'a'.

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

²Cui ta riq'uin xyehom xbânuhom quitîcobresîc xch'ôl laj Abraham, cuan raj c'a'ru quixnimobresi cui' rib. Abanan mâcua' raj chiru li Dios.

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

³Tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu nak laj Abraham quixpâb li c'a'ru quixye li Dios. Ut xban lix pâbâl, li Dios quixye nak laj Abraham a'an jun cuînk tîc xch'ôl. (Gén. 15:6)

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

⁴Li ani natrabajic naxc'ul xtojbal. Lix tojbal naxc'ul a'an moco yal xmâtan ta xban nak ac xtoj rix.

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

⁵Aban li colba-ib inc'a' natojman rix. A'an yal jun mâtan naxq'ue li Dios reheb laj mâc li neque'pâban re. Xban nak neque'pâban, tîcobresinbileb xch'ôl xban li Dios.

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

⁶Laj David quixye nak us xak re li naxmâtani xtîquilal xch'ôl riq'uin li Dios chi mâcua' xban xyehom xbânuhom. Yal chi mâtan ban naxc'ul lix tîquilal xch'ôl.

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

⁷Laj David quixye chi jo'ca'in: Us xak reheb li cuybil sachbil xmâqueb, xban nak inc'a' chic nanak sa' xch'ôl li Dios lix mâusilaleb.

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

⁸Us xak reheb li inc'a' chic neque'c'oxlâc lix mâqueb xban li Dios. (Sal. 32:1-2)

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

⁹¿Ut aniheb li te'cuyek' te'sachek' lix mâc? ¿Ma ca'aj cui' li que'xc'ul li circuncisión? Inc'a'. Reheb aj ban cui' li inc'a' que'xc'ul li circuncisión. Ac xinye li c'a'ru tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu chirix laj Abraham. Xban nak cuan xpâbâl laj Abraham, li Dios quixye nak a'an jun cuînk tîc xch'ôl. (Gén. 15:6)

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

¹⁰Laj Abraham mâji' naxc'ul li circuncisión nak li Dios quixye nak li cuînk a'an tîc xch'ôl.

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.

¹¹Mokon chic laj Abraham quixc'ul li circuncisión jo' retalil nak a'an jun cuînk tîc xch'ôl chiru li Dios xban lix pâbâl. Laj Abraham quixpâb li Dios nak mâji' naxc'ul li circuncisión. Jo'can nak nayeman nak laj Abraham a'an xyucua'eb chixjunileb li neque'xpâb li Dios ut neque'q'uehe' sa' ajl sa' xyânkeb li tîqueb xch'ôl usta inc'a' neque'xc'ul li circuncisión.

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.

¹²Ut laj Abraham xyucua'eb ajcui' li que'xc'ul li circuncisión. Mâcua' ca'aj cui' xban nak que'xc'ul li circuncisión. Xyucua'eb aj ban cui' xban nak que'xpâb li Dios jo' nak quixpâb li Dios laj Abraham nak toj mâji' naxc'ul li circuncisión.

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.

¹³Li Dios quixyechi'i re laj Abraham jo' ajcui' reheb li ralal xc'ajol nak eb a'an te'êchanînk re li ruchich'och'. Mâcua' riq'uin xbânunquil li naxye li chak'rab nak te'rêchani. Quiyechi'îc ban reheb xban nak quipâban laj Abraham ut li Dios quixye nak laj Abraham a'an jun cuînk tîc xch'ôl.

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

¹⁴Cui ta ca'aj cui' li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li najter chak'rab li te'êchanînk re li yechi'inbil xban li Dios, mâc'a' raj na-oc cui' li kapâbâl. Ut mâc'a' raj na-oc cui' li yechi'inbil xban li Dios.

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

¹⁵Nachal xjosk'il li Dios sa' xbêneb li neque'k'etoc re li chak'rab. Xban nak cuan li chak'rab, cuan li k'etoc âtin. Cui ta mâc'a' li chak'rab, mâc'a' raj k'etoc âtin.

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.

¹⁶Xban nak cuan xpâbâl laj Abraham, li Dios quixyechi'i li mâtan re xban xnimal rusilal. Ut quixyechi'i ajcui' reheb chixjunileb li ralal xc'ajol. Li yechi'inbil mâcua' ca'aj cui' reheb li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li chak'rab. Reheb aj ban cui' chixjunileb li neque'pâban jo' nak quipâban laj Abraham. Jo'can nak nayeman nak laj Abraham a'an li kayucua' chikajunilo xban nak a'an laj c'amol be chiku sa' li kapâbâl.

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.

¹⁷Tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu li quixye li Dios re laj Abraham: Xatinq'ue chok' xxe'tônil yucua' li q'uila tenamit. (Gén. 17:5) Ut chiru li Dios toj cuan ajcui' xcuanquil li c'a'ru quixyechi'i re laj Abraham. Laj Abraham quixpâb li Dios li nacuaclesin cui'chic reheb li camenak chi yo'yo ut yal riq'uin râtin naxyo'obtesiheb li c'a'ak re ru toj mâc'a'.

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

¹⁸Laj Abraham quixpâb li quixye li Dios ut quiroybeni li quiyechi'îc re usta inc'a' naxnau chanru nak tâq'uehek' re li ralal xc'ajol. Jo'can nak a'an xyucua'eb li q'uila tenamit jo' quiyehe' re xban li Dios, -Te'q'uiânk lâ cualal âc'ajol, chu'ux re xban li Dios. (Gén. 15:5)

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.

¹⁹Ca'ch'in chic mâ o'c'âl chihab cuan re laj Abraham. A'an naxnau nak xban xtîxilal inc'a' raj chic tâcuânk ralal xc'ajol. Ut naxnau ajcui' nak lix Sara inc'a' naq'uiresin. Aban inc'a' quich'inan xch'ôl laj Abraham. Quixpâb ban chi tz'akal nak tâcuânk ralal xc'ajol.

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

²⁰Inc'a' quixcuiba xch'ôl chi moco quixcanab roybeninquil lix mâtan li quiyechi'îc re xban li Dios. Cacuûc ban chic quixbânu sa' lix pâbâl ut quixlok'oni li Dios.

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

²¹Laj Abraham quixpâb chi anchal xch'ôl nak li Dios k'axal nim xcuanquil ut tixq'ue li c'a'ru naxyechi'i.

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

²²Ut xban lix pâbâl laj Abraham, li Dios quixye nak a'an jun cuînk tîc xch'ôl.

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

²³Ut moco ca'aj cui' ta sa' xc'aba' laj Abraham nak quitz'îbâc retalil nak tîc xch'ôl xban lix pâbâl.

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

²⁴Quitz'îbâc aj ban cui' sa' kac'aba' lâo. Li Dios naxye nak tîc ajcui' li kach'ôl lâo cui takapâb chi tz'akal li quicuaclesin re li Kâcua' Jesucristo chi yo'yo sa' xyânkeb li camenak.Li Jesucristo quixk'axtesi rib chi câmc xban li kamâc ut quicuacli cui'chic chi yo'yo sa' xyânkeb li camenak re xtîcobresinquil li kach'ôl chiru li Dios.

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

²⁵Li Jesucristo quixk'axtesi rib chi câmc xban li kamâc ut quicuacli cui'chic chi yo'yo sa' xyânkeb li camenak re xtîcobresinquil li kach'ôl chiru li Dios.