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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁷Sambatra izay voavela ny helony sy voasarona ny fahotany.

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

⁸Sambatra izay olona tsy hisain'i Jehovah heloka (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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 -

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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,

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

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

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

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

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

²²Dia nisaina ho fahamarinany izany.

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

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

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

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.

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

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