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

¹ Sunu maam Ibraayma, mi nu soqikoo; nu mbiram tëdde?

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

² Bu fekkoonte ne Ibraayma, ci kaw i jëfam la ko Yàlla àttee ni ku jub, kon am na lu mu ci man a damoo. Waaye demewul noonu ci kanam Yàlla.

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

³ Lan la Mbind mi wax ci loolu? Nee na: «Ibraayma gëm na Yàlla, te Yàlla jàppe ngëmam ni njub.»

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

⁴ Képp kuy liggéey dina jot peyam; te pey googu du ag may, ñaqam la.

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

⁵ Waaye Yàlla dina àtte jub sax ki ko weddi woon; kon ku wéeruwul ciy jëfam, waaye mu gëm rekk, Yàlla dina jàppe ngëmam ni njub.

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

⁶ Noonu la Daawuda birale barkeelug nit ki Yàlla jagleel njub, fekk ay jëfam taxul.

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

⁷ Mu ne:«Ñi ñu baal seen jàdd yoon,te seeni bàkkaar far ci kanam Yàlla,ñu barkeel lañu.

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

⁸ Ki Boroom bi sëful ay bàkkaaram,kooka ku barkeel la.»

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 Kon nag barkeel googu, ndax ñi xaraf rekk ñoo ko yeyoo? Ndax ñi xaraful it bokkuñu ci? Aaŋkay! Ndaxte wax nanu ne, Yàlla jàppe na ngëmu Ibraayma ni njub.

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

¹⁰ Kañ la ko jagleel njub nag? Ndax lu jiitu xarafam la woon, am gannaaw ga? Lu ko jiitu la woon.

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.

¹¹ Ndaxte Ibraayma gëm na, te Yàlla jàppe na ngëmam ni njub, fekk booba xarafagul. Te xarafal gi, màndarga la woon ci yaramam, di firndeel ne, ku jub la woon. Noonu la Ibraayma man a nekke baayu ñépp ñi gëm, ba Yàlla man leen a àtte ni ñu jub, te xarafuñu sax.

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.

¹² Te noonu itam la Ibraayma man a nekke baayu ñi xaraf, bu fekkee yemuñu rekk ci xaraf, waaye ñu am ngëm, ga Ibraayma sunu maam amoon lu jiitu xarafam.

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.

¹³ Ndaxte Yàlla dafa digoon Ibraayma ak ñi naroon a soqikoo ci moom, ne dinañu moom àddina si. Te dige boobu jógewul ci yoonu Musaa, waaye dafa jóge ci njub, gi Ibraayma amoon ci kanam Yàlla ci kaw ngëmam.

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

¹⁴ Ndaxte su fekkee ne ñi nekk ci yoonu Musaa rekk ñooy moom àddina, kon ngëm amatul njariñ, te digeb Yàlla dafa toxu.

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

¹⁵ Yoonu Musaa daal du def lu dul wàcce merum Yàlla ci sunu bopp; ndax fu yoon amul, jàdd yoon du fa man a am.

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.

¹⁶ Kon nag loolu Yàlla dige, ngëm rekk a koy indi, ngir mu sukkandikoo yiwu Yàlla rekk. Noonu la dige bi wóore ci ñi soqikoo ci Ibraayma ñépp, du ci ñi nekk ci yoonu Musaa rekk, waaye itam ñi gëm ni Ibraayma gëme woon. Kon Ibraayma mooy sunu baay, nun ñépp.

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.

¹⁷ Moom la Yàlla dogal, wax ko ci Mbind mi ne: «Def naa la baayu xeet yu bare.» Ndaxte Ibraayma gëmoon na Yàlla, miy dekkal ñi dee, tey wax ci lu amagul, mel ni dafa am.

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

¹⁸ Ibraayma dafa jàppoon ci ngëmam, di yaakaar, fekk bunti yaakaar yépp tëju. Moo tax mu nekk baayu xeet yu bare, ni ko Mbind mi waxe ne: «Noonu la sa askan di meli.»

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.

¹⁹ Mu xool yaramam, xam ne dee rekk a ko dese, ndax mi ngi tollu woon ci lu mat téeméeri at, waaye ba tey ngëmam wàññikuwul. Mu xam it ne, Saarata mënatul a ëmb.

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

²⁰ Waaye loolu taxul ngëmadi jàpp ko, ba muy werante ci waxu Yàlla; ngëmam sax di gën a dëgër, mu daldi sant Yàlla,

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

²¹ mu wóor ko ne, loolu ko Yàlla dig, Yàlla man na koo def.

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

²² Moo tax «Yàlla jagleel na Ibraayma njub.»

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

²³ Waaye loolu lañu bind ne: «Yàlla jagleel na ko njub,» du Ibraayma rekk a moom wax ji.

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

²⁴ Nun itam ci wax jooju lanu bokk, te Yàlla dina nu jagleel njub, nun ñi gëm Yàlla, mi dekkal Yeesu sunu Boroom.

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

²⁵ Ndaxte Yàlla jébbale na ko ngir sunuy tooñ, dekkal ko ngir àtte nu jub.