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Si Abraham Bilang Halimbawa

Bilang halimbawa kon paano ginapakamatarong sang Dios ang tawo, tan-awa bala ninyo si Abraham nga amay naton nga mga Judio. Kon ginpakamatarong siya sang Dios tungod sang iya maayo nga mga binuhatan, kuntani may ipabugal siya. Pero ang matuod, wala siya sing may ipabugal sa Dios. Nahibaluan ta ini tungod nga nagasiling ang Kasulatan, “Nagtuo si Abraham sa Dios, kag tungod sang iya pagtuo ginpakamatarong siya sang Dios.”[a] Ang tawo nga nagaobra ginasuhulan. Ang suhol indi makabig nga regalo tungod kay iya ini ginpangabudlayan. Pero ginpakamatarong kita sang Dios tungod sa aton pagtuo sa iya nga nagapakamatarong sa makasasala, kag indi tungod sa aton maayo nga mga binuhatan. Amo man ini ang buot silingon ni David sang nagsiling siya nga bulahan ang tawo nga ginpakamatarong sang Dios indi tungod sa iya maayo nga mga binuhatan.

Nagsiling siya,
“Bulahan ang mga tawo nga ang ila mga paglapas ginpatawad,
nga ang ila mga sala wala na ginadumdom sang Dios.
Bulahan ang tawo nga ang iya mga sala indi na gid pag-isipon sang Ginoo kontra sa iya.”[b]

Ining mga ginhambal ni David indi lang para sa mga Judio, kundi para man sa mga indi Judio. Nahibaluan ta ini tungod nga nasambit na namon ang Kasulatan nga nagasiling, “Nagtuo si Abraham sa Dios, kag tungod sang iya pagtuo ginpakamatarong siya sang Dios.” 10 San-o bala ini natabo? Indi bala ang pagpakamatarong sa iya natabo sa wala pa siya matuli? 11 Gintuli siya sang ulihi bilang tanda nga ginpakamatarong siya sang Dios tungod sang iya pagtuo sa wala pa siya matuli. Amo ina nga si Abraham nangin amay[c] sang tanan nga wala natuli pero nagatuo sa Dios; kag tungod sa ila pagtuo ginpakamatarong sila sang Dios. 12 Si Abraham amay man sang mga tinuli, indi tungod lang sang ila nga pagkatinuli, kundi tungod nga nagatuo sila subong nga nagtuo ang aton amay nga si Abraham sa wala pa siya matuli.

Ang Promisa sang Dios Nabaton Paagi sa Pagtuo

13 Sang una, nagpromisa ang Dios kay Abraham kag sa iya mga kaliwat nga ang kalibutan mangin ila. Ginpromisa ini indi tungod nga gintuman ni Abraham ang Kasuguan, kundi tungod nga ginpakamatarong siya paagi sa iya pagtuo. 14 Kon ang mga nasakop sa Kasuguan[d] amo lang ang makabaton sang ginpromisa sang Dios, wala sing pulos ang aton pagtuo sa Dios, kag amo man ang promisa sang Dios.[e] 15 Ang Kasuguan amo ang kabangdanan kon ngaa ginapaagom sang Dios ang iya kaakig. Kon wala sing Kasuguan, wala man sing paglapas.

16 Gani ang promisa sang Dios ginabasi sa pagtuo, agod mangin regalo sang Dios kag mangin pamatuod nga ini mabaton sang tanan nga kaliwat ni Abraham—indi lamang sa mga Judio nga nasakop sa Kasuguan kundi sa mga indi Judio nga nagatuo man pareho kay Abraham. Kay si Abraham amo ang amay sang tanan nga nagatuo, Judio man ukon indi. 17 Nagasiling ang Dios sa Kasulatan, “Ginhimo ko ikaw nga amay sang madamo nga mga nasyon.”[f] Gani sa atubangan sang Dios, si Abraham aton amay. Kag ang Dios nga gintuohan ni Abraham amo man ang Dios nga nagahatag sang kabuhi sa mga patay[g] kag nagatuga sang mga butang nga wala pa. 18 Bisan wala na gid sing paglaom nga mangin amay, nagtuo gihapon si Abraham kag padayon nga naglaom nga tumanon sang Dios ang iya ginpromisa sa iya nga siya mangin amay. Gani sa iya pagtuo, nangin amay siya sang madamo nga mga nasyon, suno gid sa ginsiling sang Dios sa iya nga, “Pareho man kadamo sa mga bituon ang imo mga kaliwat.”[h] 19 Sang nagpromisa ang Dios kay Abraham, mga 100 na ka tuig ang iya edad, kag nahibaluan niya nga tigulang na siya kag imposible nga makapabata pa. Nahibaluan man niya nga ang iya asawa indi makabata tungod nga baw-as si Sara. Pero wala nagluya ang iya pagtuo sa Dios. 20 Wala gid siya nagduhaduha sa promisa sang Dios, kundi nagtuo siya. Gani ginpabakod siya sang Dios. Kag gindayaw niya ang Dios 21 tungod nga nagsalig gid siya nga sarang ang Dios magtuman sang iya ginpromisa. 22 Gani tungod sa pagtuo ni Abraham ginpakamatarong siya sang Dios. 23 Pero ang ginsulat sa Kasulatan nga “ginpakamatarong siya” ginsulat indi lang para kay Abraham, 24 kundi para man sa aton. Pakamatarungon man kita kon nagatuo kita sa nagbanhaw kay Jesus nga aton Ginoo. 25 Ginpatay si Jesus tungod sa aton mga sala, kag ginbanhaw siya agod pakamatarungon kita.

Footnotes

  1. 4:3 Gen. 15:6.
  2. 4:8 Salmo 32:1-2.
  3. 4:11 amay: buot silingon, espirituhanon nga amay.
  4. 4:14 ang mga nasakop sa Kasuguan: buot silingon, ang mga Judio nga nagahimulat nga magsunod sa Kasuguan ni Moises.
  5. 4:14 amo man ang promisa sang Dios: buot silingon nga mangin wala sing pulos ang promisa sang Dios kay wala sing may makatuman sang Kasuguan.
  6. 4:17 Gen. 17:5.
  7. 4:17 patay: pareho sa patay si Abraham kag si Sara kay tigulang na sila kag baw-as si Sara.
  8. 4:18 Gen. 15:5.

Abraham Justified by Faith

What then shall we say(A) that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh,(B) discovered in this matter? If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.(C) What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](D)

Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift(E) but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(F) David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

“Blessed are those
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[b](G)

Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?(H) We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.(I) 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.(J) So then, he is the father(K) of all who believe(L) but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise(M) that he would be heir of the world,(N) but through the righteousness that comes by faith.(O) 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless,(P) 15 because the law brings wrath.(Q) And where there is no law there is no transgression.(R)

16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace(S) and may be guaranteed(T) to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.(U) 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[c](V) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(W) to the dead and calls(X) into being things that were not.(Y)

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(Z) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[d](AA) 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(AB)—since he was about a hundred years old(AC)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(AD) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(AE) in his faith and gave glory to God,(AF) 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.(AG) 22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”(AH) 23 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, 24 but also for us,(AI) to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him(AJ) who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.(AK) 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins(AL) and was raised to life for our justification.(AM)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22
  2. Romans 4:8 Psalm 32:1,2
  3. Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
  4. Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

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

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

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

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

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

11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

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

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

15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might 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 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

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

24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.