Romans 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
1Tuseme nini basi, juu ya Abrahamu baba yetu?
2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
2Kama Abrahamu alikubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kutokana na matendo yake, basi, anacho kitu cha kujivunia mbele ya Mungu.
3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
3Kwa maana, Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: “Abrahamu alimwamini Mungu, naye Mungu akamkubali kuwa mwadilifu.”
4Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
4Mfanyakazi hulipwa mshahara; mshahara wake si zawadi bali ni haki yake.
5However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
5Lakini mtu asiyetegemea matendo yake mwenyewe, bali anamwamini Mungu ambaye huwasamehe waovu, basi, Mungu huijali imani ya mtu huyo, na hivi humkubali kuwa mwadilifu.
6And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
6Naye Daudi asema hivi juu ya furaha ya mtu ambaye Mungu amemkubali kuwa mwadilifu bila kuyajali matendo yake:
7“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
7“Heri wale waliosamehewa makosa yao ambao makosa yao yamefutwa.
8Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
8Heri mtu yule ambaye Bwana hataziweka dhambi zake katika kumbukumbu.”
9Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
9Je, hiyo ni kwa wale waliotahiriwa tu, ama pia kwa wale wasiotahiriwa? Ni kwa wale wasiotahiriwa pia. Kwa maana tumekwisha sema: “Abrahamu aliamini, naye Mungu akamkubali kuwa mwadilifu.”
10In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
10Je, Abrahamu alikubaliwa kabla ya kutahiriwa ama baada ya kutahiriwa? Kabla ya kutahiriwa, na si baada ya kutahiriwa.
11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
11Abrahamu alitahiriwa baadaye, na kutahiriwa huko kulikuwa alama iliyothibitisha kwamba Mungu alimkubali kuwa mwadilifu kwa sababu ya imani yake aliyokuwa nayo kabla ya kutahiriwa. Kwa hiyo, Abrahamu amekuwa baba wa wale wote ambao, ingawa hawakutahiriwa, wamemwamini Mungu, wakafanywa waadilifu.
12And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
12Vilevile yeye ni baba wa wale waliotahiriwa; lakini si kwa kuwa wametahiriwa, bali kwa sababu wanafuata njia ileile ya imani baba yetu Abrahamu aliyofuata kabla ya kutahiriwa.
13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
13Mungu alimwahidi Abrahamu na wazawa wake kwamba ulimwengu ungekuwa mali yao. Ahadi hiyo haikufanywa kwa sababu Abrahamu aliitii Sheria, bali kwa kuwa aliamini, akakubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu.
14For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
14Maana kama watakaopewa hayo aliyoahidi Mungu ni wale tu wanaoitii Sheria, basi, imani haina maana yoyote, nayo ahadi ya Mungu si kitu.
15because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
15Sheria husababisha ghadhabu; lakini kama hakuna Sheria, haiwezekani kuivunja.
16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
16Kwa sababu hiyo, jambo hili lategemea imani, hivyo kwamba ahadi hiyo yatokana na neema ya Mungu, na kwamba ni hakika kuwa ahadi hiyo ni kwa ajili ya wote: si kwa wale tu wanaoishika Sheria, bali pia kwa wale waishio kwa imani kama Abrahamu. Yeye ni baba yetu sisi sote.
17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
17Kama Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: “Nimekuweka uwe baba wa mataifa mengi.” Ahadi hiyo ni kweli mbele ya Mungu ambaye Abrahamu alimwamini—Mungu ambaye huwapa wafu uzima, na kwa amri yake, vitu ambavyo havikuwapo huwa.
18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
18Abrahamu aliamini na kutumaini ingawa hali yenyewe ilikuwa bila matumaini, na hivyo amekuwa baba wa mataifa mengi kama Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: “Wazao wako watakuwa wengi kama nyota!”
19Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
19Alikuwa mzee wa karibu miaka mia moja, lakini imani yake haikufifia ingawa alijua kwamba mwili wake ulikuwa kama umekufa, na pia mkewe, Sara, alikuwa tasa.
20Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
20Abrahamu hakuionea mashaka ile ahadi ya Mungu; alipata nguvu kutokana na imani, akamtukuza Mungu.
21being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
21Alijua kwamba Mungu anaweza kuyatekeleza yale aliyoahidi.
22This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
22Ndiyo maana Mungu alimkubali kuwa mwadilifu.
23Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,
23Inaposemwa, “Alimkubali,” haisemwi kwa ajili yake mwenyewe tu.
24but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
24Jambo hili linatuhusu sisi pia ambao tunamwamini Mungu aliyemfufua Yesu, Bwana wetu, kutoka wafu.
25He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
25Yeye alitolewa auawe kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu, akafufuka ili tupate kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu na Mungu.
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.