Romans 4
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1What shall we say then that Abraham hath found, who is our father according to the flesh.
1Quid ergo dicemus invenisse Abraham patrem nostrum secundum carnem?
2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God.
2Si enim Abraham ex operibus justificatus est, habet gloriam, sed non apud Deum.
3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
3Quid enim dicit Scriptura? Credidit Abraham Deo, et reputatam est illi ad justitiam.
4Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.
4Ei autem qui operatur, merces non imputatur secundum gratiam, sed secundum debitum.
5But to him that worketh not, yet believeth in him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reputed to justice, according to the purpose of the grace of God.
5Ei vero qui non operatur, credenti autem in eum, qui justificat impium, reputatur fides ejus ad justitiam secundum propositum gratiæ Dei.
6As David also termeth the blessedness of a man, to whom God reputeth justice without works:
6Sicut et David dicit beatitudinem hominis, cui Deus accepto fert justitiam sine operibus:
7Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
7[Beati, quorum remissæ sunt iniquitates, et quorum tecta sunt peccata.
8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin.
8Beatus vir, cui non imputavit Dominus peccatum.]
9This blessedness then, doth it remain in the circumcision only, or in the uncircumcision also? For we say that unto Abraham faith was reputed to justice.
9Beatitudo ergo hæc in circumcisione tantum manet, an etiam in præputio? Dicimus enim quia reputata est Abrahæ fides ad justitiam.
10How then was it reputed? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
10Quomodo ergo reputata est? in circumcisione, an in præputio? Non in circumcisione, sed in præputio.
11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith, which he had, being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised, that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:
11Et signum accepit circumcisionis, signaculum justitiæ fidei, quæ est in præputio: ut sit pater omnium credentium per præputium, ut reputetur et illis ad justitiam:
12And might be the father of circumcision; not to them only, that are of the circumcision, but to them also that follow the steps of the faithful, that is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
12et sit pater circumcisionis non iis tantum, qui sunt ex circumcisione, sed et iis qui sectantur vestigia fidei, quæ est in præputio patris nostri Abrahæ.
13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world; but through the justice of faith.
13Non enim per legem promissio Abrahæ, aut semini ejus ut hæres esset mundi: sed per justitiam fidei.
14For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, the promise is made of no effect.
14Si enim qui ex lege, hæredes sunt: exinanita est fides, abolita est promissio.
15For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
15Lex enim iram operatur. Ubi enim non est lex, nec prævaricatio.
16Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm 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,
16Ideo ex fide, ut secundum gratiam firma sit promissio omni semini, non ei qui ex lege est solum, sed et ei qui ex fide est Abrahæ, qui pater est omnium nostrum
17(As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations,) before God, whom he believed, who quickeneth the dead; and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.
17(sicut scriptum est: Quia patrem multarum gentium posui te) ante Deum, cui credidit, qui vivificat mortuos, et vocat ea quæ non sunt, tamquam ea quæ sunt:
18Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be.
18qui contra spem in spem credidit, ut fieret pater multarum gentium secundum quod dictum est ei: Sic erit semen tuum.
19And he was not weak in faith; neither did he consider his own body now dead, whereas he was almost an hundred years old, nor the dead womb of Sara.
19Et non infirmatus est fide, nec consideravit corpus suum emortuum, cum jam fere centum esset annorum, et emortuam vulvam Saræ.
20In the promise also of God he staggered not by distrust; but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God:
20In repromissione etiam Dei non hæsitavit diffidentia, sed confortatus est fide, dans gloriam Deo:
21Most fully knowing, that whatsoever he has promised, he is able also to perform.
21plenissime sciens, quia quæcumque promisit, potens est et facere.
22And therefore it was reputed to him unto justice.
22Ideo et reputatum est illi ad justitiam.
23Now it is not written only for him, that it was reputed to him unto justice,
23Non est autem scriptum tantum propter ipsum quia reputatum est illi ad justitiam:
24But also for us, to whom it shall be reputed, if we believe in him, that raised up Jesus Christ, our Lord, from the dead,
24sed et propter nos, quibus reputabitur credentibus in eum, qui suscitavit Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum a mortuis,
25Who was delivered up for our sins, and rose again for our justification.
25qui traditus est propter delicta nostra, et resurrexit propter justificationem nostram.
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