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4:1
ምንተእንከንብልበእንተአብርሃምአቡሆሙለቀደምትረከበኑዘንተበምግባረሥጋ።
What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
如此說來，我們的祖宗亞伯拉罕憑着肉體得了甚麼呢？
4:2
ሶበሰኬአብርሃምበምግባሩጸድቀእምኮኖምዝጋናወአኮለመንገለእግዚአብሔር።
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.
倘若亞伯拉罕是因行為稱義，就有可誇的；只是在上帝面前並無可誇。
4:3
ወእፎኑመይብልመጽሐፍ «አምነአብርሃምበእግዚአብሔርወኮኖጽድቀ።»
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
經上說甚麼呢？說：「亞伯拉罕信上帝，這就算為他的義。」
4:4
ወዘሰተቀንየኢይከውኖዐስበከመዘጸገውዎአላከመዘይደልዎ።
Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
做工的得工價，不算恩典，乃是該得的；
4:5
ወዘሰኢተቀንየለእመተአመነበዘያጸድቆለኃጥእይትኌለቆጽድቀአሚኖቱ።
But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
Is this blessing then pronounced only on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
He 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.
He 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.
For 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 offspring, 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.
As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” 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.
Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
Without 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.
他將近百歲的時候，雖然想到自己的身體如同已死，撒拉的生育已經斷絕，他的信心還是不軟弱；
4:20
ወኢናፈቀ፥ ወኢቀብጸበዘአሰፈዎእግዚአብሔር።
Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
並且仰望上帝的應許，總沒有因不信心裏起疑惑，反倒因信心裏得堅固，將榮耀歸給上帝，
4:21
ወተአመነበኵሉልቡከመይክልገቢረሎቱእግዚአብሔርወአእኰቶ።
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
且滿心相信上帝所應許的必能做成。
4:22
ወእንበይነዝጽድቀኮኖ።
Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
所以，這就算為他的義。
4:23
ወአኮእንበይነባሕቲቱዘተጽሕፈዝንቱ።
Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
「算為他義」的這句話不是單為他寫的，
4:24
አኮኑበእንቲኣነሂእለአመነበዘአንሥኦለእግዚእነእምዉታን።
but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
也是為我們將來得算為義之人寫的，就是我們這信上帝使我們的主耶穌從死裏復活的人。
4:25
ዘተሰቅለበእንተኀጢአትነወተንሥአከመያንሥአነወከመያጽድቀነ።
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.