VaRoma 4

¹Zvino tichatiiko? Abhurahamu, teteguru vedu panyama, wakawaneiko?What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

²Nokuti dai Abhurahamu akaruramiswa namabasa ake, ungadai anechinhu chaangazvirumbidza nacho; asi haana pamberi paMwari.For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

³Nokuti Rugwaro runoti kudiniko? Runoti: Abhurahamu wakatenda Mwari, kukanzi kwaari ndiko kururama.For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

⁴Zvino kunounobate-basa, mubairo haunzi ndowenyasha, asi ndowengava.Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

⁵Kunousingabati, asi unotenda kunaiye unoruramisa munhu usingadi Mwari, kutenda kwake kunonzi kwaari ndiko kururama.But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

⁶Sezvinoreva vo Dhavhidhi, kuti wakaropafadzwa munhu unonzi naMwari wakarurama, kunze kwamabasa,Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

⁷achiti: Vakaropafadzwa vakakanganwirwa zvisakarurama zvavo, Navakafukidzirwa zvivi zvavo;Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

⁸Wakaropafadzwa munhu usinganzi naShe unezvivi.Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

⁹Zvino kuropafadzwa uku ndokwavakadzingiswa, kana kwavasina kudzingiswa here? Nokuti tinoti, kunaAbhurahamu kutenda kwake kwakanzi ndiko kururama.Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

¹⁰Zvino zvakanzarwo seiko? Atodzingiswa, kana asinakudzingiswa here? Hazvina kunzarwo adzingiswa, asi asina kudzingiswa;How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

¹¹wakapiwa chiratidzo chokudzingiswa, kuti chive chisimbiso chokururama kwokutenda, kwaakanga ana’ko asati adzingiswa; kuti ave baba vavose vanotenda, kunyange vasina kudzingiswa, kuti vagonzi vakarurama;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:

¹²ave baba vokudzingiswa kunaivo vasina kudzingiswa bedzi, asi vanofamba vo mumakwara okutenda kwababa vedu Abhurahamu, kwavaiva nako vasati vadzingiswa.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.

¹³Nokuti chipikirwa chokuti uchava mugari wenhaka yenyika hachina kupiwa Abhurahamu kana rudzi rwake nomurairo, asi nokururama kwokutenda.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.

¹⁴Nokuti dai vomurairo vari vagari venhaka, kutenda hakunamaturo, nechipikirwa chinokoneswa;For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

¹⁵nokuti murairo unovuyisa kutsamwa; asinomurairo hapana kudarika vo.Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

¹⁶Saka ndezvokutenda, kuti, zvive zvenyasha; kuti chipikirwa chive nesimba kurudzi rwose; rusati ruri rwomurairo bedzi, asi norwokutenda kwaAbhurahamu vo, iye baba vedu tose,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(sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Ndakakuita baba vamarudzi mazhinji) pamberi paiye waakatenda, iye Mwari unopa vakafa vupenyu, nokudana zvisipo sezvinenge zviripo.(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.

¹⁸Wakatenda netariro pasinetariro, kuti ave baba vamarudzi mazhinji,sezvazvakanga zvataurwa Rudzi rwako ruchadaroWho 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.

¹⁹Haana kushaiwa simba pakutenda, achifunga muviri wake wakanga watofa hawo(zvaiva namakore anenge zana), nokufa kwechizvaro chaSara;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:

²⁰akatarira chipikirwa chaMwari, haana kunyunyuta nokusatenda, asi wakasimbiswa pakutenda, akakudza Mwari,He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

²¹achiziva kwazvo, kuti icho chaakapikira, wakanga anesimba rokuchiita vo.And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

²²Saka zvakanzi kwaari ndiko kururama.And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

²³Zvino hazvina kunyorwa nokuda kwake bedzi, kuti zvakanzarwo kwaari;Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

²⁴asi nokuda kwedu vo; nesu tichanzarwo, iyesu, tinotenda kunowakamutsa Jesu Ishe wedu, kuvakafa.But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

²⁵iye wakaiswa kurufu nokuda kwokudarika kwedu, akamutswa nokuda kwokururamiswa kwedu.Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.