1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, discovered in this matter?
通过祖宗亚伯拉罕， 就称义这个问题，我们如何看呢 ？ 
2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about--but not before God.
倘若亚伯拉罕是因所为称义，就可夸。只是在神面前并无可夸的。 
3 What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
经上说什么呢？说，亚伯拉罕信神，这就算为他的义。 
4 Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation.
作工的得工价，不算恩典，乃是该得的， 
5 However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
惟有不作工的，只信匡扶邪恶的神，他的信就算为义。 
6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
大卫说过同样的话。即，人作工以外的福份，是神算为义的。 
7 "Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
其过得赦免的，其罪被遮盖的，这人有福。 
8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him."
主不算为有罪的，这人是有福的。 
9 Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness.
这福是单加给那受割礼的还是加给那未受割礼的人呢？我们一直都在说，亚伯拉罕的信，就算为他的义。 
10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before!
是怎么算的？是在他受割礼还是他未受割礼的时候呢？不是在受割礼之后，乃是之前。
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, 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 have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be

credited to them.
他受了割礼的记号，作他未受割礼的时候因信称义的印证，叫他作一切未受割礼而信之人的父，使他们也算为义。 
12 And 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.
又作受割礼之人的父，就是那些不但受割礼，并且按我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕，未受割礼而信之踪迹去行的人。 
13 It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
因为神应许亚伯拉罕和他后裔，必得承受世界，不是因律法，乃是因信而得的义。 
14 For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and the promise is worthless,
若是属乎律法的人，才得为后嗣，信就归于虚空，应许也就废弃了。 
15 because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
因为律法是惹动忿怒的。（或作叫人受刑的）哪里没有律法，哪里就没有过犯。 
16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by 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.
所以人得为后嗣是本乎信。因此就属乎恩。叫应许定然归给一切后裔。不但归给那属乎律法的，也归给那效法亚伯拉罕之信的。 
17 As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed--the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
亚伯拉罕所信的，是那叫死人复活使无变为有的神，他在主面前作我们世人的父。如经上所记，我已经立你作多国的父。 
18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
他在无可指望的时候，因信仍有指望，就得以作多国的父，正如先前所说，你的后裔将要如此。 
19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead--since he was about a hundred years old--and that Sarah's womb was also dead.
他将近百岁的时候，虽然想到自己的身体如同已死，撒拉的生育已经断绝，他的信心还是不软弱。 
20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
并且仰望神的应许，总没有因不信，心里起疑惑。反倒因信，心里得坚固，将荣耀归给神。 
21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
且满心相信，神所应许的必能作成。 
22 This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."
所以这就算为他的义。 
23 The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone,
算为他义的这句话，不是单为他写的， 
24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness--for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
也是为我们将来得算为义之人写的。就是我们这信神使我们的主耶稣从死里复活的人。 
25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
耶稣是为我们的过犯归于死；是为我们称义复活了。