Romans 4

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NOVA VULGATA
1 So then, what shall we say that Abraham had achieved, who is our father according to the flesh?	1 Quid ergo dicemus invenisse Abraham progenitorem no strum secundumcarnem?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he would have glory, but not with God.	2 Si enim Abraham ex operibus iustificatus est, habet gloriam sed nonapud Deum.
3 For what does Scripture say? “Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.”	3 Quid enim Scriptura dicit? “ Credidit autem Abraham Deo, etreputatum est illi ad iustitiam ”.
4 But for he who works, wages are not accounted according to grace, but according to debt.	4 Ei autem, qui operatur, merces non reputatur secundum gratiam sed secundumdebitum;
5 Yet truly, for he who does not work, but who believes in him who justifies the impious, his faith is reputed unto justice, according to the purpose of the grace of God.	5 ei vero, qui non operatur, sed credit in eum, qui iustificat impium,reputatur fides eius ad iustitiam,
6 Similarly, David also declares the blessedness of a man, to whom God brings justice without works:	6 sicut et David dicit beatitudinem hominis,cui Deus reputat iustitiam sine operibus:
7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.	7 “ Beati, quorum remissae sunt iniquitates, et quorum tecta sunt peccata.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin.”	8 Beatus vir, cui non imputabit Dominus peccatum ”.
9 Does this blessedness, then, remain only in the circumcised, or is it even in the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was reputed to Abraham unto justice.	9 Beatitudo ergo haec in circumcisione an etiam in praeputio? Dicimus enim: “Reputata est Abrahae fides ad iustitiam ”.
10 But then how was it reputed? In circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.	10 Quomodo ergo reputata est? Incircumcisione an in praeputio? Non in circumcisione sed in praeputio:
11 For he received the sign of circumcision as a symbol of the justice of that faith which exists apart from circumcision, so that he might be the father of all those who believe while uncircumcised, so that it might also be reputed to them unto justice,	11 etsignum accepit circumcisionis, signaculum iustitiae fidei, quae fuit inpraeputio, ut esset pater omnium credentium per praeputium, ut reputetur illisiustitia,
12 and he might be the father of circumcision, not only for those who are of circumcision, but even for those who follow the footsteps of that faith which is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.	12 et pater circumcisionis his non tantum, qui ex circumcisione sunt,sed et qui sectantur vestigia eius, quae fuit in praeputio, fidei patris nostriAbrahae.
13 For the Promise to Abraham, and to his posterity, that he would inherit the world, was not through the law, but through the justice of faith.	13 Non enim per legem promissio Abrahae aut semini eius, ut heres esset mundi,sed per iustitiam fidei;
14 For if those who are of the law are the heirs, then faith becomes empty and the Promise is abolished.	14 si enim qui ex lege heredes sunt, exinanita estfides, et abolita est promissio.
15 For the law works unto wrath. And where there is no law, there is no law-breaking.	15 Lex enim iram operatur; ubi autem non estlex, nec praevaricatio.
16 Because of this, it is from faith according to grace that the Promise is ensured for all posterity, not only for those who are of the law, but also for those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all before God,	16 Ideo ex fide, ut secundum gratiam, ut firma sitpromissio omni semini, non ei, qui ex lege est solum, sed et ei, qui ex fide estAbrahae — qui est pater omnium nostrum,
17 in whom he believed, who revives the dead and who calls those things that do not exist into existence. For it is written: “I have established you as the father of many nations.”	17 sicut scriptum est: “ Patremmultarum gentium posui te ” C, ante Deum, cui credidit, qui vivificat mortuoset vocat ea, quae non sunt, quasi sint;
18 And he believed, with a hope beyond hope, so that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was said to him: “Thus shall your posterity shall be.”	18 qui contra spem in spe credidit, utfieret pater multarum gentium, secundum quod dictum est: “ Sic erit semen tuum”.
19 And he was not weakened in faith, nor did he consider his own body to be dead (though he was then almost one hundred years old), nor the womb of Sarah to be dead.	19 Et non infirmatus fide consideravit corpus suum iam emortuum, cum ferecentum annorum esset, et emortuam vulvam Sarae;
20 And then, in the Promise of God, he did not hesitate out of distrust, but instead he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,	20 in repromissione autem Deinon haesitavit diffidentia, sed confortatus est fide, dans gloriam Deo,
21 knowing most fully that whatever God has promised, he is also able to accomplish.	21 etplenissime sciens quia, quod promisit, potens est et facere.
22 And for this reason, it was reputed to him unto justice.	22 Ideo etreputatum est illi ad iustitiam.
23 Now this has been written, that it was reputed to him unto justice, not only for his sake,	23 Non est autem scriptum tantum propter ipsum: reputatum est illi,
24 but also for our sake. For the same shall be reputed to us, if we believe in him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead,	24 sed etpropter nos, quibus reputabitur, credentibus in eum, qui suscitavit IesumDominum nostrum a mortuis,
25 who was handed over because of our offenses, and who rose again for our justification.	25 qui traditus est propter delicta nostra etsuscitatus est propter iustificationem nostram.