Lettera ai Romani 4

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Quid ergo dicemus invenisse Abraham progenitorem no strum secundumcarnem?	1 What then can we say that Abraham found, our ancestor according to the flesh?
2 Si enim Abraham ex operibus iustificatus est, habet gloriam sed nonapud Deum.	2 Indeed, if Abraham was justified on the basis of his works, he has reason to boast; but this was not so in the sight of God.
3 Quid enim Scriptura dicit? “ Credidit autem Abraham Deo, etreputatum est illi ad iustitiam ”.	3 For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
4 Ei autem, qui operatur, merces non reputatur secundum gratiam sed secundumdebitum;	4 A worker's wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due.
5 ei vero, qui non operatur, sed credit in eum, qui iustificat impium,reputatur fides eius ad iustitiam,	5 But when one does not work, yet believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 sicut et David dicit beatitudinem hominis,cui Deus reputat iustitiam sine operibus:	6 So also David declares the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7 “ Beati, quorum remissae sunt iniquitates, et quorum tecta sunt peccata.	7 "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered.
8 Beatus vir, cui non imputabit Dominus peccatum ”.	8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not record."
9 Beatitudo ergo haec in circumcisione an etiam in praeputio? Dicimus enim: “Reputata est Abrahae fides ad iustitiam ”.	9 Does this blessedness apply only to the circumcised, or to the uncircumcised as well? Now we assert that "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness."
10 Quomodo ergo reputata est? Incircumcisione an in praeputio? Non in circumcisione sed in praeputio:	10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or not? He was not circumcised, but uncircumcised.
11 etsignum accepit circumcisionis, signaculum iustitiae fidei, quae fuit inpraeputio, ut esset pater omnium credentium per praeputium, ut reputetur illisiustitia,	11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal on the righteousness received through faith while he was uncircumcised. Thus he was to be the father of all the uncircumcised who believe, so that to them (also) righteousness might be credited,
12 et pater circumcisionis his non tantum, qui ex circumcisione sunt,sed et qui sectantur vestigia eius, quae fuit in praeputio, fidei patris nostriAbrahae.	12 as well as the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but also follow the path of faith that our father Abraham walked while still uncircumcised.
13 Non enim per legem promissio Abrahae aut semini eius, ut heres esset mundi,sed per iustitiam fidei;	13 It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith.
14 si enim qui ex lege heredes sunt, exinanita estfides, et abolita est promissio.	14 For if those who adhere to the law are the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
15 Lex enim iram operatur; ubi autem non estlex, nec praevaricatio.	15 For the law produces wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.
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,	16 For this reason, it depends on faith, so that it may be a gift, and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us,
17 sicut scriptum est: “ Patremmultarum gentium posui te ” C, ante Deum, cui credidit, qui vivificat mortuoset vocat ea, quae non sunt, quasi sint;	17 as it is written, "I have made you father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist.
18 qui contra spem in spe credidit, utfieret pater multarum gentium, secundum quod dictum est: “ Sic erit semen tuum”.	18 He believed, hoping against hope, that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what was said, "Thus shall your descendants be."
19 Et non infirmatus fide consideravit corpus suum iam emortuum, cum ferecentum annorum esset, et emortuam vulvam Sarae;	19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body as (already) dead (for he was almost a hundred years old) and the dead womb of Sarah.
20 in repromissione autem Deinon haesitavit diffidentia, sed confortatus est fide, dans gloriam Deo,	20 He did not doubt God's promise in unbelief; rather, he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God
21 etplenissime sciens quia, quod promisit, potens est et facere.	21 and was fully convinced that what he had promised he was also able to do.
22 Ideo etreputatum est illi ad iustitiam.	22 That is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."
23 Non est autem scriptum tantum propter ipsum: reputatum est illi,	23 But it was not for him alone that it was written that "it was credited to him";
24 sed etpropter nos, quibus reputabitur, credentibus in eum, qui suscitavit IesumDominum nostrum a mortuis,	24 it was also for us, to whom it will be credited, who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 qui traditus est propter delicta nostra etsuscitatus est propter iustificationem nostram.	25 who was handed over for our transgressions and was raised for our justification.