Römer 4 | Библия, синодално издание

1 И тъй, запитваме ние, нашият отец Авраам какво е придобил по плът? 2 Ако Авраам се оправда с дела, той има похвала, но не пред Бога. 3 Защото, какво казва Писанието? „Повярва Авраам на Бога, и това му се вмени за оправдание“. 4 На оногова, който работи, заплатата се вменява не по милост, а по дълг. 5 Напротив, ономува, който не работи, а вярва в Оногова, Който оправдава нечестивеца, вярата му се вменява за оправдание. 6 Тъй и Давид нарича блажен оня човек, комуто Бог вменява оправдание без дела по закона, като казва: 7 „блажени са ония, чиито беззакония са простени и чиито грехове са покрити; 8 блажен е оня човек, комуто Господ няма да вмени грях“. 9 И тъй, това блаженство само за обрязани ли е, или и за необрязани? Понеже казваме, че на Авраама биде вменена вярата за оправдание. 10 Кога биде вменена: след обрязването ли, или преди обрязването? Не след обрязването, а преди обрязването. 11 И знака на обрязването той получи като печат на оправданието чрез вярата, която имаше преди обрязването си, за да бъде отец на всички необрязани вярващи, та и тям да се вмени оправданието, 12 и отец на обрязаните, ала не на ония, които само обрязване са приели, но които и вървят по стъпките на вярата на отца ни Авраама, що имаше той преди обрязването си. 13 Защото обещанието към Авраама или към семето му – да бъде наследник на света, се даде не чрез закона, а чрез оправдаване посредством вярата. 14 Ако привържениците на закона са наследници, вярата е обезсилена, и обещанието унищожено; 15 защото законът поражда гняв; дето пък няма закон, няма и престъпление. 16 Затова оправданието е от вяра, за да бъде по милост, та и обещанието да бъде заздравено за всички не само по закон, но и по вяра потомци на Авраама, който е отец на всички ни, 17 според както е писано: „поставих те баща на много народи“, пред Бога, Комуто той повярва, Който животвори мъртвите и зове несъществуващото като съществуващо. 18 Авраам, без никакво основание за надежда, повярва с надежда, че ще стане баща на много народи, според казаното: „тъй многобройно ще бъде семето ти“. 19 И без да отслабне във вярата, той не помисли, че тялото му е вече умъртвяло (понеже беше току-речи стогодишен) и утробата Саррина е в омъртвение; 20 а в обещанието Божие се не усъмни чрез неверие, но остана твърд във вярата, като въздаде Богу слава, 21 напълно уверен, че Той е силен и да изпълни това, що е обещал. 22 Затова му се вмени за праведност. 23 Но не само за него е писано, че му се е вменило, 24 но и за нас: ще се вмени и нам, вярващите в Оногова, Който възкреси от мъртвите Иисуса Христа, Господа нашего, 25 предадения за нашите грехове и възкръсналия за наше оправдаване.

English Standard Version

Abraham Justified by Faith

1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in* him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” 9 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

The Promise Realized Through Faith

13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression. 16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness* of Sarah’s womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Römer 4 | Библия, синодално издание English Standard Version

Abraham Justified by Faith

The Promise Realized Through Faith