Ho ahi-ty Romanina
4 Ka laha zay ie, ino zany ty hovolanintsika hoe niazon’i Abrahama, azy razambentsika iny? 2 Laha nambara hoe olo marina Abrahama vokatsin’ny raha nataony, le ho nana antony nampirengirengy azy ie. Fe tsy ho afaky nirengirengy tamy Ndranahary eo ie. 3 Fa ino ty volanin’ny Soratsy Masy? “Nampiseho finoa an’i Jehovah, Abrahama ka nekè ho olo marina.”* 4 Ho ani-ze olo miasa, le tsy eritserety* hoe hasoam-panahy miavaky ty karama amea azy, fa raha* tsy maintsy aloa aminy. 5 Fa ho ani-ze olo tsy miasa* fe mino ani-Azy manambara ty raty fanahy hoe olo marina iny, le hekè ho olo marina, satria manam-pinoa.* 6 Nivola koa Davida fa sambatsy ze olo ekè-Ndranahary* ho olo marina, ndre tsy vokatsin’ny raha nataony aza. Hoy ty asany: 7 “Sambatsy ze olo nengà ty hadisoany, sady limbofa* ty fahotany. 8 Sambatsy ze olo tsy hisahin’i Jehovah mihintsy ty fahotany.”
9 Ty olo nisavary avao va zany ro afaky ho sambatsy manahaky ani-zay, sa ty olo tsy nisavary koa? Tsy zay fa hoy ty asantsika hoe: “Nekè* ho olo marina Abrahama satria nanam-pinoa.” 10 Ka nombia ie ro nekè* ho olo marina? Tamy ie fa nisavary va sa tamy ie mbo tsy nisavary? Tsy tamy ie fa nisavary iny, fa tamy ie mbo tsy nisavary. 11 Le nahazo famantara ie, tsy ino zay fa ty savatsy. Io ro antoky* hoe olo marina ie, satria nanam-pinoa ie, tamy ie mbo tsy nisavary. Raha zay ro nahavy azy ho babani-ze olo iaby manam-pinoa ndre tsy nisavary, mba hekè-Ndranahary* ho olo marina rozy. 12 Le raha zay koa ro nahavy azy ho lasa baban’ny taranaky nisavary rey, le tsy hoe babani-ze nisavary avao, fa babani-ze olo manam-pinoa manahaky ty nananany koa. Fa nanam-pinoa Abrahama babantsika ndre mbo tsy nisavary aza.
13 Tsy hoe satria nanoriky lalàna Abrahama na ty taranakiny, le nampitamany hoe handova tontolo raiky, fa satria nekè ho olo marina ie vokatsin’ny finoany. 14 Fa laha ze olo manaraky lalàna ro mpandova, le lasa tsy misy ilà azy ty finoa, sady rava fampitamana iny. 15 Tsy zay fa mahavy ty heloki-Ndranahary ty Lalàna, satria lafa tsy misy lalàna, le tsy misy fandikan-dalàna.
16 Dikani-zay, nahazo an’ny fampitamana iny Abrahama satria nanam-pinoa, le hasoam-panahy miavaky ro nahazoany an’ny raha zay. Le ho azo antoky amy zay fa ho tanteraky amy taranakiny iabiaby fampitamana iny, tsy ho ani-ze manaraky Lalàna avao, fa ho ani-ze mampiseho finoa manahaky an’i Abrahama, azy babantsika iaby iny koa. 17 —Tsy zay fa ho zao ty voasoratsy: “Nitendreko ho baban’ny firenena maro iha.”— Natao tamasoni-azy Ndranahary ninoany iny teo raha zay, zany hoe azy mamelo ty maty iny sady mivola ty raha mbo tsy miseho sahala raha fa miseho iny.* 18 Mbo nitamà avao Abrahama ndre atao raha hoe tsy nisy raha azo tamany sasy aza, ka nino ie fa ho lasa baban’ny firenena maro, araky ty nivolany iny hoe: “Hanahaky ani-reo ty taranakinao.” 19 Ndre tsy nihanalemy aza ty finoany, le hainy fa sahala fa maty ty vatany,—tsy zay fa fa 100 tao teo ho eo Abrahama—sady fa maty* koa ty kibon’i Saraha. 20 Fe fa nampitamà Ndranahary, le nino Abrahama fa tsy nisalasala mihintsy. Le nahazo hery ie vokatsin’ny finoany, ka nanome voninahitsy a-Ndranahary, 21 sady nieky tanteraky fa vita-Ndranahary ty manatanteraky ani-ze raha nampitamaniny. 22 Le “nekè* ho olo marina ie.”
23 Fe tsy ho azy raiky avao ty nanorata an’ny safà iny hoe: “Nekè* ho olo marina ie”, 24 fa ho antsika koa. Natao ho antsika koa raha zay, satria mino ani-Azy namelo an’i Jesosy Tompontsika iny tsika. 25 Nengà ho maty vokatsin’ny fahotantsika ie, le nivelomy ndraiky mba hanambarà antsika ho olo marina.