16For this reason [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
16 Yikho isithembiso satholakala ngokholo, satshengisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulomusa omkhulu ukuze yonke inzalo* ka-Abrahama ibe leqiniso lokuthi sizagcwaliseka, hatshi kulabo abanamathela eMthethweni kuphela kodwa lakulabo abanamathela ekukholweni kuka-Abrahama ongubaba wethu sonke.