Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
Ni wamba vuniti mwa Kreste, kani chengi, mi muhupulo wangu uhindite vupaki name muluho lu Jolola,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
kuti kwangu kwina kulira kukando niku chiswa ku nkulo kusa mani.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
Kaho ni sepa kuti ime ni mwine ni kutiwe nikuvikwa ku mbali kuzwa kwa kreste che vaka lya vamukulwangu, avo va mushovo wangu chokuya ke nyana.
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
Ma isilaele. vena ku añulwa, inkanya, chilikani, impo zo mulao, kulumbeka kwe Ireeza, ni nsepiso.
5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed for the ages (aiōn g165). Amen.
Va sukukulu vava sukulu kwava kazwi Kreste wa keza ni kute kwi nyama- Iye yali Ireeza konse. Alumbekwe kuya kwile. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.
Kono kena kuti insepiso za Ireeza za kanga. Kaho kena vonse vena mwa Isilaele vazwa mwa Isilaele.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
mane ni vaana va Abrahama vaana vakwe ve niti. Kono, “nji ka Isaac kuti vaana venu kava sumpwe.”
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.
Icho njikuti, vaana ve nyama kena vaana ve Ireeza. Kono vaana ve nsepiso va vikitwe nji vaana.
9 For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
Kaho ilyi nji linzwi lye nsepiso: “keyi nako munize, mi mwana kahewe kwa Sarah.”
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
Isiñi fela ichi, kono haisi Rebecca naye ava zalwa cha mukwame yenke, Ishetu Isaac-
11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
kaho vaana kena vavali kuzalitwe mi kena vava pangi chintu chilotu kapa chimbi, njokuti intokwahalo za Ireeza chokuya chokuli ketela chiwole kuzimana, isiñi cha mitendo, koho chevaka lyakwe yo sumpa-
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
iva wambwa kwali, “mukulwana ka seveleze muhwile.”
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
iswana sina muiva ñolelwa: “Jacovo niva kumusaka, kono Esau niva kumutoyete.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
Cwale he katu wambe nzi? kwina kusa jolola ni Ireeza? kanji ipangahali.
15 For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Kaho uwamba kwa Mushe, “kanive ni chishemo kozo yete ninive ni chishemo, mi kanive ni nkumbo kwali yete ninive ni kumbo.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Cwalehe, kena kuti nji kwakwe we ntato, kapa iye yo mata, kono ivaka lya Ireeza, yo vonisa chishemo.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Kaho iñolo lyi wamba kwa Pharoah, “kelyi vaka niva kunyemuni, njokuti ni sondeze manta angu kwako, mi hape kuti izina lyangu lyive kuwambwa mwifasi lyonse.”
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Cwalehe, Ireeza wina chishemo kwavo va saka, mi avo va saka, uvapanga kusa zuwa.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
Kamuwambe cwalehe kwangu, “chinzi hasi wana zifoso? kaho yense ya vazimani he ntato yakwe?”
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
kwimbali imwi, mukwame, njeweni witava havusu vwe Ireeza? kana china chiva vumbwa kachiwole kuwamba kozo yava chivumbi, “Chinzi hova ni pangi mwinzila umu?”
21 Or has not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
muvumbi kena mulao hewulu lye tope kupanga kwi lambi iswana ni chivikilo cho musevezi wo vutokwa, mi ni chimwi chivikilo chokusevelisa izuva ni zuva?
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Cwale haiva Ireeza, ya saka ku vonisa vukali niku panga manta akwe aziveke, ava lindizi ninkulo inde yo kuvika vukali vwakwe che nchanganiso?
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
Cwale kape ava pangi izi njokuti ezivahaze chifumu che nkanya yakwe mukati kezi vukilo ze chishemo, yava vikili kumasule inkanya?
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
Cwale kape ava chitupangili naswe, avo vava sumpi hape, isiñi fela mukati ka Majuda, kono hape niku ma Genitiles?
25 As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”
Sina ha wamba hape mwa Hosea: “kani sumpe vantu vangu vasena vavali vantu vangu, ni musakiwa wakwe yasena va kusakwa.
26 “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”
mi kaive kuti kuiva ka wambwa kuvali iva wambwa kuvali, 'kena muvantu vangu; aho kavasumpwe' vaana ve Ireeza yo hala.'”
27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;
Isaya ulila Isilaele, “haiva i nombolo ya vaana va Isilaele iswana sina ivu lye wate, kaive za shala kwezo ziva hazwa.
28 for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
Kaho Simwine mwahinde linzwi lyakwe he fasi, yahanu niku mana.
29 As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
Mi iswana sina Isaya hava wambi, “haiva Simwine kena va siyi vaana
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
Katu wambenzi cwale? kuti ma Genitiles, kena vave chilili kuchena, kuchena kwe ntumero.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at the law of righteousness.
Kono Isilaele, vave chilili kuchena ko mulao, kena vava siki koo.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Ivaka ncinzi? kakuti kena vava ichilili che tumero, kono che misevezi. Vava nkumi hechwe lyokukuma,
33 even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”
sina muivañolelwe, “lole, ni lele mwa Zion ichwe lyokukuma ni hechwe lya mafosisa. iye ya zumina muchili kete aswaviswe.”
