Romans 11
1 But then I ask, “Has God rejected his people?” Of course not! I'm an Israelite myself, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Tua a hile, Pathian in a mite vawk siat zo a hi ziam? Vawk ngawl het hi. Banghangziam cile keima zong Israel mi ka hihi, Abraham suan, Benjamin minam ka hihi.
2 God has not rejected his chosen people. Don't you recall what Scripture says about Elijah? How he complained about Israel to God, saying,
Pathian in a heakkholsa mite vawk peuma ngawl hi. Laithiangtho sung ah Elijah i son sa he ngawl nu ziam? Israel te langpan in Pathian tung ah bangbang in thungen ziam cile,
3 “Lord they've killed your prophets and destroyed your altars. I'm the only one left, and they're trying to kill me too!”
Topa awng, amate in na kamsang te thatlum siat zo hi, taciang nangma biaktau te zong susia siat zo hi; taciang keima bek ka tang a, that tu in hong zong uh hi, ci hi.
4 How did God answer him? “I still have seven thousand left who have not worshiped Baal.”
Ahihang Pathian in bangbang in zo kik ziam? Baal mai ah khupdin in a kun ngawl mihing tul sali keima atu in koilai khi hi, ci hi.
5 Today it's just the same: there are still some faithful people left, chosen by God's grace.
Tasia bangma in hi hun ah zong hesuakna hang in tealsa a tanglai te om hi.
6 And since it's through grace, then clearly it's not based on what people do, otherwise grace wouldn't be grace!
Taciang thuthiamna tungtawn in a hile, hi sepna te hang hi ngawl zaw hi: tabang a hibale thuthiamna sia thuthiamna hi ngawl hi. Ahihang hi te sia sepna hang hi ngawl hi: tabang hibale sepna sia sepna hi ngawl suak leleau hi.
7 So what do we conclude? That the people of Israel didn't achieve what they were striving for—only the chosen, while the rest became hard-hearted.
Tua a hile bang ih ci tu ziam? Israel mite in a zon uh sia nga ngawl lai hi; ahihang a tealsa te in nga zo uh hi, taciang a dangte sia tuni dong in a mit uh taw lai hi.
8 As Scripture says, “God dulled their minds so their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear, to this very day.”
A ki atkhol sa bangma in, Pathian in amate i mitte khua mu ngawl tu in le a bil te uh khua za ngawl tu in, mutsua na thaa amate pia hi.
9 David adds, “May their feasts become a trap for them, a net that catches them, a temptation that brings punishment.
Taciang David in, amate sabuai sia, ngen le thang, liik thei na le amate na pha ngawl vawt man suak tahen:
10 May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection.”
Amate i mitte sia bangma mu ngawl tu in mial tahen, taciang a tawntung in amate i cingzang uh sia kuul tawntung tahen, ci hi.
11 So am I saying that they stumbled and consequently failed completely? Not at all! But as a result of their mistakes, salvation came to other nations, to “make them jealous.”
Tabang hile, ama a liikna sia pukcip vet tu ziam? Pukcip ngawl het tu hi: ahihang amate i pukna tungtawn in Gentile te tung ah ngupna theng hi, banghangziam cile amate i elna tungtawn in a thin uh uksak uh hi.
12 Now if even their failure benefits the world, and their loss profits the foreigners, how much more beneficial it would be if they were to completely fulfill what they were meant to be.
Tu in amate i pu na sia leitung bup atu in hau na hi a, amate i kiamsukna sia Gentile te atu hauna ahile; a cialcinna sia bangza in a tamzaw hauna suak tu ziam?
13 Now let me speak to you foreigners. Insofar as I'm a missionary to foreigners, I promote what I'm doing
Banghangziam cile Gentile mite awng kong son hi, keima sia Gentile mite atu in sawltak ka hi bangma in:
14 that somehow I might make my people jealous and save some of them.
Bangbangpo ahizong cilesa deina in ka mi pui te ka hanthot thei natu le pawlkhat te ka ngup thei natu ahile, ci in ka nasep ka dualthong bua hi.
15 If the result of God's rejection of them is that the world becomes God's friends, the result of God's acceptance of them would be like the dead coming back to life!
Banghangziam cile Judah mite i a vawk uh sia Pathian le leitung bup kilemna ahile, amate i a san uh sia, thina pan in nuntakna hi ngawl tu ziam?
16 If the first part of the bread dough given as an offering is holy, then so is all the rest; if the roots of a tree are holy, then so are the branches.
Banghangziam cile anpal sia thiangtho ahile, a anlom bup zong thiangtho hi: taciang a zung a thiangtho le, a bak te zong thiangtho hi.
17 Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you—a wild olive shoot—have been grafted in, and have shared with them the benefit of nourishment from the olive tree's roots,
Taciang olive kung pan a bak pawlkhat te thiak in, nangma ngam olive kung sia amate sung ah hong pe hi, taciang amate taw olive zung le a thau te na nekhawm a hile;
18 then you shouldn't look down on the other branches. If you're tempted to boast, remember it's not you who are supporting the roots, but the roots that are supporting you.
A bak te langpan in ki suangtak heak in. Na ki suangtak le, nangma in a zung na tha bua hi, a zung in nangma hong dom hi zaw hi.
19 You could make the claim, “Branches were broken off so I could be grafted in.”
Nangma in, keima hong pe pa hang in a bak te thiaktan hi, na ci tu hi.
20 All well and good—but they were broken off because of their failure to trust in God, and you stay there because you trust in God. So don't think highly of yourselves, but be respectful,
Pha hi; amate i a up ngawl uh hu in thiaktan hi, taciang nangma sia upna taw na ding hi. Kiphasak heak in, ahizong lau in:
21 because if God didn't spare the original branches, he won't spare you either.
Banghangziam cile Pathian in a omsa a bak te hawai ngawl ahile, nangma zong hong hawai tuan ngawl tu hi, ci in kidawm in.
22 You should recognize both God's kindness and toughness—he was tough on the fallen, but God is kind to you so long as you trust in his kindness—otherwise you'll be removed too.
Tua ahikom Pathian i phatna le lauhuai na sia en in: a puk te tung ah lauhuai mama hi; ahihang Ama i phatna sung ah na om paisuak le, na tung ah phatna hi tu hi: tabang a hibale nangma zong hong sattan tu hi.
23 If they no longer refuse to trust in God, they can be grafted in as well, for God is able to graft them back in again.
Taciang Judah mite zong um ngawl in a om tawntung bua uh le, pe kik tu hi: banghangziam cile Pathian in amate pe kik thei hi.
24 If you could be cut from a wild olive tree, and then be grafted artificially onto a cultivated olive tree, how much more easily they could be grafted back naturally to their own tree.
Banghangziam cile nangma sia ngam olive kung pan in hong tan tu a, olive kung pha tung ah hong pe ahile: hi a omsa olive bak te bangza in amate olive kung tung ah pe kik tu ziam?
25 I don't want you, my brothers and sisters to miss this previously-hidden truth, for otherwise you could become conceited. The people of Israel have become hard-hearted in part, until the process of the foreigners coming in is complete.
Banghangziam cile suapui te awng, noma heak na bek ah a pil bang in na ki ngaisut thak ngawl natu uh in, hi thuku he ngawl in na om tu uh ka dei bua hi; hi Israel pawlkhat te khuamu ngawl na sia Gentile te a kimtak in a tum uh dong hi tu hi.
26 This is how all Israel will be saved. As Scripture says, “The Savior will come from Zion, and he will turn Jacob away from his opposition to God.
Taciang Israel mi theampo ngupna nga tu hi: Zion pan in suatakna hong suak tu a, Jacob tung pan in Pathian nei ngawl a nuntak zia uh laisak tu hi:
27 My promise to them is that I'll take away their sins.”
Banghangziam cile amate mawna te ka laksak siat ciang in, hisia in amate tung ah ka kamciam a hihi.
28 Though they are enemies of the good news—and this is to your benefit—they are still the chosen people, and loved because of their forefathers.
Lungdamna thu taw kisai in, amate sia noma atu in ngal te a hihi: ahizong in tealna taw kisai in amate sia pu le pa te hang in hong it te na hi uh hi.
29 God's gifts and his calling can't be withdrawn.
Banghangziam cile Pathian i letsong te le sapna sung ah ki sikkik na om ngawl hi.
30 At one time you disobeyed God, but now God has shown you mercy as a result of their disobedience.
Banghangziam cile a bosa hun sung ah note in Pathian na um bua uh hi, ahihang amate i up ngawl na hang in tu in note hesuakna na nga uh hi:
31 In just the same way that they're now disobedient as you were, they will also be shown mercy like you received.
Tasia bangma in hi Judah mite zong tu in um ngawl uh hi, tabang in noma i hesuakna tungtawn in amate zong hesuakna a nga tu uh hi.
32 For God treated everyone as prisoners because of their disobedience so that he could be merciful to everyone. (eleēsē g1653)
Banghangziam cile mi theampo tung ah hesuakna a nei thei natu in, Pathian in amate theampo sia up ngawl na sung ah vaihuaisak siat hi. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh how deep are God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge! How incredible his decisions, how unimaginable his methods!
Maw Pathian i ciimna le heakna bangza thuk in bangza in zai ziam! a thukhenna te bangza in zon le vai tu haksa ziam, a lampi te bangza in mu tu haksa ziam!
34 Who can know God's thoughts? Who can give him advice?
Banghangziam cile akua in Topa thinsung he ziam? a hibale akua in Ama ngaisutna pia tu ziam?
35 Who has ever given anything to God that God would be obliged to repay?
Ahi bale Ama i thukkik tu in a piamasa akua om ziam?
