Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
Nasema ukweli katika Kristo. Sisemi uongo, na dhamira yangu hushuhudia pamoja nami katika Roho Mtakatifu,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
kwamba kuna huzuni kubwa na maumivu yasiyo koma ndani ya moyo wangu.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
Kwamba ningetamani mimi mwenyewe kulaaniwa na kutengwa mbali na Kristo kwa ajili ya ndugu zangu, wale wa jamii yangu katika mwili.
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
Wao ni Waisraeli. Walio na hali ya kufanyika watoto, wa utukufu, wa maagano, na zawadi ya sheria, kumwabudu Mungu, na ahadi.
5 of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Christ, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Wao ni watangulizi ambako Kristo amekuja kwa heshima kuvaa mwili huu - ambaye yeye ni Mungu wa vyote. Naye asifiwe milele. Amina. (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.
Lakini si kwamba ahadi za Mungu zimeshindwa kutimia. Maana si kila mtu aliye Israeli ni Mwiisraeli halisi.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."
Sivyo hata kwa uzao wa Abrahamu kuwa ni watoto wake halisi. Lakini, “ni kupitia Isaka uzao wako utaitwa.”
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 descendants.
Hii ni kwamba, watoto wa mwili si watoto wa Mungu. Lakini watoto wa ahadi wanatazamwa kuwa kama uzao.
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
Maana hili ndilo neno la ahadi: “Katika majira haya nitakuja, na Sara atapewa mtoto.”
10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
Si hili tu, lakini baada ya Rebeka kupata mimba kwa mtu mmoja, Isaka baba yetu-
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,
kwamba watoto walikuwa bado hawajazaliwa na alikuwa hajafanya jambo lolote zuri au baya, ili kwamba kusudi la Mungu kulingana na uchaguzi lisimame, wala si kwa matendo, lakini ni kwa sababu ya yule aitae.
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
Ilinenwa kwake, “Mkubwa atamtumikia mdogo.”
13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
Kama ilivyo kwisha andikwa: “Yakobo nilimpenda, lakini Esau nilimchukia.”
14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
Basi tena tutasema nini? Je kuna udhalimu kwa Mungu? La hasha.
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."
Kwa kuwa anasema kwa Musa, “nitakuwa na rehema kwa yule nitakayemrehemu, na nitakuwa na huruma kwa yule nitakayemhurumia.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Kwa hiyo basi, si kwa sababu ya yeye atakaye, wala si kwa sababu ya yeye ambaye hukimbia, lakini kwa sababu ya Mungu, ambaye huonesha rehema.
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."
Kwa kuwa maandiko husema kwa Farao, “Kwa kusudi hili maalumu nilikuinua, ili kwamba nioneshe nguvu zangu katika wewe, na ili kwamba jina langu litangazwe katika nchi yote.”
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Hivyo basi, Mungu huwa na rehema kwa yeyote ampendaye, na kwa ambaye humpenda, humfanya kuwa mkaidi.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
Kisha utasema kwangu, “Kwa nini bado anaona kosa? Ni yupi ambaye alikwisha kustahimili matakwa yake?”
20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"
Kinyume chake, mwanadamu, wewe ni nani ujibue kinyume na Mungu? Kuna uwezekano wowote wa kilichofinyangwa kusema kwa mfinyanzi, “Kwanini ulinifanya hivi mimi?”
21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Je mfinyazi huwa hana haki juu ya udongo kutengeneza chombo kwa matumizi maalumu kutokana na bonge lile lile, na chombo kingine kwa matumizi ya kila siku?
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
Vipi kama Mungu, ambaye ana utayari wa kuonesha gadhabu yake na kufanya nguvu yake kujulikana, alistahimili kwa uvumilivu wa kutosha vyombo vya gadhabu vilivyoandaliwa kwa kuangamiza?
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
Vipi kama alifanya hivi ili kwamba aoneshe wingi wa utukufu wake juu ya vyombo vya rehema, ambavyo alikwisha kuviandaa kwa ajili ya utukufu?
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
Vipi kama alifanya hii pia kwetu, ambaye pia alituita, si tu kutoka kwa Wayahudi, lakini pia kutoka kwa watu wa Mataifa?
25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'"
Kama asemavyo pia katika Hosea: “Nitawaita watu wangu ambao hawakuwa watu wangu, na mpendwa wake ambaye hakupendwa.
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.'"
Na itakuwa kwamba pale iliposemwa kwao, 'Ninyi si watu wangu,' pale wataitwa 'wana wa Mungu aliye hai.”'
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be kept safe.
Isaya analia kuhusiana na Israeli, “Kama hesabu ya wana wa Israeli ingekuwa kama mchanga wa bahari, itakuwa ni masalia ambao wataokolewa.
28 For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness; because the Lord will carry out the word decisively on the earth."
Kwa kuwa Bwana atalichukua neno lake juu ya nchi, mapema na kwa utimilifu.
29 As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."
Na kama jinsi Isaya alivyosema awali, “Kama Bwana wa majeshi hakutuachia nyuma uzao kwa ajili yetu, tungekuwa kama Sodoma, na tungefanywa kama Gomora.
30 What should we say then? That the non-Jews, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
Tutasema nini basi? kwamba watu wa Mataifa ambao walikuwa hawatafuti haki, walipata haki, haki kwa imani.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
Lakini Israeli, ambaye alitafuta sheria ya haki, hakuifikia.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
Kwanini si hivyo? Kwa sababu hawakuitafuta kwa imani, bali kwa matendo. Walijikwaa juu ya jiwe la kujikwaa,
33 even as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock to trip over; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."
kama ilivyo kwisha andikwa, “Tazama, nimelaza jiwe la kujikwaa katika Sayuni na mwamba wa kukosa. Yeye ambaye huamini katika hili hataaibika.”
