Romans 11
1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Bongo natunaki: Boni, Nzambe asundolaki bato na Ye? Soki moke te! Pamba te ngai mpe nazali moto ya Isalaele, mwana ya Abrayami, kati na libota ya Benjame.
2 God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
Nzambe asundolaki bato na Ye te, oyo ayeba wuta kala. Boni, boyebi te makambo oyo Makomi ezali koloba na tina na Eliya oyo azalaki komitungisa epai ya Nzambe na tina na Isalaele:
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
— Nkolo, babomi basakoli na Yo mpe babuki bitumbelo na Yo. Mpe ngai, natikali kaka ngai moko, mpe bazali lisusu koluka koboma ngai.
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Kasi eyano nini Nzambe azongiselaki ye? — Nabombi bato nkoto sambo mpo na Ngai, ba-oyo mabolongo na bango efukameli Bala te.
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Ezali mpe bongo na tango oyo: ezali na mwa ndambo ya bato oyo Nzambe apona na ngolu na Ye.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
Nzokande, lokola koponama yango esalemaki na ngolu, elakisi ete ezali likambo ya misala te; soki te, ngolu ezali lisusu ngolu te.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
Boye toloba lisusu nini? Eloko oyo bana ya Isalaele bazalaki koluka, bazwaki yango te; kaka bato oyo Nzambe aponaki kati na bango nde bazwaki yango. Bato mosusu bakoma mitema mabanga,
8 According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”
kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Nzambe apesaki bango molimo ya pongi, miso mpo ete bamona te, mpe matoyi mpo ete bayoka te, kino na mokolo ya lelo. »
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
Mpe Davidi azali koloba: « Tika ete mesa na bango ekoma motambo liboso na bango, monyama, libaku ya kokweya mpe ya kozwa etumbu!
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
Tika ete miso na bango ekufa mpo ete bamona lisusu te, mpe babela mikongo mpo na libela! »
11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Natuna lisusu: boni, bana ya Isalaele babetaki libaku mpo ete bakweya mpo na libela? Soki moke te! Kasi likolo ya mabe na bango, lobiko epesamelaki na Bapagano mpo na kolamusa likunya ya Isalaele.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
Nzokande, soki mabe na bango epesi mokili bomengo, mpe kobunga na bango epesi Bapagano bomengo, ndenge nini kobongola mitema na bango emema te bomengo oyo eleki?
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
Nazali koloba na bino Bapagano: lokola nazali ntoma ya Bapagano, napesaka lotomo na ngai lokumu
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
na elikya ya kolamusa zuwa ya bato ya ekolo na ngai mpe kobikisa ndambo ya bato kati na bango.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
Pamba te soki kosundolama na bango ezongisi boyokani kati na Nzambe mpe mokili, koyambama na bango ekozala ndenge nini? Boni, ekozala te bomoi kati na bakufi?
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
Nzokande, soki mapa ya liboso oyo babonzeli Nzambe ezali bule, elingi koloba ete mapa nyonso oyo etikali ezali mpe bule; soki mosisa ya nzete ezali bule, elingi koloba ete bitape na yango mpe ezali bule.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,
Kasi soki bitape mosusu ekatamaki; soki yo, etape ya nzete ya olive ya zamba, bakangisaki yo kati na bitape oyo etikalaki; soki sik’oyo okomi komela, elongo na bitape yango, mayi moko oyo ezali komata wuta na mosisa ya nzete ya olive,
18 don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
kobeta tolo te liboso ya bitape oyo ekatamaki. Soki omeki kobeta tolo, yeba malamu ete ezali yo te nde ozali komema mosisa, kasi ezali mosisa nde ezali komema yo.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Okoki mpe koloba: « Bitape wana ekatamaki mpo ete bakangisa ngai na esika na yango. »
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
Olobi malamu! Bakatamaki mpo ete bazangaki kondima, kasi yo ozali wana mpo na kondima. Boye kotombola mapeka te, kasi sala nde keba.
21 for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Pamba te soki Nzambe azangaki te kokata bitape oyo ebimaka yango moko na nzete, akozanga mpe te kokata yo.
22 See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
Yango wana, sosola malamu boboto mpe kanda na Nzambe: kanda epai ya bato oyo bakweyi, mpe boboto epai na yo soki ozali kokoba kowumela kaka na bolamu yango. Soki te, yo mpe okokatama.
23 They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Mpe soki bato ya Isalaele bawumeli te kati na kozanga na bango kondima, bakokangisa bango lisusu na nzete, pamba te Nzambe azali na makoki ya kokangisa bango lisusu na nzete.
24 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Boye, soki yo owutaki na nzete ya olive ya zamba oyo ebimisaki yo mpe bakangisaki yo na nzete ya olive oyo balona, ezala soki yango te nde ebimisaki yo, ndenge nini bakoki te kozongisa bitape ya nzete oyo ebimisaki yango na nzete na yango?
25 For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
Bandeko, nalingi ete boyeba mabombami oyo mpo ete bomimona te ete boleki na bwanya: ndambo ya bana ya Isalaele bakowumela kozala mitema libanga kino Bapagano nyonso bakokota na libota ya Nzambe.
26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Boye, bato nyonso ya Isalaele bakobika, kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Mokangoli akobimela na Siona, akolongola mabe kati na Jakobi.
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
Mpe yango nde ekozala boyokani na Ngai elongo na bango tango nakolongola masumu na bango. »
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
Mpo na oyo etali Sango Malamu, bazali banguna ya Nzambe mpo na bolamu na bino; kasi mpo na oyo etali koponama oyo Nzambe asalaki, bazali balingami na Ye likolo ya bakoko na bango,
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
pamba te Nzambe abotolaka te makabo oyo asili kopesa mpe abongolaka te makanisi na Ye epai ya bato oyo asili kobenga.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
Ndenge na kala bozangaki botosi na miso ya Nzambe mpe sik’oyo Nzambe ayokeli bino mawa likolo ya kozanga botosi ya Bayuda,
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
ndenge wana mpe kozanga botosi na bango ya sik’oyo esali ete Nzambe ayokela bino mawa mpo ete ayokela bango mpe mawa.
Pamba te Nzambe akanga bato nyonso lokola na boloko ya kozanga botosi mpo ete ayokela bato nyonso mawa. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Oh, tala ndenge nini bomengo, bwanya mpe boyebi ya Nzambe ezali na mozindo mingi! Moto moko te akoki koyeba makanisi na Ye mpe kososola nzela na Ye!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
« Nani ayebaki makanisi ya Nkolo? Nani akomaki kopesa Ye toli?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Nani apesaki Nkolo eloko mpo ete Nkolo azongisela ye? »
