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.
pe niti, neke uNguluve alyavakanile avaanhu vake? nambe padebe. ulwakuva najune kange nili mwiSilaeli ghwa kikolo kya Abulahamu, ghwa kikolo kya Benyamini.
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:
UNguluve nalyavakanile avaanhu vake, vano alyavamanyile kuhuma mu vwandilo. pe namukagula ililembe liti kiki kuhusu uEliya, ndavule alyansumile uNguluve kyanya ja Silaeli?
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
Ntua vabudile avavili vako vope vanyemwile ilitekelo lyako. nijighe ene ne mwene, vope vinoghua uvwumi vwango”.
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
neke ulwamulo lwa Nguluve luti kiki kuveene? “nivike vwimila jango avaanhu imbilima lekela lubale vano navikumfughamila uBaali”.
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
nambe lino unsiki ughu ghwa lino kange kwevale vano vasighile vwimila vusalusi vwa vumosi.
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.
neke nave vwe vumosi, sio kange kumaghendele,
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
pe kiki? imbombo jino uIsilaeli alyale ilonda nakakyaghile looli havakemelua vakakyagha, navange vakaponesevua uvusito.
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.”
ndavule jilyalembilue: “'uNguluve avapelile umwoojo ghwa ghano naghilila neke valekaghe kulola, ni mbughulutu neke navangapulikaghe kuhanga umusyughi iji.”
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
ghwope uDavidi iti, “leka imesa save sive vwafu, lutengo, lubale lwa kukuvala, na kuhombekesia uluhombo kuvene.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
leka aamaso ghaponekesivue ing'iisi neke vakunue kulola. ukaghaghunamisie amasana ghave ifighono fyoni”
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.
pe nijova, “pe vakuvile nambe kughua?” nalungavisaghe nahele ifighono fyoni. pepano kwa kukunua kuveene, uvuvangi vufikile ku iisi, neke vavuo vaponekesivue uvwifu
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
lino nave kukunua kwave vwe vumofu vwa iisi, pe kalingi pwevuli uvukamilifu kwave kukila.
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
na lino nijova numue mwevaanhu va pa iisi. ulwakuva muli vasung'ua va vaanhu va iisi isinge, nikujighinia mu mbombole jango inofu.
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
ndeponu nikuvaponia uvwifu ku vano valim'bili ghumo nune. pamo ndeponu tukuvapoka vamonga.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
ulwakuva nave kukanilua kwave ghe mapuling'ano gha pa iisi, pe luvisagha ndani kukwupilua kwave, looli vwumi kuhuma ku vafue?
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
nave imheke isa kwanda sa kuvikilisia, pe jilivuo inonge ja vutine. nave ghuvikilisia amalela na gha matafi vulevule.
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,
neke nave amatafi ghadumulivue ndavule uve, ilitafi lya museituni ghukavwalilue mu vamonga, nave ulyavombile palikimo na vavo mu malela gha vumofu vwa mseituni,
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.
nungajighiniaghe ku matafi neke nave ghukughinia na veve ghwejuno ghukughatanga amalela, looli amalela ghikukutanga uve.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
pe ghuliti, “amatafi ghakadumulivue neke nipate uvwalua mu limela”.
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
lino pe lweli vwimila kuleka kukwitika kwave vakadumulivue, neke uve ukimile ku lukangafu lwa lwitiko lwako. nungajisaghile juve ghwemwene mu lywa kwighinia kyongo, looli oghopagha.
21 for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
ulwakuva nave uNguluve nakaghalekila amatafi gha vutengulilo kange nailikusaghila najuve.
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.
lola himbe amaghendele amaagholofu nu vukali vwa Nguluve. ku lubale lumo, uvukali vulyisile kyanya ja vaYahudi vano valyaghwile. neke kulubale ulunge uvugholofu vwa Nguluve vukwisa kulyuve, nave ghukukala mu vugholofu vwake. nave na uluo najuve vikukubudila kutali.
23 They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
nave avene navighendelela kuleka kukwitika vivyalilila kange. ulwakuva uNguluve aliningufu sa kuvwavyala kange.
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?
ulwakuva nave umue mukadumulivue kunji ndavule umseituni ghwa mulisoli ughwa muvutengulilo, pe kusyetuka na kuvyalua mumseituni ghuno nono, nakwekukila kyongo ava Yahudi, vano hwene matafi gha muvutengulilo ghano ndeponu ghivwalua kange nkate ja mseituni gwave vene?
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,
ulwakuva vanyalukolo nanilonda muleke kukagula sino sifisime neke kuuti namungavisaghe vakoola kwa kusagha kwinu jumue. ulufiso ulu kwe kuuti ulutalamu luhumile ku Isilaeli kuhanga kukamilika kwa iisi kyale kwisile.
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.
lino avasilarli voni vilipokua ndavule jalembilue, “kuhuma ku saYuni ilikwisa uMpoki ivusia uvuhosi kuhuma ku Yakovo.
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
nili liiva lipuling'ano palikimo navo, unsiki ghuno kyale nikusivusia isambi save”.
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
ku lubale lumo kujova isa livangili vwimila jinu. ku lubale ulunge kuhumilanila nu vutavusi vwa Nguluve, vaghanilue vwimila avaghogholo,
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
ulwakuva ilitekelo nuvukemelo lwa Nguluve nalubadilika.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
ulwakuva muvwasio umue mulyamuhokile uNguluve, neke lino mwupile ulusungu vwimila uvuhosi kwave.
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
ku sila jijijio lino avayahudi ava vahokile. amahumile ghake kwekuuti kuhumila mulusungu luno mulyapelilue umue ndeponu kange mukwupila ulusungu,
ulwakuva uNguluve avapinyile avaanhu vooni ku vuhosi neke awesie kukuvasaghila voni. (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!
ndavule silivuo mbaha uvomofu nu vukoola nu luhala lwa Nguluve! nasiloleka inyigho sake na kusila sa mwene nasiloleka!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
ulwakuva ghwe veni juno ikagula uvufumbue vwa Mutwa? nambe ghwe veni umuvungi ghwake?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
neke ghweveni juno ampelile kimonga uNguluve, neke ahombue kange?
