Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᏥᏁᎦ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᏱᎦᏥᎪᎥᏍᎦ, ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏛ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏉᎯᏳᏓᏁᎯ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎡᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏔᏩᏕᎬ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎤᏲ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᏒ ᎠᎩᎾᏫᏱ.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
ᎬᏆᏚᎸᏗᏉᏰᏃ ᎠᏋᏒ ᎨᏒ ᎥᎩᏍᎦᏨᎯ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎥᏆᏓᏓᎴᏙᏗᏱ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎡᎲᎢ ᎦᏥᏍᏕᎵᏍᎬ ᎣᏣᏓᏅᏟ, ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏗᏋᏅ Ꭰ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎨᏒᎢ;
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏧᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᏥᎩ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ ᏥᎩ [ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ] ᏧᏪᏥ ᎢᎨᎬᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏓᏠᎯᏍᏛᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎨᏥᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ;
5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏂᏙᏓ ᏥᎩ ᎠᏂᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏁᎲᎢ, Ꭰ ᎠᏇᏓᎵ ᎨᏒ ᏧᎷᏤ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ, ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ, ᏫᎾᏍᏛᎾ ᎦᎸᏉᏙᏗ. ᎡᎹᏅ. (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.
ᎥᏝ ᎠᏗᎾ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏁᏨ ᎠᏎᏉᏉ ᏥᏄᎵᏍᏔᏃ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ [ ᏱᏥᏁᎦ, ] ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏱᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏧᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᏥᎩ.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᏧᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᏥᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏧᏪᏥ ᏱᎩ; ᎡᏏᎩᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏚᏙᎥ ᎨᏥᏯᏅᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏣᏁᏢᏔᏅᎯ.
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.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏯᏛᏅ, ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎾᏕᏔᏅᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏪᏥ ᏱᎩ; ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏛᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᎾᏕᏔᏅᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏪᏥ ᏧᏰᎸᏗ.
9 For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎤᎵᏁᏨ ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏛᎢ. ᎯᎠᏉ ᎢᏳ ᏓᏥᎷᏥ, ᎠᎴ ᏎᎵ ᏓᎦᎾᏄᎪᏫᏏ ᎠᏧᏣ.
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩᏉ ᏱᏄᏍᏗ; ᎵᏇᎩᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎤᏁᎵᏨ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏏᏴᏫ ᎠᏥᏁᎵᏤᎸ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎩᏙᏓ ᎡᏏᎩ;
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,
ᏗᏂᏲᎵᏰᏃ ᎠᏏ ᎾᎾᏕᎲᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏏ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲᎢ ᎾᎾᏛᏁᎲᎾ ᎨᏎᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᎸ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏧᏑᏰᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏲᎢᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎥᏝ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯᏍᎩᏂ ᏗᏯᏂᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᎸᎢ;
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
ᎯᎠ ᎾᏥᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎤᏓᏂᎵᎨ ᏚᏁᎶᏕᏍᏗ ᎣᏂ ᎡᎯ;
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎬᏅ ᏥᎪᏪᎳ, ᏤᎦᏈ ᎣᏏᏳ ᏥᏰᎸᏅ, ᎢᏐᏍᎩᏂ ᏥᏂᏆᏘᎸ.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎦᏙ ᏓᏓᏛᏂ? ᏥᎪ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏪᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ? ᎬᏩᏟᏍᏗ.
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.”
ᎣᏏᏰᏃ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏥᏪᏎᎭ, ᏥᏯᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏥᏯᏙᎵᎩ ᎨᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏪᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᏥᏯᏓᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎤᏪᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᏥᏯᏓᏅᏓᏓ ᎨᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏚᎸᎲ ᏱᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏚᏍᏆᎸᏔᏅ ᏱᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ, ᎤᎾᎳᏅᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᎸᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᏙᎵᎩ ᏥᎩ.
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.”
ᎪᏪᎵᎯᏰᏃ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏥᏪᏎ ᏇᏓᏲ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᏕᎬᏯᎴᏔᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎩᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏆᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏂᎯ ᎬᏴᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᏓᏆᏙᎥ ᏧᏃᏣᎶᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏂᎬᎾᏛᎢ.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎦᏙᎵᎪ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏥᏯᏙᎵᎩ ᎡᎳ, ᎠᎴ ᎩᎶ ᏥᏍᏓᏱᏓ ᎡᎳ ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏗᏍᎪᎢ.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
ᎯᎠ Ꭷ ᎨᎵ ᏅᏛᏍᎩᏪᏎᎵ, ᎦᏙᏃ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎡᏍᎦ ᎠᏰᎸᏍᎦ? ᎦᎪᏰᏃ ᏚᎦᏘᎴᏅ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬᎢ?
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?”
ᎠᏎᏃ ᏂᎯ ᏴᏫᏉ ᎦᎪ ᎢᏣᏍᏗ ᏥᏁᏤᎭ ᏕᎯᎦᏘᎴᎬ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ? ᏥᎪ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᏢᏅᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏅᏓᎦᏪᏎᎵ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏬᏢᏅᎯ, ᎦᏙᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏍᏋᏁᎸ ᎢᏍᏉᏢᏅ?
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?
ᏝᏍᎪ ᏗᏩᎵ ᏗᎪᏢᏍᎩ ᏳᎭ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬ ᎢᏳᏩᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎦᏓᏆᎳ, ᎾᏍᎩᏉ ᎦᎾᏆᎸᏒ ᎠᎬᎭᎸᏛ ᏌᏉ ᎠᏖᎵᏙ ᎤᏬᏢᏗᏱ ᎦᎸᏉᏙᏗ, ᏅᏩᏓᎴᏃ ᎦᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ?
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,
[ ᎦᏙᏃ ᏳᏍᏗ, ] ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎬ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏩᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᏔᎳᏬᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎵᏂᎬᎬ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᏗᏱ, ᎬᏂᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏗᏍᎬ ᎪᎯᏗᏳ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏱᏚᏪᎵᏎᎸ ᏗᏖᎵᏙ ᎤᏔᎳᏬᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏗᏟᏍᏗ, ᏗᏛᏅᎢᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᏗᏛᏙᏗᏱ;
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ [ ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎬ ] ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏩᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎤᏣᏔᏅᎯ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏕᎬᏗᏍᎬ ᏗᏖᎵᏙ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏗᏟᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏛᏅᎢᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᏂᎨᏎ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏗᎨᏒ ᏭᎾᏕᏗᏱ,
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ, ᎢᎩᏯᏅᏛ ᏥᎩ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᏂᏧᏏᏉ ᎤᏅᏒ ᎠᏁᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᎠᏁᎲᎢ;
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.”
ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎦᏪ ᎰᏏᎠ ᎤᏬᏪᎸᎢ; ᏗᏆᏤᎵ ᏴᏫ ᎦᏥᏲᏎᎮᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏗᏆᏤᎵ ᏴᏫ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏥᎨᏒᎩ; ᎠᎴ ᏥᎨᏳᎢ ( ᏥᏲᏎᎮᏍᏗ, ) ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏥᎨᏳᎢ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏥᎨᏒᎩ.
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.’”
ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂ, ᎾᎿᎭᏂ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎨᏥᏪᏎᎸᎢ, ᏂᎯ ᎥᏝ ᎠᏴ ᏗᏆᏤᎵ ᏴᏫ ᏱᎩ; ᎾᎿᎭᏂ ᎬᏂᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎨᎪᏎᎮᏍᏗ.
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;
ᎢᏌᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᎭ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏕᎧᏁᎢᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ; ᎢᏏᎵ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏃᏳ ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎦᎳᎨᏴ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᏄᎾᏧᏈᏍᏗ, ᎤᎾᎵᏃᎯᏴᎯ ᎠᏎ ᎨᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
28 for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
ᏛᏍᏆᏗᏰᏃ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎬᏗ ᎤᎵᏍᏗᏳ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏛᏛᏁᎵ; ᎤᎵᏍᏗᏰᏃ ᏅᏛᏛᏁᎵ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏚᏭᎪᏔᏅ ᎡᎶᎯ.
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.”
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎢᏌᏯ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏄᏪᏐᎢ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᏱᎰᏩ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᏧᏓᏘᎾᎢ ᏂᎩᏃᎯᏰᎸᎾ ᏱᎨᏎ ᎤᎵᏃᎯᏴᎯ, ᏐᏓᎻᏉ ᏱᏗᏓᏤᎴᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎹᎵ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᏂᎦᏍᏕᎢ.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎦᏙ ᏓᏓᏛᏂ? ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏚᏓᎴᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏄᏂᏍᏓᏩᏛᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏚᏓᎴᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᏩᏛᎲ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏚᏓᎴᏍᏙᏗ ᏥᎩ.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
ᎢᏏᎵᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏂᏍᏓᏩᏛᏛ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏚᏓᎴᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏂᏩᏛᎲ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏚᏓᎴᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
32 Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
ᎦᏙᏃ? ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏄᏅᏔᏅᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎬ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏅᏔᏅᎢ; ᏚᏃᏕᏍᏔᏁᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏅᏯ ᏗᏓᏙᏕᎯᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ;
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.”
ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎬᏅ ᏥᎦᏪᎳ, ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᏌᏯᏂ ᏓᏥᏂ ᏅᏯ ᏗᏓᏙᏕᎯᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏅᏯ ᎠᏓᎿᎭᏍᏆᎶᏍᏗᏍᎩ; ᎠᎴ ᎩᎶ ᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏕᎰᎯᏍᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
