Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
Milaza ny marina ao amin’ i Kristy aho, fa tsy mandainga, sady miara-milaza amiko ao amin’ ny Fanahy Masìna koa ny fieritreretako,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
fa mafy ny alaheloko, ka tsy mety mitsahatra ny fahorian’ ny foko.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
Fa efa saiky niriko aza ho voaozona ho afaka tamin’ i Kristy ny tenako mba hahavonjeko ny rahalahiko, havako araka ny nofo,
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
izay Isiraelita sady manana ny fananganan’ anaka sy ny voninahitra sy ny fanekena sy ny fanomezana ny lalàna sy ny fombam-pivavahana ary ny teny fikasana;
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)
azy koa ny razana, sady avy taminy araka ny nofo Kristy, Izay ambonin’ izy rehetra, Andriamanitra isaorana mandrakizay. Amena. (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.
Kanefa tsy lazaiko fa foana ny tenin’ Andriamanitra tsy akory. Fa tsy izay rehetra avy amin’ ny Isiraely no Isiraely.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
Ary na dia taranak’ i Abrahama aza ireo, tsy dia ary zanany avokoa; fa avy amin’ isaka no hantsoina izay taranaka ho anao.
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.
Izany hoe: Tsy ny zanaky ny nofo no zanak’ Andriamanitra; fa ny zanaky ny teny fikasana no isaina ho taranaka.
9 For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
Fa izao no filàzan’ ny teny fikasana: Raha avy ny taona toy izao, dia ho avy Aho, ary hanana zazalahy Saraha.
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
Ary tsy izany ihany, fa Rebeka koa dia nanan’ anaka tamin’ ny anankiray, dia tamin’ isaka razantsika;
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,
fa raha tsy mbola teraka ireo, ary tsy mbola nanao tsara na ratsy (mba hitoeran’ ny fikasan’ Andriamanitra araka ny fifidianana, tsy avy amin’ ny asa, fa avy amin’ izay miantso),
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
dia nolazaina tamin-dravehivavy hoe: Ny zokiny hanompo ny zandriny;
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
araka ny voasoratra hoe: Jakoba no tiako, fa Esao no halako.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
Ahoana ary no holazaintsika? Misy tsi-fahamarinana va amin’ Andriamanitra? Sanatria izany!
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.”
Fa hoy Izy tamin’ i Mosesy: Izaho hiantra izay hiantrako, ary hamindra fo amin’ izay hamindrako fo.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Koa dia tsy avy amin’ izay maniry na amin’ izay mihazakazaka izany, fa avy amin’ Andriamanitra Izay miantra.
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.”
Fa hoy ny Soratra Masìna tamin’ i Farao: Izany no nanandratako anao, mba ho entiko mampiseho ny heriko, ary mba hanambarana ny anarako any amin’ ny tany rehetra.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Koa izay tiany hamindrana fo no amindrany fo, ary izay tiany hohamafìna fo no hamafiny fo.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
Hianao ary dia hanao amiko hoe: Koa nahoana Izy no manome tsiny ihany? Fa iza no manohitra ny sitrapony?
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?”
Tsia, ralehilahy, fa iza moa ianao, no mamaly an’ Andriamanitra? Izay zavatra noforonina va hanao amin’ izay namorona azy hoe: Nahoana Hianao no nanao ahy toy izao?
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?
Ny mpanefy vilany va tsy manam-pahefana amin’ ny tanimanga, ka ny vongany iray ihany no anaovany zavatra samy hafa, ny iray hohajaina, ary ny iray hatao tsinontsinona?
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,
Sa ahoana kosa raha Andriamanitra, na dia ta-haneho ny fahatezerany sy hampahafantatra ny heriny aza, dia be fahari-po ka nandefitra tamin’ izay fanaky ny fahatezerana voavoatra hosimbana,
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
mba hampahafantarina koa ny haren’ ny voninahiny amin’ izay fanaky ny famindram-po, izay namboariny rahateo hahazo voninahitra,
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
dia isika izay nantsoiny koa, tsy ny avy amin’ ny Jiosy ihany, fa ny avy amin’ ny jentilisa koa,
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.”
araka izay lazainy eo amin’ i Hosea hoe: Hiantso ny tsy oloko hoe oloko Aho; Ary ilay tsy malala hoe malala;
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.’”
Ary any amin’ ny tany izay nilazana taminy hoe: Tsy oloko ianareo, Dia any no hiantsoana azy hoe zanak’ Andriamanitra velona.
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;
Ary Isaia milaza ny amin’ ny Isiraely hoe: Na dia toy ny fasika any amin’ ny ranomasina aza ny isan’ ny Zanak’ isiraely, dia izay sisa ihany no hovonjena;
28 for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
fa amin’ ny fahatanterahana faingana no hanefan’ i Jehovah ny teniny ambonin’ ny tany;
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.”
ary araka izay nolazain’ Isaia fahiny hoe: Raha tsy Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, no namela taranaka ho antsika, Dia efa tonga tahaka an’ i Sodoma sy tonga tahaka an’ i Gomora isika.
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;
Ahoana ary no holazaintsika? Ny jentilisa, izay tsy nitady fahamarinana, no nahazo fahamarinana, nefa fahamarinana izay avy amin’ ny finoana?
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
fa ny Isiraely, izay nitady lalàn’ ny fahamarinana kosa, dia tsy nahatratra izany lalàna izany.
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,
Nahoana moa? Satria tsy tamin’ ny finoana, fa toa tamin’ ny asa, ka tafintohina tamin’ ny vato mahatafintohina izy;
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.”
araka ny voasoratra hoe: Indro Aho mametraka vato mahatafintohina sy vatolampy mahasolafaka ao Ziona; Ary izay mino Azy tsy ho menatra.
