Ròm 10
1 Frè m' yo, jan m' ta renmen wè jwif yo sove! Jan mwen pa manke lapriyè Bondye pou yo!
My friends, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for my people is for their salvation.
2 Paske, m'ap kanpe di sa pou yo: yo devwe anpil pou sèvis Bondye a, men yo manke konprann.
I can testify that they are zealous for the honour of God; but they are not guided by true insight,
3 Yo pa t' konprann ki jan Bondye t'ap fè lèzòm gras. Yo te pito chache fè sa nan jan pa yo. Se konsa yo pa t' asepte jan Bondye te vle fè l' la.
for, in their ignorance of the divine righteousness, and in their eagerness to set up a righteousness of their own, they refused to accept with submission the divine righteousness.
4 Paske, avèk Kris la, lalwa a jwenn bout li. Konsa, Bondye fè tout moun ki kwè nan Kris la gras.
For Christ has brought Law to an end, so that righteousness may be obtained by everyone who believes in him.
5 Koute: men sa Moyiz te ekri pou esplike ki jan Bondye fè yon moun gras lè l' fè sa lalwa a mande: Moun ki va fè sa lalwa a mande li fè a, va jwenn lavi l' ladan li.
For Moses writes that, as for the righteousness which results from Law, those who practice it will find life through it.
6 Men, men sa yo di pou esplike ki jan Bondye fè yon moun gras lè l' kwè: Piga ou di nan kè ou: Kilès ki va moute nan syèl la? (Sa vle di: pou fè Kris la desann soti ladan li.)
But the righteousness which results from faith finds expression in these words: “Do not say to yourself ‘Who will go up into heaven?’” (which means to bring Christ down)
7 Ou ankò: Kilès ki va desann anba nan gwo twou san fon an? (Sa vle di: pou fè Kris la leve soti vivan pami mò yo.) (Abyssos g12)
“or ‘Who will go down into the depths below?’” (which means to bring Christ up from the dead). (Abyssos g12)
8 Kisa yo di ankò? Men sa yo di: Pawòl la toupre ou, li nan bouch ou, li nan kè ou. Epi pawòl la se mesaj konfyans nan Bondye, mesaj n'ap anonse a.
No, but what does it say? “The message is near you, on your lips and in your heart” (which means “The message of faith” which we proclaim).
9 Si ou deklare ak bouch ou devan tout moun Jezi se Seyè a, si ou kwè tout bon nan kè ou Bondye te fè l' leve soti vivan pami mò yo, wa sove.
For, if with your lips you acknowledge the truth of the message that JESUS IS LORD, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 Paske, lè yon moun gen konfyans tout bon nan kè l', se lè sa a Bondye fè l' gras. Lè yon moun deklare ak bouch li devan tout moun li gen konfyans nan Bondye, se lè sa a Bondye delivre li,
For with their hearts people believe and so attain to righteousness, while with their lips they make their profession of faith and so find salvation.
11 dapre sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Nenpòt moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li p'ap janm soti wont.
As the passage of scripture says – “No one who believes in him will have any cause for shame.”
12 Konsa, nanpwen diferans ant moun ki jwif ak moun ki pa jwif: yo tout gen yon sèl Mèt ki bay tout moun ki rele l' favè l' an kantite.
For no distinction is made between the Jew and the Greek, for all have the same Lord, and he is bountiful to all who invoke him.
13 Se sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Nenpòt moun ki rele non Met la gen pou jwenn delivrans.
For everyone who invokes the name of the Lord will be saved.
14 Ki jan y'a fè rele l', si yo poko gen konfyans nan li? Ki jan pou yo gen konfyans nan li, si yo pa tande pale sou li? Ki jan pou yo tande pale sou li,
But how, it may be asked, are they to invoke one in whom they have not learned to believe? And how are they to believe in one whose words they have not heard? And how are they to hear his words unless someone proclaims him?
15 si pa gen pesonn pou fè konnen mesaj la? Ki jan pou yo fè fè konnen mesaj la, si pa gen moun yo voye pou sa? Dapre sa ki te ekri a: Ala bèl bagay lè ou wè moun k'ap pote yon bon nouvèl ap vini!
And how is anyone to proclaim him unless they are sent as his messengers? As scripture says – “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
16 Men, se pa tout ki asepte bon nouvèl la. Se poutèt sa Ezayi te di: Mèt, kilès ki te kwè mesaj nou te bay la?
Still, it may be said, everyone did not give heed to the good news. No, for Isaiah asks – “Lord, who has believed our teaching?”
17 Konsa, se lè ou tande mesaj la ou vin gen konfyans. Mesaj la, se pawòl Kris la y'ap anonse.
And so we gather, faith is a result of teaching, and the teaching comes in the message of Christ.
18 Men, m'ap mande: Eske Izrayèl pa t' tande mesaj la? Men wi. Yo tande l' byen pwòp. Paske, jan sa te ekri nan Liv la: Pawòl nan bouch yo gaye sou tout latè. Mesaj yo bay la rive nan dènye bout latè.
But I ask “Is it possible that people have never heard?” No, indeed, for – “Their voices spread through all the earth, and their message to the ends of the world.”
19 Men, m'ap mande ankò: Eske Izrayèl pa t' konprann sa? Pou kòmanse, men repons Moyiz bay: M'ap fè nou fè jalouzi pou moun ki pa menm yon nasyon tout bon. M'ap fè nou fè kòlè poutèt yon pèp ki san konprann.
But again I ask “Did not the people of Israel understand?” First there is Moses, who says – “I, the Lord, will stir you to rivalry with a nation which is no nation; against an undiscerning nation I will arouse your anger.”
20 Ezayi menm pouse radiyès li pi lwen toujou lè l' di: Moun ki pa t'ap chache m' yo, se yo menm ki jwenn mwen. Moun ki pa t'ap mande pou mwen yo, se yo menm mwen fè wè mwen.
And Isaiah says boldly – “I was found by those who were not seeking me; I made myself known to those who were not inquiring of me.”
21 Men, men sa li di sou Izrayèl: Tout lajounen m'ap lonje men m' bay yon pèp ki rebèl, k'ap fè wòklò.
But of the people of Israel he says – “All day long I have stretched out my hands to a people who disobey and contradict.”
