Arumi 9
1 Nilongela kweli nkati Kirisitu. Nilingela lii uboso, na dhamiri yango hushudia pamo na nee nkati Roho Mtakatifu,
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 Kuwa kwina huzuni ngolo na minya kwangekotoka nkati ya mwoyo wango.
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3 Mbeletamaniya nenga na mwene laaniwa na benge lwa ekutalu na Kirisitu kwasababu ya alongo bango, balo baubile nabo pamope kwa payiga.
For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 Bembe ni Baisraeli. Baba bi na ali ya pangika bana, wa utukufu wa malagano, na sawadi ya seliya, kunnoba Nnongo, na ahadi.
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
5 Bembe bati longolwa bembe Kirisitu ati icha kwa heshima kuwala mwili goo-na jwembe ni Nnongo wa yoti. na jwembe alumbilwe bila yomoka. Amina. (aiōn g165)
whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Lakini si ahadi ya Nnongo itishindwa timya. Mana sio kila mundu jwabile Israel ga Mwisrael halisi.
But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
7 Lili hata kibelekwi wa Abraham ni baba bake halisi. Ila, “pitya kwa Isaka lukolo walowa kemelwa.”
neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 Ibi nyanya, bana ba yega si bana ba Nnongo. ila bana ba twahadi babonekana ba kati lukolo.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
9 Mana ale ga likowe lya ahadi: Muda wa majira go nalowa icha, na Sara apeyelwa mwana.”
For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Ngaale bai, lakini baada ya Rebeka jingya ndumbo kwa mundu jumo, Isaka tate bitu-
And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac—
11 “Kwamba bana babi bado bana belekwa kwoko na aina panga lili lyolyote linanoga aulibaya, lenga likusudi lya Nnongo lengana na chawa liyeme, wala kwa makowe lili.
for [the children] 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 that calleth,
12 Ila kwasababu gayule jwa kemilwe. Jabaite, “Nkolo atumikia nnuna.”
it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 Kati mwaiandikilwe: “Yakobo nampendike Ila Esau nimpendikwo.”
Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
14 Bai lelo tukoyekwa? Je kwinaiba kwa Nnongo? Ata.
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 Mana alongei na Musa, “naba na samaha kwa jolo jwa nasamya, naba na uruma kwa jolo jwa namulumiya”.
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
16 Kwa-nyo, sio kwasababu ya jwembe jwa pala, sio kwasababu ya jwembe jwa tila, lakini kwa mwanza Nnongo, ngabi uruma
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
17 Mana maandiko longela kwa Farao, “likusudi-lee malum natikundobeya, lengo nikulaye ngupu yango kasako, lenga Lina lyango balitangaze panepa wote”.
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
18 Nganyo bai, Nnongo abi na uruma kwo jwojwote jwa mpendile, na jwapala kupenda, humpanga kuwa kiburi.
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Mwiso wabaya kasango, “mwanja namani bado kalibona likosa? jwaa'ko jwabile sawasawa na mwapendi jwembe?
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
20 Chachongo chake, mundu wenga wauyangwa kina chogo cha Nnongo? Kwanda wezekana cha kiukulikwe, longela kwa jwa mwikwile, mwanza namani uniukwi nyoo?”
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
21 Tutangite kwa jwa ukwa aina haki kwa kitope lengeneza kikowe kwa mwa tumizi gapendi mwene.
Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
22 Buli Nnongo, jwabi tayali jwo laya ukali wake napanga ngupu yake tanganikwa, atistaili kwa pumiliya wa lengana yombo yaibelikwe kwa kwitiniya?
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
23 buli mana waipangite yananchima lenga wilaye yananchima kwa utukufu wake juu ya yombo ya uruma ya yomwile kibika kwaajili ya utukufu?
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
24 buli mene apangite nakanchime na twenga twatukemite, siyo buka kwa ayahudi bai, ila buka na amataifa?
[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
25 Kat mwabaite Hosea: nalowa kwakema bandu bango baba bile lii bandu bango, na jwaa nipendile jwa abile adui jwango.
As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
26 Nayalowa ba palo pababaite kasabe, mwenga mwabangu bango kwa hopo bolowa ukemelwa mwabana ba Nnongo.
And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
27 Isaya andalela juu ya Israel “Kati isabu ya bana ba Israel ipeleke ba kati mwangi ya kubali, yalowaba kati linena babaokolewa.
And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:
28 Mana Nngwana alowa kulipotwa likewe lyake kwa nnema, mapena na kwatulia.
for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
29 Maana kati Isaya alongei hapo zamani panga Nngwana wa majeshi atuleki kwako lukolo kwaajili yitu, tulwe panga kati Sodoma na Gomola.
And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.
30 Tukoya lwaku oti, bandu ba mataifa bababkotwike pala haki, pabapatike haki, haki kwaaminiya.
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
31 Lakini Israel jwa ipalae seliya ya haki, haipatike kwa.
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.
32 mwanja namani? sababu baibalikwe kwa kwa imani, ila kwo tenda, bati kwikobola muliwe.
Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
33 Kati mwaiandikiwe “lollekeya, niligonjike liwe liwe la kwikobala, lya sayuni na mwamba wa kosea jwembe jwa aminiya muhe hapata kwa oni”.
even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
