Romans 11
1 So now I say, God did not reject His people, did He? Of course not! Why I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin!
Mi tre ndi Rji kama ni ndji mu? Ani to bre tie to kima. Ime mi ndji u Israila, ih'bu Ibrahim u grji Banyomi.
2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel saying:
Irji na kama ni ndji ma waa he ni guci toh mba na. Ka bi toh kpye a lan tre'a hla nitu Iliya, wa a nji (kara) Israila hi ni Rji'a?
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life!”
A tre di Bachi, ba wu annabawa me, da zi koh me me, Ahi me ni kankrji mu mi don. Naki basi wa ba wuh me.
4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Naki u Rji ka kasa u da tre gye? A tre di mi hei ni di dubu tagban wa mi zi ba nitu mu. Wa bana kudran ni Ba'al na.
5 Even so then at this present time, there is a remnant according to an election by grace.
Ko naki me ni toh i ibru bari ba he ni ndindi.
6 Now if by grace, it is no longer from works; otherwise the grace is no longer grace. But if from works, it is no longer grace; otherwise the work is no longer work.
U ani taa ni zizi, wa'a ana la ni ndu na. Ani tana tokima, u zizi nala hi zizina.
7 What then? What Israel is seeking, this it did not obtain; but the election did obtain it, while the rest were dulled.
Wa hi ngye? Ikpye wa Israila ba wa bana fe na, u bi a ba chu ba'a ba fe, imbru ba ba sen tu.
8 Just as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that were not to see and ears that were not to hear, to this very day.”
Na ba han Rji no ba ibrji u meme wa bana toh shishi hei, aman bana toh na, iton hei aman bana wo na har ye ni vi kima.
9 And David says: “Let their table be made into a snare and into a trap, into a stumbling block and into a retribution to them.
Dauda a tre di du teburin ba du kam ti rjirji u vu labe, ba troko, du kam ti tita u kub za ni kpye u rju hla ni ba.
10 Let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their back always be bowed down.”
Du shishi ba ti bwu duba na toh na, du gon ba ta dran chuchu.
11 So now I say, surely they have not stumbled so as to fall [and stay fallen]? Of course not! Rather, through their transgression the salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Mi tre ndu ba k'bu za da joku? Ndu kpye nakima la tie na. Nakima k'ma hi ni gon mba yi a ndu gbujbu ye ni bi ko hra ni ndu yo ba tie ngu.
12 Now if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss riches for the nations, how much more their fulfillment!
Inde zizaa wa ba kam hi ni kogon, aji klen ye ni bi kora, ni hei kwatancin nikon ma ani hei, inde ba ye ni klekle?
13 So I am speaking to you Gentiles (inasmuch as I am ‘apostle to the Gentiles’, I magnify my ministry),
Ziza'a mi si tre ni yi, biyi wa bi kora, naki ime i mi hiu ton du hi ni kora, misi wurwo ni mi du mu.
14 if somehow I can provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Ani bi dume you mri yah bi hwu, duta kpa bari ba chuwo.
15 For if their being rejected means reconciliation for the world, what will their restoration be but life from the dead?
Inde kaba, ani ji shu tu bi ni gbugbulu in kpa ba ani hei ni hei? Ani kamti vri ni mi kwu?
16 Now if the ‘firstfruit’ is holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
U klo bi mumla bata bi mumu'uma wa ba nymo tie gble ma ni bi ngame. U inja kukron bata tsratsra me, ba ilan ma ba ba he tokima.
17 Now if some of the branches were broken off, while you, being a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them, and with them have become a partaker of the root and the rich sap of the cultivated olive,
U ilan bari u kukron bana nzi hlega, u biyi mba bina kukron Zaitun, wa ba fe nimi mba, u bina he ni gado bii ni ba, u bi ye ni mi nja zaitun a,
18 do not boast against those branches (since if you do boast—it is not you who support the root but the root you).
to, bika na gangban ni tu lan ba na. Bita gangban, ana bi yi mba ti njinja na, wa hi nja'a mba nji yi.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
U bi tre din “Ba nzi lan ba ni ndu ba fe me ni mima.
20 Granted. Because of unbelief they were broken off, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!
Wa i a njanji, naki wa njanji ba na hei na, i ki sa i baka zi ba ni mi wo, bika kri gbagban ni mi njanji bi. Na ban tubi zan na ahei na, aman bika klu sissri.
21 Because if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps He will not spare you either!
Naki inde Rji na don wo u njanji na, to ana don yi na.
22 So consider the kindness and severity of God: upon those who fell, severity; but toward you, kindness, if you continue in that kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.
Bika toh iri du bi tsanani u Rji. Niwo ri tsanani ni ye ni Yahudawa biwa ba joku. U ndindi u Rji ye ni yu'u, inde bi si zre nimi didima ba na zu yi na, aman inde bi kabi ba zu yi.
23 And even they, if they do not persist in the unbelief, will be grafted back in, because God has the power to graft them in again.
Nakima inde ba na guci ni mi njanji bana, ba vu ba sur ni mi kukron nakima Rji na iya la vu ba.
24 For if you were cut out of a wild by nature olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Inde ba chu u rhu nimi kokron zaitun mi ji, har wa bi du ba ka'u kabi nimi kukron zaitun u wu'u wo u njanji.
25 Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant of this ‘mystery’ (so that you not be conceited): hardening has come upon Israel in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Mri yah mi ni son du yi ji hei ni mi bwu na, game ni gbugbulu i du yi na hei ni toh ni mi mre bi, gbugbulu hi sen tu ni Israila, har bi korta ba ri ni me.
26 And so all Israel will be saved, just as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn ungodliness away from Jacob;
Ahei naki Israila ba wawu bau ba gbujub, nadi ba han. Ni mi Sihiyona wa ani kpa chuwo ani rjhu. Ani wur iri hle ni mi Yakubu,
27 this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
Wa i ni kam ti chunyu mu ni ba, na di mi wur mi wur lahtre ba hle ga.
28 On the one hand, regarding the Gospel, they are enemies because of you; on the other, regarding the election, they are beloved on account of the forefathers.
Ni nhma bari ni tu bishara, ba bi kran ni bi, nitu kon ri, ni tu chu u Rji ba bi son ni tu bati.
29 Because God's gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.
Na baye-baye ni you u Rji hana ya ka ba sran na.
30 For just as you also were once disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy through their disobedience,
Biyi me ni sen bina ta hu tre Rji na, naki ziza'a bi kpa didi nitu lahtre ba.
31 so also these have now been disobedient that through the mercy shown to you they also may be shown mercy.
Ni koh kima Yahudawa biyi ba kam ti bi sen tu, ni tu didi wa ba tsro ta, baba me ba kpa didi ziza'a.
32 Yes, God has given everyone over to disobedience so that He might show mercy to all. (eleēsē g1653)
Naki Rji ka ko ngham nitu sen tu, don du tsro didi ni ko nghan. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh, the depth of the riches of God's wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways!
Ina misali juju ikle ni toh, ni toh iri u Rji. Hukunche-hukunche ma ba zan guci bichika, ikoh ma ba zan guci toh.
34 Because “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
Nakima, ahi nghan ni no Bachi i mre? a nghan ni ni tre?
35 Or “Who has ever given to Him and has to be repaid?”
Naki a nghan guci no Rji kpie du han wu?
