Romans 9
1 I am in Christ, and what I say is true. I'm not lying! My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm
Njogera amazima mu Kristo, sirimba, omwoyo gwange nga gunkakasa mu Mwoyo Mutukuvu,
2 how terribly sad I am, how I have never-ending pain in my heart,
nga ndimunakuwavu nnyo era nga nnumwa mu mutima.
3 for my own people, my brothers and sisters. I would rather be cursed myself, separated from Christ, if that would help them.
Nnali njagala nze mwene nkolimirwe Katonda era njawukanyizibwe ku Kristo olwa baganda bange, bwe tuli ab’omu mubiri,
4 They are my fellow-Israelites, God's chosen people. God revealed to them his glory and made agreements with them, giving them the law, true worship, and his promises.
be Bayisirayiri, abantu ba Katonda abalonde. Katonda yabalaga ekitiibwa kye, n’akola nabo endagaano, n’abawa n’amateeka ge. Yeekaalu yagibawa, n’abawa n’ebyasuubizibwa.
5 They are our forefathers—ancestors of Christ, humanly-speaking, the one who rules over everything, the eternally-blessed God. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Balina bajjajjaabwe abamanyiddwa, Kristo be yasibukamu mu mubiri. Nsaba Katonda afuga byonna atenderezebwenga emirembe gyonna, Amiina. (aiōn g165)
6 It's not that God's promise has failed. For not every Israelite is a true Israelite,
Naye si kuba nti Katonda yalemwa okutuukiriza kye yasuubiza. Si bonna ab’omu Isirayiri nti bantu ba Katonda ddala.
7 and all those who are descended from Abraham are not his true children. For Scripture says, “Your descendants will be counted through Isaac,”
Ate so si nti ly’ezzadde lya Ibulayimu bonna balyoke babeere abaana, naye ekisuubizo kyali ku Isaaka bwe kyagambibwa nti, “Mu Isaaka mwe ndituukiririza ebyo byonna bye nakusuubiza.”
8 so it's not Abraham's actual children who are counted as God's children, but only those children of God's promise who are considered his true descendants.
Kino kitegeeza nti abaana ab’omubiri si be baana ba Katonda, wabula abo ab’okusuubiza be babalibwa okuba ezzadde lya Ibulayimu.
9 This is what the promise was: “I will return next year and Sarah will have a son.”
Kubanga ekigambo ky’okusuubiza kye kino nti, “Mu kiseera nga kino Saala alizaala omwana owoobulenzi.”
10 In addition Rebecca's twin sons had the same father, our forefather Isaac.
Ate si ekyo kyokka, naye ne Isaaka jjajjaffe yalina Lebbeeka eyali olubuto.
11 But even before the children were born, and before they'd done anything right or wrong, (so that God's purpose could continue, proving God's calling of people is not based on human performance),
Naye ng’abalongo tebannazaalibwa, era nga tebannabaako kye bakola kyonna ekirungi oba ekibi, okusiima kwa Katonda nga bwe kuli,
12 she was told, “The older brother will serve the younger one.”
si lwa bikolwa wabula ku bw’oyo eyabayita, kyategeezebwa Lebbeeka nti, “Omukulu y’aliba omuweereza w’omuto.”
13 As Scripture says, “I chose Jacob, but rejected Esau.”
Era nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Yakobo namwagala, naye Esawu namukyawa.”
14 So what should we conclude? That God was unjust? Certainly not!
Kale tunaagamba ki? Ddala ddala Katonda talina bwenkanya? Kikafuuwe.
15 As he said to Moses, “I will be merciful to whoever I should show mercy, and I will have compassion on whoever I should show compassion.”
Agamba Musa nti, “Ndisaasira oyo gwe ndisaasira, era ndikwatirwa ekisa oyo gwe ndikwatirwa ekisa.”
16 So it does not depend on what we want, or our own efforts, but the merciful nature of God.
Noolwekyo tekiva ku ebyo omuntu by’ayagala newaakubadde by’akola, wabula ku kusaasira kwa Katonda.
17 Scripture records God saying to Pharaoh: “I put you here for a reason—so that through you I could demonstrate my power, and so that my name could be made known throughout the earth.”
Ebyawandiikibwa kyebyava byogera ku Falaawo nti, “Kyennava nkuyimusa, ndyoke njolese amaanyi gange mu ggwe, erinnya lyange liryoke litegeezebwe mu nsi zonna.”
18 So God is merciful to those he wishes to be, and hardens the attitude of those he wants to.
Noolwekyo Katonda asaasira oyo gw’ayagala okusaasira, ate n’akakanyaza omutima gw’oyo gw’ayagala okukakanyaza.
19 Now you'll argue with me and ask, “So why does he still blame us then? Who can resist the will of God?”
Omu akyayinza okumbuuza nti, Lwaki Katonda atunenya, obanga y’atuleetera okukola nga bw’asiima?
20 That's no way to speak, for who are you—a mere mortal—to contradict God? Can something that is created say to its creator, “Why did you make me like this?”
Naye ggwe omuntu obuntu, ggwe ani addamu ng’owakanya Katonda? Ekibumbe kiyinza okubuuza eyakibumba nti, “Lwaki wammumba bw’oti?”
21 Doesn't a potter have the right to use the same batch of clay to make both a decorative bowl and an everyday pot?
Oba omubumbi talina buyinza ku bbumba, okubumbamu ekibya eky’omugaso, oba okubumbamu ekitali kya mugaso?
22 It's as if God, wanting to demonstrate his opposition to sin and to reveal his power, bears patiently with these “pots destined for destruction,”
Katonda yayagala okulaga obusungu bwe, n’amaanyi ge eri abo bonna abaali basaanira okuzikirizibwa, kyokka n’abalaga obugumiikiriza.
23 so that he might reveal the greatness of his glory through these “pots of mercy” which he has prepared in advance for glory.
Ekyo yakikola alyoke amanyise obugagga bw’ekitiibwa kye, eri abo bonna be yeerondera okugabanira awamu ekitiibwa kye.
24 This is who we are—people he has called, not just from among the Jews, but from among the foreigners too...
Naffe yatuyita, si Bayudaaya bokka naye n’Abaamawanga.
25 As God said in the book of Hosea, “Those who are not my people I will call my people, and those who are not loved I will call the ones I love,”
Ne mu Koseya agamba nti, “Abataali bantu bange ndibayita abantu bange, Ne gwe nnali ssaagala, ndimwagala.”
26 and, “It will happen that at the place where they were told, ‘You're not my people,’ there they will be called the children of the living God.”
Mu kifo omwo mwe baayitirwa nti, “Temuli bantu bange, mwe baliyitirwa abaana ba Katonda omulamu.”
27 Isaiah cries out regarding Israel: “Even if the children of Israel have become as numerous as the sands of the sea, only a small number will be saved.
Isaaya ayogera eri Isirayiri mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka nti, “Omuwendo gw’abaana ba Isirayiri ne bwe gulyenkana ng’omusenyu gw’ennyanja, ekitundu ekirisigalawo kye kirirokolebwa.
28 For the Lord is going to quickly and completely finish his work of judgment on the earth.”
Kubanga Mukama alisalawo era alituukiriza mangu ekyo kye yagamba okukola ku nsi.”
29 As Isaiah previously said, “If the Lord Almighty had not left us some descendants, we would have become just like Sodom and Gomorrah.”
Era nga Isaaya bwe yayogera edda nti, “Singa Mukama ow’Eggye teyatulekerawo zzadde, twandifuuse nga Sodomu, era twandifaananye nga Ggomola.”
30 What shall we conclude, then? That even though the foreigners were not even looking to do right, they did grasp what is right, and through their trust in God did what was morally right.
Kale tunaagamba ki? Tugambe nti Abaamawanga abataagobereranga butuukirivu, baafuna obutuukirivu, bwe butuukirivu obuva mu kukkiriza,
31 But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded.
naye Isirayiri mu kugobereranga amateeka ag’obutuukirivu, teyafuna butuukirivu obwo?
32 Why not? Because they relied on what they did rather than trusting in God. They tripped on the stumbling-block,
Lwaki? Ekyo baalema okukituukako kubanga tebaagoberera butuukirivu mu kukkiriza wabula mu bikolwa. Beesittala ku jjinja eryo eryesittalwako,
33 just as Scripture predicted: “Look, I'm placing in Zion a stumbling-block, a rock that will offend people. But those who trust in him won't be disappointed.”
nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Laba, nteeka mu Sayuuni ejjinja eryesittalwako n’olwazi olulibasuula. Oyo amukkiriza taliswazibwa.”
