Romans 9
1 I am in Christ, and what I say is true. I'm not lying! My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm
NGAI kin lokaia melel ren Kristus, o i sota kin likam, pwe insen ai o Ngen saraui kadede ia da,
2 how terribly sad I am, how I have never-ending pain in my heart,
Me i kin patautau o insensued nan mongiong i kaukaule.
3 for my own people, my brothers and sisters. I would rather be cursed myself, separated from Christ, if that would help them.
Pwe pein ngai inong iong en riala, pwen dooki wei sang Kristus pweki ri ai kan ni pali uduk.
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.
Iei men Israel me udan seri en Kot, me ar lingan, o inau kan, o kapung, o upa Kot, o kokop akan mia,
5 They are our forefathers—ancestors of Christ, humanly-speaking, the one who rules over everything, the eternally-blessed God. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Me samaneki sam atail akan me Kristus pil tapi sang ia ni pali uduk a, me poedi meakaros, iei Kot me iasanai kokolata, amen. (aiōn g165)
6 It's not that God's promise has failed. For not every Israelite is a true Israelite,
Pwe kaidin dene masan en Kot so pwaida, pwe kaidin karos men Israel, me tikidar Israel;
7 and all those who are descended from Abraham are not his true children. For Scripture says, “Your descendants will be counted through Isaac,”
Pil kaidin karos seri kan, me kisan kadaudok en Apraam; pwe sang ren Isaak kadaudok om pan tapi sang ia.
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.
Ari, kaidin irail seri en Kot akan, me seri kan ni tiak en uduk, a seri en inau kan pan wad ong kadaudok o.
9 This is what the promise was: “I will return next year and Sarah will have a son.”
Pwe i masan, masan en inau eu: Ni ansau o I pan kodo, a Sara pan naitikada seri ol amen.
10 In addition Rebecca's twin sons had the same father, our forefather Isaac.
A kaidin i eta, pwe pil Repeka lao lisean ong sam atail Isaak.
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),
Pwe ni ansau seri ko kaikenta ipwidier, o pil kaikenta wiadar meakot mau de me sued, o pwe kupur en Kot en pwaida, kaidin ni wiawia a ni lipilipil ren me piladar o,
12 she was told, “The older brother will serve the younger one.”
A kotin masani ong i: Me laud o pan papa me tikitik!
13 As Scripture says, “I chose Jacob, but rejected Esau.”
Duen a intingidier: Iakop me I pok ong er, a Esau me I likidmalielar.
14 So what should we conclude? That God was unjust? Certainly not!
Ari, da me kitail en inda? Kot me sapung? O so!
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.”
Pwe a kotin masani ong Moses: I pan maki ong, me I men maki ong, o I pan pokepoke, me I men pokepoke.
16 So it does not depend on what we want, or our own efforts, but the merciful nature of God.
Ari, sota katepa, ma amen pan pein inong iong de tange wei, a ma Kot pan kotin maki ong amen.
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.”
Pwe kisin likau me katitiki ong Parao: Nan iet me I kilele uk adar, pwe I en kasale kida uk ai manaman, o pwe mar ai en indandeki sili ni sap akan karos.
18 So God is merciful to those he wishes to be, and hardens the attitude of those he wants to.
Ari, a kin kotin maki ong, me a kotin kupura, ap kapitakaila, duen me a kotin mauki.
19 Now you'll argue with me and ask, “So why does he still blame us then? Who can resist the will of God?”
Koe ap pan indang ia: Ari da me a kailong kin ia? Pwe is me kak palian kupur a?
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?”
Ei melel aramas koe, is koe, me men palian Kot? Da, dipisou pan indai ong me wiadar i: Menda koe wiai ong ia momuei?
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?
Pala saun wiada dal sota manaman ong, en wia kida lopon en pwel ota dal eu me kaselel, de eu me sakanekan?
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,”
A Kot kotin kanongama ong dal sued akan, me wiauier ong lokidokila, ni a men kasaleda a ongiong o manaman,
23 so that he might reveal the greatness of his glory through these “pots of mercy” which he has prepared in advance for glory.
O a pil men kotin kasaleda a dir en lingan ki dal en a mak kan, me a kotin kaonopadar mas o en linganla.
24 This is who we are—people he has called, not just from among the Jews, but from among the foreigners too...
Iei kitail, me a kotin warongdo, kaidin sang ren Sus akan eta, a pil sang ren men liki kan.
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,”
Duen a pil kotin masanier nan puk en Osea: I pan kaadaneki irail, me kaidin nai, nai aramas akan, o me so kompoke pai, kompoke pai.
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.”
A pan wiaui wasa o me a loki ong irail: Komail kaidin nai aramas, i wasa re pan adaneki seri en Kot ieias.
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.
A Iesaia likelikwir duen men Israel: Ma seri en Israel akan pan rasong pik en oror, lua ta pan maurela.
28 For the Lord is going to quickly and completely finish his work of judgment on the earth.”
Pwe a pan kotin kairela sapwilim a dodok o kamode kila ni a pung, pwe Kaun o pan kotin wiada dok motomot nin sappa.
29 As Isaiah previously said, “If the Lord Almighty had not left us some descendants, we would have become just like Sodom and Gomorrah.”
O duen Iesaia masanier mas o: Ma Kaun Sepaot so nikideki ong kitail kaparapar, kitail pan dueta Sodom o Komora.
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.
Ari, da me kitail en inda duen men liki kan me sota rapaki pung, re diaradar pung, a pung eu, me tapi sang poson.
31 But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded.
A men Israel me inong iong kapwaiada kusoned en pung, ap sota konodi kusoned wet.
32 Why not? Because they relied on what they did rather than trusting in God. They tripped on the stumbling-block,
Pwekida? Pweki a sota tapi sang ni poson a ni wiawia kan, pwe irail dipikelekeleki takai en dipikelekel.
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.”
Duen a intingidier: Kilang, I pasonedi takai eu nan Sion, takai en dipikelekel eu o paip en kamakar. A me pan poson i, a sota pan sarodi.
