Romans 11
1 Because of that, [if anyone should ask], “Has God rejected his people [the Jews?” I would declare that] he certainly has not [rejected all of us! You can realize that by remembering that] I also belong to the [people of] Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, [but God has not rejected me]!
Konsa, mwen mande: Èske Bondye rejte pèp Li a? Pa janm panse sa! Paske mwen se yon Izrayelit tou, yon desandan Abraham, ki sòti nan tribi Benjamin an.
2 No, God has not rejected his people, whom he chose long ago [to be people whom he would bless in a special way]. Remember [RHQ] what is written [PRS] in the Scriptures about Elijah when he [mistakenly] complained to God about [the people of] Israel, saying,
Bondye pa janm rejte pèp Li a ke Li te konnen oparavan an. Èske ou pa konnen sa Ekriti a di nan pasaj sou Élie, jan li te plede avèk Bondye kont Israël?
3 “Lord, they have killed [the rest of] your [(sg)] prophets, they have destroyed your altars. I am the only one [who believes in you] who remains [alive], and now they are trying to kill me!”
“Senyè yo touye pwofèt ou yo; yo kraze lotèl ou yo. Se mwen sèl ki rete, e y ap chèche touye m tou.”
4 God answered him like this: “[You(sg) are not the only one who believes in me]! I have protected for myself [not just you, but] 7,000 [other] men who have not worshipped [the false god] Baal. (Remember that!/Do you not remember that?) [RHQ]”
Men ki repons ojis Bondye te bay li?: “Mwen kenbe pou Mwen menm sèt-mil òm ki pa t mete ajenou devan Baal.”
5 So, similarly, there is also at this time a small group [of us Jews] who have become [believers. God] has chosen us [to become believers] (OR, [his people]) only because he acts kindly toward us, in ways that we do not deserve.
Nou konprann menm jan ke nan tan prezan pa nou anplis, nou twouve yon retay nan pèp la pa gras ak chwa Bondye.
6 Since it is because he acts kindly [toward those whom he chooses, it is] not because they have done good things [that he has chosen them]. If [God chose people because they did good deeds], then it would not be because he was acting toward them in a way that they did not deserve.
Men si se pa gras sa rive, li pa baze ankò sou zèv. Otreman li pa t ap gras ankò. Men si se pa zèv, li pa gras ankò. Otreman, zèv se pa zèv ankò.
7 [Since God chose only some people of Israel], [this is what I conclude: [RHQ] Most of the people of] Israel did not find [the way for him to erase the record of their sins], even though some of them were earnestly looking for it. The [people of Israel whom God had] chosen found it, but the rest [of them] were {[God]} made spiritually insensitive/unresponsive.
Alò, Kisa? Sa ke Israël ap cheche a, sa a, li pa t twouve. Men sila yo ki te chwazi pa Bondye, te twouve l, e rès la te vin di nan kè.
8 [Our] fellow Jews are just like the [ones] about whom Isaiah wrote, God (caused their senses to be dull/made them unable to think clearly). Up to this very day, [they have] eyes but they cannot see [spiritually] [MET]. [They have] ears, but they cannot understand [spiritually] what they hear.
Jis jan sa te ekri a: “Bondye te bay yo yon espri sòt, zye pou yo pa wè, ak zòrèy pou yo pa tande jiska menm jou sila a.”
9 And [they remind me of what King] David said, [when he asked God to cause his enemies’ senses to be dull] [MET], [Make them stupid] [MTY], [like animals that are] caught in snares! May they [feel secure because of the things that they enjoy but which will catch them like a] trap [DOU, MET], with the result that you will destroy them.
Konsa, David di: “Kite tab yo devni yon pèlen ak yon pyèj; yon wòch bite ak yon chatiman pou yo.
10 May their ability to perceive [danger] be dulled {Dull their ability to perceive [spiritually]} [MET], with the result that they will not [become alarmed] [MET] [when there is danger]. May you cause them to carry heavy loads on their backs continually [as slaves do] [MTY].
Kite zye yo vin nwa pou yo pa wè ak do yo koube pou tout tan.”
11 [Perhaps someone will ask], “[When the Jews] sinned [by not believing in Christ, did] it result in their separating themselves from God [permanently?]” Then I [would reply], [No], they have certainly not [separated themselves from God permanently]! What is happening is that because they sinned, [God] is saving non-Jews in order to cause [the Jews] to envy [the way he blesses non-Jews and so ask Christ to save them].
Konsa, mwen mande: “Yo pa t glise tonbe nèt”? Se pa sa! Sa p ap janm rive konsa! Men pa transgresyon pa yo, sali a gen tan rive a pèp etranje yo pou fè yo jalou.
12 [When the Jews] sinned (OR, rejected Christ), [the result was that God] abundantly [blessed other people in] [MTY] the world by [offering them the opportunity to believe]. And [when the Jews] failed [spiritually, the result was that God] abundantly [blessed] the non-Jews. Since that is true, think how wonderful it will be when the complete number [of the Jews whom God has chosen will believe in Christ] [RHQ]!
Alò, si transgresyon pa yo se richès pou mond lan, e echèk pa yo se richès pou pèp etranje yo, konbyen anplis pou lè yo menm reyisi?
13 Now it is to you non-Jews that I am saying [what follows]. I am the one who is the apostle to non-Jews, and I highly esteem this work [that God appointed] me to do.
Paske m ap pale avèk nou menm ki se pèp etranje yo. Otan ke mwen menm se yon apòt a pèp etranje yo, mwen leve sèvis ministè pa m byen wo.
14 But I also hope that [by my labors] I will make my fellow Jews (jealous/want what you non-Jews have), [with the result that] some of them will [believe and] be saved.
Men pou si l ta ka vin fèt (ke pa yon mwayen oswa yon lòt), si mwen ta kapab eksite pwòp pèp mwen an a jalouzi, pou m ta kapab sove kèk, mwen ta fè l.
15 [God] has rejected [most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that] he reconciled [many other people in] the world [MTY] [to himself]. But he will accept [my fellow Jews again when they trust in Christ]! And (this is what the result will be./do you know what the result will be?) [RHQ] It will be [as though God is making them] alive again after they have been dead!
Paske si rejeksyon pa yo se rekonsilyasyon pou tout mond lan, kisa l ap ye menm lè yo vin aksepte, sof ke lavi k ap sòti nan lanmò.
16 [Just like] the whole lump [of dough] will belong to God if [people offer] to God [MET] the [bread baked from] the first part [of it] [MET], [so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God]. And just like the branches [of a tree] will be good if the roots are good [MET], [so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God].
Si premye mòso ki sòti nan pat pen an sen, tout rès la ap sen tou, e si rasin lan sen, tout branch yo ap sen tou.
17 [God has rejected] many of [the Jews] [MET], [like] branches [of a tree] are broken off {[like people] break off [dead] branches [of a tree]}. And each of you [non-Jews whom God has accepted is like] [MET] [a branch of] a wild/uncultivated olive tree [that] was {[that someone]} grafted among the branches (OR, onto one of the branches) [that were left on a cultivated olive tree]. [God has caused] you [to benefit from how he blessed our(exc) first Jewish ancestors, as branches] benefit from the nutritious sap from the roots of a [cultivated] olive tree [MET].
Men si kèk nan branch yo te kase retire, epi ou menm, kòm yon oliv sovaj, te vin grefe pami yo, e te devni yon pati vivan avèk yo nan gwo rasin pye oliv la,
18 However, you [non-Jews] must not despise [the Jews whom God rejected] [MET], [who are like] the branches that [were broken off from the tree] If any of you [wants to] boast [about having received blessings from God], [remember this: Branches] do not nourish the roots. Instead the roots nourish [the branches] [MET]. [Similarly, you are blessed by God because of what] you [have received from the Jews! It is not what the Jews have received from] you [that blesses them] [MET]!
pa vin awogan anvè branch yo. Men si ou ta vin awogan, sonje ke se pa ou menm ki bay soutyen a rasin lan, men li menm ki bay ou soutyen.
19 If one of you then says, “[God rejected the Jews] [MET] [like] branches [MET] that are broken {that people broke} off [a tree and rejected], in order that [he might accept us non-Jews, as] branches [MET] of a tree are grafted in {[as people] graft in branches of a tree},”
Konsa ou va di: “Men branch yo te kase pou m te kab vin grefe ladan yo”.
20 [I would reply that] this is true. However, it is because the Jews did not believe [in Christ] that they were rejected [MET] {that [God] rejected [MET] them}. As for you, it is [only] because you believe [in Christ] that [God has accepted] you! [So] do not [any of you] become proud, but instead beware [of what could happen to you]
Se sa li ye; yo te kase akoz de enkwayans yo, men ou kanpe pa lafwa ou. Pa vin fè pretansye, men gen lakrent.
21 Since God did not spare [the unbelieving Jews] [MET] [who were like a tree’s] natural branches, he will not spare any of you [if you do] not [keep trusting in him]!
Paske si Bondye pa t konsève branch orijinal yo, Li p ap konsève ou menm nonplis.
22 Note then, that God acts kindly, but he also acts severely. He has acted severely toward [the Jews] who have stopped trusting in him. On the other hand, he acts kindly toward each of you [non-Jews only] if you continue [to appreciate his acting] kindly [toward you]. However, you will be rejected {[he] will reject you} if you do not [keep trusting in him].
Konsa, byen gade bonte ak severite Bondye a. Anvè sila ki tonbe yo, severite, men pou ou menm, bonte Li, si ou kontinye nan bonte Li. Otreman, l ap retire ou tou.
23 And if the Jews believe [in Christ] [LIT], God also will [reunite them to himself as] branches are grafted {[as people] graft branches} into [a tree again], because God is able to do that.
Konsa, yo menm tou si yo pa kontinye nan enkwayans yo, y ap grefe ladann ankò. Paske Bondye toujou kapab grefe yo ladann.
24 Each of you [non-Jews who were previously separated from God has benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews] [MET]. [That is like taking branches] that have been cut {that someone has cut} from a wild olive tree that just grew [without being planted] {[someone planting it]} and, contrary to what people usually do, grafting them into a cultivated olive tree. So God will much more readily [receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before] [MET]! [That will be like] the original branches [that had been cut off] being grafted {like grafting the original branches [that someone cut off], } back into the olive tree to which they [originally belonged]!
Paske si ou te koupe soti nan yon bwa ki pa nati li, te yon bwa oliv sovaj, e ou te vin grefe kont nati, nan yon bwa oliv ki kiltive, konbyen anplis tout branch sila yo ki se branch natirèl va grefe nan bwa oliv orijinal la.
25 My [non-Jewish] fellow believers, I certainly want you to understand [LIT] this truth that God has now revealed [about my fellow Jews who are refusing to believe]. You should not proudly think [that] God [now favors you] more [than the Jews] (OR, [that you understand God’s further plans for the Jews]). Many [people of] Israel will continue to be stubborn until all the non-Jews [whom God has chosen have believed in Jesus].
Paske mwen pa vle nou, frè m yo, manke konprann mistè sila apouke ou vin sipoze ou plen ak sajès. Yon tèt di nan yon pati gen tan pran Israël jiskaske tout pèp etranje yo fin antre.
26 And then all [HYP] [the people of] Israel will be saved {[God] will save all [HYP] [the people of] Israel}. Then these words that are written {that [a prophet] wrote} [in the Scriptures will] ([become true/be fulfilled]): The one who sets [his people] free will originate from [the place where] God dwells (OR, from the Jews) [MTY]. Then he will remove the guilt of the Israelite people (OR, descendants of Jacob) [MTY].
Konsa, tout Israël va sove. Jis jan sa ekri a: “Sila k ap delivre a va sòti de Sion. Li va retire enkwayans a Jacob.”
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
“Sa se akò Mwen avèk yo; lè Mwen va retire peche pa yo.”
28 With regard to [the Jews rejecting] the good message [about Christ, God treats] them as enemies, which has benefited you [non-Jews]. But in regard to [their being the people whom God] chose, [God still] loves them because of [what he promised] their ancestors.
Nan bi bòn nouvèl la, yo menm se lènmi pou benefis pa nou. Men selon bi chwa Bondye a, yo se byeneme pou benefis a zansèt yo.
29 [He still loves them], because he never changed his mind about the privileges/blessings he [gave to them] and about his choosing [them to be his people].
Paske kado ak apèl Bondye pa revokab.
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
Menm jan ke yon fwa ou te nan dezobeyisans a Bondye, men koulye a Li bannou gras akoz dezobeyisans a Jwif yo,
31 Now the Jews have disobeyed God. The result is that by the very same way in which he acted mercifully towards you, he will act mercifully towards them [again].
konsa, yo menm tou dezobeyisan koulye a, men akoz mizerikòd Bondye gen tan bannou, yo kapab twouve gras tou.
32 God has declared and proved that all people, [both Jews and non-Jews] [MET], disobey ([him/his laws]). He has declared that because he wants to act mercifully towards us all. (eleēsē g1653)
Paske Bondye gen tan fèmen nou tout nan dezobeyisans pou li kapab montre nou tout mizerikòd li. (eleēsē g1653)
33 [I marvel how] vast and great are the wise things that God [has done] and what he has [always] known [DOU]! We are completely unable to understand the things that he has decided and the ways [in which he acts toward us] [DOU]!
O, pwofondè richès a sajès ak konesans Bondye! A la ensondab Jijman Li ensondab! A la chemen Li yo depase konprann!
34 [I remember the Scriptures that say], (No one has known what the Lord thinks./Who has known what the Lord thinks?) [RHQ] (Absolutely no one has given him advice [about what he should do!]/Who has advised him [about what he should do]?) [RHQ]
Paske “Kilès ki konnen panse a Senyè a?” Oubyen “Kilès ki kapab bay Li konsèy?”
35 And, (No one has given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God!]/Has anyone given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God]?) [RHQ] So God (is not obligated to/does not have to) pay back anything to anyone!
Oswa “Kilès ki konn bay Li yon bagay pou Li kapab repeye li ankò?”
36 God [is the one who created] all things. He is also the one who [sustains all things]. The reason that he created them was that [everything he created might praise] him. May [all people] honor him forever! (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
Paske soti nan Li, atravè Li, e akoz Li se tout bagay. A Li menm laglwa jis pou tout tan, Amen. (aiōn g165)
