Romans 11
1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Hinu, nikota, wu Chapanga avabelili vandu vaki, hati padebe avabelili lepi! Nene mundu wa ku Isilaeli, mjukulu wa Ibulahimu, nihuma mu likabila la Benjamini.
2 God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
Chapanga avabelili lepi vandu vaki veavahagwili kutumbula kadeni. Wu msomili lepi Mayandiku Gamsopi chegijova kumvala Eliya mweatakili vandu va Isilaeli kwa Chapanga?
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
Akajova, “BAMBU, vavakomili vamlota va Chapanga voha na kudenya pa lusanja lwa luteta. Nisigalili namwene ndu, navene vigana kunikoma!”
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Wu Chapanga amuyangwili kyani? Amjovili, “Nijivikili vandu elufu saba vangamfugamila Baali, chapanga wa udese.”
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Ndi cheyivili hinu vavi vandu vadebe vevasigalili vevahaguliwi na Chapanga kwa ubwina waki.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
Ngati vahaguliwi na Chapanga, uhagula wa Chapanga wihuvalila ubwina waki, lepi matendu gavi. Ngati Chapanga akuvahagula vandu ndava ya matendu gavi, ndi ubwina wa Chapanga wivya lepi wa chakaka.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
Wu hinu? Vandu va Isilaeli vachipatili lepi chindu chevachilondayi, nambu voha vevahaguliwi vachipatili. Vangi vevasigalili vakitiwi kuvya na mitima yeyinonopa,
8 According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”
Ngati chegijova Mayandiku Gamsopi, “Chapanga akitili luhala lwavi luhiluka, mbaka lelu iyi vihotola lepi kulola kwa mihu gavi amala kuyuwana kwa makutu gavi.”
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
Na Daudi ijova, “Mselebuko wavi uvyayi likoka la kuvayonjola, vagwayi na kubuniwa!
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
Mihu gavi gasopewayi chitita vakotoka kulola, migongo yavi yigundamayi kwa kung'ahika magono goha.”
11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Hinu nikota kavili, wu Vayawudi vajikuvili hati kufwa? Hati padebe! Ndava ya kubuda kwavi usangula uvabwelili vandu vangali Vayawudi, muni Vayawudi vavawonela wihu.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
Kubuda kwa Vayawudi kuletili mota yamahele pamulima, na kupungukiwa kwa sadika yavi, kuletili mota yamahele kwa vandu vangali Vayawudi. Ndi ngati Vayawudi vihenga gala geigana Chapanga hinu yati vileta mota yamahele neju.
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an emissary to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
Hinu nijova na nyenye vandu vangali Vayawudi. Muni nene namtumi kwa vandu vangali Vayawudi, nimekela lihengu langu.
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Kwa huvalila nihotola kuvakita Vayawudi vayangu vavawonelayi wihu nyenye, muni nipatayi kuvasangula Vayawudi pagati yavi.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
Ndava muni ngati Vayawudi chevabeleliwi ndi vandu voha va pamulima vitepulaniswa na Chapanga. Hinu ndi chakaka kuvya kuyidakiliwa kwavi na Chapanga yati kwivya ngati kwileta wumi kwa vala vevafwili!
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
Ngati chipandi cha kutumbula cha libumunda livikiwi kwa Chapanga, mewawa libumunda loha livikiwi kwa Chapanga, mikiga ya mikongo yikavikiwayi kwa Chapanga mewawa matutu gaki givikiwa kwa Chapanga.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in amongst them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,
Matutu gangi ga mzeituni weupandiwi kumgunda gadumuliwi, ndi pahala paki lapandiwi litutu la mizeituni la kudahi. Nyenye vandu vangali Vayawudi mwiwanangana na mzeitini wa kudahi, hinu mwihanganila wumi wa chimpungu wa Vayawudi.
18 don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
Hinu, mkoto kuvavevesa vala vevadumuliwi ngati matutu! Hinu mwihotola wuli kumekela? Mmanya kuvya ndi lepi nyenye mwemukukamulila mikiga, nambu mikiga yikuvakamulila nyenye.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Nambu yati mwijova, “Matutu gadumuliwi ndava muni nene nipandikiziwi pandu paki.”
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
Chabwina! Gadumuliwi ndava muni gangasadika, nambu veve utamili pandu pavi ndava usadiki. Nambu kotoka kumeka, nambu uvyai na wogohi.
21 for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Ngati Chapanga avakitili lepi lipyana Vayawudi ndi vevavili ngati matutu ga mkongo wenuwo, wu uholalela yati akuhengela lipyana veve?
22 See then the goodness and severity of God. Towards those who fell, severity; but towards you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
Hinu mlola ubwina na ukali wa Chapanga. Mwene ndi mkali kwa vala vevagwili, nambu ndi mbwina kwa vala veviyendelela kutama muubwina waki, nambu ngati lepi na veve yati udumuliwa.
23 They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Na Vayawudi mewawa vakasadikayi yati vipandwa kangi, muni Chapanga anauhotola wa kuvapandikisa kangi.
24 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Nyenye vandu vangali Vayawudi, mwiwanangana litutu la mzeituni wa kudahi, nambu muwusiwi kwenuko, na mupandizwi pamzeituni weupandiwi. Lijambu lenilo ndi mumbele ya cheyiyovalili kukula kwa mikongo. Nambu Vayawudi mwiwanangana na mzeituni weupandiwi mumgunda, yati yivya yeywa kwa Chapanga kugapanda matutu gegadumuliwi mu mkongo waki wene.
25 For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
Valongo vangu, nigana mmanyayi uchakaka uwu weufiyiki, mkotoka kulola kuvya mna luhala neju. Ndindani ya vandu va Isilaeli yavili kwa lukumbi ndu, mbaka vandu voha vangali Vayawudi veviganikiwa vambwelelayi Chapanga.
26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Penapo ndi vandu va Isilaeli pevisanguliwa, ngati chegijova Mayandiku Gamsopi, “Msangula yati ibwela kuhuma Siyoni, yati akuuwusa uhakau wa chiveleku cha Yakobo.
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
Lenili ndi lilaganu lenikita nawu, lukumbi penikuvalekekesa mabudilu gavi.”
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
Ndava Vayawudi vabelili Lilovi la Bwina, ndava vene vavi makoko va Chapanga nambu ndava ya chiyonjokesu chinu nyenye vandu vangali Vayawudi. Nambu ndava muhaguliwi, Chapanga akona akuvagana ndava ya vagogo vavi.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Muni Chapanga ibadili lepi maholo gaki kwa vala veavahagwili na kuvamotisa.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
Kadeni nyenye vandu vangali Vayawudi mwabeli kumuyidakila Chapanga, nambu hinu avahengili lipyana ndava ya kumyidakila kwa Vayawudi.
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
Mewawa, ndava ya kuvahengela lipyana nyenye, na vene Vayawudi vakumyidakila lepi Chapanga, muni na vene mewa vahengewayi lipyana na Chapanga.
Muni Chapanga avakitili vandu voha kuvya vakungiwa vangamyidakila muni avahengela lipyana vandu voha. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past tracing out!
Umahele wa Chapanga ndi mvaha neju na luhala lwaki luvaha neju, kumanya kwaki kuvaha. Yani mweimanya cheihamula? Yani mweimanya njila zaki.
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor?”
Ngati chegijova Mayandiku Gamsopi, yani mwamanyili maholo ga BAMBU? “Yani mweihotola kumjovela chindu cha kukita?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Yani mweilongolela kumpela Chapanga chindu kangi Chapanga amuwuyasilayi?”
