Romafo 11
1 Afei mibisa se, Onyankopɔn atow ne man akyene ana? Dabi da. Mʼankasa meyɛ Israelni na meyɛ Abraham aseni a mifi Benyamin abusua mu.
I say, then—Hath God cast off his people? Far be it! For, I also, am an Israelite, —of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:
2 Onyankopɔn ampo ne nkurɔfo a oyii wɔn mfiase no. Munim nea Kyerɛwsɛm no ka fa Elia ho sɛnea ɔkasa tiaa Israelfo wɔ Onyankopɔn anim se,
God hath not cast off his people, whom he fore approved. Or know ye not, in [the account of] Elijah what the scripture saith, when he intercedeth with God against Israel?
3 “Awurade, wɔakum wʼadiyifo na wɔadwiriw wʼafɔremuka, na me nko na maka a wɔpɛ sɛ wokum me.”
Lord! Thy prophets, have they slain, thine altars, have they overthrown, and, I, am left alone, and they are seeking my life!
4 Mmuae bɛn na Onyankopɔn de maa no? Onyankopɔn kae se, “Mewɔ nnipa mpem ason a wɔnsom ɔbosom Baal.”
But what saith unto him the response? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who, indeed, have not bowed a knee unto Baal.
5 Saa ara nso na ɛte nnɛ. Nnipa kakraa bi wɔ hɔ a Onyankopɔn nam ne dom so ayi wɔn.
Thus, then, in the present season also, a remnant, by way of an election of favour, hath come into being.
6 Yi a wayi wɔn no gyina nʼadom so na ɛnyɛ wɔn nnwuma so. Na sɛ Onyankopɔn yi a oyi nnipa no gyina wɔn nnwuma so a, ɛno de na adom no nyɛ adom turodoo.
If, however, by favour, no longer of works; else, favour, no longer proveth to be favour!
7 Ɛno de na ɛne dɛn? Nea Israelfo tiw akyi hwehwɛe no, wɔn nsa anka, na mmom kakraa a Onyankopɔn ayi wɔn no de, wɔn nsa kae. Wɔn a wɔaka no pirim wɔn koma
What then? That which Israel seeketh after, the same, it hath not obtained: —the election, however, have obtained it, and, the rest, have been hardened; —
8 sɛnea Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Onyankopɔn maa wɔn honhom a ɛyɛ bɔtee, ani a ɛmma wonhu ade aso a ɛmma wɔnte asɛm, de besi nnɛ.”
Even as it is written—God hath given unto them a spirit of stupor, —eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, —until this very day;
9 Na Dawid ka se, “Ma wɔn didipon a esi wɔn anim nyi wɔn sɛ afiri na wɔnhwehwe ase na wɔntwe wɔn aso!
And, David, saith—Let their table be turned into a snare, and into gin, and into a trap, and into a recompense unto them,
10 Ma wɔn ani so nyɛ wɔn kusuu na wɔanhu ade; na wɔn akyi nkuntun afebɔɔ.”
Darkened be their eyes, not to see, and, their back, do thou continually bow down.
11 Afei mibisa se, bere a Yudafo yɛɛ bɔne no, ɛde wɔn kɔɔ ɔsɛe mu ana? Dabi! Amanamanmufo nam Yudafo no bɔne a wɔyɛɛ no so nyaa nkwagye. Eyi maa Yudafo no twee wɔn ho ninkunu.
I say then—Did they stumble in order that they might fall? Far be it! But, by their fall, salvation [hath come] unto the nations, to the end of provoking them to jealousy.
12 Yudafo no bɔne a wɔyɛɛ no de nnepa brɛɛ wiase na wɔn honhom mu hia a wodii no nso de ahonya brɛɛ amanamanmufo. Na ɛba sɛ Yudafo no mu bebree bɛka wɔn ho a nhyira mmoroso bɛn na ɛremma?
If, moreover, their fall, is the riches of a world, and their loss, the riches of nations, how much rather their fullness?
13 Afei merekasa akyerɛ mo amanamanmufo: Esiane sɛ meyɛ amanamanmufo ɔsomafo nti, mehoahoa me ho wɔ adwuma a wɔde ahyɛ me nsa no ho.
Unto you, however, am I speaking, —you of the nations; inasmuch, indeed, then, as, I, am an apostle to the nations, my ministry, I glorify,
14 Sɛ ebetumi a, mɛma wɔn a wɔyɛ me nuanom Yudafo no kɔn adɔ nea mo amanamanmufo nsa aka yi bi, na wɔnam so agye wɔn mu bi nkwa.
If by any means I may provoke to jealousy my own flesh, and save some from among them; —
15 Na sɛ wɔn po a wɔpoo wɔn no ama Onyankopɔn ne wiasefo aka abɔ mu a, ɛno de sɛ Onyankopɔn twe wɔn bata ne ho a ɛbɛyɛ dɛn? Ɛbɛyɛ nkwa ama awufo.
For, if, the casting away of them, hath become the reconciling of a world, what shall, the taking of them in addition, be, but life from among the dead?
16 Sɛ wɔde brodo sin ma Onyankopɔn a, ɛno de, na ne mu nyinaa yɛ ne dea. Saa ara nso na sɛ dua no ntin yɛ kronkron a, ne mman no nyinaa nso yɛ kronkron.
If, moreover, the first fruit [is] holy, the lump [shall be] also; and, if the root [is] holy, the branches [shall be] also.
17 Wɔapenpan ngodua a wɔahyɛ da adua no mman no bi agu, na wɔde ngodua a wɔanhyɛ da annua no mman abɛhyɛ nʼanan mu. Mo amanamanmufo no te sɛ ngodua a wɔanhyɛ da annua, nanso afei de, mo ne Yudafo no nyinaa nya Onyankopɔn dom a wɔde adom wɔn no pɛ.
If, however, some of the branches, have been broken out, and, thou, being a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and hast become a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive,
18 Nanso monhwɛ yiye na moanhoahoa mo ho sɛ wɔde mo asi mman a wɔapenpan no anan mu. Monkae sɛ moyɛ mman kɛkɛ, na monyɛ ntin.
Be not boasting over the branches! Howbeit, if thou boast, it is not, thou, that bearest the root, but the root, thee!
19 Na mobɛka se, “Eye, wobubuu mman no sɛ wɔmfa me nsi wɔn anan mu.”
Thou wilt say, then—Branches were broken out in order that, I, might he grafted in.
20 Yiw, nanso monkae sɛ wɔpenpan saa mman a ɛyɛ Yudafo no, efisɛ wɔannye Onyankopɔn anni, na mugye di nti na mowɔ hɔ. Mommma mo ho so, na mmom munsuro nea ebetumi asi.
Well: by their want of faith, they have been broken out, —and, thou, by thy faith, dost stand!—Regard not lofty things, but be afraid;
21 Na sɛ Onyankopɔn amfa Yudafo a wɔte sɛ ngodua pa mman no bɔne ankyɛ wɔn a, mususuw sɛ ɔde mo bɔne bɛkyɛ mo ana?
For, if, God, hath not spared, the natural branches, neither, thee, will he spare!
22 Enti monhwɛ Onyankopɔn ayamye ne ne denyɛ. Ɔyɛ den wɔ wɔn a wɔyɛɛ asoɔden no so, nanso ne yam ye ma mo wɔ bere a mode mo ho ato nʼayamye so. Na sɛ moamfa mo ho anto no so a, saa ara na wɔbɛpenpan mo.
See, then, the kindness and the severity of God: upon them who have fallen, severity, —but, upon thee, the kindness of God, if thou abide still in the kindness, —otherwise, thou also, shalt he cut out;
23 Na sɛ Yudafo no gye di bio a, Onyankopɔn bɛsan de wɔn ayɛ dua no mman bio. Obetumi ayɛ saa.
Whereas, they also, unless they abide still in their want of faith, shall be grafted in, for God is, able, again to engraft them!
24 Na sɛ Onyankopɔn pɛɛ sɛ ɔde mo a moyɛ wuram ngodua mman bɛfam dua papa a ɔno ankasa adua ho de, anka ɛmfa ɔkwan mu a, ɛno de, ɔbɛpɛ no mmoroso sɛ ɔde Yudafo no bɛfam dua a ɛyɛ wɔn ankasa de no ho.
For, if, thou, out of the naturally wild olive was cut out, and, beyond nature, hast been engrafted into the good olive, how much rather, shall these, the natural [branches] be engrafted into their own olive tree?
25 Me nuanom, ahintasɛm bi wɔ hɔ a mepɛ sɛ mote ase, sɛnea monnyɛ ahantan na monhoahoa mo ho. Yudafo no mu bi apirim wɔn koma, nanso sɛ amanamanmufo no nyinaa dan ba Kristo nkyɛn a ɛto betwa.
For I wish not, ye should be ignorant, brethren, of this sacred secret, lest within yourselves ye be presumptuous, that, a hardening in part, hath befallen Israel, until, the full measure of the nations, shall come in;
26 Enti Israelfo nyinaa benya nkwagye. Mokae nea adiyifo no kaa wɔ eyi ho? “Agyenkwa no befi Sion aba, na obeyi amumɔyɛsɛm nyinaa afi Yakob asefo mu.
And, so, all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written—There shall have come out of Zion the Deliverer, —He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 Na medi apam a mene wɔn ayɛ no so na mapepa wɔn bɔne.”
And, this, for them, is the covenant from me, as soon as I take away their sins.
28 Yudafo no bebree ayɛ Asɛmpa no atamfo. Na mo, amanamanmufo anya so mfaso, efisɛ Onyankopɔn de nʼakyɛde no ama mo. Nanso Yudafo yɛ ne man a wapaw wɔn ara, esiane bɔ a wahyɛ wɔn nenanom nti,
As touching the joyful-message, indeed, they are enemies for your sake, but, as touching the election, beloved for their father’s sake;
29 efisɛ wɔrennan Onyankopɔn akyɛde ne ne frɛ no ani.
For, not to be regretted, are the gifts and the calling of God: —
30 Na mo amanamanmufo de, bere a atwam no mu, moyɛɛ asoɔden tiaa Onyankopɔn, nanso Yudafo no poo nʼahummɔbɔ no nti Onyankopɔn huu mo mmɔbɔ mmom.
For, just as, ye, at one time had not yielded unto God, and yet now have received mercy by their refusal to yield,
31 Saa ara nso na esiane adom a moanya no nti, mprempren, Yudafo no nso ayɛ asoɔden atia Onyankopɔn. Nanso nna bi akyi no wɔn nso benya Onyankopɔn adom no.
So, these also, have now refused to yield, by your own mercy, in order that, themselves also, should now become objects of mercy;
For God hath shut up all together, in a refusal to yield, in order that, upon all, he may bestow mercy. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Ao Onyankopɔn ahonya ne nyansa ne nimdeɛ bun a mu dɔ! Hena na obetumi ahu nʼatemmu mu pɛɛpɛe, na wahu nea nʼakwan nenam.
Oh! the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments! and untraceable his ways!
34 “Hena na onim Awurade adwene anaasɛ hena na ɔyɛ ne fotufo?”
For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord? Or who hath become his counselor?
35 “Hena na wama Onyankopɔn biribi kan a ɛsɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn tua no so ka?”
Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
