Romawa 9
1 Mi hla njanji ni Kristi, mina si tie chena, imre mu si tsro me ni mi Brji Tsratsra,
I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,
2 ndi mi he ni kpon yi ni low sron u kakle ni sronmu.
That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart.
3 Ba ndi na tre ndi ba tie nyu nimu nda cume ni kan ni Yesu ni tu mri vayi mu, ni ba mla mu u kpa.
For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,
4 Ahi baba yi ba Israilawa, ba fe kpanyme, ni gbire san, ni yo nyun mbe dede, ni toh turon, da gbire Irji san ni tara kuma, ni yo nyu ma.
Which are the Israelites, to whome perteineth the adoption, and the glory, and the Couenants, and the giuing of the Lawe, and the seruice of God, and the promises.
5 Mba tiba mba ndi nimi Almasihu u no niko u kpa wawu wa a hi Irji u koge, du mba gbirasa u saika sai sai du he naki. (aiōn g165)
Of whome are the fathers, and of whome concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God ouer all, blessed for euer, Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 U ana nitu itere Irji wa a joku na, ana hi kohan ni Israilawa a hi Israilawa u njanji na.
Notwithstanding it can not bee that the worde of God should take none effect: for all they are not Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Nakima ana duka grji Ibrahim mba hi iriri Ibrahim na. “Mba yo mba be grji Ishaku.”
Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:
8 Mba ki mba he imiri be kpa mba na imiri be he imiri be Irji na. Mba imiri be yo nyu wa mba bla ba suru ni grji ba.
That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promise, are counted for the seede.
9 U wayi hi itere u yo nyu a “nzizayi me ye de ye no Saraya ivire.
For this is a worde of promise, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.
10 Ana he iwayi me ngana, niwaa Rifkatu a ban nne ni lonma itimbu Ishaku.
Neither he onely felt this, but also Rebecca when shee had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac.
11 Ba rihe ngrji myri ba u mbana ti kpi dede ma ko meme ma na. Ni tu naki Irji a chu ana bi ni kpi wa mba ti ana amma nitu idi wa a yo.
For yer the children were borne, and when they had neither done good, nor euill (that the purpose of God might remaine according to election, not by workes, but by him that calleth)
12 U mba hla ni wa “Nikon ani kwba ti gra ni tsitsama.” A na kima mba tere.
It was said vnto her, The elder shall serue the yonger.
13 Naki mba han zi “Me son Yakubu de kamu ni Isuwa.”
As it is written, I haue loued Iacob, and haue hated Esau.
14 U khi tere de naki? Irji na ti bina naki? Ah ah.
What shall wee say then? Is there vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.
15 U a hla ni Musa me lo sonro niwa mi losonro, mi losonron ni wa nimi no si sonro ni wa ani si sonron a.
For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.
16 Ni tu na ki ana he ni tu idi wa a yo sonron. Ko kuma ni idi wa ani ri shishi, na a he ni nitu Irji wa ani losonro ni ta.
So then it is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that sheweth mercy.
17 U lan tre Baci'a hla ni Firauna, “Ani tu wayi yi me nzuu lunde ni ndu me tsoro ngbengblen mu ni mi me ni ndu b d'bu nde mu ni ngbungblu'a wawuu.”
For the Scripture saith vnto Pharao, For this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, that I might shewe my power in thee, and that my Name might be declared throughout al the earth.
18 Naki, Irji ni tsro low sron ni wa a son'a nda tie wa a son sen tu.
Therefore he hath mercie on whome he will, and whom he will, he hardeneth.
19 Khita mla ya u khi tere ade ni tuge ani son toh joku? Ahi ihan yi ni ya kukri ni gbegble u tuma.
Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will?
20 Khi ta ya i u idi u hi han wa u san yun ni Irji? Ko idi u me a ani ya miye idi u me de ge sa a me wawu naki?
But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 U idi u me iri ana he ni gbegbegle ni tu itama iri wa ani meri iri u dedema iriri a hi u daraja, iriri a hi u tidu mege?
Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?
22 U ida Irji ani so tsoro ifu ma ni gbegble mba toh, ssai a vu sonron gbugbuu ni mba iri u fu wa mlati is gbi sutu mba.
What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction?
23 E ati naki da tsoro gbira san ma gbugbu wa a he nimi dede u ma, wa a mla ti du mba gbirasan?
And that hee might declare the riches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercy, which hee hath prepared vnto glory?
24 Amma tie wa ni tu mbuyi ita wa aye ta'a, ana Yahudawa ni nklen mba megyen na u ni bi kohra ngame.
Euen vs whome hee hath called, not of of the Iewes onely, but also of the Gentiles,
25 Towa a tre ni mi nvunvu u Yunusa a, “Ani yo ndji wa bana bimu na ndi ndji mu, ni biwa ana son ba naa, biwa mi son ba.”
As he sayth also in Osee, I will call them, My people, which were not my people: and her, Beloued, which was not beloued.
26 Ani he naki wa mba na tre “ndi ba hi indi mana, u mba yo mba imiri Irji be sisairi.”
And it shalbe in the place where it was said vnto them, Ye are not my people, that there they shalbe called, The children of the liuing God.
27 Ishaya a yi kpokpo djur rah nitu Israila. “Mba ta ni tere a de imiri Israila mba bra na kpabru u kosan ba u mbari mba ba nawo.
Also Esaias cryeth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea, yet shall but a remnant be saued.
28 U Irji a toh a de wawu a ni kle nyun ma ni gbugbugblu pyipyi me bani wuton mba.
For he wil make his account, and gather it into a short summe with righteousnes: for the Lord will make a short count in the earth.
29 Na wa Ishaya a han ni sei u Irji a de na ka grji do ni ta wu na khi de na he na Sadumawa u khi dena kwma ti na Gomarata.
And as Esaias sayde before, Except the Lord of hostes had left vs a seede, we had bene made as Sodom, and had bene like to Gomorrha.
30 U ziza khi tere a de ge? U be kora, be wa bana son tsa-tsara na mba kpa dede ni dedema u kpa kyem.
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.
31 U Israila be wa mba na wa ituron u tsa-tsara na u mba na he ni mi turon na.
But Israel which followed the Lawe of righteousnes, could not arteine vnto the Law of righteousnes.
32 Nitu ge? ni tu mba na wa ni njanji na. u a he nitu idu na. Mba za ni tu tita wa ni du yi za ni kbu za.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the workes of the Lawe: for they haue stumbled at the stumbling stone,
33 Towa ba nhaa, “To Mi ka tita u kbu za sizi ni mi Sihiyona mba ni haan u latre. U wa a kpanyme ni wu'a ana tie shan na.
As it is written, Beholde, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone, and a rocke to make men fall: and euery one that beleeueth in him, shall not be ashamed.
