Romawa 9
1 Mi hla njanji ni Kristi, mina si tie chena, imre mu si tsro me ni mi Brji Tsratsra,
I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost, )
2 ndi mi he ni kpon yi ni low sron u kakle ni sronmu.
that great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my 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 could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen 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.
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the gift of the law, and the sacred service, 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 whom are the fathers, and from whom as respecting the flesh Christ sprung, who is over all, the blessed God for evermore. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 U ana nitu itere Irji wa a joku na, ana hi kohan ni Israilawa a hi Israilawa u njanji na.
Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
7 Nakima ana duka grji Ibrahim mba hi iriri Ibrahim na. “Mba yo mba be grji Ishaku.”
nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed 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, not the children of the flesh, these are the children of God: but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.
9 U wayi hi itere u yo nyu a “nzizayi me ye de ye no Saraya ivire.
For the word of promise is this, At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Ana he iwayi me ngana, niwaa Rifkatu a ban nne ni lonma itimbu Ishaku.
And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conception by one, even Isaac our father;
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.
(though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called; )
12 U mba hla ni wa “Nikon ani kwba ti gra ni tsitsama.” A na kima mba tere.
it was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to the younger.”
13 Naki mba han zi “Me son Yakubu de kamu ni Isuwa.”
As it is written, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
14 U khi tere de naki? Irji na ti bina naki? Ah ah.
What shall we say therefore? Is there unrighteousness 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 will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
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.
Well then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who 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 to Pharaoh, “That for this very end have I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
18 Naki, Irji ni tsro low sron ni wa a son'a nda tie wa a son sen tu.
Well then, he hath mercy on whom he will, but 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.
Wilt thou then say to me, Why yet doth he blame us? 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?
Nay but, O man, who art thou that disputest against God? Shall the thing fashioned say to him that fashioned 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 over the clay, from the same mass to make one vessel for an honourable use, and another for a dishonourable?
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.
But what if God, willing to display his wrath, and to make known what is possible with him, hath borne with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for perdition:
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 he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for 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.
even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out 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 also he saith in Hosea, “I will call her which was not my people, my people; and her which was not beloved, beloved.
26 Ani he naki wa mba na tre “ndi ba hi indi mana, u mba yo mba imiri Irji be sisairi.”
And it shall be in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living 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.
But Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 U Irji a toh a de wawu a ni kle nyun ma ni gbugbugblu pyipyi me bani wuton mba.
for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on 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.
Even as Isaiah had said before, “Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left unto us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like unto 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 then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who pursued not after righteousness, have attained unto righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.
31 U Israila be wa mba na wa ituron u tsa-tsara na u mba na he ni mi turon na.
But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the law of righteousness.
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.
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as by the works of the law. For they stumbled against that stone of stumbling;
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, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence: and every one that believeth in him shall not be confounded.”
