Romawa 9
1 Mi hla njanji ni Kristi, mina si tie chena, imre mu si tsro me ni mi Brji Tsratsra,
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me testimony in the Holy Spirit,
2 ndi mi he ni kpon yi ni low sron u kakle ni sronmu.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow 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 I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for 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; to whom [pertain] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [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)
Whose [are] the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh, Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 U ana nitu itere Irji wa a joku na, ana hi kohan ni Israilawa a hi Israilawa u njanji na.
Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they [are] not all Israel, who are [descendants] from Israel?
7 Nakima ana duka grji Ibrahim mba hi iriri Ibrahim na. “Mba yo mba be grji Ishaku.”
Neither 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, They who are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 U wayi hi itere u yo nyu a “nzizayi me ye de ye no Saraya ivire.
For this [is] the word of promise, At this 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 [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] 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 [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth)
12 U mba hla ni wa “Nikon ani kwba ti gra ni tsitsama.” A na kima mba tere.
It was said to her, The elder shall serve 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 then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? By no means.
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.
So then, [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth 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, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Naki, Irji ni tsro low sron ni wa a son'a nda tie wa a son sen tu.
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will [have mercy], 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 to me, Why doth he yet find fault? 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?
No, but, O man, who art thou that repliest 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 over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel to honor, and another to dishonor?
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] if God, willing to show [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted 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 he might make known the riches of his glory on 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 of the Jews only, 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 saith also in Hosea, I will call them My people, who were not my people; and her Beloved, who was not 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 come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said to them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called, The children 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.
Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children 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 work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon 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 Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
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 who followed not after righteousness, have attained to 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, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained 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.
Why? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that 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, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone, and rock of offense: and whoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
