Roma 9
1 Nagasulti ako sa kamatuoran diha kang Cristo. Wala ako mamakak, ug ang akong konsensiya nagasaksi uban kanako diha sa Balaang Espiritu,
[Now I would like to discuss the fact that most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ]. Because of my relationship with Christ, I say completely truthfully [what I will now tell you]. I am not lying [DOU]! My conscience confirms what I [say] because the Holy Spirit [controls it].
2 nga kanako adunay dakong kasubo ug walay hunong nga kasakit sa akong kasingkasing.
[I tell you that] I grieve very greatly and deeply [DOU] [about my fellow Israelites].
3 Kay ako nangandoy sa akong kaugalingon nga mahimong tinunglo ug mahimulag gikan kang Cristo tungod ug alang sa akong mga igsoon, kadtong gikan sa akong kaugalingong banay sumala sa unod.
I personally would be willing to let [God] curse me [and, as a result, be separated] from Christ, [if that would] help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, [to believe in Christ].
4 Sila mao ang mga Israelita. Aduna silay pagsagop, ang himaya, ang mga kasabotan, ang gasa sa balaod, ang pagsimba sa Dios, ug ang mga saad.
We [Jews] are [Israelites, God’s chosen] descendants of [Jacob]. [God has always considered] us as his children [MET]. It was to our ancestors [that he used to appear] gloriously [while they were in the desert]. It was with them that [God made] covenants [several times]. It was to them [that God] gave the laws [at Sinai Mountain]. They were the ones [to whom God showed how they should] worship him. They were the ones [to whom God] promised many things, [especially that the Messiah would come from their race].
5 Sa ilang mga katigulangan naggikan ang Cristo nga mao ang miabot uban ang pagtahod sa unod – siya mao ang Dios sa tanan. Pagadayegon siya sa walay kataposan. Amen. (aiōn g165)
It was our ancestors, [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation]. And, [most importantly], it was from us Israelites that the Messiah received his human nature. [Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], who is the one who controls all things! He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! (OR, Amen!) (aiōn g165)
6 Apan dili ingon nga ang mga saad sa Dios napakyas. Kay dili tanan diha sa Israel tinuod nga iya sa Israel.
[God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that their descendants would all inherit his blessings]. But [although most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], that does not [prove] that God has failed [to do] the things that he promised, because it is not all who are descended from Jacob and who [call themselves the people of] Israel whom [God considers] to be truly his people.
7 Ni ang tanan nga mga kaliwat ni Abraham tinuod niyang mga anak. Apan, “Pinaagi kini kang Isaac nga pagatawagon ang inyong mga kaliwat.”
And it is also not all of Abraham’s natural descendants that [God considers] to be his people. Instead, [God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children]. [This agrees with what God told Abraham]: “It is Isaac, [not any of your(sg) other sons], whom [I] will consider [to be the true father of] your descendants.”
8 Mao kana, nga ang mga anak sa unod dili mga anak sa Dios. Apan ang mga anak sa saad giila nga mga kaliwat.
That means that it is not all the natural-born descendants [of Abraham] whom God [considers as] his children. Instead, it is those who [believed what God] promised whom [he] considers to be his children.
9 Kay kini mao ang pulong sa saad: “Sa ingon niini nga panahon moanhi ako ug ang usa ka anak nga lalaki igahatag ngadto kang Sara.”
[You know that what God] promised [to Abraham] was this: “About this time [next year] Sarah [your wife] will bear a son [as a result of my enabling] [MTY] [her to do so].” [So Abraham knew that it was not through Ishmael, the son that he already had, that God would fulfill what he had promised him] (OR, [that his true descendants would come]).
10 Dili lamang kini, apan human nagmabdos usab si Rebeka pinaagi sa usa ka lalaki, ang atong amahan nga si Isaac -
And not only then did God show [that he did not determine who would be his true children according to who their ancestors were. He showed it again] when Rebecca conceived [twins] by our ancestor Isaac.
11 kay ang mga anak sa wala pa mahimugso ug wala pa makabuhat sa bisan unsang maayo o daotan, aron nga ang katuyoan sa Dios sumala sa gipili mahimong mobarog, dili tungod sa mga buhat, kondili tungod kaniya nga nagtawag -
Before [the twins, Jacob and Esau], were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, [God] said to Rebecca [about the twins she was to bear], “The older one shall later serve the younger one, [contrary to normal custom].” [God said this] in order that [we] might [clearly] understand that what he purposed [for people] was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s [eternal destiny] does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on [God], the one who chooses them.
12 giingon kini kaniya, “Ang magulang mag-alagad sa manghod.”
13 Sama kini sa nahisulat, “Gihigugma ko si Jacob, apan gidumtan ko si Esau.”
And [this teaching is] ([supported/shown to be true]) [by] what is written [in the Scriptures] {what [a prophet] recorded} [that God said]: “I favored Jacob, [the younger son]. I did not favor [HYP] Esau, [the older son].”
14 Unsa unya ang atong ikasulti? Aduna bay dili pagkamatarong diha sa Dios? Unta kini dili mahitabo.
[Someone] might say, “(Is God unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose?/I think] that God is unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose!])” [RHQ] [I would reply], “[He is] certainly not [unjust]!”
15 Kay siya miingon kang Moises, “Maluoy ako niadtong akong gikaluy-an, ug mahingawa ako niadtong akong gikahingawaan.”
God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose [DOU]!”
16 Busa, dili kini tungod kaniya nga nagbuot, ni tungod kaniya nga midagan, apan tungod sa Dios, nga nagpakita sa kaluoy.
So [God chooses people], not because they want [God to choose them] or because they try hard [to do things so that he] will [accept them]. Instead he chooses people because he himself has mercy [on undeserving ones].
17 Kay ang kasulatan nag-ingon kang Paraon, “Kay niini nga katuyoan gituboy ko ikaw, aron akong mapasundayag ang akong gahom diha kanimo, ug aron ang akong ngalan mamantala sa tibuok kalibotan.”
[Moses] recorded [PRS] [that God had told] Pharaoh, “This is why I gave you [(sg)] authority [MTY]: It was in order that I might show [by how I oppose] you [how exceedingly] powerful I am, and in order that people everywhere [HYP] would hear about me [MTY].”
18 Busa, ang Dios adunay kaluoy niadtong buot niya, ug niadtong gimbut-an niya, himoon niyang matig-a.
So [we conclude that God] kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly towards. But he makes stubborn the ones [such as Pharaoh] that he wants [to make stubborn].
19 Makasulti ka unya nganhi kanako, “Nganong nakahimo gihapon siya sa pagpangita ug sayop? Kay si kinsa man ang makasukol sa iyang kabubut-on?”
[One of] you may [object to this by] saying to me, “[Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do]. (No one has resisted what God has willed!/Who has resisted what God has willed?) [RHQ] Therefore, (it would not be right that God would still condemn [a person for having sinned]!/why does God still condemn [a person for having sinned]?) [RHQ]”
20 Sa laing bahin, tawo, kinsa ka ba nga motubag batok sa Dios? Makahimo ba ang hinulma sa pagsulti sa usa ka tawo nga nag-umol niini, “Nganong gihimo mo man ako nga ingon niini?”
[I would reply that since] you [(sg)] are [just a] human being, (you do not [have any right at all to] criticize God!/[who are you to] say that what God does is wrong?) [RHQ] [As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you]. (A clay pot [MET] certainly would not [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”/Would a clay pot [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”) [RHQ]
21 Ang magkokolon ba walay katungod ngadto sa lapok aron maghimo gikan sa samang lapok sa usa ka sudlanan alang sa pinasahi nga paggamit, ug ang laing sudlanan alang sa inadlaw-adlaw nga paggamit?
Instead, (the potter certainly has the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] one for ordinary purposes [MET]./does not a potter have the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] pot for ordinary purposes?) [MET, RHQ] [Similarly, God has the right to carry out what he purposes for people].
22 Unsa kaha kung ang Dios, nga buot magpakita sa iyang kapungot ug magpaila sa iyang gahom, naglahutay uban sa dakong pailob nga mga panudlanan sa kapungot nga giandam alang sa paglaglag?
Although God desires to show that he is angry [about sin], and [although he desires to] make clear that he can powerfully [punish people who have sinned], he tolerated very patiently the people [MET] who caused him to be angry and who deserved to be destroyed (OR, who were made to be destroyed).
23 Unsa kaha kung gibuhat niya kini aron ipaila ang kadato sa iyang himaya ngadto sa mga panudlanan sa kaluoy, nga iyang giandam nang daan alang sa himaya?
[God has been patient] in order that he might make clear how very wonderfully [he acts toward those] [MET] whom he intended to act mercifully towards and whom he prepared ahead of time in order that they might [live] gloriously [in heaven].
24 Unsa kaha kung gibuhat niya kini alang kanato, nga gitawag usab niya, dili lamang gikan sa mga Judio, kondili gikan usab sa mga Gentil?
That means us whom he chose—not only [us] Jews but also non-Jews.
25 Ingon usab sa gisulti niya sa Oseas: “Tawgon ko nga akong katawhan ang dili nako katawhan, ug iyang hinigugma nga dili hinigugma.
[These words that] Hosea wrote [MTY] that [God] said also (show that God has the right/[support God’s right]) [to choose from among both Jews and non-Jews] [MTY]: I will declare that many people who were not my people are now my people. I will declare that many people whom I did not love [HYP] before, I love now.
26 Ug mahimo kini nga kung diin giingon kini kanila, 'Dili kamo akong katawhan,' didto sila pagatawagon nga 'mga anak sa Buhing Dios.'”
And [another prophet wrote]: What will happen is that in the places where [God] told them before, “You are not my people,” in those same places [people] will declare truthfully that they are children of God, who is completely powerful.
27 Si Isaias misinggit mahitungod sa Israel, “Kung ang gidaghanon sa mga anak sa Israel sama sa balas sa dagat, ang mahibilin lamang niini mao ang mangaluwas.
Isaiah also exclaimed concerning the Israelites: Even though the Israelites are [so many that no one can count them, like] sand [particles on the beach beside] the ocean, [only] a small part of them will be saved {[God] will save [only] a small part of them},
28 Kay ang Ginoo magapatuman sa iyang pulong sa kalibotan, sa dili madugay ug sa hingpit.
because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the [people who live on] this earth, as he said that he would do.
29 Ug sama kini sa giingon ni Isaias kaniadto, “Kung ang Ginoo nga labing gamhanan wala nagbilin sa mga kaliwatan alang kanato, mahimo kitang sama sa Sodoma, ug mahisama sa Gomora.
[Also, we can understand from what the prophet] Isaiah said [that God would not save] anyone if he did not show mercy: If the Lord, who controls everything in heaven, had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah, who were [SIM, DOU] completely destroyed.
30 Unya unsa ang atong ikasulti? Nga ang mga Gentil, nga wala magtinguha sa pagkamatarong, nakaangkon sa pagkamatarong, ang pagkamatarong pinaagi sa pagtuo.
We must conclude this: [RHQ] Although non-Jews did not search out [a way by which] God would erase the record of their sins, they actually found that way because they trusted [in what Christ did for them].
31 Apan ang Israel, nga nagpadayon sa balaod sa pagkamatarong, wala nahiabot niini.
But although [the people of] Israel sought a basis [by which God would] erase the record of their sins, they did not succeed in [fulfilling the true purpose of the] laws [that God gave to Moses].
32 Nganong wala? Tungod kay wala nila kini gipadayon pinaagi sa pagtuo, kondili pinaagi sa mga buhat. Napandol sila sa bato sa kapandolan,
The reason [RHQ] [that they did not succeed] is that they did not trust that [God would provide a way to save them]. Instead, they were trying to do certain things [in order that God would accept them. Because they did not expect the Messiah to die, the Israelites] felt disgusted about [Jesus’ death, which is like] the stone [MET] on which people stumble.
33 ingon kini sa nahisulat, “Tan-awa nagbutang ako sa Zion ug usa ka bato nga kapandolan ug bato sa kalapasan. Siya nga motuo niini dili gayod maulawan.”
This is what [a prophet] predicted when he wrote these words that [God said about the Messiah]: Listen! I am placing in Israel [MTY] [one who is like] a stone [MET] on which people will stumble. What he does will offend people [DOU]. Nevertheless, those who believe in him will not be disappointed.
