Aroma 11
1 Ine ndikufunsa kuti kodi Mulungu anakana anthu ake? Ayi. Ndi pangʼono pomwe! Inenso ndine Mwisraeli, mmodzi mwa zidzukulu za Abrahamu, ndiponso wa fuko la Benjamini.
I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Mulungu sanawakane anthu ake amene Iye anawadziwiratu. Kodi inu simukudziwa zimene Malemba akunena pa ndime imene Eliya akudandaula kwa Mulungu kuneneza Aisraeli? Iye anati,
God did not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture tells by Elijah? How he encounters God about Israel.
3 “Ambuye, anthuwa apha aneneri anu ndi kugwetsa maguwa anu ansembe. Ndatsala ine ndekha wamoyo ndipo akufuna kundipha?”
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and they have torn down thine altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 Ndipo yankho la Mulungu linali lotani? “Ine ndadzisungira ndekha anthu 7,000 amene sanapembedzepo Baala.”
But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.
5 Chimodzimodzinso lero lino, alipo Aisraeli pangʼono osankhidwa mwachisomo.
So then also at this present time there has become a remnant according to the selection of grace.
6 Ndipo ngati ndi mwachisomo, sikungakhalenso mwa ntchito. Ngati zikanatero, chisomo sichikanakhalanso chisomo ayi.
And if it is by grace, it is no longer from works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace. But if it is from works it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work.
7 Nʼchiyani tsopano? Chimene Aisraeli anachifuna ndi mtima wonse sanachipeze koma osankhidwawo anachipeza. Enawo anawumitsidwa mtima
What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened,
8 monga kwalembedwa kuti, “Mulungu anawapatsa mzimu wosatha kumvetsa zinthu, maso osatha kupenya; makutu osatha kumva mpaka lero lino.”
just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.
9 Ndipo Davide akuti, “Maphwando awo asanduke msampha ndi diwa lowakola ndi chopunthwitsa kuti alandire chilango.
And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.
10 Maso awo atsekedwe kuti asaone, ndi misana yawo ikhale yokhota nthawi zonse.”
Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.
11 Ine ndikufunsanso kuti, kodi iwo anapunthwa ndi kugwa kotheratu? Ayi. Ndi pangʼono pomwe! Koma chifukwa cha kulakwa kwawo, chipulumutso chinafika kwa a mitundu ina kuti Aisraeli achite nsanje.
I say then, did they stumble so that they would fall? May it not happen! But in their transgression, salvation is to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Koma ngati kulakwa kwawo kwapindulitsa dziko lapansi ndi kulephera kwawo kwapindulitsa a mitundu ina, nanga kudzakhala kupindula kwakukulu chotani iwo akadzabwera chonse!
Now if their transgression is wealth of the world, and their failure is wealth of Gentiles, how much more their fullness?
13 Ine ndikuyankhula kwa inu a mitundu ina monga ine ndili mtumwi wa kwa a mitundu ina ndipo ndimawunyadira utumiki wangawu.
For I speak to you the Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of Gentiles, I enhance my ministry,
14 Ine cholinga changa nʼchakuti ndichititse nsanje anthu a mtundu wanga kuti ena mwa iwo apulumutsidwe.
if somehow I may provoke my flesh to jealousy and may save some of them.
15 Pakuti ngati kukanidwa kwawo kunayanjanitsa anthu a dziko lapansi ndi Mulungu, nanga kudzatani, Iye akadzawalandiranso? Kudzakhala monga ngati anthu akufa akuuka.
For if the casting away of them is reconciliation of the world, what is the acceptance except life from the dead?
16 Ngati chigawo chimodzi cha buledi woperekedwa monga zipatso zoyamba ndi choyera, ndiye kuti zonsezo ndi zoyera. Ngati muzu ndi oyera, nʼchimodzimodzinso nthambi zake.
And if the first fruit is holy, the branch is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also.
17 Ngati nthambi zina zinakhadzulidwa ndipo inu, inu ndiye nthambi za olivi wakuthengo, nʼkulumikizidwa pamalo pa nthambi zimenezo, ndipo tsopano mukulandira nawo zakudya zochokera ku mizu ya olivi,
And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,
18 musadzitame kunyoza nthambi zinazo. Ngati mutero, ganizirani ichi kuti Inu simugwiriziza mizu, koma muzu ukugwiriziza inu.
do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee.
19 Tsono mudzati, “Nthambizo zinakhadzulidwa kuti ine ndilumikizidwepo.”
Thou will therefore say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
20 Nʼzoona. Koma iwo anakhadzulidwa chifukwa chosakhulupirira ndipo inu mukuyima mwachikhulupiriro. Musadzitukumule, koma muchite mantha.
Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear,
21 Pakuti ngati Mulungu sanalekerere nthambi zachibadwidwe, Iye sadzakulekererani inunso.
for if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps neither will he spare thee.
22 Nʼchifukwa chake ganizirani za kukoma mtima ndi za ukali wa Mulungu. Ukali uli kwa iwo amene anagwa koma kukoma mtima kwa inu, malinga ngati musamala kukoma mtima kwakeko kupanda kutero inunso mudzakhadzulidwanso.
Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God. Indeed toward those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou too will be cut off.
23 Ngati iwo asiya kukhala osakhulupirira, adzalumikizidwanso pakuti Mulungu akhoza kuwalumikizanso.
And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 Pakuti ngati inu, mwa chilengedwe munali mtengo wa olivi wa kuthengo, Mulungu anakukhadzulani nakulumikizani ku mtengo wa olivi wodzalidwa, zomwe ndi zotsutsana ndi chilengedwe, kodi sikudzakhala kwapafupi kwa Iye kuwalumikizanso mu mtengo wawowawo wa olivi?
For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.
25 Abale, ine sindifuna kuti mukhale osadziwa za chinsinsi ichi, kuti mungadziyese nokha anzeru. Kuwuma mtima kumene Aisraeli akuchita ndi kwa kanthawi kufikira chiwerengero cha a mitundu chitalowa.
For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.
26 Kotero tsono Aisraeli onse adzapulumuka, monga kwalembedwa kuti, “Mpulumutsi adzachokera ku Ziyoni; Iye adzachotsa zoyipa zonse za Yakobo.
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, The man who delivers will come from Zion, and will turn away impiety from Jacob.
27 Ndipo ili lidzakhala pangano langa ndi iwo pamene Ine ndidzachotsa machimo awo.”
And this is the covenant from me to them when I will take away their sins.
28 Chifukwa cha Uthenga Wabwino, Aisraeli asanduka adani a Mulungu kuti inu mupindule. Koma kunena za kusankhidwa, iwo ndi okondedwa ndi Mulungu chifukwa cha makolo awo aja.
They are indeed enemies toward the good news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
29 Pakuti Mulungu akayitana munthu ndi kumupatsa mphatso sangasinthenso.
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 Monga mmene inu munalili, osamvera Mulungu pa nthawi ina, tsopano mwalandira chifundo chifukwa cha kusamvera kwawo.
For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these,
31 Chonchonso iwo akhala osamvera tsopano kuti iwonso alandire chifundo chifukwa cha chifundo cha Mulungu kwa inu.
so also now these have been disobedient for thy mercy, so that they also may receive mercy.
32 Pakuti Mulungu anasandutsa anthu onse a mʼndende ya kusamvera kuti Iye akaonetse chifundo kwa onse. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has confined all men in disobedience, so that he might be merciful to all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Aa! Nzeru za Mulungu ndi chidziwitso chake ndi zozama kwambiri! Ndani angazindikire maweruzidwe ake, ndipo njira zake angazitulukire ndani?
O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out!
34 “Kodi wadziwa ndani maganizo a Ambuye? Kapena ndani anakhalapo mlangizi wake?”
For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who became his counselor?
35 “Kodi ndani anapereka mphatso kwa Mulungu, kuti Mulunguyo amubwezere iye?”
Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him?
