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 then, Hath God cast off his people? Far be it I For I myself am an Israelite, of 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 hath not cast off his people, which he foreknew. Do ye not know what the Scripture saith in the passage concerning Elijah? how he pleadeth to God against 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, they have dug down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my life.”
4 Ndipo yankho la Mulungu linali lotani? “Ine ndadzisungira ndekha anthu 7,000 amene sanapembedzepo Baala.”
But what saith the answer of God to him? “I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 Chimodzimodzinso lero lino, alipo Aisraeli pangʼono osankhidwa mwachisomo.
In the same way then at this present time also there is a remnant, according to the election 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 on account of works; otherwise grace ceaseth to be grace; but if it is of works, there is then no grace; otherwise work ceaseth to be work. How is it then?
7 Nʼchiyani tsopano? Chimene Aisraeli anachifuna ndi mtima wonse sanachipeze koma osankhidwawo anachipeza. Enawo anawumitsidwa mtima
What Israel seeketh after, that Israel did not obtain; but the elect 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.”
as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that were not to see, and ears that were not to hear, unto this day.”
9 Ndipo Davide akuti, “Maphwando awo asanduke msampha ndi diwa lowakola ndi chopunthwitsa kuti alandire chilango.
And David saith, “Let their table become a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them;
10 Maso awo atsekedwe kuti asaone, ndi misana yawo ikhale yokhota nthawi zonse.”
let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; and bow down their back alway.”
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 in order to fall? God forbid! But by their offence salvation is come to the gentiles to excite them to emulation.
12 Koma ngati kulakwa kwawo kwapindulitsa dziko lapansi ndi kulephera kwawo kwapindulitsa a mitundu ina, nanga kudzakhala kupindula kwakukulu chotani iwo akadzabwera chonse!
But if their offence is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the gentiles, how much more will their fullness be?
13 Ine ndikuyankhula kwa inu a mitundu ina monga ine ndili mtumwi wa kwa a mitundu ina ndipo ndimawunyadira utumiki wangawu.
For I am speaking to you gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the gentiles, I magnify my office,
14 Ine cholinga changa nʼchakuti ndichititse nsanje anthu a mtundu wanga kuti ena mwa iwo apulumutsidwe.
that I may, if possible, excite to emulation those who are my flesh, 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 rejection of them is the reconciliation of the world, what will the reception of them be, but 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 portion of the dough is holy, so also will be the lump; and if the root is holy, so will be the branches.
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 have been broken off, and thou, a wild olive, hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker with them of the root and fatness of the olive-tree,
18 musadzitame kunyoza nthambi zinazo. Ngati mutero, ganizirani ichi kuti Inu simugwiriziza mizu, koma muzu ukugwiriziza inu.
boast not over the branches; for if thou boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee.
19 Tsono mudzati, “Nthambizo zinakhadzulidwa kuti ine ndilumikizidwepo.”
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Nʼzoona. Koma iwo anakhadzulidwa chifukwa chosakhulupirira ndipo inu mukuyima mwachikhulupiriro. Musadzitukumule, koma muchite mantha.
Be it so. It was for their unbelief that they were broken off, and thou standest through thy faith; be not high-minded, but fear.
21 Pakuti ngati Mulungu sanalekerere nthambi zachibadwidwe, Iye sadzakulekererani inunso.
For if God spared the natural branches, take care lest he spare not 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 then the goodness and the severity of God; toward those who fell, severity; but toward thee God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise thou also wilt be cut off.
23 Ngati iwo asiya kukhala osakhulupirira, adzalumikizidwanso pakuti Mulungu akhoza kuwalumikizanso.
And they also, 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 hast been cut off from an olive-tree wild by nature, and hast against thy nature been ingrafted into a good olive-tree, how much more shall these, the natural branches, be ingrafted into their own olive-stock?
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 would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall have come in.
26 Kotero tsono Aisraeli onse adzapulumuka, monga kwalembedwa kuti, “Mpulumutsi adzachokera ku Ziyoni; Iye adzachotsa zoyipa zonse za Yakobo.
And thus will all Israel be saved; as it is written, “There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 Ndipo ili lidzakhala pangano langa ndi iwo pamene Ine ndidzachotsa machimo awo.”
And this will be my covenant with them, when I shall have taken 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.
In regard to the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes; but in regard to God's choice, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
29 Pakuti Mulungu akayitana munthu ndi kumupatsa mphatso sangasinthenso.
For in respect to his gifts and his calling, there is no change of purpose with God.
30 Monga mmene inu munalili, osamvera Mulungu pa nthawi ina, tsopano mwalandira chifundo chifukwa cha kusamvera kwawo.
For as ye in times past were disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,
31 Chonchonso iwo akhala osamvera tsopano kuti iwonso alandire chifundo chifukwa cha chifundo cha Mulungu kwa inu.
so they too have now become disobedient, that they also may obtain mercy through the mercy shown to you.
32 Pakuti Mulungu anasandutsa anthu onse a mʼndende ya kusamvera kuti Iye akaonetse chifundo kwa onse. (eleēsē g1653)
For God delivered up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon 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 the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his purposes, and his ways past finding out!
34 “Kodi wadziwa ndani maganizo a Ambuye? Kapena ndani anakhalapo mlangizi wake?”
For “who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been made his counselor?”
35 “Kodi ndani anapereka mphatso kwa Mulungu, kuti Mulunguyo amubwezere iye?”
or “who first gave to him, and shall receive a return?”
