Romah 9
1 Khritaw üng, ngthu kcang ka pyenki, am ka hleiki ni, Ngmüimkhya Ngcima phäha, akdaw ja akse ksingnak thei naw pi na ksingpüi se,
I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost, )
2 ka khuikhanak ka pyen üng mlung üng am düt theikia natnak ka taki.
that great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my heart.
3 Ka khyange mtisa lama ka mjüea phäh kei hin Khritaw üngka naw mtai lü yüncenak ka yah vaia pi hlüei kyaw veng.
For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?
4 Isarel khyangea kyakiea kyase, caea thawnak, hlüngtainak, khyütame ja Thum jah pe lü ngthumkhän a jah pawh püi. Pamhnam hjawkhahnak ja äpeinake naküt cun ami kaa kya lü;
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 ami cun nglongthangkie Hebru pupae üngka naw lawki he. Pumsa lama Khritaw cun amimi üngka naw lawki; Ani cun avan naküta khana veki, angläta mhlünmtai phyakia Pamhnama kyaki! Amen. (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 Cunsepi, Pamhnama ngthu cun am ngtähki tia am pyen veng. Isarela mjükphyüie naküt, Isarel kcanga kya päihkiea am kya;
Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
7 Abrahama mjükphyüia ami kyaa phäha ami van Abrahama caa am kya u; “Khyütam ka ning peta mjükphyüi cun Isak üngkhyüh na yah khai” tia kyaki.
nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 Acun cun, mtisa lama cae cun Pamhnama caea am kya u lü khyütamnak am cae cun Abrahama caea kyakie tinaka kyaki.
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 Pamhnama khyütam cun hina kyaki; “Atuh üngka naw, akcün kümkawi lü ka law üng, Sarah naw kpamica ca na khai” a ti.
For the word of promise is this, At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Acun däka am kya, Rabeka naw mi pu Isaka phäh angphi a mpyainak üng,
And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conception by one, even Isaac our father;
11 na ca xawi am ani hmi law ham üng, akdaw ja akse am ani pawh thei ham üng, pawhmsaha phäha am kya lü, khüikia mlung ngaih däka kya lü, xünak üng, Pamhnama bünak a khäng vaia,
(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 a veia, “Angvai cun akdika mpyaa kya khai” tia Pamhnam naw a pyen.
it was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to the younger.”
13 “Jakop jawng na lü Etaw ka hnengki” tia Cangcim naw a pyen.
As it is written, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
14 I mi pyen vai veki? Pamhnam cun am ngsungpyunki mi ti khai aw? Pamhnam am ngsungpyunkia am kya.
What shall we say therefore? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 Pamhnam naw, “Ka mpyenei hlü, mpyenei lü, ka bänak hlü ka bänak khai” tia, Mosia veia a pyen.
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 Acunakyase, anaküt cun khyanga ngjak'hlü am kya lü Pamhnama mpyeneinaka phäha ni akya ve.
Well then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who sheweth mercy.
17 Cangcim naw Pharoa veia, “Ka khyaihnak nang üngka mdan vaia phäha ja ka ngming khawmdek avan üng a ngthang hünak vaia ka ning mhlünmtaiki” a ti.
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 Acunakyase, Pamhnam naw a mpyenei hlü mpyenei lü, a mlung a ngcangsak hlü ngcangsaki.
Well then, he hath mercy on whom he will, but whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Acunakyaküng, “Pamhnam naw ise jah mkateiki ni? U naw a ngjak'hlü mkhyeki ni?” Mat mat naw ti taw khai.
Wilt thou then say to me, Why yet doth he blame us? Who hath resisted his will?
20 Cunsepi, ka püi aw, Pamhnam na ngcuhpüi khaia ta nang u ni? Mdek k’am naw sepkia khyang üng, “I vai ahikba na na pyan ni?” ti lü am kthäh khawi.
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 K’amksep naw, mdek üngka lo lü mat akdawa sep lü, mata sep sawxat khaia ana taki ni. K’amksep naw mdek cun a ngjak'hlüa am sumei khai aw?
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 Pamhnama bilawhnak üng pi acun kba kyaki. A mlung sonak mdan lü a johit a ngsingnaksak vaia kyaki. Cunsepi a mlungsonak khamei lü, pyüpyeh khaie khana mlung saünak taki.
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 A hlüngtainak yah khaia a jah mhnüna mi kyakia mimia khana a jah peta dämdakia a hlüngtainak cun, a bäkhäknak makie khana pi a mdan vai pawhki.
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:
24 Judahe däk üngkaa am kya lü, Khyangmjükcee üngkae pi a jah khü.
even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out of the Gentiles?
25 Hosia cauk üng, “Ka khyanga am kya khawikie, ‘ka khyange’ ka jah ti na khai. Acunüng am ka mhläkphyanak khawie cun ‘ka mhläkphyanake’ ka ti khai.
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 Acunüng, ami veia hikba kya law khai, ‘Ka khyangea am nami kyakia’ hnün üng xüngseiki Pamhnama cae tia ngsui law khaie” tia pyenki.
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 Hesajah naw pi Isarele jah pyen naki naw, “Isarele cun, tuinu kama, kdiyüta mäiha däm u sepi avange däk naw ni küikyannak ami yah kawm.
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 Bawipa naw khawmdek khana khyange cun angenga ngthu jah mkhyah pe khaia pha law khai” a ti.
for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth.”
29 Hesajah kung naw, “Hlüngtai säihki Bawipa naw mi mjükphyüie am a jah phyäi vai sü üng ta, Sodom mlüh ja Komorah mlüha mäiha mi kham khaie sü” tia a na pyenki.
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 Khyangmjükcee vei mi pyen vai ta amimät jah amimät Pamhnam üng am ngsungpyun hlü u lü amimäta pawhmsah üng ngsungpyun hlükie cun jumnak am amät am a jah ngsungpyunsak.
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 Isarele ngsungpyunnaka thum ktämkie naw ngsungpyunnaka thum am hmu ve u.
But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the law of righteousness.
32 Ise ni? Jumnak üng am ktäm u lü bilawhnak am yah theia mäiha ami ktäma phäha kyaki. “Ngsukeinaka lung” üng ngsukeikie.
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 Cangcim naw, “Tenga khyangea ngsukeinak vai lung ja kyukngtänaka lungnu cun Zion mcunga ka taki, au pi Ani jumeikie naküt cun am hela u” tia pyenki.
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.”
