Romans 11
1 Tua a hile, Pathian in a mite vawk siat zo a hi ziam? Vawk ngawl het hi. Banghangziam cile keima zong Israel mi ka hihi, Abraham suan, Benjamin minam ka hihi.
I ask then, Has God cast off His People? No, indeed. Why, I myself am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham and of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Pathian in a heakkholsa mite vawk peuma ngawl hi. Laithiangtho sung ah Elijah i son sa he ngawl nu ziam? Israel te langpan in Pathian tung ah bangbang in thungen ziam cile,
God has not cast off His People whom He knew beforehand. Or are you ignorant of what Scripture says in speaking of Elijah--how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,
3 Topa awng, amate in na kamsang te thatlum siat zo hi, taciang nangma biaktau te zong susia siat zo hi; taciang keima bek ka tang a, that tu in hong zong uh hi, ci hi.
"Lord, they have put Thy Prophets to death, and have overthrown Thy altars; and, now that I alone remain, they are thirsting for my blood"?
4 Ahihang Pathian in bangbang in zo kik ziam? Baal mai ah khupdin in a kun ngawl mihing tul sali keima atu in koilai khi hi, ci hi.
But what did God say to him in reply? "I have reserved for Myself 7,000 men who have never bent the knee to Baal."
5 Tasia bangma in hi hun ah zong hesuakna hang in tealsa a tanglai te om hi.
In the same way also at the present time there has come to be a remnant whom God in His grace has selected.
6 Taciang thuthiamna tungtawn in a hile, hi sepna te hang hi ngawl zaw hi: tabang a hibale thuthiamna sia thuthiamna hi ngawl hi. Ahihang hi te sia sepna hang hi ngawl hi: tabang hibale sepna sia sepna hi ngawl suak leleau hi.
But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.
7 Tua a hile bang ih ci tu ziam? Israel mite in a zon uh sia nga ngawl lai hi; ahihang a tealsa te in nga zo uh hi, taciang a dangte sia tuni dong in a mit uh taw lai hi.
How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.
8 A ki atkhol sa bangma in, Pathian in amate i mitte khua mu ngawl tu in le a bil te uh khua za ngawl tu in, mutsua na thaa amate pia hi.
And so Scripture says, "God has given them a spirit of drowsiness--eyes to see nothing with and ears to hear nothing with--even until now."
9 Taciang David in, amate sabuai sia, ngen le thang, liik thei na le amate na pha ngawl vawt man suak tahen:
And David says, "Let their very food become a snare and a trap to them, a stumbling-block and a retribution.
10 Amate i mitte sia bangma mu ngawl tu in mial tahen, taciang a tawntung in amate i cingzang uh sia kuul tawntung tahen, ci hi.
Let darkness come over their eyes that they may be unable to see, and make Thou their backs continually to stoop."
11 Tabang hile, ama a liikna sia pukcip vet tu ziam? Pukcip ngawl het tu hi: ahihang amate i pukna tungtawn in Gentile te tung ah ngupna theng hi, banghangziam cile amate i elna tungtawn in a thin uh uksak uh hi.
I ask, however, "Have they stumbled so as to be finally ruined?" No, indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come to the Gentiles in order to arouse the jealousy of the descendants of Israel;
12 Tu in amate i pu na sia leitung bup atu in hau na hi a, amate i kiamsukna sia Gentile te atu hauna ahile; a cialcinna sia bangza in a tamzaw hauna suak tu ziam?
and if their lapse is the enriching of the world, and their overthrow the enriching of the Gentiles, will not still greater good follow their restoration?
13 Banghangziam cile Gentile mite awng kong son hi, keima sia Gentile mite atu in sawltak ka hi bangma in:
But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,
14 Bangbangpo ahizong cilesa deina in ka mi pui te ka hanthot thei natu le pawlkhat te ka ngup thei natu ahile, ci in ka nasep ka dualthong bua hi.
trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them.
15 Banghangziam cile Judah mite i a vawk uh sia Pathian le leitung bup kilemna ahile, amate i a san uh sia, thina pan in nuntakna hi ngawl tu ziam?
For if their having been cast aside has carried with it the reconciliation of the world, what will their being accepted again be but Life out of death?
16 Banghangziam cile anpal sia thiangtho ahile, a anlom bup zong thiangtho hi: taciang a zung a thiangtho le, a bak te zong thiangtho hi.
Now if the firstfruits of the dough are holy, so also is the whole mass; and if the root of a tree is holy, so also are the branches.
17 Taciang olive kung pan a bak pawlkhat te thiak in, nangma ngam olive kung sia amate sung ah hong pe hi, taciang amate taw olive zung le a thau te na nekhawm a hile;
And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,
18 A bak te langpan in ki suangtak heak in. Na ki suangtak le, nangma in a zung na tha bua hi, a zung in nangma hong dom hi zaw hi.
beware of glorying over the natural branches. Or if you are so glorying, do not forget that it is not you who uphold the root: the root upholds you.
19 Nangma in, keima hong pe pa hang in a bak te thiaktan hi, na ci tu hi.
"Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in."
20 Pha hi; amate i a up ngawl uh hu in thiaktan hi, taciang nangma sia upna taw na ding hi. Kiphasak heak in, ahizong lau in:
This is true; yet it was their unbelief that cut them off, and you only stand through your faith.
21 Banghangziam cile Pathian in a omsa a bak te hawai ngawl ahile, nangma zong hong hawai tuan ngawl tu hi, ci in kidawm in.
Do not be puffed up with pride. Tremble rather--for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.
22 Tua ahikom Pathian i phatna le lauhuai na sia en in: a puk te tung ah lauhuai mama hi; ahihang Ama i phatna sung ah na om paisuak le, na tung ah phatna hi tu hi: tabang a hibale nangma zong hong sattan tu hi.
Notice therefore God's kindness and God's severity. On those who have fallen His severity has descended, but upon you His kindness has come, provided that you do not cease to respond to that kindness. Otherwise you will be cut off also.
23 Taciang Judah mite zong um ngawl in a om tawntung bua uh le, pe kik tu hi: banghangziam cile Pathian in amate pe kik thei hi.
Moreover, if they turn from their unbelief, they too will be grafted in. For God is powerful enough to graft them in again;
24 Banghangziam cile nangma sia ngam olive kung pan in hong tan tu a, olive kung pha tung ah hong pe ahile: hi a omsa olive bak te bangza in amate olive kung tung ah pe kik tu ziam?
and if you were cut from that which by nature is a wild olive and contrary to nature were grafted into the good olive tree, how much more certainly will these natural branches be grafted on their own olive tree?
25 Banghangziam cile suapui te awng, noma heak na bek ah a pil bang in na ki ngaisut thak ngawl natu uh in, hi thuku he ngawl in na om tu uh ka dei bua hi; hi Israel pawlkhat te khuamu ngawl na sia Gentile te a kimtak in a tum uh dong hi tu hi.
For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;
26 Taciang Israel mi theampo ngupna nga tu hi: Zion pan in suatakna hong suak tu a, Jacob tung pan in Pathian nei ngawl a nuntak zia uh laisak tu hi:
and so all Israel will be saved. As is declared in Scripture, "From Mount Zion a Deliverer will come: He will remove all ungodliness from Jacob;
27 Banghangziam cile amate mawna te ka laksak siat ciang in, hisia in amate tung ah ka kamciam a hihi.
and this shall be My Covenant with them; when I have taken away their sins."
28 Lungdamna thu taw kisai in, amate sia noma atu in ngal te a hihi: ahizong in tealna taw kisai in amate sia pu le pa te hang in hong it te na hi uh hi.
In relation to the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for your sakes; but in relation to God's choice they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers.
29 Banghangziam cile Pathian i letsong te le sapna sung ah ki sikkik na om ngawl hi.
For God does not repent of His free gifts nor of His call;
30 Banghangziam cile a bosa hun sung ah note in Pathian na um bua uh hi, ahihang amate i up ngawl na hang in tu in note hesuakna na nga uh hi:
but just as you were formerly disobedient to Him, but now have received mercy at a time when they are disobedient,
31 Tasia bangma in hi Judah mite zong tu in um ngawl uh hi, tabang in noma i hesuakna tungtawn in amate zong hesuakna a nga tu uh hi.
so now they also have been disobedient at a time when you are receiving mercy; so that to them too there may now be mercy.
32 Banghangziam cile mi theampo tung ah hesuakna a nei thei natu in, Pathian in amate theampo sia up ngawl na sung ah vaihuaisak siat hi. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has locked up all in the prison of unbelief, that upon all alike He may have mercy. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Maw Pathian i ciimna le heakna bangza thuk in bangza in zai ziam! a thukhenna te bangza in zon le vai tu haksa ziam, a lampi te bangza in mu tu haksa ziam!
Oh, how inexhaustible are God's resources and God's wisdom and God's knowledge! How impossible it is to search into His decrees or trace His footsteps!
34 Banghangziam cile akua in Topa thinsung he ziam? a hibale akua in Ama ngaisutna pia tu ziam?
"Who has ever known the mind of the Lord, or shared His counsels?"
35 Ahi bale Ama i thukkik tu in a piamasa akua om ziam?
"Who has first given God anything, so as to receive payment in return?"
36 Banghangziam cile na theampo sia Ama sung pan le Ama tungtawn in le Ama atu a hihi: Ama tung ah minthanna a tawntung in om tahen. Amen. (aiōn g165)
For the universe owes its origin to Him, was created by Him, and has its aim and purpose in Him. To Him be the glory throughout the Ages! Amen. (aiōn g165)
