Ŵaloma 10
1 Achalongo achinjangu, chingulajila kwannope mu ntima mwangu, ni ngwapopelela Akunnungu kwaligongo lya Ŵaisilaeli, kuti akulupuswe.
My fellow believers, what I deeply desire and what I pray to God earnestly for is that he will save [my own people], [the Jews].
2 Pakuŵa isyene ngunsalila umboni kuti akuchalila kwatumichila Akunnungu, nambo ngaŵa mu umanyilisi wambone.
I declare truthfully about them that although they (zealously seek/very much want to know) God, they do not understand [how to seek/know him correctly].
3 Pakuŵa nganaimanyilila yakuti Akunnungu pakwaŵalanjila ŵandu kuŵa ŵambone paujo pao, nombewo atandisye litala lyao achinsyene. Ngakulikuya litala lya kuŵalanjikwa ŵambone paujo pa Akunnungu.
They did not (submit themselves to/accept) the way that God erases the record of people’s sins. They did not [want to] recognize [that way] because they wanted him to do it their own way.
4 Pakuŵa kwa kwika kwakwe Kilisito, malajisyo gaichile kumbesi kwakwe, pakuŵa mundu jwalijose jwakunkulupilila Kilisito aŵalanjikwe jwambone paujo pa Akunnungu.
They wanted God to erase the record of their sins [as a result of their obeying his laws. But] because of what Christ has done, it is no longer necessary for [people to obey] the laws [God gave Moses in order for the record of their sins to be erased]. Now God will erase the record of sins of everyone who trusts [in what Christ has done].
5 Nkati ngani ja kuŵalanjikwa ŵambone paujo pa Akunnungu kwa litala lya kukamula Malajisyo, che Musa ŵalembile yele, “Mundu jwakugakamulichisya Malajisyo chatame kwa litala lya Malajisyo go.”
In regard to [the old] way, Moses wrote [concerning people who obey God’s] laws, “It is the people who have done [perfectly] the things [that the laws require] who will gain [eternal] life by [doing] them.”
6 Nambo nkati ngani ja kuŵalanjikwa ŵambone paujo pa Akunnungu kwa litala lya chikulupi, ikuŵechetekwa yele: “Kasinliusya mu ntima mwenu kuti, ana ŵaani ŵachakwele kwinani kuti annyichisye Kilisito paasi kukwetu?”
But those whose record of sins God has erased as a result of their believing [in Christ] can say [to anyone] [PRS] [as Moses said], “You should not [critically] think inwardly, ‘(Someone will have to go up and enter heaven!/Who will go up and enter heaven?)’ [RHQ]” That is to say, someone will have to [go up and] bring Christ down [to bring the message of salvation to us]!
7 Atamuno kasinliusya kuti, “Ŵaani juchatuluche mu lisimbo lyangali mbesi kuti annyichisye Kilisito pachanya?” (Abyssos g12)
“Or [you should not think inwardly], ‘(Someone will have to go down and enter the place where [the spirits] of dead persons are!/Who will go down and enter the place where [the spirits] of dead persons are?)’ [RHQ]” That is to say, someone will have to [go down and] bring Christ up [from there to bring the message of salvation to us. You should not say that because Christ has already come down to save us, and has already become alive after he died]! (Abyssos g12)
8 Nambo Malembelo ga Akunnungu gakuti yeleyi: “Liloŵe lya Akunnungu liŵandikene nomwe, lili mu kang'wa jenu ni mu ntima wenu.” Liloŵe lyo lili utenga wa chikulupi chachitukwalalichila ŵandu.
But instead, [those who believe in Christ] [PRS] can say what [RHQ] [Moses also said], “You [(sg)] can find out about [God’s] message very easily. You can speak [MTY] about it; you can think [MTY] about it.” This is the message that we proclaim, that people must believe [in Christ].
9 Mwajitichisyaga ni kuŵecheta kwa kang'wa jenu kuti Che Yesu ali Ambuje ni kukulupilila mu ntima mwenu kuti Akunnungu ŵasyusisye mu ŵawe, chinchikulupuswa.
[This message is that] if anyone of you confesses/says publicly that Jesus is Lord, and if you [(sg)] believe that God (caused him to become alive again after he died/raised him from the dead), you will be saved {[God] will save you}.
10 Pakuŵa kwa ntima mundu akukulupilila ni kuŵalanjikwa kuŵa ŵambone paujo pa Akunnungu, sooni kwa kang'wa jakwe pakwitichisya ni kuŵecheta, akukulupuswa.
If people believe [that Christ died and that God caused him to become alive again] [CHI], the result is that [God will erase the record of their sins]. And [for] those who state/declare publicly [that Jesus is their Lord], the result is that [God] will save them.
11 Pakuŵa Malembelo ga Akunnungu gakuti, “Mundu jwalijose jwakunkulupilila jwelejo ngajakola soni.”
[It is written] {[Isaiah wrote]} in the Scriptures [PRS] [about the Messiah], “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
12 Chindu chi chili kwa ŵandu wose, nganikupagwa kulekangana pasikati ja Ŵayahudi ni ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi, pakuŵa Akunnungu ali Ambuje ŵa ŵandu wose, ni sooni ali ŵambone kwa ŵandu ŵakwapopela.
[God] treats Jews and non-Jews similarly. Because he is the same Lord for all people [who believe in him], he abundantly [blesses] all who ask him [to save them].
13 Pakuŵa Malembelo ga Akunnungu gakuti, “Mundu jwalijose juchaŵilanje kwa liina lya Ambuje chakulupuswe.”
This is [just like what the prophet Joel wrote]: “All those who ask the Lord [God] to save them will be saved {The Lord [God] will save all those who ask him to save them}.”
14 Nipele, ana champopele chinauli jwelejo jwanganankulupilila? Ana chankulupilile uli iŵaga nganapilikana utenga wakwe? Sooni chapilikanile chinauli utenga wakwe pangali ŵandu ŵakwalalichila?
[In regard to the people of Israel rejecting the gospel, some people might object by saying], (OR, [This raises another problem about the Jews]: ) “(They certainly cannot ask [Christ to save them] if they have not [first] believed [in him]!/How can they ask [Christ to help/save them] if they have not [first] believed [in him]?) [RHQ] And (they certainly cannot believe [in him] if they have not heard about him!/how can they believe [in him] if they have not heard about him?) [RHQ] And (they certainly cannot hear [about him] if someone does not preach to them [about him]!/how can they hear [about him] if someone does not preach to them [about him]?) [RHQ]
15 Ana chalalichile chinauli Ngani Jambone pangaalajisya? Mpela Malembelo gamaswela yagakuti pakusala, “Nlole yaikuti kusengwasya kwika kwa aŵala ŵakulalichila Ngani Jambone!”
And those who preach to them [about Christ], (certainly cannot preach if they are not sent [by God] {if [God] does not send them} [to preach!]/how can they preach if they are not sent [by God] {if [God] does not send them} [to preach]?) [RHQ] [His sending messengers to them would be] just like it is written {like someone wrote} [in the Scriptures], ‘The arrival [MTY] of those who preach the good message is wonderful!’”
16 Nambo ngaŵa ŵandu wose ŵaŵakulupilile Ngani Jambone. Pakuŵa che Isaya jwakulondola jwa Akunnungu ŵatite, “Ambuje, ana nduni jwaukulupilile utenga wetu?”
[I would reply in this way to people who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ]. But not all [the people of Israel] have paid attention to the good message! [It is like what] Isaiah said [when he felt very discouraged], “Lord, it seems as if hardly anyone believed what they heard us [(exc)] preach! [RHQ]”
17 Kwayele, chikulupi chikuika kwa kupilikana utenga, ni utenga wo ukwika kwa kulalichilwa Liloŵe lya Kilisito.
So then, [I tell you that people] are believing [in Christ] as a result of hearing [the message about him], and people are hearing [the message] as a result of [people] preaching [about] Christ!
18 Nambo nguusya, ana nganaupilikana utenga wo? Elo, kupilikana ŵapilikene! Mpela Malembelo ga Akunnungu yagakuti, “Liloŵe lyao lyapikaniche mu chilambo mose ni maloŵe gao gaichile mpaka kumbesi kwa chilambo chose.”
But [if someone were to] ask, “Have not [the people of Israel] heard [the message about God?]” [I would reply that they] certainly [have heard it]! It is like [what is written in the Psalms], [People living] all over the world [PRS, MTY] [have seen the stars], and what they indicate [about God’s character has reached people living in] the most remote places in the world [DOU]!
19 Nguusya sooni, ana Ŵaisilaeli nganaimanyilila? Akunnungu ŵatandite kuŵecheta kwa litala li che Musa, “Chinantende nkole wiu kwa litala lya ŵandu ŵangaŵa chilambo, chinantesye ntumbile kwa litala lya ŵandu ŵakuloŵela.”
But [someone might ask], “[Is it true that the people of] [MTY] Israel understood [the message about Christ]?” [I would reply that certainly they understood it, but they rejected it! Remember that] Moses was the first [one who warned the people of Israel about disobeying God. He told them that God said], [You consider that] non-Jewish groups are not nations at all [CHI]. But some of them [will believe in me, and I will bless them]. Then you will envy them. I will cause you to be angry with those people whom [you Jews think] do not understand [my ways] [IRO].
20 Che Isaya jwakulondola ŵaŵechete pangali woga maloŵe ga, Akunnungu ŵatite, “Mbatikene kwa ŵandu ŵanganasosasosa une, naliunukwile kwa ŵandu ŵanganausya nkati ngani jangu.”
Remember also [what God] said [very] boldly to Isaiah: Non-Jews who did not (try to know/seek) me will surely find me [DOU]! I will surely reveal what I am like to those who did not ask for me!
21 Nambo nkati Ŵaisilaeli, che Isaya akutusalila kuti, “Akunnungu ŵatite yeleyi, ‘Lyuŵa tetete najongwele makono gangu kwa ŵandu kwaŵilanga ŵandu ŵangakunyitichisya ni ŵamakani.’”
But concerning [the people of] Israel, [Isaiah] tells [us that God said]: For a long time I have held out my arms to people who disobeyed and rebelled against me, [in order] to invite them to return to me.
