Jo-Rumi 9
1 Awacho adiera kuom Kristo kendo ok ariambi; chunya bende bedo janeno kuom wach ma awachoni ni en adier kuom Roho Maler.
I am speaking the truth in Christ, it is no lie. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have deep sorrow
2 An gi kuyo maduongʼ kod lit ma ok rum e chunya.
and incessant anguish in my heart.
3 Nimar daher mondo an awuon ema okwongʼa kendo ongʼad kara oko kuom Kristo, nikech wach owetena, kendo ogandana korka ringruok, ma gin jo-Israel.
For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
4 Gin ema noketgi yawuot Nyasaye; gin ema nomigi duongʼ mar Nyasaye gi muma, gi chik, gi lemo, kod singruok.
For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises;
5 Gin bende ema kwerewa madongo noa kuomgi, kendo kata mana Kristo, kuom anywolane kaka dhano, bende oa kuomgi; En ma en Nyasaye kuom duto, kendo mipako nyaka chiengʼ! Amin. (aiōn g165)
theirs are the patriarchs, and of them, as concerning the flesh, is Christ, who is over all, God, blessed forever, Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Mano ok onyiso ni wach Nyasaye orem mak ochopo chenrone, nikech nyikwa Israel duto ok gin jo-Israel adier.
It is not, however, as though God’s word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;
7 To bende, nyikwa Ibrahim duto ok gin kothe madier. To en mana kaka Nyasaye nonyiso Ibrahim niya, “Kuom wuodi Isaka ema kothi duto nowuogie.”
they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham’s descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called.
8 Ma nyiso ni nyithind ringruok ok ema nyithind Nyasaye, to mana nyithind singruok ema ikwano kaka koth Ibrahim.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as his posterity.
9 Nimar kama e kaka Nyasaye noketo singruok: “Ka kinde moketi ochopo, to anaduogi kendo Sara noyud wuowi.”
For thus is the word of promise, According to this season I will come, and Sarah shall bear a son.
10 To ok mano kende; kwarwa Isaka nonywolo nyithindo ariyo gi Rebeka chiege.
And not only so, but when Rebecca was pregnant by our forefather Isaac, though one man was the father of both children,
11 To kapok chiege nonywolo nyithindo marudego, kendo kapok negitimo gimoro maber kata marach, mondo chenro mar Nyasaye ochop kare
and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,
12 to ok kuom tim, to kuom Nyasaye mayiero joge mane onyise niya, “Wuowi maduongʼ noti ne wuowi matin.”
it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 Mana kaka ondiki niya, “Jakobo ahero, to Esau nasin-go.”
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 Koro wanyalo wacho angʼo? Wanyalo wacho ni Nyasaye ok jangʼad bura makare koso? Ok nyal bet kamano ngangʼ!
What shall we say then? that there is injustice with God? No indeed.
15 Nimar owacho ne Musa niya, “Anakech ngʼama adwaro kecho, kendo anangʼwon-ne ngʼama adwaro ngʼwonone.”
His words to Moses are. I will have mercy on whom I choose to have mercy; I will have compassion on whom I choose to have compassion.
16 Omiyo ok otenore kuom dwaro kata tich mar ngʼato, to en kuom kech mar Nyasaye.
So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
17 Nimar Ndiko wacho ne Farao niya, “Natingʼi malo mana ne wachni, ni mondo anyis tekona kuomi kendo mondo nyinga olandi e piny duto.”
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, It is for this very purpose that I have raised you up, To show in you my power, And to proclaim my name far and wide, in all the earth.
18 Kuom mano, wayudo ni ka Nyasaye dwaro kecho ngʼato to okeche, kendo ka odwaro miyo chuny ngʼato doko matek to otimo kamano.
So then he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will, he hardens.
19 To ngʼato kuomu nyalo nyisa niya, “Ka kamano to Nyasaye pod kwanowa kaka joketho nangʼo? Koso en ngʼa ma ditam dwarone timore?”
Then you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand his will?"
20 To in, in ngʼa yaye dhano, ma diduokri gi Nyasaye? “Gima ochwe bende nyalo wachone ngʼat mochweye ni, ‘Angʼo momiyo ne ichweya machal kama?’”
"Nay, but who are you, O man, that replies to God? Shall the thing formed say unto him who formed it, "Why did you do me like this?"
21 Donge jachwe agulu nigi ratiro mar tiyo gi lop chwecho kaka ohero; kochweyo kode agulni moko ni tich mogen, to moko ni tich aticha mapile?
Or has not the potter power over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for noble, and another for ignoble uses?
22 To ere rachne ka Nyasaye noyiere mar nyiso mirimbe, kendo mar nyiso ji tekone, to osetimo kinda kohore mos amingʼa mak otoyo mirimbe kuom joma owinjore okum, ma gin joma noyik ne tho?
But what if God, while intending to show forth his wrath, and to make known his power, yet endured, with much long-suffering, vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction?
23 Donge dibed ni notimo kamano mondo omi mwandu mar duongʼne ongʼe gi jogo modwaro kecho mane osechano chon ne duongʼ,
And what if he thus purposed to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory?
24 ma oriwo wan bende, wan moseluongowa, ok kuom jo-Yahudi kende, to kuom joma ok jo-Yahudi bende?
Now such are we whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles.
25 Mana kaka owacho e Hosea niya: “Joma ne ok joga, abiro luongo ni jaherana kendo jal mane ok oher abiro luongo ni moher,”
As he also said in Hosea. Those who were not my people I will call "my people," And her "beloved" who was not beloved;
26 kendo niya, “Kama ne owachnegi ni, ‘Ok un joga,’ kanyo ema ibiro luongogi ni ‘yawuot Nyasaye mangima.’”
And in that very spot where it was told them, "You are not my people," There they shall be called "Sons of the living God."
27 Isaya bende nowuoyo kuom jo-Israel kawacho niya, “Kata bed ni nyithind Israel ngʼeny ka kwoyo manie dho nam, to ji manok kuomu kende ema noresi.
And in regard to Israel, Isaiah exclaims. Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, it is but a remnant of those who shall be saved;
28 Nimar Jehova Nyasaye biro ngʼado bura ni piny ngima mapiyo piyo kendo dichiel.”
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
29 En mana kaka Isaya nowacho motelo ni, “Ka dine Jehova Nyasaye Maratego ok oweyonwa nyikwayo, to dine wachalo gi jo-Sodom, adier, dikoro ne wachalo kaka jo-Gomora.”
Even as in an earlier passage, Isaiah says, Except the Lord of Sabbath had us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and should have fared like Gomorrah.
30 Koro wanyalo wacho angʼo? Bende wanyalo wacho ni joma ok jo-Yahudi mane ok otemo matek mondo oyud ngima ema koro oseyudo ngima makare nogo miyudo kuom yie;
What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?
31 to Israel mane otemo matek mondo oyud ngima makare motenore kuom Chik to pok oyude.
But that the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law?
32 Kamano nangʼo? Nikech ne ok gidware kuom yie, to ne gidware ka giparo ni iyude kuom tim. Negichwanyore e kidi mar chwanyruok.
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but thought to gain it by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
33 Mana kaka ondiki niya, “Ne, aketo kidi machwanyo ji e Sayun kendo lwanda mamiyo gipodho, kendo ngʼat moyie kuome ok none wichkuot.”
even as it is written. Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; but he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
