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. My conscience confirms through the Holy Spirit that I am not lying when I say
2 An gi kuyo maduongʼ kod lit ma ok rum e chunya.
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain 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 could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ for the sake 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.
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, 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)
To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came the Christ, who is God over all, 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 as though the word of God has failed. For not all Israelites truly belong to 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.”
and not all of Abraham's children are his true descendants, but, “Through Isaac yoʋr descendants will be counted.”
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 the children of God; rather, the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
9 Nimar kama e kaka Nyasaye noketo singruok: “Ka kinde moketi ochopo, to anaduogi kendo Sara noyud wuowi.”
For this is what God promised: “About this time next year I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 To ok mano kende; kwarwa Isaka nonywolo nyithindo ariyo gi Rebeka chiege.
Not only that, but when Rebecca had conceived by one man, our father Isaac,
11 To kapok chiege nonywolo nyithindo marudego, kendo kapok negitimo gimoro maber kata marach, mondo chenro mar Nyasaye ochop kare
though her sons were not yet born and had done nothing good or evil, in order for the purpose of God's choice to stand (not because of works but because of him who calls),
12 to ok kuom tim, to kuom Nyasaye mayiero joge mane onyise niya, “Wuowi maduongʼ noti ne wuowi matin.”
she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 Mana kaka ondiki niya, “Jakobo ahero, to Esau nasin-go.”
As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 Koro wanyalo wacho angʼo? Wanyalo wacho ni Nyasaye ok jangʼad bura makare koso? Ok nyal bet kamano ngangʼ!
What then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!
15 Nimar owacho ne Musa niya, “Anakech ngʼama adwaro kecho, kendo anangʼwon-ne ngʼama adwaro ngʼwonone.”
For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
16 Omiyo ok otenore kuom dwaro kata tich mar ngʼato, to en kuom kech mar Nyasaye.
So then, it does not depend on human will or effort, but on God's 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, “I have raised yoʋ up for the very purpose of showing my power in yoʋ, so that my name might be declared 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, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
19 To ngʼato kuomu nyalo nyisa niya, “Ka kamano to Nyasaye pod kwanowa kaka joketho nangʼo? Koso en ngʼa ma ditam dwarone timore?”
Yoʋ will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist 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?’”
On the contrary, O man, who are yoʋ to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why did yoʋ make 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?
Does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
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?
What if God, although willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
23 Donge dibed ni notimo kamano mondo omi mwandu mar duongʼne ongʼe gi jogo modwaro kecho mane osechano chon ne duongʼ,
in order to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he has prepared in advance for glory,
24 ma oriwo wan bende, wan moseluongowa, ok kuom jo-Yahudi kende, to kuom joma ok jo-Yahudi bende?
namely us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from 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 says in Hosea, “Those who were ‘not my people’ I will call ‘my people,’ and those who were ‘not beloved’ I will call ‘beloved.’
26 kendo niya, “Kama ne owachnegi ni, ‘Ok un joga,’ kanyo ema ibiro luongogi ni ‘yawuot Nyasaye mangima.’”
And in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will 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 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
28 Nimar Jehova Nyasaye biro ngʼado bura ni piny ngima mapiyo piyo kendo dichiel.”
For the Lord will settle the matter swiftly and justly; his sentence will be executed upon the earth without delay.”
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.”
And just as Isaiah foretold, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us any descendants, we would have been like Sodom and become 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 were not pursuing righteousness have obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness that is by faith.
31 to Israel mane otemo matek mondo oyud ngima makare motenore kuom Chik to pok oyude.
But Israel, although they pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain a law of righteousness.
32 Kamano nangʼo? Nikech ne ok gidware kuom yie, to ne gidware ka giparo ni iyude kuom tim. Negichwanyore e kidi mar chwanyruok.
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works of the law. They stumbled over 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.”
as it is written, “Behold, I am placing in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, yet no one who believes in him will be put to shame.”
