Ba Loma 10
1 Bakwesu, nchindiyanda mumoyo wangu akumukombelezya kuli Leza, ndufutuko lwako.
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
2 Nkambo ndilabukamboni atala ambabo bwakuti baliabusungu kuli Leza, pesi butali bwakuluzibo.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to real knowledge.
3 Nkambo nchibakachilwa kumvwisisya bululami buzwa kwa Leza pele balikuyandula kutuchitila bululami bwabo beni, aboobo bakachilwa kulifwinsya kubululami bwa Leza.
For they, failing to understand God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to God's righteousness.
4 Nkambo Kkilisito ngonguwe uzuzikizya mulawu wabalulami bwabo boonse basyoma.
Now for everyone who believes into righteousness, Christ is the end of the law
5 Nkambo Mozesi ulalemba atala abululami obo buzwa kumulawu: “mwalumi uchita bululami bwamulawu uyobuponena bululami obo.”
—Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”
6 Pele bululami obo buzwa kulusyomo mbwamba obo: “mutaambi mumyoyo yanu kuti ngwani uyotanta kujulu? (ikuti, akeete Kkilisitu aansi)
But the righteousness that is from faith speaks like this: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)
7 ; aboobo utambi kuti ngwani uyoselukila kubusena busiya (nkokuti akeete Kkilisitu kuzwa kubafu). (Abyssos g12)
“or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). (Abyssos g12)
8 Pesi chambanzi? “ijwi lili afwifwi anduwe lilimumulomo wako amumoyo wako” eli ndijwi lyalusyomo, eli ndijwi lyalusyomo elyo nditukambawuka.
So what does it say? “The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the message of faith that we proclaim):
9 Nkambo kumulomo wako kulazumina kuti Jesu ngu Mwami, akusyoma kumoyo wako kuti Leza wakakubusya kuzwa kubafu, uyofutulwa.
That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 Nkambo kumoyo omwe kulasyomwa kuti kube bululami alimwi kumulomo omwe kulazuminikwa kuti kube lufutuko.
Because with the heart one believes into righteousness, and with the mouth one promises into salvation.
11 Nkambo malembe alamba kuti, “koonse kusyoma mulinguwe wonse tayowusigwa nsoni”
Because the Scripture says: “Everyone who believes on Him will never be put to shame”;
12 Nkambo takw ekusiyana akati kama Juda ama Giliki nkambo Mwami wabo nguMwami waboonse alubo ulabuvubi kuli abo bamwita.
because there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call upon Him;
13 Pele boonse bayita zina lyakwe Mwami bayofutulwa.
because: “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 Bamwi bamwiite biyeni oyo ngubatasyomi? Bamusyome biyeni oyo ngubatana kumvwa? Bamvwe biyeni katakwe katakwe sikukambawuka? Bakambawuke biyeni kuti tebatumwa?
How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe on Him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone proclaiming it?
15 Mbubonya mbukulembedwe, “abota mawulu ababo bakambawuka makani mabotu!
And how will they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: “How timely is the arrival of those who bring good news of peace, of those who announce the good things.”
16 Pesi tensi boonse baswilila makani mabotu. Nkambo Isaya ulamba, “Mwami ngwani wakasyoma mulumbe wesu?”
(However, they did not all obey the gospel; because Isaiah says: “Lord, who has believed our message?”)
17 Aboobo lusyomo lulazwa kukumvwa, alimwi kumvwa ijwi lyaKkilisitu.
So, the faith is from a message, and that message is by the Word of God.
18 Pesi ndamba, “tebakamvwa na?” Iyii, mbubonya bangelo lwabo bakanjila munyika yoonse, alimwi majwi abo kumagolelo anyika”
But I say, did they really not hear? Indeed yes: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their spoken words to the ends of the inhabited world.”
19 Kukuyungizya ndaamba, “Izilayeli takazi na? “Lutanzi Mozesi wamba kuti, “njokusungilizya kubuzuba azitali chisi. Anzila yachisi chitakwe kumvwisisisya, alimwi njokukopakopa kusikila ukanyeme”.
Again I say, did Israel really not know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by a non-nation, I will move you to anger by a senseless nation.”
20 Alimwi Izaya ulamba chabukozu kuti, ndakajanwa ababo bakatandiyandula. “Ndakaboneka kuli abo batakandikumbila”
But Isaiah is so bold as to say: “I was found by those who were not seeking me; I was revealed to those who were not asking for me.”
21 Pesi kuli Izilayeli uwambakuti, “izuba lyoonse ndakatambika maanza angu kulibataswilili akubantu bataswilili”.
But concerning Israel he says: “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
