Romans 11
1 I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Bongo natunaki: Boni, Nzambe asundolaki bato na Ye? Soki moke te! Pamba te ngai mpe nazali moto ya Isalaele, mwana ya Abrayami, kati na libota ya Benjame.
2 God did not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture tells by Elijah? How he encounters God about Israel.
Nzambe asundolaki bato na Ye te, oyo ayeba wuta kala. Boni, boyebi te makambo oyo Makomi ezali koloba na tina na Eliya oyo azalaki komitungisa epai ya Nzambe na tina na Isalaele:
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and they have torn down thine altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
— Nkolo, babomi basakoli na Yo mpe babuki bitumbelo na Yo. Mpe ngai, natikali kaka ngai moko, mpe bazali lisusu koluka koboma ngai.
4 But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.
Kasi eyano nini Nzambe azongiselaki ye? — Nabombi bato nkoto sambo mpo na Ngai, ba-oyo mabolongo na bango efukameli Bala te.
5 So then also at this present time there has become a remnant according to the selection of grace.
Ezali mpe bongo na tango oyo: ezali na mwa ndambo ya bato oyo Nzambe apona na ngolu na Ye.
6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer from works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace. But if it is from works it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work.
Nzokande, lokola koponama yango esalemaki na ngolu, elakisi ete ezali likambo ya misala te; soki te, ngolu ezali lisusu ngolu te.
7 What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened,
Boye toloba lisusu nini? Eloko oyo bana ya Isalaele bazalaki koluka, bazwaki yango te; kaka bato oyo Nzambe aponaki kati na bango nde bazwaki yango. Bato mosusu bakoma mitema mabanga,
8 just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.
kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Nzambe apesaki bango molimo ya pongi, miso mpo ete bamona te, mpe matoyi mpo ete bayoka te, kino na mokolo ya lelo. »
9 And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.
Mpe Davidi azali koloba: « Tika ete mesa na bango ekoma motambo liboso na bango, monyama, libaku ya kokweya mpe ya kozwa etumbu!
10 Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.
Tika ete miso na bango ekufa mpo ete bamona lisusu te, mpe babela mikongo mpo na libela! »
11 I say then, did they stumble so that they would fall? May it not happen! But in their transgression, salvation is to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.
Natuna lisusu: boni, bana ya Isalaele babetaki libaku mpo ete bakweya mpo na libela? Soki moke te! Kasi likolo ya mabe na bango, lobiko epesamelaki na Bapagano mpo na kolamusa likunya ya Isalaele.
12 Now if their transgression is wealth of the world, and their failure is wealth of Gentiles, how much more their fullness?
Nzokande, soki mabe na bango epesi mokili bomengo, mpe kobunga na bango epesi Bapagano bomengo, ndenge nini kobongola mitema na bango emema te bomengo oyo eleki?
13 For I speak to you the Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of Gentiles, I enhance my ministry,
Nazali koloba na bino Bapagano: lokola nazali ntoma ya Bapagano, napesaka lotomo na ngai lokumu
14 if somehow I may provoke my flesh to jealousy and may save some of them.
na elikya ya kolamusa zuwa ya bato ya ekolo na ngai mpe kobikisa ndambo ya bato kati na bango.
15 For if the casting away of them is reconciliation of the world, what is the acceptance except life from the dead?
Pamba te soki kosundolama na bango ezongisi boyokani kati na Nzambe mpe mokili, koyambama na bango ekozala ndenge nini? Boni, ekozala te bomoi kati na bakufi?
16 And if the first fruit is holy, the branch is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also.
Nzokande, soki mapa ya liboso oyo babonzeli Nzambe ezali bule, elingi koloba ete mapa nyonso oyo etikali ezali mpe bule; soki mosisa ya nzete ezali bule, elingi koloba ete bitape na yango mpe ezali bule.
17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,
Kasi soki bitape mosusu ekatamaki; soki yo, etape ya nzete ya olive ya zamba, bakangisaki yo kati na bitape oyo etikalaki; soki sik’oyo okomi komela, elongo na bitape yango, mayi moko oyo ezali komata wuta na mosisa ya nzete ya olive,
18 do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee.
kobeta tolo te liboso ya bitape oyo ekatamaki. Soki omeki kobeta tolo, yeba malamu ete ezali yo te nde ozali komema mosisa, kasi ezali mosisa nde ezali komema yo.
19 Thou will therefore say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
Okoki mpe koloba: « Bitape wana ekatamaki mpo ete bakangisa ngai na esika na yango. »
20 Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear,
Olobi malamu! Bakatamaki mpo ete bazangaki kondima, kasi yo ozali wana mpo na kondima. Boye kotombola mapeka te, kasi sala nde keba.
21 for if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps neither will he spare thee.
Pamba te soki Nzambe azangaki te kokata bitape oyo ebimaka yango moko na nzete, akozanga mpe te kokata yo.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God. Indeed toward those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou too will be cut off.
Yango wana, sosola malamu boboto mpe kanda na Nzambe: kanda epai ya bato oyo bakweyi, mpe boboto epai na yo soki ozali kokoba kowumela kaka na bolamu yango. Soki te, yo mpe okokatama.
23 And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Mpe soki bato ya Isalaele bawumeli te kati na kozanga na bango kondima, bakokangisa bango lisusu na nzete, pamba te Nzambe azali na makoki ya kokangisa bango lisusu na nzete.
24 For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.
Boye, soki yo owutaki na nzete ya olive ya zamba oyo ebimisaki yo mpe bakangisaki yo na nzete ya olive oyo balona, ezala soki yango te nde ebimisaki yo, ndenge nini bakoki te kozongisa bitape ya nzete oyo ebimisaki yango na nzete na yango?
25 For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.
Bandeko, nalingi ete boyeba mabombami oyo mpo ete bomimona te ete boleki na bwanya: ndambo ya bana ya Isalaele bakowumela kozala mitema libanga kino Bapagano nyonso bakokota na libota ya Nzambe.
26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, The man who delivers will come from Zion, and will turn away impiety from Jacob.
Boye, bato nyonso ya Isalaele bakobika, kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Mokangoli akobimela na Siona, akolongola mabe kati na Jakobi.
27 And this is the covenant from me to them when I will take away their sins.
Mpe yango nde ekozala boyokani na Ngai elongo na bango tango nakolongola masumu na bango. »
28 They are indeed enemies toward the good news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
Mpo na oyo etali Sango Malamu, bazali banguna ya Nzambe mpo na bolamu na bino; kasi mpo na oyo etali koponama oyo Nzambe asalaki, bazali balingami na Ye likolo ya bakoko na bango,
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
pamba te Nzambe abotolaka te makabo oyo asili kopesa mpe abongolaka te makanisi na Ye epai ya bato oyo asili kobenga.
30 For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these,
Ndenge na kala bozangaki botosi na miso ya Nzambe mpe sik’oyo Nzambe ayokeli bino mawa likolo ya kozanga botosi ya Bayuda,
31 so also now these have been disobedient for thy mercy, so that they also may receive mercy.
ndenge wana mpe kozanga botosi na bango ya sik’oyo esali ete Nzambe ayokela bino mawa mpo ete ayokela bango mpe mawa.
32 For God has confined all men in disobedience, so that he might be merciful to all. (eleēsē g1653)
Pamba te Nzambe akanga bato nyonso lokola na boloko ya kozanga botosi mpo ete ayokela bato nyonso mawa. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out!
Oh, tala ndenge nini bomengo, bwanya mpe boyebi ya Nzambe ezali na mozindo mingi! Moto moko te akoki koyeba makanisi na Ye mpe kososola nzela na Ye!
34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who became his counselor?
« Nani ayebaki makanisi ya Nkolo? Nani akomaki kopesa Ye toli?
35 Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him?
Nani apesaki Nkolo eloko mpo ete Nkolo azongisela ye? »
