Romans 11
1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Mi tre ndi Rji kama ni ndji mu? Ani to bre tie to kima. Ime mi ndji u Israila, ih'bu Ibrahim u grji Banyomi.
2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or do not you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
Irji na kama ni ndji ma waa he ni guci toh mba na. Ka bi toh kpye a lan tre'a hla nitu Iliya, wa a nji (kara) Israila hi ni Rji'a?
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
A tre di Bachi, ba wu annabawa me, da zi koh me me, Ahi me ni kankrji mu mi don. Naki basi wa ba wuh me.
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Naki u Rji ka kasa u da tre gye? A tre di mi hei ni di dubu tagban wa mi zi ba nitu mu. Wa bana kudran ni Ba'al na.
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Ko naki me ni toh i ibru bari ba he ni ndindi.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
U ani taa ni zizi, wa'a ana la ni ndu na. Ani tana tokima, u zizi nala hi zizina.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
Wa hi ngye? Ikpye wa Israila ba wa bana fe na, u bi a ba chu ba'a ba fe, imbru ba ba sen tu.
8 According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”
Na ba han Rji no ba ibrji u meme wa bana toh shishi hei, aman bana toh na, iton hei aman bana wo na har ye ni vi kima.
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
Dauda a tre di du teburin ba du kam ti rjirji u vu labe, ba troko, du kam ti tita u kub za ni kpye u rju hla ni ba.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
Du shishi ba ti bwu duba na toh na, du gon ba ta dran chuchu.
11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Mi tre ndu ba k'bu za da joku? Ndu kpye nakima la tie na. Nakima k'ma hi ni gon mba yi a ndu gbujbu ye ni bi ko hra ni ndu yo ba tie ngu.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
Inde zizaa wa ba kam hi ni kogon, aji klen ye ni bi kora, ni hei kwatancin nikon ma ani hei, inde ba ye ni klekle?
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
Ziza'a mi si tre ni yi, biyi wa bi kora, naki ime i mi hiu ton du hi ni kora, misi wurwo ni mi du mu.
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Ani bi dume you mri yah bi hwu, duta kpa bari ba chuwo.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
Inde kaba, ani ji shu tu bi ni gbugbulu in kpa ba ani hei ni hei? Ani kamti vri ni mi kwu?
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
U klo bi mumla bata bi mumu'uma wa ba nymo tie gble ma ni bi ngame. U inja kukron bata tsratsra me, ba ilan ma ba ba he tokima.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,
U ilan bari u kukron bana nzi hlega, u biyi mba bina kukron Zaitun, wa ba fe nimi mba, u bina he ni gado bii ni ba, u bi ye ni mi nja zaitun a,
18 do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
to, bika na gangban ni tu lan ba na. Bita gangban, ana bi yi mba ti njinja na, wa hi nja'a mba nji yi.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
U bi tre din “Ba nzi lan ba ni ndu ba fe me ni mima.
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Wa i a njanji, naki wa njanji ba na hei na, i ki sa i baka zi ba ni mi wo, bika kri gbagban ni mi njanji bi. Na ban tubi zan na ahei na, aman bika klu sissri.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Naki inde Rji na don wo u njanji na, to ana don yi na.
22 See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
Bika toh iri du bi tsanani u Rji. Niwo ri tsanani ni ye ni Yahudawa biwa ba joku. U ndindi u Rji ye ni yu'u, inde bi si zre nimi didima ba na zu yi na, aman inde bi kabi ba zu yi.
23 They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Nakima inde ba na guci ni mi njanji bana, ba vu ba sur ni mi kukron nakima Rji na iya la vu ba.
24 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Inde ba chu u rhu nimi kokron zaitun mi ji, har wa bi du ba ka'u kabi nimi kukron zaitun u wu'u wo u njanji.
25 For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
Mri yah mi ni son du yi ji hei ni mi bwu na, game ni gbugbulu i du yi na hei ni toh ni mi mre bi, gbugbulu hi sen tu ni Israila, har bi korta ba ri ni me.
26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Ahei naki Israila ba wawu bau ba gbujub, nadi ba han. Ni mi Sihiyona wa ani kpa chuwo ani rjhu. Ani wur iri hle ni mi Yakubu,
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
Wa i ni kam ti chunyu mu ni ba, na di mi wur mi wur lahtre ba hle ga.
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
Ni nhma bari ni tu bishara, ba bi kran ni bi, nitu kon ri, ni tu chu u Rji ba bi son ni tu bati.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Na baye-baye ni you u Rji hana ya ka ba sran na.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
Biyi me ni sen bina ta hu tre Rji na, naki ziza'a bi kpa didi nitu lahtre ba.
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
Ni koh kima Yahudawa biyi ba kam ti bi sen tu, ni tu didi wa ba tsro ta, baba me ba kpa didi ziza'a.
Naki Rji ka ko ngham nitu sen tu, don du tsro didi ni ko nghan. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Ina misali juju ikle ni toh, ni toh iri u Rji. Hukunche-hukunche ma ba zan guci bichika, ikoh ma ba zan guci toh.
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
Nakima, ahi nghan ni no Bachi i mre? a nghan ni ni tre?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Naki a nghan guci no Rji kpie du han wu?
