< 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.
Mgbe ahụ a na m ajụ, ọ ga-abụ na Chineke ajụla ndị ya? Mba, nke a apụghị ime, nʼihi na mụ onwe m bụkwa onye Izrel. Abụ m nwa nwa Ebraham, onye si nʼagbụrụ Benjamin pụta.
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:
Chineke ajụbeghị ndị ya bụ ndị ọ họpụtara site na mmalite ihe niile. Ọ bụ na unu amaghị ihe akwụkwọ nsọ na-ekwu banyere Ịlaịja, otu o siri rịọ Chineke arịrịọ megide ụmụ Izrel?
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
“Onyenwe m, ha egbuchala ndị amụma gị niile, mebisiekwa ebe ịchụ aja gị niile, maọbụ naanị m fọdụrụ. Ha na-achọkwa ụzọ igbu m.”
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Gịnị bụ ọsịsa Chineke nyere ya? “E nwere m puku mmadụ asaa ọzọ ndị hụrụ m nʼanya, ndị na-egbubeghị ikpere ha nʼala nye Baal.”
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Otu a ka ọ dịkwa nʼoge dị ugbu a, a họrọla mmadụ ole na ole site nʼamara ya.
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.
Ọ bụrụ na o sitere nʼamara, o sighịzikwa nʼọrụ. Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na o si nʼọrụ, amara ya abụghịkwa amara nʼeziokwu.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
Gịnịkwa? Ihe ndị Izrel jiri ike ha niile na-achọ nke ha na-achọtaghị ka ndị a họpụtara chọtara. Ndị nke ọzọ mechiri obi ha.
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.”
Dịka e dere ya, “Chineke nyere ha mmụọ na-eme mmadụ iberiibe. O nyela ha anya nke ha na-ejighị ahụ ụzọ, nyekwa ha ntị nke ha na-ejighị anụ ihe; o mere nke a ruo taa.”
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
Devid kwukwara, “Ka tebul ha ghọọrọ ha igbudu na ọnya, ha bụrụkwa ihe ịsọ ngọngọ na ntaramahụhụ nye ha.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
Ka anya ha gbaa ọchịchịrị, ka ha gharakwa ịhụ ụzọ. Mee ka azụ ha bụrụ ihe arọjiri arọji ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”
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.
Ajụjụ ọzọ m na-ajụ bụ nke a: Ọ ga-abụ na ha sụrụ ngọngọ ka ha daa ma ghara ibilite ọzọ? Ọ bụghị otu a! Kama nʼihi mmehie ha, nzọpụta rutere ndị mba ọzọ ka e sitekwa na nke a kpalie ekworo nʼime ụmụ Izrel.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
Ma ọ bụrụ na mmehie ha wetara akụnụba nye ụwa, ọ bụrụkwa na ịbụ ogbenye ha wetara ngọzị nye ndị mba ọzọ, ọ bụ na ngọzị babigara ụba oke agaghị adị mgbe a ga-agụkọta ọnụọgụgụ ha niile?
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
Ugbu a, unu ndị mba ọzọ, ka m na-agwa okwu. Ọ bụ ezie na mụ onwe m bụ onyeozi nye ndị mba ọzọ, ana m enwe afọ ojuju nʼihi ije ozi m.
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Nʼihi na enwere m olileanya na, ma eleghị anya, apụrụ m isite nʼụzọ a kpasuo ekworo nʼime ụfọdụ ụmụnna m, ka e site nʼekworo ha zọpụta ụfọdụ nʼime ha.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
Ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ site nʼọjụjụ a jụrụ ha ka e siri mee ka ụwa dịrị na mma, gịnị ga-eme mgbe a nabatara ha? Ọ ga-adị ka i si nʼọnwụ bilie ọzọ, nwee ndụ ọzọ.
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
Ebe ọ bụkwa na iberibe achịcha e jiri chụọ aja bụ ihe dị nsọ, mgbe ahụ, achịcha ahụ niile bụ ihe dị nsọ. Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na mgbọrọgwụ osisi dị nsọ, otu a kwa, alaka ya ga-adịkwa nsọ.
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,
Ma a nyakapụrụ ụfọdụ alaka osisi a, werekwa unu bụ alaka osisi oliv ọhịa nyapagide nʼọnọdụ ha. Ya mere, unu esorola keta oke na ngọzị sitere na mgbọrọgwụ osisi oliv ahụ.
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.
Ma unu ekwesighị ịnya isi na a dọkapụrụ alaka ndị ọzọ were unu dochie nʼọnọdụ ha. Ihe unu na-aghaghị ịmata bụ nke a: unu bụ naanị alaka dị nʼosisi. Ọ bụghị unu na-ebu mgbọrọgwụ osisi, kama ọ bụ mgbọrọgwụ osisi na-ebu unu.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Ma eleghị anya unu nwere ike kwuo, “Ma a nyakapụrụ alaka ụfọdụ e nwee ohere ebe a ga-anyapagide anyị.”
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Nke ahụ bụ eziokwu. Ma chetakwanụ na a nyakapụrụ ha nʼihi ekweghị ekwe ha, ma unu nọ naanị site nʼokwukwe. Ya mere anyala isi, kama na-atụ egwu.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na Chineke emereghị alaka nke osisi ahụ wapụtara nʼonwe ya ebere, ọ gaghị emekwara gị ebere.
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.
Ya mere, tulee obiọma na aka ike Chineke, aka ike nʼebe ndị dara ada nọ, ma obiọma nʼebe unu nọ, naanị mgbe unu na-anọgideghị nʼobi ebere ya, ma ọ bụghị ya, ọ ga-anyakapụkwa unu.
23 They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Ma ọ bụrụ na ha anọgideghị na-ekweghị ekwe, a ga-anyapagidekwa ha nʼihi na Chineke pụrụ ịnyapagide ha ọzọ.
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?
Nʼihi na asị na e gbupụtara unu site nʼalaka osisi oliv ọhịa, nyapagide unu nʼosisi oliv ọma ahụ nʼụzọ na-abụghị usoro ndụ, gịnị kwanụ ga-egbochi ịnabata alaka ndị ya, bụ ndị si na ya, mee ka ha laghachi azụ nʼosisi oliv ahụ e si nyakapụ ha.
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,
Ụmụnna m, achọrọ m ka unu mata ihe omimi a, ka unu ghara ịnya isi. Nnupu isi ụfọdụ ụmụ Izrel agaghị adịgide kama ọ ga-adị ruo nʼoge ọnụọgụgụ ndị mba ọzọ a ga-anabata zuru.
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.
Mgbe ahụ, a ga-azọpụta Izrel niile. Dịka e dere ya, “Onye nzọpụta ga-esite na Zayọn bịa. Ọ ga-eme ka Jekọb site na ndụ asọpụrụghị Chineke chigharịa.
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
Nke a bụ ọgbụgba ndụ m nke dị nʼetiti mụ na ha, mgbe m wepụrụ mmehie ha niile.”
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
Nʼihe banyere oziọma, ha bụ ndị iro nke Chineke nʼihi unu. Ma a bịa nʼihe gbasara nhọpụta, ha bụ ndị nke a hụrụ nʼanya nʼihi ndị nna nna ha.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Nʼihi na enye anarakwa adịghị nʼonyinye nakwa ọkpụkpọ Chineke.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
Unu onwe unu ndị na-enupuru Chineke isi na mbụ, anatala ebere ya ugbu a, nʼihi nnupu isi ha.
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
Otu a ka ọ dịkwa, ha bụ ndị na-enupu isi ugbu a ka ha nwe ike soro unu keta oke site nʼebere Chineke meere unu.
32 For God has bound all to disobedience, in order to have mercy (eleēsē ) on all.
Nʼihi na Chineke enyefeela onye ọbụla nʼaka nnupu isi, ka o si otu a gosi mmadụ niile obi ebere ya. (eleēsē )
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!
Leenụ ka o si dị omimi bụ akụ ahụ Chineke nwere! Lee ka ịba ụba nke amamihe ya na ihe ọmụma ya siri dị ukwuu! Apụghị ịchọpụta ikpe ya niile, ụzọ ya niile bụkwa ihe apụghị ịchọpụta.
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
“Onye maara uche Onyenwe anyị? Ma ọ bụ onye bụ onye ahụ na-enye ya ndụmọdụ?”
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
“Onye burula ụzọ nye Chineke ihe, nke ga-eme ka Chineke kwụghachi ya?”
36 For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for the ages (aiōn )! Amen.
Nʼihi na ihe niile sitere nʼime ya, sitekwa nʼaka ya, dịkwara ya. Ọ bụ ya ka otuto dịrị ruo mgbe niile ebighị ebi! Amen. (aiōn )