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.
Jaanong ke a botsa, A Modimo o ganne ebile o latlhile batho ba one Bajuta? Nnyaa, le goka! Gakologelwang gore nna ke Mojuta, wa losika lwa ga Aberahame, wa lotso lwa ga Benjamine.
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:
Nnyaa, Modimo ga o a latlha batho ba e leng ba one ba o saleng o ba itlhophela go tsweng tshimologong. A lo gakologelwa se Dikwalo di se buang ka ga se? Elija moporofiti o ne a ngongorega mo Modimong kaga Bajuta, a bolelela Modimo ka fa ba bolaileng baporofiti ka teng ba bo ba rutlolola dibeso tsa Modimo; Elija o ne a bua gore e ne e le ene fela yo o setseng mo lefatsheng lotlhe a santse a rata Modimo, mme le ene ba ne ba leka go mmolaya.
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
A mme lo gakologelwa ka fa Modimo o neng wa mo fetola ka teng? Modimo o ne wa re, “Nnyaa, ga se wena o le nosi yo o setseng. Ke na le ba bangwe ba le dikete tse di supang kwa ntle ga gago, ba ba santseng ba nthata le gone ga ba ise ba ke ba obamele medimo ya disetwa.”
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Go ntse jalo le gompieno. Ga se Bajuta botlhe ba ba furaletseng Modimo; go na le ba se kae ba ba bolailweng ka ntlha ya kutlwelobotlhoko ya Modimo ka go ba itshenkela.
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.
Mme fa e le gore ke ka kutlwelo-botlhoko ya Modimo, mme ga se ka ntlha ya tshiamo ya bone. Gonne ka lebaka leo, neo ya mahala e ne e tlaa bo e sa tlhole e le mahala. Fa e direlwa ga e tlhole e le mahala.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
Jalo, he, seemo ke se: Bajuta ba le bantsi ga ba a bona kutlwelobotlhoko ya Modimo e ba e batlang. Ba se kae ba e bonye, bone ba Modimo o ba itlhophetseng, mme matlho a ba bangwe a foufaditswe.
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.”
Ke sone se Dikwalo tsa rona di se rayang fa di re Modimo o ba robaditse, o tswetse matlho le ditsebe tsa bone gore ba seka ba tlhaloganya se re se buang fa re ba bolelela Keresete. Nako kgolo ke eno ba ntse ba ntse fela jalo.
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
Kgosi Dafide o ne a bua kaga sone selo se fa a re, “A dijo tsa bone tse di monate le masego a mangwe e nne seru mo go bone mo go itheyeng ga bone ba re gotlhe go siame fa gare ga bone le Modimo. A dilo tse di siameng tse di boele mo go bone di bo di ba wele mo ditlhogong go ba ripitla kwa ntle ga patiko.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
A matlho a bone a fifale gore ba seka ba bona, o bo o ba obe mekwatla ka mokgweleo o o bokete ka bosakhutleng.”
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.
A mo go raya gore Modimo o latlhetse ruri batho ba one Bajuta? Nnyaa, ga go a nna jalo! Maikaelelo a one e ne e le go dira gore poloko ya one e bonwe ke Badichaba, gonne Bajuta ba ne ba tlaa fufega ba bo ba simolola go ipatlela poloko ya Modimo ka bo bone.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
Jaanong fa e le gore lefatshe lotlhe le humisitswe ka ntlha ya neo ya Modimo ya poloko, erile fa Bajuta ba kgotswa mo go yone ba bo ba e itatola, akanyang gore lefatshe le le tlaa nna le seabe sa lesego le legolo thata jang motlhang Bajuta le bone ba tlang kwa go Keresete.
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
Jaaka lo itse, Modimo o ntlhophetse go nna morongwa wa botlhokwa mo go lona badichaba. Ke gatelela selo se, ebile ke gakolola Bajuta kaga sone gangwe le gape fela ka fa ke ka kgonang ka teng,
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
gore e re fa go kgonega ke tle ke ba ratise se lona Badichaba lo nang naso mme ka yone tsela eo ke boloke bangwe ba bone.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
Mme go tlaa nna go ntle thata jang fa ba nna Bakeresete! Erile fa Modimo o ba furalela go bo go raya gore o retologetse kwa go Badichaba go ba naya poloko ya one; mme jaanong ebile go go ntle thata fa Bajuta ba tla mo go Keresete. Go tlaa bo go tshwana le batho ba ba suleng ba boela mo botshelong.
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
Mme ka Aberahame le baporofiti e le batho ba Modimo, le bana ba bone e tlaa nna bana ba Modimo. Gonne fa medi ya setlhare e le boitshepo, dikala le tsone di tlaa nna fela jalo.
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,
Mme dingwe tsa dikala tse, tse di tswang mo setlhareng sa ga Aberahame, dingwe tsa Bajuta, di kgaotswe. Mme lona Badichaba ba lo foo lo le dikala, a re re kgotsa, lo ditlhare tse di neng di kgaotswe mo motlhwareng wa naga, lwa lomelelwa mo go one. Jaanong le lona, lo amogela lesego le Modimo o le solofeditseng Aberahame le bana ba gagwe, lo tlhakanela go ja dikotla tsa Modimo.
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.
Mme o ikele tlhoko o seka wa ipelafatsa ka go lomelelwa ga gago mo motlhwareng go emisetsa dikala tse di neng di kgaotswe. Gakologelwa gore o botlhokwa fela ka ntlha ya gore jaanong o kala ya setlhare sa Modimo; o kala fela, e seng modi.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Mme o ka ne o re, “Hei, dikala tsele di ne di kgaolelwa gore ke tle ke lomelelwe, jalo, he, mo go raya gore ke tshwanetse ka be ke siame tota.”
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Tlhokomelang Gakologelwang gore dikala tseo, ebong Bajuta ba lomolotswe ka ntlha ya gore ba ne ba sa dumele Modimo, mme wena o foo fela ka gore o a dumela. Se nne le boikgogomoso, nna le boingotlo le go leboga gape o ikele tlhoko.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Gonne fa Modimo o ise o ke o rekegele dikala tse o neng wa di tlhogisa pele, le wena ga o na go go rekegela.
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.
Lemoga ka fa Modimo o leng pelonomi le pelo-e-thata ka teng. O pelo e thata mo go maswe mo go ba ba sa o reetseng, mme o molemo thata mo go wena fa o tswelela ka go o rata le go o ikanya. Mme fa o sa dire jalo, le wena o tlaa kgaolwa.
23 They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Gape, fa Bajuta ba kgaogana le go tlhoka go dumela ga bone mme ba boela kwa Modimong, Modimo o tlaa ba lomelela gape mo setlhareng. O na le nonofo go dira jalo.
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?
Gonne fa Modimo o ne wa lo tsaya lona ba lo neng lo le kgakala nao, lo le dikala tsa motlhware wa naga, wa ba wa lo lomelela mo setlhareng sa one se se molemo, a ga lo bone gore o tlaa bo o ipaakanyeditse go lomelela Bajuta ba ba neng ba le foo lwa ntlha?
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,
Ke batla gore lo itse kaga boammaaruri jo, jo bo tswang kwa Modimong, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, gore lo tlo lo seka lwa ikgogomosa lwa simolola go belafala. Ee, ke boammaruri gore jaanong bangwe ba Bajuta ba itirile go nna kgatlhano le Mafoko a a Molemo, mme mo go tlaa nna fela jalo go fitlhelela lona Badichaba lo tla mo go Keresete.
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.
Mme hong Chaba yotlhe e tlaa bolokwa. A lo gakologelwa se baporofiti ba se buileng kaga se? “Go tlaa tswa Mogolodi mo Siona, mme o tlaa sokolola Bajuta mo boikepong jotlhe.
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
Ka nako eo ke tlaa tlosa dibe tsa bone tsotlhe, fela jaaka ke solofeditse.”
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
Jaanong bontsi jwa Bajuta ke baba ba Mafoko a a Molemo. Ba a a ila. Mme mo go lo solegela molemo, gonne go dirile gore Modimo o lo neye dineo tsa one lona Badichaba. Legale Bajuta ba sa ntse ba ratwa ke Modimo ka ntlha ya ditsholofetso tsa one mo go Aberahame, Isake le Jakoba.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Gonne Modimo ga o ke o busetsa morago dineo le pitso ya one; ga o kitla o boela kwa morago mo ditsholofetsong tsa one.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
Lo kile lwa bo lo le batsuulodi ba Modimo, mme erile fa Bajuta ba gana dineo tsa one, Modimo mo boemong jwa go gana ga bone wa nna kutlwelo botlhoko mo go lona.
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
Mme jaanong Bajuta ke batsuulodi, legale letsatsi lengwe le bone ba tlaa balelwa mo kutlwelong botlhoko ya Modimo fela jaaka lona.
Gonne Modimo o ba dirile baleofi botlhe gore o tle o ba utlwele botlhoko botlhe ka go tshwana. (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!
Ana re na le Modimo O O molemo jang? Botlhale jwa one le kitso le dikhumo tsa one di dikgolo jang! Ga go kgonege jang mo go rona go tlhaloganya maikaelelo a One le ditsela tsa One.
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
Gonne ke ofe mo go rona yo o ka itseng mogopolo wa Morena? Ke mang yo o ka itseng sentle go ka nna mogakolodi le mogogi wa one?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Gape ke ofe yo o ka abelang Morena sengwe se se lekanyeng pele go mo tlhotlheletsa gore le ene a tle a mo direle sengwe?
