Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
Ndamwambila kasimpe muliKkilisito. Nsilokubeja pe, amamvwido angu alazuminana andime muMuuya uSalala.
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Izyakuti mumoyo wangu mulikuusa kupati akuchisa kutamani.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
Nkambo ndalikuyanda kwanzanisigwa aKkilisito kuti ndibe mutuke akambo kabakweu, anzubo nzyangu zyamunyama.
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
Mba Izilayeli. Bakabweza, bulemu, zizuminano, achipo chamulawu, abukombi bwamung'anda yaLeza, azisyomezyo.
5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed for the ages (aiōn g165). Amen.
Bamataata babo chiindi kwakazwa Kkilisto, kwiinda munyama - we kali Leza atala zyoonse. weelede kulumbayizigwa mane kutamani. Ameni. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.
Pele twakamba kuti ijwi lyaleza lyakalewulula. Nkambo boonse balimuIzilayeli te mbanaIzilayeli nchobeni.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
Nekuba loonse lunyungu lwaAbbulamu teensi mbana bakwe pe. Pele, muli Ayizeki muyowambwa lunyungu lwakwe.
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.
Nchikwaambwa kuti, bana banyama teensi mbana baLeza. Pele, bana bachisyomezyo mbawambwa mbuli lunyungu.
9 For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
Nkaambo eli ndijwi lyachisyomezyo: “Mulinchichechi chiindi ndiyosika, elyo Sala uyopegwa mwana.”
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
Teensi mbubo luzutu, Pele alakwe Lebeka wakaba abula bwa mwalumi umwi, taata wesu Ayizeki -
11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
bana kabatana zyalwa akutana chita chimwi chintu chibotu na chibi, kuti makanze aLeza kwindila mukusala bwiime, kutali akaambo kanchito, pele akaambo kayoyo uyita -
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
kwakambwa kuli nguw, “Mupati uyosanina munini.”
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Mbuli mbukulembedwe: “Jakkobo ndakamuyanda, pele Isawu ndakamusula.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
Lino twambe buti? Sa kuli kutalulama kwaLeza? Takwe ziliboobo.
15 For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Mbubobu mbaamba kuli Mozesi, “Njomvwida luse kufumbwa ngunjomvwida luse, njoyetelela kuliyoyo ngunjoyetelela.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Aboobo tensi akaambo kayoyo uyanda, nekuba akaambo kayoyo uchijan, pele akaambo kaLeza, waluse.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Mbobu malembe mbawamba kuliFalo akuti, “nchichecho nchindakakubusizya mumakanze akutondezya nguzu zyangu mulinduwe”, kuchitila kuti zina lyangu likambwe munyika yoonse.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Mbubo leza ulaluse kulingwayanda akulingwayand, ulamuyumya moyo.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
Uyowamba chakuti kulindime, “Nkaambonzi nachitongawuka? Ngwani ukonzya kukaka makanze akwe?”
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
Omwalumi nduweni ukuzyana aLeza? Kulichibumbwa na chaamba kuli sikuchibumba, “Wabonayi! Niwandibumba ayeyi nzila?”
21 Or has not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Anu kuti mubumbi tajisi nguzu kubulongo bwakubumba chimbi chilongo chibotu achimwi chilongo chibi?
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Ani kuti Leza, wayanda kutondezya bukali bwakwe akuti ngunzu zyakwe zizibwe, wakakkazikila zilongo moyo mulamfu kubukali bwakabambilidwe kunyonyona?
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
Nkutyeni nayanda kuzubula buvubi bwabulemu bwakwe kuzilongo zyaluse, nzyakambilide kale bulemu bwakwe kuzilongo zyaluse, nzyakambilide kale bulemu?
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
Ani kuti wachita obu akulindiswe, mbakayita, akati kamaJuda abamasi?
25 As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”
Mbubonya mbwaamba muiHosiya kuti: “Njoyita bantu bangu bakatali bantu bangu pe, akuyanda wakatali kuyandwa.
26 “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”
Mpawo oko nkubakambilwa kuti, ' tamwensi bantu bangu; oko nkubayoyitwa kuti mbana baLeza muumi.'”
27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;
Ayizaya ulalila atala a Izilayeli, “Nekuba kumweele wabana ba Isilayeli nkubali mbuli musele wamulwizi, kuyoba kabela kabache bayofutulwa.
28 for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
Nkaambo Mwami uyochita makanze ajwi lyakwe munyika chakumanisizya achakunonoka.
29 As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
Akwambwa kwa Ayizaya kuti, “Mwami wamakamu - makamu tatusila lunyungu, netwali kunoba mbuli Sodomu, akuba mbuliGomola.”
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
Lino nkutyeni, Bamasi, bakatali kuyandula bululami, bakabujana bululami bwalusyomo.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at the law of righteousness.
Pele Isilayeli, walikuyandula mulawu wabululami, takwe nebakasika kumulawu.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Nkaambonzi? Nkaambo tebakayandula chalusyomo, pele kumilomo yabo. Bakalebwa kuzwa kubbwe lyakabalebya.
33 even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”
Mbuli mbukulembedwe, “Amubone, ndasitikizya muZayoni ibbwe lilebya amwala wamilandu. Oyo umusyoma takoyowusigwa bweme”
