Romans 9
1 I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
Khritaw üng, ngthu kcang ka pyenki, am ka hleiki ni, Ngmüimkhya Ngcima phäha, akdaw ja akse ksingnak thei naw pi na ksingpüi se,
2 I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
ka khuikhanak ka pyen üng mlung üng am düt theikia natnak ka taki.
3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
Ka khyange mtisa lama ka mjüea phäh kei hin Khritaw üngka naw mtai lü yüncenak ka yah vaia pi hlüei kyaw veng.
4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Isarel khyangea kyakiea kyase, caea thawnak, hlüngtainak, khyütame ja Thum jah pe lü ngthumkhän a jah pawh püi. Pamhnam hjawkhahnak ja äpeinake naküt cun ami kaa kya lü;
5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen. (aiōn g165)
ami cun nglongthangkie Hebru pupae üngka naw lawki he. Pumsa lama Khritaw cun amimi üngka naw lawki; Ani cun avan naküta khana veki, angläta mhlünmtai phyakia Pamhnama kyaki! Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
Cunsepi, Pamhnama ngthu cun am ngtähki tia am pyen veng. Isarela mjükphyüie naküt, Isarel kcanga kya päihkiea am kya;
7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
Abrahama mjükphyüia ami kyaa phäha ami van Abrahama caa am kya u; “Khyütam ka ning peta mjükphyüi cun Isak üngkhyüh na yah khai” tia kyaki.
8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
Acun cun, mtisa lama cae cun Pamhnama caea am kya u lü khyütamnak am cae cun Abrahama caea kyakie tinaka kyaki.
9 For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
Pamhnama khyütam cun hina kyaki; “Atuh üngka naw, akcün kümkawi lü ka law üng, Sarah naw kpamica ca na khai” a ti.
10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
Acun däka am kya, Rabeka naw mi pu Isaka phäh angphi a mpyainak üng,
11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
na ca xawi am ani hmi law ham üng, akdaw ja akse am ani pawh thei ham üng, pawhmsaha phäha am kya lü, khüikia mlung ngaih däka kya lü, xünak üng, Pamhnama bünak a khäng vaia,
12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
a veia, “Angvai cun akdika mpyaa kya khai” tia Pamhnam naw a pyen.
13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
“Jakop jawng na lü Etaw ka hnengki” tia Cangcim naw a pyen.
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
I mi pyen vai veki? Pamhnam cun am ngsungpyunki mi ti khai aw? Pamhnam am ngsungpyunkia am kya.
15 For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Pamhnam naw, “Ka mpyenei hlü, mpyenei lü, ka bänak hlü ka bänak khai” tia, Mosia veia a pyen.
16 So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
Acunakyase, anaküt cun khyanga ngjak'hlü am kya lü Pamhnama mpyeneinaka phäha ni akya ve.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Cangcim naw Pharoa veia, “Ka khyaihnak nang üngka mdan vaia phäha ja ka ngming khawmdek avan üng a ngthang hünak vaia ka ning mhlünmtaiki” a ti.
18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
Acunakyase, Pamhnam naw a mpyenei hlü mpyenei lü, a mlung a ngcangsak hlü ngcangsaki.
19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
Acunakyaküng, “Pamhnam naw ise jah mkateiki ni? U naw a ngjak'hlü mkhyeki ni?” Mat mat naw ti taw khai.
20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
Cunsepi, ka püi aw, Pamhnam na ngcuhpüi khaia ta nang u ni? Mdek k’am naw sepkia khyang üng, “I vai ahikba na na pyan ni?” ti lü am kthäh khawi.
21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
K’amksep naw, mdek üngka lo lü mat akdawa sep lü, mata sep sawxat khaia ana taki ni. K’amksep naw mdek cun a ngjak'hlüa am sumei khai aw?
22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Pamhnama bilawhnak üng pi acun kba kyaki. A mlung sonak mdan lü a johit a ngsingnaksak vaia kyaki. Cunsepi a mlungsonak khamei lü, pyüpyeh khaie khana mlung saünak taki.
23 What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
A hlüngtainak yah khaia a jah mhnüna mi kyakia mimia khana a jah peta dämdakia a hlüngtainak cun, a bäkhäknak makie khana pi a mdan vai pawhki.
24 including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
Judahe däk üngkaa am kya lü, Khyangmjükcee üngkae pi a jah khü.
25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
Hosia cauk üng, “Ka khyanga am kya khawikie, ‘ka khyange’ ka jah ti na khai. Acunüng am ka mhläkphyanak khawie cun ‘ka mhläkphyanake’ ka ti khai.
26 and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
Acunüng, ami veia hikba kya law khai, ‘Ka khyangea am nami kyakia’ hnün üng xüngseiki Pamhnama cae tia ngsui law khaie” tia pyenki.
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
Hesajah naw pi Isarele jah pyen naki naw, “Isarele cun, tuinu kama, kdiyüta mäiha däm u sepi avange däk naw ni küikyannak ami yah kawm.
28 For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
Bawipa naw khawmdek khana khyange cun angenga ngthu jah mkhyah pe khaia pha law khai” a ti.
29 It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
Hesajah kung naw, “Hlüngtai säihki Bawipa naw mi mjükphyüie am a jah phyäi vai sü üng ta, Sodom mlüh ja Komorah mlüha mäiha mi kham khaie sü” tia a na pyenki.
30 What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
Khyangmjükcee vei mi pyen vai ta amimät jah amimät Pamhnam üng am ngsungpyun hlü u lü amimäta pawhmsah üng ngsungpyun hlükie cun jumnak am amät am a jah ngsungpyunsak.
31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
Isarele ngsungpyunnaka thum ktämkie naw ngsungpyunnaka thum am hmu ve u.
32 Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Ise ni? Jumnak üng am ktäm u lü bilawhnak am yah theia mäiha ami ktäma phäha kyaki. “Ngsukeinaka lung” üng ngsukeikie.
33 as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
Cangcim naw, “Tenga khyangea ngsukeinak vai lung ja kyukngtänaka lungnu cun Zion mcunga ka taki, au pi Ani jumeikie naküt cun am hela u” tia pyenki.
