Romans 11
1 Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from 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 has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon 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 slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking 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 what is the Divine response to him? “I have retained for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent their knees before 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 Therefore, in the same way, again in this time, there is a remnant that has been saved in accord with the choice of grace.
Ko naki me ni toh i ibru bari ba he ni ndindi.
6 And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.
U ani taa ni zizi, wa'a ana la ni ndu na. Ani tana tokima, u zizi nala hi zizina.
7 What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,
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 just as it was written: “God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until 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 And David says: “Let their table become like a snare, and a deception, and a scandal, and a retribution for 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 obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs always.”
Du shishi ba ti bwu duba na toh na, du gon ba ta dran chuchu.
11 Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.
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 offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is 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 say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor 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 in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them.
Ani bi dume you mri yah bi hwu, duta kpa bari ba chuwo.
15 For if their loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?
Inde kaba, ani ji shu tu bi ni gbugbulu in kpa ba ani hei ni hei? Ani kamti vri ni mi kwu?
16 For if the first-fruit has been sanctified, so also has the whole. And if the root is holy, so also 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 And if some of the branches are broken, and if you, being a wild olive branch, are grafted on to them, and you become a partaker of the root and of the fatness 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 glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not 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 Therefore, you would say: The branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted on.
U bi tre din “Ba nzi lan ba ni ndu ba fe me ni mima.
20 Well enough. They were broken off because of unbelief. But you stand on faith. So do not choose to savor what is exalted, but instead be afraid.
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 has not spared the natural branches, perhaps also he might not spare you.
Naki inde Rji na don wo u njanji na, to ana don yi na.
22 So then, notice the goodness and the severity of God. Certainly, toward those who have fallen, there is severity; but toward you, there is the goodness of God, if you remain in 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 Moreover, if they do not remain in unbelief, they will be grafted on. For God is able to graft them on 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 So if you have been cut off from the wild olive tree, which is natural to you, and, contrary to nature, you are grafted on to the good olive tree, how much more shall those who are the natural branches be grafted on to 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 want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.
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 in this way, all of Israel may be saved, just as it was written: “From Zion shall arrive he who delivers, and he shall turn impiety away 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 And this will be my covenant for 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 Certainly, according to the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to the election, they are most beloved for the sake of the fathers.
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 call of God are without regret.
Na baye-baye ni you u Rji hana ya ka ba sran na.
30 And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,
Biyi me ni sen bina ta hu tre Rji na, naki ziza'a bi kpa didi nitu lahtre ba.
31 so also have these now not believed, for your mercy, so that they might obtain mercy also.
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 depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!
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 first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?
Naki a nghan guci no Rji kpie du han wu?
