Romans 9
1 I say [the] truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in [the] Holy Spirit,
Nazali koloba solo kati na Klisto, nazali kokosa te mpe motema na ngai ezali koyebisa ngai solo na nzela ya Molimo Mosantu:
2 that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,
motema na ngai etondi na mawa mpe na pasi oyo ezali kosila te.
3 for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;
Mpo na yango, eleki kutu malamu mpo na ngai kolakelama mabe mpe kokabwana na Klisto mpo na bandeko na ngai, bato ya ekolo na ngai,
4 who are Israelites; whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;
oyo bazali bana ya Isalaele. Nzambe akomisa bango bana na Ye, apesa bango nkembo, asala boyokani elongo na bango, apesa bango Mobeko, alakisa bango kosambela na solo, apesa bango bilaka
5 whose [are] the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, [is] the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
mpe bakoko. Ezali na nzela ya bakoko yango nde Klisto, oyo azali na likolo ya nyonso, ayaki na mokili lokola moto. Tika ete Nzambe apambolama libela na libela! Amen! (aiōn g165)
6 Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all [are] Israel which [are] of Israel;
Elingi koloba te ete Liloba na Nzambe ebimaki na pamba, pamba te bakitani nyonso ya Isalaele bazali bana ya Isalaele te,
7 nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
mpe bakitani nyonso ya Abrayami bazali bana na ye te. Pamba te Nzambe alobaki na Abrayami: « Ezali na nzela ya Izaki nde okozwa bakitani. »
8 That is, [they that are] the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.
Elingi koloba ete bana nyonso oyo Abrayami abotaki bazali bakitani na ye te, kasi ezali kaka bana oyo abotaki kati na elaka ya Nzambe nde batangamaka lokola bakitani na ye.
9 For this word [is] of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.
Pamba te, tala ndenge Nzambe alakaki Abrayami: « Kaka na eleko oyo, nakozonga, mpe Sara akozala na mwana mobali. »
10 And not only [that], but Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father,
Esukaki kaka wana te: Rebeka mpe abotaki bana mibali mibale na nzela ya tata moko, Izaki, koko na biso.
11 [the children] indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),
Nzokande, liboso ete mapasa yango babotama mpe basala likambo moko ya malamu to ya mabe, mpo ete mabongisi ya lolenge Nzambe aponaka ekokisama,
12 it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:
kolanda misala ya bato te kasi kolanda mokano ya Ye oyo abengaka, Nzambe alobaki na Rebeka: « Kulutu akosalela leki, »
13 according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.
kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Nalingaki Jakobi, kasi nayinaki Ezawu. »
14 What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.
Boye toloba nini? Mabe ezali kati na Nzambe? Soki moke te!
15 For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.
Pamba te alobaki na Moyize: « Nakotalisa ngolu epai ya moto oyo Ngai nasepeli kosalela ngolu, mpe nakoyokela mawa moto oyo Ngai nasepeli koyokela mawa. »
16 So then [it is] not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.
Boye, yango ewuti te na posa to na makasi ya moto, kasi ewuti na Nzambe oyo asalaka ngolu.
17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst [men], that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.
Pamba te, tala ndenge Makomi elobaki na tina na Faraon: « Nakomisaki yo mokonzi mpo na kotalisa nguya na Ngai kati na yo, mpe mpo ete lokumu ya Kombo na Ngai epanzana na mokili mobimba. »
18 So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
Boye Nzambe asalaka ngolu na moto oyo Ye asepeli kosalela ngolu, mpe ayeisaka motema libanga moto oyo Ye asepeli koyeisa motema libanga.
19 Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?
Bato bakoki koloba: « Mpo na nini Nzambe apamelaka biso, pamba te moto moko te akoki kotelemela mokano na Ye? »
20 Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Oh moto, ozali nani mpo ete obeta tembe na Nzambe? Mbeki ya mabele ekoki solo koloba na moto oyo asali yango: « Mpo na nini osali ngai na lolenge oyo? »
21 Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?
Mosali mbeki azali na bokonzi te ya kosala nzungu ya lokumu mpe nzungu oyo ezanga lokumu na nzela ya potopoto kaka moko?
22 And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
Okoloba nini soki Nzambe, mpo na kolakisa kanda mpe nguya na Ye, ayikelaki mingi mpiko mbeki oyo etumbolaka kanda na Ye, mbeki oyo ebongisami mpo na kobebisama?
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
Okoloba lisusu nini, soki Nzambe asalaki bongo mpo na kolakisa bomengo ya nkembo na Ye mpo na bolamu ya bato oyo asepeli kosalela ngolu, ba-oyo abongisa wuta kala mpo na nkembo?
24 us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst [the] Jews, but also from amongst [the] nations?
Ezali biso nde Nzambe abengaki, kaka kati na Bayuda te kasi mpe kati na Bapagano,
25 As he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.
kolanda ndenge azali koloba kati na mokanda ya Oze: « Nakobenga bato oyo bazalaka ya Ngai te bato na Ngai, mpe nakobenga ye oyo azalaka molingami na Ngai te molingami na Ngai. »
26 And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, Ye [are] not my people, there shall they be called Sons of [the] living God.
Mpe, « kaka na esika oyo balobaki na bango: ‹ Bozali bato na ngai te, › bakokoma kobenga bango ‹ bana na Nzambe na bomoi. › »
27 But Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved:
Ezayi agangaki na tina na Isalaele: « Ata soki motango ya bana ya Isalaele ezalaki lokola zelo ya ebale monene, ndambo kaka nde bakobika.
28 for [he] is bringing the matter to an end, and [cutting [it] short in righteousness; because] a cutting short of the matter will [the] Lord accomplish upon the earth.
Pamba te Nkolo akokokisa Liloba na Ye na mobimba na yango mpe na lombangu kati na mokili. »
29 And according as Esaias said before, Unless [the] Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as Gomorrha.
Ezali ndenge kaka Ezayi amisakolelaki: « Soki Nkolo, Mokonzi ya mampinga, atikelaki biso bakitani te, tolingaki kokoma lokola engumba Sodome, tolingaki kokokana na engumba Gomore. »
30 What then shall we say? That [they of the] nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but [the] righteousness that is on the principle of faith.
Boye, toloba lisusu nini? Bapagano oyo bazalaki koluka te kokoma bato ya sembo bakomi sembo na nzela ya kondima,
31 But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to [that] law.
kasi Isalaele oyo azalaki koluka kokoma sembo na nzela ya kotosa Mobeko atikali kokoma sembo te.
32 Wherefore? Because [it was] not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,
Mpo na nini? Pamba te balukaki te kokoma sembo na nzela ya kondima, kasi na nzela ya misala. Yango wana babetaki libaku na libanga oyo ekweyisaka,
33 according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.
kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Tala, nazali kotia kati na Siona libanga oyo ebetisaka bato mabaku, libanga monene oyo ekweyisaka bato; moto oyo akotiela yango motema akotikala koyokisama soni te. »
