Romans 11
1 I say then: Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Ni wamba linu, kana Ireeza aba kani bantu bakwe? Kanji ibi bulyo. Kakuti name bulyo ni mu Isilaele, ni mwihwa wa Abrahama, wo kulusika lwa Benjamini.
2 God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias; how he calleth on God against Israel?
Ireeza kena aba kani bantu bankwe, abo baba kwizi. Kamwinzi icho mañolo achi wamba kuyamana ni Eliya, umo mwaba kumbilili ni Ireeza kuamana ni Isilaele?
3 Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
“Simwine, babehayi batanikizi bako, baba chololi tutala twako. Njime nenke yo shele, mi bakwete kugana buhalo bwangu.”
4 But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men, that have not bowed their knees to Baal.
Kono ikalabo ya Ireeza iba wambanzi kwali? “Ni libikile 7000 bakwame baseni kufukamina Baale.”
5 Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace.
Nihakwina bulyo cwale, heyinu i nako nayo kusina bamwi bashele che baka lyo buiketelo bwa chishemo.
6 And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
Kono haiba kuti che chishemo, kaisili ke mitendo. Kusi bulyo chishemo ni chi sena chibabi chishemo.
7 What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.
Chinzi linu? Chintu chi baba kugana ma Isilaele, kahena baba chiwani, kono baketetwe baba chiwani, mi bungi buba zuminizi inkulo:
8 As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day.
Kwina bobulyo sina mukuñolelwe: “Ireeza ababahi lihuho lwa kubula inzimbo, menso ili kuti kanji baboni, ni matwi ili kuti kanji bazuwi, kuleta linu izuba.”
9 And David saith: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them.
Linu Dafita ucho, “Musiye itafule yabo isanduke ka nyandi ni kaswa, chisitataliso ni bubengiso kuba lwisa.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see: and bow down their back always.
Musiye menso abo a sihiswe ili kuti kanji ba boni. mi ba ongomane misana inako yonse.”
11 I say then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them.
Ni wamba cwale, “Kana baba chunchuli kuti mane bawe?” Kanji kubi bulyo. Nihakuba bulyo, cha kukangwa kwabo bene, kuhazwa ku bezi kube chisi, ili kuti ba bengiswe cha muuna.
12 Now if the offence of them be the riches of the world, and the diminution of them, the riches of the Gentiles; how much more the fulness of them?
Linu haiba kuti kukangwa kwabo njo bufumu bwe yinu inkanda, mi haiba kuti kusinyehelwa kwabo njo bufumu bu ba Chisi, kumana kwabo muku kanduhe bule?
13 For I say to you, Gentiles: as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,
Kono hanu ni wamba kwenu be Chisi. Kubona fela kuti ni muapositola kube Chinsi, Ni hinda buikumuso mumutendo wangu.
14 If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Mwendi muni minyenze cho muna abo bakwangu che nyama. Mwendi mane mutu haze bamwi kubali.
15 For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Kakuti haiba kukaniwa kwabo joku bozekeza inkanda, ikamuhelo yabo kaibe bule kono buhalo kuzwa kwa bana fwile?
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Haiba zilyatu ze intanzi zibikitwe, kwina bulyo ni kubusu bwa chinkwa, Haiba mihisi i babalelwe, mukube bulyo niku mitai.
17 And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree,
Kono haiba kuti imwi mitai iba choki kwateni, haiba inwe, mutai we samu lye Olive lya muzuka, uba nungwa mwenu, mi haiba muba liyabili nabo mubufumu bwa mihisi ye chikuni che olivi,
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Kanji muli tundumuni hewulu ye mitai. Kono haiba nimuli tundumuna, kanjenwe mutusa mihisi, kono mihisi itusa inwe.
19 Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
Kamuwambe linu, “Mitai iba konsolwa ili kuti ni nungwe kwateni.”
20 Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith: be not highminded, but fear.
Iyo nje niti. Chebaka lyo kusa zumina kwabo baba cholwa kwateni, kono inwe muzimene cho kukola chebaka lye tumelo yenu. Kanji muli hupuli cho kuli hanzika, kono cho kutiya.
21 For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps he also spare not thee.
Kakuti haiba Ireeza kena aba bukelezi mitai inswanela, nangati inwe kakwina mwasa bukeleze.
22 See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Mulole hateni, linu, mihato ya chishemo ni bukando bwa Ireeza. Kulimwi iyanza, bukando bubezi ha Manjunda ba bawi. Kono kulimwi inyanza, chishemo cha Ireeza chiza henu, haiba ni muzwila habusu ni mukuluka kwakwe. Kusi bulyo nanwe kamu kosolwe kwateni.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Mi mane nabo, haiba kuti nibasa zwili habusu ni kusa zumina kwabo, kaba nungwe mwateni.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the wild olive tree, which is natural to thee; and, contrary to nature, were grafted into the good olive tree; how much more shall they that are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Kakuti Ireeza usi wola kuba nunga mwateni hape. Mukuti haiba muba kosolwa bulyo kwi samu lye olive lya muzuka, mi cha kusaba ni ka mukulukelwa bulyo baba nungwa kwi samu ilotu lye olive, muchi samu chilotu che olive, kakube bule kwa ba Majunda ili abo mitai tato, mwete ba nungwe hape mwi simu lyabo lye olive?
25 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, (lest you should be wise in your own conceits), that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.
Mukuti kanisaki kuti mwi kale ni musezi, bamwangu, kweyi inkunutu, ili kuti kanji mubi batalifite mukuzeza yenu. Iyi inkunutu yakuti imbali imwi yaku kuku tuhalisa iba tendahali mwa Isilaele, kusikila kwizuzilizwa ku be Chisi chikweza mukati.
26 And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Kobulyo Isilaele yonse mui i hazwe, sina mukuñolelwe: “Kuzwilila mwa Zioni kakube ni Mulukululi. Mwa zwise kusaba ni bumulimu kwa Jakobo.
27 And this is to them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins.
Mi ichi kachibe chilikani changu na bo, china zwisa zibi zabo.”
28 As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.
Kulimwi iyanza kuamana ni evangeli, abo zila kwi neku lyenu. Kulimwi inyanza chokuya cho buiketelo bwe Ireeza, basakiwa chebaka lya ba zimu babo.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
Kakuti impo ni kusupiwa kwa Ireeza kaku chichiwa.
30 For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief;
Sina kumatangilo hamusana muba kuku teka Ireeza, kono hanu chimuba tambuli chishemo chebaka lyo kusazuwa kwabo.
31 So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.
Mwi nzila iswana, hanu aba Majunda kana babali kusi zuwa. Mupuzo wakuti kacheshemo chitondezi kwenu nabo hanu kuti niba tambula chishemo.
Kakuti Ireeza abe yalili bonse che baka lya kuse chilila, njikuti naba bonise chishemo kubose. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
Oho, butungi bwe chifumu bonse bwa butali ni bwa maano e Ireeza! Kuwoleka bule kusanganiwa kwe nkatulo zakwe, mi inzila zakwe zina kule ni kwi zabahala!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?
“Kakuti njeni yabezibi muhupulo wa Simwine? Kamba njeni yaba bi muyelezi wakwe?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?
Kamba njeni chetanzi yabahi chintu kwa Ireeza, ili kuti Ireeza amulihe?”
