Romans 10
1 My brothers and sisters, my heart's desire—my prayer to God—is for the salvation of the people of Israel!
A bakhomba, lukanu lu ntimꞌama ayi lomba ku ndieta lomba kuidi Nzambi mu diambu di bana ba Iseli luidi mu diambu bavuka.
2 I can testify to their passionate dedication to God, but it's not based on knowing him as he truly is.
Bila ndieti kuba telimina kimbangi ti babeki bufula bu ngolo mu diambu di Nzambi, vayi bika boso buididi nzayilu.
3 They don't understand how God makes us right with him, and they try to make themselves right. They refuse to accept God's way of making people right.
Bila basi zaba busonga bu Nzambi ko vayi beti tombanga bu kitudulu basonga mu busonga buawu veka; bamanga kuawu tumukina busonga bu Nzambi.
4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law. All those who trust in him are made right.
Bila Klisto niandi tsukusunu yi Mina muingi woso mutu weti wilukila kakituka wusonga.
5 Moses wrote, “Whoever does what is right by obeying the law will live.”
Bila Moyize wusudikisa busonga buntotukilanga mu minu ti: woso mutu wela sadila mambu mama, wela zingila mu mawu.
6 But the attitude of doing right that comes from trust says this: “Don't ask ‘who'll go to heaven?’ (asking to bring Christ down),”
Vayi tala buntubanga busonga bobo buntotukilanga mu minu: Kadi kukiyuvula mu ntimꞌaku ti: nani wela kuenda ku Diyilu e? Bu dinsundula ti: Klisto kasia kuluka ko e?
7 or “‘who'll go to the place of the dead?’ (asking to bring Christ back from the dead).” (Abyssos g12)
Voti: Nani wela kuluka ku diyenga e? Bu dinsundula ti: tombula Klisto mu bafua. (Abyssos g12)
8 What Scripture actually says is: “The message is very close to you—it's what you talk about and what's in your mind.” In fact it's this message based on trust that we're presenting.
Vayi mbi dintuba e? Mambu ma Nzambi mafikimini; madi mu munuꞌaku ayi mu ntimꞌaku. Mambu mama madi mambu ma minu ayi mawu tueti longa.
9 For if you declare that you accept Jesus as Lord, and you are convinced in your mind that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved.
Bila enati wunkikinina mu munuꞌaku ti Yesu niandi Pfumu, ayi wunwilukila mu ntimꞌaku ti Nzambi wumfulukisa mu bafua, buna wela vuka.
10 Your trust in God makes you right and good, and your declaration of accepting God saves you.
Bila woso mutu wunwilukila mu ntima, wela kitulu wusonga ayi mutu wunkikinina mu munu andi wela tambula phulusu.
11 As Scripture says, “Those who trust in him will not be disappointed.”
Bila masonoko meti tuba ti: Woso mutu wunkunwilukila kalendi fua tsoni ko.
12 There's no difference between Jew and Greek—for the same Lord is Lord of everyone, and he gives generously to everyone who asks him.
Bila kadi luviakunu vasi ko va khatitsika Nyuda ayi muisi Ngelese bila baboso Pfumu yimosi badi. Pfumu beni widi nkua kimvuama kuidi babo bobo beti kunsambila.
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Bila woso mutu wela sambila dizina di Pfumu wela vuka.
14 But how can people call on someone they don't trust? How can they trust someone they haven't heard about? How can they hear unless they're told?
Vayi buevi balenda sambidila mutu wowo wubasia wilukila ko e? Buevi balenda wilukila mutu wowo basia wila zitsangu ko e? Buevi balenda wila mu kambu mutu wunlonga e?
15 How can they go out and tell others unless they're sent? Just as Scripture says, “Those who come bringing the good news are truly welcome!”
Ayi buevi balenda longila enati basia tumu ko e? Banga bu masonimina: A nga phila kitoko madi malu ma batu bobo bansamunanga Nsamu Wumboti.
16 But not everyone has accepted the good news. As Isaiah asks: “Lord, who trusted in the news they heard from us?”
Vayi baboso basia tumukina Nsamu Wumboti ko. Bila Ezayi wutuba ti: A Pfumu, nani wuwilukila malongi meto e?
17 Trusting in God comes from hearing—hearing the message of Christ.
Diawu minu kieti kuizila mu mambu momo tueti wa ayi momo tueti wa meti kuizila mu mambu ma Klisto.
18 It's not that they haven't heard. Quite the opposite: “The voices of those speaking for God have been heard all over the earth—their message went out to the whole world.”
Vayi minu thubidi: basia wa ko e? Nyinga, bawa kuawu bila dusonama ti: Zimbembo ziawu ziwakana va ntoto wumvimba mambu mawu mayenda nate mu zitsongi zi nza yimvimba.
19 So my question is, “Didn't Israel know?” First of all Moses says, “I'll make you jealous by using people who aren't even a nation; I will make you angry by using ignorant foreigners!”
Vayi minu thubidi: Iseli kasia zaba ko e? Va theti Moyize wutuba: Ndiela ku lukitula bankua kiphala mu nzila yi dikanda dikambulu dikanda; ayi ndiela kulufuemisa mu nzila yi dikanda dikambulu diela.
20 Then Isaiah said it even more strongly: “I was found by people who weren't even looking for me; I revealed myself to people who weren't even asking for me.”
Ezayi wuba bukhafi bu katuba ti: Minu ndibakulu kuidi batu bobo bakambu ku thomba, ndikimonisa kuidi bobo bakambu ku mbela mayindu.
21 As God says to Israel, “All day long I reached out my hands to a disobedient and stubborn people.”
Vayi mu diambu di Iseli, niandi wutuba ti: Mu lumbu kimvimba, ndinonuna mioko miama
