Romans 11
1 But then I ask, “Has God rejected his people?” Of course not! I'm an Israelite myself, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Diawu minu thubidi ti: A buevi, Nzambi wulozidi batu bandi e? Buawu ko. Bila minu veka ndidi muisi Iseli, mu nkuna Abalahami; mu dikanda di Benzami.
2 God has not rejected his chosen people. Don't you recall what Scripture says about Elijah? How he complained about Israel to God, saying,
Nzambi kasia loza ko batu bandi; bobo kazaba tona thama. Lusi zaba ko mambu masonoko mantuba mu diambu di Eli, buevi kafundila Iseli kuidi Nzambi bu katuba:
3 “Lord they've killed your prophets and destroyed your altars. I'm the only one left, and they're trying to kill me too!”
Pfumu, bameni vonda mimbikudi miaku ayi bameni tulula mintalamiaku. Minu veka ndisiedi, vayi balembo tombi kuphonda.
4 How did God answer him? “I still have seven thousand left who have not worshiped Baal.”
Vayi buevi bubela mvutu wu Nzambi e? Ndisueka tsambudi mili yi batu mu diambu diama; bobo basia fukimina Bali ko.
5 Today it's just the same: there are still some faithful people left, chosen by God's grace.
Buawu kuandi buididi, mu thangu yayi, vadi ndambu yi batu basiedi boso buididi tsobodolo yi nlemvo wu Nzambi.
6 And since it's through grace, then clearly it's not based on what people do, otherwise grace wouldn't be grace!
Enati mu nlemvo, buna yisiedi diaka mu mavanga ko. Bila enati buawu bobo buna nlemvo wusiedi nlemvo ko.
7 So what do we conclude? That the people of Israel didn't achieve what they were striving for—only the chosen, while the rest became hard-hearted.
Buna buevi e? Iseli kasia tambula ko mambu momo kaba tomba vayi bobo basobolo batambula mawu. Vayi bankaka bakitulu mintima mi matadi
8 As Scripture says, “God dulled their minds so their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear, to this very day.”
banga bu disonimina: Nzambi wuba vana Pheve yi tulu, wuba vana meso muingi babika mona; wuba vana matu muingi babika wa, nate lumbu kiaki!
9 David adds, “May their feasts become a trap for them, a net that catches them, a temptation that brings punishment.
Davidi wutuba: Bika minyengo miawu mikituka mu diambu diawu dikondi, ntambu ayi diluaku di balenda buila ayi thumbudulu awu.
10 May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection.”
Bika meso mawu maba mu tombi muingi mabika mona; bika mingongo miawu miba mikomvama mu zithangu zioso.
11 So am I saying that they stumbled and consequently failed completely? Not at all! But as a result of their mistakes, salvation came to other nations, to “make them jealous.”
Minu thubidi: babumina thutu muingi babua e? Nana! Mu mbuilu awu muawu Bapakanu batambudila phulusu muingi Bayuda babasila kiphala.
12 Now if even their failure benefits the world, and their loss profits the foreigners, how much more beneficial it would be if they were to completely fulfill what they were meant to be.
Vayi enati mbuilu awu yidi kimvuama ki nza ayi enati dekuka kuawu kuidi kimvuama ki Bapakanu, buna buevi buela bela kimvuama mu thangu Bayuda boso bela balula mavanga e?
13 Now let me speak to you foreigners. Insofar as I'm a missionary to foreigners, I promote what I'm doing
Bila kuidi beno Bapakanu ndintuba bu ndidi mvuala wu Bapakanu; ndieti niemisa kisalu kiama
14 that somehow I might make my people jealous and save some of them.
bila enati baka bubela, totula kiphala kuidi bibutu biama ayi vukisa bankaka mu bawu.
15 If the result of God's rejection of them is that the world becomes God's friends, the result of God's acceptance of them would be like the dead coming back to life!
Bila enati ndozolo awu yidi mu diambu di vutula nguizani ayi nza buna buevi buela bela bu bela kuba tambula e? Buna keti yela ba banga mfulukulu mu bafua.
16 If the first part of the bread dough given as an offering is holy, then so is all the rest; if the roots of a tree are holy, then so are the branches.
Bila enati bitini bitheti bidi binlongo, buna kuku kimvimba kidi kinlongo. Enati muanzi widi wunlongo buna matafi madi manlongo.
17 Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you—a wild olive shoot—have been grafted in, and have shared with them the benefit of nourishment from the olive tree's roots,
Vayi enati ndambu yi matafi mankaka mazengo ayi ngeyo wubaditafi di nti wu olive wukambu kunu, wuyiza kuiku va buangu ki matafi mazengo; wuyikidi kithuadi ayi bawu mu bakanga maka mantotukila mu muanzi wu nti wu olive wukunu
18 then you shouldn't look down on the other branches. If you're tempted to boast, remember it's not you who are supporting the roots, but the roots that are supporting you.
buna bika kukiniemisa mu diambu di matafi. Enati wulenda kukiniemisa, buna bika sia ngeyo wunnatanga mianzi vayi muanzi wawu weti kunatanga.
19 You could make the claim, “Branches were broken off so I could be grafted in.”
Ngeyo wulenda tuba: A keti matafi mazengo mu diambu minu ndikuiku.
20 All well and good—but they were broken off because of their failure to trust in God, and you stay there because you trust in God. So don't think highly of yourselves, but be respectful,
Bumboti kuandi. Mawu mazengolo mu diambu di kambu ku minu vayi ngeyo widi wutelama mu minu. Bika kukiniemisa vayi mona tsisi.
21 because if God didn't spare the original branches, he won't spare you either.
Bila enati Nzambi kasia mona kiadi ko matafi momo madi khatika matafi ma nti, buna ngeyo kalendi kumona kiadi ko.
22 You should recognize both God's kindness and toughness—he was tough on the fallen, but God is kind to you so long as you trust in his kindness—otherwise you'll be removed too.
Tala buididi mamboti ayi nganzi yi Nzambi. Nganzi kuidi bawu babua, mamboti kuidi ngeyo; enati wunzingila kaka mu mamboti momo. Bila enati buawu ko buna ngeyo mamvaku wela zengo.
23 If they no longer refuse to trust in God, they can be grafted in as well, for God is able to graft them back in again.
Ayi bawu mamvawu, enati bakadi zingila mu kambu kuawu ku minu, buna bela kuiku. Bila Nzambi beki lulendo lu kuba kuikila diaka.
24 If you could be cut from a wild olive tree, and then be grafted artificially onto a cultivated olive tree, how much more easily they could be grafted back naturally to their own tree.
Bila enati ngeyo wuba wuzengo mu nti wu olive wukambu kunu wowo wumena wawu veka ayi wuyiza kuiku mu nti wu olive wukunu, buna keti matafi momo matotukila mu nti wowo wu olive mela kuiku mu nti beni e?
25 I don't want you, my brothers and sisters to miss this previously-hidden truth, for otherwise you could become conceited. The people of Israel have become hard-hearted in part, until the process of the foreigners coming in is complete.
A bakhomba, thidi luzaba disuekama diadi muingi luedi kukimonanga banga batu badiela. Muaki ndambu yi Iseli bawilukilanga ko. Kambu kuawu ku minu kuela zingila nate Bapakanu boso bela kuiza kuidi Nzambi.
26 This is how all Israel will be saved. As Scripture says, “The Savior will come from Zion, and he will turn Jacob away from his opposition to God.
Buna bosi Iseli dioso diela vuka. Banga bu masonimina ti: Nkudi wela totukila ku Sioni, niandi wela katula kambu ku tumamana koso mu Yakobi
27 My promise to them is that I'll take away their sins.”
Tala buela bela Nguizani ama ayi bawu: Ndiela lemvukila masumu mawu.
28 Though they are enemies of the good news—and this is to your benefit—they are still the chosen people, and loved because of their forefathers.
Mu matedi Nsamu Wumboti, bawu badi bambeni mu diambu dieno vayi mu matedi tsobodolo bawu badi bakiluzolo mu diambu di bakulu.
29 God's gifts and his calling can't be withdrawn.
Bila makaba ma nlemvo ayi lutelo lu Nzambi bilendi balulu ko.
30 At one time you disobeyed God, but now God has shown you mercy as a result of their disobedience.
Mu thama, beno mamveno lusia tumukina Nzambi ko vayi buabu balumueni kiadi mu diambu di kambu ku tumama ku batu baba.
31 In just the same way that they're now disobedient as you were, they will also be shown mercy like you received.
Bobuawu, enati kambu kuawu ku tumamana buabu kulunatini kiadi buna diodi didi mu diambu mamvawu bamono kiadi.
32 For God treated everyone as prisoners because of their disobedience so that he could be merciful to everyone. (eleēsē g1653)
Bila Nzambi wukanga batu boso, mu diambu di kambu ku tumamana muingi kamona batu boso kiadi. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh how deep are God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge! How incredible his decisions, how unimaginable his methods!
A nga phila thipula yidi mu kimvuama, mu nzayilu ayi mu nduenga bi Nzambi! Zinzengolo ziandi zilendi fiongonono ko ayi zinzila ziandi zilendi bakulu ko.
34 Who can know God's thoughts? Who can give him advice?
Bila: A buna nani wuzaba mayindu ma Pfumu e? Voti nani wuba kumvananga zindongi e?
35 Who has ever given anything to God that God would be obliged to repay?
Voti nani wutuama kumvana makaba muingi niandi kamvutudila ku nzimunina e?
