Romans 9
1 I am in Christ, and what I say is true. I'm not lying! My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm
Ma tok bilenke mor Kiritti. Ma cwerbo cwerke, dume ner miro ne warke dor miir mor yuwa tangbe ko wucakke,
2 how terribly sad I am, how I have never-ending pain in my heart,
La man wiki fir nerero dur kange buwarum ne wo man ki dika mor nere mi.
3 for my own people, my brothers and sisters. I would rather be cursed myself, separated from Christ, if that would help them.
Man cwi na ci cilim ye ri ri naci tikangum ye kange Almaciya ker keb mib bo bwiyeu buro nyi ceru bitine wiineu.
4 They are my fellow-Israelites, God's chosen people. God revealed to them his glory and made agreements with them, giving them the law, true worship, and his promises.
Cii Icrailawa, ciin wi ki yilaka bi bei Kwamak, duktangka, nor tini, luma nere bolangek, wabka Kwamak, kange diker co ciya con macineneu.
5 They are our forefathers—ancestors of Christ, humanly-speaking, the one who rules over everything, the eternally-blessed God. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Tenkwanibbo na ce wo Kiritti ceru wi ki te bwi yeu- Co wo cin Kwama dor dikero gwameu. Cak lanka nace diri. A ti nyo. (aiōn g165)
6 It's not that God's promise has failed. For not every Israelite is a true Israelite,
Dila kebo ki nor Kwama ro dii be. Kebo nubo gwam mor Icraila wo nii Icraila bilenke.
7 and all those who are descended from Abraham are not his true children. For Scripture says, “Your descendants will be counted through Isaac,”
Kaka naniya Ibraime ko gwam bibeiyo loce ken. Dila “Na niya mweko a cuwo Icaku nen”
8 so it's not Abraham's actual children who are counted as God's children, but only those children of God's promise who are considered his true descendants.
Bi beiyo tebwiye kebo bi bei Kwamab. Dila be bei nore bo cii ci tuu cii ti bi bei naniya ke.
9 This is what the promise was: “I will return next year and Sarah will have a son.”
Wo co noro: “ki kwama wo bilang matin bou, Caratu an bō bwe.”
10 In addition Rebecca's twin sons had the same father, our forefather Isaac.
Kebo ka wo, Rifkatu tū fwer kange nii kange wiin, tee be Icaku-
11 But even before the children were born, and before they'd done anything right or wrong, (so that God's purpose could continue, proving God's calling of people is not based on human performance),
la cii bō bo bi beiyo bwiri takeu cii mabo dikero ken kaka dikero bwir, na cwika Kwama ko ki cokka ceko atin dim, kebo ker nangen tini dila ker ker cer wo cuwo bi cuworeu.
12 she was told, “The older brother will serve the younger one.”
Cin yi co ki “Durko atin yila canga bi duwareu.”
13 As Scripture says, “I chose Jacob, but rejected Esau.”
Kin na wo cii mulangeu: “Yakubu ma cwi ye, la Icuwa ma kowe.”
14 So what should we conclude? That God was unjust? Certainly not!
Ye ba tok tiye? bwini cak-cake wi Kwama nina? Mani nyo.
15 As he said to Moses, “I will be merciful to whoever I should show mercy, and I will have compassion on whoever I should show compassion.”
Con yi Muca coki,”Man nung cii duwe ki nii wo ma nung ten cii duwe tiye, ta keu man nung bwinang ka ki nii wo ma nung ten bunang ka tiye.”
16 So it does not depend on what we want, or our own efforts, but the merciful nature of God.
La kebo cwii ka niik kaka ker nii wo cwa cwake, dila ker Kwama, wo nung cii duwe.
17 Scripture records God saying to Pharaoh: “I put you here for a reason—so that through you I could demonstrate my power, and so that my name could be made known throughout the earth.”
La bifumero yi Fir'auna, “Wo co diker bwi ma kung neneu, nyori nami nung bi Kwan liyare miu monen, tak ri na dor bitinero gwam nuwa den miro.
18 So God is merciful to those he wishes to be, and hardens the attitude of those he wants to.
La Kwama nung cii duwe dor nii co cwi ye, tak ri ciki dok bongtu ki nubo co cwiye.
19 Now you'll argue with me and ask, “So why does he still blame us then? Who can resist the will of God?”
Mon yiye moki,” Ye bwi cito bwirake ti duwale? We ma kwobkanka wi kange dike co cwi tiye?”
20 That's no way to speak, for who are you—a mere mortal—to contradict God? Can something that is created say to its creator, “Why did you make me like this?”
Nii fir, we mo mwa kwobkang ti kange Kwama? Dike ci mu-muweu atin yi nii wo muu ceu,”Ye bwi mwa muuye nya?”
21 Doesn't a potter have the right to use the same batch of clay to make both a decorative bowl and an everyday pot?
La nii muu kubar tiyeu man ki bi kwan liyare dor kubaro ci lūweu naci muu tilar wo nangendo ken nece kange tilar nangener kangkang lo ki kubaro cuwo wiin ci lūwe ka?
22 It's as if God, wanting to demonstrate his opposition to sin and to reveal his power, bears patiently with these “pots destined for destruction,”
Nye no Kwama, wo cwiti naci nung funer cer tak ri naci nung bikwan liyare ceu, mwirumom ki biirom nere ducce dukum funero cii yo na twalangka ko ce ri?
23 so that he might reveal the greatness of his glory through these “pots of mercy” which he has prepared in advance for glory.
La nye, noci ma wuro nyo naci nung cuweka duktangka cek dor nubo co nungten ciire duwe, wo ki ƙaba ci ywel bwice duktangka?
24 This is who we are—people he has called, not just from among the Jews, but from among the foreigners too...
La ta keno ci mam dike wuro ki bo ken, wo co cuwo takeu, kebo ka Yahudawa ki kwaci, dila more nubo kumta cile ken?
25 As God said in the book of Hosea, “Those who are not my people I will call my people, and those who are not loved I will call the ones I love,”
Kambo co toki tak mor Hosea: “Ma tin cuwo cii nubo lo mii, buro kebo nubo lo miyeu, kange nii co wo no kebo wo ma cwiyeu matin cuwo co nawiye ma cwitiye.
26 and, “It will happen that at the place where they were told, ‘You're not my people,’ there they will be called the children of the living God.”
La an yilam, fiye ci yicii ki, “kom kebo nubo lo mi, 'wi ci a cuwo cii ki 'bi bei Kwama ki dume.'”
27 Isaiah cries out regarding Israel: “Even if the children of Israel have become as numerous as the sands of the sea, only a small number will be saved.
Icaya kung diir ker Icraila, “Bwenno kila ka bi bei Icraila kino na yabum mor caji duwaleu, Cwab ce a fiya fulo tiye,
28 For the Lord is going to quickly and completely finish his work of judgment on the earth.”
Wori Teeluwe atin ma warke dor bitiner, gwam mani a tab bwi ti.”
29 As Isaiah previously said, “If the Lord Almighty had not left us some descendants, we would have become just like Sodom and Gomorrah.”
Nawo Icaya toki ki kabau, “Na no Teeluwe nob kwene dob nyi nen bo naniyatini ri, nyoki yilam na Caduma, takeu nyoki yilam na Gwamrata.”
30 What shall we conclude, then? That even though the foreigners were not even looking to do right, they did grasp what is right, and through their trust in God did what was morally right.
Ye ba tokti kake? Ri nubo kumtaciliu, buro no tibo doka cak-cakeu, fiyam cak-cake, cak-cake fiye bilenke.
31 But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded.
Dila Icrailawa, buro ti doka werfun cak-cakeu, cii fiya bo.
32 Why not? Because they relied on what they did rather than trusting in God. They tripped on the stumbling-block,
Ye bwiye? Wori cii dobo ki bilenke, dila ki nangentini. Ciin kottangi ki ter kottangkar.
33 just as Scripture predicted: “Look, I'm placing in Zion a stumbling-block, a rock that will offend people. But those who trust in him won't be disappointed.”
Na wo mulangum mulangeu, To, ma yo ter kottangkati kange cwela ko dok ȳare tiye Cihiyona. Nii wo ne bilenke dorcere ri, mania nuwa kwen duwe ti.
