Romans 11
1 I say then, did God cast away His people? Let it not be! For I am also an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:
Acunüng, Pamhnam naw a khyange jah mahki aw? Am ja mah. Kei pi Isarel khyang, Abrahama mjükphyüi, Benjamina sang üngkaa ka kyaki ni.
2 God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have you not known—in Elijah—what the Writing says? How he pleads with God concerning Israel, saying,
Pamhnam naw akcüka a jah xüpänga khyange am jah mah khawi. Cangcim naw Elijaha mawng a pyen am nami ngja khawiki aw? Elijah naw Isarelea mawng Pamhnama veia pyen lü,
3 “LORD, they killed Your prophets, and they dug down Your altars, and I was left alone, and they seek my life”;
“Bawipa, na sahmae jah hnim u lü; na kpyawngkunge jah kpyeh u se, kei däk ka xüngki, kei pi na hnim khaiea bükie ni” a ti.
4 but what does the divine answer say to him? “I left to Myself seven thousand men who did not bow a knee to Ba‘al.”
Acunüng, Pamhnam naw ihawkba jah a msang be? “Am dawkia Baal mhnam am mküimtokiea khyang thawng khyüh ka phäha ka jah taki” ti lü a msang.
5 So then also in the present time there has been a remnant according to the [divine] selection of grace;
Acukba tuhkbäih pi, a bäkhäknak am a jah xü, ajaw ve hamkie.
6 and if by grace, no longer of works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace; and if of works, it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work.
A bäkhäknak üng a jah xüa akya üng, bilawhnak üng am kya; acukba am akya üng bäkhäknak cun bäkhäknak kcanga mäi am law.
7 What then? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen obtained, and the rest were hardened,
I mi pyen khai? Isarele naw ami sui am hmu u. A xüea khyang ngcek naw ni ami sui cun ami hmuh u. Aknung bawk naw Pamhnama khünak am ngja u.
8 according as it has been written: “God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, to this very day,”
Cangcim üng, “Pamhnam naw tuhkbäih däa ami mlung ja ami ksingnak jah nghmüpsak se tuhvei cäpa am hmu ngja u” tia pyenki.
9 and David says, “Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a repayment to them;
Acunüng, Davit naw, “Ami eiawknak cun ami ng’awhnak vaia kya lü, ami kyukngtänak vaia pi kyase;
10 let their eyes be darkened—not to behold, and You always bow down their back.”
Am hmu thei khaiea, ami mik pi mü law se, khuikhanaka maa anglät se jah ngkunsak vai” a ti.
11 I say then, did they stumble that they might fall? Let it not be! But by their fall the salvation [is] to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;
Ka ning jah kthähki, Isarele cun kyuktäng pyawce khaiea ngvänkie aw? Acukba am kya. Isarelea mkhyekatnak cun khyangmjüceea phäh küikyannak vai ja kya law lü Isarele naw jah k’eihkie.
12 and if their fall [is] the riches of [the] world, and their diminishment the riches of nations, how much more their fullness?
Isarelea mkhyekatnak naw khawmdeka bawimangnaka kya lü Ngmüimkhya lama khuikhakie khyangmjücea phäh bawimangnak lawpüiki. Ami kümbenak ami law vai süa ta ihlawka daw khai ni.
13 For to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
Tuhkbäih Khyangmjükceea veia ka pyenki. Khyangmjükceea veia ngsäa ka kyaa küt üng, ka khutbi ka awhcahnaki.
14 if I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,
Acun cun, kamäta khyange k’eihnak ta khaiea ja pawh lü, avange ka jah küikyannak vaia kyaki.
15 for if the casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception—if not life out of the dead?
Ami mahnak cun khawmdek khyang naküta phäh Pamhnama ye üngka naw a püia nglat law bekie ni. Ami a jah dokham cun ihawkba vai ni? Acun cun akthiea phäh xünnak vai ni.
16 And if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
Acunüng, muk pyan ma Pamhnam üng pet üng, muk avan pi a kaa kya khai, thinga pyae Pamhnam üng pet üng a ngbane pi a kaa kyaki.
17 And if certain of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree—
Nglina olip ngban avang ek se, olip kcanga am kyaki acun üng ngsu law khaie. Olip kcang am nikia nangmi khyangmjükcee cun Judahea ngmüimkhya xünak nami yumeipüikie ni,
18 do not boast against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root you!
a ngban eke käh jah hmumsita. Nang cun a ngban kya lü käh awhcaha. Awhcah lü pi nang aphung na mcahkia am na kyaki, aphung naw ni a ning mcah ve.
19 You will say, then, “The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in”; right!
Acunüng, nang naw, “Ä! ekia ngban naw ka phäha hnün na peki na ti khai.”
20 By unbelief they were broken off, and you have stood by faith; do not be high-minded, but be fearing;
Cang ve, am ami jumeia phäha jah k’eha kyaki, nang na jumeinaka phäha na ngdüiki. Käh awhcah lü kyüheia.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches—lest perhaps He also will not spare you.
Pamhnam naw a ngban kcange pi am a jah msawk üng, nang pi am ning msawk law sawxat khai.
22 Behold, then, goodness and severity of God—on those indeed who fell, severity; and on you, goodness, if you may remain in the goodness, otherwise, you also will be cut off.
Acunakyase Pamhnama a dawnak ja a kyühksenak cän ngaia, kyukngtängkiea phäha kyüh phyaki ni; a dawnak üng na ve nglät üng nanga phäha cun dawki ni; am acunüng ta nang pi ning ksawmpata na kya hnga khai.
23 And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again;
Acunüng, Judahe naw am ami jumnak ami hawih üng ami venak khawia ve be khaie, Pamhnam naw acukba jah pawh khawhki.
24 for if you, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, were cut out, and contrary to nature, were grafted into a good olive tree, how much rather will they, who [are] according to nature, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Nang olip kcanga am na kyaki pi ni ksawm u lü, am nami tängkia olip thing kdaw üng ning mdüna akya üng, a ngbane kcang cun ami phung kung olip thing üng jah mdünnak be vai jah hlüei bawk khai ni?
25 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, of this secret—that you may not be wise in your own conceits—that hardness in part to Israel has happened until the fullness of the nations may come in;
Ka püie aw, hina khyü ngthup hin nami ksing vai yü na veng. Namimät nami kthemkia käh nami ngai khaia, Khyangmjükceea kcün am a kümkawi law hama küt üng, Isarelea mlung nglangnak cun asäng ni.
26 and so all Israel will be saved, according as it has been written: “There will come forth out of Zion He who is delivering, and He will turn away impiety from Jacob,
Acukba Isarele naw küikyannak yah khaie; Cangcim üng, “Zion mcung üngka naw jah küikyanki Bawipa pha law lü Pamhnam am ami ksingnak cun Jakopa mjükphyüi üngkhyüh jah mkhyüh law pet khai.”
27 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me when I may take away their sins.”
“Ami mkhyekatnake ka jah mhlät law pet üng, acun cun ami veia ka khyütam vaia kyaki” tia pyenki.
28 As regards, indeed, the good tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; and as regards the [divine] selection—beloved on account of the fathers;
Thangkdaw ami maha phäh, nangmia phäha Pamhnama yeea kyakie. Pamhnama a jah xünnak üng ta ami pupaea phäh Pamhnama püia kyakie.
29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable;
Dawnak jah pe lü a jah xüa khana Pamhnam naw a mlung am thunghlai kawi.
30 for as you also once did not believe in God, and now found kindness by the unbelief of these,
Ahlana Pamhnama ngthu am nami ngai khawiki, cunsepi, tuhkbäih cun Judahe naw ngthu am ami ngaih phäha mpyeneinak nami yahki.
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
Acukba kunga, tuhkbäih cun Pamhnam naw ning jah mpyenei se mpyeneinak nami yahnak hnga vaia, Judahe naw pi Pamhnama mpyeneinak ami yahnak bawk hnga vaia Pamhnama ngthu am ngai u.
32 for God shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (eleēsē g1653)
Pamhnam naw khyang naküt a jah mpyeneinak thei vaia khyang naküt cun ngthu am ngaihnak üng a jah tak päiha kyaki. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Pamhnama kthemnak ja ksingkhyapnak cun a aktäa ngsawngkang ve. A ngthumkhyahnake cun jah ksing thei vaia am kya lü u naw a tüilame pi ksing khai ni.
34 For who knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became His counselor?
Cangcim naw, “U naw Bawipaa mlung cun ksingki ni? U naw Pamhnam mtheimthang khawiki ni.
35 Or who first gave to Him, and it will be given back to him again?
A thung be vaia pi u naw i pe khawiki ni?
