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:
Bongo natunaki: Boni, Nzambe asundolaki bato na Ye? Soki moke te! Pamba te ngai mpe nazali moto ya Isalaele, mwana ya Abrayami, kati na libota ya Benjame.
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,
Nzambe asundolaki bato na Ye te, oyo ayeba wuta kala. Boni, boyebi te makambo oyo Makomi ezali koloba na tina na Eliya oyo azalaki komitungisa epai ya Nzambe na tina na Isalaele:
3 “LORD, they killed Your prophets, and they dug down Your altars, and I was left alone, and they seek my life”;
— Nkolo, babomi basakoli na Yo mpe babuki bitumbelo na Yo. Mpe ngai, natikali kaka ngai moko, mpe bazali lisusu koluka koboma ngai.
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.”
Kasi eyano nini Nzambe azongiselaki ye? — Nabombi bato nkoto sambo mpo na Ngai, ba-oyo mabolongo na bango efukameli Bala te.
5 So then also in the present time there has been a remnant according to the [divine] selection of grace;
Ezali mpe bongo na tango oyo: ezali na mwa ndambo ya bato oyo Nzambe apona na ngolu na Ye.
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.
Nzokande, lokola koponama yango esalemaki na ngolu, elakisi ete ezali likambo ya misala te; soki te, ngolu ezali lisusu ngolu te.
7 What then? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen obtained, and the rest were hardened,
Boye toloba lisusu nini? Eloko oyo bana ya Isalaele bazalaki koluka, bazwaki yango te; kaka bato oyo Nzambe aponaki kati na bango nde bazwaki yango. Bato mosusu bakoma mitema mabanga,
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,”
kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Nzambe apesaki bango molimo ya pongi, miso mpo ete bamona te, mpe matoyi mpo ete bayoka te, kino na mokolo ya lelo. »
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;
Mpe Davidi azali koloba: « Tika ete mesa na bango ekoma motambo liboso na bango, monyama, libaku ya kokweya mpe ya kozwa etumbu!
10 let their eyes be darkened—not to behold, and You always bow down their back.”
Tika ete miso na bango ekufa mpo ete bamona lisusu te, mpe babela mikongo mpo na libela! »
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;
Natuna lisusu: boni, bana ya Isalaele babetaki libaku mpo ete bakweya mpo na libela? Soki moke te! Kasi likolo ya mabe na bango, lobiko epesamelaki na Bapagano mpo na kolamusa likunya ya Isalaele.
12 and if their fall [is] the riches of [the] world, and their diminishment the riches of nations, how much more their fullness?
Nzokande, soki mabe na bango epesi mokili bomengo, mpe kobunga na bango epesi Bapagano bomengo, ndenge nini kobongola mitema na bango emema te bomengo oyo eleki?
13 For to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
Nazali koloba na bino Bapagano: lokola nazali ntoma ya Bapagano, napesaka lotomo na ngai lokumu
14 if I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,
na elikya ya kolamusa zuwa ya bato ya ekolo na ngai mpe kobikisa ndambo ya bato kati na bango.
15 for if the casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception—if not life out of the dead?
Pamba te soki kosundolama na bango ezongisi boyokani kati na Nzambe mpe mokili, koyambama na bango ekozala ndenge nini? Boni, ekozala te bomoi kati na bakufi?
16 And if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
Nzokande, soki mapa ya liboso oyo babonzeli Nzambe ezali bule, elingi koloba ete mapa nyonso oyo etikali ezali mpe bule; soki mosisa ya nzete ezali bule, elingi koloba ete bitape na yango mpe ezali bule.
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—
Kasi soki bitape mosusu ekatamaki; soki yo, etape ya nzete ya olive ya zamba, bakangisaki yo kati na bitape oyo etikalaki; soki sik’oyo okomi komela, elongo na bitape yango, mayi moko oyo ezali komata wuta na mosisa ya nzete ya olive,
18 do not boast against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root you!
kobeta tolo te liboso ya bitape oyo ekatamaki. Soki omeki kobeta tolo, yeba malamu ete ezali yo te nde ozali komema mosisa, kasi ezali mosisa nde ezali komema yo.
19 You will say, then, “The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in”; right!
Okoki mpe koloba: « Bitape wana ekatamaki mpo ete bakangisa ngai na esika na yango. »
20 By unbelief they were broken off, and you have stood by faith; do not be high-minded, but be fearing;
Olobi malamu! Bakatamaki mpo ete bazangaki kondima, kasi yo ozali wana mpo na kondima. Boye kotombola mapeka te, kasi sala nde keba.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches—lest perhaps He also will not spare you.
Pamba te soki Nzambe azangaki te kokata bitape oyo ebimaka yango moko na nzete, akozanga mpe te kokata yo.
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.
Yango wana, sosola malamu boboto mpe kanda na Nzambe: kanda epai ya bato oyo bakweyi, mpe boboto epai na yo soki ozali kokoba kowumela kaka na bolamu yango. Soki te, yo mpe okokatama.
23 And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again;
Mpe soki bato ya Isalaele bawumeli te kati na kozanga na bango kondima, bakokangisa bango lisusu na nzete, pamba te Nzambe azali na makoki ya kokangisa bango lisusu na nzete.
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?
Boye, soki yo owutaki na nzete ya olive ya zamba oyo ebimisaki yo mpe bakangisaki yo na nzete ya olive oyo balona, ezala soki yango te nde ebimisaki yo, ndenge nini bakoki te kozongisa bitape ya nzete oyo ebimisaki yango na nzete na yango?
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;
Bandeko, nalingi ete boyeba mabombami oyo mpo ete bomimona te ete boleki na bwanya: ndambo ya bana ya Isalaele bakowumela kozala mitema libanga kino Bapagano nyonso bakokota na libota ya Nzambe.
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,
Boye, bato nyonso ya Isalaele bakobika, kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Mokangoli akobimela na Siona, akolongola mabe kati na Jakobi.
27 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me when I may take away their sins.”
Mpe yango nde ekozala boyokani na Ngai elongo na bango tango nakolongola masumu na bango. »
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;
Mpo na oyo etali Sango Malamu, bazali banguna ya Nzambe mpo na bolamu na bino; kasi mpo na oyo etali koponama oyo Nzambe asalaki, bazali balingami na Ye likolo ya bakoko na bango,
29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable;
pamba te Nzambe abotolaka te makabo oyo asili kopesa mpe abongolaka te makanisi na Ye epai ya bato oyo asili kobenga.
30 for as you also once did not believe in God, and now found kindness by the unbelief of these,
Ndenge na kala bozangaki botosi na miso ya Nzambe mpe sik’oyo Nzambe ayokeli bino mawa likolo ya kozanga botosi ya Bayuda,
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
ndenge wana mpe kozanga botosi na bango ya sik’oyo esali ete Nzambe ayokela bino mawa mpo ete ayokela bango mpe mawa.
32 for God shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (eleēsē g1653)
Pamba te Nzambe akanga bato nyonso lokola na boloko ya kozanga botosi mpo ete ayokela bato nyonso mawa. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Oh, tala ndenge nini bomengo, bwanya mpe boyebi ya Nzambe ezali na mozindo mingi! Moto moko te akoki koyeba makanisi na Ye mpe kososola nzela na Ye!
34 For who knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became His counselor?
« Nani ayebaki makanisi ya Nkolo? Nani akomaki kopesa Ye toli?
35 Or who first gave to Him, and it will be given back to him again?
Nani apesaki Nkolo eloko mpo ete Nkolo azongisela ye? »
