Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
Se vre wi, sa m'ap di nou la a. Mwen se moun Kris la, mwen p'ap bay manti. Epi, konsyans mwen ki anba pouvwa Sentespri a ta repwoche m' anpil si m' t'ap bay manti.
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Kè m' sere anpil, se pa yon ti lapenn mwen santi k'ap manje m' tout tan.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
Mwen ta pito wè m' tonbe anba madichon Bondye, mwen ta pito pèdi renmen Kris la gen pou mwen an si sa te ka sèvi pou byen frè m' yo, moun menm ras avè mwen yo.
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
Yo se pitit pitit Izrayèl; Bondye te chwazi yo pou pwòp pitit li. Se nan mitan yo Bondye te fè tout bèl mèvèy li yo. Se ak yo li te pase kontra li yo. Li te ba yo lalwa. Li te moutre yo jan pou yo sèvi l'; se yo ki te resevwa pwomès li yo.
5 of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Christ, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Yo se pitit pitit zansèt nou yo. Se nan ras yo Kris la soti lè l' te fèt tankou yon nonm. Lwanj pou tout tan pou li menm ki Bondye sou tout bagay. Amèn. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
Lè m' di sa, sa pa vle di Bondye p'ap kenbe pwomès li ankò. Se pa tout pitit pitit Izrayèl yo ki fè pati pèp Bondye a.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."
Se pa tout pitit pitit Abraram yo ki bon pitit pou li, paske Bondye te di Abraram, dapre sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Se Izarak ki va fè pitit pitit mwen te pwomèt ou yo.
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
Sa vle di: tout pitit ki fèt dapre egzijans natirèl kò a pa pitit Bondye. Se sèlman pitit ki fèt dapre pwomès Bondye a ki bon pitit pitit li.
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
Men ki jan Bondye te fè pwomès la: Lè konsa, lanne k'ap vini an, m'a tounen. Lè sa a Sara va gen tan gen yon pitit gason.
10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
Gen lòt pawòl toujou pou di sou pwen sa a: Rebeka te fè de pitit gason pou yon sèl papa, Izarak granpapa nou.
11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
-(we vèsè pwochen)
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
Men, Bondye gen jan pa l' pou l' chwazi moun. Bondye pa chwazi yon moun paske moun lan fè anyen pou sa, men paske Bondye vle chwazi li. Enben, pou fè nou wè se konsa li toujou fè, Bondye pale ak Rebeka anvan menm timoun yo te fèt, anvan menm yo te fè anyen ni an byen ni an mal. Li di l' konsa: Pi gran an gen pou sèvi pi piti a.
13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
Dapre sa ki te ekri: Mwen renmen Jakòb, mwen rayi Ezaou.
14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
Bon, kisa sa vle di? Bondye gen lè ap fè lenjistis? Men non.
15 For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
Chonje sa Bondye te di Moyiz: M'a gen pitye pou moun mwen vle gen pitye, M'a louvri kè m' pou moun mwen vle.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Se sak fè, bagay konsa pa gade lèzòm, ou mèt tande yo vle, ou mèt tande yo fè. Se bagay ki gade Bondye sèlman, li menm ki gen kè sansib.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
Paske nan Liv la, men sa Bondye di farawon an: Se mwen ki fè ou wa tout espre, pou lè moun wè ou, yo ka wè pouvwa mwen, pou moun ka mache fè konnen non mwen toupatou sou latè.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Konsa, Bondye gen pitye pou moun li vle, li fè moun li vle kenbe tèt ak li.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
Koulye a, n'a mande m': Si se konsa, kisa Bondye gen pou repwoche moun? Ki moun ki janm kenbe tèt ak Bondye?
20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"
Monchè, pito ou mande: kisa m' ye pou m' ap diskite ak Bondye konsa? Pran yon krich: èske krich la ka pale ak moun ki fè l' la pou l' mande l': Poukisa se konsa ou fè m'?
21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Moun k'ap bat tè pou fè krich la gen dwa fè sa l' vle ak tè a. Avèk menm pa t' labou a, li ka fè de kalite krich: yon bèl krich byen chè ak yon krich bon mache.
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
Nou pa gen anyen pou n' di Bondye ankò. Li vle fè nou wè kòlè li, an menm tan li vle fè nou konnen pouvwa li. Se poutèt sa, avèk anpil pasyans li sipòte tout moun ki te merite kòlè li epi ki te tou bon pou mouri.
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
Li te vle fè nou wè tou kantite bèl bagay li sere pou moun lè li gen pitye pou yo, pou nou menm li te pare davans pou resevwa bèl bagay li yo.
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
Lè m' di nou menm lan, m'ap pale sou tout moun li rele, non sèlman nan jwif yo, men nan moun lòt nasyon yo tou.
25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'"
Se sa menm li di nan liv pwofèt Oze a: Moun ki pa t' pèp mwen an, se yo menm m'a rele pèp mwen. Nasyon mwen pa t' renmen an, se li menm m'a rele cheri mwen.
26 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"
Tout kote yo t'ap di se pa pèp mwen yo ye. se la y'a rele yo pitit Bondye ki vivan an.
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be kept safe.
Kanta pou moun pèp Izrayèl yo, Ezayi, bò pa l' menm, di konsa: Menm si moun pèp Izrayèl yo ta anpil tankou grenn sab bò lanmè, se yon ti ponyen sèlman nan yo k'ap sove.
28 For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness; because the Lord will carry out the word decisively in the midst of the earth."
Paske, Mèt la gen pou l' fè tou sa l' te di a nèt, epi byen vit ankò, sou tout latè.
29 As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."
Tankou menm pwofèt Ezayi sa a te di anvan: Si Mèt ki gen tout pouvwa a pa t' kite kèk pitit pitit pou nou, nou ta pase tankou Sodòm, nou ta menm jan ak Gomò.
30 What should we say then? That the non-Jews, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
Kisa n'a di nan tou sa? Men sa n'a di: Moun ki pa t' jwif yo, ki pa t'ap chache mwayen pou Bondye fè yo gras la, se yo menm Bondye fè gras paske yo mete konfyans yo nan li.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
Men, moun pèp Izrayèl yo ki t'ap chache yon lalwa ki pou ta fè Bondye fè yo gras, yo pa jwenn sa yo t'ap chache a.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
Poukisa? Paske yo pa t' mete konfyans yo nan Bondye; yo t'ap chache mwayen pou Bondye fè yo gras ak zèv yo t'ap fè yo. Se konsa y' al frape pye yo sou wòch k'ap fè moun bite a,
33 even as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock to trip over; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."
jan sa te ekri a: Men li, mwen mete yon wòch nan mitan peyi Siyon, yon wòch k'ap fè moun bite wi, yon gwo wòch k'ap fè moun tonbe. Men, moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li p'ap janm soti wont.
