Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
Ana m ekwu eziokwu nʼime Kraịst. Anaghị m ekwu okwu ụgha. Akọnuche m nke Mmụọ Nsọ na-achị na-agbakwara m ama.
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
A nọ m nʼọnọdụ oke ihe mwute na ihe mgbu dị ukwuu nʼobi m.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
A sị na ọ bụ ihe ga-ekwe mee, ejikeere m ịbụ onye a bụrụ ọnụ na onye e wepụrụ site nʼebe Kraịst nọ nʼihi ụmụnna m na ndị ikwu m,
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;
bụ ndị Izrel. Ndị Chineke họọrọ ka ha bụrụ ụmụ ya, ndị o nyere ebube ya na ọgbụgba ndụ ya. O nyekwara ha iwu na ife ofufe nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ na ọtụtụ nkwa dị iche iche.
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)
Ha si nʼagbụrụ nna nna anyị ochie ha. Kraịst nʼonwe ya, nʼụdịdị mmadụ, sikwa nʼagbụrụ ha pụta, onye bụ Chineke nke ihe niile, onye a na-eto ruo ebighị ebi. Amen. (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.
Ọ bụghị dị ka a ga-asị na okwu Chineke na-ala azụ. Nʼihi na ọ bụghị onye ọbụla a mụrụ nʼezinaụlọ ndị Izrel bụ onye Izrel.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."
Na ha sitere nʼagbụrụ Ebraham pụta emeghị ka ha bụrụ ụmụ Ebraham nʼezie. Ma nʼakụkụ nke ọzọ, “Ọ bụ site nʼAịzik ka a ga-akpọ mkpụrụ gị aha.”
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.
Nke a na-egosi na ọ bụghị ndị niile a mụrụ na-anụ ahụ bụ ụmụ Chineke, kama ụmụ ndị ahụ e kwere na nkwa bụ ndị a na-agụnye dị ka ụmụ Ebraham site na nkwa ahụ.
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
Lee ka e si kwee nkwa ahụ, “Mgbe oge ahụ a kara aka ruru, aga m alọghachi, Sera ga-amụkwa nwa nwoke.”
10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
Ọ bụghị naanị nke a. Ụmụ Ribeka si nʼotu nna, ya bụ nna nna anyị Aịzik.
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,
Ma tupu a mụọ ụmụ ejima ndị a, ma ọ bụkwanụ tupu ha emee ihe ọbụla dị mma maọbụ nke dị njọ, iji mee ka ọchịchọ Chineke banyere nhọpụta ha guzoro,
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
ọ bụghị site nʼọrụ kama ọ bụ site nʼonye ahụ nke na-akpọ, nʼihi na a gwara ya sị, “Nke okenye ga-ejere nke nta ozi.”
13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
Dịka e dere ya, “Jekọb ka m hụrụ nʼanya ma Ịsọ ka m kpọrọ asị.”
14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
Gịnịkwa ka anyị ga-ekwu? Chineke ọ bụ onye ajọ omume? Mba!
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."
Nʼihi na ọ gwara Mosis, “Onye m chọrọ imere ebere ka m ga-emere ebere, ọ bụkwa onye m chọrọ imere ọmịiko ka m ga-enwere ọmịiko.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Ya mere, ọ dabereghị nʼọchịchọ nke mmadụ maọbụ ịrụsị ọrụ ike ya kama ọ dabere nʼebere Chineke.
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."
Nʼihi nʼakwụkwọ nsọ gwara Fero, “Emere m ka ị bụrụ ihe ị bụ nʼihi nke a, ka m were gị zipụta ike m, ka e nwe ike kwusaa aha m nʼụwa niile.”
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Ọ pụtara ihe na ọ bụ naanị ndị Chineke chọrọ ka ọ na-emere ebere, ndị ọ chọkwara ka ọ na-eme ka ha bụrụ ndị obi ha kpọchiri akpọchi.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
Ma eleghị anya unu pụrụ ịgwa m, “Gịnị kwanụ mere o ji ata anyị ụta? Onye kwanụ pụrụ iguzogide ihe o zubere ime?”
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?"
Onye ka ị bụ gị mmadụ efu, iji ajụ Chineke ajụjụ? “Nkata mmadụ na-akpa ọ ga-ajụ onye na-akpa ya ajụjụ, ‘Onye sị gị kpaa m otu a?’”
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?
Otu a kwa, onye ọkpụ ite o nweghị ike isite nʼotu ụrọ ahụ o nwere kpụọ ụdị ite ọbụla masịrị ya, ụfọdụ ite pụrụ iche na ụfọdụ e ji eje ozi nʼụlọ?
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,
Ọ bụrụkwanụ na Chineke ekpebie igosi iwe ya na ime ka a mara ike ya site nʼinwe oke ndidi banyere ndị oke iwe ya ga-adakwasị bụ ndị a kwadoro maka mbibi?
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
Ma ọ bụrụkwanụ na o mere nke a iji mee ka ndị ahụ ọ na-emere ebere mata ịba ụba nke ebube ya, bụ ndị o bururị ụzọ kwadoo maka ebube a.
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
Ọ bụladị anyị bụ ndị ọ kpọkwara, ọ bụghị naanị site na ndị Juu kama site na ndị mba ọzọ?
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.'"
Dịka o kwuru nʼakwụkwọ Hosiya, “Aga m akpọ ha ‘ndị m,’ bụ ndị na-abụghị ndị m. Aga m akpọkwa ya ‘onye m hụrụ nʼanya’ bụ onye m na-ahụghị nʼanya.”
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.'"
Ma, “Nʼotu ebe ahụ a nọ sị ha, ‘Unu abụghị ndị m,’ bụkwa ebe a ga-anọ kpọọ ha, ‘Ụmụ nke Chineke dị ndụ.’”
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.
Aịzaya bere akwa nʼihi ụmụ Izrel, “Ọ bụ ezie na ọnụọgụgụ ụmụ Izrel dịka uzuzu dị nʼakụkụ osimiri, maọbụ naanị mmadụ ole na ole ka a ga-azọpụta.
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."
Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị na-aga ikpe ụwa a ikpe. Ọ ga-eme ọsịịsọ nʼikpe ahụ ma kpebie ya.”
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."
Ọ bụkwa dịka Aịzaya kwuru na mbụ, “Ọ bụrụ na Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ahapụrụghị anyị ụmụ ụmụ, anyị gara adị ka Sọdọm, anyị gaara adịkwa ka Gọmọra.”
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;
Gịnịkwa ka anyị ga-ekwu? Anyị ga-asị na o enyela ndị mba ọzọ na-enweghị oge ha gbasoro ezi omume, ma ha natara ya, bụ ezi omume nke sitere nʼokwukwe,
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
ma ndị Izrel na-agbaso iwu nke ezi omume, enwebeghị ike ime onwe ha ndị a ga-anabata.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
Gịnị gbochiri ha? Ọ bụ nʼihi na ha agbasoghị ya site nʼokwukwe. Kama ha chere na ọ bụ site nʼọrụ. Ha zọhiere ụkwụ nʼoke nkume ịsọ ngọngọ ahụ.
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."
Dịka e dere ya, “Lee, ana m atọgbọ na Zayọn nkume nke na-eme ka ndị mmadụ sọọ ngọngọ, oke nkume nke na-eme ka ha daa. Ma onye nke kweere na ya, agaghị eme ka ihere mee ya.”
