Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
Lino ndambanga cakubinga ame ndewakendi Yesu Klistu, kayi nkandabepenga sobwe. Mengashilo akame alatangununwanga ne Mushimu Uswepa ulanyinshilinga bukamboni kwambeti
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
ndetelwa mumoyo. Kayi cilambabanga kwakutalekesha
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
pacebo ca bakwetu, bantu ba mushobo wakame. Nendalakondwa kwambeti pamusena wabo ame nendalaba washinganwa, walekana kuli Klistu.
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;
Balo e Baislayeli, Lesa mbwalasala kwambeti babe banabendi, kayi walababonesha bulemeno. Lesa walapangana nabo, kayi nekubapa Milawo. Walabeisha mwakukambilila, kayi balatambula ncalabashomesha.
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)
Nabo nibashikulu ba bamashali betu bakaindi, kayi Klistu Mupulushi walaiwa usa ni wa mumushobo wabo twamba sha buntu bwakendi. Lesa lendeleshenga byonse alemekwe cindi conse. Ameni. (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.
Lino nteko kwambeti Lesa nkalasunga ncalashomesha sobwe. Pakwinga ntebo bonse beshikusemwa mu mushobo wa Baislayeli kwambeti ni bantu ba Lesa sobwe.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."
Nambi kwambeti bashikulu bonse ba Abulahamu nibana ba Lesa. Nsombi Lesa walambila Abulahamu kwambeti, “Bana ba Isaki bonka endibo beshi bakakwiweti bashikulu bakobe.”
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.
Lino nte bana bonse ba Abulahamu belela kukwiweti ebana ba Lesa sobwe. Bashikulu bendi bancinencine ni bana abo bonka balasemwa kwelana ne cishomesho ca Lesa.
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
Lesa walashomesha mpwalambeti, “Pacindi celela ninkabwele, kayi Sala nakabe ne mwana mutuloba.”
10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
Lino nteco ici conka sobwe. Bana babili ba Lubeka basa mushali wabo walikuba umo, mushali wetu Isaki.
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,
Nambi bana abo nkabatana basemwa, kayi katana ainsapo caina ciliconse nambi caipa, Lesa walayandeti kuyanda kwakendi nkwalasalilalimo muntu uliyense kwinshike. Walensa ibi kutamba pacebo ca ncito shabo, nsombi pacebo cakwambeti Lesa walamukuwa.
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
Neco Lesa walambila Lubeka eti, “Mukulene nakasebensele kanike.”
13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
Pakwinga Mabala alambangeti, “Yakobo ndalamusuna, nsombi ndalapela Esau.”
14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
Lino ngatwambeconi? Sena ngatwambeti Lesa nkalulama? Sobwe, nkatwela kwambeco.
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."
Pakwinga nendi walambila Mose eti, “Ninkenshile nkumbo muntu uliyense ngonsuni kumwinshila nkumbo, ninkanyumfwile luse uyo ngonsuni kumunyumfwila luse.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Neco cilayandikinga nteco muntu ncasuni, nambi bintu muntu mbyakute kwelesha kwinsa, nsombi cilayandikinga ni nkumbo sha Lesa.
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."
Mbuli ncotukute kubelenga mu Mabala kwambeti Lesa walambila mwami waku Injipto kwambeti, “Ndalakubika kuba mwami, kwambeti mulinjobe ndeshe ngofu shakame, kayi nekwambeti lina lyakame linyumfwike pacishi conse capanshi.”
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Neco tukute kuboneti Lesa ukute kwinshila inkumbo muntu uyo ngwasuni kwambeti amwinshile nkumbo, kayi ukute kusandula muntu uliyense kuba muntu wayuma moyo na kayanda.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
Lino naumbi ngaunjipusheti, “Na cilico, inga nipacebo cini Lesa ncakute kubapela mulandu bantu? Niyani wela kukanisha Lesa ncalayandanga kwinsa?”
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?"
Nsombi obe muntu, njobe bani kwambeti ngototekeshana ne Lesa? Sena nongo ngaipusha shikwibumba, “Nomba mulamumbu aconi mushobo uwu?”
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?
Sena shikubumba nkela kubumba nongo shibili ne bulungo bopelobo naimbi iba yakusebensesha cindi capalubasu naimbi iba ya masuba onse?
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,
Lesa encabele. Walayanda kulesha bukalu bwakendi, kayi ne kuyandeti ngofu shakendi shinshibike, nsombi walapitilisha kwikalika moyo pa bintu byali kwinsa bantu mbwalakalalila, kayi balikuba belela konongeka.
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
Kayi Lesa walayanda kwambeti bulemeneno bwakendi bunene bwinshibike palinjafwe, nomba nendi walatwinshila nkumbo, ne kutubambilalimo kwambeti tutambule bulemeneno bwakendi.
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
Weco afwe njafwe mbwalakuwa Lesa, kutambeti kufuma ku Bayuda bonka sobwe, nsombi kufuma kayi mu bantu ba mishobo naimbi.
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.'"
Mbuli Lesa ncalambanga mulibuku lya mushinshimi Hosiya, “Abo balikubula kuba bantu bakame, nindibakuweti ‘Bantu bakame.’ Mushobo uyo ngondalikubula kuyanda, nibakabe ‘Bantu mbonsuni.’
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.'"
Kayi kumusena uko enkobalambilweti, ‘Ntamwe mushobo wakame,’ Kopeloko ni bakakwiweti ‘Bana ba Lesa muyumi.’”
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.
Nendi Yesaya mushinshimi walolobesha pakwamba sha Baislayeli kwambeti, “Nambi Baislayeli bafule eti museya wa ku mulonga, nsombi bang'anowa ebeshi bakapuluke.”
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."
Pakwinga Mwami nakomboloshe milandu ya bantu bonse ba pacishi capanshi, kayi nakense copeleco mwakufwambana.
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."
Ici cili mbuli kayi Yesaya ncalamba kaindi kwambeti, “Mwami wangofu shonse nalabula kutushilako bashikulu nabambi, nshinga nitwalalobeti Sodomu ne Gomola.”
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;
Lino ngatwambeconi? Ngatwambeti bantu bamishobo naimbi, abo balikubula kushako mano shakuba balulama pamenso a Lesa, balatambula bululami pakushoma.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
Kakuli Baislayeli abo balikwelesha kuba balulama pamenso a Lesa pakusunga Milawo ya Mose, balalilwa.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
Nomba nipacebo cini? Nipacebo cakwambeti balikuyanda kuba bantu balulama pamenso a Lesa, kutamba pakushoma, nsombi pakushoma ncito shaina. Neco balalisuntula pa libwe lyalikulisuntulapo bantu,
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."
mbuli Mabala ncalambangeti, “Kamubonani ame ndabikinga mu Siyoni libwe ilyo lyeshi bakalisuntulengaponga bantu. Libwe lyacandanshi ilyo lyeshi likabawishe. Nomba uyo wamushoma nteshakabe ne nsoni.” Sobwe.
