Romans 11
1 I say then, Hath God cast off his people? Far be it I For I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Lino ndepushungeti, “Sena Lesa walataya bantu bakendi?” Sobwe, nkacela kwinshika pakwinga ne njame nde mu Islayeli, umo wa bashikulu ba Abulahamu, kayi wamukowa wa Benjamini.
2 God hath not cast off his people, which he foreknew. Do ye not know what the Scripture saith in the passage concerning Elijah? how he pleadeth to God against Israel:
Lesa nkalabakana bantu bakendi abo mbwalasala kaindi. Mucinsheti mu Mabala muli maswi ayo mushinshimi Eliya ngalikudandaulila Lesa eti ababoneshe bukalu bwakendi Baislayeli? Pakwinga walambeti,
3 “Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my life.”
“Mwami, bantu aba balashina bashinshimi benu ne kuwisha nteme shenu. Ndashala ndenka, lino nenjame balandanga kunshina”
4 But what saith the answer of God to him? “I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Lino Lesa walamukumbula aconi? Walambeti, “Ndalibikila bantu bakwana myanda makumi asanu ne abili abo batana bapaililapo Baala, lesa wabundengamano usa.”
5 In the same way then at this present time also there is a remnant, according to the election of grace.
Lino encocibele ne cino cindi. Kulashala Baislayeli bang'ana abo Lesa mbwalasala mu kwina moyo kwakendi.
6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer on account of works; otherwise grace ceaseth to be grace; but if it is of works, there is then no grace; otherwise work ceaseth to be work. How is it then?
Neco, na walabasala mu kwina moyo kwakendi, lino nte pacebo ca bintu mbyobalensa. Necalaba mushobo uyo kwina moyo kwakendi ne kwalabula kuba kwinamoyo kwancinencine sobwe.
7 What Israel seeketh after, that Israel did not obtain; but the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
Aconi lino? Baislayeli nkabalacanapo mbyobalikuyanda. Nsombi bantu bang'anowa abo Lesa mbwalasala ebalabicana. Bashala bonse balashinka matwi ku maswi a Lesa,
8 as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that were not to see, and ears that were not to hear, unto this day.”
Mbuli Mabala ncakute kwambeti, “Lesa walabapa moyo wakuta nyumfwishisha bintu, nomba kushikila lino nkabakute kubona nambi kunyumfwa.”
9 And David saith, “Let their table become a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them;
Lino Dafeti ukute kwambeti, “malyalya abo abe kose ne liliba lyabo, kayi bawe panshi ne kupewa cisubulo.
10 let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; and bow down their back alway.”
Menso abo apofole kwambeti bacileke kubona, kayi misana yabo ikonkomane cindi conse mu mapensho abo.”
11 I say then, Did they stumble in order to fall? God forbid! But by their offence salvation is come to the gentiles to excite them to emulation.
Ndepushunga, “Sena Bayuda balalisuntula ne kuwila limo kwakubula kayi kupunduka?” Sobwe. Nsombi pacebo ca bwipishi bwabo lupulusho lwalashika kuli bantu ba mishobo naimbi, kwambeti Bayuda babenshile minyono.
12 But if their offence is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the gentiles, how much more will their fullness be?
Na bwipishi bwa Bayuda bwalaleta bwinishi bwingi ku bantu pacishi capanshi conse, neco kayi na kwalilwa kwabo kwalaleta bwinishi bwingi ku bantu ba mishobo naimbi. Nomba nikukabeconi Bayuda bonse beti bakapuluke bakasankana pamo ne bashoma bashobo naimbi, ekwambeti colwe nicikakonempe nditu.
13 For I am speaking to you gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the gentiles, I magnify my office,
Lino ndambilinga njamwe mobakunsa. Pacebo cakwambeti ndalatumwa ku bantu bamishobo naimbi, neco, nkute kutwanga pancito iyi.
14 that I may, if possible, excite to emulation those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Kayi nkute kuyandeti ndibapeshe bufuba bantu bamushobo wakame, ne kupulushapo nabambi pali endibo.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciliation of the world, what will the reception of them be, but life from the dead?
Nomba na bantu bapacishi conse capanshi bakabweshiwa kayi mu bwanse ne Lesa pacebo ca kubabika pambali Bayuda, nomba nicikabe aconi nendi akabatambula kayi? Nibakabeti bantu bafwa balapunduku kubafu.
16 And if the first portion of the dough is holy, so also will be the lump; and if the root is holy, so will be the branches.
Na muntu upa Lesa cimpansha ca shinkwa cakutanguna, ekwambeti shinkwa wonse niwa Lesa. Kayi na muntu upa Lesa muyanda wa citondo ekwambeti ne misampi yonse niya Lesa.
17 And if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou, a wild olive, hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker with them of the root and fatness of the olive-tree,
Amwe bantu bakunsa njamwe mulyeti misampi yacitondo cama olivi camucisuwa, mwanungwako ku citondo cabyalwa camaolivi. Nomba lino mulamanta musena wa misampi isa yalatimbulwako. Pacebo ici, mulatambulungonga ngofu sha mumiyanda ya citondo cakubyala ca maolifi, okwambeti cilyeti Bayuda.
18 boast not over the branches; for if thou boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee.
Weco mutabanyanshanga sobwe abo balakwempulwako mbuli misampi isa. Nomba ngamulitukumuna aconi? Amwe njamwe kamusampi owa. Ntamwe mwekata miyanda sobwe, nsombi miyanda endiyo yamwikatilila.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
Nomba amwe ngamwambeti, “Cakubinga misampi isa yalakwempulwa kwambeti banjikatanishepo ame.”
20 Be it so. It was for their unbelief that they were broken off, and thou standest through thy faith; be not high-minded, but fear.
Cakubinga, nabo balakwempulwako pakwinga nkabalashoma, nomba amwe cebo cakushoma, lino nimwikale pabusena ubo, nsombi kamutatwangilapo, lino kamubani ne buyowa.
21 For if God spared the natural branches, take care lest he spare not thee.
Lesa nkalabalekowa Bayuda abo balyeti misampi ya citondo yancinencine. Sena lino mulayeyengeti nakamuleke amwe?
22 Behold then the goodness and the severity of God; toward those who fell, severity; but toward thee God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise thou also wilt be cut off.
Kamwinshibani kwambeti Lesa ni wankumbo, nsombi kayi nimukalu. Ku bantu abo balawa wakalala, nsombi kulinjamwe ukute inkumbo, na mupitilisha kwinsa bintu byela kuleta nkumbo shakendi. Namubula kwinseco nenjamwe nakamukwempule.
23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
Nomba na abo Bayuda basanduka nekutatika kushoma Klistu, nakabanungeko kucitondo. Pakwinga Lesa ukute ngofu shakubanungako kayi.
24 For if thou hast been cut off from an olive-tree wild by nature, and hast against thy nature been ingrafted into a good olive-tree, how much more shall these, the natural branches, be ingrafted into their own olive-stock?
Nomba amwe bantu ba mishobo naimbi mulyeti misampi ya citondo ca ma olivi camucisuwa, Lesa walamukwempula kucitondo calamusema, nekumununga kucitondo ca ma olivi cakubyala. Lino na cilico, sena lino ngawalilwa kunungako ku citondo cama olivi cakubyala misampi iyo yalakwempulwa? Bayuda balyeti citondo ca maolifi cakubyala, neco capuba kwambeti Lesa ainungeko misampiyo kayi.
25 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall have come in.
Nomba lino mobanse bame, pali casolekwa ncondayandangeti mucinshibe, kutineti ngamulibona kuba bamano, nicakwambeti kuyuma myoyo kwa Baislayeli nteti kukapitilile nsombi nikukapwe mpaka cindi cibelengelo ca bakunsa beti bakenshibe Lesa cikakwane.
26 And thus will all Israel be saved; as it is written, “There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Popelapo bonse Baislayeli nibakapuluke. Mbuli mabala ncalambangeti, “Mupulushi nakafumine ku Siyoni, nakafunye bwipishi bonse bwa bashikulu bendi Yakobo bonse.
27 And this will be my covenant with them, when I shall have taken away their sins.”
Ninkapangane nabo cipangano copeleci ndakabafunyinapo bwipishi bwabo.”
28 In regard to the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes; but in regard to God's choice, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
Pacebo cakukana Mulumbe Waina, Bayuda balaba balwani ba Lesa, kwambeti amwe bantu bamishobo naimbi mucaninepo bwinishi. Nsombi na Lesa walabasala, nabo nibansebendi basunika pacebo ca bamashali babo bakaindi.
29 For in respect to his gifts and his calling, there is no change of purpose with God.
Pakwinga Lesa nkakute kushinta mano na lakuwu muntu ne kumupa colwe.
30 For as ye in times past were disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,
Kaindi amwe bamishobo naimbi nkamwali kumunyumfwila Lesa, nsombi lino Lesa lamwinshilinga inkumbo pacebo ca kutanyumfwa kwa Bayuda.
31 so they too have now become disobedient, that they also may obtain mercy through the mercy shown to you.
Weco naboyo Bayuda nkabalanyumfwilinga Lesa pacino cindi, nsombi nipacebo cakwambeti naboyo bakatambule nkumbo sha Lesa pacindi cayandika, nkumbo nshomulatambulu.
Pakwinga Lesa walasandula bantu bonse kuba basha cebo ca kutanyumfwa, kwambeti nendi abanyumfwile nkumbo bonse. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his purposes, and his ways past finding out!
Buboni bwa lesa nibunene cikamba. Mano akendi nkakumu ne lwishibo lwakendi nkalwishibiki. Nomba niyani welela kunyumfwishisha kombolosha kwakendi? Kayi niyani welela kwishiba nshila shakendi?
34 For “who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been made his counselor?”
Mbuli Mabala ncakute kwambeti, “Niyani welela kwinshiba miyeyo ya Lesa, niyani welela kumupa mano?”
35 or “who first gave to him, and shall receive a return?”
“Nomba niyani walamupapo kantu Lesa kwambeti nendi amubweshele kantu ako?”
