Romans 9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Ghost,
Taani Kiristtoosan tuma odays, worddotikke. Geeshsha Ayyaanay kaalethiya ta kahay taani worddotonnayssa taw markkattees.
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Ta wozanan Isra7eeletas daro qadhettaysinne qamma gallas qoppays.
3 For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Taani, ta ishata gisho, Kiristtoosappe shaakettada Xoossaa qanggethafe garssan de7idaakko dosaysishin.
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
Entti Isra7eeleta, Xoossay entta ba nayta oothis, ba bonchchuwa enttaw qonccisis. Enttara caaqqis; higgiya enttaw immis. Entti Xoossaa goynnana tuma ogiya bessis; Xoossay ufayssa qaala enttaw immis.
5 whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Entti yeletethan mayzata zare; qassi Kiristtoosi ashon entta zare gididi yis. Ubbaafe bolla gidida Xoossay merinaw galatetto. Amin7i! (aiōn g165)
6 But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Gidoshin, Xoossay gelida qaalay polettonna attis guussu gidenna. Isra7eele asa ubbay Xoossaa asi gidokkona.
7 neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Qassi Abrahaame zare ubbay Abrahaame nayta gidokkona. Xoossay Abrahames, “Ne zerethay Yisaaqa baggara xeegettana” yaagis.
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
Hessa guussay ashon yelettida nayti ubbay Xoossaa nayta gidokkona. Shin tuma Isra7eele nayti Xoossay Abrahames gelida qaalada yelettida nayta.
9 For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
Xoossay immana gidi gelida qaalay, “Taani wontto laythi hannoode yaana; Saarakka adde na7a yelana” yaageyssa.
10 And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac—
Hessa xalaala gidonnashin, Irbbiqinne Yisaaqi yelida mentte adde naytabaa akeekite.
11 for [the children] 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 that calleth,
Entti yelettanaappe woykko iita woykko lo77o oothanaappe sinthe Xoossaa dooroy ooson gidonnashin xeessan gideyssa qonccisanaw,
12 it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
“Bayray kaaluwas kiitettana” yaagidi Goday Irbbiqas odis.
13 Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
Hessika Geeshsha Maxaafan, “Yayqooba dosas, Eesawe ixxas” geetettidi xaafettis.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Yaatin, nuuni woyganee? Xoossay ase asappe shaakkiyye? Gidenna.
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
Goday Musekko, “Ta maaranaw koyidayssata maarana; ta qadhettanaw koyidayssatas qadhettana” yaagis.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
Hiza, Xoossaa dooroy asa shenen woykko ooson gidonnashin iya maarotethaana.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might shew in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
Geeshsha Maxaafan, Gibxe kawuwakko, “Taani, ta wolqqaa nenan bessanawunne ta sunthay alame ubban erettana mela hessas nena kawothas” geetettidi xaafettis.
18 So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Hiza, Xoossay maaranaw koyeyssa maarees; wozanaa muumisanaw koyeyssa wozanaa muumisees.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
Hinttefe issoy, “Yaatin, Xoossay ase iita ooso gisho ays borii? Xoossaa sheniya ixxas gaanay oonee?” yaagidi oychchanaw dandda7ees.
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
Shin ta ishaw, Xoossaara palamanaw neeni oonee? Urqqafe Medhettida miishey bana medhdhidayssa, “Tana hayssada oothada ays medhdhadi?” gidi oychchanaw dandda7ii?
21 Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Woykko urqqa medhdheyssi issi urqqafe issuwa bonchcho miishe, hankkuwa qassi tooshe miishe oothidi medhdhanaw maati baawe?
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
Xoossay ba hanquwa bessanawunne ba wolqqaa erisanaw koyidi, pirddas giigida hanqo nayta daro genccan dandda7idaakko ne ay eray?
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
Hessa I oothiday koyrottidi bonchchoos giigisida, ba doorida naytas ba bonchchuwa qonccisanassa.
24 [even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
Ayhude gidin, woykko Ayhude gidonna asa ubbay Xoossan doorettida.
25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, which was not beloved.
Nabiya Hose7e maxaafan, “Ta ase gidonnayssata, ‘Ta ase’ gada xeegana. Ta siiqaboonna deriya, ‘Siiqetidayssata’ gada xeegana.
26 And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
Entti, ‘Ta ase gidekketa’ geetetti xeegettida bessan, ‘De7o Xoossaa nayta’ geetettidi xeegettana” yaagees.
27 And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:
Nabiya Isayaasi Isra7eele asaabaa, “Isra7eele asay abbaa gaxan de7iya shafiyada darikkoka, enttafe guutha asa xalaali attana.
28 for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
Goday alamiya ubbaa bolla ellesidi polo pirddaa pirddana.”
29 And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.
Qassika Isayaasi, “Ubbaafe Wolqqaama Goday nuus guutha zerethi ashshonnabaa gidiyakko, nuuni Soodomenne Gamoora katamaada dhayanashin” yaagidi koyrottidi odis.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
Yaatin, nu woyganee? Xillotethaa koyiboonna Ayhude gidonna asay ammanon xillotethi demmidosona.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.
Shin xillotethako gathiya higgey de7iya Isra7eele asay xillotethi demmibookkona.
32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
Ays demmibookkonaa? Entti xillotethaa ammanon gidonnashin, ooson ekkanaw koyida gishossa. Yaaniya gisho, entti, “Dhubbiya shuchchan” dhubettidosona.
33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
Geeshsha Maxaafan, “Taani Xiyoonen dhubbi kunddisiya shuchchaa wothana. Iyan ammaniyaa oonikka yeellatenna” geetettidi xaafettis.
