Romans 9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Ghost,
Ao Iseraele, batho ba me! Ao, bakaulengwe ba me ba Sejuta! Ke eletsa thata jang gore lo tle mo go Keresete. Pelo ya me e tshwenyegile ebile ke hutsahala mo go botlhoko thata bosigo le motshegare ka ntlha ya lona. Keresete o a itse le Mowa O O Boitshepo o itse gore ga ke ake fa ke re ke eletsa go atlholelwa loso lwa bosakhutleng fa e le gore go ka lo boloka.
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
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;
Modimo o lo neetse mo go golo, mme lo santse lo sa o dumele. O lo tsere jaaka batho ba one ba ba itshenketsweng, jalo wa lo etelela pele ka leru le le phatshimang la kgalalelo wa bo wa lo bolelela ka fa o batlang go lo segofatsa ka teng. O lo neetse melao ya one ya botshelo jwa malatsi otlhe gore lo itse se o batlang lo se dira. O lo neile tshwanelo ya go mo obamela, wa ba wa lo naya ditsholofetso tse dikgolo.
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)
Borraeno e ne e le badiredi ba bagolo ba Modimo, le Keresete e ne e le mongwe wa lona, e le Mojuta ka fa tlholegong ya gagwe, ene yo jaanong a busang dilo tsotlhe. A go bakwe Modimo ka bosakhutleng! (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:
Jalo he, a Modimo ga o a kgona go diragatsa ditsholofetso tsa one mo Bajuteng? Nnyaa! (Gonne ditsholofetso tse ke tsa ba e leng Bajuta tota). Mme ga se gore mongwe le mongwe yo o tsaletsweng mo go ba ntlo ya Sejuta ke Mojuta wa boammaaruri!
7 neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Lebaka la gore ba tswa mo go Aberahame ga le ba dire bana ba ga Aberahame tota. Gonne Dikwalo tsa re ditsholofetso tse ke tsa ga morwa Aberahame ebong Isake le losika lwa gagawe, le fa Aberahame a ne a na le bana ba bangwe gape!
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.
Mo ga go reye gore bana botlhe ba ga Aberahame ke ba Modimo, fa e se fela ba ba dumelang tsholofetso ya poloko e o e solofeditseng Aberahame.
9 For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
Gonne Modimo o ne o solofeditse wa re, “Mo ngwageng e e tlang wena le Sara ke tlaa lo naya ngwana wa mosimane.”
10 And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac—
Mme morago ga dingwaga, fa morwawe, Isake, a setse a godile ebile a nyetse, le Rebeka mosadi wa gagwe a tlaa tloga a mo tsholela mawelana, Modimo o ne wa raya Rebeka wa re, Esawe ngwana yo o tlaa tsalwang pele, o tlaa nna motlhanka wa ga Jakoba, lewelana la gagwe.
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,
Jaaka mafoko a lokwalo a re, “Ke tlhophile go segofatsa Jakoba, mme e seng Esawe.”
12 it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
Mme Modimo o ne wa bua jaana pele ga bana ba tsholwa, pele ga ba dira se se molemo kgotsa se se bosula.
13 Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
Se se supa gore Modimo o ne wa dira se o neng o se ikaeletse go tsweng kwa tshimologong; e ne e se ka ntlha ya se bana ba se dirileng mme e ne e le ka ntlha ya se Modimo o se batlileng wa se itlhophela.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
A Modimo o ne o sa kgetholole? Nnyaa ga go a nna jalo.
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.
Gonne Modimo o ne o reile Moshe wa re, “Fa ke batla go nna pelonomi mo go mongwe, ke tlaa dira jalo. Gape ke tlaa utlwela botlhoko le fa e le mang yo ke batlang go mo utlwela botlhoko.”
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
Jalo he, masego a Modimo ga a bonwe ka ntlha ya gore motho mongwe o ikaelela go nna nao kgotsa ka ntlha ya gore o dira thata gore a nne nao. A bonwa ke ba Modimo o ba tlhomogelang pelo.
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.
Farwe, Kgosi ya Egepeto, e ne e le sekai sa boammaaruri jo. Gonne Modimo o ne wa mmolelela gore o mo neetse bogosi jwa Egepeto ka maikaelelo a go supa nonofo ya one e e boitshegang ka ene: gore lefatshe lotlhe le tle le utlwe kaga leina la Modimo le le galalelang.
18 So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Jalo a lo a lemoga, Modimo o siametse bangwe, fela ka gore o batla go ba siamela, gape o dira gore ba bangwe ba gane go reetsa.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
Jaanong ke eng fa Modimo o ba bona molato wa go tlhoka go reetsa? A ga baa dira se o dirileng gore ba se dire?
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?
Nnyaa, se rialo. O mang wena yo o tshwa-yang Modimo diphoso? A selo se se dirilweng se ka raya yo o se dirileng sa re, “Ke eng fa o ntirile jaana?”
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?
Fa mmopi wa dinkgwana a bopa nkgwana ka mmopa, a ga a na tshwanelo ya go dirisa lone lekwete leo fela la mmopa go dira nkgwana e nngwe ntle, gore e dirisiwe mo go tlhomeng dithunya, mme e nngwe e dirisiwe go latlhela matlakala mo teng?
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:
A Modimo ga o na tshwanelo e e itekane-tseng go supa bogale jwa one le nonofo mo go ba ba tshwanetseng go senngwa, ba o ntseng o le pelotelele mo go bone mo nakong e yotlhe?
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
Gape o na le tshwanelo ya go tshola bangwe fela jaaka rona, ba re diretsweng go tshola dikhumo tsa one tsa kgalalelo, le fa re ka ne re le Bajuta kgotsa Badichaba, le go re siamela gore mongwe le mongwe a kgone go bona ka fa kgalalelo ya one e leng kgolo thata ka teng.
24 [even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
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.
Gakologelwang se seporofeto sa ga Hosea se se buang? Teng mo go Hosea Modimo wa re o tlaa itshenkela bana ba bangwe (ba ba sa tsweng mo lwapeng lwa one lwa Sejuta), o ba rate, le fa ope a ise a ke a ba rate.
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.
Mme baheitane, ba ka bone go kileng ga twe, “Ga lo batho ba me, ba tlaa bidiwa bana ba Modimo o o tshelang.”
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:
Isaia moporofiti o ne a goeletsa kaga Bajuta a re, “Le fa ba ka ne ba le didikadike, ke palonyana fela e e seng kae e e bolokwang.
28 for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
Gonne Morena o tlaa diragatsa katlholo ya gagwe mo lefatsheng, ka bofefo a khutlisa ditiro tsa gagwe, a di khutshwafatsa ka bomolemo.”
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.
Mme ke jaaka Isaia a rile, “Fela fa e ne e se ka kutlwelobotlhoko ya Modimo Bajuta botlhe ba ne ba tlaa nyelela.”
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
Jaanong he, re tlaa reng kaga dilo tse? Re tlaa bua jaana re re, “Modimo o neetse Badichaba sebaka sa go gololwa ka tumelo, le fa tota ba ne ba ntse ba sa batle Modimo ka tlhwaafalo.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.
Mme Bajuta, ba ba neng ba leka ka thata yotlhe go siama mo Modimong ka go tshegetsa melao ya one, ga ba a ka ba bona poloko.
32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
Ke ka ntlha yang? Ke ka ntlha ya gore ba ne ba leka go bolokwa ka go tshegetsa molao le go itshiamisa ka bo bone mo boemong jwa go ikaega mo tumelong. Ba kgopilwe ke lentswe le legolo le le kgopang.
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.
Modimo o ba tlhagisitse ka se mo Dikwalong fa o re, ‘Ke beile Lefika mo tseleng ya Bajuta, mme ba le bantsi ba tlaa kgotswa mo go lone, ebong Jesu. Ba ba dumelang mo go ene ga ba kitla ba tlhajwa ke ditlhong.’”
