Romans 11
1 I ask then, has God rejected his people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Ni wamba linu, kana Ireeza aba kani bantu bakwe? Kanji ibi bulyo. Kakuti name bulyo ni mu Isilaele, ni mwihwa wa Abrahama, wo kulusika lwa Benjamini.
2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
Ireeza kena aba kani bantu bankwe, abo baba kwizi. Kamwinzi icho mañolo achi wamba kuyamana ni Eliya, umo mwaba kumbilili ni Ireeza kuamana ni Isilaele?
3 “Lord, they have killed yoʋr prophets and demolished yoʋr altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life”?
“Simwine, babehayi batanikizi bako, baba chololi tutala twako. Njime nenke yo shele, mi bakwete kugana buhalo bwangu.”
4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed down to Baal.”
Kono ikalabo ya Ireeza iba wambanzi kwali? “Ni libikile 7000 bakwame baseni kufukamina Baale.”
5 So then, in the present time also there is a remnant chosen by grace.
Nihakwina bulyo cwale, heyinu i nako nayo kusina bamwi bashele che baka lyo buiketelo bwa chishemo.
6 Now if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace. But if it is by works, it is no longer grace, otherwise work would no longer be work.
Kono haiba kuti che chishemo, kaisili ke mitendo. Kusi bulyo chishemo ni chi sena chibabi chishemo.
7 What then? Israel did not obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened,
Chinzi linu? Chintu chi baba kugana ma Isilaele, kahena baba chiwani, kono baketetwe baba chiwani, mi bungi buba zuminizi inkulo:
8 as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, down to this very day.”
Kwina bobulyo sina mukuñolelwe: “Ireeza ababahi lihuho lwa kubula inzimbo, menso ili kuti kanji baboni, ni matwi ili kuti kanji bazuwi, kuleta linu izuba.”
9 And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
Linu Dafita ucho, “Musiye itafule yabo isanduke ka nyandi ni kaswa, chisitataliso ni bubengiso kuba lwisa.
10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and keep their backs forever bent.”
Musiye menso abo a sihiswe ili kuti kanji ba boni. mi ba ongomane misana inako yonse.”
11 I ask then, did the Israelites stumble so as to fall? Certainly not! Rather, by their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke Israel to jealousy.
Ni wamba cwale, “Kana baba chunchuli kuti mane bawe?” Kanji kubi bulyo. Nihakuba bulyo, cha kukangwa kwabo bene, kuhazwa ku bezi kube chisi, ili kuti ba bengiswe cha muuna.
12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will it mean when their full number is included?
Linu haiba kuti kukangwa kwabo njo bufumu bwe yinu inkanda, mi haiba kuti kusinyehelwa kwabo njo bufumu bu ba Chisi, kumana kwabo muku kanduhe bule?
13 Now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry
Kono hanu ni wamba kwenu be Chisi. Kubona fela kuti ni muapositola kube Chinsi, Ni hinda buikumuso mumutendo wangu.
14 if somehow I provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Mwendi muni minyenze cho muna abo bakwangu che nyama. Mwendi mane mutu haze bamwi kubali.
15 For if their rejection means reconciliation for the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
Kakuti haiba kukaniwa kwabo joku bozekeza inkanda, ikamuhelo yabo kaibe bule kono buhalo kuzwa kwa bana fwile?
16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Haiba zilyatu ze intanzi zibikitwe, kwina bulyo ni kubusu bwa chinkwa, Haiba mihisi i babalelwe, mukube bulyo niku mitai.
17 Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and yoʋ, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in among them and have become a fellow partaker of the root and richness of the olive tree,
Kono haiba kuti imwi mitai iba choki kwateni, haiba inwe, mutai we samu lye Olive lya muzuka, uba nungwa mwenu, mi haiba muba liyabili nabo mubufumu bwa mihisi ye chikuni che olivi,
18 do not boast against the branches. But if yoʋ do boast against them, remember that yoʋ do not sustain the root, but the root sustains yoʋ.
Kanji muli tundumuni hewulu ye mitai. Kono haiba nimuli tundumuna, kanjenwe mutusa mihisi, kono mihisi itusa inwe.
19 Yoʋ will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
Kamuwambe linu, “Mitai iba konsolwa ili kuti ni nungwe kwateni.”
20 Right! They were broken off because of unbelief, but yoʋ stand because of faith. So do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
Iyo nje niti. Chebaka lyo kusa zumina kwabo baba cholwa kwateni, kono inwe muzimene cho kukola chebaka lye tumelo yenu. Kanji muli hupuli cho kuli hanzika, kono cho kutiya.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare yoʋ either.
Kakuti haiba Ireeza kena aba bukelezi mitai inswanela, nangati inwe kakwina mwasa bukeleze.
22 Consider therefore the kindness and severity of God: to those who have fallen, severity; but to yoʋ, kindness, if yoʋ continue in his kindness; otherwise yoʋ too will be cut off.
Mulole hateni, linu, mihato ya chishemo ni bukando bwa Ireeza. Kulimwi iyanza, bukando bubezi ha Manjunda ba bawi. Kono kulimwi inyanza, chishemo cha Ireeza chiza henu, haiba ni muzwila habusu ni mukuluka kwakwe. Kusi bulyo nanwe kamu kosolwe kwateni.
23 And if they do not continue in unbelief, they will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
Mi mane nabo, haiba kuti nibasa zwili habusu ni kusa zumina kwabo, kaba nungwe mwateni.
24 For if yoʋ were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will the natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?
Kakuti Ireeza usi wola kuba nunga mwateni hape. Mukuti haiba muba kosolwa bulyo kwi samu lye olive lya muzuka, mi cha kusaba ni ka mukulukelwa bulyo baba nungwa kwi samu ilotu lye olive, muchi samu chilotu che olive, kakube bule kwa ba Majunda ili abo mitai tato, mwete ba nungwe hape mwi simu lyabo lye olive?
25 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own estimation: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the full number of Gentiles has come in,
Mukuti kanisaki kuti mwi kale ni musezi, bamwangu, kweyi inkunutu, ili kuti kanji mubi batalifite mukuzeza yenu. Iyi inkunutu yakuti imbali imwi yaku kuku tuhalisa iba tendahali mwa Isilaele, kusikila kwizuzilizwa ku be Chisi chikweza mukati.
26 and in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion and will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”
Kobulyo Isilaele yonse mui i hazwe, sina mukuñolelwe: “Kuzwilila mwa Zioni kakube ni Mulukululi. Mwa zwise kusaba ni bumulimu kwa Jakobo.
27 “And this will be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
Mi ichi kachibe chilikani changu na bo, china zwisa zibi zabo.”
28 With respect to the gospel, the Israelites are enemies for your sake; but with respect to being chosen, they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.
Kulimwi iyanza kuamana ni evangeli, abo zila kwi neku lyenu. Kulimwi inyanza chokuya cho buiketelo bwe Ireeza, basakiwa chebaka lya ba zimu babo.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.
Kakuti impo ni kusupiwa kwa Ireeza kaku chichiwa.
30 Just as you were once disobedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,
Sina kumatangilo hamusana muba kuku teka Ireeza, kono hanu chimuba tambuli chishemo chebaka lyo kusazuwa kwabo.
31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they also may receive mercy.
Mwi nzila iswana, hanu aba Majunda kana babali kusi zuwa. Mupuzo wakuti kacheshemo chitondezi kwenu nabo hanu kuti niba tambula chishemo.
Kakuti Ireeza abe yalili bonse che baka lya kuse chilila, njikuti naba bonise chishemo kubose. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh the depth of the riches, wisdom, and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and untraceable his ways!
Oho, butungi bwe chifumu bonse bwa butali ni bwa maano e Ireeza! Kuwoleka bule kusanganiwa kwe nkatulo zakwe, mi inzila zakwe zina kule ni kwi zabahala!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has become his counselor?”
“Kakuti njeni yabezibi muhupulo wa Simwine? Kamba njeni yaba bi muyelezi wakwe?
35 “Or who has first given to God, that he should be repaid?”
Kamba njeni chetanzi yabahi chintu kwa Ireeza, ili kuti Ireeza amulihe?”
