Romans 11
1 Because of that, [if anyone should ask], “Has God rejected his people [the Jews?” I would declare that] he certainly has not [rejected all of us! You can realize that by remembering that] I also belong to the [people of] Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, [but God has not rejected me]!
a belle nani sa Kutelle wa nnari anit me? uwanya uso nani ba bara men wangnkuna Isiraila ri unuzu likura Ibrahim tutun lilem benjamin benjamin.
2 No, God has not rejected his people, whom he chose long ago [to be people whom he would bless in a special way]. Remember [RHQ] what is written [PRS] in the Scriptures about Elijah when he [mistakenly] complained to God about [the people of] Israel, saying,
Kutelle wa nnari anit me b, ale na awadi ananyinu nani, sa lyiru imon ille na inyarta wa bellin litin kitin Iliya na awa sau kuhulu kiti Kutelle abara anan Israila?
3 “Lord, they have killed [the rest of] your [(sg)] prophets, they have destroyed your altars. I am the only one [who believes in you] who remains [alive], and now they are trying to kill me!”
Chikilari inna mollusu anit anan mbellu naufe ipucho tibagadife miyari chas nlawa tutun idin piziru nighe.
4 God answered him like this: “[You(sg) are not the only one who believes in me]! I have protected for myself [not just you, but] 7,000 [other] men who have not worshipped [the false god] Baal. (Remember that!/Do you not remember that?) [RHQ]”
Kutellẹ wa tarda awaro: “nna chau litinighe nanilime amui kuzor alle na issa tumuno nin naluum mine kitin baale ba”.
5 So, similarly, there is also at this time a small group [of us Jews] who have become [believers. God] has chosen us [to become believers] (OR, [his people]) only because he acts kindly toward us, in ways that we do not deserve.
har nene re nnya ko kusa ufere mboullu Kutellẹ imon nggisin duk.
6 Since it is because he acts kindly [toward those whom he chooses, it is] not because they have done good things [that he has chosen them]. If [God chose people because they did good deeds], then it would not be because he was acting toward them in a way that they did not deserve.
Vat nani andi barai ayii ubolluKutellẹ na bara katari ba andina nani ubollu Kutellẹ. di ubollu ba.
7 [Since God chose only some people of Israel], [this is what I conclude: [RHQ] Most of the people of] Israel did not find [the way for him to erase the record of their sins], even though some of them were earnestly looking for it. The [people of Israel whom God had] chosen found it, but the rest [of them] were {[God]} made spiritually insensitive/unresponsive.
Iyarighari tutungha? imon ule na an Isirale wa piziru iwa se iniba nnan feeru Kuteelẹ wase ngisine ghas.
8 [Our] fellow Jews are just like the [ones] about whom Isaiah wrote, God (caused their senses to be dull/made them unable to think clearly). Up to this very day, [they have] eyes but they cannot see [spiritually] [MET]. [They have] ears, but they cannot understand [spiritually] what they hear.
Ud nafo na inyerte wabellin “Kutellẹwa nii nani Ifipnnun me min nyisi na nyeju kiti ba nin atuf ansalin nlanzu uliru udak kitin mon”
9 And [they remind me of what King] David said, [when he asked God to cause his enemies’ senses to be dull] [MET], [Make them stupid] [MTY], [like animals that are] caught in snares! May they [feel secure because of the things that they enjoy but which will catch them like a] trap [DOU, MET], with the result that you will destroy them.
Dauda woro nenghe “na kutebul mine sokutaru libarda litala ntirzu a usọ atunu” kitimine.
10 May their ability to perceive [danger] be dulled {Dull their ability to perceive [spiritually]} [MET], with the result that they will not [become alarmed] [MET] [when there is danger]. May you cause them to carry heavy loads on their backs continually [as slaves do] [MTY].
Naiyizi mine uwo isirọ bara i wayeje kiti ko kome mine tumun
11 [Perhaps someone will ask], “[When the Jews] sinned [by not believing in Christ, did] it result in their separating themselves from God [permanently?]” Then I [would reply], [No], they have certainly not [separated themselves from God permanently]! What is happening is that because they sinned, [God] is saving non-Jews in order to cause [the Jews] to envy [the way he blesses non-Jews and so ask Christ to save them].
Awa bellin nani “iwa utirzo bara disua idiuwa?” uwa uso nani ba bara nan naudisu mine watii uduchu daa na nan nan nsalin yiru Kutellẹ baraifea nanin ayinasu liyarin.
12 [When the Jews] sinned (OR, rejected Christ), [the result was that God] abundantly [blessed other people in] [MTY] the world by [offering them the opportunity to believe]. And [when the Jews] failed [spiritually, the result was that God] abundantly [blessed] the non-Jews. Since that is true, think how wonderful it will be when the complete number [of the Jews whom God has chosen will believe in Christ] [RHQ]!
Andi uyi naseimon nachara diu mine uwalu mine umon nachara kiti nan ntanni nin malizin nacharaiworo use namon nachara.
13 Now it is to you non-Jews that I am saying [what follows]. I am the one who is the apostle to non-Jews, and I highly esteem this work [that God appointed] me to do.
Nene nin indin nliru nanghinu anan ntani kulle meng unan kadura na uda kiti nan ntanni Kutellẹ indin fọfigiri nin katanighe.
14 But I also hope that [by my labors] I will make my fellow Jews (jealous/want what you non-Jews have), [with the result that] some of them will [believe and] be saved.
mmoti mba nanzu amon nibinai issua. lagann alle na idi amon mine se utuch.
15 [God] has rejected [most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that] he reconciled [many other people in] the world [MTY] [to himself]. But he will accept [my fellow Jews again when they trust in Christ]! And (this is what the result will be./do you know what the result will be?) [RHQ] It will be [as though God is making them] alive again after they have been dead!
An di unna rani alele unare ti tise umuni nati an nye '' Yagari useru mine ba ti uba so ulai ki nan kulle?''
16 [Just like] the whole lump [of dough] will belong to God if [people offer] to God [MET] the [bread baked from] the first part [of it] [MET], [so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God]. And just like the branches [of a tree] will be good if the roots are good [MET], [so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God].
An di kumat ifarri adi lau na nere iyip ma, an tillin di lau, annere ti langgye ba yitu. pucu tilangye ina.
17 [God has rejected] many of [the Jews] [MET], [like] branches [of a tree] are broken off {[like people] break off [dead] branches [of a tree]}. And each of you [non-Jews whom God has accepted is like] [MET] [a branch of] a wild/uncultivated olive tree [that] was {[that someone]} grafted among the branches (OR, onto one of the branches) [that were left on a cultivated olive tree]. [God has caused] you [to benefit from how he blessed our(exc) first Jewish ancestors, as branches] benefit from the nutritious sap from the roots of a [cultivated] olive tree [MET].
Iwadin woru i puco ton ti lang kuca, f, kucan zaitu kusho iwa shonfi na nya mine uba koswu nan gyinu mmari tiling tiling kuca zaintu,
18 However, you [non-Jews] must not despise [the Jews whom God rejected] [MET], [who are like] the branches that [were broken off from the tree] If any of you [wants to] boast [about having received blessings from God], [remember this: Branches] do not nourish the roots. Instead the roots nourish [the branches] [MET]. [Similarly, you are blessed by God because of what] you [have received from the Jews! It is not what the Jews have received from] you [that blesses them] [MET]!
yen je uwa fo figiri nin tilan gye. Asa uba fo figiri na fere nin tilang, na fe re ming ti langye ba, ama tilangyere min fi.
19 If one of you then says, “[God rejected the Jews] [MET] [like] branches [MET] that are broken {that people broke} off [a tree and rejected], in order that [he might accept us non-Jews, as] branches [MET] of a tree are grafted in {[as people] graft in branches of a tree},”
Uma/ uba nin woru, ''Ina n shono men ku nan nye.''
20 [I would reply that] this is true. However, it is because the Jews did not believe [in Christ] that they were rejected [MET] {that [God] rejected [MET] them}. As for you, it is [only] because you believe [in Christ] that [God has accepted] you! [So] do not [any of you] become proud, but instead beware [of what could happen to you]
Kidegen nere/ kiden nere! Bara usalin nni kibinai mine iwa pucu tilangye, nin nani uyisa nan nya yenu fe sa uyenu. Nu uwa ganti liti fe kan ba, lanza fiu.
21 Since God did not spare [the unbelieving Jews] [MET] [who were like a tree’s] natural branches, he will not spare any of you [if you do] not [keep trusting in him]!
Sasa na Kutelle wa sun tilang ti cine ba fe wang na awa sun fi ba.
22 Note then, that God acts kindly, but he also acts severely. He has acted severely toward [the Jews] who have stopped trusting in him. On the other hand, he acts kindly toward each of you [non-Jews only] if you continue [to appreciate his acting] kindly [toward you]. However, you will be rejected {[he] will reject you} if you do not [keep trusting in him].
Yenen nene, imon i cine irka na Kutelle na su. Nlong ikot urinjaya Kutenlle wa wunun ale na iwa dui, inlong likot urinjaya Kutelle na dak ati mine uni wa ti ayi a shaeu me, sasa na ni ba, fe wan iwa wernu i finlo. `
23 And if the Jews believe [in Christ] [LIT], God also will [reunite them to himself as] branches are grafted {[as people] graft branches} into [a tree again], because God is able to do that.
Iwasena ituna nan nya salin yinnu ibashonminu nan nya iba shunmunu nann nya. Bara Kutellẹ nwa nya apirun minu nnan nyẹ.
24 Each of you [non-Jews who were previously separated from God has benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews] [MET]. [That is like taking branches] that have been cut {that someone has cut} from a wild olive tree that just grew [without being planted] {[someone planting it]} and, contrary to what people usually do, grafting them into a cultivated olive tree. So God will much more readily [receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before] [MET]! [That will be like] the original branches [that had been cut off] being grafted {like grafting the original branches [that someone cut off], } back into the olive tree to which they [originally belonged]!
fe wang iwa kalafi kiti kuchan nzaitu kusho, ko na litino me din nan nya kusho, ida munu fi nin kuchan nzaitun kilari, nafo na idin suzu belle anun na iyiru litinọ mine, ikuru ishominu kuwa.
25 My [non-Jewish] fellow believers, I certainly want you to understand [LIT] this truth that God has now revealed [about my fellow Jews who are refusing to believe]. You should not proudly think [that] God [now favors you] more [than the Jews] (OR, [that you understand God’s further plans for the Jews]). Many [people of] Israel will continue to be stubborn until all the non-Jews [whom God has chosen have believed in Jesus].
Linuana na iwa so lọn ba, nin nimon liyeshi, bari iwa yita nin yinnu nin kpiluzu nati mine; Israila nase ngbas bat nan nya mine, se na inase ukulu nannan tanni Kutellẹ.
26 And then all [HYP] [the people of] Israel will be saved {[God] will save all [HYP] [the people of] Israel}. Then these words that are written {that [a prophet] wrote} [in the Scriptures will] ([become true/be fulfilled]): The one who sets [his people] free will originate from [the place where] God dwells (OR, from the Jews) [MTY]. Then he will remove the guilt of the Israelite people (OR, descendants of Jacob) [MTY].
Nanere vat nan Israile base utuchu, nafo na ina yerti: “unantuchu ba nuzu nnan nyan Zion; aba kallu udiru kutelle kitin Yakub.
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
Likawali nigha lolẹ nan ghinu, nba kalu alapi mine.”
28 With regard to [the Jews rejecting] the good message [about Christ, God treats] them as enemies, which has benefited you [non-Jews]. But in regard to [their being the people whom God] chose, [God still] loves them because of [what he promised] their ancestors.
Nlon likot nbellen nliru Kutellẹ, ina nari ani bara anun, nlon likot bara uferu Kutellẹ, anan suuwari barian ka mine.
29 [He still loves them], because he never changed his mind about the privileges/blessings he [gave to them] and about his choosing [them to be his people].
Bara na Kutellẹ wasa akpiliya kibinai mẹ nan nya fillu nin yichilu me ba.
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
Nafo nin chizune ne na iwadi anan dortu Kutellẹ ba, ina se nkune kune Kutellẹ bara udortu me,
31 Now the Jews have disobeyed God. The result is that by the very same way in which he acted mercifully towards you, he will act mercifully towards them [again].
Nene alẹ Ayahudawe iwa nari udortu Kutellẹ, iwa first nani nkune kune nafo na ina durso minu inung ma nene seru nkune kune.
32 God has declared and proved that all people, [both Jews and non-Jews] [MET], disobey ([him/his laws]). He has declared that because he wants to act mercifully towards us all. (eleēsē g1653)
Kutellẹ na tursu kogha ku nin dirnun dortu me, bara adurọ in nkune kune kitin kogha. (eleēsē g1653)
33 [I marvel how] vast and great are the wise things that God [has done] and what he has [always] known [DOU]! We are completely unable to understand the things that he has decided and the ways [in which he acts toward us] [DOU]!
Kakama, ncham cham nimon nachara inyiru nin yinnu Ketellẹ! Ghari wasa a pizira nan nya nsharamẹ, Tibau me katin likara inyinnu!
34 [I remember the Scriptures that say], (No one has known what the Lord thinks./Who has known what the Lord thinks?) [RHQ] (Absolutely no one has given him advice [about what he should do!]/Who has advised him [about what he should do]?) [RHQ]
“Ghari yiru kibinayi in Chikilarẹ? Sa ghari udon nkpiluzu in nliru me?
35 And, (No one has given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God!]/Has anyone given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God]?) [RHQ] So God (is not obligated to/does not have to) pay back anything to anyone!
Sa ghari na burun ana Kutellẹ imonimon, sa inan kpilla ina ghe?”
36 God [is the one who created] all things. He is also the one who [sustains all things]. The reason that he created them was that [everything he created might praise] him. May [all people] honor him forever! (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
Bari kitimẹ, nin nan nya mẹ, a udu kitimẹre imon di vat. Udu kitimẹ ngongọn so saligang. Ussonani. (aiōn g165)
