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]!
Indi iki, nani Asere anyarizi me anu ameme? Idake icukono ani ba. Mi unu Uisraila mani bisana bi Ibrahim, ani lem ni Biliyaminu.
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,
Ugomo mada nyari me anu ameme sa ma rusi we dati utuba ba. Ida rusa unyertike utize ta Asere taa buki ahira aIliya, sa maa riki Ugomo Asere tari anice anu 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!”
“Ugomo Asere ahuzi anu ubezizi utize ti we me. Wa kure wa pusi ubagadi uwe me. Mi mani cas ma dee, wa nyara wa huum.
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]”
Ugomo Asere maa kabirka ma gu me nyanini? Ma kabirka ma gu “ma inko any a'ino usanare an desa daki tunguno makiri ba'al 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.
Vatin ani me, ana me ukasu urani sa a zauka we barki iriba isheu.
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.
Inki ya cukuno barki iriba isheu ini, daki ya cukuno barki katuma ku unu ba. Daki ya cukuno iriba sheu ida daza me iriba isheu 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.
Nyanini idi ku zi? imum be sa A, Israilawa wa zi unu nyara me, daki wa du ku kem ba, iye ya cukuno an desa azauka we kem ukasu wa cukuno gbas.
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.
Ya cukuno gusi sa anyertike “Ugomo Asere maa nya we bi be bi ugbas nan ituri, a je sa wada hira me ahira ni ba, ti tui sa wadi da kunna me tize ni ba, a nyimo uwui ugeme.''
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 ma guna “caa utebur uweme ucukuno gusi imum i mensi icere, imum imensi inama, nipoo ni upilizino nan nugarza imum be sa wa wuza.
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].
Ca aje aweme acukuno bibit bati kati wa hiri ahira ba. Amaru aweme adi tunguron sarki umarsa.''
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].
Har kanime izin unu iko, “nani upilliko me udi biki uguna wa rizi?” Asere awu kati icukuno ani me ba. Barki usiziki uweme anu amadini wa kem masaa, bati wa kunna ishina.
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]!
Inki usiziki uwe me wa cukuno ukem une uni, u dira uwe me ukem wa na amadini uni, nyinini uwa uvu uweme udi bezi?
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.
Ana me izin tize nan shi ana madini, mi sa inzi unu dungura ahira ashi ana madini in kunna in katuma kam.
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.
Inhira indi dari mu riba ma desa tizi a'inde nan we. In hira ti di benki aye awe me.
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!
Inki ya cukuno unyare uwe me udi cukuno abarka une uni, ukaba uweme udi cukuno ukem uvegize uni usuro iwono?
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].
inki a barka bisana bituba uhina, ane ani nitini me. Inki abarka niji ni bisana me, ane ani irii me.
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].
Ana me ingi amu pusa ire iri, ingi hu iri utiti uni jaa, apata nan we, inki iciki nigoo me ati jii ti utiti u'olive.
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]!
kati uwuzi irii me uwetere ba. Inki wa wetere ma, daki ha mani u'inta tiji me ba, tiji me tini ti inta we.
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},”
Idi ku gunna, iri me ya pusa bati mi in kem ahirabumeki.
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]
Kadure kani, barki uzatu unya ace awe ani ine ini ya wu wa pusa, tonno nin ini kara barki uhem ushi me. Kati i yeze ace ashi ba, k unna nin biyau ba Asere.
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]!
Sarki Ugomo Asere ma tarsin iri ituba shi ma mada tarsan inshi 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].
Duku ira nin, abaga upazaza Ugomo Asere. Nire nikira, u pazaza wa e anice na Ayahudawa sa wa rizi. Nire nikira usheu Ugomo Asere wa e ace ashi me, inki ya re aje anyimo usheu umeme. Nani shi ma adi koruko shi ma avete nin.
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.
Sarki daki wa ri aje unu zati unya ace, a da meki we a zeni. Ugomo Asere mada ke ma kuri ma zen we.
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]!
Inki akoruko anyimo utiti usas, nan unu wuna Asere ma inki shi anyimo utiti uriri. Aneni abanga Ayahudawa, sa we wani iri me Asere abarka anyimo utiti ulive uwe me?
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].
Inda nyaram shi icukuno sarki urusa imum ini hunzi ni geme ba nihenu, kati icuno sarki ubasa ti memeru. Imum ini hunzi ni geme ya in ni jas cingili ahira Ayahudawa, u duku hana anice ana madini.
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].
Vat in ani me, gusi ubuka anyimo unyettike me Aisraila wadi kafa vat uwe. “unu benki me madi suri Usihiyona. Madi suso anu zatu unya ace anyimo a Yakubu.
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
Udi cukuno une uni barka utize tum nan we, uganiya sa indi kpici madini ma we me.”
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.
Abanga atize ta Asere, a game we barki shi. Nire nikira barki uzau ka Ugomo Asere, a nyara we barki anu tuba aweme ani.
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].
Unyanki imum i ugomo Asere mada gamara me ba.
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
Azi anu uzatu ukunna utize ta Asere ani unu tuba, shi be ya kem uvenke, barki uzatu ukunna utize ti we.
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].
Ine ini ya cukuno barki ukem uvenke ushi me, we ma wa dake wa kem uvenke.
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)
Barki Ugomo Asere ma korso uzatu ukunna utize, bati ma bezi iriba ish eu imeme anice nanu vat. (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]!
Wuyi!, uconco urusa nan ugbardang Ugomo Asere uda zo me ini imum bata ba. Adi wuu aneni abati u'inko utize timeme, ada ke arusi nibaba ni meme ba.
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]
Aveni mada ke ma rusi iriba i Ugomo Asere? Nani aveni ma bari ma cukuno unu gamara ume tize?
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!
Aveni ma tuba unya Ugomo Asere ire imum, sa di kurzo me ini?
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)
Barki me mani, usuro ume uni nan ahira ame ani vat akenzi timumum nin. Caa tinonzuko niza ni meme sarki umara, na icuno ani me. (aiōn g165)
