Romans 9
1 [Now I would like to discuss the fact that most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ]. Because of my relationship with Christ, I say completely truthfully [what I will now tell you]. I am not lying [DOU]! My conscience confirms what I [say] because the Holy Spirit [controls it].
Hagi havigea nosuanki, Kraisimpi tamage hu'na nehue. Ruotage Avamumo'ene nagu'a kenege'na ama' nagu'nagesareti ama kea tamage nehue.
2 [I tell you that] I grieve very greatly and deeply [DOU] [about my fellow Israelites].
Tusi'a nasuza enerugeno, tumo niamo'a nata krivava nehie.
3 I personally would be willing to let [God] curse me [and, as a result, be separated] from Christ, [if that would] help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, [to believe in Christ].
Na'ankure, nagrima navesiana Anumzamo'a Jekopu nagara zmavresiegu navenesie, Kraisima nagri navesima avaririnigena, nagra nunamuna hanenkeno Agra'a vahepintira nahe natitrena, nenafu'za nagri nona erigahaze.
4 We [Jews] are [Israelites, God’s chosen] descendants of [Jacob]. [God has always considered] us as his children [MET]. It was to our ancestors [that he used to appear] gloriously [while they were in the desert]. It was with them that [God made] covenants [several times]. It was to them [that God] gave the laws [at Sinai Mountain]. They were the ones [to whom God showed how they should] worship him. They were the ones [to whom God] promised many things, [especially that the Messiah would come from their race].
Zamagra Israeli vahera Anumzamo'a zamavarege'za Agri mofavregna hu'naze. Anumzamo zamagripi masazama'a eri ama hu'ne. Agra'a huvempa huno, Agrane zamazeri hagenerefino kasege'a zami'ne. Agra'a mono'ma huntesaza kankmuna neramino, knare zama erisuna zanku'ma huvempa hurantenea tamine.
5 It was our ancestors, [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation]. And, [most importantly], it was from us Israelites that the Messiah received his human nature. [Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], who is the one who controls all things! He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! (OR, Amen!) (aiōn g165)
Zamagri nezmagehoma zamagima me'nea nagapinti Kraisi'a efore hu'ne. Kraisi'a, Agra Anumza mani'neno makazamofo aseni mani'negu maka knafina, Agrike agi'a hentesga huvava hugahune! Tamage. (aiōn g165)
6 [God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that their descendants would all inherit his blessings]. But [although most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], that does not [prove] that God has failed [to do] the things that he promised, because it is not all who are descended from Jacob and who [call themselves the people of] Israel whom [God considers] to be truly his people.
Anumzamo'ma Israeli vaheku'ma huvempa huzamante'nea kea eri raga orenefi? I'o. Na'ankure maka'ma Israeli vahepima fore hu'naza vahe'mo'za Anumzamofo vahekera omani'naze!
7 And it is also not all of Abraham’s natural descendants that [God considers] to be his people. Instead, [God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children]. [This agrees with what God told Abraham]: “It is Isaac, [not any of your(sg) other sons], whom [I] will consider [to be the true father of] your descendants.”
Abrahamumpinti fore hu'naza vahe mani'nazanagi, e'i ana zamo'a zamazeri tamage Abrahamu mofavrea nose. Na'ankure avontafemo huno, Abrahamu'a mago'a mofavre'zaga zamante'neanagi, Mofavreka'a Aisakimpinti kagri vahera fore hugahaze huno hu'ne. (Jen-Agf 21:12)
8 That means that it is not all the natural-born descendants [of Abraham] whom God [considers as] his children. Instead, it is those who [believed what God] promised whom [he] considers to be his children.
E'i vahe'mota kasenentona kna huno Abrahamu'ma kasezmante'nea mofavremo'za, ana miko Anumzamofo mofavregera omani'naze. Hagi Anumzamoma huvempama huzmante'nemo'za, Abrahamu mofavrea mani'naze.
9 [You know that what God] promised [to Abraham] was this: “About this time [next year] Sarah [your wife] will bear a son [as a result of my enabling] [MTY] [her to do so].” [So Abraham knew that it was not through Ishmael, the son that he already had, that God would fulfill what he had promised him] (OR, [that his true descendants would come]).
Na'ankure Anumzamo'a huvempa huno, Ama ana knare'ma anaga'a kafure'ma esuana, Sera'a ne'mofavre kasentegahie hu'ne. (Jen-Agf 18:10)
10 And not only then did God show [that he did not determine who would be his true children according to who their ancestors were. He showed it again] when Rebecca conceived [twins] by our ancestor Isaac.
E'i ana mofavrea nerageho Aisakie. Hagi Aisaki'a, Rebeka ara erigeno, kugave'za mofavre kasezanante'ne.
11 Before [the twins, Jacob and Esau], were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, [God] said to Rebecca [about the twins she was to bear], “The older one shall later serve the younger one, [contrary to normal custom].” [God said this] in order that [we] might [clearly] understand that what he purposed [for people] was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s [eternal destiny] does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on [God], the one who chooses them.
Zanagrira kase ozanantenegeke, havizane knare zanena osu'nakeno, ko Anumzamo'a nezanrerana kea asmine. (E'i ana kemo huama huno, Anumzamo agra'a eri'za kante vahe'mokizimia ko huhamprizmantene.
Hianagi knare avu'ava zante keno kea osu'ne.) Neznarerana Anumzamo asmino, Nempuamo'a nagana'amofo katoza humigahie huno hu'ne. (Jen-Agf 25:23)
13 And [this teaching is] ([supported/shown to be true]) [by] what is written [in the Scriptures] {what [a prophet] recorded} [that God said]: “I favored Jacob, [the younger son]. I did not favor [HYP] Esau, [the older son].”
Anumzamofo avontafepi krente'nea kante, Jekopuna navesinentuanagi, Isona navesra hunentoe hu'ne. (Mal 1:2-3)
14 [Someone] might say, “(Is God unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose?/I think] that God is unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose!])” [RHQ] [I would reply], “[He is] certainly not [unjust]!”
Hagi na'ane hugahune? Anumzamo'a fatgozana nosie huta hugahuno? I'o anara osugahie!
15 God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose [DOU]!”
Na'ankure Anumzamo'a amanage huno Mosesena asmi'ne, Izano narimpa fru huntenaku hanumofona, narimpa fru hunentena, izano nasurgintenaku hanufona nasuragintegahue hu'ne. (Eks-Ati 33:19)
16 So [God chooses people], not because they want [God to choose them] or because they try hard [to do things so that he] will [accept them]. Instead he chooses people because he himself has mercy [on undeserving ones].
E'ina hu'negu Anumzamo'a vahe'mota tavesite'ene erizanterompge, Agra'a avesizante asuragirante'ne.
17 [Moses] recorded [PRS] [that God had told] Pharaoh, “This is why I gave you [(sg)] authority [MTY]: It was in order that I might show [by how I oppose] you [how exceedingly] powerful I am, and in order that people everywhere [HYP] would hear about me [MTY].”
Na'ankure Anumzamofo Avontafepina Anumzamo'a Feronkura anage huno asamine, Nagrama huhamprigantogenka kagrama mani'nanana, agafa'a me'nerere. Na'ankure Nagri hankavemo'a kagripi eama nehanigeno, Nagri nagimofona huama hu'za kokankoka vanageno, ra huno vuno'eno hugahie hu'ne. (Eks-Ati 9:16)
18 So [we conclude that God] kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly towards. But he makes stubborn the ones [such as Pharaoh] that he wants [to make stubborn].
E'ina hu'negu Anumzamo'a izano asuraginte'naku himofona asuraginenteno, izano rimpama eriginaku'ma himofona erinegie.
19 [One of] you may [object to this by] saying to me, “[Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do]. (No one has resisted what God has willed!/Who has resisted what God has willed?) [RHQ] Therefore, (it would not be right that God would still condemn [a person for having sinned]!/why does God still condemn [a person for having sinned]?) [RHQ]”
Hagi tamagra anage huta nagrikura hugahaze. Na'a higeno Anumzamo'a tamagrikura keontahi vahere huno nehie? Agra hugahaze huno hiazana tamagra nehazafi?
20 [I would reply that since] you [(sg)] are [just a] human being, (you do not [have any right at all to] criticize God!/[who are you to] say that what God does is wrong?) [RHQ] [As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you]. (A clay pot [MET] certainly would not [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”/Would a clay pot [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”) [RHQ]
I'o, e'i anahukna kea osiho. Tamagra izagata, vahetafamota Anumzamofona tro huhaviza hurantenane huta nehaze? Tro'ma huntenesia zamo'a, tro'ma huntenesimofona, nahigenka amanahuknara hunka trohunantenane huno huntegahifi?
21 Instead, (the potter certainly has the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] one for ordinary purposes [MET]./does not a potter have the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] pot for ordinary purposes?) [MET, RHQ] [Similarly, God has the right to carry out what he purposes for people].
Mopa kavoma tro nehanimo'ma, mopareti'ma kavoma troma hunaku'ma hanuno'a, amane magoke moparetira konariri zama ante kavoa tro nehuno, havizama haniazana ante kavo tro osugahifi?
22 Although God desires to show that he is angry [about sin], and [although he desires to] make clear that he can powerfully [punish people who have sinned], he tolerated very patiently the people [MET] who caused him to be angry and who deserved to be destroyed (OR, who were made to be destroyed).
E'i ana kanteke Anumzamo'a, rimpa hezana eriama nehuno, hankave'a eriama hugahie. Hianagi Agra ra zampi akoheno mani'neno zamazeri haviza hania vahekura za'za knafina zamaveganente.
23 [God has been patient] in order that he might make clear how very wonderfully [he acts toward those] [MET] whom he intended to act mercifully towards and whom he prepared ahead of time in order that they might [live] gloriously [in heaven].
E'i ana zama hu'neana, Agri'a mareri'nea masazama eriama huno asunku'ma huzmante'nea vahetera eriama hu'ne. E'i anazana ko Agra'a retro huzmante'nemo'za erigahaze.
24 That means us whom he chose—not only [us] Jews but also non-Jews.
Jiu vahepinti'ene, megi'a vahepintima zmavaretere hunefina, tagranena anampina mani'none.
25 [These words that] Hosea wrote [MTY] that [God] said also (show that God has the right/[support God’s right]) [to choose from among both Jews and non-Jews] [MTY]: I will declare that many people who were not my people are now my people. I will declare that many people whom I did not love [HYP] before, I love now.
Hosea'ma kasnampa kema hu'nefina, Ru vahekura Nagri vahere nehu'na, navesi'ozmante'nesua vahekura navesizmantegahue huno hu'ne. (Hos 2:1, 23)
26 And [another prophet wrote]: What will happen is that in the places where [God] told them before, “You are not my people,” in those same places [people] will declare truthfully that they are children of God, who is completely powerful.
E'ina hanugeno, tamagra Nagri vahera omani'naze huno zamasmi'nesia kumatera, kasefa huno mani'nea Anumzamofo mofavreramine hu'za hugahaze. (Hos 1:10)
27 Isaiah also exclaimed concerning the Israelites: Even though the Israelites are [so many that no one can count them, like] sand [particles on the beach beside] the ocean, [only] a small part of them will be saved {[God] will save [only] a small part of them},
Kasnampa ne' Aisaia'a Israeli vaheku huno, Israeli vahe'mo'za rama'a hu'za hagerinkenafi kasepankna hu'nazanagi, anampinti osi'amokizmi Anumzamo'a zamagu'vazigahie.
28 because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the [people who live on] this earth, as he said that he would do.
Na'ankure Ramo'a fatgo avu'ava huno ame huno maka mopafi vahera refko huzmantegahie. (Ais 10:22, 23)
29 [Also, we can understand from what the prophet] Isaiah said [that God would not save] anyone if he did not show mercy: If the Lord, who controls everything in heaven, had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah, who were [SIM, DOU] completely destroyed.
Ko'ma Aisaia hu'nea kante, Hihamu'ane Ramo tagehe'mokizmia zamahokeno osi'a zamatrege'za mani'naze. Anama osuneresina Sodomune Komora kumate vahe'mo'za fanane huvagare'naza kna huta fanane huvagarontesine. (Ais 1:9)
30 We must conclude this: [RHQ] Although non-Jews did not search out [a way by which] God would erase the record of their sins, they actually found that way because they trusted [in what Christ did for them].
Hagi na'ane huta hugahune? Megi'a vahe'mo'za Anumzamofo avufi fatgo vahe mani'zankura nohakazanagi, zamentinti hazageno Anumzamo'a fatgo vahe mani'naze nehie.
31 But although [the people of] Israel sought a basis [by which God would] erase the record of their sins, they did not succeed in [fulfilling the true purpose of the] laws [that God gave to Moses].
Hu'neanagi Israeli vahe'mo'za fatgo vahe manisunegu maraguzati'za kasegemofo nevaririzanagi, ana zamofona nena'a eriforera osu'naze.
32 The reason [RHQ] [that they did not succeed] is that they did not trust that [God would provide a way to save them]. Instead, they were trying to do certain things [in order that God would accept them. Because they did not expect the Messiah to die, the Israelites] felt disgusted about [Jesus’ death, which is like] the stone [MET] on which people stumble.
Na'a hige'za anara osu'naze? Na'ankure zamagra zmentintia osu'naze. Hianagi eri'zama erisaza zanteti fatgo vahera Anumzamofo avurera manigahune nehu'za, agigozmi havereti tanafa nehaze.
33 This is what [a prophet] predicted when he wrote these words that [God said about the Messiah]: Listen! I am placing in Israel [MTY] [one who is like] a stone [MET] on which people will stumble. What he does will offend people [DOU]. Nevertheless, those who believe in him will not be disappointed.
Anumzamofo avontafepi krente'neana anage hu'ne, Keho, Saionia vahe'mokizmi zamagigozmi have ante'noankino, vahe'mo'za zamagigo zamite'za tanafa hugahaze. Hagi iza'o Agrite amentinti hanimo'a agazegura osugosie hu'ne. (Ais 8:14, 28:16)
