Romans 11
1 I say then, did God reject his people? May it never be. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Lino ndepushungeti, “Sena Lesa walataya bantu bakendi?” Sobwe, nkacela kwinshika pakwinga ne njame nde mu Islayeli, umo wa bashikulu ba Abulahamu, kayi wamukowa wa Benjamini.
2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleaded with God against Israel?
Lesa nkalabakana bantu bakendi abo mbwalasala kaindi. Mucinsheti mu Mabala muli maswi ayo mushinshimi Eliya ngalikudandaulila Lesa eti ababoneshe bukalu bwakendi Baislayeli? Pakwinga walambeti,
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.”
“Mwami, bantu aba balashina bashinshimi benu ne kuwisha nteme shenu. Ndashala ndenka, lino nenjame balandanga kunshina”
4 But what does God's answer say to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bent the knee to Baal.”
Lino Lesa walamukumbula aconi? Walambeti, “Ndalibikila bantu bakwana myanda makumi asanu ne abili abo batana bapaililapo Baala, lesa wabundengamano usa.”
5 Even so then, at this present time also there is a remnant because of the choice of grace.
Lino encocibele ne cino cindi. Kulashala Baislayeli bang'ana abo Lesa mbwalasala mu kwina moyo kwakendi.
6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer by works. Otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
Neco, na walabasala mu kwina moyo kwakendi, lino nte pacebo ca bintu mbyobalensa. Necalaba mushobo uyo kwina moyo kwakendi ne kwalabula kuba kwinamoyo kwancinencine sobwe.
7 What then? The thing that Israel was seeking, it did not obtain, but the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
Aconi lino? Baislayeli nkabalacanapo mbyobalikuyanda. Nsombi bantu bang'anowa abo Lesa mbwalasala ebalabicana. Bashala bonse balashinka matwi ku maswi a Lesa,
8 It is just as it is written: “God has given them a spirit of dullness, eyes so that they should not see, and ears so that they should not hear, to this very day.”
Mbuli Mabala ncakute kwambeti, “Lesa walabapa moyo wakuta nyumfwishisha bintu, nomba kushikila lino nkabakute kubona nambi kunyumfwa.”
9 Then David says, “Let their table become a net and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
Lino Dafeti ukute kwambeti, “malyalya abo abe kose ne liliba lyabo, kayi bawe panshi ne kupewa cisubulo.
10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and bend their backs continually.”
Menso abo apofole kwambeti bacileke kubona, kayi misana yabo ikonkomane cindi conse mu mapensho abo.”
11 I say then, “Did they stumble so as to fall?” May it never be. Instead, by their failure, salvation has come to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.
Ndepushunga, “Sena Bayuda balalisuntula ne kuwila limo kwakubula kayi kupunduka?” Sobwe. Nsombi pacebo ca bwipishi bwabo lupulusho lwalashika kuli bantu ba mishobo naimbi, kwambeti Bayuda babenshile minyono.
12 Now if their failure is the riches of the world, and if their loss is the riches of the Gentiles, how much greater will their completion be?
Na bwipishi bwa Bayuda bwalaleta bwinishi bwingi ku bantu pacishi capanshi conse, neco kayi na kwalilwa kwabo kwalaleta bwinishi bwingi ku bantu ba mishobo naimbi. Nomba nikukabeconi Bayuda bonse beti bakapuluke bakasankana pamo ne bashoma bashobo naimbi, ekwambeti colwe nicikakonempe nditu.
13 But now I am speaking to you Gentiles, and as long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry.
Lino ndambilinga njamwe mobakunsa. Pacebo cakwambeti ndalatumwa ku bantu bamishobo naimbi, neco, nkute kutwanga pancito iyi.
14 Perhaps I will provoke to jealousy those who are of my own flesh. Perhaps we will save some of them.
Kayi nkute kuyandeti ndibapeshe bufuba bantu bamushobo wakame, ne kupulushapo nabambi pali endibo.
15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Nomba na bantu bapacishi conse capanshi bakabweshiwa kayi mu bwanse ne Lesa pacebo ca kubabika pambali Bayuda, nomba nicikabe aconi nendi akabatambula kayi? Nibakabeti bantu bafwa balapunduku kubafu.
16 If the firstfruits are reserved, so is the lump of dough. If the root is reserved, so are the branches.
Na muntu upa Lesa cimpansha ca shinkwa cakutanguna, ekwambeti shinkwa wonse niwa Lesa. Kayi na muntu upa Lesa muyanda wa citondo ekwambeti ne misampi yonse niya Lesa.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, if you, a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them, and if you shared with them in the rich root of the olive tree,
Amwe bantu bakunsa njamwe mulyeti misampi yacitondo cama olivi camucisuwa, mwanungwako ku citondo cabyalwa camaolivi. Nomba lino mulamanta musena wa misampi isa yalatimbulwako. Pacebo ici, mulatambulungonga ngofu sha mumiyanda ya citondo cakubyala ca maolifi, okwambeti cilyeti Bayuda.
18 do not boast over the branches. But if you do boast, it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.
Weco mutabanyanshanga sobwe abo balakwempulwako mbuli misampi isa. Nomba ngamulitukumuna aconi? Amwe njamwe kamusampi owa. Ntamwe mwekata miyanda sobwe, nsombi miyanda endiyo yamwikatilila.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
Nomba amwe ngamwambeti, “Cakubinga misampi isa yalakwempulwa kwambeti banjikatanishepo ame.”
20 That is true. Because of their unbelief they were broken off, but you stand firm because of your faith. Do not think too highly of yourself, but fear.
Cakubinga, nabo balakwempulwako pakwinga nkabalashoma, nomba amwe cebo cakushoma, lino nimwikale pabusena ubo, nsombi kamutatwangilapo, lino kamubani ne buyowa.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Lesa nkalabalekowa Bayuda abo balyeti misampi ya citondo yancinencine. Sena lino mulayeyengeti nakamuleke amwe?
22 Look at, then, the kind actions and the severity of God: severity came on the Jews who fell, but God's kindness comes on you, if you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
Kamwinshibani kwambeti Lesa ni wankumbo, nsombi kayi nimukalu. Ku bantu abo balawa wakalala, nsombi kulinjamwe ukute inkumbo, na mupitilisha kwinsa bintu byela kuleta nkumbo shakendi. Namubula kwinseco nenjamwe nakamukwempule.
23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in. For God is able to graft them in again.
Nomba na abo Bayuda basanduka nekutatika kushoma Klistu, nakabanungeko kucitondo. Pakwinga Lesa ukute ngofu shakubanungako kayi.
24 For if you were cut out of what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a good olive tree, how much more will these Jews, who are the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree?
Nomba amwe bantu ba mishobo naimbi mulyeti misampi ya citondo ca ma olivi camucisuwa, Lesa walamukwempula kucitondo calamusema, nekumununga kucitondo ca ma olivi cakubyala. Lino na cilico, sena lino ngawalilwa kunungako ku citondo cama olivi cakubyala misampi iyo yalakwempulwa? Bayuda balyeti citondo ca maolifi cakubyala, neco capuba kwambeti Lesa ainungeko misampiyo kayi.
25 For I do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, of this mystery, in order that you will not be wise in your own thinking. This mystery is that a partial hardening has occurred in Israel, until the completion of the Gentiles come in.
Nomba lino mobanse bame, pali casolekwa ncondayandangeti mucinshibe, kutineti ngamulibona kuba bamano, nicakwambeti kuyuma myoyo kwa Baislayeli nteti kukapitilile nsombi nikukapwe mpaka cindi cibelengelo ca bakunsa beti bakenshibe Lesa cikakwane.
26 Thus all Israel will be saved, just as it is written: “Out of Zion will come the Deliverer. He will remove ungodliness from Jacob,
Popelapo bonse Baislayeli nibakapuluke. Mbuli mabala ncalambangeti, “Mupulushi nakafumine ku Siyoni, nakafunye bwipishi bonse bwa bashikulu bendi Yakobo bonse.
27 and this will be my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
Ninkapangane nabo cipangano copeleci ndakabafunyinapo bwipishi bwabo.”
28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake. But as far as election is concerned, they are beloved because of their forefathers.
Pacebo cakukana Mulumbe Waina, Bayuda balaba balwani ba Lesa, kwambeti amwe bantu bamishobo naimbi mucaninepo bwinishi. Nsombi na Lesa walabasala, nabo nibansebendi basunika pacebo ca bamashali babo bakaindi.
29 For the gifts and the call of God are unchangeable.
Pakwinga Lesa nkakute kushinta mano na lakuwu muntu ne kumupa colwe.
30 For you were formerly disobedient to God, but now you have received mercy because of their disobedience.
Kaindi amwe bamishobo naimbi nkamwali kumunyumfwila Lesa, nsombi lino Lesa lamwinshilinga inkumbo pacebo ca kutanyumfwa kwa Bayuda.
31 In the same way, now these Jews have been disobedient. The result was that by the mercy shown to you they may also now receive mercy.
Weco naboyo Bayuda nkabalanyumfwilinga Lesa pacino cindi, nsombi nipacebo cakwambeti naboyo bakatambule nkumbo sha Lesa pacindi cayandika, nkumbo nshomulatambulu.
32 For God has shut up all into disobedience, in order that he might show mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
Pakwinga Lesa walasandula bantu bonse kuba basha cebo ca kutanyumfwa, kwambeti nendi abanyumfwile nkumbo bonse. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond discovering!
Buboni bwa lesa nibunene cikamba. Mano akendi nkakumu ne lwishibo lwakendi nkalwishibiki. Nomba niyani welela kunyumfwishisha kombolosha kwakendi? Kayi niyani welela kwishiba nshila shakendi?
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has become his advisor?
Mbuli Mabala ncakute kwambeti, “Niyani welela kwinshiba miyeyo ya Lesa, niyani welela kumupa mano?”
35 Or who has first given anything to God, that God must repay him?”
“Nomba niyani walamupapo kantu Lesa kwambeti nendi amubweshele kantu ako?”
