Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I do not lie, and my conscience bears witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
Òtítọ́ ni èmi ń sọ nínú Kristi, èmi kò ṣèké, ọkàn mi sì ń jẹ́ mi ní ẹ̀rí nínú Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́.
2 that for me there is great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Pé mo ní ìbìnújẹ́ púpọ̀, àti ìkáàánú ìgbà gbogbo ni ọkàn mi.
3 For I could wish that I myself would be cursed and set apart from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race according to the flesh.
Nítorí mo fẹ́rẹ lè gbàdúrà pé kí èmi tìkára mi kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Kristi nítorí àwọn ará mi, àwọn ìbátan mi nípa ti ara.
4 They are Israelites. They have adoption, the glory, the covenants, the gift of the law, the worship of God, and the promises.
Àwọn ẹni tí i ṣe Israẹli; tí àwọn ẹni tí ìsọdọmọ í ṣe, àti ògo, àti májẹ̀mú, àti ìfúnilófin, àti ìsìn Ọlọ́run, àti àwọn ìlérí.
5 Theirs are the ancestors from whom Christ has come with respect to the flesh—he who is God over all. May he be praised forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Tí ẹni tí àwọn Baba í ṣe, àti láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹni tí Kristi ti wá nípa ti ara, ẹni tí ó borí ohun gbogbo, Ọlọ́run olùbùkún láéláé. Àmín. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the promises of God have failed. For it is not everyone in Israel who truly belongs to Israel.
Ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe pé nítorí ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run di asán. Kì í sá í ṣe gbogbo àwọn tí ó ti inú Israẹli wá, àwọn ni Israẹli.
7 Neither are all Abraham's descendants truly his children. But, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will be called.”
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì í ṣe pé, nítorí wọ́n jẹ́ irú-ọmọ Abrahamu, gbogbo wọn ni ọmọ. Ní ọ̀nà mìíràn, “Nínú Isaaki ni a ó ti pe irú-ọmọ rẹ̀.”
8 That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God. But the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.
Èyí nì ni pé, kì í ṣe àwọn ọmọ nípa ti ara ni ọmọ Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọmọ ìlérí ni a kà ní irú-ọmọ.
9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come, and a son will be given to Sarah.”
Nítorí ọ̀rọ̀ ìlérí ni èyí: “Ní ìwòyí àmọ́dún ni èmi yóò wá, Sara yóò sì ní ọmọ ọkùnrin.”
10 Not only this, but after Rebekah also had conceived by one man, our father Isaac—
Kì í sì í ṣe kìkì èyí, ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí Rebeka pẹ̀lú lóyún fún ẹnìkan, fún Isaaki baba wa.
11 for the children were not yet born and had not yet done anything good or bad, so that the purpose of God according to choice might stand, not because of actions, but because of him who calls—
Nítorí nígbà tí kò tí ì bí àwọn ọmọ náà, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kò tí ì ṣe rere tàbí búburú—kí ìpinnu Ọlọ́run nípa ti ìyànfẹ́ kí ó lè dúró,
12 it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.”
kì í ṣe nípa ti iṣẹ́, bí kò ṣe ti ẹni tí ń peni—a ti sọ fún un pé, “Ẹ̀gbọ́n ni yóò máa sin àbúrò.”
13 It is just as had been written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Jakọbu ni mo fẹ́ràn, ṣùgbọ́n Esau ni mo kórìíra.”
14 What then will we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be.
Ǹjẹ́ àwa yóò ha ti wí? Àìṣòdodo ha wà lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run bí? Kí a má ri!
15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
Nítorí ó wí fún Mose pé, “Èmi ó ṣàánú fún ẹni tí èmi yóò ṣàánú fún, èmi yóò sì ṣe ìyọ́nú fún ẹni tí èmi yóò ṣe ìyọ́nú fún.”
16 So then, it is not because of him who wills, nor because of him who runs, but because of God, who shows mercy.
Ǹjẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì í ṣe ti ẹni tí ó fẹ́, kì í sì í ṣe ti ẹni tí ń sáré, bí kò ṣe ti Ọlọ́run tí ń ṣàánú.
17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, so that I might demonstrate my power in you, and so that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Nítorí ìwé mímọ́ wí fún Farao pé, “Nítorí èyí náà ni mo ṣe gbé ọ dìde, kí èmi kí ó le fi agbára mi hàn lára rẹ, àti kí a bá à le máa ròyìn orúkọ mi ká gbogbo ayé.”
18 So then, God has mercy on whom he wishes, and whom he wishes, he makes stubborn.
Nítorí náà ni ó ṣe ń ṣàánú fún ẹni tí ó wù ú, ẹni tí ó wù ú a sì mú ní ọkàn le.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever withstood his will?”
Ìwọ ó sì wí fún mi pé, “Kín ni ó ha tún bá ni wí sí? Nítorí ta ni ó ń de ìfẹ́ rẹ lọ́nà?”
20 On the contrary, man, who are you who answers against God? Will what has been molded say to the one who molds it, “Why did you make me this way?”
Bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, ìwọ ènìyàn, tà ni ìwọ tí ń dá Ọlọ́run lóhùn? “Ohun tí a mọ, a ha máa wí fún ẹni tí ó mọ ọ́n pé, ‘Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi mọ mi báyìí?’”
21 Does the potter not have the right over the clay to make from the same lump a container for special use, and another container for daily use?
Amọ̀kòkò kò ha ni agbára lórí amọ̀, nínú ìṣù kan náà láti ṣe apá kan nínú ohun èlò sí ọlá, àti apá kan nínú ohun èlò sí àìlọ́lá?
22 What if God, who is willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience containers of wrath prepared for destruction?
Ǹjẹ́ bí Ọlọ́run bá fẹ́ fi ìbínú rẹ̀ hàn ń kọ́? Tí ó sì fẹ́ sọ agbára rẹ̀ di mí mọ̀, tí ó sì mú sùúrù púpọ̀ fún àwọn ohun èlò ìbínú tí a ṣe fún ìparun.
23 What if he did this in order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon containers of mercy, which he had previously prepared for glory?
Àti kí ó lè sọ ọ̀rọ̀ ògo rẹ̀ di mí mọ̀ lára àwọn ohun èlò àánú tí ó ti pèsè ṣáájú fún ògo.
24 What if he did this also for us, whom he also called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles?
Àní àwa, tí ó ti pè, kì í ṣe nínú àwọn Júù nìkan, ṣùgbọ́n nínú àwọn Kèfèrí pẹ̀lú?
25 As he says also in Hosea: “I will call my people who were not my people, and her beloved who was not beloved.
Bí ó ti wí pẹ̀lú ní Hosea pé, “Èmi ó pe àwọn tí kì í ṣe ènìyàn mi, ní ‘ènìyàn mi’, àti ẹni tí kí í ṣe àyànfẹ́ ní ‘àyànfẹ́.’”
26 Then it will be that where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'”
Yóò sì ṣe, “Ní ibi ti a gbé ti sọ fún wọn pé, ‘Ẹ̀yin kì í ṣe ènìyàn mi,’ níbẹ̀ ni a ó gbé pè wọ́n ní ‘ọmọ Ọlọ́run alààyè.’”
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea, it will be a remnant that will be saved,
Isaiah sì kígbe nítorí Israẹli pé: “Bí iye àwọn ọmọ Israẹli bá rí bí iyanrìn Òkun, apá kan ni ó gbàlà.
28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth, completely and without delay.”
Nítorí Olúwa yóò mú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ ṣẹ lórí ilẹ̀ ayé, yóò parí rẹ̀, yóò sì ké e kúrò ní òdodo.”
29 As Isaiah had said previously, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us descendants, we would be like Sodom, and we would have become like Gomorrah.”
Àti bí Isaiah ti wí tẹ́lẹ̀: “Bí kò ṣe bí Olúwa àwọn Ọmọ-ogun ti fi irú-ọmọ sílẹ̀ fún wa, àwa ìbá ti dàbí Sodomu, a bá sì ti sọ wá dàbí Gomorra.”
30 What will we say then? That the Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, obtained righteousness, the righteousness by faith.
Ǹjẹ́ kí ni àwa ó ha wí? Pé àwọn Kèfèrí, tí kò lépa òdodo, ọwọ́ wọn tẹ òdodo, ṣùgbọ́n òdodo tí ó ti inú ìgbàlà wá ni.
31 But Israel, who did pursue a law of righteousness, did not arrive at it.
Ṣùgbọ́n Israẹli ti ń lépa òfin òdodo, ọwọ́ wọn kò tẹ òfin òdodo.
32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
Nítorí kí ni? Nítorí wọn kò wá a nípa ìgbàgbọ́, ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹni pé nípa iṣẹ́ òfin. Nítorí wọn kọsẹ̀ lára òkúta ìkọ̀sẹ̀ ni.
33 as it has been written, “Look, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. He who believes in it will not be ashamed.”
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Kíyèsi, mo gbé òkúta ìkọ̀sẹ̀ kalẹ̀ ní Sioni àti àpáta tí ó mú wọn ṣubú, ẹnikẹ́ni ti ó bá sì gbà a gbọ́, ojú kì yóò tì í.”
