Romans 11
1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? By no means. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.
Mi tre ndi Rji kama ni ndji mu? Ani to bre tie to kima. Ime mi ndji u Israila, ih'bu Ibrahim u grji Banyomi.
2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Irji na kama ni ndji ma waa he ni guci toh mba na. Ka bi toh kpye a lan tre'a hla nitu Iliya, wa a nji (kara) Israila hi ni Rji'a?
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
A tre di Bachi, ba wu annabawa me, da zi koh me me, Ahi me ni kankrji mu mi don. Naki basi wa ba wuh me.
4 But what saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Naki u Rji ka kasa u da tre gye? A tre di mi hei ni di dubu tagban wa mi zi ba nitu mu. Wa bana kudran ni Ba'al na.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Ko naki me ni toh i ibru bari ba he ni ndindi.
6 And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
U ani taa ni zizi, wa'a ana la ni ndu na. Ani tana tokima, u zizi nala hi zizina.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
Wa hi ngye? Ikpye wa Israila ba wa bana fe na, u bi a ba chu ba'a ba fe, imbru ba ba sen tu.
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; ) to this day.
Na ba han Rji no ba ibrji u meme wa bana toh shishi hei, aman bana toh na, iton hei aman bana wo na har ye ni vi kima.
9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them:
Dauda a tre di du teburin ba du kam ti rjirji u vu labe, ba troko, du kam ti tita u kub za ni kpye u rju hla ni ba.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always.
Du shishi ba ti bwu duba na toh na, du gon ba ta dran chuchu.
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? By no means: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Mi tre ndu ba k'bu za da joku? Ndu kpye nakima la tie na. Nakima k'ma hi ni gon mba yi a ndu gbujbu ye ni bi ko hra ni ndu yo ba tie ngu.
12 Now if the fall of them [be] the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
Inde zizaa wa ba kam hi ni kogon, aji klen ye ni bi kora, ni hei kwatancin nikon ma ani hei, inde ba ye ni klekle?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:
Ziza'a mi si tre ni yi, biyi wa bi kora, naki ime i mi hiu ton du hi ni kora, misi wurwo ni mi du mu.
14 If by any means I may incite to emulation [them who are] my flesh, and may save some of them.
Ani bi dume you mri yah bi hwu, duta kpa bari ba chuwo.
15 For if the rejection of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
Inde kaba, ani ji shu tu bi ni gbugbulu in kpa ba ani hei ni hei? Ani kamti vri ni mi kwu?
16 For if the first fruit [is] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [is] holy, so [are] the branches.
U klo bi mumla bata bi mumu'uma wa ba nymo tie gble ma ni bi ngame. U inja kukron bata tsratsra me, ba ilan ma ba ba he tokima.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, art ingrafted among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive-tree;
U ilan bari u kukron bana nzi hlega, u biyi mba bina kukron Zaitun, wa ba fe nimi mba, u bina he ni gado bii ni ba, u bi ye ni mi nja zaitun a,
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
to, bika na gangban ni tu lan ba na. Bita gangban, ana bi yi mba ti njinja na, wa hi nja'a mba nji yi.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be ingrafted.
U bi tre din “Ba nzi lan ba ni ndu ba fe me ni mima.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:
Wa i a njanji, naki wa njanji ba na hei na, i ki sa i baka zi ba ni mi wo, bika kri gbagban ni mi njanji bi. Na ban tubi zan na ahei na, aman bika klu sissri.
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee.
Naki inde Rji na don wo u njanji na, to ana don yi na.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but towards thee, goodness, if thou shalt continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Bika toh iri du bi tsanani u Rji. Niwo ri tsanani ni ye ni Yahudawa biwa ba joku. U ndindi u Rji ye ni yu'u, inde bi si zre nimi didima ba na zu yi na, aman inde bi kabi ba zu yi.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be ingrafted: for God is able to ingraft them again.
Nakima inde ba na guci ni mi njanji bana, ba vu ba sur ni mi kukron nakima Rji na iya la vu ba.
24 For if thou wast cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, and wast ingrafted contrary to nature into a good olive-tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive-tree?
Inde ba chu u rhu nimi kokron zaitun mi ji, har wa bi du ba ka'u kabi nimi kukron zaitun u wu'u wo u njanji.
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall be come in.
Mri yah mi ni son du yi ji hei ni mi bwu na, game ni gbugbulu i du yi na hei ni toh ni mi mre bi, gbugbulu hi sen tu ni Israila, har bi korta ba ri ni me.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Ahei naki Israila ba wawu bau ba gbujub, nadi ba han. Ni mi Sihiyona wa ani kpa chuwo ani rjhu. Ani wur iri hle ni mi Yakubu,
27 For this [is] my covenant to them, when I shall take away their sins.
Wa i ni kam ti chunyu mu ni ba, na di mi wur mi wur lahtre ba hle ga.
28 As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as concerning the election, [they are] beloved for the father's sakes.
Ni nhma bari ni tu bishara, ba bi kran ni bi, nitu kon ri, ni tu chu u Rji ba bi son ni tu bati.
29 For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance.
Na baye-baye ni you u Rji hana ya ka ba sran na.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief;
Biyi me ni sen bina ta hu tre Rji na, naki ziza'a bi kpa didi nitu lahtre ba.
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Ni koh kima Yahudawa biyi ba kam ti bi sen tu, ni tu didi wa ba tsro ta, baba me ba kpa didi ziza'a.
Naki Rji ka ko ngham nitu sen tu, don du tsro didi ni ko nghan. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Ina misali juju ikle ni toh, ni toh iri u Rji. Hukunche-hukunche ma ba zan guci bichika, ikoh ma ba zan guci toh.
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor?
Nakima, ahi nghan ni no Bachi i mre? a nghan ni ni tre?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
Naki a nghan guci no Rji kpie du han wu?
