Romans 9
1 I am telling you the truth as a Christian man--it is no falsehood, for my conscience enlightened, as it is, by the Holy Spirit adds its testimony to mine--
Keiman thudih kasei hi Christa ahetoh ahi. Ase le apha hetna kaneiyin chule Lhagao Theng aphotchetna ahi.
2 when I declare that I have deep grief and unceasing anguish of heart.
Kalungthim hi hatah in lunghemna le lung kicholdo theilou gimnan kadime.
3 For I could pray to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brethren, my human kinsfolk--for such the Israelites are.
Ajeh chu kamite Judah mite kasopiho dingin, keima Christa'a kona a-itih a gaosap chang kahinom'e; hichun amaho ahuhhing jou ding hileh kati ahi.
4 To them belongs recognition as God's sons, and they have His glorious Presence and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the Temple service, and the ancient Promises.
Amaho Israel mite ahiuvin, Pathen cha-lamthu hina changah ahiuvin, Pathen in aloupina amaho heng alhut ahitai. Aman amaho to kitepna aneiya chule a-Danthu apehdoh ahiuve. Aman amaho chu ahoutheina dinguva michonpha a asem ahin, chule athutep kidangtah ahin pehdoh ahiye.
5 To them the Patriarchs belong, and from them in respect of His human lineage came the Christ, who is exalted above all, God blessed throughout the Ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Amaho hi Abraham, Isaac chule Jacob son le chilhahte ahiuvin, chule Christa amatah chu mihem lamdola sei dingin Israel mi anahi, chule Ama Pathen ahin, thil jouse chunga vaihoma ahin, chule tonsot'a vahchoi ding'a kilom ahi. (aiōn g165)
6 Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,
Chuti ahileh aphai, Pathen in Israel techu athutep lamdola abolpeh lougot hitam? Ahipoi, Israel nam sunga peng jouse chu abonuva Pathen mite ahidehpouve.
7 nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."
Abraham chilhah himan'a Abraham chate tia kisim jenga ahipoi. Ajehchu Pathen thun Isaac a naphunggui kisut ding ahi ati chun, Abraham'in chapa dang anei henasa asei ahi.
8 In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.
Hichehi, tahsalam a Abraham'in ahindoh chate jouse chu Pathen chate ahiuve tia seina ding aumpoi. Thutep chate bou chu Abraham chate tia kisima ahije.
9 For the words are the language of promise and run thus, "About this time next year I will come, and Sarah shall have a son."
ajehchu Pathen in athutep, “Khovei tuphat tengleh keima kahung kile kit ding Sarah chun chapa khat ahinding ahi,” ati.
10 Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac--
Hiche achapa chu ipuluiyu Isaac ahi. Aman Rebekah akichenpi chun mi-ni apengkop'in ahi.
11 and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told,
Hinlah amani ahung penlhah masang lhon'in, thilpha ahilouleh thilse abol masang lhon'in, Pathen'a kon'a thulhut amu ahi (Hiche thulhunga kona chu Pathen in Ama lunggon dungjuiya akouji ahi, tihi ahi.
12 "The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger."
Amaho phat le set jeh jong ahidehpoi tihet ahi). Amanu koma, “Nachapa atahpa chu anaopa kinbola hung pang ding ahi,” ati.
13 This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."
Pathen thun, “Keiman Jacob kangailun, hinla Esau chu kapampai ahi,” ati.
14 What then are we to infer? That there is injustice in God?
Chuti ahileh, eihon Pathen chu athilbol adihpoi itiuvem? Ahideh poi!
15 No, indeed; the solution is found in His words to Moses, "Wherever I show mercy it shall be nothing but mercy, and wherever I show compassion it shall be simply compassion."
ajehchu Pathen in Mose jah a, “Keiman ka khotona'a kalhendoh penpen chunga kalhut ding, chule kahepina chu kalhendoh pen chunga kalhut ding ahi,” ati.
16 And from this we learn that everything is dependent not on man's will or endeavour, but upon God who has mercy. For the Scripture said to Pharaoh,
Hiti ahijeh chun, Pathen khotona chu Ama kigel lhah thuthu hiya ahi. Eihon ilhen theiju jong hilou, toh'a itohdoh theiju jong ahidehpoi.
17 "It is for this very purpose that I have lifted you so high--that I may make manifest in you My power, and that My name may be proclaimed far and wide in all the earth."
Ajehchu Pathen lekhabun, anaseisa chu Pathen in Pharaoh jah a, “Keiman kathahatna nachunga katahlang na dinga keiman nangma kalhen nahin chule kaminthanna leiset pumpia kathejal dinga nahi,” tia anasei pehsa ahi.
18 This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.
Hijeh'a chu, Pathen in ami khotona chu mi abangkhat chunga avetsah a chule aman midang lungsung chu asuhtah a asei angaipeh lou ahi.
19 "Why then does God still find fault?" you will ask; "for who is resisting His will?"
Chuti ahileh aphai, nangman, “Iti dan'a athu jalou ho chu a oimo hintem? Aman amaho abolsah chan chu abol'u hijeng lou ding ham?” tin nate.
20 Nay, but who are you, a mere man, that you should cavil against GOD? Shall the thing moulded say to him who moulded it, "Why have you made me thus?"
Ahipoi, hichu seihih in. Nangma mihem maimai'in Pathen nanel ngam ham? Thilsem khat chun asempa jah a chu, “Ipi dinga hitobang bep'a hi neisem ham?” tia asei ngaijem!
21 Or has not the potter rightful power over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for more honourable and another for less honourable uses?
Bel dengpa chun leiset'a kon'a belho asem tengleh ama chun aleiset leingan chu aphabep khat ajem ding'a asem'a chule phabep khat loi chu nen koina a jong asemthei hilou ham?
22 And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His anger who stand ready for destruction,
Hitobangma chun, Pathen in jong alunghanna le athahatna vetsahna dingin thaneina aneiyin, chule alunghanna chuhna ho chunga jong thohhat tah a anga'a amahthahna diu gonsa akoipeh ahitai.
23 in order to make known His infinite goodness towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory,
Hiche abol hi aloupina ho dung juiya, aloupina tahlangna dinga mi akhotona chu kilangdoh cheh dinga agon ahi.
24 even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles?
Chule eiho Aman alhendoh ho lah'a hi Judah mite leh chidang namdang ho chunga hijongleh eiho jong ijaouve.
25 So also in Hosea He says, "I will call that nation My People which was not My People, and I will call her beloved who was not beloved.
Chidang namdangte chung chang thua Pathen in Hosea Themgao henga gaova aseidohsa, “Kamite hilouho chu keiman kamite tia tuapat kakou ding ahitai, chule keiman kangailut louho chu kangailut ding ahitai.
26 And in the place where it was said to them, 'No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God."
Chule amaho kamite nahi pouve kitina mun'a chu Pathen Hing chate kiti ding ahiuve.
27 And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them shall be saved;
Chule Israel chung chang thua Themgao Isaiah chun ahinsamdoh in, Israel mite chu twikhanglen panga neldi jat tam'in tam jongleh, amoh them bou sohcha ding ahi,” ati.
28 for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."
Ajeh chu Pakaiyin leiset chunga thutanna gangtah le achaina pena dinga ahinbol ding ahi.
29 Even as Isaiah says in an earlier place, "Were it not that the Lord, the God of Hosts, had left us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and have come to resemble Gomorrah."
Chule Isaiah chun mundanga hitima chun aseiyin, “Ven sopite Pakai chun ichateu themkhat hi ahoidoh lou hileh eiho hi Sodom banga eikithat chaihel uvintin, Gomorrah banga eisuhmang dingu ahi,” ati.
30 To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;
Hicheho jouse hi ipi kiseina hintem? Chidang namdang te Pathen chondan juilou ahivangun, amaho chu Pathen lungtoh dia kisema ahitauve. Chule tahsan hin hiche hi ahin hitheisah ahi.
31 while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
Hinlah Israel mite Pathen to kilunghet themna dinga kihabol ho jeng jong Danthu ajui jeng vangun alolhing joupouve.
32 And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;
Ipijeh a lolhinglou hiuvem? Ajeh chu amahon Pathen to kilunghet themna dinga Ama tahsan sangin Danthu ajuiyuve. Ama ho alamlhahnauva songpia kipal ahitauve.
33 in agreement with the statement of Scripture, "See, I am placing on Mount Zion a stone for people to stumble at, and a rock for them to trip over, and yet he whose faith rests upon it shall never have reason to feel ashamed."
Pathen lekhabun amaho gihsalna ananei'in, ajah uva, “Keiman Jerusalema songpi khat kakoiyin, hichun miho akipalsah'e, amaho lhuh kamna songpi khat ahi. Hinla koihileh Ama tahsan chan chu jachatna a chulou ding ahi,” ati.
