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--
Ndamwambila kasimpe muliKkilisito. Nsilokubeja pe, amamvwido angu alazuminana andime muMuuya uSalala.
2 when I declare that I have deep grief and unceasing anguish of heart.
Izyakuti mumoyo wangu mulikuusa kupati akuchisa kutamani.
3 For I could pray to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brethren, my human kinsfolk--for such the Israelites are.
Nkambo ndalikuyanda kwanzanisigwa aKkilisito kuti ndibe mutuke akambo kabakweu, anzubo nzyangu zyamunyama.
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.
Mba Izilayeli. Bakabweza, bulemu, zizuminano, achipo chamulawu, abukombi bwamung'anda yaLeza, azisyomezyo.
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)
Bamataata babo chiindi kwakazwa Kkilisto, kwiinda munyama - we kali Leza atala zyoonse. weelede kulumbayizigwa mane kutamani. Ameni. (aiōn g165)
6 Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,
Pele twakamba kuti ijwi lyaleza lyakalewulula. Nkambo boonse balimuIzilayeli te mbanaIzilayeli nchobeni.
7 nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."
Nekuba loonse lunyungu lwaAbbulamu teensi mbana bakwe pe. Pele, muli Ayizeki muyowambwa lunyungu lwakwe.
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.
Nchikwaambwa kuti, bana banyama teensi mbana baLeza. Pele, bana bachisyomezyo mbawambwa mbuli lunyungu.
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."
Nkaambo eli ndijwi lyachisyomezyo: “Mulinchichechi chiindi ndiyosika, elyo Sala uyopegwa mwana.”
10 Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac--
Teensi mbubo luzutu, Pele alakwe Lebeka wakaba abula bwa mwalumi umwi, taata wesu Ayizeki -
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,
bana kabatana zyalwa akutana chita chimwi chintu chibotu na chibi, kuti makanze aLeza kwindila mukusala bwiime, kutali akaambo kanchito, pele akaambo kayoyo uyita -
12 "The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger."
kwakambwa kuli nguw, “Mupati uyosanina munini.”
13 This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."
Mbuli mbukulembedwe: “Jakkobo ndakamuyanda, pele Isawu ndakamusula.”
14 What then are we to infer? That there is injustice in God?
Lino twambe buti? Sa kuli kutalulama kwaLeza? Takwe ziliboobo.
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."
Mbubobu mbaamba kuli Mozesi, “Njomvwida luse kufumbwa ngunjomvwida luse, njoyetelela kuliyoyo ngunjoyetelela.”
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,
Aboobo tensi akaambo kayoyo uyanda, nekuba akaambo kayoyo uchijan, pele akaambo kaLeza, waluse.
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."
Mbobu malembe mbawamba kuliFalo akuti, “nchichecho nchindakakubusizya mumakanze akutondezya nguzu zyangu mulinduwe”, kuchitila kuti zina lyangu likambwe munyika yoonse.
18 This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.
Mbubo leza ulaluse kulingwayanda akulingwayand, ulamuyumya moyo.
19 "Why then does God still find fault?" you will ask; "for who is resisting His will?"
Uyowamba chakuti kulindime, “Nkaambonzi nachitongawuka? Ngwani ukonzya kukaka makanze akwe?”
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?"
Omwalumi nduweni ukuzyana aLeza? Kulichibumbwa na chaamba kuli sikuchibumba, “Wabonayi! Niwandibumba ayeyi nzila?”
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?
Anu kuti mubumbi tajisi nguzu kubulongo bwakubumba chimbi chilongo chibotu achimwi chilongo chibi?
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,
Ani kuti Leza, wayanda kutondezya bukali bwakwe akuti ngunzu zyakwe zizibwe, wakakkazikila zilongo moyo mulamfu kubukali bwakabambilidwe kunyonyona?
23 in order to make known His infinite goodness towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory,
Nkutyeni nayanda kuzubula buvubi bwabulemu bwakwe kuzilongo zyaluse, nzyakambilide kale bulemu bwakwe kuzilongo zyaluse, nzyakambilide kale bulemu?
24 even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles?
Ani kuti wachita obu akulindiswe, mbakayita, akati kamaJuda abamasi?
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.
Mbubonya mbwaamba muiHosiya kuti: “Njoyita bantu bangu bakatali bantu bangu pe, akuyanda wakatali kuyandwa.
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."
Mpawo oko nkubakambilwa kuti, ' tamwensi bantu bangu; oko nkubayoyitwa kuti mbana baLeza muumi.'”
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;
Ayizaya ulalila atala a Izilayeli, “Nekuba kumweele wabana ba Isilayeli nkubali mbuli musele wamulwizi, kuyoba kabela kabache bayofutulwa.
28 for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."
Nkaambo Mwami uyochita makanze ajwi lyakwe munyika chakumanisizya achakunonoka.
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."
Akwambwa kwa Ayizaya kuti, “Mwami wamakamu - makamu tatusila lunyungu, netwali kunoba mbuli Sodomu, akuba mbuliGomola.”
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;
Lino nkutyeni, Bamasi, bakatali kuyandula bululami, bakabujana bululami bwalusyomo.
31 while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
Pele Isilayeli, walikuyandula mulawu wabululami, takwe nebakasika kumulawu.
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;
Nkaambonzi? Nkaambo tebakayandula chalusyomo, pele kumilomo yabo. Bakalebwa kuzwa kubbwe lyakabalebya.
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."
Mbuli mbukulembedwe, “Amubone, ndasitikizya muZayoni ibbwe lilebya amwala wamilandu. Oyo umusyoma takoyowusigwa bweme”
