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--
Njogera amazima mu Kristo, sirimba, omwoyo gwange nga gunkakasa mu Mwoyo Mutukuvu,
2 when I declare that I have deep grief and unceasing anguish of heart.
nga ndimunakuwavu nnyo era nga nnumwa mu mutima.
3 For I could pray to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brethren, my human kinsfolk--for such the Israelites are.
Nnali njagala nze mwene nkolimirwe Katonda era njawukanyizibwe ku Kristo olwa baganda bange, bwe tuli ab’omu mubiri,
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.
be Bayisirayiri, abantu ba Katonda abalonde. Katonda yabalaga ekitiibwa kye, n’akola nabo endagaano, n’abawa n’amateeka ge. Yeekaalu yagibawa, n’abawa n’ebyasuubizibwa.
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)
Balina bajjajjaabwe abamanyiddwa, Kristo be yasibukamu mu mubiri. Nsaba Katonda afuga byonna atenderezebwenga emirembe gyonna, Amiina. (aiōn g165)
6 Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,
Naye si kuba nti Katonda yalemwa okutuukiriza kye yasuubiza. Si bonna ab’omu Isirayiri nti bantu ba Katonda ddala.
7 nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."
Ate so si nti ly’ezzadde lya Ibulayimu bonna balyoke babeere abaana, naye ekisuubizo kyali ku Isaaka bwe kyagambibwa nti, “Mu Isaaka mwe ndituukiririza ebyo byonna bye nakusuubiza.”
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.
Kino kitegeeza nti abaana ab’omubiri si be baana ba Katonda, wabula abo ab’okusuubiza be babalibwa okuba ezzadde lya Ibulayimu.
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."
Kubanga ekigambo ky’okusuubiza kye kino nti, “Mu kiseera nga kino Saala alizaala omwana owoobulenzi.”
10 Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac--
Ate si ekyo kyokka, naye ne Isaaka jjajjaffe yalina Lebbeeka eyali olubuto.
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,
Naye ng’abalongo tebannazaalibwa, era nga tebannabaako kye bakola kyonna ekirungi oba ekibi, okusiima kwa Katonda nga bwe kuli,
12 "The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger."
si lwa bikolwa wabula ku bw’oyo eyabayita, kyategeezebwa Lebbeeka nti, “Omukulu y’aliba omuweereza w’omuto.”
13 This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."
Era nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Yakobo namwagala, naye Esawu namukyawa.”
14 What then are we to infer? That there is injustice in God?
Kale tunaagamba ki? Ddala ddala Katonda talina bwenkanya? Kikafuuwe.
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."
Agamba Musa nti, “Ndisaasira oyo gwe ndisaasira, era ndikwatirwa ekisa oyo gwe ndikwatirwa ekisa.”
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,
Noolwekyo tekiva ku ebyo omuntu by’ayagala newaakubadde by’akola, wabula ku kusaasira kwa Katonda.
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."
Ebyawandiikibwa kyebyava byogera ku Falaawo nti, “Kyennava nkuyimusa, ndyoke njolese amaanyi gange mu ggwe, erinnya lyange liryoke litegeezebwe mu nsi zonna.”
18 This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.
Noolwekyo Katonda asaasira oyo gw’ayagala okusaasira, ate n’akakanyaza omutima gw’oyo gw’ayagala okukakanyaza.
19 "Why then does God still find fault?" you will ask; "for who is resisting His will?"
Omu akyayinza okumbuuza nti, Lwaki Katonda atunenya, obanga y’atuleetera okukola nga bw’asiima?
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?"
Naye ggwe omuntu obuntu, ggwe ani addamu ng’owakanya Katonda? Ekibumbe kiyinza okubuuza eyakibumba nti, “Lwaki wammumba bw’oti?”
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?
Oba omubumbi talina buyinza ku bbumba, okubumbamu ekibya eky’omugaso, oba okubumbamu ekitali kya mugaso?
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,
Katonda yayagala okulaga obusungu bwe, n’amaanyi ge eri abo bonna abaali basaanira okuzikirizibwa, kyokka n’abalaga obugumiikiriza.
23 in order to make known His infinite goodness towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory,
Ekyo yakikola alyoke amanyise obugagga bw’ekitiibwa kye, eri abo bonna be yeerondera okugabanira awamu ekitiibwa kye.
24 even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles?
Naffe yatuyita, si Bayudaaya bokka naye n’Abaamawanga.
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.
Ne mu Koseya agamba nti, “Abataali bantu bange ndibayita abantu bange, Ne gwe nnali ssaagala, ndimwagala.”
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."
Mu kifo omwo mwe baayitirwa nti, “Temuli bantu bange, mwe baliyitirwa abaana ba Katonda omulamu.”
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;
Isaaya ayogera eri Isirayiri mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka nti, “Omuwendo gw’abaana ba Isirayiri ne bwe gulyenkana ng’omusenyu gw’ennyanja, ekitundu ekirisigalawo kye kirirokolebwa.
28 for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."
Kubanga Mukama alisalawo era alituukiriza mangu ekyo kye yagamba okukola ku nsi.”
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."
Era nga Isaaya bwe yayogera edda nti, “Singa Mukama ow’Eggye teyatulekerawo zzadde, twandifuuse nga Sodomu, era twandifaananye nga Ggomola.”
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;
Kale tunaagamba ki? Tugambe nti Abaamawanga abataagobereranga butuukirivu, baafuna obutuukirivu, bwe butuukirivu obuva mu kukkiriza,
31 while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
naye Isirayiri mu kugobereranga amateeka ag’obutuukirivu, teyafuna butuukirivu obwo?
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;
Lwaki? Ekyo baalema okukituukako kubanga tebaagoberera butuukirivu mu kukkiriza wabula mu bikolwa. Beesittala ku jjinja eryo eryesittalwako,
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."
nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Laba, nteeka mu Sayuuni ejjinja eryesittalwako n’olwazi olulibasuula. Oyo amukkiriza taliswazibwa.”
