Romans 11
1 I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:
Basi nauliza: Je, Mungu amewakataa watu wake? La, hasha! Mimi mwenyewe ni Mwisraeli, tena uzao wa Abrahamu kutoka kabila la Benyamini.
2 God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known — in Elijah — what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,
Mungu hajawakataa watu wake, ambao yeye aliwajua tangu mwanzo. Je, hamjui yale Maandiko yasemayo kuhusu Eliya, jinsi alivyomlalamikia Mungu kuhusu Israeli?
3 'Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'
Alisema, “Bwana, wamewaua manabii wako na kuzibomoa madhabahu zako, nimebaki mimi peke yangu, nao wanataka kuniua?”
4 but what saith the divine answer to him? 'I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.'
Je, Mungu alimjibuje? “Nimejibakizia watu elfu saba ambao hawajapiga magoti kumwabudu Baali.”
5 So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;
Vivyo hivyo pia, sasa wapo mabaki waliochaguliwa kwa neema ya Mungu.
6 and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
Lakini ikiwa wamechaguliwa kwa neema, si tena kwa msingi wa matendo. Kama ingekuwa kwa matendo, neema isingekuwa neema tena.
7 What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,
Tuseme nini basi? Kile kitu ambacho Israeli alikitafuta kwa bidii hakukipata. Lakini waliochaguliwa walikipata. Waliobaki walifanywa wagumu,
8 according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' — unto this very day,
kama ilivyoandikwa: “Mungu aliwapa bumbuazi la mioyo, macho ili wasiweze kuona, na masikio ili wasiweze kusikia, hadi leo.”
9 and David saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;
Naye Daudi anasema: “Karamu zao na ziwe tanzi na mtego wa kuwanasa, kitu cha kuwakwaza waanguke, na adhabu kwao.
10 let their eyes be darkened — not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'
Macho yao yatiwe giza ili wasiweze kuona, nayo migongo yao iinamishwe daima.”
11 I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation [is] to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;
Hivyo nauliza tena: Je, Waisraeli walijikwaa ili waanguke na kuangamia kabisa? La, hasha! Lakini kwa sababu ya makosa yao, wokovu umewafikia watu wa Mataifa, ili kuwafanya Waisraeli waone wivu.
12 and if the fall of them [is] the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?
Basi ikiwa kukosa kwao kumekuwa utajiri mkubwa kwa ulimwengu, tena kama kuangamia kwao kumeleta utajiri kwa watu wa Mataifa, kurudishwa kwao kutaleta utajiri mkuu zaidi.
13 For to you I speak — to the nations — inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;
Sasa ninasema nanyi watu wa Mataifa. Maadamu mimi ni mtume kwa watu wa Mataifa, naitukuza huduma yangu
14 if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,
ili kuwafanya watu wangu waone wivu na hivyo kuwaokoa baadhi yao.
15 for if the casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception — if not life out of the dead?
Kwa kuwa ikiwa kukataliwa kwao ni kupatanishwa kwa ulimwengu, kukubaliwa kwao si kutakuwa ni uhai baada ya kufa?
16 and if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
Kama sehemu ya donge la unga uliotolewa kuwa limbuko ni mtakatifu, basi unga wote ni mtakatifu, nalo shina kama ni takatifu, vivyo hivyo na matawi nayo.
17 And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become —
Lakini kama baadhi ya matawi yalikatwa, nawe chipukizi la mzeituni mwitu ukapandikizwa mahali pao ili kushiriki unono pamoja na matawi mengine kutoka shina la mzeituni,
18 do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!
basi usijivune juu ya hayo matawi. Kama ukijivuna, kumbuka jambo hili: si wewe unayelishikilia shina, bali ni shina linalokushikilia wewe.
19 Thou wilt say, then, 'The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!
Basi utasema, “Matawi yale yalikatwa ili nipate kupandikizwa katika hilo shina.”
20 by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
Hii ni kweli. Matawi hayo yalikatwa kwa sababu ya kutokuamini kwake, lakini wewe umesimama tu kwa sababu ya imani. Kwa hiyo usijivune, bali simama kwa kuogopa.
21 for if God the natural branches did not spare — lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.
Kwa maana kama Mungu hakuyahurumia matawi ya asili, wala hatakuhurumia wewe.
22 Lo, then, goodness and severity of God — upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.
Angalia basi wema na ukali wa Mungu: Kwa wale walioanguka, ukali, bali kwako wewe wema wa Mungu, kama utadumu katika wema wake. La sivyo, nawe utakatiliwa mbali.
23 And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;
Wao nao wasipodumu katika kutokuamini kwao, watapandikizwa tena kwenye shina, kwa maana Mungu anao uwezo wa kuwapandikiza tena kwenye hilo shina.
24 for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who [are] according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Ikiwa wewe ulikatwa kutoka kile ambacho kwa asili ni mzeituni mwitu na kupandikizwa kinyume cha asili kwenye mzeituni uliopandwa, si rahisi zaidi matawi haya ya asili kupandikizwa tena kwenye shina lake la mzeituni!
25 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret — that ye may not be wise in your own conceits — that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;
Ndugu zangu, ili msije mkajidai kuwa wenye hekima kuliko mlivyo, nataka mfahamu siri hii: Ugumu umewapata Israeli kwa sehemu hadi idadi ya watu wa Mataifa watakaoingia itimie.
26 and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,
Hivyo Israeli wote wataokolewa. Kama ilivyoandikwa: “Mkombozi atakuja kutoka Sayuni; ataondoa kutokumcha Mungu katika Yakobo.
27 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me, when I may take away their sins.'
Hili ndilo agano langu nao nitakapoziondoa dhambi zao.”
28 As regards, indeed, the good tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; and as regards the choice — beloved on account of the fathers;
Kwa habari ya Injili, wao ni adui wa Mungu kwa ajili yenu, lakini kuhusu kule kuteuliwa kwao ni wapendwa, kwa ajili ya mababa zao wa zamani,
29 for unrepented of [are] the gifts and the calling of God;
kwa maana akishawapa watu karama, Mungu haziondoi, wala wito wake.
30 for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:
Kama vile ninyi wakati fulani mlivyokuwa waasi kwa Mungu lakini sasa mmepata rehema kwa sababu ya kutokutii kwao,
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
hivyo nao Waisraeli wamekuwa waasi ili kwamba wao nao sasa waweze kupata rehema kwa ajili ya rehema za Mungu kwenu.
32 for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (eleēsē g1653)
Kwa maana Mungu amewafunga wanadamu wote kwenye kuasi ili apate kuwarehemu wote. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Tazama jinsi kilivyo kina cha utajiri wa hekima na maarifa ya Mungu! Tazama jinsi ambavyo hukumu zake hazichunguziki, na ambavyo njia zake zisivyotafutikana!
34 for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?
“Ni nani aliyeyafahamu mawazo ya Bwana? Au ni nani ambaye amekuwa mshauri wake?”
35 or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?
“Au ni nani aliyempa chochote ili arudishiwe?”
