Romatɔwo 11
1 Azɔ mele biabiam be, ɖe Mawu gbe eƒe amewo mahã? Gbeɖe! Nye ŋutɔ hã Israeltɔ menye; Abraham ƒe dzidzimevie menye tso Benyamin ƒomea me.
I say then: Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Mawu megbe eƒe ame siwo wòtia tso gɔmedzedzea me ke la o. Mienya nya si Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ na Eliya esi wònɔ Israelviwo nu tsom la oa?
God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias; how he calleth on God against Israel?
3 Eliya gblɔ be, “Aƒetɔ, wowu wò nyagblɔɖilawo, eye wogbã wò vɔsamlekpuiwo ƒu anyi; nye ɖeka hɔ̃ koe susɔ, eye wodi be yewoawu nye hã.”
Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 Mieɖo ŋku ale si Mawu ɖo nya sia ŋu dzia? Mawu gblɔ be, “Ao, menye wò ɖeka koe susɔ o. Ame akpe adre sɔŋ le asinye kpe ɖe ŋuwò, ame siwo galɔ̃am kokoko, eye womedea ta agu na legbawo o!”
But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men, that have not bowed their knees to Baal.
5 Alea ke wògale egbe sia hã. Menye Yudatɔwo katãe de megbe tso Mawu gbɔ o. Ame ʋɛ aɖewo le xɔxɔ kpɔm le Mawu ƒe amenuveve si wòtsɔ tia woe la ta.
Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace.
6 Nenye Mawu ƒe amenuveve tae la, ekema menye woƒe dɔwɔwɔ tae o. Elabena ne ele nenema la, ekema nu si wona faa la, meganye nunana o.
And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
7 Eya ta alea nya la lee nye esi: Israeltɔ geɖewo mekpɔ Mawu ƒe amenuveve si dim wole la o. Wo dometɔ ʋɛ siwo Mawu tia la kpɔe, ke ame susɔewo ƒe ŋkuwo gbã.
What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.
8 Nu siae Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la le gbɔgblɔm be, “Mawu na alɔ̃dɔdɔgbɔgbɔ wo, womia woƒe ŋkuwo, eye woƒe towo me xe, Aleae wòle va se ɖe egbe.”
As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day.
9 David ƒo nu tso nu ma ke ŋu esi wògblɔ be, “Mina woƒe nuɖuɖu nyuiwo nazu mɔ aɖe wo alo woanye nuɖiaɖia kpakple teƒeɖoɖo na wo.
And David saith: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them.
10 Mina woƒe ŋkuwo dzi natsyɔ, ale be womagate ŋu akpɔ nu o, eye agba kpekpe nabi dzime na wo gobaa hafi woanɔ yiyim ɖaa.”
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see: and bow down their back always.
11 Megale biabiam be: Ɖe Mawu gbe Yudatɔwo tegbetegbea? Gbeɖe! Eƒe taɖodzinue nye be yeana ɖeɖekpɔkpɔ nasu ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la hã si, bena Yudatɔwo naʋã ŋu wo.
I say then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them.
12 Azɔ ne woƒe anyidzedze zu xexea me katã ƒe yayra, eye woƒe bubu zu ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la ƒe yayra la, ekema mibu yayra gã si wu esia si ava xexea me dzi ne Yudatɔwo hã va xɔ Yesu la ŋu.
Now if the offence of them be the riches of the world, and the diminution of them, the riches of the Gentiles; how much more the fulness of them?
13 Abe ale si mienya ene la, Mawu tiam be manye dɔtsɔla tɔxɛ na mi ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la. Medaa akpe na Mawu ɣe sia ɣi be etsɔ dɔ vevie sia de asi nam
For I say to you, Gentiles: as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,
14 ale be ne mate ŋui la, mana nye ŋutɔ nye amewo adi nu si le mi ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la si, eye mato esia me aɖe wo dometɔ aɖewo.
If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 Anye nu wɔnuku gã aɖe ŋutɔ ne wozu kristotɔwo. Mawu ƒe tɔtrɔ le wo yome fia be Mawu trɔ ɖe xexea me ƒe akpa bubuawo ŋu be woakpɔ ɖeɖe abe ame kukuwo ƒe agbegbɔgbɔ ene.
For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 Eye zi ale si Abraham kple nyagblɔɖilawo nye Mawu ƒe amewo la, nenema ke wo viwo hã anye Mawu ƒe amewo. Elabena ne ati aɖe ƒe kewo le kɔkɔe la, eƒe alɔwo hã nɔa kɔkɔe.
For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 Ke wolã alɔ siawo dometɔ aɖewo siwo le Abraham ƒe ati la ŋu la ɖa; ame siawoe nye Yudatɔwo. Eye mi ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la, mienye alɔwo le amiti aɖe si nɔ gbe me la ŋuti; ke azɔ la, mieva zu alɔ na Abraham ƒe ati la. Eya ta azɔ la, miawo hã mixɔ yayra si ŋugbe Mawu do na Abraham kple viawo la, eye miakpɔ gome le Mawu ƒe nunyiame me tso eya ŋutɔ ƒe amiti tɔxɛ la gbɔ.
And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree,
18 Gake mikpɔ nyuie be miagaƒo adegbe be wotsɔ yewo ɖo atilɔ siwo wolã ɖa la teƒe o. Miɖo ŋku edzi be miele vevie le ale si mienye Mawu ƒe ati la ƒe akpa aɖe la ɖeɖe ko ta; alɔ ko mienye, menye ati la ƒe kee mienye o.
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Miagblɔ be, “Wolã alɔ siawo ɖa be woakpɔ teƒe nam. Esia fia be menye ame dzadzɛ.”
Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Kpɔ nyuie. Ɖo ŋku edzi be wolã alɔ siwo nye Yudatɔwo la ɖa, elabena womexɔ Mawu dzi se o, eye miawo miezu alɔwo le miaƒe dzixɔse ɖeɖe ko ta. Migado mia ɖokuiwo ɖe dzi o, ke nɔ vɔvɔ̃m boŋ.
Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith: be not highminded, but fear.
21 Elabena ne Mawu mekpɔ nublanui na atilɔ gbãtɔwo o la, makpɔ nublanui na miawo hã o.
For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps he also spare not thee.
22 Mide dzesi ale si Mawu nyoa dɔ me, eye wògahea to na ame hãe. Eƒe asi sẽna ɖe ame siwo gbea toɖoɖoe la dzi, ke enyoa dɔ me ne míeyi elɔlɔ̃ kple edzixɔxɔ se dzi. Ke ne míelɔ̃e o, eye míexɔ edzi se hã o la, alã míawo hã ɖa.
See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 Ke ne Yudatɔwo aɖe asi le woƒe dzimaxɔse ŋu, eye woatrɔ ava Mawu gbɔ la, Mawu agate ŋu axɔ wo, ado ɖe ati la dzi.
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 Elabena ne Mawu lɔ̃ be yeaxɔ mi ame siwo nɔ adzɔge ke, ame siwo nye amiti dzodzro aɖe ƒe akpa aɖe tsã, eye fifia yeaxɔ mi ado ɖe ye ŋutɔ yeƒe ati nyui dzi, nu si medzɔna edziedzi o la, ɖe miekpɔe be anɔ klalo sãa wu be yeagbugbɔ Yudatɔwo, ame siwo nɔ afi ma tsã la axɔ oa?
For if thou wert cut out of the wild olive tree, which is natural to thee; and, contrary to nature, were grafted into the good olive tree; how much more shall they that are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, medi be mianya nyateƒe sia tso Mawu gbɔ, ale be miagado mia ɖokuiwo ɖe dzi, eye miade asi dada me o. Ɛ̃, eme kɔ be Israel ƒe ame aɖewo tsi tsitre ɖe nyanyui la ŋu azɔ, ke anɔ alea va se ɖe esime mi ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la katã, miava Kristo gbɔ.
For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, (lest you should be wise in your own conceits), that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.
26 Ekema Israel blibo la akpɔ ɖeɖe. Mieɖo ŋku nu si nyagblɔɖilawo gblɔ tso nu sia ŋuti dzia? “Xɔla aɖe ava tso Zion, eye wòatrɔ Yakob katã ɖa tso mawumavɔ̃mavɔ̃ ɖe sia ɖe ƒomevi gbɔ.
And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 Ɣe ma ɣi me la, maɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃wo katã ɖa abe nye nubabla kpli wo ene.”
And this is to them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins.
28 Azɔ la, Yudatɔ geɖewo nye nyanyui la ƒe futɔwo. Wolé fui. Ke nu sia ɖe vi na miawo, elabena ena Mawu tsɔ eƒe nunana na mi ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la. Ke Mawu galɔ̃a Yudatɔwo kokoko le eƒe ŋugbe si wòdo na Abraham, Isak kple Yakob la ta.
As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.
29 Elabena Mawu magagbugbɔ eƒe nunanawo kple eƒe ameyɔyɔ axɔ o; Mawu magbe eƒe ŋugbedodowo dzi wɔwɔ gbeɖe o.
For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
30 Tsã la, mienye aglãdzelawo ɖe Mawu ŋu, ke esi Yudatɔwo gbe eƒe nunanawo xɔxɔ la, Mawu ve miawo nu ɖe wo teƒe.
For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief;
31 Azɔ la, Yudatɔwoe nye aglãdzelawo. Gake gbe ɖeka la, woawo hã akpɔ gome le Mawu ƒe amenuveve si wòkɔ ɖe mia dzi la me.
So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.
32 Elabena Mawu ɖe ŋku ɖa le wo ŋu le woƒe nu vɔ̃ ta, ale be yeate ŋu akpɔ nublanui na amewo katã sɔsɔe. (eleēsē g1653)
For God hath concluded all in unbelief, that he may have mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O, Mawu wɔnukɔ aɖe ŋutɔe le mía si. Eƒe nunya kple kesinɔnuwo lolo loo! Míate ŋu ase eƒe nyametsotsowo kple ɖoɖowo me akpɔ o!
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
34 “Elabena mía dometɔ kae ate ŋu anya Aƒetɔ la ƒe susu? Ame kae nya nu egbegbe be wòate ŋu azu eƒe adaŋudela alo mɔfiala?”
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?
35 “Ame kae tre nunana Mawu, be wòagaɖo eteƒe nɛ mahã?”
Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?
