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.
Then I ask, Did God cast off his people? No indeed. For I also am an Israelite, a son of Abraham, a member 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 did not cast off his people whom he foreknew. For do you not know what is said in the Scripture about Elijah? how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,
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 killed thy prophets, they have overthrown thine altars; And now I alone am left, 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 was the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee 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.
In the same way also at this time there is a remnant chosen by gift 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.
But if it is by grace, it is no longer of works; or else 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 has been seeking for, that he has not obtained; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened.
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.”
According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of slumber, Eyes that they should not see, Ears that they should not hear, unto this 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.
As David says. 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 thou down their backs forever.
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 ask then, "Have they stumbled so as to fall?" No indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come unto Gentiles, "to provoke Israel to jealousy."
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 their stumbling enriches the world, and their loss enriches the Gentiles, how much more must their fulness do!
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 to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify 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 might "provoke to jealousy" my kinsmen, and save some among 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 their casting out is the reconciliation of the world to God, what will their restoration be but life out of death?
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.
Now if the first-fruits of the dough Abraham and the Patriarchs are holy, so also is the whole mass their descendants. And if the root of a tree Abraham is holy, so also are the branches his descendants.
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.
Supposing that some of the branches have been broken off, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among the branches and have become a partaker with them of the fatness of the olive tree, do not glory over the branches;
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.
or if you are glorying, remember that it is not you who uphold the root, but the root which upholds you.
19 Miagblɔ be, “Wolã alɔ siawo ɖa be woakpɔ teƒe nam. Esia fia be menye ame dzadzɛ.”
"Branches have been broken off," you say, "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.
True, through their unbelief they were broken off, and by your faith you stand. Do not be puffed up, but fear;
21 Elabena ne Mawu mekpɔ nublanui na atilɔ gbãtɔwo o la, makpɔ nublanui na miawo hã o.
for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
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.
Fix your gaze, therefore, on the goodness and the severity of God; towards those who fell, severity, but towards you, God’s goodness, if you continue stedfast in his goodness; otherwise you, too, will 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 those Jews, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in again; 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 you were cut out of that which is by nature a mere wild olive tree, and have been grafted, contrary to nature, into a fruitful olive tree, how much more shall these, the natural branches, be regrafted 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, my brothers, have you ignorant of this hidden truth, for fear that you become wise in your own conceits. that a hardening in part has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles is 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 will be saved, as it is written. The deliver will come from Zion, He will banish all ungodliness from Jacob;
27 Ɣe ma ɣi me la, maɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃wo katã ɖa abe nye nubabla kpli wo ene.”
This is my covenant with them, 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.
In relation to the gospel, the Jews are God’s enemies for your sake; but in relation to the election, they are dearly loved for their forefather’s sake.
29 Elabena Mawu magagbugbɔ eƒe nunanawo kple eƒe ameyɔyɔ axɔ o; Mawu magbe eƒe ŋugbedodowo dzi wɔwɔ gbeɖe o.
For no change of purpose can annul God’s free gift and call.
30 Tsã la, mienye aglãdzelawo ɖe Mawu ŋu, ke esi Yudatɔwo gbe eƒe nunanawo xɔxɔ la, Mawu ve miawo nu ɖe wo teƒe.
And as in times past you were yourselves disobedient to God, but now, thanks to their disobedience, have obtained mercy;
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.
even so they also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now 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 has locked up all in the prison of disobedience, that upon all he may have mercy. (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!
Oh, the depths of the riches, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unfathomable are his judgments, and how unsearchable his paths!
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?”
Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor?
35 “Ame kae tre nunana Mawu, be wòagaɖo eteƒe nɛ mahã?”
Who has first given to Him, So as to receive payment in return?
