Roome 9
1 Ta Yesusa sunthan tumu gays; woridotikke; ta wozinaykka xiillo ayana baggara taas marikatees.
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--
2 Taas wozinape kiichontta iitta qofay michay ta wozinan dees.
when I declare that I have deep grief and unceasing anguish of heart.
3 Ta baggara asa gishshi ta qanigetidane Kiristoosape shakistada wora wodhidako dosays.
For I could pray to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brethren, my human kinsfolk--for such the Israelites are.
4 Isttikka Isiraa7eele naytako. Istti Xoossa na gidana mala Xoossa bonchoyne caaqo qaalay ne wogayne Xoossa keeththa woga ufaysi isttasi imetides.
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.
5 Kase Aawatikka istta bagga Kiristoosa asho baggara istta zeretha zariken qoodetes. Izikka wurisofe bolla gidida medhinas galatetida Xoossa; amin7i. (aiōn g165)
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)
6 Gido attin hessa guussi Xoossa qaalay attides guussu gidena. Isiraa7eelepe yelettiday wuri Isiraa7eele gidenna.
Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,
7 Abiramepe yelettidayti izape yelletida gishshi wurikka iza yellista gidetena shin “Ne zerethi Yisaqa bagara xeygistana” geetetida mala hanides.
nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."
8 Hessa guussikka Xoossa na geetetidayti istti ashon yellidayta gidetena shin Abirame nayta geetettizayti burope yellistanaytakko.
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.
9 “Yiza Layth hani wode ta ha simmana; Sarayka nees attuma na yellana” geetetidi izas ufaysa qaalay imettides.
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."
10 Hessa xalalaka gidena. Iribiqa nayti issade nakko. Izikka nu Aawa Yisaqakko.
Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac--
11 Meniteti yelletidi buro iitta woykko kiya oothontta dishin Xoossa qofay miinana mala
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,
12 Oothon gidontta xeeygidayssafe gidida gishshi “Bayray kaallozas haaristana” geetetidi Iribiqas yootides.
"The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger."
13 Hessikka “Ta Yaqobe dosadis; Eessa ixxadis” geeteti kasse xaafetida mala hanides.
This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."
14 Histin nu ha7i ay ginoo? Xoossi besontta ogera maadi erizee? Muleka maadi erena.
What then are we to infer? That there is injustice in God?
15 Xooss Muses “Ta marana koydade marana; Ta Michistana koyza urasikka michistana” gees.
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."
16 Hessa gish hesikka assi koyda mala gidontta woykko asa daburan gidontta Xoossa maarida mala hanees.
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,
17 Geesha maxaafey Farone “Ta woliqay ne bolla bistana malane ta sunthi biitta wurisoson yootistana mala ta nena hayssasi denithadis” gees.
"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."
18 Hessa gish Xooss marana koyzade maares. Iza wozina muumisana koyzade wozana muumises.
This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.
19 Intefe isadey “Histin hanoy heyssa mala gidiko nuna hano gakanasi aazas waayisizee? Gaasoykka iza shene digana danida7izay oonee?” gaada oychchontta agaka.
"Why then does God still find fault?" you will ask; "for who is resisting His will?"
20 Shin Xoossas mallithe zaara immizay ne oonee? “Oothetida miishshi, zaaridi oothidayssa ne tana aazas hayssatho oothadii?” gi erizee?
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?"
21 Uriqqa medhizadey he uriqafe bagga bonichos bagga qasse coo hiriyso oothosi medhanas iza shene gidenee?
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?
22 Xoossikka ba hanqqo besanasine ba wolliqa erisanasi koydi iza hanqqo qoniccisizayta dhayanasi giigetidayta dhayssontta agagikkochii!
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,
23 Koyro bonichos gigisida iza marotetha besizaytas iza bonicho duretethay eretana mala izi oothanaskko.
in order to make known His infinite goodness towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory,
24 Xeygidadey Ayhudata baggafe xalala gidontta hanko dereza baggafe gidida nunakka ashontta xeygides.
even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles?
25 Hose7e maxaafan “Ta dere gidontayta tani ta dereta” ga xeygana; “dosetonttayta iistta ta dosetidayta” gada xeygana.
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.
26 Qasseka “Inte ta dere dekista geeteti yootteidason henka (Isiti deyo Xoossa nayta) geteti xeygistana.”
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."
27 Isayasaykka Isra7eele nayta gish hizigi yootides “Isra7eele nayta qoday abba acce mala darikokka guuthati xalala attana.
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;
28 Goday ba pirida biitta bolla elle piridana.
for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."
29 Hessikka kase Isiyasay “Woga Goday nusu zerethi ashonitako nu sodoma katama malane gamira katama mala nukka dhayanashin” geetetidi kasse Isayasa dunani yootidaysa mala hanides.
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."
30 Histin nu ay giinoo? Amanon bettida xiilloteth demanas hanko dere asay daburontta demides.
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;
31 Gido attin xiillotetha wogaa kaalliza Isiraa7eele nayti demibeytena.
while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
32 Hessi aazas hessaththo hanidee? Istti ammanon gidonta oothon demana kallida gishshikko. Isttikka dhuphe shuchan dhuphetida.
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;
33 Hessikka “Hekko asa dhuphiza shuchu Istta kunidisiza zala xiyone bolla ta wothana, Iazn ammanizadey yelletena” geetetidi kasse geeshsha maxaafan xaafetidayssa mala hanides.
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."
