Ròm 11
1 Koulye a, m'ap mande: Eske Bondye te voye pèp li a jete? Men non. Paske mwen menm, mwen se yon moun pèp Izrayèl, yon pitit pitit Abraram. Mwen soti nan branch fanmi Benjamen.
I say, then, has God cast off his people? By no means. For, even I am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Non, Bondye pa voye pèp li te chwazi davans lan jete. Eske ou pa chonje sa ki ekri nan Liv la, kote y'ap rakonte ki jan Eli t'ap pote plent bay Bondye pou pèp Izrayèl la:
God has not cast off his people whom formerly he acknowledged. Do you not know, what the scripture says to Elijah; when he complains to God against Israel, saying,
3 Bondye, yo touye pwofèt yo, yo kraze lotèl ou yo; se mwen menm sèl ki rete. Men y'ap chache wete lavi m' tou?
"Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and have digged down thy altars, and I am let alone, and they seek my life?"
4 Men repons Bondye te ba li: Mwen gen sètmilòm (7.000) pou mwen ki pa janm mete jenou yo atè devan Baal.
But what says the answer to God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
5 Konsa tou, koulye a, gen yon ti rès Bondye te chwazi nan pèp la, se yon favè li te fè yo.
So, then, even at this present time, there is a remnant according to an election by favor.
6 Se pa paske yo te fè sa ki byen kifè Bondye te fè yo fave sa a; men se paske Bondye te vle fè l' pou yo. Si se pa t' konsa, favè Bondye a pa ta yon favè tout bon ankò.
And if by favor, it is no more of works: otherwise favor is no more favor.
7 Bon. Kisa n'a di koulye a? Sa pèp Izrayèl la t'ap chache a, li pa t' jwenn li. Men, moun Bondye te chwazi yo, se yo ase ki jwenn li. Kanta pou lòt yo, yo vin gen tèt di,
What then? The thing Israel earnestly seeks, that he has not obtained. But the election has obtained it, and the rest are blinded.
8 dapre jan sa te ekri nan Liv la: Bondye te rann lespri yo lou, yo gen je, men yo pa ka wè; yo gen zòrèy, men yo pa ka tande jouk jòdi a.
As it is written, "God has given them a spirit of deep sleep; eyes not seeing, and ears not hearing, until this present day."
9 David, bò pa l', di tou: Se pou resepsyon y'ap fè yo tounen yon senn, yon pèlen pou yo, pou yo menm yo pran ladan l', pou yo resevwa chatiman yo.
And David says, "Let their table be for a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense to them.
10 Se pou je yo bouche pou yo pa wè menm. Fè yo mache do ba tout tan.
Let their eyes be darkened, so as not to see; and let them bow down their back continually.
11 Koulye a, m'ap mande: Lè jwif yo bite, èske yo te tonbe nèt. Men non. Men, lè yo tonbe a, sa penmèt moun lòt nasyon yo rive delivre. Se konsa yo tounen yon jalouzi pou jwif yo.
I ask, then, have they stumbled, that they may fall? By no means. But, through their fall, salvation is given to the Gentiles, to excite them to emulation.
12 Fòt jwif yo fè a tounen yon richès pou tout moun. Tonbe yo tonbe a, sa vin yon gwo benediksyon pou moun lòt nasyon yo. Nou pa bezwen mande ki gwo benediksyon sa va ye lè tout jwif yo va delivre!
Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world; and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
13 Koulye a, nou menm moun lòt nasyon yo, mwen gen sa pou m' di nou: Se apòt nou mwen ye, se vre. Mwen kontan anpil travay m'ap fè a.
Now, I speak to you, Gentiles, (and inasmuch as I am the Apostle to the Gentiles, I do honor to my ministry, )
14 Men, mwen kwè konsa m'a rive eksite jalouzi moun ras mwen yo, pou m' ka delivre kèk nan yo.
if by any means I may excite to emulation my kindred, and may save some of them.
15 Wi. Si lè Bondye te mete jwif yo sou kote, sa te penmèt tout moun sou latè rive vin byen ak Bondye ankò, nou pa bezwen mande kisak va rive lè jwif yo va tounen vin jwenn favè Bondye? Se va lavi pou tout moun ki te mouri yo!
For, if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world; what will the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 Lè yo ofri premye moso pen an bay Bondye, tout rès pen an vin pou li tou. Si yo ofri rasin yon pyebwa bay Bondye, tout branch li yo vin pou li tou.
Moreover, if the first fruit be holy, the mass is also holy; and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 Pèp Izrayèl la tankou yon pye oliv kay. Yo koupe kèk branch soti ladan li. Ou menm ki pa jwif la, ou tankou yon branch pye oliv mawon yo grefe nan plas branch yo koupe yo. Kifè koulye a, se ou menm k'ap pwofite lèt rasin k'ap nouri pye oliv kay la.
Now, if some of the branches were broken off, and you who are a wild olive, are ingrafted among them, and are become a joint partaker of the root and fatness of the olive;
18 Se poutèt sa, pa gonfle kò ou sou branch ki koupe yo. Ki jan ou kapab ap fè grandizè? Pa bliye, se yon senp branch ou ye. Se pa ou k'ap pote rasin lan. Men, se rasin lan k'ap pote ou pito.
boast not against the branches: but if you boast, still, you bear not the root, but the root you.
19 Lè sa a wa di m': Wi. Men, yo te koupe branch yo pou yo te kapab grefe m' nan plas yo?
You will say, however, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Wi. Se vre sa. Men, yo te koupe yo paske yo pa t' gen konfyans nan Bondye; ou menm ou kenbe paske ou gen konfyans nan Bondye. Pa kite lògèy pran tèt ou. Okontrè, se pou ou gen krentif anpil nan kè ou.
True: by unbelief they were broken off, and you by faith, stand. Be not high-minded, but fear.
21 Paske, si jwif yo ki branch pyebwa a menm Bondye pa te al dousman ak yo, se pa avè ou la pral dousman.
For, if God spared not the natural branches; perhaps, neither will he spare you.
22 Sa fè nou wè ki jan Bondye gen bon kè, ki jan li sevè tou. Li sevè pou moun ki tonbe yo, men li bon pou ou menm. Men, se pou ou rete fèm nan renmen Bondye. Si se pa sa, ou menm tou y'a koupe ou tankou lòt branch yo.
Behold, then, the goodness and severity of God! Toward them who fell, severity: but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise, you also shall be cut off.
23 Konsa tou, si jwif yo pa pèsiste nan movèz fwa yo, si yo rive gen konfyans, y'ap grefe yo tou kote yo te ye anvan an paske Bondye gen pouvwa grefe yo ankò.
And even they, if they continued not in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 Ou menm ki pa jwif, ou se yon branch pye oliv mawon yo koupe. Atout ou mawon an, yo grefe ou sou pye oliv kay la. Men jwif yo menm, se branch pye oliv kay la menm yo ye. L'ap pi fasil toujou pou grefe yo ankò sou pyebwa pa yo a.
For if you were cut off from the olive, by nature wild, and were contrary to nature, grafted into the good olive; how much rather shall those who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive?
25 Frè m' yo, mwen vle fè nou konnen sekrè sa a ki vre tout bon, konsa nou p'ap mete nan tèt nou nou gen pi bon konprann pase sa. Men sekrè a: Yon pati nan pèp Izrayèl la rive gen tèt di. Men, se pa pou tout tan. Se va pou jouk tan tout moun lòt nasyon yo va fin delivre.
For, brethren, that you may not be, wise in your own conceits, I would not have you ignorant of this secret, that blindness, in part, has happened to Israel, till the fullness of the Gentiles come in.
26 Se konsa tout pèp Izrayèl la va delivre, dapre sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Moun k'ap wete lèzòm anba esklavaj la, se nan Siyon l'ap soti. L'ap wete tout mechanste pitit pitit Jakòb yo, voye jete byen lwen.
And so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, "The deliverer shall come out of Zion, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 Men kontra m' pral pase avèk yo lè m'a wete tout peche yo.
For this is my covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins."
28 Jwif yo tounen lènmi Bondye paske yo derefize asepte Bon Nouvèl la. Men, se te pou byen nou, nou menm moun lòt nasyon yo. Men, Bondye toujou renmen yo poutèt zansèt yo, paske se Bondye menm ki te chwazi yo.
With respect to the gospel, indeed, they are enemies, on your account: but with respect to the election, they are beloved on account of the fathers.
29 Sa Bondye fè kado, li bay li nèt; li p'ap chanje lide lè l' fin rele yon moun.
For the free gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 Nan tan lontan, nou menm moun lòt nasyon yo, nou t'ap dezobeyi Bondye. Men, koulye a nou vin konnen ki jan Bondye gen pitye pou nou paske jwif yo dezobeyi li.
Besides, as you, in times past, have disobeyed God, yet now have obtained mercy through their disobedience;
31 Konsa tou, koulye a jwif yo ap dezobeyi Bondye, paske nou vin konnen ki jan Bondye gen pitye pou nou. Y'ap dezobeyi pou yo menm tou yo ka vin konnen ki jan Bondye gen pitye pou yo.
even so these, also, have no disobeyed, that through your mercy, they also may obtain mercy.
32 Bondye mete tout moun anba menm chenn dezobeyisans lan pou l' ka gen pitye pou tout moun ansanm. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has shut up together all for disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O, gade jan Bondye rich non! Bon konprann li, konesans li, nou pa ka sonde yo! Sa depase nou anpil. Ki moun ki ka esplike jijman Bondye? Ki moun ki konprann lide li gen nan tèt li? Jan sa ekri nan Liv la:
Oh that depth of the riches and of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 Ki moun ki konnen sa k'ap pase nan tèt Mèt la? Ki moun ki ka ba li konsèy?
For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counsellor?
35 Ki moun ki te janm ba li kichòy nan lide pou Bondye renmèt li sa?
or who has first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
