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, 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:
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 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,
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, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left 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 saith the divine answer to him? 'I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a 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 also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;
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 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.
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? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,
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.
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,
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 saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for 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 — not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'
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 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;
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!
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?
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.
For to you I speak — to the nations — inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;
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 shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall 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 [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception — if not life out of 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.
and if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
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.
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 —
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.
do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!
19 Lè sa a wa di m': Wi. Men, yo te koupe branch yo pou yo te kapab grefe m' nan plas yo?
Thou wilt say, then, 'The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!
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.
by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
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 the natural branches did not spare — lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.
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.
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.
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 those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;
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 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?
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 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;
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, 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,
27 Men kontra m' pral pase avèk yo lè m'a wete tout peche yo.
and this to them [is] the covenant from Me, when I may 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.
As regards, indeed, the good tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; and as regards the choice — 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 unrepented of [are] the gifts and the calling of God;
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.
for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:
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.
so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
32 Bondye mete tout moun anba menm chenn dezobeyisans lan pou l' ka gen pitye pou tout moun ansanm. (eleēsē g1653)
for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (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:
O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
34 Ki moun ki konnen sa k'ap pase nan tèt Mèt la? Ki moun ki ka ba li konsèy?
for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?
35 Ki moun ki te janm ba li kichòy nan lide pou Bondye renmèt li sa?
or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?
