Ròm 9
1 Se vre wi, sa m'ap di nou la a. Mwen se moun Kris la, mwen p'ap bay manti. Epi, konsyans mwen ki anba pouvwa Sentespri a ta repwoche m' anpil si m' t'ap bay manti.
I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost, )
2 Kè m' sere anpil, se pa yon ti lapenn mwen santi k'ap manje m' tout tan.
that great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my heart.
3 Mwen ta pito wè m' tonbe anba madichon Bondye, mwen ta pito pèdi renmen Kris la gen pou mwen an si sa te ka sèvi pou byen frè m' yo, moun menm ras avè mwen yo.
For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?
4 Yo se pitit pitit Izrayèl; Bondye te chwazi yo pou pwòp pitit li. Se nan mitan yo Bondye te fè tout bèl mèvèy li yo. Se ak yo li te pase kontra li yo. Li te ba yo lalwa. Li te moutre yo jan pou yo sèvi l'; se yo ki te resevwa pwomès li yo.
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the gift of the law, and the sacred service, and the promises;
5 Yo se pitit pitit zansèt nou yo. Se nan ras yo Kris la soti lè l' te fèt tankou yon nonm. Lwanj pou tout tan pou li menm ki Bondye sou tout bagay. Amèn. (aiōn g165)
of whom are the fathers, and from whom as respecting the flesh Christ sprung, who is over all, the blessed God for evermore. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Lè m' di sa, sa pa vle di Bondye p'ap kenbe pwomès li ankò. Se pa tout pitit pitit Izrayèl yo ki fè pati pèp Bondye a.
Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
7 Se pa tout pitit pitit Abraram yo ki bon pitit pou li, paske Bondye te di Abraram, dapre sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Se Izarak ki va fè pitit pitit mwen te pwomèt ou yo.
nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 Sa vle di: tout pitit ki fèt dapre egzijans natirèl kò a pa pitit Bondye. Se sèlman pitit ki fèt dapre pwomès Bondye a ki bon pitit pitit li.
That is, not the children of the flesh, these are the children of God: but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.
9 Men ki jan Bondye te fè pwomès la: Lè konsa, lanne k'ap vini an, m'a tounen. Lè sa a Sara va gen tan gen yon pitit gason.
For the word of promise is this, At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Gen lòt pawòl toujou pou di sou pwen sa a: Rebeka te fè de pitit gason pou yon sèl papa, Izarak granpapa nou.
And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conception by one, even Isaac our father;
11 -(we vèsè pwochen)
(though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called; )
12 Men, Bondye gen jan pa l' pou l' chwazi moun. Bondye pa chwazi yon moun paske moun lan fè anyen pou sa, men paske Bondye vle chwazi li. Enben, pou fè nou wè se konsa li toujou fè, Bondye pale ak Rebeka anvan menm timoun yo te fèt, anvan menm yo te fè anyen ni an byen ni an mal. Li di l' konsa: Pi gran an gen pou sèvi pi piti a.
it was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to the younger.”
13 Dapre sa ki te ekri: Mwen renmen Jakòb, mwen rayi Ezaou.
As it is written, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
14 Bon, kisa sa vle di? Bondye gen lè ap fè lenjistis? Men non.
What shall we say therefore? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 Chonje sa Bondye te di Moyiz: M'a gen pitye pou moun mwen vle gen pitye, M'a louvri kè m' pou moun mwen vle.
For he saith to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
16 Se sak fè, bagay konsa pa gade lèzòm, ou mèt tande yo vle, ou mèt tande yo fè. Se bagay ki gade Bondye sèlman, li menm ki gen kè sansib.
Well then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who sheweth mercy.
17 Paske nan Liv la, men sa Bondye di farawon an: Se mwen ki fè ou wa tout espre, pou lè moun wè ou, yo ka wè pouvwa mwen, pou moun ka mache fè konnen non mwen toupatou sou latè.
For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, “That for this very end have I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
18 Konsa, Bondye gen pitye pou moun li vle, li fè moun li vle kenbe tèt ak li.
Well then, he hath mercy on whom he will, but whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Koulye a, n'a mande m': Si se konsa, kisa Bondye gen pou repwoche moun? Ki moun ki janm kenbe tèt ak Bondye?
Wilt thou then say to me, Why yet doth he blame us? Who hath resisted his will?
20 Monchè, pito ou mande: kisa m' ye pou m' ap diskite ak Bondye konsa? Pran yon krich: èske krich la ka pale ak moun ki fè l' la pou l' mande l': Poukisa se konsa ou fè m'?
Nay but, O man, who art thou that disputest against God? Shall the thing fashioned say to him that fashioned it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Moun k'ap bat tè pou fè krich la gen dwa fè sa l' vle ak tè a. Avèk menm pa t' labou a, li ka fè de kalite krich: yon bèl krich byen chè ak yon krich bon mache.
Hath not the potter power over the clay, from the same mass to make one vessel for an honourable use, and another for a dishonourable?
22 Nou pa gen anyen pou n' di Bondye ankò. Li vle fè nou wè kòlè li, an menm tan li vle fè nou konnen pouvwa li. Se poutèt sa, avèk anpil pasyans li sipòte tout moun ki te merite kòlè li epi ki te tou bon pou mouri.
But what if God, willing to display his wrath, and to make known what is possible with him, hath borne with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for perdition:
23 Li te vle fè nou wè tou kantite bèl bagay li sere pou moun lè li gen pitye pou yo, pou nou menm li te pare davans pou resevwa bèl bagay li yo.
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:
24 Lè m' di nou menm lan, m'ap pale sou tout moun li rele, non sèlman nan jwif yo, men nan moun lòt nasyon yo tou.
even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out of the Gentiles?
25 Se sa menm li di nan liv pwofèt Oze a: Moun ki pa t' pèp mwen an, se yo menm m'a rele pèp mwen. Nasyon mwen pa t' renmen an, se li menm m'a rele cheri mwen.
As also he saith in Hosea, “I will call her which was not my people, my people; and her which was not beloved, beloved.
26 Tout kote yo t'ap di se pa pèp mwen yo ye. se la y'a rele yo pitit Bondye ki vivan an.
And it shall be in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God.”
27 Kanta pou moun pèp Izrayèl yo, Ezayi, bò pa l' menm, di konsa: Menm si moun pèp Izrayèl yo ta anpil tankou grenn sab bò lanmè, se yon ti ponyen sèlman nan yo k'ap sove.
But Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 Paske, Mèt la gen pou l' fè tou sa l' te di a nèt, epi byen vit ankò, sou tout latè.
for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth.”
29 Tankou menm pwofèt Ezayi sa a te di anvan: Si Mèt ki gen tout pouvwa a pa t' kite kèk pitit pitit pou nou, nou ta pase tankou Sodòm, nou ta menm jan ak Gomò.
Even as Isaiah had said before, “Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left unto us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrha.”
30 Kisa n'a di nan tou sa? Men sa n'a di: Moun ki pa t' jwif yo, ki pa t'ap chache mwayen pou Bondye fè yo gras la, se yo menm Bondye fè gras paske yo mete konfyans yo nan li.
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who pursued not after righteousness, have attained unto righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.
31 Men, moun pèp Izrayèl yo ki t'ap chache yon lalwa ki pou ta fè Bondye fè yo gras, yo pa jwenn sa yo t'ap chache a.
But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the law of righteousness.
32 Poukisa? Paske yo pa t' mete konfyans yo nan Bondye; yo t'ap chache mwayen pou Bondye fè yo gras ak zèv yo t'ap fè yo. Se konsa y' al frape pye yo sou wòch k'ap fè moun bite a,
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as by the works of the law. For they stumbled against that stone of stumbling;
33 jan sa te ekri a: Men li, mwen mete yon wòch nan mitan peyi Siyon, yon wòch k'ap fè moun bite wi, yon gwo wòch k'ap fè moun tonbe. Men, moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li p'ap janm soti wont.
as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence: and every one that believeth in him shall not be confounded.”
