Ròm 11
1 Konsa, mwen mande: Èske Bondye rejte pèp Li a? Pa janm panse sa! Paske mwen se yon Izrayelit tou, yon desandan Abraham, ki sòti nan tribi Benjamin an.
I say, then, Has God rejected his people? It can not be. For I am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Bondye pa janm rejte pèp Li a ke Li te konnen oparavan an. Èske ou pa konnen sa Ekriti a di nan pasaj sou Élie, jan li te plede avèk Bondye kont Israël?
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture says, in regard to Elijah? how he intercedes with God against Israel, saying:
3 “Senyè yo touye pwofèt ou yo; yo kraze lotèl ou yo. Se mwen sèl ki rete, e y ap chèche touye m tou.”
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek: my life.
4 Men ki repons ojis Bondye te bay li?: “Mwen kenbe pou Mwen menm sèt-mil òm ki pa t mete ajenou devan Baal.”
But what says the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
5 Nou konprann menm jan ke nan tan prezan pa nou anplis, nou twouve yon retay nan pèp la pa gras ak chwa Bondye.
Thus, then, at the present time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 Men si se pa gras sa rive, li pa baze ankò sou zèv. Otreman li pa t ap gras ankò. Men si se pa zèv, li pa gras ankò. Otreman, zèv se pa zèv ankò.
And if the election is by grace, it is no longer by works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.
7 Alò, Kisa? Sa ke Israël ap cheche a, sa a, li pa t twouve. Men sila yo ki te chwazi pa Bondye, te twouve l, e rès la te vin di nan kè.
What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened to this day,
8 Jis jan sa te ekri a: “Bondye te bay yo yon espri sòt, zye pou yo pa wè, ak zòrèy pou yo pa tande jiska menm jou sila a.”
as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes with which they can not see, and ears with which they can not hear.
9 Konsa, David di: “Kite tab yo devni yon pèlen ak yon pyèj; yon wòch bite ak yon chatiman pou yo.
And David says: Let their table become a trap, and a net, and a snare, and a recompense to them;
10 Kite zye yo vin nwa pou yo pa wè ak do yo koube pou tout tan.”
let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and let them bow down their back always.
11 Konsa, mwen mande: “Yo pa t glise tonbe nèt”? Se pa sa! Sa p ap janm rive konsa! Men pa transgresyon pa yo, sali a gen tan rive a pèp etranje yo pou fè yo jalou.
I say, then, Have they stumbled, in order that they may fall? It can not be. But rather, through their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to excite them to jealousy.
12 Alò, si transgresyon pa yo se richès pou mond lan, e echèk pa yo se richès pou pèp etranje yo, konbyen anplis pou lè yo menm reyisi?
Now, if their fall be the riches of the world, and their loss be the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their full acceptance be the riches of the world?
13 Paske m ap pale avèk nou menm ki se pèp etranje yo. Otan ke mwen menm se yon apòt a pèp etranje yo, mwen leve sèvis ministè pa m byen wo.
For I speak to you, Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I do honor to my ministry,
14 Men pou si l ta ka vin fèt (ke pa yon mwayen oswa yon lòt), si mwen ta kapab eksite pwòp pèp mwen an a jalouzi, pou m ta kapab sove kèk, mwen ta fè l.
if, by any means, I may excite to jealousy those who are my flesh, and save some of them.
15 Paske si rejeksyon pa yo se rekonsilyasyon pou tout mond lan, kisa l ap ye menm lè yo vin aksepte, sof ke lavi k ap sòti nan lanmò.
For, if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the reception of them be, but life from the dead?
16 Si premye mòso ki sòti nan pat pen an sen, tout rès la ap sen tou, e si rasin lan sen, tout branch yo ap sen tou.
Now, if the first fruit is holy, the mass is holy also: and if the root is holy, the branches are holy also.
17 Men si kèk nan branch yo te kase retire, epi ou menm, kòm yon oliv sovaj, te vin grefe pami yo, e te devni yon pati vivan avèk yo nan gwo rasin pye oliv la,
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, have been grafted in among them, and partake with them of the root and fatness of the olive,
18 pa vin awogan anvè branch yo. Men si ou ta vin awogan, sonje ke se pa ou menm ki bay soutyen a rasin lan, men li menm ki bay ou soutyen.
boast not against the branches; but if you boast, boast not that you bear the root, but that the root bears you.
19 Konsa ou va di: “Men branch yo te kase pou m te kab vin grefe ladan yo”.
You will say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Se sa li ye; yo te kase akoz de enkwayans yo, men ou kanpe pa lafwa ou. Pa vin fè pretansye, men gen lakrent.
Well; on account of unbelief they were broken off; but you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.
21 Paske si Bondye pa t konsève branch orijinal yo, Li p ap konsève ou menm nonplis.
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed, lest he spare not you.
22 Konsa, byen gade bonte ak severite Bondye a. Anvè sila ki tonbe yo, severite, men pou ou menm, bonte Li, si ou kontinye nan bonte Li. Otreman, l ap retire ou tou.
Behold, then, the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell; severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise, you also shall be cut off.
23 Konsa, yo menm tou si yo pa kontinye nan enkwayans yo, y ap grefe ladann ankò. Paske Bondye toujou kapab grefe yo ladann.
And they, also, if they continue not in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 Paske si ou te koupe soti nan yon bwa ki pa nati li, te yon bwa oliv sovaj, e ou te vin grefe kont nati, nan yon bwa oliv ki kiltive, konbyen anplis tout branch sila yo ki se branch natirèl va grefe nan bwa oliv orijinal la.
For if you were cut out from an olive-tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, against nature, into a good olive, how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive?
25 Paske mwen pa vle nou, frè m yo, manke konprann mistè sila apouke ou vin sipoze ou plen ak sajès. Yon tèt di nan yon pati gen tan pran Israël jiskaske tout pèp etranje yo fin antre.
For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery―lest you be wise in your own conceit―that blindness has happened to Israel in part, till the full number of the Gentiles shall have come in.
26 Konsa, tout Israël va sove. Jis jan sa ekri a: “Sila k ap delivre a va sòti de Sion. Li va retire enkwayans a Jacob.”
And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 “Sa se akò Mwen avèk yo; lè Mwen va retire peche pa yo.”
And this is my covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 Nan bi bòn nouvèl la, yo menm se lènmi pou benefis pa nou. Men selon bi chwa Bondye a, yo se byeneme pou benefis a zansèt yo.
As it respects the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sakes; but as it respects their election, they are beloved for the fathers sakes:
29 Paske kado ak apèl Bondye pa revokab.
for God’s gifts and calling are irrevocable.
30 Menm jan ke yon fwa ou te nan dezobeyisans a Bondye, men koulye a Li bannou gras akoz dezobeyisans a Jwif yo,
For as you formerly did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief;
31 konsa, yo menm tou dezobeyisan koulye a, men akoz mizerikòd Bondye gen tan bannou, yo kapab twouve gras tou.
so, also, these have not now believed, that through the mercy shown to you, they also may obtain mercy.
32 Paske Bondye gen tan fèmen nou tout nan dezobeyisans pou li kapab montre nou tout mizerikòd li. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has delivered them all over to unbelief, that he may have mercy on them all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O, pwofondè richès a sajès ak konesans Bondye! A la ensondab Jijman Li ensondab! A la chemen Li yo depase konprann!
O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 Paske “Kilès ki konnen panse a Senyè a?” Oubyen “Kilès ki kapab bay Li konsèy?”
For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or, who has been his counsellor?
35 Oswa “Kilès ki konn bay Li yon bagay pou Li kapab repeye li ankò?”
Or, who has first given to him, and received from him a recompense?
