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 ask then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant 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 did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
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 your prophets, they have broken down your 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 how does God answer him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people, 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.
Even so then at this 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 by grace, then it is no longer of 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? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
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.”
According as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.
9 Konsa, David di: “Kite tab yo devni yon pèlen ak yon pyèj; yon wòch bite ak yon chatiman pou yo.
David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution 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 can't see, and their backs be bent continually."
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 ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? Absolutely not. But by their fall salvation has come to the non-Jews, to provoke 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 is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the non-Jews; how much more their fullness?
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 who are the non-Jews. Since then as I am an apostle to the non-Jews, I glorify 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 provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may 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 rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance 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.
If the first part is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
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,
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree;
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.
do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
19 Konsa ou va di: “Men branch yo te kase pou m te kab vin grefe ladan yo”.
You will say then, "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.
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
21 Paske si Bondye pa t konsève branch orijinal yo, Li p ap konsève ou menm nonplis.
for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare 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.
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will 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.
They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will 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 of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
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 desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the non-Jews has 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 will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 “Sa se akò Mwen avèk yo; lè Mwen va retire peche pa yo.”
This is my covenant to them, when I will 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.
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers' sake.
29 Paske kado ak apèl Bondye pa revokab.
For the gifts and the calling of God 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 in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
31 konsa, yo menm tou dezobeyisan koulye a, men akoz mizerikòd Bondye gen tan bannou, yo kapab twouve gras tou.
even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may now also 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 bound everyone over to disobedience, that he might have mercy on 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!
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing 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 counselor?"
35 Oswa “Kilès ki konn bay Li yon bagay pou Li kapab repeye li ankò?”
"Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"
