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, Hath God cast away his people? By no means. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed 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 hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he maketh intercession to 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 torn 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 saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved to 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.
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 is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
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 hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
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 hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; ) to this day.
9 Konsa, David di: “Kite tab yo devni yon pèlen ak yon pyèj; yon wòch bite ak yon chatiman pou yo.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence to them:
10 Kite zye yo vin nwa pou yo pa wè ak do yo koube pou tout tan.”
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and 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 that they should fall? By no means: but rather through their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, 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 the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
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 magnify my office:
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 them 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 casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving 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.
For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy: and 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,
And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness 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.
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Konsa ou va di: “Men branch yo te kase pou m te kab vin grefe ladan yo”.
Thou wilt 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; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, 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 also spare not thee.
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 therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou shalt continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt 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 abide not still 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 thou wast cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall 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 would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles shall be 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 shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 “Sa se akò Mwen avèk yo; lè Mwen va retire peche pa yo.”
For this is my covenant to 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 concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29 Paske kado ak apèl Bondye pa revokab.
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
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 ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now 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.
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy 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 hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon 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 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 hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Oswa “Kilès ki konn bay Li yon bagay pou Li kapab repeye li ankò?”
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
