Roma 11
1 NO ia hoi, ke ninau aku nei au, Ua kiola anei ke Akua i kona poe kanaka ponoi? Aole loa; no ka mea, he mamo na Iseraela au, no na hua o Aberahama, no ka ohana hoi a Beniamina.
I ask then, Has God cast off His People? No, indeed. Why, I myself am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham and of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Aole no ke Akua i kiola i kona poe kanaka ana i ike mua ai. Aole anei oukou i ike i ka ka palapala hemolele i hai mai ai ia Elia, ia ia i hoopii aku ai i ke Akua i ka Iseraela, i ka i ana,
God has not cast off His People whom He knew beforehand. Or are you ignorant of what Scripture says in speaking of Elijah--how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,
3 E ka Haku, ua pepehi lakou i kau poe kaula, ua wawahi lakou i kou mau kuahu, owau wale no koe, a ke imi nei lakou e kaili i kuu ola?
"Lord, they have put Thy Prophets to death, and have overthrown Thy altars; and, now that I alone remain, they are thirsting for my blood"?
4 A pehea mai ka ke Akua olelo ia ia? Ua hoana e au no'u i ehiku tausani kanaka aole i kukuli iho ia Baala.
But what did God say to him in reply? "I have reserved for Myself 7,000 men who have never bent the knee to Baal."
5 Pela hoi i keia manawa, ua koe mai kekahi poe ma ka wae ana o ka lokomaikai.
In the same way also at the present time there has come to be a remnant whom God in His grace has selected.
6 A ina ma ka lokomaikai, alaila aole ma na hana. A i ole pela, alaila o ka lokomaikai, aole ia he lokomaikai. Aka ina ma na hana, aole ma ka lokomaikai, a i ole pela, alaila, o ka hana aole ia he hana.
But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.
7 Heaha hoi ilaila? Aole i loaa i ka Iseraela ka mea ana i imi aku ai; aka, ua loaa ae la i ka poe i waeia, a na hoomakapoia ka poe i koe;
How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.
8 (E like me ka mea i palapalaia, Ua haawi mai ke Akua ia lakou i naau hiamoe, a me na maka ike ole, a me na pepeiao lohe ole, ) a hiki i keia la.
And so Scripture says, "God has given them a spirit of drowsiness--eyes to see nothing with and ears to hear nothing with--even until now."
9 Olelo mai la hoi o Davida, E lilo ko lakou papaaina i pahele e hei ai lakou, i mea e hina ai hoi, a i uku hoi no lakou.
And David says, "Let their very food become a snare and a trap to them, a stumbling-block and a retribution.
10 E hoopouliia ko lakou mau maka, i ole ai lakou e ike, a e hookulou mau ia ko lakou kua.
Let darkness come over their eyes that they may be unable to see, and make Thou their backs continually to stoop."
11 Ke ninau aku nei hoi an, Ua okupe anei lakou i hina loa ai? Aole loa: aka, o ko lakou hina ana, he mea ia e ola ai ko na aina e, i mea e hooikaika hou ai ia lakou.
I ask, however, "Have they stumbled so as to be finally ruined?" No, indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come to the Gentiles in order to arouse the jealousy of the descendants of Israel;
12 Ina hoi o ko lakou hina ana ka mea e waiwai ai ke ao nei, a o ko lakou kiolaia ka mea e waiwai ai ko na aina e, aole anei e nui aku ia ma ko lakou pomaikai hou ana?
and if their lapse is the enriching of the world, and their overthrow the enriching of the Gentiles, will not still greater good follow their restoration?
13 (No ka mea, ke olelo nei au ia oukou, e ko na aina e, no ka mea, he lunaolelo wau no na kanaka e, a ke hoomaikai nei au i kuu oihana;
But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,
14 I hooikaika ae au i ko'u poe hoahanau ma ke kino, a e hoola au i kekahi poe o lakou.)
trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them.
15 No ka mea, ina o ka hemo ana o lakou ka mea e hoomaluhia ai ke ao nei, heaha hoi ka loaa hou ana mai o lakou, aole anei ia o ke ola mai ka make mai?
For if their having been cast aside has carried with it the reconciliation of the world, what will their being accepted again be but Life out of death?
16 A ina i laa ka hua mua, pela aku hoi ka popo palaoa; a ina i laa ke kumu, pela aku hoi na lala.
Now if the firstfruits of the dough are holy, so also is the whole mass; and if the root of a tree is holy, so also are the branches.
17 A ina i haihaiia kekahi mau lala, a o oe he oliva ulu wale, i pakuiia, ma ko lakou wahi, e loaa pu ana ia oe ko ke kumu, a me ka momona o ka oliva;
And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,
18 Mai hookiekie ae oe maluna o na lala: aka, ina hookiekie ae oe, aole e kau ke kumu maluna ou, aka, o oe maluna o ke kumu.
beware of glorying over the natural branches. Or if you are so glorying, do not forget that it is not you who uphold the root: the root upholds you.
19 Alaila e olelo no oe, Ua haihaiia na lala i pakuiia'ku ai au.
"Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in."
20 Oia, ua haihaiia na lala no ka manaoio ole, a ma ka manaoio e ku nei oe. Mai hoonaaukiekie oe, e hopohopo nae:
This is true; yet it was their unbelief that cut them off, and you only stand through your faith.
21 No ka mea, ina i hookoe ole ke Akua i na lala maoli, e ao o hookoe ole oia ia oe.
Do not be puffed up with pride. Tremble rather--for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.
22 No ia mea, e nana oe i ka lokomaikai a me ka oolea o ke Akua: he oolea i ka poe i haule; aka, he lokomaikai no ia oe ke noho mau oe ma ka pono; a i ole, e okiia auanei oe.
Notice therefore God's kindness and God's severity. On those who have fallen His severity has descended, but upon you His kindness has come, provided that you do not cease to respond to that kindness. Otherwise you will be cut off also.
23 A o lakou nei hoi, i ole lakou e noho mau ma ka manaoio ole, e pnkui hou ia auanei lakou; no ka mea e hiki no i ke Akua ke pakui hou ia lakou.
Moreover, if they turn from their unbelief, they too will be grafted in. For God is powerful enough to graft them in again;
24 No ka mea, ina i okiia oe no luna mai o ka oliva ulu wale ma ke ano maoli, a ua pakuiia ma ka oliva maikai me ke ano e, aole anei e pakui io ia na lala maoli i ko lakou oliva ponoi?
and if you were cut from that which by nature is a wild olive and contrary to nature were grafted into the good olive tree, how much more certainly will these natural branches be grafted on their own olive tree?
25 No ka mea, aole au makemake e ike ole oukou, e na hoahanau, i keia pohihihi, o akamai oukou i ko oukou manao; ua loaa ka moowini i kekahi poe o ka Iseraela a hiki i ka manawa e komo mai ai ka nui o ko na aina e.
For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;
26 Alaila e hoolaia ka Iseraela a pau; e like me ka mea i palapalaia, Noloko mai o Ziona e puka mai ai ka hoola, a e pale aku ia i ka aia ana, mai o Iakoba aku:
and so all Israel will be saved. As is declared in Scripture, "From Mount Zion a Deliverer will come: He will remove all ungodliness from Jacob;
27 A o keia ka'u berita me lakou i ka manawa e kala aku ai au i na hewa o lakou.
and this shall be My Covenant with them; when I have taken away their sins."
28 No oukou hoi i lilo ai lakou i poe enemi, ma ka euanelio; aka, no na kupuna, he poe aloha, ma ka wae ana.
In relation to the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for your sakes; but in relation to God's choice they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers.
29 No ka mea, o na haawina a me ke koho ana a ke Akua, me ka luli ole no ia.
For God does not repent of His free gifts nor of His call;
30 Me oukou i hoolohe ole ai i ke Akua mamua, a i keia manawa ua loaa ia oukou ke alohaia mai, ma ko lakou hoolohe ole;
but just as you were formerly disobedient to Him, but now have received mercy at a time when they are disobedient,
31 Pela hoi lakou i hoolohe ole ai i keia manawa, i loaa ia lakou ke alohaia ma ko oukou alohaia.
so now they also have been disobedient at a time when you are receiving mercy; so that to them too there may now be mercy.
32 No ka mea, ua kuu iho ke Akua ia lakou a pau i ka manaoio ole, i aloha mai ai oia ia lakou. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has locked up all in the prison of unbelief, that upon all alike He may have mercy. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Nani ka hohonu o ka waiwai a me ke akamai, a me ka ike o ke Akua! nani hoi ke kupanaha o kona mau manao, a me ka ike ole ia ku o kona mau aoao!
Oh, how inexhaustible are God's resources and God's wisdom and God's knowledge! How impossible it is to search into His decrees or trace His footsteps!
34 No ka mea, owai la ka mea i ike i ka naau o ka Haku? Owai aku la hoi kona hoakukakuka?
"Who has ever known the mind of the Lord, or shared His counsels?"
35 Owai la hoi ka mea i haawi e aku ia ia e uku hou ia mai ai ia?
"Who has first given God anything, so as to receive payment in return?"
