Romanos 9
1 Qas tzij ri tajin kinbꞌij pa Cristo, ri nuchomabꞌal kuya ubꞌixik chwe pa ri Uxlabꞌixel.
I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost, )
2 Kꞌo jun nimalaj bꞌis pa wanimaꞌ xuqujeꞌ kꞌo jun qꞌoxom pa ri wanimaꞌ ri man tanalinaq taj.
that great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my heart.
3 Qas kurayij ri wanimaꞌ we ta in ketzelax nuwach xuqujeꞌ kinqꞌatiꞌ che ri Cristo, rech rukꞌ riꞌ are kekꞌamawaꞌx apanoq ri e wachalal rech ri nutinimit.
For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?
4 We winaq aꞌj Israel, are waꞌ ri qas e sikꞌital apanoq rech kuꞌx alkꞌwaꞌlaxelabꞌ, rech kekꞌojiꞌ pa ri kꞌakꞌ chomanik, pa ri qꞌijilaꞌnem, are waꞌ ri bꞌiꞌtal loq ojer.
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 E kijaꞌl konojel ri oꞌjer taq winaq aꞌj Israel ri xaꞌlax cho ri uwachulew, chike aꞌreꞌ xpe wi ri Cristo, are Dios pa kiwiꞌ ronojel ri jastaq. Qꞌijilaꞌtal ri ubꞌiꞌ chibꞌe qꞌij saq. Jeriꞌ. (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 Man kaqabꞌij ta kꞌut chi ri utzij ri Dios man xubꞌan taj ri uchak. Rumal ri rumal man konojel taj ri winaq ri e kꞌo kukꞌ ri aꞌj Israel e kijaꞌl aꞌj Israel.
Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
7 Man rukꞌ ta xuqu cher e rijaꞌl ri Abraham, e ralkꞌwaꞌl ri Abraham, xane: Konojel ri awijaꞌl kajeqiꞌ na rumal ri Isaac.
nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 Kel kubꞌij chi man konojel ta ri e ralkꞌwaꞌl ri Abraham e ralkꞌwaꞌl ri Dios, xwi e ralkꞌwaꞌl ri Dios ri xkikꞌamawaꞌj ri xubꞌij loq ri Dios.
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 Jewaꞌ kubꞌij ri xubꞌij loq ri Dios: Kinpe na pa jun junabꞌ, che riꞌ ri Sara kakꞌojiꞌ na jun ral ala.
For the word of promise is this, At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Man xaq xwi ta waꞌ xubꞌij xane xubꞌij xuqujeꞌ chi ri e ral ri Rebeca e ralkꞌwaꞌl xa jun achi, are ri qamam Isaac.
And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conception by one, even Isaac our father;
11 Are majaꞌ kaꞌlax ri e yoꞌx, are qas kꞌamajaꞌ na kakichomaj ubꞌanik ri utzilal o ri etzelal, rech jeriꞌ kajeqiꞌ ri uchomanik loq ri Dios,
(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 man rumal taj ri kichak, xane rumal ri usikꞌinik ri Dios, xbꞌix che ri Rebeca: Ri nabꞌyal kupatanij na ri uchaqꞌ.
it was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to the younger.”
13 Xuqujeꞌ tzꞌibꞌatalik: Xinloqꞌaj ri Jacob, xinwetzelaj ri Esaú.
As it is written, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
14 ¿Jas kꞌu ri kaqabꞌij? ¿La xa kꞌu man sukꞌ taj ri Dios? Man je ta riꞌ.
What shall we say therefore? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 Ri Dios xubꞌij che ri Moisés: Kintoqꞌobꞌisaj uwach ri kawaj in kintoqꞌobꞌisaj uwach, xuqujeꞌ kel na kꞌuꞌx che ri kawaj in kel na kꞌuꞌx che.
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 Xaq jeriꞌ ri chaꞌnik ri kabꞌanik man are ta kabꞌanow ri uchuqꞌabꞌ ri winaq, xane are ri utoqꞌobꞌ ri Dios.
Well then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who sheweth mercy.
17 Jeriꞌ rumal ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik kubꞌij che ri Faraón: “Xatinyak apanoq rech katinkoj chukꞌutik ri nukwinem, rech jeriꞌ katzijox na pa ri nubꞌiꞌ pa ronojel ri uwachulew.”
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 Xaq jeriꞌ ri Dios kutoqꞌobꞌisaj uwach ri karaj kutoqꞌobꞌisaj uwach, xuqujeꞌ kukowirisaj ranimaꞌ xapachin karaj je kubꞌan che.
Well then, he hath mercy on whom he will, but whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Wine kabꞌij chwe: ¿Jas kꞌu che kubꞌan aꞌjmakibꞌ chaqe? ¿Jachin kakwinik kukꞌopij ribꞌ cho ri urayibꞌal ukꞌuꞌx ri Dios?
Wilt thou then say to me, Why yet doth he blame us? Who hath resisted his will?
20 Ri in kinbꞌij chawe: ¿At jachin at che ri kata che ri Dios jas che jeriꞌ kubꞌano? ¿La kubꞌij kꞌu ri tꞌuꞌy che ri bꞌanal rech? “¿Jas che jewaꞌ xabꞌan che nubꞌanik?”
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 ¿La mat kꞌu kakwin ri bꞌanal bꞌoꞌj kubꞌan jun janipa xaruꞌ, nikꞌaj kukoj che chꞌuluj taq jastaq nikꞌaj chik kukoj che utz taq jastaq?
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 ¿Jas kꞌu kaqabꞌij waꞌ che we riꞌ, ri Dios pune xraj xukꞌut ri royawal xuqujeꞌ xraj xukꞌut ri ukwinem, xuqꞌiqꞌitej man xuqꞌat taj tzij pa kiwiꞌ ri yaꞌtal chike kakꞌis tzij pa kiwiꞌ?
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 Rech jeriꞌ kukꞌut ri uqꞌinomal ri ujuluwem chikiwach ri uꞌchaꞌom apanoq rech kaya uqꞌij kumal.
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:
24 Uj waꞌ ri xujusikꞌij apanoq, man xwi ta xuꞌchaꞌ ri aꞌj Israel xane xuꞌchaꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri man aꞌj Israel taj.
even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out of the Gentiles?
25 Jeriꞌ kubꞌij ri tzꞌibꞌatalik pa ri wuj rech Oseas: Kinbꞌij na nutinimit chike ri man e nutinimit taj, xuqujeꞌ ri man loqꞌatal ta nabꞌe, kinloqꞌaj na.
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 Xuqujeꞌ pa ri kꞌolibꞌal ri xbꞌix wi chike: Ri ix man ix nutinimit taj, chilaꞌ kabꞌix wi na chike chi e ralkꞌwaꞌl ri kꞌaslik Dios.
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 Ri Isaías, xubꞌij: Pune e kꞌi ri ralkꞌwaꞌl ri Israel jetaq ri sanyobꞌ ri kꞌo chuchiꞌ ri plo, xaq e kebꞌ oxibꞌ kekolotajik.
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 Jeriꞌ rumal ri Dios aninaq kubꞌan na ri kꞌisbꞌal uqꞌatoj tzij puꞌwiꞌ ri uwachulew.
for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth.”
29 Jeriꞌ ubꞌim loq ri Isaías: We ta mat xuya kan qijaꞌl ri Nimalaj Ajawxel, kujjunumataj riꞌ rukꞌ ri e tinimit Sodoma rachiꞌl Gomorra man xkikoj taj ri xbꞌix chike rumal ri Dios.
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 ¿Jas kꞌu ri kaqabꞌij waꞌ che we riꞌ? Ri winaq ri man aꞌj Israel taj, ri man tajin ta kakitzukuj ri sukꞌal. Xkiriq ri sukꞌal, ri sukꞌal ri kakꞌamawaꞌxik pa ri kojobꞌal.
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 Ri winaq aꞌj Israel are xkitereneꞌj ri sukꞌal pa ri taqanik, man xkiriq taj.
But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the law of righteousness.
32 ¿Jas che? Rumal ri xkitereneꞌj ri taqanik man rukꞌ taj kojobꞌal, xane rukꞌ ri kichak, xkitopij kibꞌ che ri abꞌaj ri topibꞌal aqanaj.
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 Jetaq ri kubꞌij ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik: Kinya na waral pa Sión, jun abꞌaj topibꞌal aqanaj, rech jeriꞌ katzaq jun. Are kꞌu ri kakojon che ri Cristo, man kel taj ukꞌixibꞌal.
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.”
