Abaruumi 11
1 Kale ka mbuuze: Katonda yeegoberako ddala abantu be? Kikafuuwe. Kubanga nange ndi Muyisirayiri, era muzzukulu wa Ibulayimu, ow’omu kika kya Benyamini.
I say then: Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Katonda tasuulanga bantu be, be yalonda okuva ku lubereberye. Oba temumanyi ekyawandiikibwa ekyogera ku Eriya bwe yeegayirira Katonda nga yeemulugunya olwa Isirayiri?
God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias; how he calleth on God against Israel?
3 Yagamba nti, “Mukama, basse bannabbi bo ne bamenyaamenya n’ebyoto byo. Nze nzekka nze nsigaddewo, ate bannoonya okunzita.”
Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 Naye Katonda yamuddamu atya? Yamugamba nti: “Neesigalizzaawo abasajja kasanvu abatafukaamirira Baali.”
But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men, that have not bowed their knees to Baal.
5 Era bwe kityo ne mu biro bino waliwo ekitundu ekyasigalawo abaalondebwamu olw’ekisa.
Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace.
6 Naye obanga lwa kisa, si lwa bikolwa nate, kubanga ekisa kyandibadde tekikyali kisa.
And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
7 Kale tugambe ki? Abayisirayiri baalemwa okufuna kye baali banoonya, wabula be yalondamu be baakifuna, abalala ne bakakanyazibwa, emitima,
What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.
8 nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Katonda yabawa omwoyo ogw’okubongoota, n’aleetera amaaso gaabwe obutalaba, n’amatu gaabwe obutawulira okutuusa leero.”
As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day.
9 Ne Dawudi yagamba nti, “Leka ekijjulo kyabwe kibafuukire omutego, era ekitimba, eky’okubatega era empeera ebasaanira.
And David saith: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them.
10 Amaaso gaabwe ka gabeeko ekifu, baleme okulaba. Era batambule nga bakootakoota emirembe n’emirembe.”
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see: and bow down their back always.
11 Kale ka mbuuze, kyebaava beesittala balyoke bagwe? Kikafuuwe. Naye olw’okwonoona kwabwe, obulokozi kyebwava bujja eri Abaamawanga, Abayudaaya balyoke bakwatibwe obuggya.
I say then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them.
12 Kale obanga okwonoona kwabwe kutegeeza bugagga eri ensi, n’okulemwa kwabwe nga kutegeeza bugagga eri Abaamawanga, okuganyulwa kwabwe tekulisingawo!
Now if the offence of them be the riches of the world, and the diminution of them, the riches of the Gentiles; how much more the fulness of them?
13 Kaakano njogera gye muli Abaamawanga, nga bwe ndi omutume eri Abaamawanga, ngulumiza obuweereza bwange,
For I say to you, Gentiles: as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,
14 singa kisoboka nkwase baganda bange obuggya abamu ku bo basobole okulokolebwa.
If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 Kubanga obanga okugobebwa kwabwe kwe kutabaganya ensi, okusembezebwa kwabwe kulitegeeza ki, bwe kutaliwa bafu bulamu?
For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 Kale kaakano obanga ekitole ky’eŋŋano ekandiddwa ne kiweebwayo ng’ekibala ekibereberye kitukuvu, n’eŋŋaano yonna ntukuvu; era obanga ekikolo kitukuvu, n’amatabi matukuvu.
For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 Naye obanga amatabi agamu gaawogolebwa, ate nga ggwe eyali omuzeyituuni ogw’omu nsiko wasimbibwa ku kikolo kyagwo, n’ogabana ku bugimu bw’ekikolo ky’omuzeyituuni,
And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree,
18 teweenyumiririzanga ku matabi ago; naye bwe weenyumirizanga, jjukira nga si gwe owaniridde ekikolo, naye ekikolo kye kikuwaniridde.
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Oyinza okwogera nti, “Amatabi gaawogolwako, ndyoke nsimbibweko.”
Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Ky’oyogedde kiba kituufu. Weewaawo gaawogolwako lwa butakkiriza, kyokka ggwe onywedde lwa kukkiriza. Teweenyumirizanga, naye otyanga.
Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith: be not highminded, but fear.
21 Kuba obanga Katonda teyasaasira matabi ga buzaaliranwa, nammwe ayinza obutabasaasira.
For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps he also spare not thee.
22 Kale mufumiitirize ku kisa n’obukambwe bwa Katonda. Aba mukambwe eri abo abaagwa, naye n’aba wa kisa eri ggwe, bwe weeyongera okunywerera mu kisa kye, kubanga naawe bw’otonywere oliwogolwako.
See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 Era n’abo oluvannyuma bwe balikkiriza, balizzibwako ku nduli kubanga Katonda ayinza okubazaako kuli.
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 Kuba obanga ggwe mu buzaaliranwa bwo gwe eyawogolwa ku muzeyituuni, wazzibwa ku muzeyituuni ogutali gwa buzaaliranwa bo, abo ab’obuzaaliranwa tebalisinga nnyo okuzzibwa ku muzeyituuni gwabwe bo?
For if thou wert cut out of the wild olive tree, which is natural to thee; and, contrary to nature, were grafted into the good olive tree; how much more shall they that are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 Kubanga ssaagala mmwe abooluganda obutamanya kyama kino nga mwelowooza okuba ab’amagezi, ng’abamu ku Bayisirayiri bwe baakakanyaza emitima gyabwe, okutuusa mmwe Abaamawanga, lwe muliyingira.
For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, (lest you should be wise in your own conceits), that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.
26 N’oluvannyuma Isirayiri yenna alirokolebwa, ng’Ekyawandiikibwa bwe kigamba nti, “Omulokozi aliva mu Sayuuni, era aliggyawo obutatya Katonda mu bazzukulu ba Yakobo.
And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 Era eyo ye ndagaano yange nabo, bwe ndibaggyako ebibi byabwe.”
And this is to them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins.
28 Mu njiri balabe ku lwammwe, naye mu kulondebwa baagalwa olwa bajjajjaabwe.
As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.
29 Kubanga Katonda bw’agabira abantu ebirabo oba bw’abayita, teyejjusa.
For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
30 Kuba nga mmwe edda bwe mwajeemera Katonda, kyokka kaakano nga musaasiddwa olw’obujeemu bw’Abayudaaya,
For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief;
31 bwe batyo nabo kaakano bajeemu, eri ekyo ekyali okusaasira gye muli, balyoke basaasirwe.
So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.
For God hath concluded all in unbelief, that he may have mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Kale nga Katonda wa kitalo, ng’amagezi ge mangi n’okutegeera kwe kungi era n’obugagga bungi; ensala ye ey’emisango nga tekeberekeka, n’amakubo ge tegekkaanyizika.
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
34 “Kubanga ani ayinza okutegeera okulowooza kwa Mukama? Oba ani ayinza okumuluŋŋamya?”
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?
35 “Oba ani eyali asoose okumuwa ekintu, alyoke amuddizeewo?”
Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?
