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 ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant 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 didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with 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 killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
4 Naye Katonda yamuddamu atya? Yamugamba nti: “Neesigalizzaawo abasajja kasanvu abatafukaamirira Baali.”
But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 Era bwe kityo ne mu biro bino waliwo ekitundu ekyasigalawo abaalondebwamu olw’ekisa.
Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 Naye obanga lwa kisa, si lwa bikolwa nate, kubanga ekisa kyandibadde tekikyali kisa.
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 Kale tugambe ki? Abayisirayiri baalemwa okufuna kye baali banoonya, wabula be yalondamu be baakifuna, abalala ne bakakanyazibwa, emitima,
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8 nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Katonda yabawa omwoyo ogw’okubongoota, n’aleetera amaaso gaabwe obutalaba, n’amatu gaabwe obutawulira okutuusa leero.”
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 Ne Dawudi yagamba nti, “Leka ekijjulo kyabwe kibafuukire omutego, era ekitimba, eky’okubatega era empeera ebasaanira.
David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to 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. Always keep their backs bent.”
11 Kale ka mbuuze, kyebaava beesittala balyoke bagwe? Kikafuuwe. Naye olw’okwonoona kwabwe, obulokozi kyebwava bujja eri Abaamawanga, Abayudaaya balyoke bakwatibwe obuggya.
I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Kale obanga okwonoona kwabwe kutegeeza bugagga eri ensi, n’okulemwa kwabwe nga kutegeeza bugagga eri Abaamawanga, okuganyulwa kwabwe tekulisingawo!
Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 Kaakano njogera gye muli Abaamawanga, nga bwe ndi omutume eri Abaamawanga, ngulumiza obuweereza bwange,
For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an emissary to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
14 singa kisoboka nkwase baganda bange obuggya abamu ku bo basobole okulokolebwa.
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those 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 rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance 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.
If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is 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,
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 root and of the richness of the olive tree,
18 teweenyumiririzanga ku matabi ago; naye bwe weenyumirizanga, jjukira nga si gwe owaniridde ekikolo, naye ekikolo kye kikuwaniridde.
don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
19 Oyinza okwogera nti, “Amatabi gaawogolwako, ndyoke nsimbibweko.”
You will say then, “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.
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
21 Kuba obanga Katonda teyasaasira matabi ga buzaaliranwa, nammwe ayinza obutabasaasira.
for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
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 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 Era n’abo oluvannyuma bwe balikkiriza, balizzibwako ku nduli kubanga Katonda ayinza okubazaako kuli.
They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will 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 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 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 don’t 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 Gentiles has 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 will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 Era eyo ye ndagaano yange nabo, bwe ndibaggyako ebibi byabwe.”
This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
28 Mu njiri balabe ku lwammwe, naye mu kulondebwa baagalwa olwa bajjajjaabwe.
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
29 Kubanga Katonda bw’agabira abantu ebirabo oba bw’abayita, teyejjusa.
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 Kuba nga mmwe edda bwe mwajeemera Katonda, kyokka kaakano nga musaasiddwa olw’obujeemu bw’Abayudaaya,
For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
31 bwe batyo nabo kaakano bajeemu, eri ekyo ekyali okusaasira gye muli, balyoke basaasirwe.
even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might 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.
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 “Kubanga ani ayinza okutegeera okulowooza kwa Mukama? Oba ani ayinza okumuluŋŋamya?”
“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
35 “Oba ani eyali asoose okumuwa ekintu, alyoke amuddizeewo?”
“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
