Romana 11
1 Le hoe ty asako, Ke nifarien’ Añahare ondati’eo? Sondo’e izay! Izaho ka nte-Israele! tarira’ i Abraàme, fifokoa’ i Benjamina.
I say then, did God cast away His people? Let it not be! For I am also an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:
2 Tsy napon’ Añahare ondaty niarofoana’e haehaeo. He tsy fohi’ areo ty nanoe’ i Sokitse Masiñey ty amy Elia, ie nitoreo aman’ Andrianañahare ty am’Israele?
God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have you not known—in Elijah—what the Writing says? How he pleads with God concerning Israel, saying,
3 O Talè, zinama’ iereo o mpitoki’oo, kinimokimo’ iereo o kitreli’oo; le honka’e raho vaho te hañe-doza amako iereo?
“LORD, they killed Your prophets, and they dug down Your altars, and I was left alone, and they seek my life”;
4 Aa le ino ty natoin’ Añahare aze: Fa nitanako ho ahy ty lahilaly fito-arivo tsy nanongaleke amy Baale.
but what does the divine answer say to him? “I left to Myself seven thousand men who did not bow a knee to Ba‘al.”
5 Manahake izay, ao ty sehanga’e henaneo, jinoboñe ami’ty fatariha’e.
So then also in the present time there has been a remnant according to the [divine] selection of grace;
6 Aa kanao am-patarihañe, le tsy am-pimanemanean-dily; naho tsy izay tsy ho natao fatarihañe i fatarihañey.
and if by grace, no longer of works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace; and if of works, it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work.
7 Aa le akore? Mboe tsy rinambe’ Israele i paia’ey, o jinoboñeo ro nandrambe, fe nampigañeñe ty ila’e,
What then? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen obtained, and the rest were hardened,
8 ty amy pinatetsey: Tinolon’ Añahare arofo midebedebe iereo fihaino tsy mahaisake naho ravembia tsy mahajanjiñe pake henaneo.
according as it has been written: “God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, to this very day,”
9 Hoe t’i Davide: Ee te ho fàndrike ty fandambaña’ iareoo, naho koboñe; naho vato mampitsikapy vaho fandilovañe am’ iareo.
and David says, “Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a repayment to them;
10 Ehe te haieñe o fihaino’ iareoo, tsy hahaisake; le hivokoke nainai’e o lambosi’ iareoo.
let their eyes be darkened—not to behold, and You always bow down their back.”
11 Aa le hoe iraho: Hera nitsikapy naho nikorovoke iereo? Sondo’e izay! te mone ninday fandrombahañe ho amo kilakila ondatio ty fikorovoha’ iareo, hampikirañe iareo.
I say then, did they stumble that they might fall? Let it not be! But by their fall the salvation [is] to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;
12 Aa naho vara ho ami’ty voatse toy ty fandilara’ iareo, naho hanàñañe ho a o kilakila ondatio ty filesa’ iareo, sandrake t’ie fonireñe?
and if their fall [is] the riches of [the] world, and their diminishment the riches of nations, how much more their fullness?
13 (Inahareo kilakila’ ondatio ‘nio ro ivolañako). Aa kanao Firàhe’ o kilakila ondatio iraho, le ho sengèko i fitoroñakoy,
For to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
14 ke ao ty hampamarahieko amo toe nofokoo, hañahàñe ty ila’e.
if I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,
15 Fa kanao minday fifampilongoañe ami’ty voatse toy ty fifariañe iareo, le ho inoñe naho tsy haveloñe boak’ an-kavilasy t’ie rambeseñe?
for if the casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception—if not life out of the dead?
16 Naho miavake i loha-voay, le miavake ka ty vonga’e. Kanao miavake ty vahatse, le o singa’eo ka.
And if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
17 Aa naho pinekapenkañe ty singa ila’e, le ihe, singan-oliva tsotra ty navitrañe amy iereo vaho natraoke ami’ty vahatse naho ty mena’ i hatae olivay,
And if certain of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree—
18 le ko rengevohe’o o singa’eo, fa naho mirenge, Inao, tsy ihe ty mameloñe o vaha’eo, fa o vahatseo ro mameloñe azo.
do not boast against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root you!
19 Hera hanao ty hoe irehe: Va’e nipenkàñañe o singao hamitrañañe ahy ao.
You will say, then, “The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in”; right!
20 Eka; toe pinèkañe iereo ty amy tsy fatokisa’ iareo, fa ty fatokisa’o ro ijohaña’o. Aa le ko miriñake fa mañeveña;
By unbelief they were broken off, and you have stood by faith; do not be high-minded, but be fearing;
21 fa kanao nifarien’ Añahare o toe singa’eo le mahafary azo ka.
for if God did not spare the natural branches—lest perhaps He also will not spare you.
22 Inao ty fatarihan’ Añahare naho ty hasarots’ arofo’e, ie tsy mihilotse amo nikorovokeo, fe ama’areo ty fatarihan’ Añahare naho toe mifahatse amy fatariha’ey, tsy mone haito.
Behold, then, goodness and severity of God—on those indeed who fell, severity; and on you, goodness, if you may remain in the goodness, otherwise, you also will be cut off.
23 Ie ka, naho tsy mitoloñe an-tsi-fatokisañe, le havitrañe ao, amy te lefen’ Añahare ty hamitraña’e indraike.
And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again;
24 Fa ihe binira amy hatae olivan’ alay vaho navitrañe amy hatae oliva navaeñe, mpirafe ama’ey, le antsake te mete havitrañe amy hatae oliva’ey o nisinga’eo.
for if you, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, were cut out, and contrary to nature, were grafted into a good olive tree, how much rather will they, who [are] according to nature, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 Tsy noko, ry longo, ty hamoea’ areo o raha miheotse zao, tsy mone hihabo-kihitse ty amy hagoañe nahazo ty ila’ Israele ampara’ te tafazilike ao o kilakila’ ndaty mahahenekeo.
For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, of this secret—that you may not be wise in your own conceits—that hardness in part to Israel has happened until the fullness of the nations may come in;
26 Ie amy zao, hene ho rombaheñe t’Israele, ty amy pinatetsey: Hiboak’ e Ziona ao t’i Mpijebañe; le haloli’e am’ Iakobe ty halotsere’e;
and so all Israel will be saved, according as it has been written: “There will come forth out of Zion He who is delivering, and He will turn away impiety from Jacob,
27 Le zao ty ho fañinako am’ iereo naho hahàko o hakeo’ iareoo.
and this to them [is] the covenant from Me when I may take away their sins.”
28 Naho i talili-soay, le naitoañe iereo ty ama’ areo; f’ie naho o fijoboñañeo le ikokoañe ty aman-droae’ iareo.
As regards, indeed, the good tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; and as regards the [divine] selection—beloved on account of the fathers;
29 Toe tsy hahàfeñe o falalàn’ Añahareo naho o fikanjia’eo.
for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable;
30 Fa hambañe ami’ty nanjehara’ areo an’ Andrianañahare taolo, fe iferenaiñañe henaneo ty amy fanjehara’ iareoy,
for as you also once did not believe in God, and now found kindness by the unbelief of these,
31 le manjehatse ka iereo henaneo, soa t’ie ami’ty fitretrezañe anahareo ro hiferenaiñañe.
so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
for God shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Ee ty halale’ o varan’ Añahareo, ty hilala’e naho ty hihi’e! Tsy hay karaofeñe o zaka’eo, naho tsy lefe tinoñeñe o lia’eo.
O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
34 Ia ty nahafohiñe ty faharofoana’ i Talè? Ia ty nimpanoro aze?
For who knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became His counselor?
35 Ia ty nanolotse ama’e aolo, hañavaha’e?
Or who first gave to Him, and it will be given back to him again?
