Roma 11
1 Na, ko taku kupu tenei, Kua peia oti e te Atua tana iwi? Kahore rapea. No Iharaira ano hoki ahau, no te uri o Aperahama, no to Pineamine iwi.
I say then, Hath God cast off his people? God forbid! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Kahore hoki te Atua i pei i tana iwi i mohio ai i mua. Kahore oti koutou i matau ki te korero a te karaipiture i ta Iraia? i inoi ra hoki ia ki te Atua, i whakahe i a Iharaira, i mea,
God hath not cast off his people, whom He foreknew. Do ye not know what the scripture saith of Elias? how he complains to God against Israel,
3 E te Ariki, kua patua e ratou au poropiti, kua whakahoroa au aata; ko ahau anake hoki kua mahue nei, a e whai ana ratou kia patua ahau.
saying, "Lord, they have slain thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
4 Heoi e pehea ana te whakahoki a te Atua ki a ia? E whitu mano tangata kua waiho e ahau maku, kahore nei i piko te ture ki a Paara.
But what saith the oracle of God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
5 Waihoki i te wa nei ano, tera ano he toenga, he whiriwhiringa na te aroha noa.
And so in the present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 Ki te mea ia na te aroha noa, ehara i te mea na nga mahi: penei ehara te aroha noa i te aroha noa.
And if by grace, it is no more of works: for then grace is no longer grace. But if of works, it is no more grace: for then work is no longer work.
7 Ha, he pehea ra? Ko ta Iharaira e rapu nei, kihai tenei i taea e ia; otira kua taea e te hunga whiriwhiri, ko era atu ia i whakapakeketia:
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he sought: but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded,
8 Ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, Kua hoatu ki a ratou e te Atua he wairua hiamoe, he kanohi e kore ai ratou e kite, he taringa e kore ai e rongo; a taea noatia tenei ra.
(according as it is written, God hath given them a spirit of slumber, that their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear, ) even unto this day.
9 E mea ana hoki a Rawiri, Kia whakatupu mahanga to ratou tepu, hei rore hoki, hei tutukitanga waewae, hei utu ano ki a ratou:
And David saith, Let their table become a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompence unto them.
10 Kia whakapouritia o ratou kanohi, kia kaua ratou e kite, a kia whakapikoa tonutia iho e koe to ratou tuara.
Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and always bow down their back.
11 Na, ko taku kupu tenei, He tutuki ranei to ratou e hinga rawa ai? Kahore rapea: engari na to ratou hinga i puta ai te ora ki nga tauiwi, he mea kia hae ai ratou.
Say I then, Have they stumbled, that they should fall irrecoverably? God forbid! but this I say, that by their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles to excite them to emulation.
12 Na, ki te mea hei taonga mo te ao to ratou hinganga, hei taonga ano mo nga Tauiwi to ratou whakaitinga: tera noa ake i to ratou whakanuinga?
Now if their fall be the riches of the world, and their diminution be the riches of the Gentiles, how much more will their fulness be?
13 Ki a koutou, ki nga Tauiwi tenei kupu aku, I te mea he apotoro ahau ki nga Tauiwi, e whakanui ana ahau i taku mahi minita:
For I speak to you Gentiles: inasmuch indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles,
14 Me kore e hae nga tangata o toku kikokiko, kia ora ai etahi o ratou i ahau.
I extol my office, that if possible I may excite to emulation my brethren according to the flesh, and may save some of them:
15 Mehemea hoki ko to ratou makanga atu hei houhanga rongo mo te ao, ka aha to ratou tangohanga mai? he teka ianei he oranga ake i roto i te hunga mate?
for if the rejecting of them be the reconciling of the world, what will the receiving them again be but life from the dead?
16 Ki te mea hoki he tapu te mea matamua, ka pera ano te puranga: ki te tapu hoki te pakiaka, e pera ano nga manga.
Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole heap: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 Engari ki te mea kua whatiia atu etahi o nga manga, a ka honoa mai koe, te oriwa ngahere, ki roto i nga manga, ka whiwhi ngatahi ki te pakiaka o te momonatanga o te oriwa;
But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou a wild-olive wert grafted in among them, and art made a partaker together with them of the root and fatness of the olive; boast not against the branches:
18 Aua e whakapehapeha ki nga manga. Ki te whakapehapeha ia koe, ehara i te mea nau i mau ake ai te pakiaka, engari na te pakiaka koe.
and if thou boastest, remember thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Na, tera koe e mea, I whatiia atu nga manga, kia honoa iho ai ahau.
Wilt thou say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in?
20 Ae ra; na te whakaponokore ratou i whatiia atu ai, na tou whakapono koe i tu ai. Aua e whakakake, engari kia wehi.
Well; they were broken off for their infidelity, and thou standest by faith: therefore be not high-minded but fear.
21 Na, ki te mea kihai i tohungia nga manga tupu e te Atua, e kore ano ia e tohu i a koe.
For if God spared not the natural branches, neither would He spare thee.
22 Na, tirohia iho te ngawari me te pakeke o te Atua: pakeke ki te hunga i hinga; ngawari ki a koe, ki te u koe ki tana tikanga ngawari: ki te kahore, ka tapahia hoki koe.
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: towards them that fell, severity; but towards thee, goodness; if thou continue in his goodness: for else thou also shalt be cut off.
23 Me ratou ano, ki te kore e u ki to ratou whakaponokore, ka honoa ano: e taea hoki ratou e te Atua te hono mai ano.
And they, if they do not continue in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able again to graft them in.
24 Mehemea hoki ka tapahia mai koe i te oriwa ngahere, a ka honoa mai ki te oriwa pai, he mea rere ke i te tikanga; tera noa ake te honoa o enei, o nga manga tupu, ki to ratou oriwa ano.
For if thou wert cut out of the wild olive, which was natural to thee, and contrary to nature were grafted into a good olive; how much more shall these who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree?
25 E kore hoki ahau e pai, e oku teina, kia kuware koutou ki tenei mea ngaro, kei mea noa koutou he matau koutou, kua tau tetahi wahi o te whakapakeketanga ki a Iharaira, kia riro mai ra ano te tokomahatanga o nga tauiwi.
For I would not have you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, (least ye should be wise in your own eyes) that blindness in part is befallen Israel, till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 Ko reira a Iharaira katoa ora ai: ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, Tera e puta mai te Kaiwhakaora i Hiona, mana e kaupare te karakiakore i a Hakopa:
And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, "The deliverer shall come out of Sion, and shall turn away impiety from Jacob:
27 Ko taku kawenata hoki tenei ki a ratou, ina tangohia atu e ahau o ratou hara.
and this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins."
28 Na i runga i te rongopai he hoariri ratou, he whakaaro ki a koutou; i runga ia i te whiriwhiringa, e arohaina ana ratou, he whakaaro ki nga matua.
As to the gospel indeed they are enemies on your account, but as to the election they are beloved on account of the fathers.
29 I a te Atua homaitanga hoki, i tana karangatanga, kahore e puta ke te whakaaro.
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 Ka rite hoki ki a koutou kihai i whakapono i mua ki te Atua, inaianei ia kua tohungia, he mea na to ratou whakaponokore:
For as ye were heretofore disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy in their disobedience:
31 Waihoki kua kahore enei i whakapono inaianei, kia tohungia ai ano ratou i runga i te mahi tohu i whiwhi nei koutou.
so these also in your mercy have now been disobedient, that they themselves might be the objects of mercy.
32 Kua oti hoki te katoa te kopani e te Atua ki roto ki te whakateka, he mea kia tohungia ai e ia te katoa. (eleēsē g1653)
For God hath included them all in the charge of disobedience, that He might have mercy upon all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Ano te hohonu, te hua ngatahi hoki o te whakaaro o te Atua me tona mohio! e kore ana tikanga e taea te rapu, ona huarahi te whakataki!
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways not to be traced out!
34 Ko wai hoki te mohio ana ki te hinengaro o te Ariki? ko wai hoki tona hoa whakatakoto whakaaro?
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Ko ta wai hoki kua matua hoatu ki a ia, a ka whakahokia mai he utu ki a ia?
Or who hath first given to Him? and it shall be returned.
