Roma 9
1 He pono taku korero i roto i a te karaiti, kahore aku teka, a e whakaae ana toku hinengaro ki ahau i roto i te Wairua Tapu,
I tell the truth in Meshikha. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Rukha d'Qudsha,
2 He nui atu toku pouri, mau tonu te mamae o toku ngakau.
that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3 He pai hoki ki ahau me i kanga ahau, me i motuhia i a te Karaiti, he whakaaro ki oku teina, ara ki oku whanaunga o te wahi ki te kikokiko:
For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Meshikha for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
4 No Iharaira nei ratou; no ratou nei te whakatamarikitanga, te kororia, nga kawenata, te homaitanga o te ture, te karakia ki te Atua, me nga kupu whakaari;
who are Israyelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
5 No ratou nei nga matua, no ratou ano a te Karaiti i te wahi ki te kikokiko, ko ia nei kei runga ake i nga mea katoa, ko te Atua e whakapaingia ana ake ake. Amine. (aiōn g165)
of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Meshikha, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Ehara ia i te mea kua taka te kupu a te Atua. Ko te hunga hoki o Iharaira, ehara i te mea no Iharaira katoa:
But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israyel, that are of Israyel.
7 Ahakoa he uri no Aperahama, ehara ratou katoa i te tamariki: engari, Kei a Ihaka te whakaingoatanga mo ou uri.
Neither, because they are Avraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Iskhaq will your descendants be called."
8 Ara, ehara i te mea ko nga tamariki a te kikokiko nga tamariki a te Atua, engari ko nga tamariki a te kupu whakaari, ko ratou ka kiia he uri.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
9 He kupu whakaari hoki tenei, Kia taka tenei wa ka haere mai ahau, a ka whanau he tama ma Hera.
For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sera will have a son."
10 Na ehara i te mea ko tenei anake; i a Ripeka ano ia kua hapu i tetahi, ara i a Ihaka, i to matou matua;
And not only that, but Raphqa also had conceived by one, our father Iskhaq.
11 I nga tama hoki kahore ano i whanau noa, kahore ano hoki i mahi i te pai, i te kino ranei, he mea kia u ai ta te Atua i whakatakoto ai mo te whiriwhiringa, ehara i nga mahi, engari na te kaikaranga;
For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
12 Ka korerotia ki a ia, Ko te tuakana hei pononga ma te teina:
it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
13 Ko te mea ia i tuhituhia, Kua aroha ahau ki a Hakopa, kua kino ki a Ehau.
Even as it is written, "Yaquv I loved, but Isuw I hated."
14 Ka pehea ai i kona ta tatou korero? He tikanga he koia kei te Atua? Kahore rapea.
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
15 I mea hoki ia ki a Mohi, E tohu ahau i taku e tohu ai, e atawhai ahau ki taku e atawhai ai.
For he said to Mushe, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
16 No reira, ehara i te mea na te hiahia o te tangata, na te oma ranei o te tangata, engari na te Atua, ko ia e tohu nei.
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
17 E mea nei hoki te karaipiture ki a Parao, Mo konei pu ano koe i whakaarahia ai e ahau, kia ai koe hei whakakite i toku kaha, kia korerotia hoki toku ingoa ki te whenua katoa.
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
18 Na kona, e tohungia ana e ia, ko tana e pai ai, ko tana hoki e pai ai e whakapakeketia ana e ia.
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
19 Na, tera koe e mea mai ki ahau, he aha ia i riri tonu ai? ko wai hoki e whakakeke ana ki tana i pai ai?
You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
20 Ha, e te tangata nei, ko wai koe hei whakahoki kupu ki te Atua? Ma te mea hanga koia e mea ki tona kaihanga, He aha ahau i hanga ai e koe kia penei?
But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"
21 He teka ianei kei te kaihanga riri te tikanga mo te paru, kia hanga tetahi wahi o taua mea kotahi i pokepokea hei oko rangatira, tetahi wahi hei mea ware?
Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 He aha hoki, mehemea, i tona whakaaro kia whakakitea tona riri, a kia whakaputaina tona kaha, ka whakaririka te Atua i runga i te manawanui ki nga oko o te riri, e rite rawa nei mo te whakangaro?
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
23 Kia whakakitea ano hoki e ia nga rawa o tona kororia ki nga oko o te mahi tohu, kua rite noa ake nei i a ia mo te kororia,
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
24 Ara ki a tatou, i karangatia e ia, ehara i te mea no nga Hurai anake, engari no nga tauiwi ano hoki?
us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
25 Ko tana kupu ano tena i ta Hohea, Ka kiia e ahau tera ko toku iwi, ehara nei i te iwi noku; a he wahine e arohaina ana te wahine kihai i arohaina.
As he says also in Hushay, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'"
26 A tenei ake, i te wahi i korerotia ai ki a ratou, Ehara koutou i te iwi noku; ko reira ratou kiia ai he tama na te Atua ora.
"It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"
27 Ko ta Ihaia karanga hoki mo Iharaira, Ahakoa i rite te tokomaha o nga tama a Iharaira ki te onepu o te moana, ko te toenga kau e ora:
Eshaya cries out concerning Israyel, "Though the number of the people of Israyel are as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be kept safe.
28 Ma te Ariki hoki e whakatutuki tana kupu ki runga i te whenua, mana e whakaoti, mana e poro tata.
For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness; because the Lord will carry out the word decisively in the midst of the earth."
29 A, e ki ra a Ihaia i mua ra, Me kahore te toe i te Atua o nga mano he whanau mo tatou, kua pera tatou me Horoma, kua rite ano hoki ki Komora.
As Eshaya has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sedum, and would have been made like Amura."
30 Na, kia pehea ta tatou korero? Ko nga tauiwi, kihai nei i whai i te tika, kua tae ratou ki te tika, ara ki te tika, na te whakapono.
What shall we say then? That the non-Jews, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
31 Ko Iharaira ia, whai ana i tetahi ture o te tika, kihai ratou i tae ki taua ture.
but Israyel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
32 Na te aha? Na te mea kihai ratou i whai i runga i te whakapono, engari ano na runga i nga mahi. I tutuki hoki o ratou waewae ki te kamaka tutukitanga;
Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
33 Ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, nana, ka whakatakotoria e ahau ki Hiona he kamaka tutukitanga, he kohatu whakahinga: na, ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia, e kore e meinga kia whakama.
even as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Tsehyun a stumbling stone and a rock to trip over; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."
