Baroma 11
1 Jaanong ke a botsa, A Modimo o ganne ebile o latlhile batho ba one Bajuta? Nnyaa, le goka! Gakologelwang gore nna ke Mojuta, wa losika lwa ga Aberahame, wa lotso lwa ga Benjamine.
I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Nnyaa, Modimo ga o a latlha batho ba e leng ba one ba o saleng o ba itlhophela go tsweng tshimologong. A lo gakologelwa se Dikwalo di se buang ka ga se? Elija moporofiti o ne a ngongorega mo Modimong kaga Bajuta, a bolelela Modimo ka fa ba bolaileng baporofiti ka teng ba bo ba rutlolola dibeso tsa Modimo; Elija o ne a bua gore e ne e le ene fela yo o setseng mo lefatsheng lotlhe a santse a rata Modimo, mme le ene ba ne ba leka go mmolaya.
God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 A mme lo gakologelwa ka fa Modimo o neng wa mo fetola ka teng? Modimo o ne wa re, “Nnyaa, ga se wena o le nosi yo o setseng. Ke na le ba bangwe ba le dikete tse di supang kwa ntle ga gago, ba ba santseng ba nthata le gone ga ba ise ba ke ba obamele medimo ya disetwa.”
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
5 Go ntse jalo le gompieno. Ga se Bajuta botlhe ba ba furaletseng Modimo; go na le ba se kae ba ba bolailweng ka ntlha ya kutlwelobotlhoko ya Modimo ka go ba itshenkela.
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 Mme fa e le gore ke ka kutlwelo-botlhoko ya Modimo, mme ga se ka ntlha ya tshiamo ya bone. Gonne ka lebaka leo, neo ya mahala e ne e tlaa bo e sa tlhole e le mahala. Fa e direlwa ga e tlhole e le mahala.
But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
7 Jalo, he, seemo ke se: Bajuta ba le bantsi ga ba a bona kutlwelobotlhoko ya Modimo e ba e batlang. Ba se kae ba e bonye, bone ba Modimo o ba itlhophetseng, mme matlho a ba bangwe a foufaditswe.
What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
8 Ke sone se Dikwalo tsa rona di se rayang fa di re Modimo o ba robaditse, o tswetse matlho le ditsebe tsa bone gore ba seka ba tlhaloganya se re se buang fa re ba bolelela Keresete. Nako kgolo ke eno ba ntse ba ntse fela jalo.
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, unto this very day.
9 Kgosi Dafide o ne a bua kaga sone selo se fa a re, “A dijo tsa bone tse di monate le masego a mangwe e nne seru mo go bone mo go itheyeng ga bone ba re gotlhe go siame fa gare ga bone le Modimo. A dilo tse di siameng tse di boele mo go bone di bo di ba wele mo ditlhogong go ba ripitla kwa ntle ga patiko.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:
10 A matlho a bone a fifale gore ba seka ba bona, o bo o ba obe mekwatla ka mokgweleo o o bokete ka bosakhutleng.”
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
11 A mo go raya gore Modimo o latlhetse ruri batho ba one Bajuta? Nnyaa, ga go a nna jalo! Maikaelelo a one e ne e le go dira gore poloko ya one e bonwe ke Badichaba, gonne Bajuta ba ne ba tlaa fufega ba bo ba simolola go ipatlela poloko ya Modimo ka bo bone.
I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Jaanong fa e le gore lefatshe lotlhe le humisitswe ka ntlha ya neo ya Modimo ya poloko, erile fa Bajuta ba kgotswa mo go yone ba bo ba e itatola, akanyang gore lefatshe le le tlaa nna le seabe sa lesego le legolo thata jang motlhang Bajuta le bone ba tlang kwa go Keresete.
Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 Jaaka lo itse, Modimo o ntlhophetse go nna morongwa wa botlhokwa mo go lona badichaba. Ke gatelela selo se, ebile ke gakolola Bajuta kaga sone gangwe le gape fela ka fa ke ka kgonang ka teng,
But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
14 gore e re fa go kgonega ke tle ke ba ratise se lona Badichaba lo nang naso mme ka yone tsela eo ke boloke bangwe ba bone.
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy [them that are] my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 Mme go tlaa nna go ntle thata jang fa ba nna Bakeresete! Erile fa Modimo o ba furalela go bo go raya gore o retologetse kwa go Badichaba go ba naya poloko ya one; mme jaanong ebile go go ntle thata fa Bajuta ba tla mo go Keresete. Go tlaa bo go tshwana le batho ba ba suleng ba boela mo botshelong.
For if the casting away of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
16 Mme ka Aberahame le baporofiti e le batho ba Modimo, le bana ba bone e tlaa nna bana ba Modimo. Gonne fa medi ya setlhare e le boitshepo, dikala le tsone di tlaa nna fela jalo.
And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 Mme dingwe tsa dikala tse, tse di tswang mo setlhareng sa ga Aberahame, dingwe tsa Bajuta, di kgaotswe. Mme lona Badichaba ba lo foo lo le dikala, a re re kgotsa, lo ditlhare tse di neng di kgaotswe mo motlhwareng wa naga, lwa lomelelwa mo go one. Jaanong le lona, lo amogela lesego le Modimo o le solofeditseng Aberahame le bana ba gagwe, lo tlhakanela go ja dikotla tsa Modimo.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;
18 Mme o ikele tlhoko o seka wa ipelafatsa ka go lomelelwa ga gago mo motlhwareng go emisetsa dikala tse di neng di kgaotswe. Gakologelwa gore o botlhokwa fela ka ntlha ya gore jaanong o kala ya setlhare sa Modimo; o kala fela, e seng modi.
glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.
19 Mme o ka ne o re, “Hei, dikala tsele di ne di kgaolelwa gore ke tle ke lomelelwe, jalo, he, mo go raya gore ke tshwanetse ka be ke siame tota.”
Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Tlhokomelang Gakologelwang gore dikala tseo, ebong Bajuta ba lomolotswe ka ntlha ya gore ba ne ba sa dumele Modimo, mme wena o foo fela ka gore o a dumela. Se nne le boikgogomoso, nna le boingotlo le go leboga gape o ikele tlhoko.
Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 Gonne fa Modimo o ise o ke o rekegele dikala tse o neng wa di tlhogisa pele, le wena ga o na go go rekegela.
for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.
22 Lemoga ka fa Modimo o leng pelonomi le pelo-e-thata ka teng. O pelo e thata mo go maswe mo go ba ba sa o reetseng, mme o molemo thata mo go wena fa o tswelela ka go o rata le go o ikanya. Mme fa o sa dire jalo, le wena o tlaa kgaolwa.
Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 Gape, fa Bajuta ba kgaogana le go tlhoka go dumela ga bone mme ba boela kwa Modimong, Modimo o tlaa ba lomelela gape mo setlhareng. O na le nonofo go dira jalo.
And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 Gonne fa Modimo o ne wa lo tsaya lona ba lo neng lo le kgakala nao, lo le dikala tsa motlhware wa naga, wa ba wa lo lomelela mo setlhareng sa one se se molemo, a ga lo bone gore o tlaa bo o ipaakanyeditse go lomelela Bajuta ba ba neng ba le foo lwa ntlha?
For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 Ke batla gore lo itse kaga boammaaruri jo, jo bo tswang kwa Modimong, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, gore lo tlo lo seka lwa ikgogomosa lwa simolola go belafala. Ee, ke boammaruri gore jaanong bangwe ba Bajuta ba itirile go nna kgatlhano le Mafoko a a Molemo, mme mo go tlaa nna fela jalo go fitlhelela lona Badichaba lo tla mo go Keresete.
For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
26 Mme hong Chaba yotlhe e tlaa bolokwa. A lo gakologelwa se baporofiti ba se buileng kaga se? “Go tlaa tswa Mogolodi mo Siona, mme o tlaa sokolola Bajuta mo boikepong jotlhe.
and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 Ka nako eo ke tlaa tlosa dibe tsa bone tsotlhe, fela jaaka ke solofeditse.”
And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.
28 Jaanong bontsi jwa Bajuta ke baba ba Mafoko a a Molemo. Ba a a ila. Mme mo go lo solegela molemo, gonne go dirile gore Modimo o lo neye dineo tsa one lona Badichaba. Legale Bajuta ba sa ntse ba ratwa ke Modimo ka ntlha ya ditsholofetso tsa one mo go Aberahame, Isake le Jakoba.
As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
29 Gonne Modimo ga o ke o busetsa morago dineo le pitso ya one; ga o kitla o boela kwa morago mo ditsholofetsong tsa one.
For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
30 Lo kile lwa bo lo le batsuulodi ba Modimo, mme erile fa Bajuta ba gana dineo tsa one, Modimo mo boemong jwa go gana ga bone wa nna kutlwelo botlhoko mo go lona.
For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
31 Mme jaanong Bajuta ke batsuulodi, legale letsatsi lengwe le bone ba tlaa balelwa mo kutlwelong botlhoko ya Modimo fela jaaka lona.
even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.
32 Gonne Modimo o ba dirile baleofi botlhe gore o tle o ba utlwele botlhoko botlhe ka go tshwana. (eleēsē g1653)
For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Ana re na le Modimo O O molemo jang? Botlhale jwa one le kitso le dikhumo tsa one di dikgolo jang! Ga go kgonege jang mo go rona go tlhaloganya maikaelelo a One le ditsela tsa One.
O 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 Gonne ke ofe mo go rona yo o ka itseng mogopolo wa Morena? Ke mang yo o ka itseng sentle go ka nna mogakolodi le mogogi wa one?
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Gape ke ofe yo o ka abelang Morena sengwe se se lekanyeng pele go mo tlhotlheletsa gore le ene a tle a mo direle sengwe?
or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
