VaRoma 9
1 Ndinotaura chokwadi muna Kristu, handinyepi, hana yangu ichipupurirana neni muMweya Mutsvene,
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost:
2 kuti ndinoshushikana kwazvo, neshungu dzisingaperi mumoyo mangu.
That I have great sadness, and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 Nokuti ndaishuva kuti ini ndomene nditukwe kuna Kristu nekuda kwehama dzangu, verudzi rwangu panyama;
For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,
4 vari VaIsraeri, vane kuitwa vana, nekubwinya, nesungano, nekupiwa kwemurairo, neushumiri hwaMwari, nezvivimbiso,
Who are Israelites, to whom belongeth the adoption as of children, and the glory, and the testament, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises:
5 madzibaba ndeavo, naKristu wakabva kwavari panyama, ari pamusoro pezvese, Mwari anokudzwa narinhi. Ameni. (aiōn g165)
Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Asi kwete shoko raMwari serakakundikana. Nokuti havasi vese vakabva kuna Israeri, vari VaIsraeri;
Not as though the word of God hath miscarried. For all are not Israelites that are of Israel:
7 kwete nokuti imbeu yaAbhurahama, vese vana; asi zvinonzi: Kuna Isaka ndiko kuchadanwa mbeu yako.
Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
8 Ndiko kuti, havasi vana venyama, ivo vari vana vaMwari; asi vana vechivimbiso vanoverengerwa kumbeu.
That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; buy they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.
9 Nokuti iri ishoko rechivimbiso rinoti: Nenguva ino ndichauya, uye Sara achava nemwanakomana.
For this is the word of promise: According to this time will I come; and Sara shall have a son.
10 Handizvo chete, asi naRibheka wakati ava nemimba neumwe, Isaka baba vedu;
And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father.
11 nokuti vana vasati vaberekwa, kana kumboita chakanaka kana chakaipa, kuti zano raMwari maererano nesananguro rigare, kwete kubva pamabasa, asi kubva kune anodana,
For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand, )
12 zvakataurwa kwaari kuti: Mukuru achashumira mudiki,
Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.
13 sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Jakobho ndakamuda, asi Esau ndakamuvenga.
As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.
14 Ko zvino tichatii? Kusarurama kuriko kuna Mwari here? Ngazvisadaro!
What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid.
15 Nokuti anoti kuna Mozisi: Ndichava netsitsi kune wandine tsitsi naye, ndichanzwira ngoni wandinonzwira ngoni.
For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.
16 Naizvozvo zvakadaro hazvisi zveanoda, kana zveanomhanya, asi zvaMwari anonzwira tsitsi.
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 Nokuti rugwaro rwunoti kuna Farao: Ndizvozvi zvandakakumutsira, kuti ndiratidze simba rangu mauri, uye kuti zita rangu riparidzwe panyika yese.
For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Naizvozvo zvino anonzwira tsitsi iye waanoda; uye anowomesa moyo wewaanoda.
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.
19 Zvino iwe uchati kwandiri: Iye achiri kuwanirei mhosva? Nokuti ndiani angapikisa kuda kwake?
Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will?
20 Haiwa, iwe munhu ndiwe ani anokakavadza Mwari? Chakaumbiwa chingati here kune wakaumba: Wakandiitirei sezvizvi?
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Kana muumbi haana simba pamusoro pevhu here, kuti nebundu rimwe aite mudziyo umwe unokudzwa, neumwe unozvidzwa?
Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 Uye kana Mwari achida kuratidza hasha, nekuzivisa simba rake, wakatakura nemoyo murefu kwazvo midziyo yehasha yakagadzirirwa kuparadzwa;
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction,
23 uye kuti azivise fuma yekubwinya kwake pamidziyo yetsitsi, yaakagara agadzirira kubwinya,
That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory?
24 nesu, vaakadana, yatiri isu, kusiri kuVaJudha chete, asi nekuvahedheni?
Even us, whom also he hath called, nor only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
25 Sezvaanorevawo muna Hosiya achiti: Ndichavaidza vanhu vangu ivo vasiri vanhu vangu; naiye wakange asingadikanwi mudikanwi;
As in Osee he saith: I will call that which was not my people, my people; and her that was not beloved, beloved; and her that had not obtained mercy, one that hath obtained mercy.
26 zvino zvichaitika kuti, panzvimbo pazvakanzi kwavari: Hamusi vanhu vangu imwi, ipapo vachaidzwa vana vaMwari mupenyu.
And it shall be, in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there they shall be called the sons of the living God.
27 Isaya anodanidzirawo maererano naIsraeri achiti: Kunyange uwandu hwevana vaIsraeri hukaita sejecha regungwa, vakasara vachaponeswa;
And Isaias crieth out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.
28 nokuti achapedza basa nekurigurisira mukururama; nokuti Ishe achagurisira basa panyika.
For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.
29 Uye Isaya sezvaakagara areva achiti: Dai Ishe wehondo asina kutisiira mbeu, tingadai takava seSodhoma, uye takaitwa takafanana neGomora.
And as Isaias foretold: Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been made as Sodom, and we had been like unto Gomorrha.
30 Ko tichatii? Kuti vahedheni vasingatsvaki kururama, vakabata kururama, iko kururama kunobva parutendo;
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who followed not after justice, have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith.
31 asi Israeri, achitsvaka murairo wekururama, haana kusvika pamurairo wekururama.
But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.
32 Nekuda kwei? Nokuti havana kutsvaka nerutendo, asi nezvainge namabasa emurairo; nokuti vakagumburwa pabwe rekugumbura.
Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.
33 Sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Tarira, ndinoisa paZiyoni ibwe rekugumbura nedombo rechipinganidzo; uye ani nani anotenda kwaari haanganyadziswi.
As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and a rock of scandal; and whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded.
