VaRoma 9
1 Ndinotaura chokwadi muna Kristu, handinyepi, hana yangu ichipupurirana neni muMweya Mutsvene,
I say the truth in Messiah, and do not misrepresent; and my conscience beareth me witness in the Holy Spirit;
2 kuti ndinoshushikana kwazvo, neshungu dzisingaperi mumoyo mangu.
that I have great sorrow, and the sadness of my heart is unceasing.
3 Nokuti ndaishuva kuti ini ndomene nditukwe kuna Kristu nekuda kwehama dzangu, verudzi rwangu panyama;
For I have prayed, that I myself might be accursed from Messiah, for my brethren and my kinsmen in the flesh:
4 vari VaIsraeri, vane kuitwa vana, nekubwinya, nesungano, nekupiwa kwemurairo, neushumiri hwaMwari, nezvivimbiso,
who are sons of Israel, to whom belonged the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministration, and the promises, and the fathers;
5 madzibaba ndeavo, naKristu wakabva kwavari panyama, ari pamusoro pezvese, Mwari anokudzwa narinhi. Ameni. (aiōn g165)
and from among whom, Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is God over all; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and ever; Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Asi kwete shoko raMwari serakakundikana. Nokuti havasi vese vakabva kuna Israeri, vari VaIsraeri;
Not, however, that the word of God hath actually failed. For all are not Israel, who are of Israel.
7 kwete nokuti imbeu yaAbhurahama, vese vana; asi zvinonzi: Kuna Isaka ndiko kuchadanwa mbeu yako.
Neither are they all sons, because they are of the seed of Abraham: for it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 Ndiko kuti, havasi vana venyama, ivo vari vana vaMwari; asi vana vechivimbiso vanoverengerwa kumbeu.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh, who are the children of God; but the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.
9 Nokuti iri ishoko rechivimbiso rinoti: Nenguva ino ndichauya, uye Sara achava nemwanakomana.
For the word of promise was this: At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Handizvo chete, asi naRibheka wakati ava nemimba neumwe, Isaka baba vedu;
Nor this only; but Rebecca also, when she had cohabited with one man, our father Isaac,
11 nokuti vana vasati vaberekwa, kana kumboita chakanaka kana chakaipa, kuti zano raMwari maererano nesananguro rigare, kwete kubva pamabasa, asi kubva kune anodana,
before her children were born, or: had done good or evil, the choice of God was predeclared; that it might stand, not of works, but of him who called.
12 zvakataurwa kwaari kuti: Mukuru achashumira mudiki,
For it was said: The elder shall be servant to the younger.
13 sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Jakobho ndakamuda, asi Esau ndakamuvenga.
As it is written: Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated.
14 Ko zvino tichatii? Kusarurama kuriko kuna Mwari here? Ngazvisadaro!
What shall we say then? Is there iniquity with God? Far be it.
15 Nokuti anoti kuna Mozisi: Ndichava netsitsi kune wandine tsitsi naye, ndichanzwira ngoni wandinonzwira ngoni.
Behold, to Moses also he said: I will have pity, on whom I will have pity; and I will be merciful, to whom I will be merciful.
16 Naizvozvo zvakadaro hazvisi zveanoda, kana zveanomhanya, asi zvaMwari anonzwira tsitsi.
Therefore, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who runneth, but of the merciful God.
17 Nokuti rugwaro rwunoti kuna Farao: Ndizvozvi zvandakakumutsira, kuti ndiratidze simba rangu mauri, uye kuti zita rangu riparidzwe panyika yese.
For in the scripture, he said to Pharaoh: For this very thing, have I raised thee up; that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
18 Naizvozvo zvino anonzwira tsitsi iye waanoda; uye anowomesa moyo wewaanoda.
Wherefore, he hath pity upon whom he pleaseth; and whom he pleaseth, he hardeneth.
19 Zvino iwe uchati kwandiri: Iye achiri kuwanirei mhosva? Nokuti ndiani angapikisa kuda kwake?
But, perhaps thou wilt say: Of what then doth he complain? For, who hath resisted his pleasure?
20 Haiwa, iwe munhu ndiwe ani anokakavadza Mwari? Chakaumbiwa chingati here kune wakaumba: Wakandiitirei sezvizvi?
Thou, thus! Who art thou? O man; that thou repliest against God! Shall the potter's vessel say to the former of it, Why hast thou formed me so?
21 Kana muumbi haana simba pamusoro pevhu here, kuti nebundu rimwe aite mudziyo umwe unokudzwa, neumwe unozvidzwa?
Hath not the potter dominion over his clay out of the same mass to make vessels, one for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 Uye kana Mwari achida kuratidza hasha, nekuzivisa simba rake, wakatakura nemoyo murefu kwazvo midziyo yehasha yakagadzirirwa kuparadzwa;
And if God, being disposed to exhibit his wrath and to make known his power, in abundance of long-suffering, brought wrath upon the vessels of wrath which were complete for destruction;
23 uye kuti azivise fuma yekubwinya kwake pamidziyo yetsitsi, yaakagara agadzirira kubwinya,
and made his mercy flow forth upon the vessels of mercy, which were prepared by God for glory;
24 nesu, vaakadana, yatiri isu, kusiri kuVaJudha chete, asi nekuvahedheni?
namely, upon us who are called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles:
25 Sezvaanorevawo muna Hosiya achiti: Ndichavaidza vanhu vangu ivo vasiri vanhu vangu; naiye wakange asingadikanwi mudikanwi;
As also he said in Hosea: I will call them my people, who were not my people; and will pity, whom I have not pitied:
26 zvino zvichaitika kuti, panzvimbo pazvakanzi kwavari: Hamusi vanhu vangu imwi, ipapo vachaidzwa vana vaMwari mupenyu.
For it shall be, that in the place where they were called: Not my people, there shall they be called: The children of the living God.
27 Isaya anodanidzirawo maererano naIsraeri achiti: Kunyange uwandu hwevana vaIsraeri hukaita sejecha regungwa, vakasara vachaponeswa;
And Isaiah proclaimed concerning the children of Israel: Though the number of the children of Israel should be as the sand on the sea, a remnant of them will live.
28 nokuti achapedza basa nekurigurisira mukururama; nokuti Ishe achagurisira basa panyika.
He hath finished and cut short the matter: and the Lord will do it on the earth.
29 Uye Isaya sezvaakagara areva achiti: Dai Ishe wehondo asina kutisiira mbeu, tingadai takava seSodhoma, uye takaitwa takafanana neGomora.
And according to what Isaiah had before said: If the Lord of hosts had not favored us with a residue, we had been as Sodom, and had been like Gomorrha.
30 Ko tichatii? Kuti vahedheni vasingatsvaki kururama, vakabata kururama, iko kururama kunobva parutendo;
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who ran not after righteousness, have found righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith:
31 asi Israeri, achitsvaka murairo wekururama, haana kusvika pamurairo wekururama.
But Israel, who ran after the law of righteousness, hath not found the law of righteousness.
32 Nekuda kwei? Nokuti havana kutsvaka nerutendo, asi nezvainge namabasa emurairo; nokuti vakagumburwa pabwe rekugumbura.
And why? Because they sought it, not by faith, but by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone:
33 Sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Tarira, ndinoisa paZiyoni ibwe rekugumbura nedombo rechipinganidzo; uye ani nani anotenda kwaari haanganyadziswi.
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling-stone, and a stone of offence: and he who believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.
