Warumi 9
1 Nasema ukweli katika Kristo. Sisemi uongo, na dhamira yangu hushuhudia pamoja nami katika Roho Mtakatifu,
I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit,
2 kwamba kuna huzuni kubwa na maumivu yasiyo koma ndani ya moyo wangu.
that great distress is in me, and unceasing sorrow in my heart.
3 Kwamba ningetamani mimi mwenyewe kulaaniwa na kutengwa mbali na Kristo kwa ajili ya ndugu zangu, wale wa jamii yangu katika mwili.
For I wished I myself to be accursed from the Christ, for my brothers, my kinsmen according to flesh,
4 Wao ni Waisraeli. Walio na hali ya kufanyika watoto, wa utukufu, wa maagano, na zawadi ya sheria, kumwabudu Mungu, na ahadi.
who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the divine service, and the promises,
5 Wao ni watangulizi ambako Kristo amekuja kwa heshima kuvaa mwili huu - ambaye yeye ni Mungu wa vyote. Naye asifiwe milele. Amina. (aiōn g165)
of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly. (aiōn g165)
6 Lakini si kwamba ahadi za Mungu zimeshindwa kutimia. Maana si kila mtu aliye Israeli ni Mwiisraeli halisi.
But it is not as that the word of God has failed. For all those from Israel, these are not Israel,
7 Sivyo hata kwa uzao wa Abrahamu kuwa ni watoto wake halisi. Lakini, “ni kupitia Isaka uzao wako utaitwa.”
nor, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children, rather, In Isaac a seed will be called for thee.
8 Hii ni kwamba, watoto wa mwili si watoto wa Mungu. Lakini watoto wa ahadi wanatazamwa kuwa kama uzao.
That is, the children of the flesh, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.
9 Maana hili ndilo neno la ahadi: “Katika majira haya nitakuja, na Sara atapewa mtoto.”
For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and there will be a son by Sarah.
10 Si hili tu, lakini baada ya Rebeka kupata mimba kwa mtu mmoja, Isaka baba yetu-
And not only so, but also Rebecca having bed from one man, our father Isaac
11 kwamba watoto walikuwa bado hawajazaliwa na alikuwa hajafanya jambo lolote zuri au baya, ili kwamba kusudi la Mungu kulingana na uchaguzi lisimame, wala si kwa matendo, lakini ni kwa sababu ya yule aitae.
(for not yet having been born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not from works, but from him who calls),
12 Ilinenwa kwake, “Mkubwa atamtumikia mdogo.”
it was said to her, The older will serve the younger.
13 Kama ilivyo kwisha andikwa: “Yakobo nilimpenda, lakini Esau nilimchukia.”
As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I regarded inferior.
14 Basi tena tutasema nini? Je kuna udhalimu kwa Mungu? La hasha.
What will we say then? Is there injustice from God? May it not happen!
15 Kwa kuwa anasema kwa Musa, “nitakuwa na rehema kwa yule nitakayemrehemu, na nitakuwa na huruma kwa yule nitakayemhurumia.”
For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to whom I may be merciful, and I will be compassionate to whomever I may be compassionate.
16 Kwa hiyo basi, si kwa sababu ya yeye atakaye, wala si kwa sababu ya yeye ambaye hukimbia, lakini kwa sababu ya Mungu, ambaye huonesha rehema.
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who is merciful.
17 Kwa kuwa maandiko husema kwa Farao, “Kwa kusudi hili maalumu nilikuinua, ili kwamba nioneshe nguvu zangu katika wewe, na ili kwamba jina langu litangazwe katika nchi yote.”
For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this same thing I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
18 Hivyo basi, Mungu huwa na rehema kwa yeyote ampendaye, na kwa ambaye humpenda, humfanya kuwa mkaidi.
So then he is merciful to whom he will, and whom he will he hardens.
19 Kisha utasema kwangu, “Kwa nini bado anaona kosa? Ni yupi ambaye alikwisha kustahimili matakwa yake?”
Thou will say to me therefore, Why does he still find fault? For who has resisted his purpose?
20 Kinyume chake, mwanadamu, wewe ni nani ujibue kinyume na Mungu? Kuna uwezekano wowote wa kilichofinyangwa kusema kwa mfinyanzi, “Kwanini ulinifanya hivi mimi?”
Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?
21 Je mfinyazi huwa hana haki juu ya udongo kutengeneza chombo kwa matumizi maalumu kutokana na bonge lile lile, na chombo kingine kwa matumizi ya kila siku?
Or has the potter no right over the clay, from the same lump certainly to make this vessel for esteem, and that for disesteem?
22 Vipi kama Mungu, ambaye ana utayari wa kuonesha gadhabu yake na kufanya nguvu yake kujulikana, alistahimili kwa uvumilivu wa kutosha vyombo vya gadhabu vilivyoandaliwa kwa kuangamiza?
And if God, wanting to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 Vipi kama alifanya hivi ili kwamba aoneshe wingi wa utukufu wake juu ya vyombo vya rehema, ambavyo alikwisha kuviandaa kwa ajili ya utukufu?
even that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory,
24 Vipi kama alifanya hii pia kwetu, ambaye pia alituita, si tu kutoka kwa Wayahudi, lakini pia kutoka kwa watu wa Mataifa?
namely us whom he called, not only from Jews but also from Gentiles.
25 Kama asemavyo pia katika Hosea: “Nitawaita watu wangu ambao hawakuwa watu wangu, na mpendwa wake ambaye hakupendwa.
As also he says in Hosea, I will call those not my people, my people, and her who was not beloved, beloved.
26 Na itakuwa kwamba pale iliposemwa kwao, 'Ninyi si watu wangu,' pale wataitwa 'wana wa Mungu aliye hai.”'
And it will be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there they will be called, sons of the living God.
27 Isaya analia kuhusiana na Israeli, “Kama hesabu ya wana wa Israeli ingekuwa kama mchanga wa bahari, itakuwa ni masalia ambao wataokolewa.
And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved.
28 Kwa kuwa Bwana atalichukua neno lake juu ya nchi, mapema na kwa utimilifu.
Since he is completing and finishing quickly a matter in righteousness, because a matter that has been cut short upon the earth, the Lord will perform.
29 Na kama jinsi Isaya alivyosema awali, “Kama Bwana wa majeshi hakutuachia nyuma uzao kwa ajili yetu, tungekuwa kama Sodoma, na tungefanywa kama Gomora.
And just as Isaiah has foretold, Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.
30 Tutasema nini basi? kwamba watu wa Mataifa ambao walikuwa hawatafuti haki, walipata haki, haki kwa imani.
What will we say then? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness from faith.
31 Lakini Israeli, ambaye alitafuta sheria ya haki, hakuifikia.
But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness, did not arrive to a law of righteousness.
32 Kwanini si hivyo? Kwa sababu hawakuitafuta kwa imani, bali kwa matendo. Walijikwaa juu ya jiwe la kujikwaa,
Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
33 kama ilivyo kwisha andikwa, “Tazama, nimelaza jiwe la kujikwaa katika Sayuni na mwamba wa kukosa. Yeye ambaye huamini katika hili hataaibika.”
just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.
