Roman 9
1 Ngo jvjvbv mindung dunv; ngo kristo gvngv okv ngo mvvma dunv. Ngo mvngnam sum, Darwknv Dow lokv rigv namv, vbvka ngo jvjv rungdu vla mintamjidu
I am speaking the truth in Christ. My conscience confirms through the Holy Spirit that I am not lying when I say
2 vdwlo ngo mindu ngoogv mvngruv vdwgo kaidu, vdwgo ngoogv achiv haapok lokv nyeka madu vdu
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3 holvgabv ngoogv nyiv, ngoogv awgv adwnv okv oyiv! Holvgabv ngo atuv bunu lvgabv Pwknvyarnnv gv beenam lo okv Kristo gv lokv apin sito kunvpv vla mvngdu.
For I could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
4 Bunu vdwv Pwknvyarnv gv nyi ngv; Hv bunua ninyigv umvuu bv mvtoku okv turnam loung am bunu gvlo kaatam jito; Hv ninyigv umkvpakvvnam am bunugv lvkobv mvtoku okv Pvbv nga bunua jitoku; Bunu vdwv jvjvrungbv kumnya jiduku; bunu vdwv Pwknvyarnv gv milvpvvnam laarwk sinyatoku;
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.
5 Bunu vdwv Hebrew abuapa yunam lokv ali linvgo; okv kristo, nyia nyidung akobv bunugv lokv lindu. Pwknvyarnv ngv, mvnwng nga rigvdogvnv, hartv tvbv la riyilaka vdunv! Amen. (aiōn g165)
To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Ngo Pwknvyarnv gv milvpvvnam v dooku makv vla mima dunv; holvgabv Israel gv nyi mvnwng ngv Pwknvyarnv gv nyi mvngchikbv rimadunv.
It is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all Israelites truly belong to Israel,
7 Vmajvka Abraham gv singsit lokv linv mvnwng vka Pwknvyarnv gv umvuu bv rimwng madunv. Pwknvyarnv Abrahamnyi mintoku, “Ngo nam milvpvvdu kunv Isaak gv lokv noogv husiv twngtv bv doosiksilin reku.”
and not all of Abraham's children are his true descendants, but, “Through Isaac yoʋr descendants will be counted.”
8 Soogv vbv minam umvuu bvngnam dvdv ngv bvngdinnv Pwknvyarnv gv umvuu bv Pwknvyarnv gv umvuu bv ridunv vnam kaama; vbvmayabv, Pwknvyarnv gv milvpvvnam lokv umvuu bvngnam dvdvlo jvjvbv singsit doosiksinam am mindu.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
9 Holvgabv Pwknvyarnv gv milvpvvnamv oogv vkvnv gamchargo mimpv jito; “oogv aluching lo ngo aakur rekunyi, okv sara umvuu go dooreku vto.”
For this is what God promised: “About this time next year I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 Okv si tikma, holvgavbolo Rebika gv kuunyilo anyi vka abu akinnv, Isaak ngonugv abuapa ngv.
Not only that, but when Rebecca had conceived by one man, our father Isaac,
11 Vbvritola oogv vbv minam lokv akonv vv Pwknvyarnv gv atubogv mvngnam lokv gaklin kunamv, Pwknvyarnv ninyia minto, “bvngcho yanam angv vv boru yanga rijivngji yanv gobv rire.” Pwknvyarnv bunua bvngtv madv bv sum mincho jitoku, bunu oguguka alvnvnga alvmanv nga rima dubv; vkvlvgabv Pwknvyarnv gv so gaknamv ninyigv goknam lokv rito, okv bunugv oguguka rinamdoonam lokvma.
though her sons were not yet born and had done nothing good or evil, in order for the purpose of God's choice to stand (not because of works but because of him who calls),
she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 Darwknv kitap v vbv minto, “ngo Jakopnyi pakdunv, vbvritola Isaunyi pakma dunv.”
As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 Vbvrikubolo ngonu minladunv, vv Pwknvyarnv jwngkadaka madu nvgoi? Ma vbvdv ma.
What then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!
15 Vkvlvgabv hv Mosesnyi minto, “ngo yvvnyi mvngdudw um ngo aya dunv; ngo yvvnyi mvngdudw um ngo pakdunv.”
For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
16 Vkvlvgabv vbvrikubolo, ogumvnwng mvnging nama, ngonu nyia mvngdung okv ridung lokv ogudw um rimadu, vbvritola Pwknvyarnv gv aya mvngchik lokv ridunv.
So then, it does not depend on human will or effort, but on God's mercy.
17 Holvgabv Darwknv kitap v Ejipt gv dvbv nga mindu, “ngo nam ngoogv jwkrwa kaatamla rinvvngnv dubv dvbv gobv mvpvnv okv ngoogv kai am nyiamooku mvnwng lo chinsik karmu dubv vla.”
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised yoʋ up for the very purpose of showing my power in yoʋ, so that my name might be declared in all the earth.”
18 Holvgabv vbvrikubolo, Pwknvyarnv gv ninyigv aya nga yvvnyi mvngka dudw um jiso mvngnam am hv jidu okv hv ninyigv mvnggwnglo yvvnyika akortor dubv mvso mvngbolo mvladu.
So then, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
19 Vbvritola nonuno akin gonv ngam vbv minre, “si vbvridubolo, oguaingbv Pwknvyarnv nyigonv gv rimur am mapa ridw? Yvvdw Pwknvyarnv gv mvnglwk ka mvtor nyola redw?”
Yoʋ will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
20 Vbvritola ngoogv ajin vdw, nonu yvvla, Pwknvyarnvnyi mingkurla mirwk sila jinv ngv? Pvchwng ngv mvnv atu am “no nga ogubv svbv mvpvnvri vla tvka sudunvri?”
On the contrary, O man, who are yoʋ to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why did yoʋ make me like this?”
21 Ogubvrijvka, yvvdw Pvching mvnv ngv vv atugv mvnggwng bv ogubv mvnvrinv nwngdudw vbvching mvnvrinvre, okv takam kvdw nuunum akin lokv pvchwng anyi mvnam um, akonyi apum pamrinyi okv akonyi kvvbi adung lo mvnvrinv mindu.
Does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
22 Okv Pwknvyarnv gv ogugo ripvdw vv jvjvbv vsukaring sibv rito. Hv ninyigv haachi nama kaatam nwngtoku. Okv ninyigv jwkrwa chimu toku. Vbvritola hv achialvbv saktvto yvvdw ninyigv haachi nama hiru rugvdudw, oogv sitvyaatv lakula sigvngoogv tvvdu kunv ngv.
What if God, although willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
23 Okv hv ninyigv nyitv kairungnv hartvbamtv aka achialvbv kaatam vngroku, oogv ninyigv aya nga paamu dubv vla ngonugv aolo pwlwk kunam vkvnvgo, yvvdw ngonu vdwgvlo hv ninyigv yunglit nama laarwk sidubv mvpvripv dukunv.
in order to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he has prepared in advance for glory,
24 Holvgabv ngonuka goknam nyi bv ridukunv, Jius vdwgv pingko lokv gokmwng mvngchik ma vbvritola Jentail vdwgv pingko loka gokdu.
namely us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
25 So si ogubv hv mindudw Hosea kitap lo doodu. “Yvvdw ngoogv nyi bv rima dunv ‘ngoogv nyi’ bv gokreku. Ngoogv pakma nam diringmooku vdwa, ‘ngo pakya yarungnam gobv gokreku.’
As he says in Hosea, “Those who were ‘not my people’ I will call ‘my people,’ and those who were ‘not beloved’ I will call ‘beloved.’
26 Okv achialv bv mooku lo ogolo bunu mimpv kudw, ‘nonu ngoogv nyi makv vla.’ Hoka bunu vdwv turnv Pwknvyarnv gv umvuu ngv vla mireku.”
And in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
27 Okv Aijaya ka Israel vdwgv lvkwnglo gokpa jito: “Israel gv nyi vdwv svmasa gv chokri gv aingbv rijeka, vbvrikwng kujvka miang chaigo ringlin komwng rinvpv;
And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
28 Um lvgabv Ahtu nyiamookua ninyigv sabsvbusv ngam baapu alvbv kaadartabia reku.”
For the Lord will settle the matter swiftly and justly; his sentence will be executed upon the earth without delay.”
29 Sum Aijaya gvlo kvvlo vbvching minto, “Ahtu kainv, singsitnv kvvgonyi ngonua apak jimabolo, ngonu sodom aingbv ripvkunvpv, ngonu Gomora aingbv ripvkunvpv.”
And just as Isaiah foretold, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us any descendants, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.”
30 Vkvlvgabv ngonu Jentail vdwgv lvkwnglo mindu, oogv yvvdw bunu atubongv Pwknvyarnv gvlo tarwkbak bv doodubv gwngma dudw, ninyigvlo tarwkbak bv mvngjwng lokv doomudakmudu;
What then shall we say? That Gentiles who were not pursuing righteousness have obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness that is by faith.
31 Pwknvyarnv gv nyi ridula, oogv Pvbv ngam mala tarwkbak bv bunugv Pwknvyarnv gvlo doodubv vla rinv vdwv, vv paamatuku.
But Israel, although they pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain a law of righteousness.
32 Okv vv ogulvgabv paamadunv? Vkvlvgavbolo bunu mvngjwng nama mvnging mabv rito vbvritola bunu ogugo ridudw um mvnging mvngto. Okv vkvlvgabv bunu “vlwng dwktup” kolo dwktupla rito.
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
33 Oogv Darwknv gv kitap lo minto: “Kaatoka, ngo Jayon lo vlwng pvgo vvpvdunv vv nyi vdwa dwktup more, vlwng pvngv vv bunua gimup more. Vbvritola yvvdw ninyia mvngjwng dunv um sanga momare.”
as it is written, “Behold, I am placing in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, yet no one who believes in him will be put to shame.”
