Loma 9
1 ʻOku ou lea moʻoni ʻia Kalaisi, ʻoku ʻikai te u loi, pea ʻoku fakamoʻoni au foki ʻi hoku loto ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni,
I speak truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, that
2 ʻOku ou māfasia lahi pea mamahi maʻuaipē ʻi hoku loto.
I have great grief and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3 (He kuo u meimei fakaʻamu ke tuku au ko e motuhi meia Kalaisi), koeʻuhi ko hoku kāinga, ʻa hoku kāinga fakakakano:
For I could wish to be myself accursed and cast out from Christ in behalf of my brethren, my kinsmen as to the flesh;
4 Ko e kakai ʻIsileli ʻakinautolu; ʻoku ʻonautolu ʻae ohia, mo e nāunau, mo e ngaahi fuakava, mo e foaki ʻoe fono, mo e ngāue fakalotu, mo e ngaahi talaʻofa;
who are Israelites; whom God adopted as sons, whose was the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of the sanctuary, and the promises;
5 ʻOku ʻanautolu ʻae ngaahi tamai, ʻakinautolu naʻe mei ai ʻae sino ʻo Kalaisi, ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga taha pē, ko e ʻOtua monūʻia ʻo taʻengata. ʻEmeni. (aiōn g165)
whose are the fathers, and from whom, as to the flesh, was the Christ. He who is over all, God, be blessed for ever! Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Ka ʻoku ʻikai ke hangē kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻaupito ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua. He ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku meia ʻIsileli:
Not as though the word of God hath failed; for not all they that are of Israel are Israel;
7 Pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e fānau kotoa pē. Koeʻuhi ko e hako ʻakinautolu ʻo ʻEpalahame: ka, “Ko ʻAisake ʻe ui ai ho hako.”
nor because they are descendants of Abraham are they all children; but, “Thy offspring shall be reckoned from Isaac.”
8 Ko hono ʻuhinga, ʻIlonga ʻae fānau ʻae kakano, ʻoku ʻikai ko e fānau ʻae ʻOtua ʻakinautolu: kae lau ko e hako ʻae fānau pē ʻoe talaʻofa.
That is, not the children by natural descent are children of God, but the children to whom the promise is made are accounted as the offspring.
9 He ko e lea eni ʻoe talaʻofa, “ʻI he kuonga ni te u haʻu, pea ʻe maʻu ʻe Sela ha tama.”
For the word of promise is this: “At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”
10 Pea ʻoku ʻikai ko ia pē, ka ʻi he feitama ʻa Lepeka mei he tokotaha, ko ʻetau tamai ko ʻAisake;
And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived by one man, our father Isaac,
11 (He naʻe teʻeki ai ke fanauʻi ʻakinaua, pea teʻeki fai ha lelei pe ha kovi, pea koeʻuhi ke tuʻumaʻu ʻae tuʻutuʻuni ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo fakatatau ki he fili, ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi ngāue, kae ʻiate ia ʻoku ne ui; )
before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, to the end that God's purpose according to election might stand, not depending on works, but on the will of him that calleth,
12 Naʻe pehē kiate ia, “ʻE tauhi ʻe he ʻuluaki ʻae kimui.”
it was said to her, “The elder shall serve the younger:”
13 ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Kuo u ʻofa kia Sēkope, ka kuo u fehiʻa kia ʻIsoa.”
as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 Pea ka ko ia, pea tau pehē ko e hā? ʻOku ʻi he ʻOtua ʻae taʻeangatonu? ʻIkai ʻaupito.
What then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Far be it!
15 He naʻe pehē ʻe ia kia Mōsese, “Te u ʻaloʻofa kiate ia ʻoku ou loto ke u ʻaloʻofa ki ai, pea te u angaʻofa kiate ia ʻoku ou loto ke u angaʻofa ki ai.”
For he saith to Moses, “On whom I have mercy, on him will I have mercy; and on whom I have compassion, on him will I have compassion.”
16 Pea ko ia, ʻoku ʻikai meiate ia ʻoku loto, pe meiate ia ʻoku lele, kae mei he ʻOtua ʻoku fakahā ʻae ʻaloʻofa.
So then it dependeth not on him that willeth, nor on him that runneth, but on God who showeth mercy.
17 He ʻoku pehē ʻae tohi kia Felo, “Ko e meʻa ni pē kuo u fokotuʻu hake ai koe, koeʻuhi ke u fakahā ʻiate koe hoku mālohi, pea koeʻuhi ke ongoongoa ai hoku hingoa ʻi māmani kotoa pē.”
For the Scripture saith to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show forth my power in thee, and that my name might be made known in all the earth.”
18 Pea ko ia, ʻoku ʻaloʻofa ia kiate ia ʻoku ne loto ki ai, pea ʻoku ne fakafefeka ʻaia ʻoku loto ia ki ai.
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and hardeneth whom he will.
19 Pea te ke pehē ai kiate au, “Pea ko e hā ʻoku ne kei lāunga ai? Pe ko hai kuo ne taʻofia hono loto?”
Hence thou wilt say to me, Why then doth he still find fault? for who resisteth his will?
20 ʻIkai, ʻe tangata, he ko hai koe ʻoku ke kikihi ki he ʻOtua? ʻE lea ʻae meʻa kuo ngaohi kiate ia naʻa ne ngaohi ia, “Ko e hā kuo ke ngaohi ai au ke pehē ni?”
Nay but, O man, who art thou that makest answer to God? Shall the thing that is wrought say to the workman, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 He ʻikai ʻoku ʻi he ʻumea, ke ne ngaohi mei he takaonga pe taha ʻae ipu ʻe taha ke ʻaonga lahi, mo e taha ke ʻaonga siʻi?
Hath not the potter a right out of the same lump of clay to make one vessel for an honorable use, and another for a dishonorable?
22 Pea kapau kuo finangalo ʻae ʻOtua ke fakahā hono houhau, pea fakaʻilo mo hono mālohi, naʻa ne kātaki ʻi he kātaki fuoloa ʻae ngaahi ipu ʻoe houhau naʻe taau mo e malaʻia:
What if God endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, purposing to manifest his wrath and to make known his power;
23 Pea koeʻuhi ke ne fakahā hono lahi ʻo ʻene lelei ki he ngaahi ipu ʻoe ʻaloʻofa, ʻakinautolu naʻa ne tomuʻa teuʻi ki he hakeakiʻi,
purposing also to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
24 ʻIo, ʻakitautolu kuo ne ui, ʻikai mei he kakai Siu pē, ka mei he kakai Senitaile foki?
whom he also called, even us, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the gentiles?
25 ʻO hangē ko ʻene folofola ʻia Hosea, “Te u ui ʻakinautolu ‘Ko hoku kakai,’ ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ko hoku kakai; pea ‘Ko e ʻofeina ia,’ ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ko e ʻofeina.
as he also saith in Hosea, “I will call that my people, which was not my people; and her beloved, that was not beloved.
26 Pea ʻe pehē, ʻi he potu ko ia naʻe pehē ai kiate kinautolu, ‘ʻOku ʻikai ko hoku kakai ʻakimoutolu;’ ʻe ui ai ʻakinautolu ko e fānau ʻae ʻOtua moʻui.
And it shall be, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons of the living God.”
27 ʻOku kalanga foki ʻa ʻIsaia ʻia ʻIsileli, [ʻo pehē], “Kapau ʻe tatau hono lau ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mo e ʻoneʻone ʻoe tahi, ko e toenga pē ʻe fakamoʻui:
But Isaiah crieth 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 He te ne fakaʻosi mo tuʻusi ke vave ʻae ngāue ʻi he māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ʻe fakatoʻotoʻo ʻae ngāue ʻa Sihova ʻi he māmani.”
For he is accomplishing his word and speedily fulfilling it in righteousness; for a speedily fulfilled word will the Lord execute upon the earth.”
29 Pea hangē ko e tomuʻa lea ʻa ʻIsaia, “Ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻae fakatoe ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi ha hako kiate kitautolu, pehē, kuo tau tatau mo Sotoma, pea ngaohi ʻo fakatatau mo Komola.”
And as Isaiah hath said before, “Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.”
30 Pea ka ko ia, pea tau pehē ko e hā? Ko eni, ko e kakai Senitaile, naʻe ʻikai tuli ki he fakatonuhia, kuo lavaʻi ʻekinautolu ʻae fakatonuhia, ʻio, ʻae fakatonuhia ʻoku ʻi he tui.
What then shall we say? That the gentiles, who did not strive after righteousness, obtained righteousness, but a righteousness which is of faith;
31 Ka ko ʻIsileli, naʻe tuli ki he fono māʻoniʻoni, kuo ʻikai lavaʻi ʻe ia ʻae fono māʻoniʻoni.
while Israel, which strove after a law of righteousness, did not attain to a law of righteousness.
32 Ko e hā naʻe pehē ai? Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai ha tui, ka ko e ngāue pe. He naʻa nau tūkia ʻi he “Maka tūkiaʻanga” ko ia;
Why? Because they did not strive for it by faith, but as being by works. For they stumbled against the stone of stumbling;
33 ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻai ʻi Saione ʻae maka tūkiaʻanga mo e maka fakaʻita: pea ko ia ʻe tui kiate ia ʻe ʻikai te ne mā.”
as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth in him shall not be put to shame.”
