Romans 11
1 Ǹjẹ́ mo ní, Ọlọ́run ha ta àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ nù bí? Kí a má ri. Nítorí Israẹli ni èmi pẹ̀lú, láti inú irú-ọmọ Abrahamu, ni ẹ̀yà Benjamini.
I ask then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Ọlọ́run kò ta àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ nù ti ó ti mọ̀ tẹ́lẹ̀. Tàbí ẹ̀yin kò mọ bí ìwé mímọ́ ti wí ní ti Elijah? Bí ó ti ń bẹ̀bẹ̀ lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run fún Israẹli, wí pé:
God did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
3 “Olúwa, wọ́n ti pa àwọn wòlíì rẹ, wọn sì ti wó àwọn pẹpẹ rẹ lulẹ̀; èmi nìkan ṣoṣo ni ó sì kù, wọ́n sì ń wá ẹ̀mí mi.”
"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
4 Ṣùgbọ́n ìdáhùn wo ni Ọlọ́run fi fún un? “Mo ti ṣẹ́ ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbàárin ènìyàn kù sílẹ̀ fún ara mi, àwọn tí kò tẹ eékún ba fún Baali.”
But how does God answer him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
5 Gẹ́gẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni, ní àkókò yìí àṣẹ́kù àwọn ènìyàn kan wà nípa ìyànfẹ́ ti oore-ọ̀fẹ́.
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 Bí ó bá sì ṣe pé nípa ti oore-ọ̀fẹ́ ni, ǹjẹ́ kì í ṣe ti iṣẹ́ mọ́; bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́ oore-ọ̀fẹ́ kì yóò jẹ́ oore-ọ̀fẹ́ mọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n bí ó ṣe pé nípa ti iṣẹ́ ni, ǹjẹ́ kì í ṣe ti oore-ọ̀fẹ́ mọ́; bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, iṣẹ́ kì í ṣe iṣẹ́ mọ́.
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.
7 Kí ha ni? Ohun tí Israẹli ń wá kiri, òun náà ni kò rí; ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ẹni àyànfẹ́ ti rí i, a sì sé àyà àwọn ìyókù le.
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé: “Ọlọ́run ti fún wọn ní ẹ̀mí oorun, àwọn ojú tí kò le ríran àti àwọn etí tí kò le gbọ́rọ̀, títí ó fi di òní olónìí yìí.”
According as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.
9 Dafidi sì wí pé: “Jẹ́ kí tábìlì wọn kí ó di ìdẹ̀kùn àti tàkúté, ohun ìkọ̀sẹ̀ àti ẹ̀san fún wọn.
David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
10 Jẹ́ kí ojú wọn ṣókùnkùn, kí wọn kí ó má le ríran, Kí wọn kí ó sì tẹ ẹ̀yìn wọn ba nígbà gbogbo.”
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see, and their backs be bent continually."
11 Ǹjẹ́ mo ní, wọ́n ha kọsẹ̀ kí wọn kí ó lè ṣubú? Kí a má ri i, ṣùgbọ́n nípa ìṣubú wọn, ìgbàlà dé ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn Kèfèrí, láti mú Israẹli jowú.
I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? Absolutely not. But by their fall salvation has come to the non-Jews, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìṣubú wọn bá di ọrọ̀ ayé, àti bí ìfàsẹ́yìn wọn bá di ọrọ̀ àwọn Kèfèrí; mélòó mélòó ni kíkún ọrọ̀ wọn?
Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the non-Jews; how much more their fullness?
13 Ẹ̀yin tí i ṣe Kèfèrí ni èmi sá à ń bá sọ̀rọ̀, níwọ̀n bí èmi ti jẹ́ aposteli àwọn Kèfèrí, mo gbé oyè mi ga
For I speak to you who are the non-Jews. Since then as I am an apostle to the non-Jews, I glorify my ministry;
14 bí ó le ṣe kí èmi kí ó lè mú àwọn ará mi jowú, àti kí èmi kí ó lè gba díẹ̀ là nínú wọn.
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 Nítorí bí títanù wọn bá jẹ́ ìlàjà ayé, gbígbà wọn yóò ha ti rí, bí kò sí ìyè kúrò nínú òkú?
For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
16 Ǹjẹ́ bí àkọ́so bá jẹ́ mímọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àkópọ̀ yóò jẹ́ mímọ́; bí gbòǹgbò bá sì jẹ́ mímọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwọn ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ náà.
If the first part is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 Ṣùgbọ́n bí a bá ya nínú àwọn ẹ̀ka kúrò, tí a sì lọ́ ìwọ, tí í ṣe igi òróró igbó sára wọn, tí ìwọ sì ń bá wọn pín nínú gbòǹgbò àti ọ̀rá igi olifi náà,
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree;
18 má ṣe ṣe féfé sí àwọn ẹ̀ka igi náà. Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìwọ bá ṣe féfé, ìwọ kọ́ ni ó rù gbòǹgbò, ṣùgbọ́n gbòǹgbò ni ó rù ìwọ.
do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
19 Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ ó wí pé, “A ti fa àwọn ẹ̀ka náà ya, nítorí kí a lè lọ́ mi sínú rẹ̀.”
You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
20 Ó dára; nítorí àìgbàgbọ́ ni a ṣe fà wọn ya kúrò, ìwọ sì dúró nípa ìgbàgbọ́ rẹ. Má ṣe gbé ara rẹ ga, ṣùgbọ́n bẹ̀rù.
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
21 Nítorí bí Ọlọ́run kò bá dá ẹ̀ka-ìyẹ́ka sí, kíyèsára kí ó má ṣe ṣe àìdá ìwọ náà sí.
for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
22 Nítorí náà wo oore àti ìkáàánú Ọlọ́run; lórí àwọn tí ó ṣubú, ìkáàánú; ṣùgbọ́n lórí ìwọ, oore, bi ìwọ bá dúró nínú oore rẹ̀; kí a má bá ké ìwọ náà kúrò.
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
23 Àti àwọn pẹ̀lú, bí wọn kò bá jókòó sínú àìgbàgbọ́, a ó lọ́ wọn sínú rẹ̀, nítorí Ọlọ́run le tún wọn lọ́ sínú rẹ̀.
They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 Nítorí bí a bá ti ké ìwọ kúrò lára igi òróró igbó nípa ẹ̀dá rẹ̀, tí a sì lọ́ ìwọ sínú igi òróró rere lòdì sí ti ẹ̀dá; mélòó mélòó ni a ó lọ́ àwọn wọ̀nyí, tí í ṣe ẹ̀ka-ìyẹ́ka sára igi òróró wọn?
For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 Ará, èmi kò ṣá fẹ́ kí ẹ̀yin kí ó wà ní òpè ní ti ohun ìjìnlẹ̀ yìí, kí ẹ̀yin má ba á ṣe ọlọ́gbọ́n ní ojú ara yín, pé ìfọ́jú bá Israẹli ní apá kan, títí kíkún àwọn Kèfèrí yóò fi dé.
For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the non-Jews has come in,
26 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a ó sì gba gbogbo Israẹli là, gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé: “Ní Sioni ni Olùgbàlà yóò ti jáde wá, yóò sì yìí àìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Jakọbu.
and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 Èyí sì ni májẹ̀mú mi pẹ̀lú wọn. Nígbà tí èmi yóò mú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn kúrò.”
This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."
28 Nípa ti ìyìnrere, ọ̀tá ni wọ́n nítorí yín; bí ó sì ṣe ti ìyànfẹ́ ni, olùfẹ́ ni wọ́n nítorí ti àwọn baba.
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers' sake.
29 Nítorí àìlábámọ̀ ni ẹ̀bùn àti ìpè Ọlọ́run.
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 Nítorí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yin kò ti gba Ọlọ́run gbọ́ rí, ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí tí ẹ̀yin rí àánú gbà nípa àìgbàgbọ́ wọn.
For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
31 Gẹ́gẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn wọ̀nyí tí ó ṣe àìgbọ́ràn nísinsin yìí, kí àwọn pẹ̀lú bá le rí àánú gbà nípa àánú tí a fihàn yín.
even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may now also obtain mercy.
32 Nítorí Ọlọ́run sé gbogbo wọn mọ́ pọ̀ sínú àìgbàgbọ́, kí ó le ṣàánú fún gbogbo wọn. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has bound everyone over to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 A! Ìjìnlẹ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ àti ọgbọ́n àti ìmọ̀ Ọlọ́run! Àwámárídìí ìdájọ́ rẹ̀ ti rí, ọ̀nà rẹ̀ sì jù àwárí lọ!
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out.
34 “Nítorí ta ni ó mọ ọkàn Olúwa? Tàbí ta ni í ṣe ìgbìmọ̀ rẹ̀?”
For "Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
35 “Tàbí ta ni ó kọ́ fi fún un, tí a kò sì san padà fún un?”
"Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"
