¹I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

¹ Ma ne kon, ndax Yàlla bërgël na xeetam? Mukk! Ndaxte man itam ci Israyil laa bokk, wàcce ci Ibraayma te bokk ci giiru Ben-yamin.

²God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,

² Yàlla bërgëlul xeetam, wi mu xamoon lu jiitu. Ndax dangeen a xamul li Mbind mi di wax ci mbirum Iliyas? Dafa doon tawat Israyil ci Yàlla naan:

³Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

³ «Boroom bi, rey nañu say yonent, daaneel say bérab yu sell, ba man kenn maa ci des, te ñu ngi may wut a rey.»

⁴But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

⁴ Waaye lii la ko Yàlla tontu: «Dencal naa sama bopp juróom-ñaari junniy nit, ñi jaamuwul Baal.»

⁵Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

⁵ Noonu itam ci jamono ji nu nekk, des na nit ñu néew ñu Yàlla dencal boppam ciw yiwam.

⁶And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

⁶ Gannaaw nag yiwu Yàlla rekk a tax mu denc leen, kon du seen peyug ñaq, walla boog yiwu Yàlla dootul yiw.

⁷What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

⁷ Kon lu nu ci war a wax? Li bànni Israyil doon wut, gisuñu ko. Waaye ñi Yàlla tànn rekk a ko gis, te ña ca des bañ a gëm, ba seen xol dërkiis.

⁸(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

⁸ Looloo tax Mbind mi ne:«Yàlla daf leen a jox xelum nit ku gëmmeentu,bët yu gëlëm ak nopp yu tëx,ba ci bésub tey.»

⁹And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

⁹ Te Daawuda it daf ci wax naan:«Na seeni ñam sax nekk fiir ak i pakk;nañu ci daanu, te Yàlla mbugal leen.

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

¹⁰ Nañu gumba ba ne fatuus,nañu tiis te sëgg ba fàww.»

¹¹I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

¹¹ Ndax kon dañoo tarxiis, daanu ba fàww? Mukk! Waaye jéllub Israyil dafa ubbi bunt, ngir xeeti ñi dul Yawut man a mucc, te bànni Israyil siis leen.

¹²Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

¹² Gannaaw seen tooñ nag moo ubbi buntu yiw ci waa àddina si, te seen ñàkk moo meññ barkeb xeet yépp, céy bés bu Israyil gépp delloo ci Yàlla, ndaw barke bu bare!

¹³For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

¹³ Yéen ñi dul Yawut, yéen laay waxal. Ndegam Yàlla daf maa def ndawam, yónni ma ci yéen xeeti àddina si, damay matal samab yónnent.

¹⁴If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

¹⁴ Dama koy def, ngir ñi bokk ak man xeet siis, ba ñenn ñi mucc.

¹⁵For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

¹⁵ Ndaxte bi Yàlla génnee Israyil, ubbee na noonu bunt, ngir xeeti àddina juboo ak moom; kon su Yàlla dugalaatee Israyil, ndax du mel ni ndekkitel néew ya?

¹⁶For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

¹⁶ Damay wax ne, mburu mépp sell na, bu ci Yàlla amee wàll. Naka noonu garab gi Yàlla séddoo reen bi, garab gépp sell na.

¹⁷And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

¹⁷ Bànni Israyil a ngi mel ni garabu oliw gu ñu jëmbët ci kër gi, waaye mu am car yu ci fàq. Yaw mi dul Yawut, yaa ngi mel ni caru garabu oliw gu àll bu ñu jabtal ci garabu kër googu. Noonu nga jariñoo meen, mi jóge ci reen bi.

¹⁸Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

¹⁸ Kon nag bul bàkku, di xeeb car yooyu Yàlla fàq. Waaye soo bëggee bàkku, xamal ne, reen moo lay yenu, te du yaw miy car yaa koy yenu.

¹⁹Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

¹⁹ Xanaa dinga wax ne: «Car yooyu dañu leen a fàq, ngir jabtal ma fa ñu nekkoon.»

²⁰Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

²⁰ Dëgg la; waaye seen ngëmadee tax ñu fàq leen, wuutal la fa ndax sa ngëm. Bumu tax nag ngay bàkku, waaye nanga moytu.

²¹For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

²¹ Gannaaw Yàlla baalul car ya cosaanoo ca garab ga, kon boog yéen itam man na leen a fàq.

²²Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

²² Loolu kon wone na ni Yàlla baaxe ak ni muy meree tooñ. Ci ñi daanu, Yàlla wone na ni meram tànge, wone mbaaxam ci yéen, su fekkee yéena ngi ci wéy; lu ko moy, dees na leen fàq yéen itam.

²³And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

²³ Te car yooyu fàq, su ñu wéyul ci seen ngëmadi, dees na leen delloo ci garab gi, ndax Yàlla man na leen cee tafaat.

²⁴For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

²⁴ Yaw mi dul Yawut, yaa ngi bokkoon ci garabu oliw gu àll, waaye Yàlla daf la cee jële, ci lu dul faral a am, jabtal la ci garabu kër gi. Kon man nanoo gën a wóor ne, Yawut ya judduwaale nekk ci garabu oliw gu kër gi, Yàlla dina leen ci delloo.

²⁵For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

²⁵ Bokk yi, dama leen a bëgg a dindi kumpa ci lii, ngir ngeen bañ a yég seen bopp. Dërkiisu xol dab na bànni Israyil ab diir, ba bés ba mboolem waa àddina, ñu war a bokk ci nguuru Yàlla, dugg ca.

²⁶And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

²⁶ Bu loolu amee nag, bànni Israyil gépp dina mucc. Moom la Mbind mi tëral, bi mu naan:«Ab xettalikat dina jóge ci Siyon,dàq weddi ci askanu Yanqóoba.

²⁷For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

²⁷ Loolu mooy kóllëre, gi may fas ak ñoom,bés bu may dindi seeni bàkkaar.»

²⁸As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.

²⁸ Gannaaw bañ nañu xebaar bu baax bi, ay bañaaley Yàlla lañu, ngir ngeen jot barkeem. Waaye gannaaw Yàlla tànn na leen, dafa leen bëgg ba tey ndax seen maam ya.

²⁹For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

²⁹ Ndax li Yàlla maye, dootu ko nangu mukk, te ku mu woo ci boppam, dootu la dàq mukk.

³⁰For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

³⁰ Ñu déggadil Yàlla ngeen woon, waaye ngëmadig Yawut yi tax na, ngeen jot yërmandeem.

³¹Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

³¹ Ñoom itam lànk nañu léegi, ngir man a bokk ak yéen yërmandey Yàlla.

³²For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

³² Kon Yàlla tëj na ñépp ci ngëmadi, ngir man a yërëm ñépp.

³³O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

³³ Xelum Yàlla ni mu xóote, ak xam-xamam ni mu baree, ba raw xelum nit! Kan moo muus, ba xam dogalam? Walla nga am xel, ba nànd ay jëfam?

³⁴For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

³⁴ Mbind mi dafa ne:«Ana ku xam xalaatu Boroom bi?Ku ko doon digal?»

³⁵Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

³⁵ Te it:«Ku ko mas a jox dara,ba mu war laa delloo?»

³⁶For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

³⁶ Ndaxte ci moom la lépp sosoo, ci moom la lépp di jaar, ci moom la lépp di dellu. Moo yelloo ndam ba fàww. Amiin.