1I say then, Did God cast off 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 did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:
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, they have 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 left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to 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.
6But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
6 Gannaaw nag yiwu Yàlla rekk a tax mu denc leen, kon du seen peyug ñaq, walla boog yiwu Yàlla dootul yiw.
7What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
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.
8according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very 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 recompense 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 thou down their back always.
10 Nañu gumba ba ne fatuus,nañu tiis te sëgg ba fàww.»
11I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, 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 their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss 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!
13But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
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 jealousy [them that are] my flesh, and may 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 [is] 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?
16And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is 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.
17But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the 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.
18glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest 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, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
19 Xanaa dinga wax ne: «Car yooyu dañu leen a fàq, ngir jabtal ma fa ñu nekkoon.»
20Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy 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, neither will he spare thee.
21 Gannaaw Yàlla baalul car ya cosaanoo ca garab ga, kon boog yéen itam man na leen a fàq.
22Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's 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 continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft 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 wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted 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, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen 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: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He 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.
27And 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 touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
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 the calling of God are not repented of.
29 Ndax li Yàlla maye, dootu ko nangu mukk, te ku mu woo ci boppam, dootu la dàq mukk.
30For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
30 Ñu déggadil Yàlla ngeen woon, waaye ngëmadig Yawut yi tax na, ngeen jot yërmandeem.
31even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.
31 Ñoom itam lànk nañu léegi, ngir man a bokk ak yéen yërmandey Yàlla.
32For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, 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 the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing 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 unto him, are all things. To him [be] the 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.