1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
1 Li ma bëgg a wax nag, ci kanamu Kirist laa koy waxe; dëgg la, du aw fen. Sama xel, mi Xel mu Sell miy leeral, seedeel na ma ne, dëgg laay wax.
2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
2 Maanaam, duma noppee am naqar wu réy ci sama biir xol,
3For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
3 ba xaw a bëgg a tàggoo ak Kirist te alku, ngir ñi ma bokkal xeet mucc.
4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
4 Bànni Israyil lañu, te Yàlla def na leen ni ay doomam; dëkkaloon na ndamam ci seen biir, fas ak ñoom kóllëre yi. Ñoom la Yàlla dénk yoonu Musaa, ñoom la xamal ni ñu ko war a jaamoo, ñoom la jox i digam.
5whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
5 Maam ya Yàlla tànnoon, ci ñoom lañu bokk, te ci ñoom it la Kirist wàcce, maanaam ci jëmmam, Kirist mi di Yàlla, tiim lépp, te yelloo teraanga ba fàww. Amiin.
6But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
6 Waaye neewuma waxu Yàlla dafa toxu, ndaxte bokk ci bànni Israyil, taxul nga bokk ci Israyil tigi.
7neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
7 Te it du ñi soqikoo ci Ibraayma ñépp, ay doomam dëgg lañu. Ndaxte Yàlla dafa wax Ibraayma ne ko: «Saw askan ci Isaaxa lay jaar.»
8That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
8 Maanaam, soqikoo ci Ibraayma taxul a nekk doomu Yàlla, waaye juddu ci biir digeb Yàlla mooy tax a bokk dëgg-dëgg ci askanu Ibraayma.
9For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
9 Ndaxte Yàlla dafa digoon Ibraayma naan: «Ci waxtu wii déwén dinaa dellusi ci yaw, te Saarata dina am doom ju góor.»
10And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac--
10 Te du ci loolu rekk, waaye noonu la it ci lu jëm ci Rebeka; doom yi mu jur ñoo bokk benn baay, moo di sunu maam Isaaxa.
11for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,
11 Waaye Yàlla wax ko ne:«Yanqóoba rakk ji mooy yilif magam Esawu,» fekk xale ya juddooguñu te defaguñu dara, muy lu baax, muy lu bon. Yàlla def na noonu, maanaam tànn kenn ci doom yi, ngir dogalam man a taxaw, te sukkandikuwul ci seeni jëf waaye ci wooteb Yàlla.
12it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 Loolu la Mbind mi wax ne:«Bëgg naa Yanqóoba, bañ naa Esawu.»
13Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
14 Kon lu nu ci war a wax? Ndax Yàlla àttewul foofu yoon nag? Mukk!
14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 Dafa wax Musaa sax ne ko:«Dinaa yërëm ku ma neex,laabiir ci ku ma neex.»
15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
16 Dama leen di wax nag, dara ajuwul ci coobareg nit, mbaa ci ñaqam, waaye lépp a ngi aju ci yërmandey Yàlla.
16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
17 Ndax Mbind mi biral na li Yàlla wax Firawna ne ko:«Def naa la buur,ngir feeñal sama kàttan ci say mbir,te ngir siiwal sama tur ci àddina si sépp.»
17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
18 Kon nag Yàlla, la ko neex lay def, muy yërëm nit, mbaa dëgëral xolam ci lu bon.
18So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.
19 Waaye xanaa dina am ku may wax ne: «Gannaaw kenn mënul a bañ coobareg Yàlla, lu tax kon muy teg nit tooñ?»
19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
20 Yaw nag nit ki, ak koo man a doon, lu tax ngay werante ak Yàlla? Ndax mbindeef dina laaj ki ko bind: «Lu tax nga binde ma nii?»
20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
21 Ndax tabaxkatu ndaa sañul a fab banam, tabax ci ñaari ndaa, benn bi ngir soxla yu am maana, bi ci des ngir soxla yu ndaw?
21Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
22 Kon nag looy wax ci lii: Yàlla bëggoon na wone meram, xamle it dooleem ci àddina; teewul dafa sax ci muñal ñi yelloo meram te taxaw ci sànku.
22What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
23 Bëggoon na it xamle màggaayam mu ëpp xel, ci boole ñi mu yërëm ci ndamam; moo tax mu tànn leen ca njàlbéen.
23and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
24 Te wax ji noo ko moom, nun ñi Yàlla woo ci boppam ci biir Yawut yi ak ci biir xeet yi ci des.
24[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
25 Moom la wax ci téereb Ose ne:«Ñi nekkul woon sama xeetdinaa leen ko def,ñi bokkul woon ci sama mbëggeel,dinaa leen ci boole.»
25As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
26 Te:«Fa ñu leen waxe woon:“Dungeen sama xeet,”dees na leen fa wooye“Doomi Yàlla Boroom dund.”»
26And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
27 Esayi wax na ci mbirum Israyil ne:«Lu bànni Israyil baree-bare ni suufus géej sax,lu néew rekk a ciy mucc.
27And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:
28 Ndaxte li Boroom bi dogal ci àddina,dina ko gaaw a def, te dina mat sëkk.»
28for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
29 Esayi it waxoon na lu jiitu loolu ne:«Yàlla Boroom kàttan gi,su bàyyiwul woon ci nun lu néew,kon ba tey raat nanu ni dëkki Sodom ak Gomor.»
29And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.
30 Lu nu ci war a wax nag? Ñi dul Yawut te fonkuñu woon jub ci kanam Yàlla, léegi jub nañu ci kaw ngëm.
30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
31 Waaye bànni Israyil, mi bëggoon a sàmm yoon ngir jub, matalu ko.
31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.
32 Ndax lan? Ndax dañoo sukkandiku ci seeni jëf, bàyyi ngëm. Dañoo daanu ci «doj wuy fakkatale.»
32Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
33 Moom la Yàlla wax ci Mbind mi ne:«Dinaa samp ci Siyon doj wuy fakkatale,di xeer wuy daaneel nit; waaye ku wéeru ci moom, sa yaakaar du tas.»
33even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.