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.
1I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:
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:
2God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known — in Elijah — what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,
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.»
3`Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;`
4 Waaye lii la ko Yàlla tontu: «Dencal naa sama bopp juróom-ñaari junniy nit, ñi jaamuwul Baal.»
4but what saith the divine answer to him? `I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.`
5 Noonu itam ci jamono ji nu nekk, des na nit ñu néew ñu Yàlla dencal boppam ciw yiwam.
5So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;
6 Gannaaw nag yiwu Yàlla rekk a tax mu denc leen, kon du seen peyug ñaq, walla boog yiwu Yàlla dootul yiw.
6and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
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.
7What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,
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.»
8according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,` — unto this very day,
9 Te Daawuda it daf ci wax naan:«Na seeni ñam sax nekk fiir ak i pakk;nañu ci daanu, te Yàlla mbugal leen.
9and David saith, `Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;
10 Nañu gumba ba ne fatuus,nañu tiis te sëgg ba fàww.»
10let their eyes be darkened — not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.`
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.
11I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation [is] to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;
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!
12and if the fall of them [is] the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?
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.
13For to you I speak — to the nations — inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;
14 Dama koy def, ngir ñi bokk ak man xeet siis, ba ñenn ñi mucc.
14if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,
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?
15for if the casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception — if not life out of the dead?
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.
16and if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
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.
17And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become —
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.
18do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!
19 Xanaa dinga wax ne: «Car yooyu dañu leen a fàq, ngir jabtal ma fa ñu nekkoon.»
19Thou wilt say, then, `The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;` right!
20 Dëgg la; waaye seen ngëmadee tax ñu fàq leen, wuutal la fa ndax sa ngëm. Bumu tax nag ngay bàkku, waaye nanga moytu.
20by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
21 Gannaaw Yàlla baalul car ya cosaanoo ca garab ga, kon boog yéen itam man na leen a fàq.
21for if God the natural branches did not spare — lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.
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.
22Lo, then, goodness and severity of God — upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.
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.
23And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;
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.
24for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who [are] according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?
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.
25For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret — that ye may not be wise in your own conceits — that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;
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.
26and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, `There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,
27 Loolu mooy kóllëre, gi may fas ak ñoom,bés bu may dindi seeni bàkkaar.»
27and this to them [is] the covenant from Me, when I may take away their sins.`
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.
28As regards, indeed, the good tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; and as regards the choice — beloved on account of the fathers;
29 Ndax li Yàlla maye, dootu ko nangu mukk, te ku mu woo ci boppam, dootu la dàq mukk.
29for unrepented of [are] the gifts and the calling of God;
30 Ñu déggadil Yàlla ngeen woon, waaye ngëmadig Yawut yi tax na, ngeen jot yërmandeem.
30for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:
31 Ñoom itam lànk nañu léegi, ngir man a bokk ak yéen yërmandey Yàlla.
31so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
32 Kon Yàlla tëj na ñépp ci ngëmadi, ngir man a yërëm ñépp.
32for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness.
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?
33O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
34 Mbind mi dafa ne:«Ana ku xam xalaatu Boroom bi?Ku ko doon digal?»
34for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?
35 Te it:«Ku ko mas a jox dara,ba mu war laa delloo?»
35or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?
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.
36because of Him, and through Him, and to Him [are] the all things; to Him [is] the glory — to the ages. Amen.