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, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. 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 has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in [the history of] Elias, how he pleads with God against Israel?
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.»
3Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and *I* have been 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 says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.
5 Noonu itam ci jamono ji nu nekk, des na nit ñu néew ñu Yàlla dencal boppam ciw yiwam.
5Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
6 Gannaaw nag yiwu Yàlla rekk a tax mu denc leen, kon du seen peyug ñaq, walla boog yiwu Yàlla dootul yiw.
6But if by grace, no longer of works: since [otherwise] grace is no more grace.
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 [is it] then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded,
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 is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this 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 says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, 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 see, and bow down their back alway.
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, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall [there is] salvation to the nations to provoke 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!
12But if their fall [be the] world's wealth, and their loss [the] wealth of [the] nations, how much rather their fulness?
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 I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as *I* am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
14 Dama koy def, ngir ñi bokk ak man xeet siis, ba ñenn ñi mucc.
14if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy [them which are] my flesh, and shall save some from among 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 their casting away [be the] world's reconciliation, what [their] reception but life from among [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.
16Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] 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.
17Now if some of the branches have been broken out, and *thou*, being a wild olive tree, hast been grafted in amongst them, and hast become a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,
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.
18boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not *thou* bearest 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 have been broken out in order that *I* might be grafted in.
20 Dëgg la; waaye seen ngëmadee tax ñu fàq leen, wuutal la fa ndax sa ngëm. Bumu tax nag ngay bàkku, waaye nanga moytu.
20Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and *thou* standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:
21 Gannaaw Yàlla baalul car ya cosaanoo ca garab ga, kon boog yéen itam man na leen a fàq.
21if God indeed has not spared the natural branches; lest it might be he spare not thee either.
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.
22Behold then [the] goodness and severity of God: upon them who have fallen, severity; upon thee goodness of God, if thou shalt abide in goodness, since [otherwise] *thou* also wilt be cut away.
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 *they* too, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able again to graft 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* hast been cut out of the olive tree wild by nature, and, contrary to nature, hast been grafted into the good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature be grafted 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 mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be 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 is written, The deliverer shall come out of Zion; he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 Loolu mooy kóllëre, gi may fas ak ñoom,bés bu may dindi seeni bàkkaar.»
27And this is the covenant from me to them, when I shall have taken 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 the glad tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; but as regards election, 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 the gifts and the calling of God [are] not subject to repentance.
30 Ñu déggadil Yàlla ngeen woon, waaye ngëmadig Yawut yi tax na, ngeen jot yërmandeem.
30For as indeed *ye* [also] once have not believed in God, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of *these*;
31 Ñoom itam lànk nañu léegi, ngir man a bokk ak yéen yërmandey Yàlla.
31so these also have now not believed in your mercy, in order that *they* also may be objects of mercy.
32 Kon Yàlla tëj na ñépp ci ngëmadi, ngir man a yërëm ñépp.
32For God hath shut up together all in unbelief, in order that he might shew mercy to all.
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 both of [the] 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 has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, or who has been his counsellor?
35 Te it:«Ku ko mas a jox dara,ba mu war laa delloo?»
35or who has first given to him, and it shall be rendered to him?
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.
36For of him, and through him, and for him [are] all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.