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.
1I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 Maanaam, duma noppee am naqar wu réy ci sama biir xol,
2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3 ba xaw a bëgg a tàggoo ak Kirist te alku, ngir ñi ma bokkal xeet mucc.
3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,
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.
4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
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.
5of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
6 Waaye neewuma waxu Yàlla dafa toxu, ndaxte bokk ci bànni Israyil, taxul nga bokk ci Israyil tigi.
6But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
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.»
7Neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children. But, “In Isaac will your seed be called.” Genesis 21:12
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.
8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
9 Ndaxte Yàlla dafa digoon Ibraayma naan: «Ci waxtu wii déwén dinaa dellusi ci yaw, te Saarata dina am doom ju góor.»
9For this is a word of promise, “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.” Genesis 18:10,14
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.
10Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
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.
11For 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 who calls, NA puts the phrase “not of works, but of him who calls” at the beginning of verse 12 instead of the end of verse 11.
13 Loolu la Mbind mi wax ne:«Bëgg naa Yanqóoba, bañ naa Esawu.»
12it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.” Genesis 25:23
14 Kon lu nu ci war a wax? Ndax Yàlla àttewul foofu yoon nag? Mukk!
13Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” Malachi 1:2-3
15 Dafa wax Musaa sax ne ko:«Dinaa yërëm ku ma neex,laabiir ci ku ma neex.»
14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
16 Dama leen di wax nag, dara ajuwul ci coobareg nit, mbaa ci ñaqam, waaye lépp a ngi aju ci yërmandey Yàlla.
15For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Exodus 33:19
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.»
16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
18 Kon nag Yàlla, la ko neex lay def, muy yërëm nit, mbaa dëgëral xolam ci lu bon.
17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Exodus 9:16
19 Waaye xanaa dina am ku may wax ne: «Gannaaw kenn mënul a bañ coobareg Yàlla, lu tax kon muy teg nit tooñ?»
18So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
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?»
19You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
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?
20But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
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.
21Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
23 Bëggoon na it xamle màggaayam mu ëpp xel, ci boole ñi mu yërëm ci ndamam; moo tax mu tànn leen ca njàlbéen.
22What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
24 Te wax ji noo ko moom, nun ñi Yàlla woo ci boppam ci biir Yawut yi ak ci biir xeet yi ci des.
23and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
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.»
24us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
26 Te:«Fa ñu leen waxe woon:“Dungeen sama xeet,”dees na leen fa wooye“Doomi Yàlla Boroom dund.”»
25As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” Hosea 2:23
27 Esayi wax na ci mbirum Israyil ne:«Lu bànni Israyil baree-bare ni suufus géej sax,lu néew rekk a ciy mucc.
26“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ There they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” Hosea 1:10
28 Ndaxte li Boroom bi dogal ci àddina,dina ko gaaw a def, te dina mat sëkk.»
27Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;
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.»
28for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.” Isaiah 10:22-23
30 Lu nu ci war a wax nag? Ñi dul Yawut te fonkuñu woon jub ci kanam Yàlla, léegi jub nañu ci kaw ngëm.
29As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot) had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.” Isaiah 1:9
31 Waaye bànni Israyil, mi bëggoon a sàmm yoon ngir jub, matalu ko.
30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
32 Ndax lan? Ndax dañoo sukkandiku ci seeni jëf, bàyyi ngëm. Dañoo daanu ci «doj wuy fakkatale.»
31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
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.»
32Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
33even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.” Isaiah 8:14; 28:16