1 Dear friends, my greatest wish and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. 2 I know they love God, but they don't understand 3 what makes people acceptable to him. So they refuse to trust God, and they try to be acceptable by obeying the Law. 4 But Christ makes the Law no longer necessary for those who become acceptable to God by faith.
Anyone Can Be Saved
5 Moses said a person could become acceptable to God by obeying the Law. He did this when he wrote, “If you want to live, you must do all the Law commands.”
6 But people whose faith makes them acceptable to God will never ask, “Who will go up to heaven to bring Christ down?” 7 Neither will they ask, “Who will go down into the world of the dead to raise him to life?”
8 All who are acceptable because of their faith simply say, “The message is as near as your mouth or your heart.” And this is the same message we preach about faith. 9 So you will be saved, if you honestly say, “Jesus is Lord,” and if you believe with all your heart that God raised him from death. 10 God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this and tell it to others.
11 The Scriptures say no one who has faith will be disappointed, 12 no matter if that person is a Jew or a Gentile. There is only one Lord, and he is generous to everyone who asks for his help. 13 All who call out to the Lord will be saved.
14 How can people have faith in the Lord and ask him to save them, if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear, unless someone tells them? 15 And how can anyone tell them without being sent by the Lord? The Scriptures say it is a beautiful sight to see even the feet of someone coming to preach the good news. 16 Yet not everyone has believed the message. For example, the prophet Isaiah asked, “Lord, has anyone believed what we said?”
17 No one can have faith without hearing the message about Christ. 18 But am I saying that the people of Israel did not hear? No, I am not! The Scriptures say,
“The message was told
everywhere on earth.
It was announced
all over the world.”
19 Did the people of Israel understand or not? Moses answered this question when he told that the Lord had said,
“I will make Israel jealous
of people
who are a nation
of nobodies.
I will make them angry
with people
who don't understand
a thing.”
20 Isaiah was fearless enough to tell that the Lord had said,
“I was found by people
who were not looking
for me.
I appeared to the ones
who were not asking
about me.”
21 And Isaiah said about the people of Israel,
“All day long the Lord
has reached out
to people who are stubborn
and refuse to obey.”
1 Baadiŋolu*, n sondomoo be hameriŋ baake le, aduŋ n ka duwaa le fanaa fo Banisirayilankoolu si kiisa. 2 N ka ñiŋ seedeyaa ì la kuwo to le ko, ì mu katalaa baalu le ti Alla la kuwo to, bari ì maŋ fahaamuroo soto a la siloo to. 3 Ì maŋ wo tiliŋo loŋ, Alla ka meŋ dii, aduŋ ì maŋ i fammajii ka soŋ wo siloo la, bari ì ka ì fansuŋ katoo le ke ka tiliŋo soto. 4 Kiristu* le mu Luwaa kumfaaraŋo ti, fo moo-wo-moo meŋ laata a la, wo maarii si tiliŋo soto.
Kiisoo naata moolu bee le ye
5 Tiliŋo meŋ naata ka bo niŋ Luwaa la, Musa ye wo la kuwo safee le ko, “Moo meŋ ka Luwaa la yaamaroolu muta, wo maarii be baluu la ka bo niŋ Luwaa le la.” 6 Bari tiliŋo meŋ naata ka bo niŋ lannoo la, wo ye ñiŋ ne fo ko, “Kana a fo i sondomoo kono ko, ‘Jumaa le be taa la Arijana kono santo?’ ” wo le mu ka Kiristu jindi naŋ duuma 7 “waraŋ ‘Jumaa le be taa fureeduu?’ ” wo le mu ka Yeesu fintindi naŋ ka bo furewolu kono. 8 Bari muŋ ne fota wo kuwo to? A fota le ko, “Kumoo be sutiyaariŋ ite la le. A be i neŋo to le, aniŋ i sondomoo to.” Wo mu kumoo le ti, lannoo kumoo, ǹ ka meŋ kawandi. 9 Wo kamma la, niŋ ite ye a seedeyaa niŋ i neŋo la ko, “Yeesu le mu Maariyo ti,” aduŋ i laata niŋ i sondomoo bee la ko, Alla ye a wulindi le ka bo saayaa kono, i be kiisa la le. 10 Kaatu moo meŋ laata niŋ a sondomoo la, wo maarii be tiliŋo soto la le, aduŋ moo meŋ ye a la lannoo seedeyaa a neŋo la, wo maarii be kiisa la le. 11 A be safeeriŋ ñiŋ kuwo to le ko:
“Moo-wo-moo meŋ laata ate la, wo te malu la muk.”
12 Fataŋ-fansoo te Yahuudoolu niŋ moo koteŋolu teema, kaatu Maarii kiliŋ ne be moolu bee ye, aduŋ a ka neema moolu bee ma le, mennu ka a kumandi. 13 Wo kamma la a be safeeriŋ ne ko, “Moo-wo-moo meŋ ka Maariyo too kumandi, wo be kiisa la le.”
14 Bari moolu si a kumandi noo ñaadii le, ì maŋ laa meŋ na? Ì si laa noo a la ñaadii le, niŋ ì maŋ a la kuwo kibaaroo moyi? Ì si a la kuwo kibaaroo moyi noo ñaadii le, niŋ ì maŋ kawandilaa soto? 15 Aduŋ ì si kawandilaa soto noo ñaadii le, niŋ moo maŋ kii ì ye? A be safeeriŋ ne ko:
“Ñiŋ mu seewoo kuwo le ti ka kiilaalu je,
ì be naa kaŋ, ì niŋ kibaari betoo.”
Banisirayilankoolu la yaamari mutabaliyaa
16 Bari hani wo, moolu bee maŋ kibaari betoo la kumoo muta. Wo kamma la, Annabilayi Yesaya ko Alla ye ko:
“Maariyo, jumaa le laata ǹ na kiilaariyaa la?”
17 Baawo lannoo ka naa ka bo niŋ kawandoo moyoo le la, aduŋ kawandoo ka naa ka bo niŋ Kiristu la kumoolu le la.
18 Bari ŋa ñininkaaroo ke, “Fo ì maŋ kumoo moyi baŋ?” Tooñaa, ì ye a moyi le! A be safeeriŋ kiilaalu la kuwo to ko:
“Ì la kankulaaroo ka janjaŋ duniyaa bee le kono,
aduŋ ì la kumakaŋolu ka futa duniyaa daŋolu to le.”
19 Ŋa ñininkaaroo ke kotenke, “Fo Banisirayilankoolu maŋ Alla la kumoo fahaamu baŋ?” Musa le foloo ye jaabiroo ke, kabiriŋ a ye Alla la kumoo fo ko:
“Nte be ali kiiliyandi la moolu le la,
mennu maŋ ke nasiyoŋ ti.
M be ali kamfandi la niŋ nasiyoŋ ne la,
meŋ maŋ fahaamuroo soto.”
20 Wo to le Yesaya ye Alla la ñiŋ kumoo fo fatiyaa kono ko:
“Moolu le ye n je,
mennu buka n ñini.
Ŋa m faŋo yitandi moolu le la,
mennu buka n na kuu ñininkaa.”
21 Bari Banisirayilankoolu la kuwo to, a ko:
“Tiloo muumee bee n ka m buloo tiliŋ ñiŋ moolu ye le,
mennu ka balaŋ m ma,
ì buka n na yaamaroo muta.”
