God's Choice of Israel
1 I am a follower of Christ, and the Holy Spirit is a witness to my conscience. So I tell the truth and I am not lying when I say 2 my heart is broken and I am in great sorrow. 3 I would gladly be placed under God's curse and be separated from Christ for the good of my own people. 4 They are the descendants of Israel, and they are also God's chosen people. God showed them his glory. He made agreements with them and gave them his Law. The temple is theirs and so are the promises that God made to them. 5 They have those famous ancestors, who were also the ancestors of the Christ. I pray that God, who rules over all, will be praised forever! Amen.
6 It cannot be said that God broke his promise. After all, not all of the people of Israel are the true people of God. 7-8 In fact, when God made the promise to Abraham, he meant only Abraham's descendants by his son Isaac. God was talking only about Isaac when he promised 9 Sarah, “At this time next year I will return, and you will already have a son.”
10 Don't forget what happened to the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah. 11-12 Even before they were born or had done anything good or bad, the Lord told Rebekah that her older son would serve the younger one. The Lord said this to show he makes his own choices and it wasn't because of anything either of them had done. 13 That's why the Scriptures say that the Lord liked Jacob more than Esau.
14 Are we saying God is unfair? Certainly not! 15 The Lord told Moses that he has pity and mercy on anyone he wants to. 16 Everything then depends on God's mercy and not on what people want or do. 17 In the Scriptures the Lord says to the king of Egypt, “I let you become king, so that I could show you my power and be praised by all people on earth.” 18 Everything depends on what God decides to do, and he can either have pity on people or make them stubborn.
God's Anger and Mercy
19 Someone may ask, “How can God blame us, if he makes us behave in the way he wants us to?” 20 But, my friend, I ask, “Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did? 21 Doesn't a potter have the right to make a fancy bowl and a plain bowl out of the same lump of clay?”
22 God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them. 23 He did this by showing how glorious he is when he has pity on the people he has chosen to share in his glory. 24 Whether Jews or Gentiles, we are those chosen ones, 25 just as the Lord says in the book of Hosea,
“Although they are not
my people,
I will make them my people.
I will treat with love
those nations
that have never been loved.
26 “Once they were told,
‘You are not my people.’
But in that very place
they will be called
children of the living God.”
27 And this is what the prophet Isaiah said about the people of Israel,
“The people of Israel
are as many
as the grains of sand
along the beach.
But only a few who are left
will be saved.
28 The Lord will be quick
and sure to do on earth
what he has warned
he will do.”
29 Isaiah also said,
“If the Lord All-Powerful
had not spared some
of our descendants,
we would have been destroyed
like the cities of Sodom
and Gomorrah.”
Israel and the Good News
30 What does all of this mean? It means that the Gentiles were not trying to be acceptable to God, but they found that he would accept them if they had faith. 31-32 It also means that the people of Israel were not acceptable to God. And why not? It was because they were trying to be acceptable by obeying the Law instead of by having faith in God. The people of Israel fell over the stone that makes people stumble, 33 just as God says in the Scriptures,
“Look! I am placing in Zion
a stone to make people
stumble and fall.
But those who have faith
in that one will never
be disappointed.”
Pawulu la niitooroo a baadiŋ Banisirayilankoolu la kuwo kamma
1 Kiristu* le mu n seedoo ti ko, m maŋ faniyaa fo, aduŋ n sondomoo faŋo ye ñiŋ seedeyaa le ka bo niŋ Noora Kuliŋo la ko, m be tooñaa le fo kaŋ ñiŋ kuwo to: 2 Ŋa sunu baa le soto n sondomoo kono, aniŋ niitooroo meŋ maŋ dandulaa soto, 3 m baadiŋolu* la kuwo kamma la, mennu mu m fansuŋ moolu ti. Niŋ a ye a tara, niŋ dankoo laata n kaŋ wo si ì kiisa noo, m be paree la le, hani n daa ye bo Kiristu kafuñooyaa kono, itolu ye. 4 Wolu le mu Banisirayilankoolu ti, Alla ye mennu ke a diŋolu ti nuŋ. A la kallankeeyaa* keta itolu le la keetaa ti. Itolu le naata kambeŋo niŋ Luwaa soto, batuñaa kendoo aniŋ laahidoolu. 5 Itolu le mumuñolu mu Iburayima, Isiyaaka aniŋ Yaakuba ti, aduŋ Kiristu naata wuluu itolu le la lasiloo kono ka baluu ko hadamadiŋo. Feŋolu bee be ate le koto. Tenturoo niŋ jayiroo be Alla le ye, fo abadaa. Amiin!
Alla la tombondiroo
6 A maŋ ke ko, Alla la kumoo maŋ timma, bari ali si a je ko, moolu mennu bonsuŋo mu Isirayila ti, ì bee maŋ ke Banisirayilanka tooñaalu ti. 7 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, mennu bota Iburayima bala, ì bee maŋ ke a diŋolu ti, kaatu Alla la kumoo be safeeriŋ ne ko:
“Mennu be kumandi la i koomalankoolu la,
ì be bo la Isiyaaka le bala.”
8 Wo le ye a yitandi ko, a maŋ ke wuluudiŋolu ti, mennu ka ke Alla diŋolu ti, bari Alla la laahidi diŋolu le ka ke koomalanka tooñaalu ti. 9 Kaatu Alla ye ñiŋ ne laahidi Iburayima ye nuŋ:
“M be muru la i kaŋ naŋ ne jaari ñiŋ ñoŋ waatoo,
aduŋ Saara be dinkewo soto la le.”
10 Aduŋ a maŋ ke wo dammaa ti, bari a keta Rebeka fanaa ye wo le ñaama. A diŋolu ye faa kiliŋ ne soto, meŋ mu m̀ mumu Isiyaaka ti. 11 Janniŋ a la fulandiŋolu ka wuluu, ì maŋ kebaara betoo waraŋ baara jawoo ke foloo, Alla ye kuwolu taamandi a la daliiloo le kaŋ fo a la tombondiroo si tenteŋ. 12 Ñiŋ tombondiroo maŋ tara dendiŋ kebaaroolu la, bari Alla la kumandiroo. Wo kamma la a ko Rebeka ye ko, “Keebaamaa le be ke la dindimmaa ye dookuulaa ti.” 13 Wo keta le ko a be safeeriŋ ñaameŋ:
“Ŋa Yaakuba kanu le, bari Esawu, ŋa wo koŋ ne.”
14 Saayiŋ, ǹ si muŋ ne fo? Fo Alla ka faasaaroo ke tilimbaliyaa le kaŋ baŋ? Wo te ke noo la muk! 15 A ye a la kuwo fo Musa ye le ko,
“N ñanta hiina la mennu ye,
m be hiinoo dii la ì la le.
N ñanta balafaa soto la mennu ye,
m be balafaa la ì ye le.”
16 Wo to, Alla la tombondiroo maŋ tara dendiŋ moo la lafoo la, waraŋ kata kuwolu, bari Alla la hiinoo. 17 Alla la kumoo be safeeriŋ ne, meŋ fota Firawoona ye ko:
“Ka n semboo yitandi, ŋa i mansayandi wo daliiloo le kamma, fo n na darajoo si janjaŋ noo duniyaa bee kono.” 18 Wo to Alla ka hiina moo le la, a lafita ka hiina meŋ na, aduŋ a ka moo le sondomoo jandi, a lafita meŋ sondomoo jandi la.
19 Doo si n ñininkaa ali kono ko, “Muŋ ne duŋ ye a tinna Alla ka moolu jalayi hani saayiŋ? Jumaa le ka balaŋ noo a la lafoo la?” 20 Bari ite, hadamadiŋo, jumaa le mu ite ti ka kumoo murundi Alla kaŋ? Fo meŋ daata si a fo noo a daalaa ye ko, “Muŋ ne ye a tinna i ye n daa teŋ?” 21 Fo boodaalaa maŋ siloo soto ka keraŋo daa ŋaañaaraŋo ti, a ye doo daa ñaamafayiraŋo ti, wo potoomondo kiliŋo la? 22 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, Alla ye kaŋo soto moolu kaŋ ne. A lafita a la kamfaa yitandi la fo a la semboo si loŋ, bari wo ñaa-wo-ñaa, a naata muña niŋ muña baa la wo moolu ye, mennu ye a kamfandi. Wolu mu keraŋolu le ti a la kamfaa ye, mennu ñanta kasaara la. 23 Ka bo niŋ a la ñiŋ muña baa la, a ye moolu kalamutandi a la kallankeeyaa la fankoo la le, a ye meŋ parendi fokabaŋ wo moolu ye, a la hiinoo be mennu ye, aduŋ ì be pareeriŋ ne ka ñiŋ kallankeeyaa soto. 24 Ntolu fanaa mu moolu le ti, Alla ye mennu kumandi ka tara wo ñaama, fo ntolu mu Yahuudoolu le ti baŋ, waraŋ moo koteŋolu. 25 Ñiŋ ne mu kumoo ti, a ye meŋ fo wo kuwo to Annabilayi Hoseya la Kitaaboo kono ko:
“Mennu maŋ ke n na moolu ti nuŋ,
m be wolu kumandi la ǹ na moolu le la.
Meŋ maŋ ke n kanuntewo ti nuŋ,
m be wo kumandi la n kanuntewo le la.”
26 “Aduŋ wo dulaa kiliŋo to, ŋa a fo ì ye daameŋ ko,
‘Alitolu maŋ ke n na moolu ti,’
ì be kumandi la jee le to ‘Alla baluuriŋo diŋolu’.”
27 Annabilayi Yesaya sarita Banisirayila la kuwo to le ko:
“Hani Banisirayilankoolu siyaata ñaa-wo-ñaa ko bankumunkoo,
dantaŋ ne be kiisa la,
28 kaatu Maariyo be a la kiitiyo taamandi la duniyaa kaŋ ne,
aduŋ a be naa semboo niŋ tariyaa le kono.”
29 A be le ko Yesaya ye kiilaariyaa kumoo fo nuŋ ñaameŋ ko:
“Niŋ m̀ Maarii Alla, Alihawaa Maariyo*,
maŋ koomalankoolu tu ǹ ye jee nuŋ ì ye baluu,
m̀ be tumbuŋ na le ko Sodomu,
ŋà ke ko Komora. ”
Banisirayilankoolu la lannabaliyaa
30 Wo to saayiŋ, ǹ si muŋ ne fo? Moolu mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti, wolu maŋ tiliŋo ñini nuŋ, bari itolu le naata a soto, aduŋ wo tiliŋo ka naa ka bo niŋ lannoo le la. 31 Bari Banisirayilankoolu mennu ye tiliŋo ñini ka bo niŋ Luwaa la, ì niŋ ì la kata kuwolu maŋ a la yaamaroolu timmandi noo. 32 Muŋ ne ye a tinna ì maŋ wo tiliŋo soto? Ì maŋ a soto noo, kaatu ì maŋ laa, bari ì ye katoolu ke le ka bo niŋ ì la kebaaroolu la. Ì takita beroo le la, meŋ keta kalewo ti 33 ko a be safeeriŋ ñaameŋ:
“A juubee, ŋa beroo le laa Siyoni* Konkoo kaŋ,
moolu ka taki meŋ na,
bere baa meŋ be ke la ì la boyoo sababoo ti.
Bari moo meŋ laata ate la, wo te bula la malu kuwo kono.”
