God's Mercy on Israel
1 I ask, then: Did God reject his own people? Certainly not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the beginning. You know what the scripture says in the passage where Elijah pleads with God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me.” 4 What answer did God give him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not worshiped the false god Baal.” 5 It is the same way now: there is a small number left of those whom God has chosen because of his grace. 6 His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.
7 What then? The people of Israel did not find what they were looking for. It was only the small group that God chose who found it; the rest grew deaf to God's call. 8 As the scripture says, “God made their minds and hearts dull; to this very day they cannot see or hear.” 9 And David says,
“May they be caught and trapped at their feasts;
may they fall, may they be punished!
10 May their eyes be blinded so that they cannot see;
and make them bend under their troubles at all times.”
11 I ask, then: When the Jews stumbled, did they fall to their ruin? By no means! Because they sinned, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make the Jews jealous of them. 12 The sin of the Jews brought rich blessings to the world, and their spiritual poverty brought rich blessings to the Gentiles. Then, how much greater the blessings will be when the complete number of Jews is included!
The Salvation of the Gentiles
13 I am speaking now to you Gentiles: As long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work. 14 Perhaps I can make the people of my own race jealous, and so be able to save some of them. 15 For when they were rejected, all other people were changed from God's enemies into his friends. What will it be, then, when they are accepted? It will be life for the dead!
16 If the first piece of bread is given to God, then the whole loaf is his also; and if the roots of a tree are offered to God, the branches are his also. 17 Some of the branches of the cultivated olive tree have been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the Jews. 18 So then, you must not despise those who were broken off like branches. How can you be proud? You are just a branch; you don't support the roots—the roots support you.
19 But you will say, “Yes, but the branches were broken off to make room for me.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because they did not believe, while you remain in place because you do believe. But do not be proud of it; instead, be afraid. 21 God did not spare the Jews, who are like natural branches; do you think he will spare you? 22 Here we see how kind and how severe God is. He is severe toward those who have fallen, but kind to you—if you continue in his kindness. But if you do not, you too will be broken off. 23 And if the Jews abandon their unbelief, they will be put back in the place where they were; for God is able to do that. 24 You Gentiles are like the branch of a wild olive tree that is broken off and then, contrary to nature, is joined to a cultivated olive tree. The Jews are like this cultivated tree; and it will be much easier for God to join these broken-off branches to their own tree again.
God's Mercy on All
25 There is a secret truth, my friends, which I want you to know, for it will keep you from thinking how wise you are. It is that the stubbornness of the people of Israel is not permanent, but will last only until the complete number of Gentiles comes to God. 26 And this is how all Israel will be saved. As the scripture says,
“The Savior will come from Zion
and remove all wickedness from the descendants of Jacob.
27 I will make this covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”
28 Because they reject the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for the sake of you Gentiles. But because of God's choice, they are his friends because of their ancestors. 29 For God does not change his mind about whom he chooses and blesses. 30 As for you Gentiles, you disobeyed God in the past; but now you have received God's mercy because the Jews were disobedient. 31 In the same way, because of the mercy that you have received, the Jews now disobey God, in order that they also may now receive God's mercy. 32 For God has made all people prisoners of disobedience, so that he might show mercy to them all.
Praise to God
33 How great are God's riches! How deep are his wisdom and knowledge! Who can explain his decisions? Who can understand his ways? 34 As the scripture says,
“Who knows the mind of the Lord?
Who is able to give him advice?
35 Who has ever given him anything,
so that he had to pay it back?”
36 For all things were created by him, and all things exist through him and for him. To God be the glory forever! Amen.
Alla la balafaa Banisirayila ye
1 Wo to m be ñininkaaroo ke la ko, “Fo Alla ye a la moolu bula le baŋ?” Wo te ke noo la muk! Nte faŋo mu Banisirayilankoo le ti, Iburayima koomalankoo, meŋ mu Benjamini lasiloo ti. 2 Alla nene maŋ a la moolu bula, a ye mennu tomboŋ waati jaŋ koomanto. Fo ali maŋ a loŋ, meŋ be safeeriŋ Annabilayi Eliya la kuwo to, ko a ye Banisirayilankoolu tuumi Alla yaa ñaameŋ? 3 A ko, “Maariyo, ì ye i la annabiyomoolu faa le, ì ye i la sadaabodulaalu* boyi. Nte dammaa doroŋ ne tuta jee, aduŋ saayiŋ ì lafita le ka nte fanaa faa.” 4 Bari Alla ye a jaabi muŋ ne la? A ko a ye le ko, “Ŋa moo wuli woorowula le tu baluuriŋ, mennu maŋ sujudi Baali* jalaŋo ye.” 5 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, hani m̀ be temboo meŋ to teŋ, too doo tuta jee le, Alla ye mennu tomboŋ hiinoo kamma la. 6 Bari niŋ a be dendiŋ hiinoo le la, wo to a maŋ tara dendiŋ kebaaroolu la kotenke, niŋ wo nte hiinoo te ke la noo hiinoo ti kotenke.
7 Wo to, Banisirayilankoolu ka meŋ ñini, ì maŋ wo je. Tomboŋ moolu mennu be ì kono, wolu doroŋ ne ye a je, bari doolu sondomoolu bambanta le 8 ko a be safeeriŋ ñaameŋ:
“Alla ye yaamoo nooroo dii ì la,
ñaalu mennu buka jeroo ke noo,
aduŋ tuloolu mennu buka moyiroo ke,
hani fo bii luŋo la.”
9 Aduŋ Mansa Dawuda ye ñiŋ ne fo ko:
“Allamaa ì la bendulaa domori taabuloo ye kupi ì kaŋ
komeŋ jaloo niŋ kutindiŋo,
a ye ke ì ye kalewo niŋ yankankatoo ti.
10 Ì ñaalu ye dibi fo ì kana jeroo ke noo,
ì ye tu jimiriŋ dunoo koto fo fawu.”
Banisirayila la boyoo niŋ nasiyoŋ koteŋolu la kiisoo
11 Wo to m be ñininkaaroo ke la ko: Fo Banisirayilankoolu boyita le baŋ, fo ì te wuli noo la kotenke? A te ke noo la wo ñaama muk! Bari ì la boyoo kamma la, kiisoo naata nasiyoŋ doolu kaŋ fo Banisirayilankoolu si kiiliyaa. 12 Saayiŋ niŋ ì la jenkoo ye ñiŋ neemoo saabu duniyaa moolu ma, aniŋ ì la boyoo keta neemoo ti nasiyoŋolu ye, wo to ì la tuubi timmariŋo duŋ? A be neemoo le saabu la duniyaa ma, meŋ maŋ ñoŋo soto!
13 Saayiŋ, m baadiŋolu*, m be diyaamu kaŋ alitolu le ye, mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti. Nte mu kiilaa* le ti moolu ye, mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti, aduŋ n ka kibiri n na ñiŋ dookuwo kono le, 14 fo n si m baadiŋ Yahuudoolu kiiliyandi, meŋ si a tinna ì doolu si kiisa noo. 15 Biriŋ Alla ye a la moolu bula fo waati, wo naata a niŋ duniyaa moolu diyandi. Wo to, niŋ a be a la moolu jiyaa la kotenke, muŋ ne be ke la? Furewolu si wulindi ka baluu!
16 Niŋ fariña nooniriŋ foloo seneyaata, wo to fariña mondoo muumewo bee le ka seneyaa. Aduŋ niŋ yirisuloo seneyaata, wo to a buloolu fanaa ka seneyaa le. 17 Bari niŋ olifu* yiroo buloo doolu kuntuta, aduŋ ite meŋ keta nuŋ buloo ti wulakono yiroo bala, i naata sunkuru wolu noo to ka ñiŋ olifu yiroo nafaa soto, 18 kana kibiri wo la. Kana i faŋo la kuwo warandi wo yiribuloolu ti, mennu kuntuta. Bari niŋ i be kibiri la, i hakiloo si bula ko, ite maŋ yirisuloolu muta, bari yirisuloolu le ye ite muta. 19 Bari saayiŋ, i si a fo noo ko, “Wo yiribuloolu kuntuta le fo nte si sunkuru noo jee.” 20 Ñiŋ ne mu tooñaa ti, bari Yahuudoolu la lannabaliyaa le ye a tinna ì kuntuta, aduŋ ka bo niŋ i la lannoo doroŋ ne la, i si tu noo i noo to. Wo kamma la, kana i faŋ wara, bari i si sila! 21 Kaatu niŋ Alla maŋ wo olifu yiroo buloolu kaari daameŋ, a te ite fanaa tu la jee.
22 Alla la beteyaa niŋ a la saŋaroo juubee. A saŋarata moolu le kamma, mennu boyita, bari a be beteyaa la ite fee le, niŋ i tententa a la beteyaa kono. Niŋ wo nte, ite fanaa be kuntu la le. 23 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, hani wo doolu mennu kuntuta, ì be sunkuru la le, niŋ ì maŋ tu ì la lannabaliyaa kono, kaatu Alla ye semboo soto le ka ì sunkuru kotenke. 24 Baawo niŋ ite kuntuta ka bo yiroo bala, meŋ mu wulakono olifu yiroo doroŋ ti, aduŋ i sunkuruta seneyiroo bala, wo to a maŋ ke kuu baa ti ka wo yiroo fansuŋ buloolu sunkuru a bala kotenke.
Banisirayila la kiisoo meŋ ka naa
25 Baadiŋolu, n lafita ali kalamutandi la kulloo le la fo ali la londoo kana tara dendiŋ ali fansuŋ miiroolu la. Wo le mu ñiŋ ti ko, Banisirayila kara doo sondomoo be tara la bambandiŋ ne fo waatoo meŋ na, wo moolu mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti hapoo ye timma ka Alla la kiisoo soto. 26 Wo koolaa le, Banisirayilankoolu bee si naa kiisa ko a be safeeriŋ ñaameŋ:
“Kiisandirilaa ka naa ka bo Siyoni*,
a be allantaŋyaa bayi la Yaakuba koomalankoolu kono le.”
27 “Wo le be ke la n na kambeŋ kutoo ti n niŋ itolu teema,
niŋ m be ì la junuboolu bee bondi la.”
28 Baawo Yahuudoolu balanta kibaari betoo la le, ì naata ke Alla jawoolu ti alitolu la kuwo kamma la. Bari baawo Alla ye itolu le tomboŋ, itolu keta Alla kanuntewolu le ti ì mumuñolu la kuwo kamma la. 29 Kaatu Alla buka nimisa a la tombondiroo la, sako a la soorifeŋolu.
30 Alitolu mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti, maŋ Alla la yaamaroolu muta nuŋ. Bari saayiŋ, ali ye Alla la balafaa soto Yahuudoolu la yaamari mutabaliyaa kamma la. 31 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, Yahuudoolu be yaamari mutabaliyaa le kono saayiŋ, fo balafaa si soto ì fanaa ye, ko alitolu ye a soto nuŋ ñaameŋ. 32 Kaatu Alla ye moolu bee ke yaamari mutabaliyaa le koto fo a si balafaa yitandi moolu bee la.
33 “Tooñaa, Alla la fankoo warata le,
a la ñaameŋo niŋ londoo!
Moo buka a la kiitiyolu kisikisi noo,
a la siloolu buka loŋ noo.”
34 “Jumaa le ye Maariyo la miiroolu loŋ,
waraŋ ka ke a yaamarilaa ti?”
35 “Jumaa le nene ye feŋ dii Alla la,
a ñanta meŋ na juloo joo la.”
36 Kaatu feŋolu bee bota ate le bulu, ì bee sotota ate le la, aduŋ ì bee mu ate le taa ti. Tenturoo niŋ jayiroo be ate le ye fo abadaa. Amiin.
