VaRoma 11

¹Zvino ndinoti: Ko Mwari wakarasha vanhu vake here? Haiswa! Nokuti neni vo ndiri muIsraeri, worudzi rwaAbhurahamu, weimba yaBenjanimi.I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

²Mwari haana kurasha vanhu vake vaakaziva pakutanga. Ko hamuzivi kuti Rugwaro runoti kudini pamashoko aEria here? Kuti unokumbira kunaMwari pamusoro pavaIsraeri, achiti:God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

³Ishe, vakavuraya vaporofita venyu, vakaputsa aritari dzenyu, ini ndakasiyiwa ndoga, zvino vanotsvaka kundivuraya.Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

⁴Asi Mwari unomupindureiko? Unoti: Ndakazvisiyira varume vanezvuru zvinomwe, vasina kufugamira Baari.But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

⁵Zvino saizvozvo nenguva inovo vari’ko vakasara, vakasanangurwa nenyasha.Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

⁶Zvino kana kusanangura kuri kwenyasha, hakuzati kuchiri kwamabasa; kana zvisakadaro, nyasha hadzichiri nyasha. Asi kana kuri kwamabasa hakuzati kuchiri kwenyasha. Kana zvisakadaro basa harizati richibasa.And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

⁷Zvino tichatiyiko? VaIsraeri havana kuwana zvavakanga vachitsvaka, asi vakasanangurwa ndivo vakazviwana; vamwe vakawomeswa,What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

⁸sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Mwari wakavapa mweya wehope; meso, kuti varege kuvona, nenzeve, kuti varege kunzwa, kusvikira zuva ranhasi.(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

⁹NaDhavhidhi vo unoti: Tafura yavo ngaiitwe musungo, neriva,And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

¹⁰Meso avo ngaasvibirwe, varege kuvona; Mukotamise musana yavo misi yose.Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

¹¹Zvino ndinoti: Vakagumbuswa kuti vawe here? Haisva! Asi nokuwa kwavo ruponeso rwakasvika kuvahedheni, kuti vamutsirwe godo.I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

¹²Zvino kana kuwa kwavo kwakafumisa nyika, nokutapudzwa kwavo kwakafumisa vahedheni, zvikuru sei kuzara kwavo?Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

¹³Ndinotaura kwamuri, imi vahedheni. Zvandiri muapostora wavahedheni, ndinokudza basa rangu.For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

¹⁴Zvimwe ndingamutsa godo kunavenyama yangu, ndiponese vamwe vavo.If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

¹⁵Nokuti kana kurashwa kwavo kuri kuyananiswa kwenyika, kugamuchirwa kwavo kuchagoveiko, asi vupenyu pakufa?For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

¹⁶Zvino kana chibereko chokutanga chiri chitsvene, bundu rose rakadaro vo; kana mudzi uri mutsvene, matavi akadaro vo;For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷Zvino, kana mamwe matavi akavhuniwa, iwe, muorivhi wokudondo ukabatanidzwa pakati pawo, ukava nomugove pamwe chete nawo pamudzi napamafuta omuorivhi;And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

¹⁸usazvikudza kumatavi; kana uchizvikudza, hauzi iwe unotakura mudzi, asi mudzi ndiwo unokutakura iwe.Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

¹⁹Zvino iwe uchati, matavi akavhuniwa, kuti ini ndibatanidzwe.Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

²⁰Ndizvozvo; vakavhuniwa nokusatenda kwavo, iwe unomira nokutenda kwako. Usazvikudza, asi utye;Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

²¹nokuti kana Mwari asina kurega matavi awo, haangakuregi newe vo.For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

²²Zvino tarira vunyoro nokukasharara kunavakawa, asi kwauri vunyoro bwaMwari, kana uchigara pavunyoro bwake;kana zvisakadaro, newe uchatemwa vo.Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

²³Naivo vo, kana vasingagari pakusatenda kwavo, vachabatanidzwa; nokuti Mwari unogona kuvabatanidza zve.And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

²⁴Nokuti kana iwe wakatemwa kumuorivhi, uri wokudondo pakusikwa kwawo, ukabatanidzwa pamuorivhi wakanaka, zvichipesana nokusikwa kwazvo zvikuru sei ava vari matavi awo,vangabatanidzwa pamuorivhi wavo!For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

²⁵Nokuti hama dzangu, handidi kuti musaziva chakavanzika ichi, kuti murege kuva namanyawi; kuti kuwomeswa kwomoyo kwakavuya pamusoro pavamwe vavaIsraeri kusvikira kuzara kwavahedheni kwapinda;For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

²⁶naizvozvo rudzi rwose rwavaIsraeri ruchaponeswa; sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: PaZiyoni pachabuda Musununguri; Uchabvisa kusada Mwari kunaJakobho;And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

²⁷Iyi ndiyo sungano yangu navo, Musi wandichabvisa zvivi zvavo.For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

²⁸Kana iri Evhangeri, ivo vavengi vaMwari nokuda kwenyu; asi kana kuri kusanangurwa, vadikanwa nokuda kwamadzibaba.As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.

²⁹Nokuti zvipo zvaMwari nokudana kwake hazvishandurwi.For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

³⁰Nokuti semi kare makanga musingatereri Mwari, asi zvino makanzwirwa ngoni nokusaterera kwavo,For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

³¹saizvozvo naivo zvino havana kuterera, kuti nengoni dzakaitirwa imi naivo vanzwirwe vo ngoni.Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

³²Nokuti Mwari wakavapfigira vose pakusaterera kwavo, kuti avanzwire ngoni vose.For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

³³Haiwa kufuma kwokuchenjera nokuziva kwaMwari kwakadzika sei! Kutonga kwake hakunganzverwi, nenzira dzake hadzingarondwi!O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

³⁴Nokuti ndianiko wakanga ari murairi wake?For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

³⁵Ndianiko wakatanga kumupa, kuti aripirwe zve?Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

³⁶Nokuti zvose zvinobva kwaari, zviripo naye, zviripo nokuda kwake. Ngaave nokubwinya nokusingaperi. Ameni.For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.