VaRoma 9

¹Ndinotaura zvirokwazvo munaKristu, handirevi nhema, hana yangu ichindipupurira muMweya Mutsvene,I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

²kuti ndineshungu kwazvo nokuchema kusingaperi mumoyo mangu.That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

³Nokuti ndaida kuti ini ndimene ndive munhu wakatukwa, wakaparadzaniswa naKristu nokuda kwehama dzangu, ivo vorudzi rwangu panyama;For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

⁴ndivo vaIsraeri; kuitwa vana, nokubwinya, nesungano, nokupiwa murairo, nokunamata Mwari, nezvipikirwa, ndezvavo;Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

⁵madzibaba ndaavo, naKristu wakabva kwavari panyama, uri pamusoro pavose, Mwari unokudzwa nokusingaperi. Ameni.Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

⁶Asi handiti shoko raMwari rakakona. Nokuti vakabva kuvaIsraeri havazi vaIsraeri vose;Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

⁷navari vorudzi rwaAbhurahamu havazi vana vake vose; asi zvinonzi: KunaIsaka ndiko kuchatumidzwa rudzi rwako.Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

⁸Ndokuti havazi vana venyama vari vana vaMwari; asi vana vokupikirwa, ndivo vanonzi rudzi.That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

⁹Nokuti shoko rakapikirwa ndirori: Nenguva yakaita seino ndichavuya, Sara uchava nomwanakomana.For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

¹⁰Hazvizi izvozvo bedzi; asi Rebeka vo, wakati ava nemimba kunomumwe, iye Isaka, baba veduAnd not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

¹¹nokuti vana vasati vaberekwa, vasati vaita zvakanaka kana zvakaipa, kuti kufunga kwaMwari pakusanangura kwake kusimbiswe, kusingabvi pamabasa, asi kunaiye unodana,(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

¹²zvakanzi kwaari: Mukuru uchashumira mudoko.It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

¹³Sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Jakobho ndakamuda, asi Esau ndakamuvenga.As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

¹⁴Zvino tichatiyiko? Kusarurama kuripo kunaMwari here? Haiswa!What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

¹⁵Nokuti unoti kunaMosesi: Ndichanzwira ngoni wandinonzwira ngoni, ndichanzwira tsitsi wandinonzwira tsitsi.For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

¹⁶Naizvozvo hazvibvi kunounoda, kana kunounomhanya, asi kunaMwari, munzwiri wengoni.So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

¹⁷Nokuti Rugwaro runoti kunaFarao: Ndizvo zvandakakumutsira, kuti zita rangu riparidzwe panyika yose.For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

¹⁸Naizvozvo unonzwira ngoni waanoda; vuye unowomesera moyo waanoda.Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

¹⁹Zvino iwe ungati kwandiri: Iye uchapireiko mhosva? Nokuti ndianiko unoramba kuda kwake?Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

²⁰Ko zvino iwe munhu, ndiwe aniko, unopindura Mwari? Ko chakavumbwa chingati kunowakachivumba: Wandiitireiko kudai?Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

²¹Ko muvumbi wehari haanesimba pamusoro pevhu here, kuti nebundu rimwe aite mudziyo mumwe wakakudzwa, nomumwe usina kukudzwa?Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

²²Zvino tichatiyiko kana Mwari, kana akanga achida kuratidza kutsamwa kwake, nokuzivisa simba rake, akaita nomoyo murefu zvikuru pamusoro pemidziyo yokutsamwirwa, yakagadzirirwa kuparadzwa,What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

²³kuti azivise kufuma kwokubwinya kwake pamusoro pemidziyo yengoni, yaakanga agadzirira kubwinya,And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

²⁴iyesu vakadanwa vo naye, tisingabvi kuvaJudha bedzi, asi kuvahedheni vo?Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

²⁵Sezvaanoreva vo pabhuku yaHosea, achiti: Avo vakanga vasi vanhu vangu; Ndichavaidza vanhu vangu; Naiye wakanga asi mudikanwa, ndichamuidza mudikanwa.As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

²⁶Zvichaitika kuti paya pakanga parebwa kwavari: Hamuzi vanhu vangu, Ipapo vachaidzwa vanakomana vaMwari mupenyu.And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

²⁷NaIsaya unodana pamusoro pavaIsraeri achiti kunyange kuwanda kwavana vaIsraeri kwakaita sejecha regungwa, vakasara vachaponeswa;Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

²⁸nokuti Ishe uchaita panyika shoko rake, nokuripedzisa, nokukurumidza nokururama.For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

²⁹Sezvaakamboreva Isaya vo, achiti: Dai Ishe wehondo asina kutisiyira rudzi, Tingadai takava seSodhoma, takaitwa seGomora.And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

³⁰Zvino tichatiyiko? Tichati, vahedheni vasina kutsvaka kururama, ndivo vakawana kururama, iko kururama kwokutenda;What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

³¹asi vaIsraeri vakati vachitsvaka murairo wokururama havana kusvika pamurairo wokururama.But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

³²Neiko? Nokuti havana kutsvaka nokutenda, asi zvinenge namabasa omurairo. Vakagumburwa nebwe rinogumbusa.Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

³³Sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Tarira, ndinoisa paZiyoni ibwe rokugumbusa, nedombo rokupinganidza; Unotenda kwaari, haanganyadziswi.As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.