1 R untaan ku sheegayaa Masiixa, oo been sheegi maayo, qalbigayguna marag buu iigu furayaa Ruuxa Quduuskaa

I am speaking the truth in Christ. I am not lying; my conscience by the Holy Spirit bearing witness with me

2 i n caloolxumo weyn iyo xanuun aan joogsanaynin ay ku jiraan qalbigayga.

That I have bitter grief and incessant anguish in my heart.

3 W aayo, waxaan jeclaan lahaa inaan aniga qudhaydu ka inkaarnaado Masiixa walaalahay aawadood oo ah xigaalkayga aannu isku jidhka nahay,

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off and banished from Christ for the sake of my brethren and instead of them, my natural kinsmen and my fellow countrymen.

4 k uwa ah reer binu Israa'iil, oo leh carruur-ka-dhigidda, iyo ammaanta, iyo axdiyada, iyo sharciga siintiisa, iyo u-adeegidda Ilaah, iyo ballamada,

For they are Israelites, and to them belong God’s adoption and the glorious Presence (Shekinah). With them were the special covenants made, to them was the Law given. To them worship was revealed and promises announced.

5 k uwa awowayaasha leh, oo xagga jidhka Masiixu ka yimid iyaga, kan wax walba ka sarreeya oo ah Ilaah ammaanta leh weligiis. Aamiin. Ilaah Ballamadiisii Ma Uu Beenayn

To them belong the patriarchs, and as far as His natural descent was concerned, from them is the Christ, Who is exalted and supreme over all, God, blessed forever! Amen (so let it be).

6 L aakiin mana aha sidii iyadoo ereygii Ilaah dhacay. Waayo, kuwa Israa'iil ka dhashay kulligood reer binu Israa'iil ma wada aha.

However, it is not as though God’s Word had failed. For it is not everybody who is a descendant of Jacob (Israel) who belongs to Israel.

7 F arcankii Ibraahim oo ay yihiin aawadeed kulligood carruur kuma wada aha, laakiin waxaa la yidhi, Kuwa Isxaaq ka farcama ayaa farcankaaga loogu yeedhi doonaa.

And they are not all the children of Abraham because they are by blood his descendants. No, Your descendants will be called and counted through the line of Isaac.

8 T aas waxaa weeyaan, inaan carruurta jidhku ahayn carruurta Ilaah, laakiin carruurtii loo ballanqaaday ayaa farcan lagu tiriyaa.

That is to say, it is not the children of the body who are made God’s children, but it is the offspring to whom the promise applies that shall be counted descendants.

9 W aayo, kanu waa hadal ballan ah, Wakhtigan oo kale ayaan kuu iman doonaa, oo Saarah waxay dhali doontaa wiil.

For this is what the promise said, About this time will I return and Sarah shall have a son.

10 O o taas oo keliyana ma ahee, laakiin Rebeqahna mid bay u uuraysatay, kaas oo ahaa aabbeheen Isxaaq.

And not only that, but this too: Rebecca conceived by our forefather Isaac,

11 W aayo, carruurta oo aan weli dhalan oo aan weli samayn wanaag iyo xumaan midna, in qasdiga Ilaah doorashada ku istaago, oo uusan ahaan xagga shuqullada, laakiin xagga kii dadka u yeedha,

And the children were yet unborn and had so far done nothing either good or evil. Even so, in order further to carry out God’s purpose of selection (election, choice), which depends not on works or what men can do, but on Him Who calls,

12 w axaa iyada lagu yidhi, Kan weynu wuxuu u adeegi doonaa kan ka yar.

It was said to her that the elder should serve the younger.

13 S ida qoran, Yacquub waan jeclaaday, Ceesawse waan necbaaday. Ilaah Xaqdarro Ma Leh

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated (held in relative disregard in comparison with My feeling for Jacob).

14 M axaan nidhaahnaa haddaba? Ma xaqdarro baa Ilaah la jirta? Ma suurtowdo!

What shall we conclude then? Is there injustice upon God’s part? Certainly not!

15 W aayo, wuxuu Muuse ku yidhi, Waan u naxariisan doonaa kii aan u naxariisto, waanan u nixi doonaa, kii aan u naxo.

For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion (pity) on whom I will have compassion.

16 S idaas daraaddeed xagga kan doonaya ma aha, xagga kan ordana ma aha, laakiinse waa xagga Ilaaha naxariista leh.

So then is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God’s mercy.

17 W aayo, Qorniinku wuxuu Fircoon ku leeyahay, Tan daraaddeed baan kuu sara kiciyey inaan xooggayga adiga kaa dhex muujiyo iyo in magacayga dhulka oo dhan lagu faafiyo.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, I have raised you up for this very purpose of displaying My power in you, so that My name may be proclaimed the whole world over.

18 H addaba kuu doonayo wuu u naxariistaa, kuu doonayona qalbigiisuu engejiyaa. Ilaah Baa Xukunka Leh

So then He has mercy on whomever He wills (chooses) and He hardens (makes stubborn and unyielding the heart of) whomever He wills.

19 W axaad igu odhan doontaa, Muxuu weli ii eedaynayaa? Waayo, yaa doonistiisa ka gees noqda?

You will say to me, Why then does He still find fault and blame us ? For who can resist and withstand His will?

20 L aakiinse, nin yahow, kumaad tahay kaaga Ilaah u jawaabayow? Wixii la sameeyey miyey kii sameeyey ku odhan doonaan, Maaxad sidan noogu samaysay?

But who are you, a mere man, to criticize and contradict and answer back to God? Will what is formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?

21 D heriyasameeyuhu miyuusan lahayn amar uu ugu taliyo dhoobada inuu fud keliya in ka sameeyo weel cisa leh, inta kalena mid aan cisa lahayn?

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same mass (lump) one vessel for beauty and distinction and honorable use, and another for menial or ignoble and dishonorable use?

22 B al maxay la tahay Ilaah haddii, isagoo doonaya inuu cadhadiisa muujiyo oo xooggiisa dadka ogeysiiyo, uu samir badan ugu dulqaatay weelasha cadhada oo loo diyaariyey baabbi'idda,

What if God, although fully intending to show His wrath and to make known His power and authority, has tolerated with much patience the vessels (objects) of anger which are ripe for destruction?

23 i yo inuu hodantinimadii ammaantiisa ogeysiiyo weelasha naxariista oo uu hore ugu diyaariyey ammaanta,

And He thus purposes to make known and show the wealth of His glory in the vessels (objects) of His mercy which He has prepared beforehand for glory,

24 x ataa kuweenna uu u yeedhay oo uusan uga yeedhin Yuhuudda oo keliya laakiinse uu uga yeedhay quruumaha kalena?

Even including ourselves whom He has called, not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles (heathen)?

25 S iduu Hooseeca ka dhex yidhi, Kuwo aan dadkaygii ahayn ayaan u bixin doonaa, Dadkayga, Tu aan ahayn gacalisadaydiina waxaan u bixin doonaa, Gacaliso.

Just as He says in Hosea, Those who were not My people I will call My people, and her who was not beloved My beloved.

26 O o waxay noqon doontaa, meeshii laga yidhi iyaga, Dadkayga ma ihidin, Meeshaas waxaa looga bixin doonaa, Carruurtii Ilaaha nool.

And it shall be that in the very place where it was said to them, You are not My people, they shall be called sons of the living God.

27 O o Isayos wuxuu ku qayliyey wax Israa'iil ku saabsan isagoo leh, In kastoo tirada reer binu Israa'iil noqoto sida cammuudda badda, intii hadhay waa badbaadi doontaa,

And Isaiah calls out (solemnly cries aloud) over Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant (a small part of them) will be saved '> from perdition, condemnation, judgment]!

28 w aayo, Rabbigu hadalkiisa dhulkuu ku samayn doonaa, isagoo dhammaystiraya oo soo gaabinaya,

For the Lord will execute His sentence upon the earth, rigorously cutting it short in His justice.

29 o o sidii Isayos hore u yidhi, Haddaan Rabbigii Saba'ood farcan inoo reebin, Sidii Sodom baan noqon lahayn, oo sidii Gomora baa laynaga dhigi lahaa. Waxa Reer Binu Israa'iil U Xumaadeen

It is as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us a seed, we would have fared like Sodom and have been made like Gomorrah.

30 M axaan nidhaahnaa haddaba? Dadka aan Yuhuudda ahayn oo aan xaqnimada raacin, waxay heleen xaqnimada, oo ah xaqnimada rumaysad lagu helo;

What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not follow after righteousness have attained it by faith,

31 l aakiin reer binu Israa'iil iyagoo raaca sharciga xaqnimada, sharcigaas ma ay gaadhin.

Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law.

32 T an sababteedu waa maxay? Maxaa yeelay, rumaysad kuma ay doondoonin, shuqullada samayntooda mooyaane. Waxay ku turunturoodeen dhagaxii turunturada;

For what reason? Because not through faith, relying on the merit of their works. They have stumbled over the Stumbling Stone.

33 s ida qoran, Bal eega, waxaan Siyoon dhex dhigayaa dhagax lagu turunturoodo oo ah sallax lagu xumaado; Oo kii rumaysta isaga ma ceeboobi doono.

As it is written, Behold I am laying in Zion a Stone that will make men stumble, a Rock that will make them fall; but he who believes in Him shall not be put to shame nor be disappointed in his expectations.