Loma 9
1I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—
1ʻOKU ou lea moʻoni ʻia Kalaisi, ʻoku ʻikai te u loi, pea ʻoku fakamoʻoni au foki ʻi hoku loto ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni,
2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
2ʻOku ou māfasia lahi pea mamahi maʻuaipē ʻi hoku loto.
3For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
3(He kuo u meimei fakaʻamu ke tuku au ko e motuhi meia Kalaisi), koeʻuhi ko hoku kāinga, ʻa hoku kāinga fakakakano:
4They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
4Ko e kakai ʻIsileli ʻakinautolu; ʻoku ʻonautolu ʻae ohia, mo e nāunau, mo e ngaahi fuakava, mo e foaki ʻoe fono, mo e ngāue fakalotu, mo e ngaahi talaʻofa;
5To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
5ʻOku ʻanautolu ʻae ngaahi tamai, ʻakinautolu naʻe mei ai ʻae sino ʻo Kalaisi, ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga taha pē, ko e ʻOtua monūʻia ʻo taʻengata. ʻEmeni.
6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
6Ka ʻoku ʻikai ke hangē kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻaupito ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua. He ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku meia ʻIsileli:
7and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”
7Pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e fānau kotoa pē. Koeʻuhi ko e hako ʻakinautolu ʻo ʻEpalahame: ka, “Ko ʻAisake ʻe ui ai ho hako.”
8This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
8Ko hono ʻuhinga, ʻIlonga ʻae fānau ʻae kakano, ʻoku ʻikai ko e fānau ʻae ʻOtua ʻakinautolu: kae lau ko e hako ʻae fānau pē ʻoe talaʻofa.
9For this is what the promise said: “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.”
9He ko e lea eni ʻoe talaʻofa, “ʻI he kuonga ni te u haʻu, pea ʻe maʻu ʻe Sela ha tama.”
10And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,
10Pea ʻoku ʻikai ko ia pē, ka ʻi he feitama ʻa Lepeka mei he tokotaha, ko ʻetau tamai ko ʻAisake;
11though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—
11(He naʻe teʻeki ai ke fanauʻi ʻakinaua, pea teʻeki fai ha lelei pe ha kovi, pea koeʻuhi ke tuʻumaʻu ʻae tuʻutuʻuni ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo fakatatau ki he fili, ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi ngāue, kae ʻiate ia ʻoku ne ui;)
12she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
12Naʻe pehē kiate ia, “ʻE tauhi ʻe he ʻuluaki ʻae kimui.”
13As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
13ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Kuo u ʻofa kia Sēkope, ka kuo u fehiʻa kia ʻIsoa.”
14What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!
14Pea ka ko ia, pea tau pehē ko e hā? ʻOku ʻi he ʻOtua ʻae taʻeangatonu? ʻIkai ʻaupito.
15For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
15He naʻe pehē ʻe ia kia Mōsese, “Te u ʻaloʻofa kiate ia ʻoku ou loto ke u ʻaloʻofa ki ai, pea te u angaʻofa kiate ia ʻoku ou loto ke u angaʻofa ki ai.”
16So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
16Pea ko ia, ʻoku ʻikai meiate ia ʻoku loto, pe meiate ia ʻoku lele, kae mei he ʻOtua ʻoku fakahā ʻae ʻaloʻofa.
17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
17He ʻoku pehē ʻae tohi kia Felo, “Ko e meʻa ni pē kuo u fokotuʻu hake ai koe, koeʻuhi ke u fakahā ʻiate koe hoku mālohi, pea koeʻuhi ke ongoongoa ai hoku hingoa ʻi māmani kotoa pē.”
18So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
18Pea ko ia, ʻoku ʻaloʻofa ia kiate ia ʻoku ne loto ki ai, pea ʻoku ne fakafefeka ʻaia ʻoku loto ia ki ai.
19You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
19Pea te ke pehē ai kiate au, “Pea ko e hā ʻoku ne kei lāunga ai? Pe ko hai kuo ne taʻofia hono loto?”
20But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
20ʻIkai, ʻe tangata, he ko hai koe ʻoku ke kikihi ki he ʻOtua? ʻE lea ʻae meʻa kuo ngaohi kiate ia naʻa ne ngaohi ia, “Ko e hā kuo ke ngaohi ai au ke pehē ni?”
21Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
21He ʻikai ʻoku ʻi he ʻumea, ke ne ngaohi mei he takaonga pe taha ʻae ipu ʻe taha ke ʻaonga lahi, mo e taha ke ʻaonga siʻi?
22What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
22Pea kapau kuo finangalo ʻae ʻOtua ke fakahā hono houhau, pea fakaʻilo mo hono mālohi, naʻa ne kātaki ʻi he kātaki fuoloa ʻae ngaahi ipu ʻoe houhau naʻe taau mo e malaʻia:
23in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
23Pea koeʻuhi ke ne fakahā hono lahi ʻo ʻene lelei ki he ngaahi ipu ʻoe ʻaloʻofa, ʻakinautolu naʻa ne tomuʻa teuʻi ki he hakeakiʻi,
24even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
24ʻIo, ʻakitautolu kuo ne ui, ʻikai mei he kakai Siu pē, ka mei he kakai Senitaile foki?
25As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
25ʻO hangē ko ʻene folofola ʻia Hosea, “ Te u ui ʻakinautolu ‘Ko hoku kakai,’ ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ko hoku kakai; pea ‘Ko e ʻofeina ia,’ ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ko e ʻofeina.
26“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
26Pea ʻe pehē, ʻi he potu ko ia naʻe pehē ai kiate kinautolu, ‘ʻOku ʻikai ko hoku kakai ʻakimoutolu;’ ʻe ui ai ʻakinautolu ko e fānau ʻae ʻOtua moʻui.
27And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,
27ʻOku kalanga foki ʻa ʻIsaia ʻia ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, “Kapau ʻe tatau hono lau ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mo e ʻoneʻone ʻoe tahi, ko e toenga pē ʻe fakamoʻui:
28for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”
28He te ne fakaʻosi mo tuʻusi ke vave ʻae ngāue ʻi he māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ʻe fakatoʻotoʻo ʻae ngāue ʻa Sihova ʻi he māmani.”
29And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.”
29Pea hangē ko e tomuʻa lea ʻa ʻIsaia, “Ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻae fakatoe ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi ha hako kiate kitautolu, pehē, kuo tau tatau mo Sotoma, pea ngaohi ʻo fakatatau mo Komola.”
30What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
30Pea ka ko ia, pea tau pehē ko e hā? Ko eni, ko e kakai Senitaile, naʻe ʻikai tuli ki he fakatonuhia, kuo lavaʻi ʻekinautolu ʻae fakatonuhia, ʻio, ʻae fakatonuhia ʻoku ʻi he tui.
31but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
31Ka ko ʻIsileli, naʻe tuli ki he fono māʻoniʻoni, kuo ʻikai lavaʻi ʻe ia ʻae fono māʻoniʻoni.
32Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
32Ko e hā naʻe pehē ai? Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai ha tui, ka ko e ngāue pe. He naʻa nau tūkia ʻi he “Maka tūkiaʻanga” ko ia;
33as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
33ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Vakai, ʻoku ou ʻai ʻi Saione ʻae maka tūkiaʻanga mo e maka fakaʻita: pea ko ia ʻe tui kiate ia ʻe ʻikai te ne mā.”