Romans 9

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

Se vre wi, sa m'ap di nou la a. Mwen se moun Kris la, mwen p'ap bay manti. Epi, konsyans mwen ki anba pouvwa Sentespri a ta repwoche m' anpil si m' t'ap bay manti.

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

Kè m' sere anpil, se pa yon ti lapenn mwen santi k'ap manje m' tout tan.

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Mwen ta pito wè m' tonbe anba madichon Bondye, mwen ta pito pèdi renmen Kris la gen pou mwen an si sa te ka sèvi pou byen frè m' yo, moun menm ras avè mwen yo.

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;

Yo se pitit pitit Izrayèl; Bondye te chwazi yo pou pwòp pitit li. Se nan mitan yo Bondye te fè tout bèl mèvèy li yo. Se ak yo li te pase kontra li yo. Li te ba yo lalwa. Li te moutre yo jan pou yo sèvi l'; se yo ki te resevwa pwomès li yo.

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Yo se pitit pitit zansèt nou yo. Se nan ras yo Kris la soti lè l' te fèt tankou yon nonm. Lwanj pou tout tan pou li menm ki Bondye sou tout bagay. Amèn.

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

Lè m' di sa, sa pa vle di Bondye p'ap kenbe pwomès li ankò. Se pa tout pitit pitit Izrayèl yo ki fè pati pèp Bondye a.

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Se pa tout pitit pitit Abraram yo ki bon pitit pou li, paske Bondye te di Abraram, dapre sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Se Izarak ki va fè pitit pitit mwen te pwomèt ou yo.

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.

Sa vle di: tout pitit ki fèt dapre egzijans natirèl kò a pa pitit Bondye. Se sèlman pitit ki fèt dapre pwomès Bondye a ki bon pitit pitit li.

For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

Men ki jan Bondye te fè pwomès la: Lè konsa, lanne k'ap vini an, m'a tounen. Lè sa a Sara va gen tan gen yon pitit gason.

And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

Gen lòt pawòl toujou pou di sou pwen sa a: Rebeka te fè de pitit gason pou yon sèl papa, Izarak granpapa nou.

(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;)

-(we vèsè pwochen)

It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

Men, Bondye gen jan pa l' pou l' chwazi moun. Bondye pa chwazi yon moun paske moun lan fè anyen pou sa, men paske Bondye vle chwazi li. Enben, pou fè nou wè se konsa li toujou fè, Bondye pale ak Rebeka anvan menm timoun yo te fèt, anvan menm yo te fè anyen ni an byen ni an mal. Li di l' konsa: Pi gran an gen pou sèvi pi piti a.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

Dapre sa ki te ekri: Mwen renmen Jakòb, mwen rayi Ezaou.

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

Bon, kisa sa vle di? Bondye gen lè ap fè lenjistis? Men non.

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.

Chonje sa Bondye te di Moyiz: M'a gen pitye pou moun mwen vle gen pitye, M'a louvri kè m' pou moun mwen vle.

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Se sak fè, bagay konsa pa gade lèzòm, ou mèt tande yo vle, ou mèt tande yo fè. Se bagay ki gade Bondye sèlman, li menm ki gen kè sansib.

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.

Paske nan Liv la, men sa Bondye di farawon an: Se mwen ki fè ou wa tout espre, pou lè moun wè ou, yo ka wè pouvwa mwen, pou moun ka mache fè konnen non mwen toupatou sou latè.

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Konsa, Bondye gen pitye pou moun li vle, li fè moun li vle kenbe tèt ak li.

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Koulye a, n'a mande m': Si se konsa, kisa Bondye gen pou repwoche moun? Ki moun ki janm kenbe tèt ak Bondye?

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?

Monchè, pito ou mande: kisa m' ye pou m' ap diskite ak Bondye konsa? Pran yon krich: èske krich la ka pale ak moun ki fè l' la pou l' mande l': Poukisa se konsa ou fè m'?

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

Moun k'ap bat tè pou fè krich la gen dwa fè sa l' vle ak tè a. Avèk menm pa t' labou a, li ka fè de kalite krich: yon bèl krich byen chè ak yon krich bon mache.

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:

Nou pa gen anyen pou n' di Bondye ankò. Li vle fè nou wè kòlè li, an menm tan li vle fè nou konnen pouvwa li. Se poutèt sa, avèk anpil pasyans li sipòte tout moun ki te merite kòlè li epi ki te tou bon pou mouri.

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

Li te vle fè nou wè tou kantite bèl bagay li sere pou moun lè li gen pitye pou yo, pou nou menm li te pare davans pou resevwa bèl bagay li yo.

Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Lè m' di nou menm lan, m'ap pale sou tout moun li rele, non sèlman nan jwif yo, men nan moun lòt nasyon yo tou.

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

Se sa menm li di nan liv pwofèt Oze a: Moun ki pa t' pèp mwen an, se yo menm m'a rele pèp mwen. Nasyon mwen pa t' renmen an, se li menm m'a rele cheri mwen.

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.

Tout kote yo t'ap di se pa pèp mwen yo ye. se la y'a rele yo pitit Bondye ki vivan an.

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:

Kanta pou moun pèp Izrayèl yo, Ezayi, bò pa l' menm, di konsa: Menm si moun pèp Izrayèl yo ta anpil tankou grenn sab bò lanmè, se yon ti ponyen sèlman nan yo k'ap sove.

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

Paske, Mèt la gen pou l' fè tou sa l' te di a nèt, epi byen vit ankò, sou tout latè.

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.

Tankou menm pwofèt Ezayi sa a te di anvan: Si Mèt ki gen tout pouvwa a pa t' kite kèk pitit pitit pou nou, nou ta pase tankou Sodòm, nou ta menm jan ak Gomò.

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Kisa n'a di nan tou sa? Men sa n'a di: Moun ki pa t' jwif yo, ki pa t'ap chache mwayen pou Bondye fè yo gras la, se yo menm Bondye fè gras paske yo mete konfyans yo nan li.

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

Men, moun pèp Izrayèl yo ki t'ap chache yon lalwa ki pou ta fè Bondye fè yo gras, yo pa jwenn sa yo t'ap chache a.

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

Poukisa? Paske yo pa t' mete konfyans yo nan Bondye; yo t'ap chache mwayen pou Bondye fè yo gras ak zèv yo t'ap fè yo. Se konsa y' al frape pye yo sou wòch k'ap fè moun bite a,

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

jan sa te ekri a: Men li, mwen mete yon wòch nan mitan peyi Siyon, yon wòch k'ap fè moun bite wi, yon gwo wòch k'ap fè moun tonbe. Men, moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li p'ap janm soti wont.