Loma 9
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1ʻOku ou lea moʻoni ʻia Kalaisi, ʻoku ʻikai te u loi, pea ʻoku fakamoʻoni au foki ʻi hoku loto ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni,
1I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost:
2ʻOku ou māfasia lahi pea mamahi maʻuaipē ʻi hoku loto.
2That I have great sadness, and continual sorrow in my heart.
3(He kuo u meimei fakaʻamu ke tuku au ko e motuhi meia Kalaisi), koeʻuhi ko hoku kāinga, ʻa hoku kāinga fakakakano:
3For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,
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;
4Who are Israelites, to whom belongeth the adoption as of children, and the glory, and the testament, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises:
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.
5Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6Ka ʻoku ʻikai ke hangē kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻaupito ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua. He ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku meia ʻIsileli:
6Not as though the word of God hath miscarried. For all are not Israelites that are of Israel:
7Pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e fānau kotoa pē. Koeʻuhi ko e hako ʻakinautolu ʻo ʻEpalahame: ka, “Ko ʻAisake ʻe ui ai ho hako.”
7Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
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.
8That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; buy they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.
9He ko e lea eni ʻoe talaʻofa, “ʻI he kuonga ni te u haʻu, pea ʻe maʻu ʻe Sela ha tama.”
9For this is the word of promise: According to this time will I come; and Sara shall have a son.
10Pea ʻoku ʻikai ko ia pē, ka ʻi he feitama ʻa Lepeka mei he tokotaha, ko ʻetau tamai ko ʻAisake;
10And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father.
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;)
11For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand,)
12Naʻe pehē kiate ia, “ʻE tauhi ʻe he ʻuluaki ʻae kimui.”
12Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.
13ʻO hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Kuo u ʻofa kia Sēkope, ka kuo u fehiʻa kia ʻIsoa.”
13As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.
14Pea ka ko ia, pea tau pehē ko e hā? ʻOku ʻi he ʻOtua ʻae taʻeangatonu? ʻIkai ʻaupito.
14What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid.
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.”
15For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.
16Pea ko ia, ʻoku ʻikai meiate ia ʻoku loto, pe meiate ia ʻoku lele, kae mei he ʻOtua ʻoku fakahā ʻae ʻaloʻofa.
16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
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.”
17For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
18Pea ko ia, ʻoku ʻaloʻofa ia kiate ia ʻoku ne loto ki ai, pea ʻoku ne fakafefeka ʻaia ʻoku loto ia ki ai.
18Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.
19Pea te ke pehē ai kiate au, “Pea ko e hā ʻoku ne kei lāunga ai? Pe ko hai kuo ne taʻofia hono loto?”
19Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will?
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?”
20O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?
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?
21Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
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:
22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction,
23Pea koeʻuhi ke ne fakahā hono lahi ʻo ʻene lelei ki he ngaahi ipu ʻoe ʻaloʻofa, ʻakinautolu naʻa ne tomuʻa teuʻi ki he hakeakiʻi,
23That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory?
24ʻIo, ʻakitautolu kuo ne ui, ʻikai mei he kakai Siu pē, ka mei he kakai Senitaile foki?
24Even us, whom also he hath called, nor only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
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.
25As in Osee he saith: I will call that which was not my people, my people; and her that was not beloved, beloved; and her that had not obtained mercy, one that hath obtained mercy.
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.
26And it shall be, in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there they shall be called the sons of the living God.
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:
27And Isaias crieth out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.
28He te ne fakaʻosi mo tuʻusi ke vave ʻae ngāue ʻi he māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ʻe fakatoʻotoʻo ʻae ngāue ʻa Sihova ʻi he māmani.”
28For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.
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.”
29And as Isaias foretold: Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been made as Sodom, and we had been like unto Gomorrha.
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.
30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who followed not after justice, have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith.
31Ka ko ʻIsileli, naʻe tuli ki he fono māʻoniʻoni, kuo ʻikai lavaʻi ʻe ia ʻae fono māʻoniʻoni.
31But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.
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;
32Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.
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.”
33As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and a rock of scandal; and whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded.
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