Romans 9

9 ¹I dey talk true for Christ, I no dey lie—my mind dey witness together with me for the Holy Spirit, ²say plenty sorrow and pain wey no dey stop dey my heart. ³I for fit wish sey make curse land on me, make dem cut me comot from Christ, for the sake of my brothers and sisters, my own people wey we share blood. ⁴Dem be Israelites: na dem get di full rights as pikin, di glory, di Covenants, di giving of di law, di worship, di promises. ⁵Na dem get di ancestors; and na from dem, for as person dey born person, Christ come, wey be God over everything, wey blessing dey for am forever. Amen. ^a a v5 Paul call Christ "God over everything, wey blessing dey for am forever" — one of di clearest words for di New Testament wey show sey Jesus na God fully.

⁶Dis one no mean sey our Papa word don fail, because no be everybody wey come from Israel na true Israel.

⁷No be all Abraham pikin dem be im real children; instead, "Na through Isaac dem go call your offspring."

⁸Dat one mean sey, di children of di flesh no be children of our Papa, but na di children of di promise dem dey count as offspring.

⁹Because di promise talk sey: "Dis same time next year I go come, and Sarah go get pikin."

¹⁰No be only dat, but Rebekah too get belle from one man, our papa Isaac, ¹¹even before dem born di children, before dem do anything good or bad—so dat our Papa purpose wey dey based on im own choosing fit stand,

¹²no be from work, but from di One wey dey call, dem tell am sey: "di older go serve di younger." ¹³As dem write am, "Na Jacob I love, but Esau I hate." ^b b v13 'Hate' na Hebrew way of talk wey mean to choose one pass di other — na our Papa free choice of Jacob, no be sey im carry bad mind for Esau.

¹⁴So wetin we go talk then? Injustice dey with our Papa? E no go ever happen!

¹⁵Because e tell Moses, "I go show mercy to anyone wey I wan show mercy, and my tender mercy wey dey pain belle go dey for anyone wey I wan pity."

¹⁶So then, e no depend on person wish or person struggle, but na on our Papa, wey dey show mercy.

¹⁷Because di Scripture talk to Pharaoh sey: "Na for dis very reason I raise you up, so dat I fit show my power for you, and so dat dem fit proclaim my name for all di earth."

¹⁸So then e dey show mercy to anyone wey e wan, and e dey harden anyone wey e wan.

¹⁹So you go ask me, "Why e still dey find fault? Who fit resist im will?" ²⁰But who you be, ordinary human being, wey go argue with our Papa? Di thing wey dem mould go tell di one wey mould am, "Why you make me like dis?" ²¹Di potter no get authority over di clay, to take one lump make one vessel for honour, and another one for dishonour? ²²Wetin if our Papa, wey wan show im anger and make im power known, take plenty patience endure di vessels of anger wey dem don prepare for destruction, ²³so dat e fit reveal di riches of im glory for di vessels of mercy wey e prepare before-before for glory, ²⁴even us wey e don call, no be from di Jews only but also from di Gentiles?

²⁵As e talk for Hosea, "I go call dem wey no be my children, my children, and her wey I no love, my beloved."

²⁶"And for di very place wey dem bin tell dem, 'Una no be my people,' na there dem go call dem 'children of di living Father.'"

²⁷Isaiah cry out concerning Israel: "Even if di children of Israel plenty like di sand of di sea, na only small remnant go dey saved, ²⁸because our Papa go carry out im judgement for di earth, complete-complete and without delay."

²⁹And as Isaiah bin talk am before: "If di Papa of heaven army no bin leave us with offspring, we for don become like Sodom, dem for make us like Gomorrah."

Israel Trip For Di Stone

³⁰So wetin we go talk then? Gentiles wey no dey chase correct-and-holy way, dem get correct-and-holy way, di correct-and-holy way wey come through faith; ³¹but Israel, wey dey chase a law of correct-and-holy way, no reach dat law. ³²Why? Because dem no chase am through faith but as if na through work. Dem trip for di stumbling stone,

³³as dem write am, "See, I dey put for Zion a stumbling stone, a rock wey go make people offend; but anyone wey trust am no go shame."