رُوما 9

١ 1 أَقُولُ الْحَقَّ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، لَسْتُ أَكْذِبُ، وَضَمِيرِي شَاهِدٌ لِي بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ،

I say the truth in Meshiha, and lie not; my conscience witnesseth for me in the Spirit of Holiness,

٢ 2 إِنَّ بِي حُزْناً شَدِيداً، وَبِقَلْبِي أَلَمٌ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ:

that I have great grief, and (that) the sorrow of my heart ceaseth not.

٣ 3 فَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَتَمَنَّى لَوْ أَكُونُ أَنَا نَفْسِي مَحْرُوماً مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ فِي سَبِيلِ إِخْوَتِي، بَنِي جِنْسِي حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ.

For I could pray that I myself might be one accursed from Meshiha instead of my brethren and my kinsmen who are in the flesh;

٤ 4 فَإِنَّهُمْ إِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، وَقَدْ مُنِحُوا التَّبَنِّيَ وَالْمَجْدَ وَالْعُهُودَ وَالتَّشْرِيعَ وَالْعِبَادَةَ وَالْمَوَاعِيدَ،

who are the sons of Israel, and whose was the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministry, and the promises,

٥ 5 وَمِنْهُمْ كَانَ الآبَاءُ وَمِنْهُمْ جَاءَ الْمَسِيحُ حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ، وَهُوَ فَوْقَ الْجَمِيعِ اللهُ الْمُبَارَكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. آمِين. (aiōn g165)

and the fathers; and from whom appeared the Meshiha in the flesh, who is Aloha over all: his be praises and benedictions to the age of ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)

٦ 6 لَسْتُ أَعْنِي أَنَّ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ قَدْ خَابَتْ. إِذْ لَيْسَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هُمْ إِسْرَائِيلُ؛

FOR the word of Aloha hath not really fallen: for not all who are of Israel are Israel;

٧ 7 وَلَيْسُوا، لأَنَّهُمْ نَسْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، كُلُّهُمْ أَوْلاداً لِلهِ، بَلْ، كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «بِإِسْحَاقَ سَيَكُونُ لَكَ نَسْلٌ يَحْمِلُ اسْمَكَ».

neither also are they who are of the seed of Abraham all children; because it was said, In Ishok shall be called unto thee the seed:

٨ 8 أَيْ أَنَّ أَوْلادَ الْجَسَدِ لَيْسُوا هُمْ أَوْلادَ اللهِ، بَلْ أَوْلادُ الْوَعْدِ يُحْسَبُونَ نَسْلاً.

but that is, the children of the flesh are not the children of Aloha, but the children of the promise are reckoned the seed.

٩ 9 فَهذِهِ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ الْوَعْدِ: «فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ أَعُودُ، وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ابْنٌ».

For the promise is this word, In this time I will come, and a son shall be unto Sara.

١٠ 10 لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ إِنَّ رِفْقَةَ أَيْضاً، وَقَدْ حَبِلَتْ مِنْ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، مِنْ إِسْحَاقَ أَبِينَا،

And not this only, but also Raphka when with one, our father Ishok, she had association,

١١ 11 وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الْوَلَدَانِ قَدْ وُلِدَا بَعْدُ وَلا فَعَلا خَيْراً أَوْ شَرّاً، وَذلِكَ كَيْ يَبْقَى قَصْدُ اللهِ مِنْ جِهَةِ الاخْتِيَارِ

before her sons were born, and had not wrought good or evil, the (choice) of Aloha was (made) known before that it should remain: not by works, but by him who called:

١٢ 12 لا عَلَى أَسَاسِ الأَعْمَالِ بَلْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ دَعْوَةٍ مِنْهُ، قِيلَ لَهَا: «إِنَّ الْوَلَدَ الأَكْبَرَ يَكُونُ عَبْداً لِلأَصْغَرِ»،

for it was said, The elder shall be servant to the less;

١٣ 13 كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «أَحْبَبْتُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَأَبْغَضْتُ عِيسُوَ».

as it is written, Jakub have I loved, and Isu have I hated.

١٤ 14 إِذاً، مَاذَا نَقُولُ، أَيَكُونُ عِنْدَ اللهِ ظُلْمٌ، حَاشَا!

What then say we? Is there iniquity with Aloha? Not so:

١٥ 15 فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ لِمُوسَى: «إِنِّي أَرْحَمُ مَنْ أَرْحَمُهُ، وَأُشْفِقُ عَلَى مَنْ أُشْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ!»

behold, also, he said unto Musha, I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy, and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious.

١٦ 16 إِذاً، لَا يَتَعَلَّقُ الأَمْرُ بِرَغْبَةِ الإِنْسَانِ وَلا بِسَعْيِهِ، وَإِنَّمَا بِرَحْمَةِ اللهِ فَقَطْ.

Therefore it is not by him who willeth, nor by him who runneth, but by Aloha the Merciful.

١٧ 17 فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ فِي الْكِتَابِ: «لِهَذَا الأَمْرِ بِعَيْنِهِ أَقَمْتُكَ: لأُظْهِرَ فِيكَ قُدْرَتِي وَيُعْلَنَ اسْمِي فِي الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا».

For it is said in the scripture to Pherun, For this I have raised thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

١٨ 18 فاللهُ إِذاً يَرْحَمُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَيُقَسِّي مَنْ يَشَاءُ.

Then upon whom he willeth he is merciful, and whom he willeth he hardeneth.

١٩ 19 هُنَا سَتَقُولُ لِي: «لِمَاذَ يَلُومُ بَعْدُ؟ مَنْ يُقَاوِمُ قَصْدَهُ؟»

Perhaps thou wilt say, Of what then doth he complain; for who shall arise against his will?

٢٠ 20 فَأَقُولُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى تَرُدَّ جَوَاباً عَلَى اللهِ؟ أَيَقُولُ الشَّيْءُ الْمَصْنُوعُ لِصَانِعِهِ: لِمَاذَا صَنَعْتَنِي هَكَذَا؟

Who then art thou, O man, who givest answer against Aloha? Will the mass say to him who formeth it, Why thus hast thou formed me?

٢١ 21 أَوَ لَيْسَ لِصَانِعِ الْفَخَّارِ سُلْطَةٌ عَلَى الطِّينِ لِيَصْنَعَ مِنْ كُتْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وِعَاءً لِلاِسْتِعْمَالِ الرَّفِيعِ وَآخَرَ لِلاِسْتِعْمَالِ الوَضِيعِ؟

Or, hath not the potter power over his clay, that from the (same) mass he might make vessels, the one to honour, and the other to vileness?

٢٢ 22 فَمَاذَا إِذاً إِنْ كَانَ اللهُ، وَقَدْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ غَضَبَهُ وَيُعْلِنَ قُدْرَتَهُ، احْتَمَلَ بِكُلِّ صَبْرٍ أَوْعِيَةَ غَضَبٍ جَاهِزَةً لِلْهَلاكِ،

BUT if Aloha, willing to reveal his wrath, and to make known his power, in his much patience bore with the vessels of wrath who were perfected for destruction,

٢٣ 23 وَذَلِكَ بِقَصْدِ أَنْ يُعْلِنَ غِنَى مَجْدِهِ فِي أَوْعِيَةِ الرَّحْمَةِ الَّتِي سَبَقَ فَأَعَدَّهَا لِلْمَجْدِ،

and poured his mercy upon the vessels of mercy who were prepared of Aloha for glory,

٢٤ 24 فِينَا نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ دَعَاهُمْ لَا مِنْ بَيْنِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَطْ بَلْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ أَيْضاً؟

who are we, (ourselves) the called, not only of the Jihudoyee, but also of the Gentiles:

٢٥ 25 وَذَلِكَ عَلَى حَدِّ مَا يَقُولُ أَيْضاً فِي نُبُوءَةِ هُوشَعَ: «مَنْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا شَعْبِي سَأَدْعُوهُمْ شَعْبِي، وَمَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مَحْبُوبَةً سَأَدْعُوهَا مَحْبُوبَةً.

so also in Husha he said, I will call them my people who were not my people, and on those on whom I was not merciful, will I be merciful:

٢٦ 26 وَيَكُونُ أَنَّهُ حَيْثُ قِيلَ لَهُمْ: لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي، فَهُنَاكَ يُدْعَوْنَ أَبْنَاءَ اللهِ الْحَيِّ».

for it shall be in the place where they were not called my people, there shall they be called the children of Aloha the Living.

٢٧ 27 أَمَّا إِشَعْيَاءُ، فَيَهْتِفُ مُتَكَلِّماً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ: «وَلَوْ كَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ عَدَداً، فَإِنَّ بَقِيَّةً مِنْهُمْ سَتَخْلُصُ.

But Eshaia proclaims of the sons of Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel were as the sand which is on the sea, the residue of them shall be saved.

٢٨ 28 فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيَحْسِمُ الأَمْرَ وَيُنْجِزُ كَلِمَتَهُ سَرِيعاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ».

The Lord hath decreed and determined the word, and will perform it upon the earth.

٢٩ 29 وَكَمَا قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ سَابِقاً: «لَوْ لَمْ يُبْقِ لَنَا رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ نَسْلاً، لَصِرْنَا مِثْلَ سَدُومَ وَشَابَهْنَا عَمُورَةَ!»

And as that which Eshaia had said before: Unless the Lord of sebaoth had left to us a residue, as Sedum should we have been, and to Amura have been likened.

٣٠ 30 فَمَا هِيَ خُلاصَةُ الْقَوْلِ؟ إِنَّ الأُمَمَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَسْعَوْنَ وَرَاءَ الْبِرِّ، قَدْ بَلَغُوا الْبِرَّ، وَلَكِنَّهُ الْبِرُّ الْقَائِمُ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ.

WHAT then shall we say? That the Gentiles who have not followed after righteousness have attained righteousness, but that righteousness which is of faith:

٣١ 31 أَمَّا إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَقَدْ كَانُوا يَسْعَوْنَ وَرَاءَ شَرِيعَةٍ تَهْدِفُ إِلَى الْبِرِّ، فَقَدْ فَشَلُوا حَتَّى فِي بُلُوغِ الشَّرِيعَةِ.

but Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, unto the law of righteousness have not attained.

٣٢ 32 وَلأَيِّ سَبَبٍ؟ لأَنَّ سَعْيَهُمْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ، بَلْ كَانَ وَكَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى الأَعْمَالِ. فَقَدْ تَعَثَّرُوا بِحَجَرِ الْعَثْرَةِ،

For why? Because it was not by faith, but by the works of the law: for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

٣٣ 33 كَمَا كُتِبَ: «هَا أَنَا وَاضِعٌ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرَ عَثْرَةٍ وَصَخْرَةَ سُقُوطٍ. وَمَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَا يَخِيبُ».

as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling And a rock of offence; And whosoever in him shall believe Shall not be ashamed.

Isaac Blesses Jacob