Rimljanima 9
1 Istinu govorim u Kristu, ne lažem; susvjedok mi je savjest moja u Duhu Svetom:
I am telling you the truth as a Christian man--it is no falsehood, for my conscience enlightened, as it is, by the Holy Spirit adds its testimony to mine--
2 silna mi je tuga i neprekidna bol u srcu.
when I declare that I have deep grief and unceasing anguish of heart.
3 Da, htio bih ja sam proklet biti, odvojen od Krista, za braću svoju, sunarodnjake svoje po tijelu.
For I could pray to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brethren, my human kinsfolk--for such the Israelites are.
4 Oni su Izraelci, njihovo je posinstvo, i Slava, i Savezi, i zakonodavstvo, i bogoštovlje, i obećanja;
To them belongs recognition as God's sons, and they have His glorious Presence and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the Temple service, and the ancient Promises.
5 njihovi su i oci, od njih je, po tijelu, i Krist, koji je iznad svega, Bog blagoslovljen u vjekove. Amen. (aiōn g165)
To them the Patriarchs belong, and from them in respect of His human lineage came the Christ, who is exalted above all, God blessed throughout the Ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Ali ne kao da se izjalovila riječ Božja. Jer nisu Izrael svi koji potječu od Izraela;
Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,
7 i nisu svi djeca Abrahamova zato što su njegovo potomstvo, nego po Izaku će ti se nazivati potomstvo;
nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."
8 to jest: djeca tijela nisu i djeca Božja, nego - djeca obećanja računaju se u potomstvo.
In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.
9 Evo doista riječi obećanja: U ovo ću doba doći i Sara će imati sina.
For the words are the language of promise and run thus, "About this time next year I will come, and Sarah shall have a son."
10 Ali ne samo to! I Rebeka je s jednim, s Izakom, ocem našim, zanijela.
Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac--
11 Pa kad još blizanci ne bijahu rođeni niti učiniše što dobro ili zlo - da bi trajnom ostala odluka Božja o izabranju:
and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told,
12 ne po djelima, nego po onome tko poziva - rečeno joj je: Stariji će služiti mlađemu,
"The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger."
13 kako je pisano: Jakova sam zavolio, a Ezav mi omrznu.
This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."
14 Što ćemo dakle reći? Možda da u Boga ima nepravde? Nipošto!
What then are we to infer? That there is injustice in God?
15 Ta Mojsiju veli: Smilovat ću se komu hoću da se smilujem; sažalit ću se nad kim hoću da se sažalim.
No, indeed; the solution is found in His words to Moses, "Wherever I show mercy it shall be nothing but mercy, and wherever I show compassion it shall be simply compassion."
16 Nije dakle do onoga koji hoće ni do onoga koji trči, nego do Boga koji se smiluje.
And from this we learn that everything is dependent not on man's will or endeavour, but upon God who has mercy. For the Scripture said to Pharaoh,
17 Jer Pismo veli faraonu: Zato te upravo podigoh da na tebi pokažem svoju moć i da se razglasi ime moje po svoj zemlji.
"It is for this very purpose that I have lifted you so high--that I may make manifest in you My power, and that My name may be proclaimed far and wide in all the earth."
18 Tako dakle: smiluje se komu hoće, a otvrdnjuje koga hoće.
This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.
19 Da, reći ćeš mi: Što se onda još tuži? Ta tko se to volji njegovoj odupro?
"Why then does God still find fault?" you will ask; "for who is resisting His will?"
20 Čovječe, tko si ti zapravo da se pravdaš s Bogom? Zar da djelo rekne tvorcu: “Što si me ovakvim načinio?”
Nay, but who are you, a mere man, that you should cavil against GOD? Shall the thing moulded say to him who moulded it, "Why have you made me thus?"
21 Ili zar lončar nema vlasti nad glinom da od istoga tijesta načini posudu sad časnu, sad nečasnu.
Or has not the potter rightful power over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for more honourable and another for less honourable uses?
22 A što ako je Bog, hoteći očitovati gnjev i obznaniti svoju moć u silnoj strpljivosti podnosio posude gnjeva, dozrele za propast,
And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His anger who stand ready for destruction,
23 da obznani bogatstvo slave svoje na posudama milosrđa, koje unaprijed pripravi za slavu,
in order to make known His infinite goodness towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory,
24 na nama koje pozva ne samo između Židova nego i između pogana?
even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles?
25 Tako i u Hošeji veli: Ne-narod moj prozvat ću narodom mojim i Neljubljenu ljubljenom.
So also in Hosea He says, "I will call that nation My People which was not My People, and I will call her beloved who was not beloved.
26 Na mjestu gdje im je rečeno: Vi niste moj narod prozvat će se sinovi Boga živoga.
And in the place where it was said to them, 'No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God."
27 Izaija pak proglasuje o Izraelu: Zaista, sinova će Izraelovih brojem biti kao pijeska morskog - Ostatak će se spasiti;
And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them shall be saved;
28 jer riječ će ispuniti i uskoro izvršiti Gospodin na zemlji.
for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."
29 Tako je Izaija i prorekao: Da nam Gospodin nad Vojskama ne ostavi sjeme, ko Sodoma bismo bili i Gomori nalik.
Even as Isaiah says in an earlier place, "Were it not that the Lord, the God of Hosts, had left us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and have come to resemble Gomorrah."
30 Što ćemo dakle reći? Da pogani koji nisu tražili pravednosti stekoše pravednost, pravednost po vjeri.
To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;
31 Izrael pak koji je tražio neki zakon pravednosti, nije do zakona dopro.
while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
32 Zašto? Jer nije tražio po vjeri, nego kao po djelima. Spotakoše se o kamen spoticanja,
And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;
33 kao što je pisano: Evo postavljam na Sionu kamen spoticanja i stijenu posrtanja. Ali tko u nj vjeruje, neće se postidjeti.
in agreement with the statement of Scripture, "See, I am placing on Mount Zion a stone for people to stumble at, and a rock for them to trip over, and yet he whose faith rests upon it shall never have reason to feel ashamed."
