Romans 11
1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Pravim torej: Jeli Bog zavrgel, ljudstvo svoje? Bog ne daj! kajti tudi jaz sem Izraelec, iz semena Abrahamovega, iz rodu Benjaminovega.
2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or do not you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
Ni zavrgel Bog ljudstva svojega, kterega je najprej spoznal. Jeli ne veste, kaj pravi za Elija pismo? kakor se toži Bogu na Izraela govoreč:
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
"Gospod, preroke tvoje so poubili in oltare tvoje so razkopali, in jaz sem ostal sam in iščejo dušo mojo."
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Ali kaj pravi njemu Božji odgovor? "Pustil sem sebi sedem tisoč mož, kteri niso pripognili kolena pred Baalom."
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Tako je torej tudi v sedanjem času ostanek po izbiri milosti.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
Če pa iz milosti, ni več iz del, kajti bi milost več ne bila milost; a če iz del, več ni milost, kajti bi delo več ne bilo delo.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
Kaj torej? Česar je iskal Izrael, tega ni dobil, a izbira je dobila, drugi pa so bili zaslepljeni,
8 According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”
(Kakor je pisano: "Dal jim je Bog duha brljavega, oči, da ne vidijo, in ušesa, da ne slišijo, ) noter do današnjega dné.
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
In David pravi: "Postane naj jim njih miza za zanjko in za lov, in za pohujšanje in za povračilo;
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
Potamné naj njih oči, da ne vidijo, in njih hrbet čisto upogni."
11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Pravim torej: Jeli so se spotaknili, da padejo? Bog ne daj! nego od njih pregrehe je zveličanje za pogane, da bi jih na posnemanje razdražili.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
Če je pa njih pregreha bogastvo za svet in njih izguba bogastvo za pogane, koliko bolje njih polnost!
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
Kajti vam poganom govorim, in dokler sem jaz apostelj poganov, hvalim svojo službo,
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Ne bi li kako na posnemanje razdražil svoje meso in zveličal ktere izmed njih;
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
Ker če je njih zavrženje sprava sveta, kaj bi bilo sprejetje, če ne življenje iz mrtvih?
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
Če je pa prvina sveta, tudi je testo, in če je korenina sveta, tudi so veje.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,
Če so se pa nektere veje odlomile, a ti, ker si bil divja olika, vcepil si se na nje in postal sodeležnik olikove korenine in tolšče,
18 do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
Ne hvali se z vejami; če pa hvališ, ne nosiš ti korenine, nego korenina tebe.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Porečeš torej: Odlomile so se veje, da bi se jaz vcepil.
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Dobro, za voljo nevere so se odlomile, ti pa z vero stojiš. Ne prevzetuj, nego boj se.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Ker če Bog naravnim vejam ni prizanesel, da tudi tebi kako ne prizanese.
22 See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
Glej torej dobroto in ostrost Božjo: nad temi, kteri so padli, ostrost, a nad teboj dobroto, če ostaneš v dobroti; če ne, tudi ti boš posekan.
23 They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
A oni, če ne ostanejo v neveri, vcepili se bodo, kajti Bog je mogoč zopet jih vcepiti.
24 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Kajti če si ti odsekan od olike po naravi divje in si se vcepil proti naravi na pravo oliko, koliko bolje ti le, kteri se bodo vcepili na lastno oliko?
25 For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
Kajti ne čem, da bi vi, bratje, ne vedeli skrivnosti, (da bi ne bili sami v sebi razumni, ) da je trdokornost Izraela deloma zadela, dokler ne vnide polnost poganov.
26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
In tako se bo zveličal ves Izrael, kakor je pisano: "Prišel bo iz Siona rešitelj in odvrnil nepobožnost od Jakoba;
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
In to jim je od mene zaveza, kedar odvzamem njih grehe."
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
Poleg evangelja so sicer sovražniki za voljo vas, a poleg izbire so ljubljenci za voljo očetov.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Kajti brez kesanja so darovi in klicanje Božje,
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
Ker kakor tudi vi nekdaj niste verjeli Bogu, a sedaj ste usmiljenje dobili po njih neveri;
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
Tako tudi ti sedaj niso verjeli, po vašem usmiljenji da bi tudi oni usmiljenje dobili.
Kajti zaprl je Bog vse v neverstvo, da bi se vseh usmilil. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
O globočina bogastva in modrosti in znanja Božjega! kako neizvedljive so njegove sodbe in kako nezasledljive njegove poti!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
Kajti: "kdo je spoznal misel Gospodovo?"
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Ali: "kdo je bil njemu svetovalec?" Ali: "kdo je njemu naprej dal, ter mu se bo nazaj dajalo?"
