Romans 9
1 I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
I say the truth in Meshiha, and lie not; my conscience witnesseth for me in the Spirit of Holiness,
2 I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
that I have great grief, and (that) the sorrow of my heart ceaseth not.
3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
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;
4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
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,
5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen. (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)
6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
FOR the word of Aloha hath not really fallen: for not all who are of Israel are Israel;
7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
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:
8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
but that is, the children of the flesh are not the children of Aloha, but the children of the promise are reckoned the seed.
9 For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
For the promise is this word, In this time I will come, and a son shall be unto Sara.
10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
And not this only, but also Raphka when with one, our father Ishok, she had association,
11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
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:
12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
for it was said, The elder shall be servant to the less;
13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
as it is written, Jakub have I loved, and Isu have I hated.
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
What then say we? Is there iniquity with Aloha? Not so:
15 For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
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.
16 So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
Therefore it is not by him who willeth, nor by him who runneth, but by Aloha the Merciful.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
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.
18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
Then upon whom he willeth he is merciful, and whom he willeth he hardeneth.
19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
Perhaps thou wilt say, Of what then doth he complain; for who shall arise against his will?
20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
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?
21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
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?
22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
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,
23 What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
and poured his mercy upon the vessels of mercy who were prepared of Aloha for glory,
24 including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
who are we, (ourselves) the called, not only of the Jihudoyee, but also of the Gentiles:
25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
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:
26 and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
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.
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
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.
28 For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
The Lord hath decreed and determined the word, and will perform it upon the earth.
29 It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
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.
30 What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
WHAT then shall we say? That the Gentiles who have not followed after righteousness have attained righteousness, but that righteousness which is of faith:
31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
but Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, unto the law of righteousness have not attained.
32 Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
For why? Because it was not by faith, but by the works of the law: for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
33 as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
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.
