Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Meshikha. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Rukha d'Qudsha,
Truth I say in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart—
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Meshikha for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
for I was wishing, I myself, to be accursed from the Christ—for my brothers, my relatives, according to the flesh,
4 who are Israyelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,
5 of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Meshikha, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ, according to the flesh, who is God over all, blessed for all ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israyel, that are of Israyel.
And it is not possible that the word of God has failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these of Israel;
7 Neither, because they are Avraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Iskhaq will your descendants be called."
nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but, “in Isaac will a seed be called to you”;
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
that is, the children of the flesh—these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sera will have a son."
for the word of promise [is] this: “According to this time I will come, and there will be to Sarah a son.”
10 And not only that, but Raphqa also had conceived by one, our father Iskhaq.
And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one—our father Isaac
11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to [divine] selection, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling),
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
it was said to her, “The greater will serve the less”;
13 Even as it is written, "Yaquv I loved, but Isuw I hated."
according as it has been written: “Jacob I loved, and Esau I hated.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
What, then, will we say? Unrighteousness [is] with God? Let it not be!
15 For he said to Mushe, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
For to Moses He says, “I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion”;
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
so then—not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness;
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
for the Writing says to Pharaoh, “For this very thing I raised you up, that I might show in you My power, and that My Name might be declared in all the land”;
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
so then, to whom He wills, He does kindness, and to whom He wills, He hardens.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
You will say, then, to me, “Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”
20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"
No, but, O man, who are you that are answering again to God? Will the thing formed say to Him who formed [it], Why did you make me thus?
21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Does the potter not have authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honor and one to dishonor?
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
And if God, willing to show the wrath and to make known His power, endured, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He called—us—
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
25 As he says also in Hushay, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'"
as also in Hosea He says, “I will call what [is] not My people—My people; and her not beloved—Beloved,
26 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"
and it will be—in the place where it was said to them, You [are] not My people; there they will be called sons of the living God.”
27 Eshaya cries out concerning Israyel, "Though the number of the people of Israyel are as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be kept safe.
And Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved;
28 For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness; because the Lord will carry out the word decisively in the midst of the earth."
for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the LORD do on the land.”
29 As Eshaya has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sedum, and would have been made like Amura."
And according as Isaiah says before, “Except the LORD of Hosts left to us a seed, we had become as Sodom, and we had been made like Gomorrah.”
30 What shall we say then? That the non-Jews, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
What, then, will we say? That nations who are not pursuing righteousness attained to righteousness, and righteousness that [is] of faith,
31 but Israyel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at a law of righteousness;
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
why? Because—not by faith, but as by works of law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
33 even as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Tsehyun a stumbling stone and a rock to trip over; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."
according as it has been written: “Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and everyone who is believing thereon will not be ashamed.”
