< Romans 9 >
1 truth to say in/on/among Christ no to lie to testify with me the/this/who conscience me in/on/among spirit/breath: spirit holy
I tell the truth in Messiah. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Ruach ha-Kodesh,
2 that/since: that grief me to be great and continuous anguish the/this/who heart me
that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3 to pray/wish for for devoted to exist it/s/he I/we away from the/this/who Christ above/for the/this/who brother me the/this/who kindred me according to flesh
For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Messiah for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
4 who/which to be Israelite which the/this/who adoption (as son) and the/this/who glory and the/this/who covenant and the/this/who law and the/this/who ministry and the/this/who promise
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
5 which the/this/who father and out from which the/this/who Christ the/this/who according to flesh the/this/who to be upon/to/against all God praiseworthy toward the/this/who an age: eternity amen (aiōn )
of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Messiah, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn )
6 no such as then that/since: that to fall out the/this/who word the/this/who God no for all the/this/who out from Israel this/he/she/it Israel
But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
7 nor that/since: since to be seed: offspring Abraham all child but in/on/among Isaac to call: name you seed: offspring
Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."
8 this/he/she/it to be no the/this/who child the/this/who flesh this/he/she/it child the/this/who God but the/this/who child the/this/who promise to count toward seed: offspring
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.
9 promise for the/this/who word this/he/she/it according to the/this/who time/right time this/he/she/it to come/go and to be the/this/who Sarah son
For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
10 no alone then but and Rebekah out from one bed to have/be Isaac the/this/who father me
And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
11 not somehow for to beget nor to do/require one good or (evil *N(k)O*) in order that/to the/this/who according to selecting purpose the/this/who God to stay no out from work but out from the/this/who to call: call
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,
12 to say it/s/he that/since: that the/this/who great be a slave the/this/who lesser
it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
13 (as/just as *NK(o)*) to write the/this/who Jacob to love the/this/who then Esau to hate
Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
14 which? therefore/then to say not unrighteousness from/with/beside the/this/who God not to be
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
15 the/this/who Moses for to say to have mercy which if to have mercy and to have compassion which if to have compassion
For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
16 therefore therefore/then no the/this/who to will/desire nor the/this/who to run but the/this/who to have mercy God
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
17 to say for the/this/who a writing the/this/who Pharaoh that/since: that toward it/s/he this/he/she/it to raise you that to show in/on/among you the/this/who power me and that to proclaim the/this/who name me in/on/among all the/this/who earth: planet
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."
18 therefore therefore/then which to will/desire to have mercy which then to will/desire to harden
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
19 to say me therefore/then which? (therefore/then *NO*) still to blame the/this/who for plan it/s/he which? to oppose
You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
20 oh! a human rather you which? to be the/this/who to contradict the/this/who God not to say the/this/who formed thing the/this/who to mold which? me to do/make: make thus(-ly)
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?"
21 or no to have/be authority the/this/who potter the/this/who clay out from the/this/who it/s/he lump to do/make: do which on the other hand toward honor vessel which then toward dishonour
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?
22 if then to will/desire the/this/who God to show the/this/who wrath and to make known the/this/who able it/s/he to bear/lead in/on/among much patience vessel wrath to complete toward destruction
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
23 and in order that/to to make known the/this/who riches the/this/who glory it/s/he upon/to/against vessel mercy which to prepare toward glory
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
24 which and to call: call me no alone out from Jew but and out from Gentiles
us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
25 as/when and in/on/among the/this/who Hosea to say to call: call the/this/who no a people me a people me and the/this/who no to love to love
As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'"
26 and to be in/on/among the/this/who place whither to say it/s/he no a people me you there to call: call son God to live
"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.'"
27 Isaiah then to cry above/for the/this/who Israel if to be the/this/who number the/this/who son Israel as/when the/this/who sand the/this/who sea the/this/who (a vestige *N(k)O*) to save
And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be kept safe.
28 word for to complete and to cut short (in/on/among righteousness that/since: since word to cut short *K*) to do/make: do lord: God upon/to/against the/this/who earth: planet
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."
29 and as/just as to predict Isaiah if: not not lord: God hosts to leave behind me seed: offspring as/when Sodom if to be and as/when Gomorrah if to liken
As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."
30 which? therefore/then to say that/since: that Gentiles the/this/who not to pursue righteousness to grasp righteousness righteousness then the/this/who out from faith
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;
31 Israel then to pursue law righteousness toward law (righteousness *k*) no to precede/arrive
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
32 through/because of which? that/since: since no out from faith but as/when out from work (law *K*) to strike (for *k*) the/this/who stone the/this/who stumbling block
Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
33 as/just as to write look! to place in/on/among Zion stone stumbling block and rock stumbling block and (all *K*) the/this/who to trust (in) upon/to/against it/s/he no to dishonor
even as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock to trip over; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."