< 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 speak truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, that
2 that/since: that grief me to be great and continuous anguish the/this/who heart me
I have great grief 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 to be myself accursed and cast out from Christ in behalf of my brethren, my kinsmen as 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; whom God adopted as sons, whose was the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of the sanctuary, 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 )
whose are the fathers, and from whom, as to the flesh, was the Christ. He who is over all, God, be blessed for ever! 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
Not as though the word of God hath failed; for not all they that are of Israel are Israel;
7 nor that/since: since to be seed: offspring Abraham all child but in/on/among Isaac to call: name you seed: offspring
nor because they are descendants of Abraham are they all children; but, “Thy offspring shall be reckoned from Isaac.”
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, not the children by natural descent are children of God, but the children to whom the promise is made are accounted as the offspring.
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 the word of promise is this: “At this time I will come, and Sarah shall 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 so, but also when Rebecca had conceived by one man, 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
before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, to the end that God's purpose according to election might stand, not depending on works, but on the will of him that calleth,
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 shall serve the younger:”
13 (as/just as *NK(o)*) to write the/this/who Jacob to love the/this/who then Esau to hate
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 then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Far be it!
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 saith to Moses, “On whom I have mercy, on him will I have mercy; and on whom I have compassion, on him will 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 dependeth not on him that willeth, nor on him that runneth, but on God who showeth 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 saith to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show forth my power in thee, and that my name might be made known 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 hath mercy on whom he will, and hardeneth whom he will.
19 to say me therefore/then which? (therefore/then *NO*) still to blame the/this/who for plan it/s/he which? to oppose
Hence thou wilt say to me, Why then doth he still find fault? for who resisteth 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)
Nay but, O man, who art thou that makest answer to God? Shall the thing that is wrought say to the workman, Why hast thou made me thus?
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
Hath not the potter a right out of the same lump of clay to make one vessel for an honorable use, and another for a dishonorable?
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 endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, purposing to manifest his wrath and to make known his power;
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
purposing also to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
24 which and to call: call me no alone out from Jew but and out from Gentiles
whom he also called, even us, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the gentiles?
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 also saith in Hosea, “I will call that my people, which was not my people; and her beloved, that was not beloved.
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
And it shall be, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons 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
But Isaiah crieth out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
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 is accomplishing his word and speedily fulfilling it in righteousness; for a speedily fulfilled word will the Lord execute upon 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
And as Isaiah hath said before, “Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and 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 then shall we say? That the gentiles, who did not strive after righteousness, obtained righteousness, but a righteousness which is of faith;
31 Israel then to pursue law righteousness toward law (righteousness *k*) no to precede/arrive
while Israel, which strove after a law of righteousness, did not attain to a law of righteousness.
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 strive for it by faith, but as being by works. For they stumbled against the stone of stumbling;
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
as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth in him shall not be put to shame.”