Romans 11
1 Because of that, [if anyone should ask], “Has God rejected his people [the Jews?” I would declare that] he certainly has not [rejected all of us! You can realize that by remembering that] I also belong to the [people of] Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, [but God has not rejected me]!
Ich sage nun: Hat Gott etwa sein Volk verstoßen? Das sei ferne! Denn auch ich bin ein Israelit aus dem Samen Abrahams, vom Stamme Benjamin.
2 No, God has not rejected his people, whom he chose long ago [to be people whom he would bless in a special way]. Remember [RHQ] what is written [PRS] in the Scriptures about Elijah when he [mistakenly] complained to God about [the people of] Israel, saying,
Gott hat sein Volk nicht verstoßen, das er zuvorerkannt hat. Oder wisset ihr nicht, was die Schrift in der Geschichte des Elias sagt? wie er vor Gott auftritt wider Israel:
3 “Lord, they have killed [the rest of] your [(sg)] prophets, they have destroyed your altars. I am the only one [who believes in you] who remains [alive], and now they are trying to kill me!”
"Herr, sie haben deine Propheten getötet, deine Altäre niedergerissen, und ich allein bin übriggeblieben, und sie trachten nach meinem Leben". [1. Kön. 19,10. 14.]
4 God answered him like this: “[You(sg) are not the only one who believes in me]! I have protected for myself [not just you, but] 7,000 [other] men who have not worshipped [the false god] Baal. (Remember that!/Do you not remember that?) [RHQ]”
Aber was sagt ihm die göttliche Antwort? "Ich habe mir übrigbleiben lassen siebentausend Mann, welche dem [W. der] Baal das Knie nicht gebeugt haben". [1. Kön. 19,18]
5 So, similarly, there is also at this time a small group [of us Jews] who have become [believers. God] has chosen us [to become believers] (OR, [his people]) only because he acts kindly toward us, in ways that we do not deserve.
Also ist nun auch in der jetzigen Zeit ein Überrest nach Wahl der Gnade.
6 Since it is because he acts kindly [toward those whom he chooses, it is] not because they have done good things [that he has chosen them]. If [God chose people because they did good deeds], then it would not be because he was acting toward them in a way that they did not deserve.
Wenn aber durch Gnade, so nicht mehr aus Werken; sonst ist die Gnade nicht mehr Gnade.
7 [Since God chose only some people of Israel], [this is what I conclude: [RHQ] Most of the people of] Israel did not find [the way for him to erase the record of their sins], even though some of them were earnestly looking for it. The [people of Israel whom God had] chosen found it, but the rest [of them] were {[God]} made spiritually insensitive/unresponsive.
Was nun? Was Israel sucht, [O. begehrt] das hat es nicht erlangt; aber die Auswahl hat es erlangt, die übrigen aber sind verstockt [O. verblendet] worden,
8 [Our] fellow Jews are just like the [ones] about whom Isaiah wrote, God (caused their senses to be dull/made them unable to think clearly). Up to this very day, [they have] eyes but they cannot see [spiritually] [MET]. [They have] ears, but they cannot understand [spiritually] what they hear.
wie geschrieben steht: "Gott hat ihnen einen Geist der Schlafsucht gegeben, Augen, um nicht zu sehen, und Ohren, um nicht zu hören, bis auf den heutigen Tag". [Vergl. Jes. 29,10 und 5. Mose 29,4]
9 And [they remind me of what King] David said, [when he asked God to cause his enemies’ senses to be dull] [MET], [Make them stupid] [MTY], [like animals that are] caught in snares! May they [feel secure because of the things that they enjoy but which will catch them like a] trap [DOU, MET], with the result that you will destroy them.
Und David sagt: "Es werde ihr Tisch ihnen zur Schlinge und zum Fallstrick und zum Anstoß und zur Vergeltung!
10 May their ability to perceive [danger] be dulled {Dull their ability to perceive [spiritually]} [MET], with the result that they will not [become alarmed] [MET] [when there is danger]. May you cause them to carry heavy loads on their backs continually [as slaves do] [MTY].
Verfinstert seien ihre Augen, um nicht zu sehen, und ihren Rücken beuge allezeit!" [Ps. 69,22. 23.]
11 [Perhaps someone will ask], “[When the Jews] sinned [by not believing in Christ, did] it result in their separating themselves from God [permanently?]” Then I [would reply], [No], they have certainly not [separated themselves from God permanently]! What is happening is that because they sinned, [God] is saving non-Jews in order to cause [the Jews] to envy [the way he blesses non-Jews and so ask Christ to save them].
Ich sage nun: Sind sie etwa gestrauchelt, auf daß sie fallen sollten? Das sei ferne! Sondern durch ihren Fall [O. Fehltritt] ist den Nationen das Heil geworden, um sie zur Eifersucht zu reizen.
12 [When the Jews] sinned (OR, rejected Christ), [the result was that God] abundantly [blessed other people in] [MTY] the world by [offering them the opportunity to believe]. And [when the Jews] failed [spiritually, the result was that God] abundantly [blessed] the non-Jews. Since that is true, think how wonderful it will be when the complete number [of the Jews whom God has chosen will believe in Christ] [RHQ]!
Wenn aber ihr Fall [O. Fehltritt] der Reichtum der Welt ist, und ihr Verlust [O. ihre Einbuße; eig. ihre Niederlage] der Reichtum der Nationen, wieviel mehr ihre Vollzahl! [O. Fülle]
13 Now it is to you non-Jews that I am saying [what follows]. I am the one who is the apostle to non-Jews, and I highly esteem this work [that God appointed] me to do.
Denn ich sage euch, den Nationen: Insofern ich nun der Nationen Apostel bin, ehre ich [O. mache ich herrlich] meinen Dienst,
14 But I also hope that [by my labors] I will make my fellow Jews (jealous/want what you non-Jews have), [with the result that] some of them will [believe and] be saved.
ob ich auf irgend eine Weise sie, die mein Fleisch sind, zur Eifersucht reizen und etliche aus ihnen erretten möge.
15 [God] has rejected [most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that] he reconciled [many other people in] the world [MTY] [to himself]. But he will accept [my fellow Jews again when they trust in Christ]! And (this is what the result will be./do you know what the result will be?) [RHQ] It will be [as though God is making them] alive again after they have been dead!
Denn wenn ihre Verstoßung die Versöhnung der Welt ist, was wird die Annahme anders sein als Leben aus den Toten?
16 [Just like] the whole lump [of dough] will belong to God if [people offer] to God [MET] the [bread baked from] the first part [of it] [MET], [so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God]. And just like the branches [of a tree] will be good if the roots are good [MET], [so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God].
Wenn aber der Erstling heilig ist, so auch die Masse; [O. der Teig] und wenn die Wurzel heilig ist, so auch die Zweige.
17 [God has rejected] many of [the Jews] [MET], [like] branches [of a tree] are broken off {[like people] break off [dead] branches [of a tree]}. And each of you [non-Jews whom God has accepted is like] [MET] [a branch of] a wild/uncultivated olive tree [that] was {[that someone]} grafted among the branches (OR, onto one of the branches) [that were left on a cultivated olive tree]. [God has caused] you [to benefit from how he blessed our(exc) first Jewish ancestors, as branches] benefit from the nutritious sap from the roots of a [cultivated] olive tree [MET].
Wenn aber einige der Zweige ausgebrochen worden sind, und du, der du ein wilder Ölbaum warst, unter sie eingepfropft und der Wurzel und der Fettigkeit des Ölbaumes mitteilhaftig geworden bist,
18 However, you [non-Jews] must not despise [the Jews whom God rejected] [MET], [who are like] the branches that [were broken off from the tree] If any of you [wants to] boast [about having received blessings from God], [remember this: Branches] do not nourish the roots. Instead the roots nourish [the branches] [MET]. [Similarly, you are blessed by God because of what] you [have received from the Jews! It is not what the Jews have received from] you [that blesses them] [MET]!
so rühme dich nicht wider die Zweige. Wenn du dich aber wider sie rühmst-du trägst nicht die Wurzel, sondern die Wurzel dich.
19 If one of you then says, “[God rejected the Jews] [MET] [like] branches [MET] that are broken {that people broke} off [a tree and rejected], in order that [he might accept us non-Jews, as] branches [MET] of a tree are grafted in {[as people] graft in branches of a tree},”
Du wirst nun sagen: Die Zweige sind ausgebrochen worden, auf daß ich eingepfropft würde.
20 [I would reply that] this is true. However, it is because the Jews did not believe [in Christ] that they were rejected [MET] {that [God] rejected [MET] them}. As for you, it is [only] because you believe [in Christ] that [God has accepted] you! [So] do not [any of you] become proud, but instead beware [of what could happen to you]
Recht; sie sind ausgebrochen worden durch den Unglauben; du aber stehst durch den Glauben. Sei nicht hochmütig, sondern fürchte dich;
21 Since God did not spare [the unbelieving Jews] [MET] [who were like a tree’s] natural branches, he will not spare any of you [if you do] not [keep trusting in him]!
denn wenn Gott der natürlichen Zweige nicht geschont hat, daß er auch deiner etwa nicht schonen werde.
22 Note then, that God acts kindly, but he also acts severely. He has acted severely toward [the Jews] who have stopped trusting in him. On the other hand, he acts kindly toward each of you [non-Jews only] if you continue [to appreciate his acting] kindly [toward you]. However, you will be rejected {[he] will reject you} if you do not [keep trusting in him].
Sieh nun die Güte und die Strenge Gottes: gegen die, welche gefallen sind, Strenge; gegen dich aber Güte Gottes, wenn du an der Güte bleibst; sonst wirst auch du ausgeschnitten werden.
23 And if the Jews believe [in Christ] [LIT], God also will [reunite them to himself as] branches are grafted {[as people] graft branches} into [a tree again], because God is able to do that.
Und auch jene, wenn sie nicht im Unglauben bleiben, werden eingepfropft werden; denn Gott vermag sie wiederum einzupfropfen.
24 Each of you [non-Jews who were previously separated from God has benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews] [MET]. [That is like taking branches] that have been cut {that someone has cut} from a wild olive tree that just grew [without being planted] {[someone planting it]} and, contrary to what people usually do, grafting them into a cultivated olive tree. So God will much more readily [receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before] [MET]! [That will be like] the original branches [that had been cut off] being grafted {like grafting the original branches [that someone cut off], } back into the olive tree to which they [originally belonged]!
Denn wenn du aus dem von Natur wilden Ölbaum ausgeschnitten und wider die Natur in den edlen Ölbaum eingepfropft worden bist, wieviel mehr werden diese, die natürlichen Zweige, in ihren eigenen Ölbaum eingepfropft werden!
25 My [non-Jewish] fellow believers, I certainly want you to understand [LIT] this truth that God has now revealed [about my fellow Jews who are refusing to believe]. You should not proudly think [that] God [now favors you] more [than the Jews] (OR, [that you understand God’s further plans for the Jews]). Many [people of] Israel will continue to be stubborn until all the non-Jews [whom God has chosen have believed in Jesus].
Denn ich will nicht, Brüder, daß euch dieses Geheimnis unbekannt sei, auf daß ihr nicht euch selbst klug dünket: daß Verstockung [O. Verblendung] Israel zum Teil widerfahren ist, bis die Vollzahl [O. Fülle] der Nationen eingegangen sein wird;
26 And then all [HYP] [the people of] Israel will be saved {[God] will save all [HYP] [the people of] Israel}. Then these words that are written {that [a prophet] wrote} [in the Scriptures will] ([become true/be fulfilled]): The one who sets [his people] free will originate from [the place where] God dwells (OR, from the Jews) [MTY]. Then he will remove the guilt of the Israelite people (OR, descendants of Jacob) [MTY].
und also wird ganz Israel errettet werden, wie geschrieben steht: "Es wird aus Zion der Erretter kommen, er wird die Gottlosigkeiten von Jakob abwenden;
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
und dies ist für sie der Bund von mir, wenn ich ihre Sünden wegnehmen werde". [Jes. 59,20. 21.]
28 With regard to [the Jews rejecting] the good message [about Christ, God treats] them as enemies, which has benefited you [non-Jews]. But in regard to [their being the people whom God] chose, [God still] loves them because of [what he promised] their ancestors.
Hinsichtlich des Evangeliums sind sie zwar Feinde, um euretwillen, hinsichtlich der Auswahl aber Geliebte, um der Väter willen.
29 [He still loves them], because he never changed his mind about the privileges/blessings he [gave to them] and about his choosing [them to be his people].
Denn die Gnadengaben und die Berufung Gottes sind unbereubar.
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
Denn gleichwie auch ihr einst Gott nicht geglaubt [O. gehorcht] habt, jetzt aber unter die Begnadigung gekommen seid durch den Unglauben [O. Ungehorsam] dieser,
31 Now the Jews have disobeyed God. The result is that by the very same way in which he acted mercifully towards you, he will act mercifully towards them [again].
also haben auch jetzt diese an eure Begnadigung nicht geglaubt, [O. sich eurer Begnadigung nicht unterworfen] auf daß auch sie unter die Begnadigung kommen.
32 God has declared and proved that all people, [both Jews and non-Jews] [MET], disobey ([him/his laws]). He has declared that because he wants to act mercifully towards us all. (eleēsē g1653)
Denn Gott hat alle zusammen in den Unglauben [O. Ungehorsam] eingeschlossen, auf daß er alle begnadige. (eleēsē g1653)
33 [I marvel how] vast and great are the wise things that God [has done] and what he has [always] known [DOU]! We are completely unable to understand the things that he has decided and the ways [in which he acts toward us] [DOU]!
O Tiefe des Reichtums, sowohl der Weisheit als auch [O. und der Weisheit und] der Erkenntnis Gottes! Wie unausforschlich sind seine Gerichte und unausspürbar seine Wege!
34 [I remember the Scriptures that say], (No one has known what the Lord thinks./Who has known what the Lord thinks?) [RHQ] (Absolutely no one has given him advice [about what he should do!]/Who has advised him [about what he should do]?) [RHQ]
Denn wer hat des Herrn Sinn erkannt, oder wer ist sein Mitberater gewesen? [Vergl. Jes. 40,13. 14.]
35 And, (No one has given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God!]/Has anyone given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God]?) [RHQ] So God (is not obligated to/does not have to) pay back anything to anyone!
Oder wer hat ihm zuvorgegeben, und es wird ihm vergolten werden? [Vergl. Hiob 41,2]
36 God [is the one who created] all things. He is also the one who [sustains all things]. The reason that he created them was that [everything he created might praise] him. May [all people] honor him forever! (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
Denn von ihm und durch ihn und für ihn sind alle Dinge; ihm sei die Herrlichkeit in Ewigkeit! Amen. (aiōn g165)
