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]!
すると、神はご自分の民を退けてしまわれたのですか。絶対にそんなことはありません。この私もイスラエル人で、アブラハムの子孫に属し、ベニヤミン族の出身です。
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,
神は、あらかじめ知っておられたご自分の民を退けてしまわれたのではありません。それともあなたがたは、聖書がエリヤに関する個所で言っていることを、知らないのですか。彼はイスラエルを神に訴えてこう言いました。
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!”
「主よ。彼らはあなたの預言者たちを殺し、あなたの祭壇をこわし、私だけが残されました。彼らはいま私のいのちを取ろうとしています。」
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]”
ところが彼に対して何とお答えになりましたか。「バアルにひざをかがめていない男子七千人が、わたしのために残してある。」
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.
それと同じように、今も、恵みの選びによって残された者がいます。
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.
もし恵みによるのであれば、もはや行ないによるのではありません。もしそうでなかったら、恵みが恵みでなくなります。
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.
では、どうなるのでしょう。イスラエルは追い求めていたものを獲得できませんでした。選ばれた者は獲得しましたが、他の者は、かたくなにされたのです。
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.
こう書かれているとおりです。 「神は、彼らに鈍い心と 見えない目と聞こえない耳を与えられた。 今日に至るまで。」
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.
ダビデもこう言います。 「彼らの食卓は、彼らにとって わなとなり、網となり、 つまずきとなり、報いとなれ。
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].
その目はくらんで見えなくなり、 その背はいつまでもかがんでおれ。」
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].
では、尋ねましょう。彼らがつまずいたのは倒れるためなのでしょうか。絶対にそんなことはありません。かえって、彼らの違反によって、救いが異邦人に及んだのです。それは、イスラエルにねたみを起こさせるためです。
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]!
もし彼らの違反が世界の富となり、彼らの失敗が異邦人の富となるのなら、彼らの完成は、それ以上の、どんなにかすばらしいものを、もたらすことでしょう。
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.
そこで、異邦人の方々に言いますが、私は異邦人の使徒ですから、自分の務めを重んじています。
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.
そして、それによって何とか私の同国人にねたみを引き起こさせて、その中の幾人でも救おうと願っているのです。
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!
もし彼らの捨てられることが世界の和解であるとしたら、彼らの受け入れられることは、死者の中から生き返ることでなくて何でしょう。
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].
初物がきよければ、粉の全部がきよいのです。根がきよければ、枝もきよいのです。
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].
もしも、枝の中のあるものが折られて、野生種のオリーブであるあなたがその枝に混じってつがれ、そしてオリーブの根の豊かな養分をともに受けているのだとしたら、
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]!
あなたはその枝に対して誇ってはいけません。誇ったとしても、あなたが根をささえているのではなく、根があなたをささえているのです。
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},”
枝が折られたのは、私がつぎ合わされるためだ、とあなたは言うでしょう。
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]
そのとおりです。彼らは不信仰によって折られ、あなたは信仰によって立っています。高ぶらないで、かえって恐れなさい。
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]!
もし神が台木の枝を惜しまれなかったとすれば、あなたをも惜しまれないでしょう。
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].
見てごらんなさい。神のいつくしみときびしさを。倒れた者の上にあるのは、きびしさです。あなたの上にあるのは、神のいつくしみです。ただし、あなたがそのいつくしみの中にとどまっていればであって、そうでなければ、あなたも切り落とされるのです。
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.
彼らであっても、もし不信仰を続けなければ、つぎ合わされるのです。神は、彼らを再びつぎ合わすことができるのです。
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]!
もしあなたが、野生種であるオリーブの木から切り取られ、もとの性質に反して、栽培されたオリーブの木につがれたのであれば、これらの栽培種のものは、もっとたやすく自分の台木につがれるはずです。
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].
兄弟たち。私はあなたがたに、ぜひこの奥義を知っていていただきたい。それは、あなたがたが自分で自分を賢いと思うことがないようにするためです。その奥義とは、イスラエル人の一部がかたくなになったのは異邦人の完成のなる時までであり、
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].
こうして、イスラエルはみな救われる、ということです。こう書かれているとおりです。 「救う者がシオンから出て、 ヤコブから不敬虔を取り払う。
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
これこそ、彼らに与えたわたしの契約である。 それは、わたしが彼らの罪を取り除く時である。」
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.
彼らは、福音によれば、あなたがたのゆえに、神に敵対している者ですが、選びによれば、先祖たちのゆえに、愛されている者なのです。
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].
神の賜物と召命とは変わることがありません。
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
ちょうどあなたがたが、かつては神に不従順であったが、今は、彼らの不従順のゆえに、あわれみを受けているのと同様に、
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].
彼らも、今は不従順になっていますが、それは、あなたがたの受けたあわれみによって、今や、彼ら自身もあわれみを受けるためなのです。
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)
なぜなら、神は、すべての人をあわれもうとして、すべての人を不従順のうちに閉じ込められたからです。 (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]!
ああ、神の知恵と知識との富は、何と底知れず深いことでしょう。そのさばきは、何と知り尽くしがたく、その道は、何と測り知りがたいことでしょう。
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]
なぜなら、だれが主のみこころを知ったのですか。また、だれが主のご計画にあずかったのですか。
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!
また、だれが、まず主に与えて報いを受けるのですか。
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)
というのは、すべてのことが、神から発し、神によって成り、神に至るからです。どうか、この神に、栄光がとこしえにありますように。アーメン。 (aiōn g165)
