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]!
īśvarēṇa svīkīyalōkā apasāritā ahaṁ kim īdr̥śaṁ vākyaṁ bravīmi? tanna bhavatu yatō'hamapi binyāmīnagōtrīya ibrāhīmavaṁśīya isrāyēlīyalōkō'smi|
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,
īśvarēṇa pūrvvaṁ yē pradr̥ṣṭāstē svakīyalōkā apasāritā iti nahi| aparam ēliyōpākhyānē śāstrē yallikhitam āstē tad yūyaṁ kiṁ na jānītha?
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!”
hē paramēśvara lōkāstvadīyāḥ sarvvā yajñavēdīrabhañjan tathā tava bhaviṣyadvādinaḥ sarvvān aghnan kēvala ēkō'ham avaśiṣṭa āsē tē mamāpi prāṇān nāśayituṁ cēṣṭanatē, ētāṁ kathām isrāyēlīyalōkānāṁ viruddham ēliya īśvarāya nivēdayāmāsa|
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]”
tatastaṁ pratīśvarasyōttaraṁ kiṁ jātaṁ? bālnāmnō dēvasya sākṣāt yai rjānūni na pātitāni tādr̥śāḥ sapta sahasrāṇi lōkā avaśēṣitā mayā|
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.
tadvad ētasmin varttamānakālē'pi anugrahēṇābhirucitāstēṣām avaśiṣṭāḥ katipayā lōkāḥ santi|
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.
ataēva tad yadyanugrahēṇa bhavati tarhi kriyayā na bhavati nō cēd anugrahō'nanugraha ēva, yadi vā kriyayā bhavati tarhyanugrahēṇa na bhavati nō cēt kriyā kriyaiva na bhavati|
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.
tarhi kiṁ? isrāyēlīyalōkā yad amr̥gayanta tanna prāpuḥ| kintvabhirucitalōkāstat prāpustadanyē sarvva andhībhūtāḥ|
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.
yathā likhitam āstē, ghōranidrālutābhāvaṁ dr̥ṣṭihīnē ca lōcanē| karṇau śrutivihīnau ca pradadau tēbhya īśvaraḥ||
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.
ētēsmin dāyūdapi likhitavān yathā, atō bhuktyāsanaṁ tēṣām unmāthavad bhaviṣyati| vā vaṁśayantravad bādhā daṇḍavad vā bhaviṣyati||
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].
bhaviṣyanti tathāndhāstē nētraiḥ paśyanti nō yathā| vēpathuḥ kaṭidēśasya tēṣāṁ nityaṁ bhaviṣyati||
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].
patanārthaṁ tē skhalitavanta iti vācaṁ kimahaṁ vadāmi? tanna bhavatu kintu tān udyōginaḥ karttuṁ tēṣāṁ patanād itaradēśīyalōkaiḥ paritrāṇaṁ prāptaṁ|
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]!
tēṣāṁ patanaṁ yadi jagatō lōkānāṁ lābhajanakam abhavat tēṣāṁ hrāsō'pi yadi bhinnadēśināṁ lābhajanakō'bhavat tarhi tēṣāṁ vr̥ddhiḥ kati lābhajanikā bhaviṣyati?
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.
atō hē anyadēśinō yuṣmān sambōdhya kathayāmi nijānāṁ jñātibandhūnāṁ manaḥsūdyōgaṁ janayan tēṣāṁ madhyē kiyatāṁ lōkānāṁ yathā paritrāṇaṁ sādhayāmi
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.
tannimittam anyadēśināṁ nikaṭē prēritaḥ san ahaṁ svapadasya mahimānaṁ prakāśayāmi|
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!
tēṣāṁ nigrahēṇa yadīśvarēṇa saha jagatō janānāṁ mēlanaṁ jātaṁ tarhi tēṣām anugr̥hītatvaṁ mr̥tadēhē yathā jīvanalābhastadvat kiṁ na bhaviṣyati?
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].
aparaṁ prathamajātaṁ phalaṁ yadi pavitraṁ bhavati tarhi sarvvamēva phalaṁ pavitraṁ bhaviṣyati; tathā mūlaṁ yadi pavitraṁ bhavati tarhi śākhā api tathaiva bhaviṣyanti|
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].
kiyatīnāṁ śākhānāṁ chēdanē kr̥tē tvaṁ vanyajitavr̥kṣasya śākhā bhūtvā yadi tacchākhānāṁ sthānē rōpitā sati jitavr̥kṣīyamūlasya rasaṁ bhuṁkṣē,
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]!
tarhi tāsāṁ bhinnaśākhānāṁ viruddhaṁ māṁ garvvīḥ; yadi garvvasi tarhi tvaṁ mūlaṁ yanna dhārayasi kintu mūlaṁ tvāṁ dhārayatīti saṁsmara|
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},”
aparañca yadi vadasi māṁ rōpayituṁ tāḥ śākhā vibhannā abhavan;
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]
bhadram, apratyayakāraṇāt tē vibhinnā jātāstathā viśvāsakāraṇāt tvaṁ rōpitō jātastasmād ahaṅkāram akr̥tvā sasādhvasō bhava|
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]!
yata īśvarō yadi svābhāvikīḥ śākhā na rakṣati tarhi sāvadhānō bhava cēt tvāmapi na sthāpayati|
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].
ityatrēśvarasya yādr̥śī kr̥pā tādr̥śaṁ bhayānakatvamapi tvayā dr̥śyatāṁ; yē patitāstān prati tasya bhayānakatvaṁ dr̥śyatāṁ, tvañca yadi tatkr̥pāśritastiṣṭhasi tarhi tvāṁ prati kr̥pā drakṣyatē; nō cēt tvamapi tadvat chinnō bhaviṣyasi|
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.
aparañca tē yadyapratyayē na tiṣṭhanti tarhi punarapi rōpayiṣyantē yasmāt tān punarapi rōpayitum iśvarasya śaktirāstē|
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]!
vanyajitavr̥kṣasya śākhā san tvaṁ yadi tataśchinnō rītivyatyayēnōttamajitavr̥kṣē rōpitō'bhavastarhi tasya vr̥kṣasya svīyā yāḥ śākhāstāḥ kiṁ punaḥ svavr̥kṣē saṁlagituṁ na śaknuvanti?
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].
hē bhrātarō yuṣmākam ātmābhimānō yanna jāyatē tadarthaṁ mamēdr̥śī vāñchā bhavati yūyaṁ ētannigūḍhatattvam ajānantō yanna tiṣṭhatha; vastutō yāvatkālaṁ sampūrṇarūpēṇa bhinnadēśināṁ saṁgrahō na bhaviṣyati tāvatkālam aṁśatvēna isrāyēlīyalōkānām andhatā sthāsyati;
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].
paścāt tē sarvvē paritrāsyantē; ētādr̥śaṁ likhitamapyāstē, āgamiṣyati sīyōnād ēkō yastrāṇadāyakaḥ| adharmmaṁ yākubō vaṁśāt sa tu dūrīkariṣyati|
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
tathā dūrīkariṣyāmi tēṣāṁ pāpānyahaṁ yadā| tadā tairēva sārddhaṁ mē niyamō'yaṁ bhaviṣyati|
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.
susaṁvādāt tē yuṣmākaṁ vipakṣā abhavan kintvabhirucitatvāt tē pitr̥lōkānāṁ kr̥tē priyapātrāṇi bhavanti|
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].
yata īśvarasya dānād āhvānāñca paścāttāpō na bhavati|
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
ataēva pūrvvam īśvarē'viśvāsinaḥ santō'pi yūyaṁ yadvat samprati tēṣām aviśvāsakāraṇād īśvarasya kr̥pāpātrāṇi jātāstadvad
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].
idānīṁ tē'viśvāsinaḥ santi kintu yuṣmābhi rlabdhakr̥pākāraṇāt tairapi kr̥pā lapsyatē|
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)
īśvaraḥ sarvvān prati kr̥pāṁ prakāśayituṁ sarvvān aviśvāsitvēna gaṇayati| (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]!
ahō īśvarasya jñānabuddhirūpayō rdhanayōḥ kīdr̥k prācuryyaṁ| tasya rājaśāsanasya tattvaṁ kīdr̥g aprāpyaṁ| tasya mārgāśca kīdr̥g anupalakṣyāḥ|
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]
paramēśvarasya saṅkalpaṁ kō jñātavān? tasya mantrī vā kō'bhavat?
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!
kō vā tasyōpakārī bhr̥tvā tatkr̥tē tēna pratyupakarttavyaḥ?
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)
yatō vastumātramēva tasmāt tēna tasmai cābhavat tadīyō mahimā sarvvadā prakāśitō bhavatu| iti| (aiōn g165)
