Romans 9
1 [Now I would like to discuss the fact that most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ]. Because of my relationship with Christ, I say completely truthfully [what I will now tell you]. I am not lying [DOU]! My conscience confirms what I [say] because the Holy Spirit [controls it].
Ich sage die Wahrheit in Christus; ich lüge nicht; zudem bezeugt es mir auch mein Gewissen im Heiligen Geiste,
2 [I tell you that] I grieve very greatly and deeply [DOU] [about my fellow Israelites].
daß ich in großer Trauer bin und daß der Kummer meines Herzens nicht vergeht.
3 I personally would be willing to let [God] curse me [and, as a result, be separated] from Christ, [if that would] help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, [to believe in Christ].
Ich wollte ja, ich selbst, von Christus fern und verflucht sein an Stelle meiner Brüder, die dem Leibe nach meine Stammesgenossen sind.
4 We [Jews] are [Israelites, God’s chosen] descendants of [Jacob]. [God has always considered] us as his children [MET]. It was to our ancestors [that he used to appear] gloriously [while they were in the desert]. It was with them that [God made] covenants [several times]. It was to them [that God] gave the laws [at Sinai Mountain]. They were the ones [to whom God showed how they should] worship him. They were the ones [to whom God] promised many things, [especially that the Messiah would come from their race].
Israeliten sind sie; die Gotteskindschaft gehört ihnen, die Gottesherrlichkeit sowie die Bundesschlüsse, das Gesetz, der Tempeldienst und die Verheißungen.
5 It was our ancestors, [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation]. And, [most importantly], it was from us Israelites that the Messiah received his human nature. [Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], who is the one who controls all things! He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! (OR, Amen!) (aiōn g165)
Auch die Väter gehören ihnen, aus denen dem Leibe nach Christus stammt, der Gott ist über allem, hochgelobt in Ewigkeit. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 [God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that their descendants would all inherit his blessings]. But [although most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], that does not [prove] that God has failed [to do] the things that he promised, because it is not all who are descended from Jacob and who [call themselves the people of] Israel whom [God considers] to be truly his people.
Dabei ist es aber nicht so, als ob das Wort Gottes vereitelt worden wäre. Denn nicht alle, die von Israel abstammen, sind auch echte Israeliten.
7 And it is also not all of Abraham’s natural descendants that [God considers] to be his people. Instead, [God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children]. [This agrees with what God told Abraham]: “It is Isaac, [not any of your(sg) other sons], whom [I] will consider [to be the true father of] your descendants.”
Auch sind nicht alle, weil sie von Abraham stammen, seine Kinder, sondern: "Nur in Isaak sollen dir Nachkommen angerechnet werden!"
8 That means that it is not all the natural-born descendants [of Abraham] whom God [considers as] his children. Instead, it is those who [believed what God] promised whom [he] considers to be his children.
Das will besagen: Nicht ohne weiteres sind schon die leiblichen Kinder Kinder Gottes; es werden vielmehr nur die Kinder der Verheißung als Nachkommen gerechnet.
9 [You know that what God] promised [to Abraham] was this: “About this time [next year] Sarah [your wife] will bear a son [as a result of my enabling] [MTY] [her to do so].” [So Abraham knew that it was not through Ishmael, the son that he already had, that God would fulfill what he had promised him] (OR, [that his true descendants would come]).
Denn also lautet das Verheißungswort: "Ich werde wieder zur gegebenen Zeit kommen, und Sara wird dann einen Sohn besitzen."
10 And not only then did God show [that he did not determine who would be his true children according to who their ancestors were. He showed it again] when Rebecca conceived [twins] by our ancestor Isaac.
So aber war es nicht nur in diesem Falle, vielmehr auch bei Rebekka, die nur von einem Manne, unserem Vater Isaak, Kinder hatte.
11 Before [the twins, Jacob and Esau], were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, [God] said to Rebecca [about the twins she was to bear], “The older one shall later serve the younger one, [contrary to normal custom].” [God said this] in order that [we] might [clearly] understand that what he purposed [for people] was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s [eternal destiny] does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on [God], the one who chooses them.
Sie waren noch nicht geboren und hatten weder gut noch bös gehandelt, da ward ihr schon gesagt, damit der Ratschluß Gottes nach freier Wahl bleibe: -
doch nicht auf Grund von Werken, sondern durch Berufung - "Der Ältere wird dem Jüngeren dienstbar sein."
13 And [this teaching is] ([supported/shown to be true]) [by] what is written [in the Scriptures] {what [a prophet] recorded} [that God said]: “I favored Jacob, [the younger son]. I did not favor [HYP] Esau, [the older son].”
So steht es auch geschrieben: "Ich liebte den Jakob, doch Esau war mir gleichgültig."
14 [Someone] might say, “(Is God unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose?/I think] that God is unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose!])” [RHQ] [I would reply], “[He is] certainly not [unjust]!”
Was werden wir nun sagen? Ist nicht Ungerechtigkeit bei Gott? In keiner Weise.
15 God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose [DOU]!”
Sagt er doch zu Moses: "Erbarmen will ich mich, wessen ich mich erbarmen will, und ich schenke mein Mitleid dem, mit dem ich Mitleid haben will."
16 So [God chooses people], not because they want [God to choose them] or because they try hard [to do things so that he] will [accept them]. Instead he chooses people because he himself has mercy [on undeserving ones].
So kommt es also nicht aufs Wollen an, auch nicht aufs Rennen, viel mehr allein auf das Erbarmen Gottes.
17 [Moses] recorded [PRS] [that God had told] Pharaoh, “This is why I gave you [(sg)] authority [MTY]: It was in order that I might show [by how I oppose] you [how exceedingly] powerful I am, and in order that people everywhere [HYP] would hear about me [MTY].”
So sagt die Schrift zu Pharao: "Gerade dazu habe ich dich aufgerufen, damit ich meine Allmacht an dir zeigen kann und mein Name in der ganzen Welt gepriesen werde."
18 So [we conclude that God] kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly towards. But he makes stubborn the ones [such as Pharaoh] that he wants [to make stubborn].
Und so erbarmt er sich dessen, den er will, und er verstockt auch, wen er will.
19 [One of] you may [object to this by] saying to me, “[Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do]. (No one has resisted what God has willed!/Who has resisted what God has willed?) [RHQ] Therefore, (it would not be right that God would still condemn [a person for having sinned]!/why does God still condemn [a person for having sinned]?) [RHQ]”
Du wirst mir nun entgegenhalten: "Was hat er dann noch zu tadeln? Wer kann denn seinem Willen widerstehen?"
20 [I would reply that since] you [(sg)] are [just a] human being, (you do not [have any right at all to] criticize God!/[who are you to] say that what God does is wrong?) [RHQ] [As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you]. (A clay pot [MET] certainly would not [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”/Would a clay pot [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”) [RHQ]
O Mensch! Wer bist du denn, daß du mit Gott hadern willst? Darf das Geschöpf zum Schöpfer sagen: Warum hast du mich so gemacht?
21 Instead, (the potter certainly has the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] one for ordinary purposes [MET]./does not a potter have the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] pot for ordinary purposes?) [MET, RHQ] [Similarly, God has the right to carry out what he purposes for people].
Oder verfügt nicht der Töpfer über seinen Ton, so daß er aus derselben Masse Prunkgefäße, aber auch Gefäße zu niedrigem Gebrauche machen könnte?
22 Although God desires to show that he is angry [about sin], and [although he desires to] make clear that he can powerfully [punish people who have sinned], he tolerated very patiently the people [MET] who caused him to be angry and who deserved to be destroyed (OR, who were made to be destroyed).
Wenn Gott, obwohl er seinen Zorn erzeigen und seine Stärke kundtun wollte, mit großer Langmut doch die Gefäße des Zornes, die schon zum Verderben bestimmt waren, ertragen hat,
23 [God has been patient] in order that he might make clear how very wonderfully [he acts toward those] [MET] whom he intended to act mercifully towards and whom he prepared ahead of time in order that they might [live] gloriously [in heaven].
nur um an den Gefäßen der Erbarmung den Reichtum seiner Herrlichkeit zu zeigen... Sie hat er zur Verklärung vorbereitet,
24 That means us whom he chose—not only [us] Jews but also non-Jews.
zu der er auch uns berufen hat nicht nur aus den Juden, sondern auch aus den Heiden.
25 [These words that] Hosea wrote [MTY] that [God] said also (show that God has the right/[support God’s right]) [to choose from among both Jews and non-Jews] [MTY]: I will declare that many people who were not my people are now my people. I will declare that many people whom I did not love [HYP] before, I love now.
Bei Osee sagt er ja: "Das 'Nicht-Mein-Volk' will ich 'Mein Volk' nennen, die 'Nicht-Geliebte' die 'Geliebte' und die 'Nichtbegnadigte' 'Begnadigte'."
26 And [another prophet wrote]: What will happen is that in the places where [God] told them before, “You are not my people,” in those same places [people] will declare truthfully that they are children of God, who is completely powerful.
Wo man zu ihnen sprach: "Ihr seid nicht mehr mein Volk, gerade dort wird man sie 'Söhne des lebendigen Gottes' nennen."
27 Isaiah also exclaimed concerning the Israelites: Even though the Israelites are [so many that no one can count them, like] sand [particles on the beach beside] the ocean, [only] a small part of them will be saved {[God] will save [only] a small part of them},
Isaias ruft über Israel: "Wäre auch die Zahl der Kinder Israels wie der Sand am Meere, der Rest nur wird gerettet werden;
28 because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the [people who live on] this earth, as he said that he would do.
der Herr wird sein Wort schnell und gründlich in Gerechtigkeit, weil ein schnelles Wort in der Welt vollenden."
29 [Also, we can understand from what the prophet] Isaiah said [that God would not save] anyone if he did not show mercy: If the Lord, who controls everything in heaven, had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah, who were [SIM, DOU] completely destroyed.
Isaias hat auch vorhergesagt: "Wenn nicht der Herr der Heerscharen uns einen Rest gelassen hätte, wir wären wie Sodoma geworden, ähnlich wie Gomorrha."
30 We must conclude this: [RHQ] Although non-Jews did not search out [a way by which] God would erase the record of their sins, they actually found that way because they trusted [in what Christ did for them].
Was werden wir nun weiter sagen? Daß Heiden, die die Rechtfertigung nicht anstrebten, Rechtfertigung erlangt haben, und zwar Rechtfertigung aus dem Glauben,
31 But although [the people of] Israel sought a basis [by which God would] erase the record of their sins, they did not succeed in [fulfilling the true purpose of the] laws [that God gave to Moses].
daß aber Israel, das nach einer Lebensregel lebte, die Rechtfertigung bewirken sollte, sie nicht erreicht hat.
32 The reason [RHQ] [that they did not succeed] is that they did not trust that [God would provide a way to save them]. Instead, they were trying to do certain things [in order that God would accept them. Because they did not expect the Messiah to die, the Israelites] felt disgusted about [Jesus’ death, which is like] the stone [MET] on which people stumble.
Warum? Weil es nicht aus Glauben danach strebte, sondern sozusagen nur aus Werken. Sie stießen sich am Stein des Anstoßes,
33 This is what [a prophet] predicted when he wrote these words that [God said about the Messiah]: Listen! I am placing in Israel [MTY] [one who is like] a stone [MET] on which people will stumble. What he does will offend people [DOU]. Nevertheless, those who believe in him will not be disappointed.
wie auch geschrieben steht: "Siehe, ich setze in Sion einen Stein des Anstoßes und einen Fels des Ärgernisses; wer an ihn glaubt, wird nicht zuschanden werden."
