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].
Eu digo a verdade em Cristo. Não estou mentindo, minha consciência testemunhando comigo no Espírito Santo
2 [I tell you that] I grieve very greatly and deeply [DOU] [about my fellow Israelites].
que tenho grande tristeza e incessante dor em meu coração.
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].
Pois eu mesmo poderia desejar ser amaldiçoado por Cristo por meus irmãos, meus parentes segundo a carne
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].
que são israelitas; de quem é a adoção, a glória, as alianças, a entrega da lei, o serviço e as promessas;
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)
de quem são os pais, e de quem é Cristo quanto à carne, que é sobre todos, Deus, bendito para sempre. Amém. (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.
Mas não é como se a palavra de Deus tivesse dado em nada. Pois nem todos eles são de Israel.
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.”
Nem, porque são descendentes de Abraão, são todos crianças. Mas, “sua descendência será contabilizada como de Isaac”.
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.
Ou seja, não são os filhos da carne que são filhos de Deus, mas os filhos da promessa são contados como herdeiros.
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]).
Pois esta é uma palavra de promessa: “Na hora marcada eu virei, e Sara terá um filho”.
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.
Não somente assim, mas Rebeca também concebida por um, por nosso pai Isaac.
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.
Por ainda não ter nascido, nem ter feito nada de bom ou de ruim, para que o propósito de Deus, segundo a eleição, pudesse permanecer, não de obras, mas daquele que chama,
foi-lhe dito: “O mais velho servirá aos mais novos”.
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].”
Mesmo como está escrito, “Jacob eu amava, mas Esaú eu odiava”.
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]!”
O que devemos dizer então? Existe injustiça com Deus? Que nunca seja!
15 God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose [DOU]!”
Pois ele disse a Moisés: “Terei piedade de quem tenho piedade, e terei compaixão de quem tenho compaixão”.
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].
Então não é dele que quer, nem daquele que corre, mas de Deus que tem misericórdia.
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].”
Pois a Escritura diz ao Faraó: “Por este mesmo propósito vos fiz subir, para mostrar em vós meu poder, e para que meu nome seja proclamado em toda a terra”.
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].
Portanto, ele tem misericórdia de quem deseja e endurece quem deseja.
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]”
Você me dirá então: “Por que ele ainda encontra falhas? Para quem resiste à sua vontade”?
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]
Mas de fato, ó homem, quem é você para responder contra Deus? Será que a coisa formada lhe perguntará quem a formou: “Por que você me fez assim?”
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].
Ou não tem o oleiro um direito sobre o barro, do mesmo caroço para fazer de uma parte um vaso para honra, e de outra para desonra?
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).
E se Deus, disposto a mostrar sua ira e a fazer conhecer seu poder, suportasse com muita paciência vasos de ira preparados para a destruição,
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].
e que pudesse fazer conhecer as riquezas de sua glória em vasos de misericórdia, que ele preparou de antemão para a glória -
24 That means us whom he chose—not only [us] Jews but also non-Jews.
nós, que ele também chamou, não só dos judeus, mas também dos gentios?
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.
Como ele também diz em Oséias, “Vou chamá-los de 'meu povo', que não eram meu povo; e sua 'amada', que não era amada”.
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.
“Será que no lugar onde foi dito a eles, “Vocês não são meu povo”. lá eles serão chamados 'filhos do Deus vivo'”.
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},
Isaías chora a respeito de Israel, “Se o número dos filhos de Israel for como a areia do mar, é o remanescente que será salvo;
28 because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the [people who live on] this earth, as he said that he would do.
pois ele terminará o trabalho e o encurtará em retidão, porque o Senhor fará um curto trabalho sobre a terra”.
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.
Como Isaías já disse antes, “A menos que o Senhor dos Exércitos nos tivesse deixado uma semente, teríamos nos tornado como Sodoma, e teria sido feito como Gomorra”.
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].
O que devemos dizer então? Que os gentios, que não seguiram a retidão, alcançaram a retidão, mesmo a retidão que é da fé;
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].
mas Israel, seguindo uma lei de retidão, não chegou à lei de retidão.
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.
Por quê? Porque não a buscaram pela fé, mas como que por obras da lei. Eles tropeçaram na pedra de tropeço,
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.
mesmo como está escrito, “Eis que deposito em Sião uma pedra de tropeço e uma rocha de ofensa”; e ninguém que acredite nele ficará desapontado”.
