Romans 11
1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? By no means. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.
Potem pravim: ›Mar je Bog zavrgel svoje ljudi?‹ Bog ne daj. Kajti tudi sam sem Izraelec, iz Abrahamovega semena, iz Benjaminovega rodu.
2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Bog svojih ljudi, ki jih je vnaprej poznal, ni zavrgel. Mar ne veste, kaj pravi pismo o Eliju? Kako je posredoval k Bogu zoper Izraela, rekoč:
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
›Gospod, pobili so tvoje preroke in spodkopali tvoje oltarje; in jaz sam sem ostal in strežejo mi po življenju.‹
4 But what saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Toda kaj mu pravi Božji odgovor? ›Prihranil sem si sedem tisoč mož, ki niso upognili kolena k Báalovi podobi.‹
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Celó tako je tudi v tem sedanjem času ostanek glede na milosten izbor.
6 And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
In če je po milosti, potem to ni več iz del, drugače milost ni več milost. Toda če je iz del, potem to ni več milost, drugače delo ni več delo.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
Kaj torej? Izrael ni dosegel tega, za kar si je prizadeval, temveč so to dosegli izvoljeni, ostali pa so bili zaslepljeni
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; ) to this day.
(glede na to, kakor je pisano: ›Bog jim je dal duha omrtvelosti, oči, da ne bi videli, ušesa, da ne bi slišali‹) do današnjega dne.
9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them:
In David pravi: ›Naj jim njihova miza postane zanka in past in kamen spotike in njihovo povračilo;
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always.
naj njihove oči postanejo zatemnjene, da ne bodo mogli videti in vedno upogni njihov hrbet.‹
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? By no means: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Potem pravim: ›Ali so se spotaknili, da bi padli?‹ Bog ne daj; temveč je po njihovem padcu rešitev duš toliko bolj prišla k poganom, da jih draži do ljubosumja.
12 Now if the fall of them [be] the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
Če so torej njihov padec bogastva sveta in njihovo zmanjševanje bogastva poganov; koliko bolj njihova polnost?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:
Kajti govorim vam, poganom, v kolikor sem apostol poganom, poveličujem svojo službo,
14 If by any means I may incite to emulation [them who are] my flesh, and may save some of them.
če lahko na kakršenkoli način izzovem kosanje teh, ki so moje meso in lahko rešim nekatere izmed njih.
15 For if the rejection of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
Kajti če je odvračanje teh pobotanje sveta, kaj bo sprejemanje teh, če ne življenje iz mrtvih?
16 For if the first fruit [is] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [is] holy, so [are] the branches.
Kajti če je prvi sad svét, je svéta tudi gruda; in če je korenina svéta, so tudi veje.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, art ingrafted among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive-tree;
In če so bile nekatere izmed vej odlomljene in si bil ti, ki si divja oljka, vcepljen v sredo mednje in si z njimi udeležen korenine in mastnosti oljke,
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
se ne bahaj zoper veje. Toda če se bahaš, ne nosiš korenine ti, temveč korenina tebe.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be ingrafted.
Rekel boš torej: ›Veje so bile odlomljene, da sem bil jaz lahko vcepljen.‹
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:
Pravilno, ker so bile odlomljene zaradi nevere, ti pa stojiš po veri. Ne bodi vzvišen, temveč se boj.
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee.
Kajti če Bog ni prizanesel naravnim vejam, pazi, sicer tudi tebi ne prizanese.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but towards thee, goodness, if thou shalt continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Glej torej Božjo dobroto in strogost; na teh, ki so padli, strogost; toda do tebe dobroto, če nadaljuješ v njegovi dobroti; sicer boš tudi ti odsekan.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be ingrafted: for God is able to ingraft them again.
In tudi oni bodo vcepljeni, če ne bodo nenehno ostajali v neveri, kajti Bog jih je zmožen ponovno vcepiti.
24 For if thou wast cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, and wast ingrafted contrary to nature into a good olive-tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive-tree?
Kajti če si bil odsekan z oljke, ki je po naravi divja in si bil vcepljen nasprotno naravi, na dobro oljko; koliko mnogo bolj bodo tisti, ki so naravne veje, vcepljeni na svojo lastno oljko?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall be come in.
Kajti nočem bratje, da bi bili nevedni o tej skrivnosti, da ne bi bili modri v svojih lastnih domišljavostih; ta delna slepota se je zgodila Izraelu, dokler ne bo vstopila polnost poganov.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
In tako bo rešen ves Izrael, kakor je pisano: ›S Siona bo izšel Osvoboditelj in brezbožnost bo odvrnil od Jakoba;
27 For this [is] my covenant to them, when I shall take away their sins.
kajti to je moja zaveza njim, ko jim bom odvzel njihove grehe.‹
28 As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as concerning the election, [they are] beloved for the father's sakes.
Kar zadeva evangelij, so zaradi vas sovražniki; toda kar se tiče izbire, so ljubljeni zaradi očetov.
29 For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance.
Kajti darovi in Božja poklicanost so brez kesanja.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief;
Kajti kakor v preteklih časih niste verjeli Bogu, ste sedaj po njihovi neveri vendarle dosegli usmiljenje.
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Točno tako tudi ti sedaj niso verjeli, da po vašem usmiljenju tudi sami lahko dosežejo usmiljenje.
Kajti Bog jih je vse zaprl v nevero, da bi se lahko vseh usmilil. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Oh globina bogastev, tako Božje modrosti kakor Božjega spoznanja! Kako nedoumljive so njegove sodbe in njegove poti neodkrite!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor?
Kajti kdo je spoznal Gospodovo mišljenje? Ali kdo je bil njegov svetovalec?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
Ali kdo mu je prvi dal in mu bo to ponovno poplačano?
