Romans 11
1 I ask then, Has God cast off His People? No, indeed. Why, I myself am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham and of the tribe of Benjamin.
Govorim dakle: eda li Bog odbaci narod svoj? Bože saèuvaj! Jer sam i ja Izrailjac od sjemena Avraamova od koljena Venijaminova.
2 God has not cast off His People whom He knew beforehand. Or are you ignorant of what Scripture says in speaking of Elijah--how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,
Ne odbaci Bog naroda svojega, koji naprijed pozna. Ili ne znate šta govori pismo za Iliju kako se tuži Bogu na Izrailja govoreæi:
3 "Lord, they have put Thy Prophets to death, and have overthrown Thy altars; and, now that I alone remain, they are thirsting for my blood"?
Gospode! proroke tvoje pobiše i oltare tvoje raskopaše, a ja ostah jedan i traže dušu moju da je izvade.
4 But what did God say to him in reply? "I have reserved for Myself 7,000 men who have never bent the knee to Baal."
A šta mu govori Božij odgovor? Ostavih sebi sedam hiljada ljudi koji ne prekloniše koljena pred Vaalom.
5 In the same way also at the present time there has come to be a remnant whom God in His grace has selected.
Tako dakle i u sadašnje vrijeme ostatak bi po izboru blagodati.
6 But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.
Ako li je po blagodati, onda nije od djela, jer blagodat veæ ne bi bila blagodat; ako li je od djela nije više blagodat, jer djelo veæ ne bi bilo djelo.
7 How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.
Šta dakle? Šta iskaše Izrailj ono ne dobi; a izbor dobi; ostali pak zaslijepiše.
8 And so Scripture says, "God has given them a spirit of drowsiness--eyes to see nothing with and ears to hear nothing with--even until now."
Kao što je napisano: dade im Bog duha neosjetljivoga, oèi da ne vide, i uši da ne èuju do samoga današnjega dana.
9 And David says, "Let their very food become a snare and a trap to them, a stumbling-block and a retribution.
I David govori: da bude trpeza njihova zamka i gvožða, i sablazan i plata njima;
10 Let darkness come over their eyes that they may be unable to see, and make Thou their backs continually to stoop."
Da se njihove oèi zaslijepe da ne vide, i leða njihova jednako da su pognuta.
11 I ask, however, "Have they stumbled so as to be finally ruined?" No, indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come to the Gentiles in order to arouse the jealousy of the descendants of Israel;
Govorim dakle: eda li se spotakoše da padnu? Bože saèuvaj! Nego je njihova pogrješka spasenje neznabošcima, da bi se i oni razdražili.
12 and if their lapse is the enriching of the world, and their overthrow the enriching of the Gentiles, will not still greater good follow their restoration?
A kad je pogrješka njihova bogatstvo svijetu i šteta njihova bogatstvo neznabošcima, akamoli da se ispune?
13 But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,
Jer vama govorim neznabošcima; jer, buduæi da sam ja apostol neznabožaca, hoæu da hvalim svoju službu;
14 trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them.
Ne bih li kako razdražio svoj rod, i spasao koga od njih.
15 For if their having been cast aside has carried with it the reconciliation of the world, what will their being accepted again be but Life out of death?
Jer kad je odmet njihov primirenje svijetu, šta bi bilo primljenje, osim život iz mrtvijeh?
16 Now if the firstfruits of the dough are holy, so also is the whole mass; and if the root of a tree is holy, so also are the branches.
Ako je kvasac svet, to je i tijesto; i ako je korijen svet, to su i grane.
17 And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,
Ako li se neke od grana odlomiše, i ti, koji si divlja maslina, pricijepio si se na njih, i postao si zajednièar u korijenu i u masti od masline;
18 beware of glorying over the natural branches. Or if you are so glorying, do not forget that it is not you who uphold the root: the root upholds you.
Ne hvali se granama; ako li se pak hvališ, ne nosiš ti korijena nego korijen tebe.
19 "Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in."
A reæi æeš: odlomiše se grane da se ja pricijepim.
20 This is true; yet it was their unbelief that cut them off, and you only stand through your faith.
Dobro! nevjerstvom odlomiše se, a ti vjerom stojiš; ne ponosi se, nego se boj.
21 Do not be puffed up with pride. Tremble rather--for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.
Jer kad Bog roðenijeh grana ne poštedje, da i tebe kako ne nepoštedi.
22 Notice therefore God's kindness and God's severity. On those who have fallen His severity has descended, but upon you His kindness has come, provided that you do not cease to respond to that kindness. Otherwise you will be cut off also.
Gledaj dakle dobrotu i nepošteðenje Božije: nepošteðenje na onima što otpadoše, a na sebi dobrotu Božiju, ako ostaneš u dobroti; ako li pak ne, i ti æeš biti otsjeèen.
23 Moreover, if they turn from their unbelief, they too will be grafted in. For God is powerful enough to graft them in again;
A i oni, ako ne ostanu u nevjerstvu, pricijepiæe se; jer ih je Bog kadar opet pricijepiti.
24 and if you were cut from that which by nature is a wild olive and contrary to nature were grafted into the good olive tree, how much more certainly will these natural branches be grafted on their own olive tree?
Jer kad si ti otsjeèen od roðene divlje masline, i pricijepio se na neroðenu pitomu maslinu; akamoli ovi koji æe se pricijepiti na roðenu svoju maslinu!
25 For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;
Jer vam, braæo, neæu zatajiti tajne ove da ne budete ponositi da šljepota Izrailju pade u dijel dokle ne uðe neznabožaca koliko treba.
26 and so all Israel will be saved. As is declared in Scripture, "From Mount Zion a Deliverer will come: He will remove all ungodliness from Jacob;
I tako æe se spasti sav Izrailj, kao što je napisano: doæi æe od Siona izbavitelj i odvratiæe bezbožnost od Jakova.
27 and this shall be My Covenant with them; when I have taken away their sins."
I ovo im je moj zavjet kad otmem njihove grijehe.
28 In relation to the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for your sakes; but in relation to God's choice they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers.
Po jevanðelju dakle neprijatelji su vas radi; a po izboru ljubazni su otaca radi.
29 For God does not repent of His free gifts nor of His call;
Jer se Bog neæe raskajati za svoje darove i zvanje.
30 but just as you were formerly disobedient to Him, but now have received mercy at a time when they are disobedient,
Jer kao i vi što se nekad suproæaste Bogu a sad biste pomilovani njihovoga radi suproæenja,
31 so now they also have been disobedient at a time when you are receiving mercy; so that to them too there may now be mercy.
Tako i oni sad ne htješe da vjeruju vašega radi pomilovanja da bi i oni bili pomilovani.
32 For God has locked up all in the prison of unbelief, that upon all alike He may have mercy. (eleēsē g1653)
Jer Bog zatvori sve u nevjerstvo, da sve pomiluje. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh, how inexhaustible are God's resources and God's wisdom and God's knowledge! How impossible it is to search into His decrees or trace His footsteps!
O dubino bogatstva i premudrosti i razuma Božijega! kako su neispitljivi njegovi sudovi i neistražljivi njegovi putovi!
34 "Who has ever known the mind of the Lord, or shared His counsels?"
Jer ko pozna misao Gospodnju?
35 "Who has first given God anything, so as to receive payment in return?"
Ili ko mu bi savjetnik? Ili ko mu naprijed dade što, da mu se vrati?
