Προς Ρωμαιους 9
1 Ἀλήθειαν λέγω ἐν ˚Χριστῷ, οὐ ψεύδομαι, συμμαρτυρούσης μοι τῆς συνειδήσεώς μου ἐν ˚Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
2 ὅτι λύπη μοί ἐστιν μεγάλη, καὶ ἀδιάλειπτος ὀδύνη τῇ καρδίᾳ μου.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 Ηὐχόμην γὰρ ἀνάθεμα εἶναι αὐτὸς, ἐγὼ ἀπὸ τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου, τῶν συγγενῶν μου, κατὰ σάρκα,
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 οἵτινές εἰσιν Ἰσραηλῖται, ὧν ἡ υἱοθεσία, καὶ ἡ δόξα, καὶ αἱ διαθῆκαι, καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία, καὶ ἡ λατρεία, καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι,
Who are Israelites; to whom pertain the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5 ὧν οἱ πατέρες, καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ ˚Χριστὸς, τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων ˚Θεὸς, εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν! (aiōn g165)
Whose are the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Οὐχ οἷον δὲ, ὅτι ἐκπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ. Οὐ γὰρ πάντες οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραήλ οὗτοι, Ἰσραήλ.
Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they are not all Israel, who are descended from Israel:
7 Οὐδʼ ὅτι εἰσὶν σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ πάντες τέκνα, ἀλλʼ: “Ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα.”
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 Τοῦτʼ ἔστιν οὐ τὰ τέκνα τῆς σαρκὸς, ταῦτα τέκνα τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας λογίζεται εἰς σπέρμα.
That is, They who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 Ἐπαγγελίας γὰρ ὁ λόγος οὗτος: “Κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον, ἐλεύσομαι, καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός.”
For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ῥεβέκκα ἐξ ἑνὸς κοίτην, ἔχουσα Ἰσαὰκ, τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν·
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11 μήπω γὰρ γεννηθέντων, μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φαῦλον, ἵνα ἡ κατʼ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ μένῃ,
( For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; )
12 οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος, ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ, ὅτι “Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι.”
It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 Καθὼς γέγραπται, “Τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἠγάπησα, τὸν δὲ Ἠσαῦ ἐμίσησα.”
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; Μὴ ἀδικία παρὰ τῷ ˚Θεῷ; Μὴ γένοιτο!
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? By no means.
15 Τῷ Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ λέγει, “Ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτειρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτείρω.”
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 Ἄρα οὖν οὐ τοῦ θέλοντος, οὐδὲ τοῦ τρέχοντος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐλεῶντος ˚Θεοῦ.
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
17 Λέγει γὰρ ἡ Γραφὴ τῷ Φαραὼ, ὅτι “Εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐξήγειρά σε, ὅπως ἐνδείξωμαι ἐν σοὶ τὴν δύναμίν μου, καὶ ὅπως διαγγελῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.”
For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Ἄρα οὖν ὃν θέλει, ἐλεεῖ, ὃν δὲ θέλει, σκληρύνει.
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Ἐρεῖς μοι οὖν, “Τί οὖν ἔτι μέμφεται; Τῷ γὰρ βουλήματι αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνθέστηκεν;”
Thou wilt say then to me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 Ὦ ἄνθρωπε, μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ, ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ ˚Θεῷ; Μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα, τῷ πλάσαντι, “Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;”
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Ἢ οὐκ ἔχει ἐξουσίαν ὁ κεραμεὺς τοῦ πηλοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ φυράματος ποιῆσαι ὃ μὲν εἰς τιμὴν σκεῦος, ὃ δὲ εἰς ἀτιμίαν;
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?
22 Εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ ˚Θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν, καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ, ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν,
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 καὶ ἵνα γνωρίσῃ τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ σκεύη ἐλέους, ἃ προητοίμασεν εἰς δόξαν,
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
24 οὓς καὶ ἐκάλεσεν, ἡμᾶς οὐ μόνον ἐξ Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ἐθνῶν;
Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 Ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Ὡσηὲ λέγει, “Καλέσω τὸν οὐ λαόν μου, ‘Λαόν μου’, καὶ τὴν οὐκ ἠγαπημένην, ‘Ἠγαπημένην’.”
As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved.
26 “Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ οὗ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς, ‘Οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς’, ἐκεῖ κληθήσονται υἱοὶ ˚Θεοῦ ζῶντος.”
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27 Ἠσαΐας δὲ κράζει ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, “Ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸ ὑπόλειμμα σωθήσεται.
Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 Λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ποιήσει ˚Κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.”
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29 Καὶ καθὼς προείρηκεν Ἠσαΐας, “Εἰ μὴ ˚Κύριος Σαβαὼθ ἐγκατέλιπεν ἡμῖν σπέρμα, ὡς Σόδομα ἂν ἐγενήθημεν, καὶ ὡς Γόμορρα ἂν ὡμοιώθημεν.”
And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
30 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; Ὅτι ἔθνη τὰ μὴ διώκοντα δικαιοσύνην, κατέλαβεν δικαιοσύνην, δικαιοσύνην δὲ τὴν ἐκ πίστεως·
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.
31 Ἰσραὴλ δὲ διώκων νόμον δικαιοσύνης εἰς νόμον οὐκ ἔφθασεν.
But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Διὰ τί; Ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐξ ἔργων. Προσέκοψαν τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος,
Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33 καθὼς γέγραπται, “Ἰδοὺ, τίθημι ἐν Σιὼν λίθον προσκόμματος, καὶ πέτραν σκανδάλου, καὶ ὁ πιστεύων ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, οὐ καταισχυνθήσεται.”
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
