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 lye not, (my conscience bearing me witness in the holy Ghost, )
2 ὅτι λύπη μοί ἐστιν μεγάλη, καὶ ἀδιάλειπτος ὀδύνη τῇ καρδίᾳ μου.
that I have great grief 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 I myself were made a curse after the manner of Christ, for my brethren, my kindred 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, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the form of divine worship, 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 of whom, as 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 that the word of God hath failed. 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.”
Nor because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children of promise: 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, not the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted 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 the promise, "According to 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 to her only; but Rebecca also being with child by our father Isaac,
11 μήπω γὰρ γεννηθέντων, μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φαῦλον, ἵνα ἡ κατʼ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ μένῃ,
(when the children were not yet born, nor had done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to his choice might abide, not on account of works, but of Him that calleth, ) it was said to her, the elder shall serve the younger:
12 οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος, ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ, ὅτι “Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι.”
as it is written,
13 Καθὼς γέγραπται, “Τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἠγάπησα, τὸν δὲ Ἠσαῦ ἐμίσησα.”
"I loved Jacob and I hated Esau."
14 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; Μὴ ἀδικία παρὰ τῷ ˚Θεῷ; Μὴ γένοιτο!
What shall we say then? Is there injustice in God?
15 Τῷ Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ λέγει, “Ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτειρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτείρω.”
God forbid! 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 sheweth 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.”
And the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, for this very purpose have I raised thee up, that I may shew forth my power in thee, and that my name may be declared through all the earth.
18 Ἄρα οὖν ὃν θέλει, ἐλεεῖ, ὃν δὲ θέλει, σκληρύνει.
So then He hath mercy on whom He pleaseth, and whom He will, He hardeneth.
19 Ἐρεῖς μοι οὖν, “Τί οὖν ἔτι μέμφεται; Τῷ γὰρ βουλήματι αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνθέστηκεν;”
Thou wilt say then, Why doth he yet blame us? 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 disputest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make 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, out of the same mass to make one vessel to honor and another to dishonor?
22 Εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ ˚Θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν, καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ, ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν,
And what if God, though resolved to shew his displeasure at last, and to make known his power, yet bore with much long-suffering 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 in the vessels of mercy, which He hath prepared for glory?
24 οὓς καὶ ἐκάλεσεν, ἡμᾶς οὐ μόνον ἐξ Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ἐθνῶν;
whom He hath also called, even us, not only of the Jews, 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 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.
And Esaias crieth out concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved.
28 Λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ποιήσει ˚Κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.”
For in finishing the account and cutting it short in righteousness, the Lord will make a short work 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 Esaias said before, "Except the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and we had been made like unto 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 sought 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: why?
32 Διὰ τί; Ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐξ ἔργων. Προσέκοψαν τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος,
because they sought it not by faith, but by the works of the law, for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone;
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 Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence:" and again, "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."
