romiNaH 11
1 IzvareNa svIkIyalokA apasAritA ahaM kim IdRzaM vAkyaM bravImi? tanna bhavatu yato'hamapi binyAmInagotrIya ibrAhImavaMzIya isrAyelIyaloko'smi|
I ask then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 IzvareNa pUrvvaM ye pradRSTAste svakIyalokA apasAritA iti nahi| aparam eliyopAkhyAne zAstre yallikhitam Aste tad yUyaM kiM na jAnItha?
God did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
3 he paramezvara lokAstvadIyAH sarvvA yajJavedIrabhaJjan tathA tava bhaviSyadvAdinaH sarvvAn aghnan kevala eko'ham avaziSTa Ase te mamApi prANAn nAzayituM ceSTanate, etAM kathAm isrAyelIyalokAnAM viruddham eliya IzvarAya nivedayAmAsa|
"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
4 tatastaM pratIzvarasyottaraM kiM jAtaM? bAlnAmno devasya sAkSAt yai rjAnUni na pAtitAni tAdRzAH sapta sahasrANi lokA avazeSitA mayA|
But how does God answer him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
5 tadvad etasmin varttamAnakAle'pi anugraheNAbhirucitAsteSAm avaziSTAH katipayA lokAH santi|
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 ataeva tad yadyanugraheNa bhavati tarhi kriyayA na bhavati no ced anugraho'nanugraha eva, yadi vA kriyayA bhavati tarhyanugraheNa na bhavati no cet kriyA kriyaiva na bhavati|
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.
7 tarhi kiM? isrAyelIyalokA yad amRgayanta tanna prApuH| kintvabhirucitalokAstat prApustadanye sarvva andhIbhUtAH|
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8 yathA likhitam Aste, ghoranidrAlutAbhAvaM dRSTihIne ca locane| karNau zrutivihInau ca pradadau tebhya IzvaraH||
According as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.
9 etesmin dAyUdapi likhitavAn yathA, ato bhuktyAsanaM teSAm unmAthavad bhaviSyati| vA vaMzayantravad bAdhA daNDavad vA bhaviSyati||
David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
10 bhaviSyanti tathAndhAste netraiH pazyanti no yathA| vepathuH kaTidezasya teSAM nityaM bhaviSyati||
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see, and their backs be bent continually."
11 patanArthaM te skhalitavanta iti vAcaM kimahaM vadAmi? tanna bhavatu kintu tAn udyoginaH karttuM teSAM patanAd itaradezIyalokaiH paritrANaM prAptaM|
I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? Absolutely not. But by their fall salvation has come to the non-Jews, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 teSAM patanaM yadi jagato lokAnAM lAbhajanakam abhavat teSAM hrAso'pi yadi bhinnadezinAM lAbhajanako'bhavat tarhi teSAM vRddhiH kati lAbhajanikA bhaviSyati?
Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the non-Jews; how much more their fullness?
13 ato he anyadezino yuSmAn sambodhya kathayAmi nijAnAM jJAtibandhUnAM manaHsUdyogaM janayan teSAM madhye kiyatAM lokAnAM yathA paritrANaM sAdhayAmi
For I speak to you who are the non-Jews. Since then as I am an apostle to the non-Jews, I glorify my ministry;
14 tannimittam anyadezinAM nikaTe preritaH san ahaM svapadasya mahimAnaM prakAzayAmi|
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 teSAM nigraheNa yadIzvareNa saha jagato janAnAM melanaM jAtaM tarhi teSAm anugRhItatvaM mRtadehe yathA jIvanalAbhastadvat kiM na bhaviSyati?
For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
16 aparaM prathamajAtaM phalaM yadi pavitraM bhavati tarhi sarvvameva phalaM pavitraM bhaviSyati; tathA mUlaM yadi pavitraM bhavati tarhi zAkhA api tathaiva bhaviSyanti|
If the first part is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 kiyatInAM zAkhAnAM chedane kRte tvaM vanyajitavRkSasya zAkhA bhUtvA yadi tacchAkhAnAM sthAne ropitA sati jitavRkSIyamUlasya rasaM bhuMkSe,
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree;
18 tarhi tAsAM bhinnazAkhAnAM viruddhaM mAM garvvIH; yadi garvvasi tarhi tvaM mUlaM yanna dhArayasi kintu mUlaM tvAM dhArayatIti saMsmara|
do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
19 aparaJca yadi vadasi mAM ropayituM tAH zAkhA vibhannA abhavan;
You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
20 bhadram, apratyayakAraNAt te vibhinnA jAtAstathA vizvAsakAraNAt tvaM ropito jAtastasmAd ahaGkAram akRtvA sasAdhvaso bhava|
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
21 yata Izvaro yadi svAbhAvikIH zAkhA na rakSati tarhi sAvadhAno bhava cet tvAmapi na sthApayati|
for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
22 ityatrezvarasya yAdRzI kRpA tAdRzaM bhayAnakatvamapi tvayA dRzyatAM; ye patitAstAn prati tasya bhayAnakatvaM dRzyatAM, tvaJca yadi tatkRpAzritastiSThasi tarhi tvAM prati kRpA drakSyate; no cet tvamapi tadvat chinno bhaviSyasi|
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
23 aparaJca te yadyapratyaye na tiSThanti tarhi punarapi ropayiSyante yasmAt tAn punarapi ropayitum izvarasya zaktirAste|
They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 vanyajitavRkSasya zAkhA san tvaM yadi tatazchinno rItivyatyayenottamajitavRkSe ropito'bhavastarhi tasya vRkSasya svIyA yAH zAkhAstAH kiM punaH svavRkSe saMlagituM na zaknuvanti?
For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 he bhrAtaro yuSmAkam AtmAbhimAno yanna jAyate tadarthaM mamedRzI vAJchA bhavati yUyaM etannigUDhatattvam ajAnanto yanna tiSThatha; vastuto yAvatkAlaM sampUrNarUpeNa bhinnadezinAM saMgraho na bhaviSyati tAvatkAlam aMzatvena isrAyelIyalokAnAm andhatA sthAsyati;
For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the non-Jews has come in,
26 pazcAt te sarvve paritrAsyante; etAdRzaM likhitamapyAste, AgamiSyati sIyonAd eko yastrANadAyakaH| adharmmaM yAkubo vaMzAt sa tu dUrIkariSyati|
and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 tathA dUrIkariSyAmi teSAM pApAnyahaM yadA| tadA taireva sArddhaM me niyamo'yaM bhaviSyati|
This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."
28 susaMvAdAt te yuSmAkaM vipakSA abhavan kintvabhirucitatvAt te pitRlokAnAM kRte priyapAtrANi bhavanti|
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers' sake.
29 yata Izvarasya dAnAd AhvAnAJca pazcAttApo na bhavati|
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 ataeva pUrvvam Izvare'vizvAsinaH santo'pi yUyaM yadvat samprati teSAm avizvAsakAraNAd Izvarasya kRpApAtrANi jAtAstadvad
For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
31 idAnIM te'vizvAsinaH santi kintu yuSmAbhi rlabdhakRpAkAraNAt tairapi kRpA lapsyate|
even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may now also obtain mercy.
For God has bound everyone over to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 aho Izvarasya jJAnabuddhirUpayo rdhanayoH kIdRk prAcuryyaM| tasya rAjazAsanasya tattvaM kIdRg aprApyaM| tasya mArgAzca kIdRg anupalakSyAH|
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out.
34 paramezvarasya saGkalpaM ko jJAtavAn? tasya mantrI vA ko'bhavat?
For "Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
35 ko vA tasyopakArI bhRtvA tatkRte tena pratyupakarttavyaH?
"Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"
