rōmiṇaḥ 11
1 īśvarēṇa svīkīyalōkā apasāritā ahaṁ kim īdr̥śaṁ vākyaṁ bravīmi? tanna bhavatu yatō'hamapi binyāmīnagōtrīya ibrāhīmavaṁśīya isrāyēlīyalōkō'smi|
I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 īśvarēṇa pūrvvaṁ yē pradr̥ṣṭāstē svakīyalōkā apasāritā iti nahi| aparam ēliyōpākhyānē śāstrē yallikhitam āstē tad yūyaṁ kiṁ na jānītha?
God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
3 hē paramēśvara lōkāstvadīyāḥ sarvvā yajñavēdīrabhañjan tathā tava bhaviṣyadvādinaḥ sarvvān aghnan kēvala ēkō'ham avaśiṣṭa āsē tē mamāpi prāṇān nāśayituṁ cēṣṭanatē, ētāṁ kathām isrāyēlīyalōkānāṁ viruddham ēliya īśvarāya nivēdayāmāsa|
“Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
4 tatastaṁ pratīśvarasyōttaraṁ kiṁ jātaṁ? bālnāmnō dēvasya sākṣāt yai rjānūni na pātitāni tādr̥śāḥ sapta sahasrāṇi lōkā avaśēṣitā mayā|
But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 tadvad ētasmin varttamānakālē'pi anugrahēṇābhirucitāstēṣām avaśiṣṭāḥ katipayā lōkāḥ santi|
Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 ataēva tad yadyanugrahēṇa bhavati tarhi kriyayā na bhavati nō cēd anugrahō'nanugraha ēva, yadi vā kriyayā bhavati tarhyanugrahēṇa na bhavati nō cēt kriyā kriyaiva na bhavati|
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 tarhi kiṁ? isrāyēlīyalōkā yad amr̥gayanta tanna prāpuḥ| kintvabhirucitalōkāstat prāpustadanyē sarvva andhībhūtāḥ|
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8 yathā likhitam āstē, ghōranidrālutābhāvaṁ dr̥ṣṭihīnē ca lōcanē| karṇau śrutivihīnau ca pradadau tēbhya īśvaraḥ||
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 ētēsmin dāyūdapi likhitavān yathā, atō bhuktyāsanaṁ tēṣām unmāthavad bhaviṣyati| vā vaṁśayantravad bādhā daṇḍavad vā bhaviṣyati||
David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
10 bhaviṣyanti tathāndhāstē nētraiḥ paśyanti nō yathā| vēpathuḥ kaṭidēśasya tēṣāṁ nityaṁ bhaviṣyati||
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
11 patanārthaṁ tē skhalitavanta iti vācaṁ kimahaṁ vadāmi? tanna bhavatu kintu tān udyōginaḥ karttuṁ tēṣāṁ patanād itaradēśīyalōkaiḥ paritrāṇaṁ prāptaṁ|
I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 tēṣāṁ patanaṁ yadi jagatō lōkānāṁ lābhajanakam abhavat tēṣāṁ hrāsō'pi yadi bhinnadēśināṁ lābhajanakō'bhavat tarhi tēṣāṁ vr̥ddhiḥ kati lābhajanikā bhaviṣyati?
Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 atō hē anyadēśinō yuṣmān sambōdhya kathayāmi nijānāṁ jñātibandhūnāṁ manaḥsūdyōgaṁ janayan tēṣāṁ madhyē kiyatāṁ lōkānāṁ yathā paritrāṇaṁ sādhayāmi
For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
14 tannimittam anyadēśināṁ nikaṭē prēritaḥ san ahaṁ svapadasya mahimānaṁ prakāśayāmi|
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 tēṣāṁ nigrahēṇa yadīśvarēṇa saha jagatō janānāṁ mēlanaṁ jātaṁ tarhi tēṣām anugr̥hītatvaṁ mr̥tadēhē yathā jīvanalābhastadvat kiṁ na bhaviṣyati?
For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
16 aparaṁ prathamajātaṁ phalaṁ yadi pavitraṁ bhavati tarhi sarvvamēva phalaṁ pavitraṁ bhaviṣyati; tathā mūlaṁ yadi pavitraṁ bhavati tarhi śākhā api tathaiva bhaviṣyanti|
If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 kiyatīnāṁ śākhānāṁ chēdanē kr̥tē tvaṁ vanyajitavr̥kṣasya śākhā bhūtvā yadi tacchākhānāṁ sthānē rōpitā sati jitavr̥kṣīyamūlasya rasaṁ bhuṁkṣē,
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 root and of the richness of the olive tree,
18 tarhi tāsāṁ bhinnaśākhānāṁ viruddhaṁ māṁ garvvīḥ; yadi garvvasi tarhi tvaṁ mūlaṁ yanna dhārayasi kintu mūlaṁ tvāṁ dhārayatīti saṁsmara|
don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
19 aparañca yadi vadasi māṁ rōpayituṁ tāḥ śākhā vibhannā abhavan;
You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
20 bhadram, apratyayakāraṇāt tē vibhinnā jātāstathā viśvāsakāraṇāt tvaṁ rōpitō jātastasmād ahaṅkāram akr̥tvā sasādhvasō bhava|
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
21 yata īśvarō yadi svābhāvikīḥ śākhā na rakṣati tarhi sāvadhānō bhava cēt tvāmapi na sthāpayati|
for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
22 ityatrēśvarasya yādr̥śī kr̥pā tādr̥śaṁ bhayānakatvamapi tvayā dr̥śyatāṁ; yē patitāstān prati tasya bhayānakatvaṁ dr̥śyatāṁ, tvañca yadi tatkr̥pāśritastiṣṭhasi tarhi tvāṁ prati kr̥pā drakṣyatē; nō cēt tvamapi tadvat chinnō bhaviṣyasi|
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 aparañca tē yadyapratyayē na tiṣṭhanti tarhi punarapi rōpayiṣyantē yasmāt tān punarapi rōpayitum iśvarasya śaktirāstē|
They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 vanyajitavr̥kṣasya śākhā san tvaṁ yadi tataśchinnō rītivyatyayēnōttamajitavr̥kṣē rōpitō'bhavastarhi tasya vr̥kṣasya svīyā yāḥ śākhāstāḥ kiṁ punaḥ svavr̥kṣē saṁlagituṁ na śaknuvanti?
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 hē bhrātarō yuṣmākam ātmābhimānō yanna jāyatē tadarthaṁ mamēdr̥śī vāñchā bhavati yūyaṁ ētannigūḍhatattvam ajānantō yanna tiṣṭhatha; vastutō yāvatkālaṁ sampūrṇarūpēṇa bhinnadēśināṁ saṁgrahō na bhaviṣyati tāvatkālam aṁśatvēna isrāyēlīyalōkānām andhatā sthāsyati;
For I don’t 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 Gentiles has come in,
26 paścāt tē sarvvē paritrāsyantē; ētādr̥śaṁ likhitamapyāstē, āgamiṣyati sīyōnād ēkō yastrāṇadāyakaḥ| adharmmaṁ yākubō vaṁśāt sa tu dūrīkariṣyati|
and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 tathā dūrīkariṣyāmi tēṣāṁ pāpānyahaṁ yadā| tadā tairēva sārddhaṁ mē niyamō'yaṁ bhaviṣyati|
This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
28 susaṁvādāt tē yuṣmākaṁ vipakṣā abhavan kintvabhirucitatvāt tē pitr̥lōkānāṁ kr̥tē priyapātrāṇi bhavanti|
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
29 yata īśvarasya dānād āhvānāñca paścāttāpō na bhavati|
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 ataēva pūrvvam īśvarē'viśvāsinaḥ santō'pi yūyaṁ yadvat samprati tēṣām aviśvāsakāraṇād īśvarasya kr̥pāpātrāṇi jātāstadvad
For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
31 idānīṁ tē'viśvāsinaḥ santi kintu yuṣmābhi rlabdhakr̥pākāraṇāt tairapi kr̥pā lapsyatē|
even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 ahō īśvarasya jñānabuddhirūpayō rdhanayōḥ kīdr̥k prācuryyaṁ| tasya rājaśāsanasya tattvaṁ kīdr̥g aprāpyaṁ| tasya mārgāśca kīdr̥g anupalakṣyāḥ|
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 paramēśvarasya saṅkalpaṁ kō jñātavān? tasya mantrī vā kō'bhavat?
“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
35 kō vā tasyōpakārī bhr̥tvā tatkr̥tē tēna pratyupakarttavyaḥ?
“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
