Rimljanom 11
1 Potem pravim: ›Mar je Bog zavrgel svoje ljudi?‹ Bog ne daj. Kajti tudi sam sem Izraelec, iz Abrahamovega semena, iz Benjaminovega rodu.
So now I say, God did not reject His people, did He? Of course not! Why I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin!
2 Bog svojih ljudi, ki jih je vnaprej poznal, ni zavrgel. Mar ne veste, kaj pravi pismo o Eliju? Kako je posredoval k Bogu zoper Izraela, rekoč:
God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel saying:
3 ›Gospod, pobili so tvoje preroke in spodkopali tvoje oltarje; in jaz sam sem ostal in strežejo mi po življenju.‹
“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life!”
4 Toda kaj mu pravi Božji odgovor? ›Prihranil sem si sedem tisoč mož, ki niso upognili kolena k Báalovi podobi.‹
But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 Celó tako je tudi v tem sedanjem času ostanek glede na milosten izbor.
Even so then at this present time, there is a remnant according to an election by grace.
6 In če je po milosti, potem to ni več iz del, drugače milost ni več milost. Toda če je iz del, potem to ni več milost, drugače delo ni več delo.
Now if by grace, it is no longer from works; otherwise the grace is no longer grace. But if from works, it is no longer grace; otherwise the work is no longer work.
7 Kaj torej? Izrael ni dosegel tega, za kar si je prizadeval, temveč so to dosegli izvoljeni, ostali pa so bili zaslepljeni
What then? What Israel is seeking, this it did not obtain; but the election did obtain it, while the rest were dulled.
8 (glede na to, kakor je pisano: ›Bog jim je dal duha omrtvelosti, oči, da ne bi videli, ušesa, da ne bi slišali‹) do današnjega dne.
Just as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that were not to see and ears that were not to hear, to this very day.”
9 In David pravi: ›Naj jim njihova miza postane zanka in past in kamen spotike in njihovo povračilo;
And David says: “Let their table be made into a snare and into a trap, into a stumbling block and into a retribution to them.
10 naj njihove oči postanejo zatemnjene, da ne bodo mogli videti in vedno upogni njihov hrbet.‹
Let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their back always be bowed down.”
11 Potem pravim: ›Ali so se spotaknili, da bi padli?‹ Bog ne daj; temveč je po njihovem padcu rešitev duš toliko bolj prišla k poganom, da jih draži do ljubosumja.
So now I say, surely they have not stumbled so as to fall [and stay fallen]? Of course not! Rather, through their transgression the salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Če so torej njihov padec bogastva sveta in njihovo zmanjševanje bogastva poganov; koliko bolj njihova polnost?
Now if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss riches for the nations, how much more their fulfillment!
13 Kajti govorim vam, poganom, v kolikor sem apostol poganom, poveličujem svojo službo,
So I am speaking to you Gentiles (inasmuch as I am ‘apostle to the Gentiles’, I magnify my ministry),
14 če lahko na kakršenkoli način izzovem kosanje teh, ki so moje meso in lahko rešim nekatere izmed njih.
if somehow I can provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
15 Kajti če je odvračanje teh pobotanje sveta, kaj bo sprejemanje teh, če ne življenje iz mrtvih?
For if their being rejected means reconciliation for the world, what will their restoration be but life from the dead?
16 Kajti če je prvi sad svét, je svéta tudi gruda; in če je korenina svéta, so tudi veje.
Now if the ‘firstfruit’ is holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 In če so bile nekatere izmed vej odlomljene in si bil ti, ki si divja oljka, vcepljen v sredo mednje in si z njimi udeležen korenine in mastnosti oljke,
Now if some of the branches were broken off, while you, being a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them, and with them have become a partaker of the root and the rich sap of the cultivated olive,
18 se ne bahaj zoper veje. Toda če se bahaš, ne nosiš korenine ti, temveč korenina tebe.
do not boast against those branches (since if you do boast—it is not you who support the root but the root you).
19 Rekel boš torej: ›Veje so bile odlomljene, da sem bil jaz lahko vcepljen.‹
You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
20 Pravilno, ker so bile odlomljene zaradi nevere, ti pa stojiš po veri. Ne bodi vzvišen, temveč se boj.
Granted. Because of unbelief they were broken off, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!
21 Kajti če Bog ni prizanesel naravnim vejam, pazi, sicer tudi tebi ne prizanese.
Because if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps He will not spare you either!
22 Glej torej Božjo dobroto in strogost; na teh, ki so padli, strogost; toda do tebe dobroto, če nadaljuješ v njegovi dobroti; sicer boš tudi ti odsekan.
So consider the kindness and severity of God: upon those who fell, severity; but toward you, kindness, if you continue in that kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.
23 In tudi oni bodo vcepljeni, če ne bodo nenehno ostajali v neveri, kajti Bog jih je zmožen ponovno vcepiti.
And even they, if they do not persist in the unbelief, will be grafted back in, because God has the power to graft them in again.
24 Kajti če si bil odsekan z oljke, ki je po naravi divja in si bil vcepljen nasprotno naravi, na dobro oljko; koliko mnogo bolj bodo tisti, ki so naravne veje, vcepljeni na svojo lastno oljko?
For if you were cut out of a wild by nature olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 Kajti nočem bratje, da bi bili nevedni o tej skrivnosti, da ne bi bili modri v svojih lastnih domišljavostih; ta delna slepota se je zgodila Izraelu, dokler ne bo vstopila polnost poganov.
Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant of this ‘mystery’ (so that you not be conceited): hardening has come upon Israel in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
26 In tako bo rešen ves Izrael, kakor je pisano: ›S Siona bo izšel Osvoboditelj in brezbožnost bo odvrnil od Jakoba;
And so all Israel will be saved, just as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn ungodliness away from Jacob;
27 kajti to je moja zaveza njim, ko jim bom odvzel njihove grehe.‹
this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
28 Kar zadeva evangelij, so zaradi vas sovražniki; toda kar se tiče izbire, so ljubljeni zaradi očetov.
On the one hand, regarding the Gospel, they are enemies because of you; on the other, regarding the election, they are beloved on account of the forefathers.
29 Kajti darovi in Božja poklicanost so brez kesanja.
Because God's gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.
30 Kajti kakor v preteklih časih niste verjeli Bogu, ste sedaj po njihovi neveri vendarle dosegli usmiljenje.
For just as you also were once disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy through their disobedience,
31 Točno tako tudi ti sedaj niso verjeli, da po vašem usmiljenju tudi sami lahko dosežejo usmiljenje.
so also these have now been disobedient that through the mercy shown to you they also may be shown mercy.
Yes, God has given everyone over to disobedience so that He might show mercy to all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh globina bogastev, tako Božje modrosti kakor Božjega spoznanja! Kako nedoumljive so njegove sodbe in njegove poti neodkrite!
Oh, the depth of the riches of God's wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways!
34 Kajti kdo je spoznal Gospodovo mišljenje? Ali kdo je bil njegov svetovalec?
Because “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
35 Ali kdo mu je prvi dal in mu bo to ponovno poplačano?
Or “Who has ever given to Him and has to be repaid?”
