Rimljanom 9
1 Govorim resnico v Kristusu, ne lažem, prav tako mi moja vest pričuje v Svetem Duhu,
I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost, )
2 da imam v svojem srcu veliko potrtost in nenehno bridkost.
that great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my heart.
3 Kajti lahko bi si želel, da bi bil jaz sam preklet pred Kristusom za svoje brate, moje sorodnike glede na meso;
For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?
4 ki so Izraelci, ki jim pripada posvojitev in slava in zaveze in dajanje postave in bogoslužje in obljube;
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the gift of the law, and the sacred service, and the promises;
5 katerih so očetje in iz katerih je, glede na meso, prišel Kristus, ki je čez vse, Bog, blagoslovljen na veke. Amen. (aiōn g165)
of whom are the fathers, and from whom as respecting the flesh Christ sprung, who is over all, the blessed God for evermore. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Ne, kakor da Božja beseda ne učinkuje. Kajti niso vsi Izraelci, ki so iz Izraela;
Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
7 niti zato, ker so Abrahamovi potomci, niso vsi otroci, temveč: ›Po Izaku se bo imenovalo tvoje seme.‹
nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 To se pravi: »Tisti, ki so meseni otroci, tisti niso Božji otroci, temveč so za potomstvo šteti otroci obljube.«
That is, not the children of the flesh, these are the children of God: but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.
9 Kajti to je beseda obljube: ›Ob tem času bom prišel in Sara bo imela sina.‹
For the word of promise is this, At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Pa ne samo to; temveč, ko je tudi Rebeka spočela po enem, celó po našem očetu Izaku
And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conception by one, even Isaac our father;
11 (kajti otroka se še nista rodila niti nista naredila ničesar dobrega ali zlega, da lahko ostane Božji namen glede na izvolitev, ne iz del, temveč iz njega, ki kliče),
(though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called; )
12 ji je bilo rečeno: ›Starejši bo služil mlajšemu.‹
it was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to the younger.”
13 Kakor je pisano: ›Jakoba sem ljubil, toda Ezava sem sovražil.‹
As it is written, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
14 Kaj bomo torej rekli? Ali je pri Bogu nepravičnost? Bog ne daj.
What shall we say therefore? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 Kajti Mojzesu je rekel: ›Usmilil se bom, kogar se hočem usmiliti in sočutje bom imel, do kogar hočem imeti sočutje.‹
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 Torej potem to ni od tistega, ki hoče niti od tistega, ki teče, temveč od Boga, ki izkazuje usmiljenje.
Well then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who sheweth mercy.
17 Kajti pismo pravi faraonu: ›Celo za ta isti namen sem te dvignil, da lahko na tebi pokažem svojo moč in da se bo moje ime lahko razglasilo po vsej celotni zemlji.‹
For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, “That for this very end have I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
18 Torej se usmili, kogar se hoče usmiliti in kogar hoče, tega zakrkne.
Well then, he hath mercy on whom he will, but whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Torej mi boš rekel: »Zakaj še najde krivdo? Kajti kdo se je uprl njegovi volji?«
Wilt thou then say to me, Why yet doth he blame us? Who hath resisted his will?
20 Ne, vendar, oh človek, kdo si ti, ki nasprotuješ Bogu? Ali bo oblikovana stvar rekla tistemu, ki jo je ustvaril: »Zakaj si me naredil takšno?«
Nay but, O man, who art thou that disputest against God? Shall the thing fashioned say to him that fashioned it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Mar nima lončar moči nad ilom, da iz iste grude naredi eno posodo v čast, drugo pa v nečast?
Hath not the potter power over the clay, from the same mass to make one vessel for an honourable use, and another for a dishonourable?
22 Kaj pa, če je Bog, voljan pokazati svoj bes in pokazati svojo moč, z veliko potrpežljivosti prenašal posode besa, primerne za uničenje,
But what if God, willing to display his wrath, and to make known what is possible with him, hath borne with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for perdition:
23 in da bi lahko dal spoznati bogastva svoje slave na posodah usmiljenja, ki jih je vnaprej pripravil za slavo,
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:
24 celó nas, ki nas je poklical, ne samo izmed Judov, temveč tudi izmed poganov?
even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out of the Gentiles?
25 Kakor tudi pravi v Ozeju: ›Ljudi, ki niso bili moji, bom imenoval moji ljudje; in njo, ki ni bila ljubljena, ljubljeno.‹
As also he saith in Hosea, “I will call her which was not my people, my people; and her which was not beloved, beloved.
26 In zgodilo se bo, da na kraju, kjer jim je bilo rečeno: ›Vi niste moji ljudje, ‹ tam bodo imenovani otroci živega Boga.
And it shall be in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God.”
27 Tudi Izaija kliče glede Izraela: ›Četudi bo število Izraelovih otrok kakor morskega peska, bo rešen ostanek; ‹
But Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 kajti dokončal bo delo in ga nenadoma prekinil v pravičnosti; ker bo Gospod na zemlji hitro opravil svoje delo.
for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth.”
29 In kakor je prej rekel Izaija: ›Razen če nam Gospod nad vojskami ne bi pustil semena, bi bili kakor Sódoma in bi posnemali Gomóro.‹
Even as Isaiah had said before, “Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left unto us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrha.”
30 Kaj bomo potem rekli? Da so se pogani, ki si niso prizadevali za pravičnost, dokopali do pravičnosti, celó pravičnosti, ki je iz vere.
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who pursued not after righteousness, have attained unto righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.
31 Toda Izrael, ki si je prizadeval za postavo pravičnosti, se ni dokopal do postave pravičnosti.
But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the law of righteousness.
32 Zakaj? Ker tega niso iskali po veri, temveč kakor bi bilo to po delih postave. Kajti spotaknili so se ob tisti kamen spotike,
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as by the works of the law. For they stumbled against that stone of stumbling;
33 kakor je pisano: ›Glej, na Sionu položim kamen spotike in skalo pohujšanja; in kdorkoli veruje vanj, ne bo osramočen.‹
as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence: and every one that believeth in him shall not be confounded.”
