Romanos 11
1 Pero entonces pregunto: “¿Acaso Dios ha rechazado a su pueblo?” ¡Por supuesto que no! Yo mismo soy israelita, de la tribu de Benjamín.
Because of that, [if anyone should ask], “Has God rejected his people [the Jews?” I would declare that] he certainly has not [rejected all of us! You can realize that by remembering that] I also belong to the [people of] Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, [but God has not rejected me]!
2 Dios no ha rechazado a su pueblo escogido. ¿Acaso no recuerdan lo que dice la Escritura acerca de Elías? Cómo se quejó de Israel ante Dios, diciendo:
No, God has not rejected his people, whom he chose long ago [to be people whom he would bless in a special way]. Remember [RHQ] what is written [PRS] in the Scriptures about Elijah when he [mistakenly] complained to God about [the people of] Israel, saying,
3 “Señor, han matado a tus profetas y han destruido tus altares. ¡Soy el único que queda y también están tratando de matarme!”
“Lord, they have killed [the rest of] your [(sg)] prophets, they have destroyed your altars. I am the only one [who believes in you] who remains [alive], and now they are trying to kill me!”
4 ¿Cómo le respondió Dios? “Aun me quedan siete mil personas que no han adorado a Baal”.
God answered him like this: “[You(sg) are not the only one who believes in me]! I have protected for myself [not just you, but] 7,000 [other] men who have not worshipped [the false god] Baal. (Remember that!/Do you not remember that?) [RHQ]”
5 Hoy sucede exactamente lo mismo: aún quedan algunas personas fieles, escogidas por la gracia de Dios.
So, similarly, there is also at this time a small group [of us Jews] who have become [believers. God] has chosen us [to become believers] (OR, [his people]) only because he acts kindly toward us, in ways that we do not deserve.
6 Y como es por medio de la gracia, entonces claramente no se basa en lo que la gente hace, ¡de otro modo no sería gracia!
Since it is because he acts kindly [toward those whom he chooses, it is] not because they have done good things [that he has chosen them]. If [God chose people because they did good deeds], then it would not be because he was acting toward them in a way that they did not deserve.
7 ¿Qué concluiremos, entonces? Que el pueblo de Israel no logró aquello por lo que estaba luchando. Solo los escogidos, mientras que el resto endureció su corazón.
[Since God chose only some people of Israel], [this is what I conclude: [RHQ] Most of the people of] Israel did not find [the way for him to erase the record of their sins], even though some of them were earnestly looking for it. The [people of Israel whom God had] chosen found it, but the rest [of them] were {[God]} made spiritually insensitive/unresponsive.
8 Como dice la Escritura: “Dios opacó sus mentes para que sus ojos no pudieran ver y sus oídos no pudieran oír, hasta el día de hoy”.
[Our] fellow Jews are just like the [ones] about whom Isaiah wrote, God (caused their senses to be dull/made them unable to think clearly). Up to this very day, [they have] eyes but they cannot see [spiritually] [MET]. [They have] ears, but they cannot understand [spiritually] what they hear.
9 David agrega: “Que sus fiestas se conviertan en una trampa para ellos, una red que los atrape, una tentación que traiga castigo.
And [they remind me of what King] David said, [when he asked God to cause his enemies’ senses to be dull] [MET], [Make them stupid] [MTY], [like animals that are] caught in snares! May they [feel secure because of the things that they enjoy but which will catch them like a] trap [DOU, MET], with the result that you will destroy them.
10 Que sus ojos se vuelvan ciegos para que no puedan ver, y que sus espaldas siempre estén dobladas de abatimiento”.
May their ability to perceive [danger] be dulled {Dull their ability to perceive [spiritually]} [MET], with the result that they will not [become alarmed] [MET] [when there is danger]. May you cause them to carry heavy loads on their backs continually [as slaves do] [MTY].
11 Ahora, ¿estoy diciendo que ellos tropezaron y fracasaron por completo? ¡Por supuesto que no! Pero como resultado de sus errores, la salvación llegó a otras naciones, para “hacerlos sentir celos”.
[Perhaps someone will ask], “[When the Jews] sinned [by not believing in Christ, did] it result in their separating themselves from God [permanently?]” Then I [would reply], [No], they have certainly not [separated themselves from God permanently]! What is happening is that because they sinned, [God] is saving non-Jews in order to cause [the Jews] to envy [the way he blesses non-Jews and so ask Christ to save them].
12 Ahora pues, si su fracaso beneficia al mundo, y su pérdida es de beneficio para los extranjeros, ¡cuánto más benéfico sería si ellos lograran lo que debían llegar a ser!
[When the Jews] sinned (OR, rejected Christ), [the result was that God] abundantly [blessed other people in] [MTY] the world by [offering them the opportunity to believe]. And [when the Jews] failed [spiritually, the result was that God] abundantly [blessed] the non-Jews. Since that is true, think how wonderful it will be when the complete number [of the Jews whom God has chosen will believe in Christ] [RHQ]!
13 Ahora déjenme hablarles a ustedes, extranjeros. En tanto que soy un misionero para los extranjeros, promuevo lo que hago
Now it is to you non-Jews that I am saying [what follows]. I am the one who is the apostle to non-Jews, and I highly esteem this work [that God appointed] me to do.
14 para que de alguna manera pueda despertar celo en mi pueblo y salvar a algunos de ellos.
But I also hope that [by my labors] I will make my fellow Jews (jealous/want what you non-Jews have), [with the result that] some of them will [believe and] be saved.
15 Si el resultado del rechazo de Dios hacia ellos es la reconciliación del mundo con Dios, ¡entonces el resultado de la aceptación de Dios hacia ellos sería como si los muertos volvieran a vivir!
[God] has rejected [most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that] he reconciled [many other people in] the world [MTY] [to himself]. But he will accept [my fellow Jews again when they trust in Christ]! And (this is what the result will be./do you know what the result will be?) [RHQ] It will be [as though God is making them] alive again after they have been dead!
16 Si la primera parte de la masa del pan es santa, también lo es todo el resto; si las raíces de un árbol son santas, entonces también lo son las ramas.
[Just like] the whole lump [of dough] will belong to God if [people offer] to God [MET] the [bread baked from] the first part [of it] [MET], [so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God]. And just like the branches [of a tree] will be good if the roots are good [MET], [so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God].
17 Ahora, si algunas de las ramas han sido arrancadas, y tú—un brote silvestre de olivo—has sido injertado, y has compartido con las demás ramas el beneficio de las raíces del árbol de olivo,
[God has rejected] many of [the Jews] [MET], [like] branches [of a tree] are broken off {[like people] break off [dead] branches [of a tree]}. And each of you [non-Jews whom God has accepted is like] [MET] [a branch of] a wild/uncultivated olive tree [that] was {[that someone]} grafted among the branches (OR, onto one of the branches) [that were left on a cultivated olive tree]. [God has caused] you [to benefit from how he blessed our(exc) first Jewish ancestors, as branches] benefit from the nutritious sap from the roots of a [cultivated] olive tree [MET].
18 entonces no debes menospreciar a las demás ramas. Si te sientes tentado a jactarte, recuerda que no eres tu quien sustenta a las raíces, sino que las raíces te sustentan a ti.
However, you [non-Jews] must not despise [the Jews whom God rejected] [MET], [who are like] the branches that [were broken off from the tree] If any of you [wants to] boast [about having received blessings from God], [remember this: Branches] do not nourish the roots. Instead the roots nourish [the branches] [MET]. [Similarly, you are blessed by God because of what] you [have received from the Jews! It is not what the Jews have received from] you [that blesses them] [MET]!
19 Podrías presumir, diciendo: “Las ramas fueron cortadas, por ello pueden injertarme a mí”.
If one of you then says, “[God rejected the Jews] [MET] [like] branches [MET] that are broken {that people broke} off [a tree and rejected], in order that [he might accept us non-Jews, as] branches [MET] of a tree are grafted in {[as people] graft in branches of a tree},”
20 Todo eso estaría bien, pero estas ramas fueron cortadas por su falta de fe en Dios, y tú sigues allí por tu fe en él. De modo que no te tengas en un alto concepto, sino sé respetuoso,
[I would reply that] this is true. However, it is because the Jews did not believe [in Christ] that they were rejected [MET] {that [God] rejected [MET] them}. As for you, it is [only] because you believe [in Christ] that [God has accepted] you! [So] do not [any of you] become proud, but instead beware [of what could happen to you]
21 porque si Dios no perdonó a las ramas que originalmente estaban allí, a ti tampoco te perdonará.
Since God did not spare [the unbelieving Jews] [MET] [who were like a tree’s] natural branches, he will not spare any of you [if you do] not [keep trusting in him]!
22 De modo que debes reconocer la bondad y también la dureza de Dios, pues fue duro con los caídos, pero es bondadoso contigo siempre que confíes en su bondad, de lo contrario también serías cortado.
Note then, that God acts kindly, but he also acts severely. He has acted severely toward [the Jews] who have stopped trusting in him. On the other hand, he acts kindly toward each of you [non-Jews only] if you continue [to appreciate his acting] kindly [toward you]. However, you will be rejected {[he] will reject you} if you do not [keep trusting in him].
23 Si estas ramas no se niegan más a confiar en Dios, podrán ser injertadas también, porque Dios puede injertarlas nuevamente.
And if the Jews believe [in Christ] [LIT], God also will [reunite them to himself as] branches are grafted {[as people] graft branches} into [a tree again], because God is able to do that.
24 Si tú pudiste ser cortado de un árbol de olivo, y luego injertado de manera artificial en un árbol de olivo cultivado, cuánto más fácilmente podrán ser injertadas nuevamente, de manera natural, las ramas de su propio árbol.
Each of you [non-Jews who were previously separated from God has benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews] [MET]. [That is like taking branches] that have been cut {that someone has cut} from a wild olive tree that just grew [without being planted] {[someone planting it]} and, contrary to what people usually do, grafting them into a cultivated olive tree. So God will much more readily [receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before] [MET]! [That will be like] the original branches [that had been cut off] being grafted {like grafting the original branches [that someone cut off], } back into the olive tree to which they [originally belonged]!
25 Hermanos y hermanas, no quiero que pasen por alto esta verdad que estaba oculta anteriormente, pues de lo contrario podrían volverse arrogantes. El pueblo de Israel en parte se ha vuelto terco, hasta que se complete la venida de los extranjeros.
My [non-Jewish] fellow believers, I certainly want you to understand [LIT] this truth that God has now revealed [about my fellow Jews who are refusing to believe]. You should not proudly think [that] God [now favors you] more [than the Jews] (OR, [that you understand God’s further plans for the Jews]). Many [people of] Israel will continue to be stubborn until all the non-Jews [whom God has chosen have believed in Jesus].
26 Así es como Israel se salvará. Como dice la Escritura: “El Salvador vendrá de Sión, y él hará volver a Jacob de su rebeldía contra Dios.
And then all [HYP] [the people of] Israel will be saved {[God] will save all [HYP] [the people of] Israel}. Then these words that are written {that [a prophet] wrote} [in the Scriptures will] ([become true/be fulfilled]): The one who sets [his people] free will originate from [the place where] God dwells (OR, from the Jews) [MTY]. Then he will remove the guilt of the Israelite people (OR, descendants of Jacob) [MTY].
27 Mi promesa para ellos es que borraré sus pecados”.
And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
28 Aunque ellos son enemigos de la buena noticia, —y esto los beneficia a ustedes—aún son el pueblo escogido y amado por causa de sus ancestros.
With regard to [the Jews rejecting] the good message [about Christ, God treats] them as enemies, which has benefited you [non-Jews]. But in regard to [their being the people whom God] chose, [God still] loves them because of [what he promised] their ancestors.
29 Los dones de Dios y su llamado no pueden retirarse.
[He still loves them], because he never changed his mind about the privileges/blessings he [gave to them] and about his choosing [them to be his people].
30 En un tiempo ustedes desobedecieron a Dios, pero ahora Dios les ha mostrado misericordia como resultado de la desobediencia de ellos.
You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
31 De la misma manera que ellos ahora son desobedientes como lo eran ustedes, a ellos también se les mostrará misericordia como la que ustedes recibieron.
Now the Jews have disobeyed God. The result is that by the very same way in which he acted mercifully towards you, he will act mercifully towards them [again].
32 Porque Dios trató a todos como prisioneros por causa de su desobediencia, a fin de poder ser misericordioso con todos. (eleēsē g1653)
God has declared and proved that all people, [both Jews and non-Jews] [MET], disobey ([him/his laws]). He has declared that because he wants to act mercifully towards us all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 ¡Oh cuán profundas son las riquezas, la sabiduría y el conocimiento de Dios! ¡Cuán increíbles son sus decisiones, y cuán extraordinarios son sus métodos!
[I marvel how] vast and great are the wise things that God [has done] and what he has [always] known [DOU]! We are completely unable to understand the things that he has decided and the ways [in which he acts toward us] [DOU]!
34 ¿Quién puede conocer los pensamientos de Dios? ¿Quién puede darle consejo?
[I remember the Scriptures that say], (No one has known what the Lord thinks./Who has known what the Lord thinks?) [RHQ] (Absolutely no one has given him advice [about what he should do!]/Who has advised him [about what he should do]?) [RHQ]
35 ¿Quién le ha dado alguna vez a Dios algo que luego él tuviera la obligación de pagárselo?
And, (No one has given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God!]/Has anyone given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God]?) [RHQ] So God (is not obligated to/does not have to) pay back anything to anyone!
36 Todo proviene de él, todo existe por medio de él, y todo es para él. ¡Gloria a Dios para siempre, amén! (aiōn g165)
God [is the one who created] all things. He is also the one who [sustains all things]. The reason that he created them was that [everything he created might praise] him. May [all people] honor him forever! (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
