До римлян 9
1 Кажу́ правду в Христі, не обманюю, як сві́дчить мені моє сумлі́ння через Духа Святого,
[Now I would like to discuss the fact that most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ]. Because of my relationship with Christ, I say completely truthfully [what I will now tell you]. I am not lying [DOU]! My conscience confirms what I [say] because the Holy Spirit [controls it].
2 що маю велику скорбо́ту й невпинну му́ку для серця свого!
[I tell you that] I grieve very greatly and deeply [DOU] [about my fellow Israelites].
3 Бо я бажав би сам бути відлу́чений від Христа замість братів моїх, рідних мені тілом;
I personally would be willing to let [God] curse me [and, as a result, be separated] from Christ, [if that would] help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, [to believe in Christ].
4 вони ізра́їльтяни, що їм належить сині́вство, і слава, і заповіти, і законода́вство, і богослужба, і обі́тниці,
We [Jews] are [Israelites, God’s chosen] descendants of [Jacob]. [God has always considered] us as his children [MET]. It was to our ancestors [that he used to appear] gloriously [while they were in the desert]. It was with them that [God made] covenants [several times]. It was to them [that God] gave the laws [at Sinai Mountain]. They were the ones [to whom God showed how they should] worship him. They were the ones [to whom God] promised many things, [especially that the Messiah would come from their race].
5 що їхні й отці, і від них же тілом Христос, що Він над усіма́ Бог, благослове́нний, навіки, амі́нь. (aiōn g165)
It was our ancestors, [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation]. And, [most importantly], it was from us Israelites that the Messiah received his human nature. [Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], who is the one who controls all things! He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! (OR, Amen!) (aiōn g165)
6 Не так, щоб Слово Боже не збуло́ся. Бо не всі ті ізра́їльтяни, хто від Ізраїля,
[God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that their descendants would all inherit his blessings]. But [although most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], that does not [prove] that God has failed [to do] the things that he promised, because it is not all who are descended from Jacob and who [call themselves the people of] Israel whom [God considers] to be truly his people.
7 і не всі діти Авраамові, хто від насіння його, але: „в Ісаку буде насіння тобі“.
And it is also not all of Abraham’s natural descendants that [God considers] to be his people. Instead, [God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children]. [This agrees with what God told Abraham]: “It is Isaac, [not any of your(sg) other sons], whom [I] will consider [to be the true father of] your descendants.”
8 Цебто, не тілесні діти — то діти Божі, але діти обі́тниці признаю́ться за насіння.
That means that it is not all the natural-born descendants [of Abraham] whom God [considers as] his children. Instead, it is those who [believed what God] promised whom [he] considers to be his children.
9 А слово обі́тниці таке: „На той час прийду́, і бу́де син у Сари“.
[You know that what God] promised [to Abraham] was this: “About this time [next year] Sarah [your wife] will bear a son [as a result of my enabling] [MTY] [her to do so].” [So Abraham knew that it was not through Ishmael, the son that he already had, that God would fulfill what he had promised him] (OR, [that his true descendants would come]).
10 І не тільки це, але й Реве́кка зачала́ дітей від одно́го ложа отця нашого Ісака,
And not only then did God show [that he did not determine who would be his true children according to who their ancestors were. He showed it again] when Rebecca conceived [twins] by our ancestor Isaac.
11 бо коли вони ще не народились, і нічо́го доброго чи злого не вчинили, — щоб позоста́лась постанова Божа у вибра́нні
Before [the twins, Jacob and Esau], were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, [God] said to Rebecca [about the twins she was to bear], “The older one shall later serve the younger one, [contrary to normal custom].” [God said this] in order that [we] might [clearly] understand that what he purposed [for people] was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s [eternal destiny] does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on [God], the one who chooses them.
12 не від учинків, але́ від То́го, Хто кличе, — сказано їй: „Більший служитиме меншому“,
13 як і написано: „Полюбив Я Якова, а Ісава знена́видів“.
And [this teaching is] ([supported/shown to be true]) [by] what is written [in the Scriptures] {what [a prophet] recorded} [that God said]: “I favored Jacob, [the younger son]. I did not favor [HYP] Esau, [the older son].”
14 Що ж скажемо? Може в Бога неправда? Зо́всім ні!
[Someone] might say, “(Is God unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose?/I think] that God is unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose!])” [RHQ] [I would reply], “[He is] certainly not [unjust]!”
15 Бо Він каже Мойсеєві: „Помилую, кого хочу помилувати, і змилосе́рджуся, над ким хочу змилосе́рдитись“.
God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose [DOU]!”
16 Отож, не залежить це ні від то́го, хто хоче, ні від того, хто біжить, але від Бога, що милує.
So [God chooses people], not because they want [God to choose them] or because they try hard [to do things so that he] will [accept them]. Instead he chooses people because he himself has mercy [on undeserving ones].
17 Бо Писа́ння говорить фараонові: „Власне на те Я поставив тебе, щоб на тобі показати Свою силу, і щоб звістилось по ці́лій землі Моє Йме́ння“.
[Moses] recorded [PRS] [that God had told] Pharaoh, “This is why I gave you [(sg)] authority [MTY]: It was in order that I might show [by how I oppose] you [how exceedingly] powerful I am, and in order that people everywhere [HYP] would hear about me [MTY].”
18 Отож, кого хоче — Він милує, і кого хоче — ожорсто́чує.
So [we conclude that God] kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly towards. But he makes stubborn the ones [such as Pharaoh] that he wants [to make stubborn].
19 А ти скажеш мені: „Чого ж іще Він докоря́є, бо хто може проти́витись волі Його?“
[One of] you may [object to this by] saying to me, “[Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do]. (No one has resisted what God has willed!/Who has resisted what God has willed?) [RHQ] Therefore, (it would not be right that God would still condemn [a person for having sinned]!/why does God still condemn [a person for having sinned]?) [RHQ]”
20 Отже, хто́ ти, чоловіче, що ти спереча́єшся з Богом? Чи скаже тво́риво творце́ві: Пощо ти зробив мене так?
[I would reply that since] you [(sg)] are [just a] human being, (you do not [have any right at all to] criticize God!/[who are you to] say that what God does is wrong?) [RHQ] [As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you]. (A clay pot [MET] certainly would not [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”/Would a clay pot [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”) [RHQ]
21 Чи ганча́р не має вла́ди над глиною, щоб із того самого міси́ва зробити одну посу́дину на честь, а одну на нечесть?
Instead, (the potter certainly has the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] one for ordinary purposes [MET]./does not a potter have the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] pot for ordinary purposes?) [MET, RHQ] [Similarly, God has the right to carry out what he purposes for people].
22 Тож Бог, бажаючи показати гнів і виявити могутність Свою, щади́в із великим терпінням посу́дини гніву, що готові були на погибіль,
Although God desires to show that he is angry [about sin], and [although he desires to] make clear that he can powerfully [punish people who have sinned], he tolerated very patiently the people [MET] who caused him to be angry and who deserved to be destroyed (OR, who were made to be destroyed).
23 і щоб виявити багатство слави Своєї на посудинах милосердя, що їх приготува́в на славу,
[God has been patient] in order that he might make clear how very wonderfully [he acts toward those] [MET] whom he intended to act mercifully towards and whom he prepared ahead of time in order that they might [live] gloriously [in heaven].
24 на нас, що їх і покликав не тільки від юдеїв, але й від поган.
That means us whom he chose—not only [us] Jews but also non-Jews.
25 Як і в Осії Він говорить: „Назву Своїм наро́дом не людей Моїх, і не улю́блену — улю́бленою,
[These words that] Hosea wrote [MTY] that [God] said also (show that God has the right/[support God’s right]) [to choose from among both Jews and non-Jews] [MTY]: I will declare that many people who were not my people are now my people. I will declare that many people whom I did not love [HYP] before, I love now.
26 і на місці, де сказано їм: Ви не Мій наро́д, там на́звані будуть синами Бога Живого!“
And [another prophet wrote]: What will happen is that in the places where [God] told them before, “You are not my people,” in those same places [people] will declare truthfully that they are children of God, who is completely powerful.
27 А Ісая взиває про Ізраїля: „Коли б число синів Ізра́їлевих було, як мо́рський пісок, то тільки останок спасеться,
Isaiah also exclaimed concerning the Israelites: Even though the Israelites are [so many that no one can count them, like] sand [particles on the beach beside] the ocean, [only] a small part of them will be saved {[God] will save [only] a small part of them},
28 бо вирок закінчений та скорочений у праведності учинить Господь на землі!“
because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the [people who live on] this earth, as he said that he would do.
29 І як Ісая віщував: „Коли б Госпо́дь Савао́т не лишив нам насіння, то ми стали б, як Содо́м, і подібні були б до Гомо́рри!“
[Also, we can understand from what the prophet] Isaiah said [that God would not save] anyone if he did not show mercy: If the Lord, who controls everything in heaven, had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah, who were [SIM, DOU] completely destroyed.
30 Що ж скажемо? Що погани, які не шукали праведности, досягли праведности, тієї праведности, що від віри,
We must conclude this: [RHQ] Although non-Jews did not search out [a way by which] God would erase the record of their sins, they actually found that way because they trusted [in what Christ did for them].
31 а Ізраїль, що шукав Закона праведности, не досяг Закону праведности.
But although [the people of] Israel sought a basis [by which God would] erase the record of their sins, they did not succeed in [fulfilling the true purpose of the] laws [that God gave to Moses].
32 Чому́? Бо шукали не з віри, але якби з учинків Зако́ну; вони бо спіткнулись об камінь спотика́ння,
The reason [RHQ] [that they did not succeed] is that they did not trust that [God would provide a way to save them]. Instead, they were trying to do certain things [in order that God would accept them. Because they did not expect the Messiah to die, the Israelites] felt disgusted about [Jesus’ death, which is like] the stone [MET] on which people stumble.
33 як написано: „Ось Я кладу́ на Сіоні камінь спотика́ння та скелю спокуси, і кожен, хто вірує в Нього, не посоро́миться!“
This is what [a prophet] predicted when he wrote these words that [God said about the Messiah]: Listen! I am placing in Israel [MTY] [one who is like] a stone [MET] on which people will stumble. What he does will offend people [DOU]. Nevertheless, those who believe in him will not be disappointed.
