ᏉᎳ ᎶᎻ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏧᏬᏪᎳᏁᎸᎯ 11
1 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏥᏪᎭ, ᏥᎪ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏴᏛ ᏂᏚᏩᏁᎸ ᏧᏤᎵ ᏴᏫ? ᎬᏩᏟᏍᏗ. ᎠᏴᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏥᎢᏏᎵ, ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎤᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᏅᏛᏆᏓᎴᏅᎯ, ᏇᏂ ᎠᏂᎳᏍᏓᎸ ᎨᎳ.
I ask, then, ‘Has God rejected his people?’ Heaven forbid! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎥᏝ ᎢᏴᏛ ᏱᏂᏚᏩᏁᎸ ᏧᏤᎵ ᏴᏫ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏳᎳ ᏥᏂᏓᎦᏔᎰᎢ. ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎬ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎾᎿᎭᎢᎳᏯ ᎠᏥᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ? ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎲ ᏕᎠᏡᏗᏍᎬ ᎢᏏᎵ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎬᎢ,
God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the first. Have you forgotten the words of scripture in the story of Elijah – how he appeals to God against Israel?
3 ᏱᎰᏩ, ᏕᏅᏂᎸ ᏗᏣᏤᎵ ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏥᎸ ᏗᎨᎳᏍᏗᏱ ᏗᏣᏤᎵ ᏚᏂᏲᏍᏔᏅ; ᎠᎴ ᎠᏋᏒᎯᏳ ᎠᏆᎵᏃᎯᏴ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴ ᎬᎩᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏂᏲᎭ.
‘Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have pulled down your altars, and I only am left; and now they are eager to take my life.’
4 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎦᏙ ᎠᏗᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏬᎯᎵᏴᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ? ᎬᏆᎵᏃᎯᏰᏗᏱ ᎾᏋᏁᎸ ᎦᎵᏉᎩ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᎢᏯᏂᏛ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏚᎾᎵᏂᏆᏅᏁᎸᎾ ᏇᎠᎵ.
But what was the divine response? ‘I have kept for myself seven thousand who have never bowed the knee to Baal.’
5 ᎾᏍᎩᏯᏃ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᎾᎵᏃᎯᏴᎯ ᎠᏁᎭ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏩᏔᏅ ᏚᏑᏰᏒᎢ.
And so in our own time, too, there is to be found a remnant of our nation selected by God in love.
6 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ; ᎿᎭᏉ ᎥᏝ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ; ᎢᏳᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏄᏍᏗ, ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎥᏝ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏱᎦᎩ. ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎿᎭᏉ ᎥᏝ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ; ᎢᏳᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏄᏍᏗ, ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎥᏝ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏱᎦᎩ.
But if in love, then it is not as a result of obedience. Otherwise love would cease to be love.
7 ᎦᏙᏃ [ ᏫᎬᏛᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ?] ᎢᏏᎵ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏩᏛᎲ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏲᎲᎩ; ᎨᎦᏑᏰᏛᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᏩᏛᎲ, ᎠᏂᏐᎢᏃ ᏚᏂᎫᏏᏲᏨᎩ.
What follows from this? Why, that Israel as a nation failed to secure what it was seeking, while those whom God selected did secure it.
8 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎬᏅ ᏥᎪᏪᎳ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏚᏁᎸ ᎠᏓᎵᏔᏗᏍᎩ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᏂᎦᏙᎵ ᏗᎬᏩᏂᎪᏩᏛᏙᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᏂᎴᏂ ᏗᎬᏩᎾᏛᎪᏙᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏯᏍᏗ.
The rest grew callous; as scripture says – ‘God has given them a deadness of mind – eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear – and it is so to this very day.’
9 ᎠᎴ ᏕᏫ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᎭ, ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏱ ᎤᏂᏍᎩᎸ ᎤᏁᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏌᏛᎥᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏃᏕᎯᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏍᏛᏗᏍᏙᏗ ᏫᏄᎾᎵᏍᏓᏏ;
David, too, says – ‘May their feasts prove a snare and a trap to them – a hindrance and a retribution;
10 ᏗᏂᎦᏙᎵ ᏫᏗᎨᎦᎵᏏᎲᏍᏓᏏ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᎪᏩᏛᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᏚᎾᏗᏌᏓᏕᎨᏍᏗ.
may their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and do you always make their backs to bend.’
11 ᎯᎠ ᎠᏗᎾ ᏂᏥᏪᎭ, ᏥᎪ ᏚᏃᏕᎸ ᏰᎵ ᏧᏂᏅᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏰᎸᏎᎢ? ᎬᏩᏟᏍᏗ; ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ ᏚᏂᏅᏨ ᏄᏩᏂᏌᏅ ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᎷᏤᎸ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏛᏳᎨᏗᏱ ᎢᏳᏅᏂᏐᏗᏱ.
I ask then – ‘Was their stumbling to result in their fall?’ Heaven forbid! On the contrary, through their falling away salvation has reached the Gentiles, to stir the rivalry of Israel.
12 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏂᏅᏨ ᎤᏁᏅᎢᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏱᎩ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎡᏍᎦ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎤᏁᏅᎢᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏱᎩ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ, ᏂᎦᎥ ᎤᎶᏒᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᎧᎵᏨᎭ.
And, if their falling away has enriched the world, and their failure has enriched the Gentiles, how much more will result from their full restoration!
13 ᏂᎯᏰᏃ ᎢᏨᏬᏁᏗᎭ ᏗᏣᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎠᏴ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᎨᏒ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᎦᏥᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᏗᏱ, ᏥᎸᏉᏗᎭ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎥᏆᏒᎦᎶᏛᎢ;
But I am speaking to you who were Gentiles.
14 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏰᎵ ᎢᎬᏆᏛᏁᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏯᏋᏂᏐᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏟᏂᎬᏁᏗᏱ ᎣᎩᏠᏱ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎦᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗᏱ.
Being myself an apostle to the Gentiles, I exalt my office, in the hope that I may stir my countrymen to rivalry, and so save some of them.
15 ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏥᏐᏅᎢᏍᏔᏅᎢ ᎤᏃᎯᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᏱᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎦᏙ ᎤᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏕᎨᎦᏓᏂᎸᏨᎭ, ᏚᏂᏲᎱᏒᏍᎩᏂ ᏚᎾᎴᎯᏌᏅ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
For, if their being cast aside has meant the reconciliation of the world, what will their reception mean, but life from the dead?
16 ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎤᎬᏛᎾᏨᎯ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏱᎩ, ᏂᎦᏛ ᎾᏍᏉ [ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ; ] ᎢᏳ ᎠᎴ ᏚᎿᎭᏍᏕᏢ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏱᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏚᏩᏂᎦᎸᎢ.
If the first handful of dough is holy, so is the whole mass, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 ᎢᏳᏃ ᏚᏩᏂᎦᎸ ᎢᎦᏛ ᏱᏗᎬᏂᎦᎴᏒ, ᏂᎯᏃ ᎢᎾᎨ-ᎮᎯ ᎣᎵᏩ ᏡᎬ ᎾᎿᎭᏱᏫᏰᏣᏱᏢᏔᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏕᎶᏛ ᏱᏤᎳᏗᏍᏗ ᏱᏣᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏚᎿᎭᏍᏕᏢ ᎠᎴ ᎦᎵᏦᏅ ᎣᎵᏩ ᏡᎬᎢ;
Some, however, of the branches were broken off, and you, who were only a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and came to share with them the root which is the source of the richness of the cultivated olive.
18 ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏔᏢᏈᏎᎮᏍᏗ ᏚᏩᏂᎦᎸᎢ. ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᏯᏢᏈᏍᎦ, ᎥᏝ ᏂᎯ ᏚᎿᎭᏍᏕᏢ ᏱᏘᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᎦ, ᏚᎿᎭᏍᏕᏢᏍᎩᏂ ᏂᎯ ᎨᏣᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᎦ.
Yet do not exult over the other branches. But, if you do exult over them, remember that you do not support the root, but that the root supports you.
19 ᎯᎠ ᎠᏗᎾ ᎨᎵ ᏅᏛᎯᏪᏏ, ᏚᏩᏂᎦᎸ ᏚᏅᏂᎦᎸᎲᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᎥᏋᏱᏢᏗᏱ ᎾᎿᎭᏂ.
But branches, you will say, were broken off, so that I might be grafted in.
20 ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ; ᏄᏃᎯᏳᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᏅᏓᏳᎵᏍᏙᏔᏅᎩ ᏕᎨᏥᏂᎦᎸᎲᎩ; ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᏥᏙᎦ ᏦᎯᏳᏒ ᏂᎬᏂᏏᎭ. ᏞᏍᏗᏉ ᎤᏟ ᏱᏣᏤᎸᏎᏍᏗ, ᎯᎾᏰᏍᎨᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂ;
True, it was because of their want of faith that they were broken off, and it is because of your faith that you are standing. Do not think too highly of yourself, but beware.
21 ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏂᏚᎨᏳᏅᎾ ᏱᎩ ᏅᏁᎯᏯ ᏚᏩᏂᎦᎸᎢ, ᏂᎯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏂᏣᎨᏳᏅᎾᏉ ᏱᎩ.
For, if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
22 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎭᎦᏌᏯᏍᏓ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ; ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏳ ᏂᏕᎬᏁᎲ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏧᏂᏅᏨᎯ; ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏓᏅᏘᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏣᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᎲᎢ; ᎢᏳᏃ ᏱᏅᏩᏍᏗᏗ ᏕᏣᏂᏴᏒ ᎤᏓᏅᏘᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎡᏨᎾᎦᎴᏍᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
See, then, both the goodness and the severity of God – his severity towards those who fell, and his goodness towards you, provided that you continue to confide in that goodness; otherwise you, also, will be cut off.
23 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎾᏍᏉ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᎬᏩᏍᏗᎭᏉ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏄᏃᎯᏳᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎨᏥᏱᏢᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ; ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏰᏃ ᏰᎵᏉ ᏔᎵᏁ ᏗᎬᏩᏱᏢᏗ.
And they, too, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God has it in his power to graft them in again.
24 ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᏂᎯ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎡᎯᏯ ᎣᎵᏩ ᏡᎬ ᏨᏱᏢᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᎿᎭᎮᎯᏯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎣᎵᏩ ᏡᎬ ᏰᏨᏱᏢᏅ, ᎤᏟᎯᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᎯᏘᏳ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏁᎯᏯ ᏥᎩ, ᎨᏥᏱᏢᏗ ᎾᎿᎭᎤᏅᏒ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦᏯ ᎣᎵᏩ ᏡᎬᎢ.
If you were cut off from your natural stock – a wild olive – and were grafted, contrary to the course of nature, on a good olive, much more will they – the natural branches – be grafted back into their parent tree.
25 ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᏯᏆᏚᎵ, ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᏂᏥᎦᏔᎲᎾᏉ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏕᎵᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ, ( ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎾᎢᏉᏰᏃ ᏱᏅᏣᎵᏍᏓ ᎢᏨᏒ ᎢᏣᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬᎢ, ) ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎫᏏᏲᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᎷᏤᎸ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎢᏏᎵ, ᎬᏂ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᎨᏒ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏂᏴᎸᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ,
My friends, so that you don’t think too highly of yourselves, I want you to recognize the truth, hitherto hidden, that the callousness which has come over Israel is only partial, and will continue only until the whole Gentile world has been gathered in.
26 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂ ᏂᎦᏗᏳ ᎢᏏᎵ ᎨᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ; ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎬᏅ ᏥᎪᏪᎳ, ᏌᏯᏂ ᏅᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅᎯ ᏓᎦᎷᏥ ᏗᎫᏓᎴᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏴᏛ ᏅᏓᎬᏁᎵ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏄᏂᎸᏉᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎢᎦᏈ ᎤᏪᎲᎢ.
And then all Israel will be saved. As scripture says – ‘From Zion will come the Deliverer; he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.
27 ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏕᎦᏥᏯᏠᎢᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ, ᎾᎯᏳ ᎦᏥᎥᎡᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏅᎭ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨᎢ.
And they will see the fulfillment of my covenant, when I have taken away their sins.’
28 ᎣᏍᏛᏃ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎨᏥᏍᎦᎩ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᏂᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ; ᏓᏑᏰᏍᎬᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ, ᎨᏥᎨᏳᎭ ᎠᏂᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎨᏒ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ.
From the standpoint of the good news, the Jews are God’s enemies for your sake; but from the standpoint of God’s selection, they are dear to him for the sake of the patriarchs.
29 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏰᏃ ᎤᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏓᏯᏅᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏝᏉ ᎤᏰᎸᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏐᎢ.
For God never regrets his gifts or his call.
30 ᏂᎯᏰᏃ ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ ᏁᏦᎢᏳᏒᎾ ᏥᎨᏒᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎪᎯ ᎡᏥᏙᎵᏨᎯ ᎢᎩ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏃᎯᏳᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ;
Just as you at one time were disobedient to him, but have now found mercy in the day of their disobedience;
31 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏃᎯᏳᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏣᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏐᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎨᏥᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
so, too, they have now become disobedient in your day of mercy, in order that they also in their turn may now find mercy.
For God has given all alike over to disobedience, that to all alike he may show mercy. (eleēsē g1653)
33 ᎾᏎᏫᏂᏴ ᎤᏣᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏙᏌᏂᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏔᎾᎢᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ! ᏂᎦᎥᏉ ᎬᎪᎵᏰᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏕᎫᎪᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏪᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎨᏒ ᎦᎪᎷᏩᏛᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ!
Oh! The unfathomable wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments, how untraceable his ways! Yes –
34 ᎦᎪᏰᏃ ᎤᎦᏙᎥᏐ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏓᏅᏛ ᏱᎰᏩ? ᎠᎴ ᎦᎪ ᎤᎾᏖᏆᎶᏃ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏖᎶᎢ?
ho has ever comprehended the mind of the Lord? Who has ever become his counsellor?
35 ᎠᎴ ᎦᎪ ᏚᏓᎴᏅᏔᏅ ᎤᏁᎸ, ᎠᎴ ᏔᎵᏁ ᏛᎠᎦᎫᏴᎡᎵ?
Or who has first given to him, so that he may claim a reward?
