romiṇaḥ 9
1 ahaṁ kāñcid kalpitāṁ kathāṁ na kathayāmi, khrīṣṭasya sākṣāt satyameva bravīmi pavitrasyātmanaḥ sākṣān madīyaṁ mana etat sākṣyaṁ dadāti|
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 mamāntaratiśayaduḥkhaṁ nirantaraṁ khedaśca
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3 tasmād ahaṁ svajātīyabhrātṛṇāṁ nimittāt svayaṁ khrīṣṭācchāpākrānto bhavitum aiccham|
For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 yatasta isrāyelasya vaṁśā api ca dattakaputratvaṁ tejo niyamo vyavasthādānaṁ mandire bhajanaṁ pratijñāḥ pitṛpuruṣagaṇaścaiteṣu sarvveṣu teṣām adhikāro'sti|
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
5 tat kevalaṁ nahi kintu sarvvādhyakṣaḥ sarvvadā saccidānanda īśvaro yaḥ khrīṣṭaḥ so'pi śārīrikasambandhena teṣāṁ vaṁśasambhavaḥ| (aiōn g165)
whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 īśvarasya vākyaṁ viphalaṁ jātam iti nahi yatkāraṇād isrāyelo vaṁśe ye jātāste sarvve vastuta isrāyelīyā na bhavanti|
But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
7 aparam ibrāhīmo vaṁśe jātā api sarvve tasyaiva santānā na bhavanti kintu ishāko nāmnā tava vaṁśo vikhyāto bhaviṣyati|
neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 arthāt śārīrikasaṁsargāt jātāḥ santānā yāvantastāvanta eveśvarasya santānā na bhavanti kintu pratiśravaṇād ye jāyante taeveśvaravaṁśo gaṇyate|
That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
9 yatastatpratiśrute rvākyametat, etādṛśe samaye 'haṁ punarāgamiṣyāmi tatpūrvvaṁ sārāyāḥ putra eko janiṣyate|
For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 aparamapi vadāmi svamano'bhilāṣata īśvareṇa yannirūpitaṁ tat karmmato nahi kintvāhvayitu rjātametad yathā siddhyati
And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac—
11 tadarthaṁ ribkānāmikayā yoṣitā janaikasmād arthād asmākam ishākaḥ pūrvvapuruṣād garbhe dhṛte tasyāḥ santānayoḥ prasavāt pūrvvaṁ kiñca tayoḥ śubhāśubhakarmmaṇaḥ karaṇāt pūrvvaṁ
for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,
12 tāṁ pratīdaṁ vākyam uktaṁ, jyeṣṭhaḥ kaniṣṭhaṁ seviṣyate,
it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 yathā likhitam āste, tathāpyeṣāvi na prītvā yākūbi prītavān ahaṁ|
Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
14 tarhi vayaṁ kiṁ brūmaḥ? īśvaraḥ kim anyāyakārī? tathā na bhavatu|
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 yataḥ sa svayaṁ mūsām avadat; ahaṁ yasmin anugrahaṁ cikīrṣāmi tamevānugṛhlāmi, yañca dayitum icchāmi tameva daye|
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
16 ataevecchatā yatamānena vā mānavena tanna sādhyate dayākāriṇeśvareṇaiva sādhyate|
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
17 phirauṇi śāstre likhati, ahaṁ tvaddvārā matparākramaṁ darśayituṁ sarvvapṛthivyāṁ nijanāma prakāśayituñca tvāṁ sthāpitavān|
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
18 ataḥ sa yam anugrahītum icchati tamevānugṛhlāti, yañca nigrahītum icchati taṁ nigṛhlāti|
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 yadi vadasi tarhi sa doṣaṁ kuto gṛhlāti? tadīyecchāyāḥ pratibandhakatvaṁ karttaṁ kasya sāmarthyaṁ vidyate?
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
20 he īśvarasya pratipakṣa martya tvaṁ kaḥ? etādṛśaṁ māṁ kutaḥ sṛṣṭavān? iti kathāṁ sṛṣṭavastu sraṣṭre kiṁ kathayiṣyati?
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
21 ekasmān mṛtpiṇḍād utkṛṣṭāpakṛṣṭau dvividhau kalaśau karttuṁ kiṁ kulālasya sāmarthyaṁ nāsti?
Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
22 īśvaraḥ kopaṁ prakāśayituṁ nijaśaktiṁ jñāpayituñcecchan yadi vināśasya yogyāni krodhabhājanāni prati bahukālaṁ dīrghasahiṣṇutām āśrayati;
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
23 aparañca vibhavaprāptyarthaṁ pūrvvaṁ niyuktānyanugrahapātrāṇi prati nijavibhavasya bāhulyaṁ prakāśayituṁ kevalayihūdināṁ nahi bhinnadeśināmapi madhyād
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
24 asmāniva tānyāhvayati tatra tava kiṁ?
[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
25 hośeyagranthe yathā likhitam āste, yo loko mama nāsīt taṁ vadiṣyāmi madīyakaṁ| yā jāti rme'priyā cāsīt tāṁ vadiṣyāmyahaṁ priyāṁ|
As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
26 yūyaṁ madīyalokā na yatreti vākyamaucyata| amareśasya santānā iti khyāsyanti tatra te|
And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
27 isrāyelīyalokeṣu yiśāyiyo'pi vācametāṁ prācārayat, isrāyelīyavaṁśānāṁ yā saṁkhyā sā tu niścitaṁ| samudrasikatāsaṁkhyāsamānā yadi jāyate| tathāpi kevalaṁ lokairalpaistrāṇaṁ vrajiṣyate|
And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:
28 yato nyāyena svaṁ karmma pareśaḥ sādhayiṣyati| deśe saeva saṁkṣepānnijaṁ karmma kariṣyati|
for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
29 yiśāyiyo'paramapi kathayāmāsa, sainyādhyakṣapareśena cet kiñcinnodaśiṣyata| tadā vayaṁ sidomevābhaviṣyāma viniścitaṁ| yadvā vayam amorāyā agamiṣyāma tulyatāṁ|
And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.
30 tarhi vayaṁ kiṁ vakṣyāmaḥ? itaradeśīyā lokā api puṇyārtham ayatamānā viśvāsena puṇyam alabhanta;
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
31 kintvisrāyellokā vyavasthāpālanena puṇyārthaṁ yatamānāstan nālabhanta|
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.
32 tasya kiṁ kāraṇaṁ? te viśvāsena nahi kintu vyavasthāyāḥ kriyayā ceṣṭitvā tasmin skhalanajanake pāṣāṇe pādaskhalanaṁ prāptāḥ|
Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
33 likhitaṁ yādṛśam āste, paśya pādaskhalārthaṁ hi sīyoni prastarantathā| bādhākārañca pāṣāṇaṁ paristhāpitavānaham| viśvasiṣyati yastatra sa jano na trapiṣyate|
even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
