Romans 9
1 I am speaking the truth as one in union with Christ; it is no lie; and my conscience, enlightened by the Holy Spirit,
Govorim resnico v Kristusu, ne lažem, prav tako mi moja vest pričuje v Svetem Duhu,
2 bears me out when I say that there is a great weight of sorrow on me and that my heart is never free from pain.
da imam v svojem srcu veliko potrtost in nenehno bridkost.
3 I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my people – my own flesh and blood.
Kajti lahko bi si želel, da bi bil jaz sam preklet pred Kristusom za svoje brate, moje sorodnike glede na meso;
4 For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as children, the visible presence, the covenants, the revealed Law, the Temple worship, and the promises.
ki so Izraelci, ki jim pripada posvojitev in slava in zaveze in dajanje postave in bogoslužje in obljube;
5 They are descended from the patriarchs, and, as far as his human nature was concerned, from them came the Christ – he who is supreme over all things, God for ever blessed. Amen. (aiōn g165)
katerih so očetje in iz katerih je, glede na meso, prišel Kristus, ki je čez vse, Bog, blagoslovljen na veke. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Not that God’s Word has failed. For it is not all who are descended from Israel who are true Israelites;
Ne, kakor da Božja beseda ne učinkuje. Kajti niso vsi Izraelci, ki so iz Izraela;
7 nor, because they are Abraham’s descendants, are they all his children; but – ‘It is Isaac’s children who will be called your descendants.’
niti zato, ker so Abrahamovi potomci, niso vsi otroci, temveč: ›Po Izaku se bo imenovalo tvoje seme.‹
8 This means that it is not the children born in the course of nature who are God’s children, but it is the children born in fulfillment of the promise who are to be regarded as Abraham’s descendants.
To se pravi: »Tisti, ki so meseni otroci, tisti niso Božji otroci, temveč so za potomstvo šteti otroci obljube.«
9 For these words are the words of a promise – ‘About this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.’
Kajti to je beseda obljube: ›Ob tem času bom prišel in Sara bo imela sina.‹
10 Nor is that all. There is also the case of Rebecca, when she was about to bear children to our ancestor Isaac.
Pa ne samo to; temveč, ko je tudi Rebeka spočela po enem, celó po našem očetu Izaku
11 For in order that the purpose of God, working through selection, might not fail – a selection depending, not on obedience, but on his call – Rebecca was told, before her children were born and before they had done anything either right or wrong,
(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),
12 that the elder would be a servant to the younger.
ji je bilo rečeno: ›Starejši bo služil mlajšemu.‹
13 The words of scripture are – ‘I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.’
Kakor je pisano: ›Jakoba sem ljubil, toda Ezava sem sovražil.‹
14 What are we to say, then? Is God guilty of injustice? Heaven forbid!
Kaj bomo torej rekli? Ali je pri Bogu nepravičnost? Bog ne daj.
15 For his words to Moses are – ‘I will take pity on whom I take pity, and be merciful to whom I am merciful.’
Kajti Mojzesu je rekel: ›Usmilil se bom, kogar se hočem usmiliti in sočutje bom imel, do kogar hočem imeti sočutje.‹
16 So, then, all depends, not on human wishes or human efforts, but on God’s mercy.
Torej potem to ni od tistega, ki hoče niti od tistega, ki teče, temveč od Boga, ki izkazuje usmiljenje.
17 In scripture, again, it is said to Pharaoh – ‘It was for this purpose that I raised you to the throne, to show my power by my dealings with you, and to make my name known throughout the world.’
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.‹
18 So, then, where God wills, he takes pity, and where he wills, he hardens the heart.
Torej se usmili, kogar se hoče usmiliti in kogar hoče, tega zakrkne.
19 Perhaps you will say to me – ‘How can anyone still be blamed? For who withstands his purpose?’
Torej mi boš rekel: »Zakaj še najde krivdo? Kajti kdo se je uprl njegovi volji?«
20 I might rather ask ‘Who are you who are arguing with God?’ Does a thing which a person has moulded say to the person who has moulded it ‘Why did you make me like this?’
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?«
21 Has not the potter absolute power over their clay, so that out of the same lump they make one thing for better, and another for common, use?
Mar nima lončar moči nad ilom, da iz iste grude naredi eno posodo v čast, drugo pa v nečast?
22 And what if God, intending to reveal his displeasure and make his power known, bore most patiently with the objects of his displeasure, though they were fit only to be destroyed,
Kaj pa, če je Bog, voljan pokazati svoj bes in pokazati svojo moč, z veliko potrpežljivosti prenašal posode besa, primerne za uničenje,
23 so as to make known his surpassing glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory,
in da bi lahko dal spoznati bogastva svoje slave na posodah usmiljenja, ki jih je vnaprej pripravil za slavo,
24 and whom he called – even us – not only from among the Jews but from among the Gentiles also!
celó nas, ki nas je poklical, ne samo izmed Judov, temveč tudi izmed poganov?
25 This, indeed, is what he says in the book of Hosea – ‘Those who were not my people, I will call my people, and those who were unloved I will love.
Kakor tudi pravi v Ozeju: ›Ljudi, ki niso bili moji, bom imenoval moji ljudje; in njo, ki ni bila ljubljena, ljubljeno.‹
26 And in the place where it was said to them – “You are not my people”, they will be called sons of the living God.’
In zgodilo se bo, da na kraju, kjer jim je bilo rečeno: ›Vi niste moji ljudje, ‹ tam bodo imenovani otroci živega Boga.
27 And Isaiah cries aloud over Israel – ‘Though the sons of Israel are like the sand of the sea in number, only a remnant of them will escape!
Tudi Izaija kliče glede Izraela: ›Četudi bo število Izraelovih otrok kakor morskega peska, bo rešen ostanek; ‹
28 For the Lord will execute his sentence on the world, fully and without delay.’
kajti dokončal bo delo in ga nenadoma prekinil v pravičnosti; ker bo Gospod na zemlji hitro opravil svoje delo.
29 It is as Isaiah foretold – ‘Had not the Lord of Hosts spared some few of our people to us, we should have become like Sodom and been made to resemble Gomorrah.’
In kakor je prej rekel Izaija: ›Razen če nam Gospod nad vojskami ne bi pustil semena, bi bili kakor Sódoma in bi posnemali Gomóro.‹
30 What are we to say, then? Why, that Gentiles, who were not in search of righteousness, secured it – a righteousness which was the result of faith;
Kaj bomo potem rekli? Da so se pogani, ki si niso prizadevali za pravičnost, dokopali do pravičnosti, celó pravičnosti, ki je iz vere.
31 while Israel, which was in search of a Law which would ensure righteousness, failed to discover one.
Toda Izrael, ki si je prizadeval za postavo pravičnosti, se ni dokopal do postave pravičnosti.
32 And why? Because they looked to obedience, and not to faith, to secure it. They stumbled over the stumbling-block.
Zakaj? Ker tega niso iskali po veri, temveč kakor bi bilo to po delih postave. Kajti spotaknili so se ob tisti kamen spotike,
33 As scripture says – ‘See, I place a stumbling-block in Zion – a rock which will prove a hindrance; and he who believes in him will have no cause for shame.’
kakor je pisano: ›Glej, na Sionu položim kamen spotike in skalo pohujšanja; in kdorkoli veruje vanj, ne bo osramočen.‹
