Romans 11
1 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]!
So sage ich nun: Hat denn Gott sein Volk verstoßen? Das sei ferne! Denn ich bin auch ein Israelit von dem Samen Abrahams, aus dem Geschlecht Benjamin.
2 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,
Gott hat sein Volk nicht verstoßen, welches er zuvor versehen hat. Oder wisset ihr nicht, was die Schrift sagt von Elia, wie er tritt vor Gott wider Israel und spricht:
3 “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!”
HERR, sie haben deine Propheten getötet und haben deine Altäre ausgegraben; und ich bin allein überblieben, und sie stehen mir nach meinem Leben?
4 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]”
Aber was sagt ihm die göttliche Antwort? Ich habe mir lassen überbleiben siebentausend Mann, die nicht haben ihre Kniee gebeuget vor dem Baal.
5 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.
Also gehet's auch jetzt zu dieser Zeit mit diesen Überbliebenen nach der Wahl der Gnaden.
6 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.
Ist's aber aus Gnaden, so ist's nicht aus Verdienst der Werke, sonst würde Gnade nicht Gnade sein. Ist's aber aus Verdienst der Werke, so ist die Gnade nichts, sonst wäre Verdienst nicht Verdienst.
7 [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.
Wie denn nun? Was Israel sucht, das erlangt es nicht; die Wahl aber erlanget es. Die andern sind verstockt,
8 [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.
wie geschrieben stehet: Gott hat ihnen gegeben einen erbitterten Geist, Augen, daß sie nicht sehen, und Ohren, daß sie nicht hören, bis auf den heutigen Tag.
9 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.
Und David spricht: Laß ihren Tisch zu einem Strick werden und zu einer Berückung und zum Ärgernis und ihnen zur Vergeltung.
10 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].
Verblende ihre Augen, daß sie nicht sehen, und beuge ihren Rücken allezeit.
11 [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].
So sage ich nun: Sind sie darum angelaufen, daß sie fallen sollten? Das sei ferne! Sondern aus ihrem Fall ist den Heiden das Heil widerfahren, auf daß sie denen nacheifern sollten.
12 [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]!
Denn so ihr Fall der Welt Reichtum ist, und ihr Schade ist der Heiden Reichtum, wieviel mehr, wenn ihre Zahl voll würde?
13 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.
Mit euch Heiden rede ich; denn dieweil ich der Heiden Apostel bin, will ich mein Amt preisen,
14 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.
ob ich möchte die, so mein Fleisch sind, zu eifern reizen und ihrer etliche selig machen.
15 [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!
Denn so ihr Verlust der Welt Versöhnung ist, was wäre das anders, denn das Leben von den Toten nehmen?
16 [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].
Ist der Anbruch heilig, so ist auch der Teig heilig, und so die Wurzel heilig ist, so sind auch die Zweige heilig.
17 [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].
Ob aber nun etliche von den Zweigen zerbrochen sind, und du, da du ein wilder Ölbaum warest, bist unter sie gepfropfet und teilhaftig worden der Wurzel und des Safts im Ölbaum,
18 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]!
so rühme dich nicht wider die Zweige. Rühmest du dich aber wider sie, so sollst du wissen, daß du die Wurzel nicht trägest, sondern die Wurzel träget dich.
19 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},”
So sprichst du: Die Zweige sind zerbrochen, daß ich hineingepfropfet würde.
20 [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]
Ist wohl geredet. Sie sind zerbrochen um ihres Unglaubens willen; du stehest aber durch den Glauben. Sei nicht stolz, sondern fürchte dich.
21 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]!
Hat Gott der natürlichen Zweige nicht verschonet, daß er vielleicht dein auch nicht verschone.
22 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].
Darum schaue die Güte und den Ernst Gottes: den Ernst an denen, die gefallen sind, die Güte aber an dir, soferne du an der Güte bleibest; sonst wirst du auch abgehauen werden.
23 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.
Und jene, so sie nicht bleiben in dem Unglauben, werden sie eingepfropfet werden; Gott kann sie wohl wieder ein pfropfen.
24 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]!
Denn so du aus dem Ölbaum, der von Natur wild war, bist ausgehauen und wider die Natur in den guten Ölbaum gepfropfet, wieviel mehr werden die natürlichen eingepfropfet in ihren eigenen Ölbaum!
25 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].
Ich will euch nicht verhalten, liebe Brüder, dieses Geheimnis, auf daß ihr nicht stolz seid. Blindheit ist Israel einesteils widerfahren, so lange, bis die Fülle der Heiden eingegangen sei,
26 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].
und also das ganze Israel selig werde, wie geschrieben stehet: Es wird kommen aus Zion, der da erlöse und abwende das gottlose Wesen von Jakob.
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
Und dies ist mein Testament mit ihnen, wenn ich ihre Sünden werde weg nehmen.
28 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.
Nach dem Evangelium halte ich sie für Feinde um euretwillen; aber nach der Wahl habe ich sie lieb um der Väter willen.
29 [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].
Gottes Gaben und Berufung mögen ihn nicht gereuen.
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
Denn gleicherweise, wie auch ihr nicht habt geglaubet an Gott, nun aber habt ihr Barmherzigkeit überkommen über ihrem Unglauben,
31 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].
also auch jene haben jetzt nicht wollen glauben an die Barmherzigkeit, die euch widerfahren ist, auf daß sie auch Barmherzigkeit überkommen.
32 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)
Denn Gott hat alles beschlossen unter den Unglauben, auf daß er sich aller erbarme. (eleēsē g1653)
33 [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]!
O welch eine Tiefe des Reichtums, beide, der Weisheit und Erkenntnis Gottes! Wie gar unbegreiflich sind seine Gerichte und unerforschlich seine Wege!
34 [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]
Denn wer hat des HERRN Sinn erkannt? Oder wer ist sein Ratgeber gewesen?
35 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!
Oder wer hat ihm etwas zuvor gegeben, das ihm werde wieder vergolten?
36 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)
Denn von ihm und durch ihn und zu ihm sind alle Dinge. Ihm sei Ehre in Ewigkeit! Amen. (aiōn g165)
