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]!
そこで、わたしは問う、「神はその民を捨てたのであろうか」。断じてそうではない。わたしもイスラエル人であり、アブラハムの子孫、ベニヤミン族の者である。
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,
神は、あらかじめ知っておられたその民を、捨てることはされなかった。聖書がエリヤについてなんと言っているか、あなたがたは知らないのか。すなわち、彼はイスラエルを神に訴えてこう言った。
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!”
「主よ、彼らはあなたの預言者たちを殺し、あなたの祭壇をこぼち、そして、わたしひとりが取り残されたのに、彼らはわたしのいのちをも求めています」。
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]”
しかし、彼に対する御告げはなんであったか、「バアルにひざをかがめなかった七千人を、わたしのために残しておいた」。
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.
それと同じように、今の時にも、恵みの選びによって残された者がいる。
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.
しかし、恵みによるのであれば、もはや行いによるのではない。そうでないと、恵みはもはや恵みでなくなるからである。
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.
では、どうなるのか。イスラエルはその追い求めているものを得ないで、ただ選ばれた者が、それを得た。そして、他の者たちはかたくなになった。
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.
「神は、彼らに鈍い心と、見えない目と、聞えない耳とを与えて、きょう、この日に及んでいる」と書いてあるとおりである。
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.
ダビデもまた言っている、「彼らの食卓は、彼らのわなとなれ、網となれ、つまずきとなれ、報復となれ。
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].
彼らの目は、くらんで見えなくなれ、彼らの背は、いつまでも曲っておれ」。
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].
そこで、わたしは問う、「彼らがつまずいたのは、倒れるためであったのか」。断じてそうではない。かえって、彼らの罪過によって、救が異邦人に及び、それによってイスラエルを奮起させるためである。
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]!
しかし、もし、彼らの罪過が世の富となり、彼らの失敗が異邦人の富となったとすれば、まして彼らが全部救われたなら、どんなにかすばらしいことであろう。
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.
そこでわたしは、あなたがた異邦人に言う。わたし自身は異邦人の使徒なのであるから、わたしの務を光栄とし、
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.
どうにかしてわたしの骨肉を奮起させ、彼らの幾人かを救おうと願っている。
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!
もし彼らの捨てられたことが世の和解となったとすれば、彼らの受けいれられることは、死人の中から生き返ることではないか。
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].
もし、麦粉の初穂がきよければ、そのかたまりもきよい。もし根がきよければ、その枝もきよい。
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].
しかし、もしある枝が切り去られて、野生のオリブであるあなたがそれにつがれ、オリブの根の豊かな養分にあずかっているとすれば、
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]!
あなたはその枝に対して誇ってはならない。たとえ誇るとしても、あなたが根をささえているのではなく、根があなたをささえているのである。
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},”
すると、あなたは、「枝が切り去られたのは、わたしがつがれるためであった」と言うであろう。
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]
まさに、そのとおりである。彼らは不信仰のゆえに切り去られ、あなたは信仰のゆえに立っているのである。高ぶった思いをいだかないで、むしろ恐れなさい。
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]!
もし神が元木の枝を惜しまなかったとすれば、あなたを惜しむようなことはないであろう。
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].
神の慈愛と峻厳とを見よ。神の峻厳は倒れた者たちに向けられ、神の慈愛は、もしあなたがその慈愛にとどまっているなら、あなたに向けられる。そうでないと、あなたも切り取られるであろう。
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.
しかし彼らも、不信仰を続けなければ、つがれるであろう。神には彼らを再びつぐ力がある。
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]!
なぜなら、もしあなたが自然のままの野生のオリブから切り取られ、自然の性質に反して良いオリブにつがれたとすれば、まして、これら自然のままの良い枝は、もっとたやすく、元のオリブにつがれないであろうか。
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].
兄弟たちよ。あなたがたが知者だと自負することのないために、この奥義を知らないでいてもらいたくない。一部のイスラエル人がかたくなになったのは、異邦人が全部救われるに至る時までのことであって、
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].
こうして、イスラエル人は、すべて救われるであろう。すなわち、次のように書いてある、「救う者がシオンからきて、ヤコブから不信心を追い払うであろう。
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
そして、これが、彼らの罪を除き去る時に、彼らに対して立てるわたしの契約である」。
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.
福音について言えば、彼らは、あなたがたのゆえに、神の敵とされているが、選びについて言えば、父祖たちのゆえに、神に愛せられる者である。
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].
神の賜物と召しとは、変えられることがない。
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
あなたがたが、かつては神に不従順であったが、今は彼らの不従順によってあわれみを受けたように、
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].
彼らも今は不従順になっているが、それは、あなたがたの受けたあわれみによって、彼ら自身も今あわれみを受けるためなのである。
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)
すなわち、神はすべての人をあわれむために、すべての人を不従順のなかに閉じ込めたのである。 (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]!
ああ深いかな、神の知恵と知識との富は。そのさばきは窮めがたく、その道は測りがたい。
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]
「だれが、主の心を知っていたか。だれが、主の計画にあずかったか。
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!
また、だれが、まず主に与えて、その報いを受けるであろうか」。
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)
万物は、神からいで、神によって成り、神に帰するのである。栄光がとこしえに神にあるように、アァメン。 (aiōn g165)
