Romans 9
1 [Now I would like to discuss the fact that most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ]. Because of my relationship with Christ, I say completely truthfully [what I will now tell you]. I am not lying [DOU]! My conscience confirms what I [say] because the Holy Spirit [controls it].
Eu estou em Cristo e o que digo é verdade. Eu não estou mentindo! Minha consciência e o Espírito Santo confirmam
2 [I tell you that] I grieve very greatly and deeply [DOU] [about my fellow Israelites].
como eu estou profundamente triste, como há uma dor que nunca se acaba em meu coração
3 I personally would be willing to let [God] curse me [and, as a result, be separated] from Christ, [if that would] help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, [to believe in Christ].
por meu povo, meus irmãos e minhas irmãs. Eu preferiria ser amaldiçoado e separado de Cristo, se isso os ajudasse.
4 We [Jews] are [Israelites, God’s chosen] descendants of [Jacob]. [God has always considered] us as his children [MET]. It was to our ancestors [that he used to appear] gloriously [while they were in the desert]. It was with them that [God made] covenants [several times]. It was to them [that God] gave the laws [at Sinai Mountain]. They were the ones [to whom God showed how they should] worship him. They were the ones [to whom God] promised many things, [especially that the Messiah would come from their race].
Eles são os meus irmãos israelitas, o povo escolhido por Deus. Deus revelou a sua glória e fez acordos com eles, dando-lhes a lei, a adoração verdadeira e as suas promessas.
5 It was our ancestors, [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation]. And, [most importantly], it was from us Israelites that the Messiah received his human nature. [Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], who is the one who controls all things! He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! (OR, Amen!) (aiōn g165)
Eles são nossos antepassados, ancestrais humanos de Cristo, aquele que governa tudo, Deus eternamente bendito. Amém! (aiōn g165)
6 [God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that their descendants would all inherit his blessings]. But [although most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], that does not [prove] that God has failed [to do] the things that he promised, because it is not all who are descended from Jacob and who [call themselves the people of] Israel whom [God considers] to be truly his people.
Não é que a promessa de Deus tenha falhado. Pois nem todo israelita é um verdadeiro israelita.
7 And it is also not all of Abraham’s natural descendants that [God considers] to be his people. Instead, [God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children]. [This agrees with what God told Abraham]: “It is Isaac, [not any of your(sg) other sons], whom [I] will consider [to be the true father of] your descendants.”
E nem todos os descendentes de Abraão são seus filhos verdadeiros. Pois as Sagradas Escrituras dizem: “Por meio de Isaque, você terá os descendentes que eu lhe prometi”.
8 That means that it is not all the natural-born descendants [of Abraham] whom God [considers as] his children. Instead, it is those who [believed what God] promised whom [he] considers to be his children.
Então, não são os filhos de sangue de Abraão que são considerados filhos de Deus, mas apenas aqueles filhos da promessa de Deus que são considerados seus verdadeiros descendentes.
9 [You know that what God] promised [to Abraham] was this: “About this time [next year] Sarah [your wife] will bear a son [as a result of my enabling] [MTY] [her to do so].” [So Abraham knew that it was not through Ishmael, the son that he already had, that God would fulfill what he had promised him] (OR, [that his true descendants would come]).
A promessa era a seguinte: “Eu retornarei no próximo ano e Sara terá um filho.”
10 And not only then did God show [that he did not determine who would be his true children according to who their ancestors were. He showed it again] when Rebecca conceived [twins] by our ancestor Isaac.
Além disso, os filhos gêmeos de Rebeca tinham como pai o nosso antepassado Isaque.
11 Before [the twins, Jacob and Esau], were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, [God] said to Rebecca [about the twins she was to bear], “The older one shall later serve the younger one, [contrary to normal custom].” [God said this] in order that [we] might [clearly] understand that what he purposed [for people] was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s [eternal destiny] does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on [God], the one who chooses them.
Mas, mesmo antes das crianças terem nascido ou de terem feito qualquer coisa certa ou errada,
Deus disse a Rebeca: “O irmão mais velho irá servir ao mais novo.” Assim aconteceu para que o propósito de Deus pudesse continuar, provando que Deus chama as pessoas não com base em seu desempenho humano.
13 And [this teaching is] ([supported/shown to be true]) [by] what is written [in the Scriptures] {what [a prophet] recorded} [that God said]: “I favored Jacob, [the younger son]. I did not favor [HYP] Esau, [the older son].”
Como está escrito na Sagradas Escrituras: “Eu escolhi Jacó, mas rejeitei Esaú.”
14 [Someone] might say, “(Is God unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose?/I think] that God is unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose!])” [RHQ] [I would reply], “[He is] certainly not [unjust]!”
Então, o que devemos concluir? Que Deus foi injusto? Certamente, não!
15 God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose [DOU]!”
Como ele disse a Moisés: “Eu terei misericórdia por quem eu deva demonstrar misericórdia. E eu terei compaixão por quem eu deva demonstrar compaixão.”
16 So [God chooses people], not because they want [God to choose them] or because they try hard [to do things so that he] will [accept them]. Instead he chooses people because he himself has mercy [on undeserving ones].
Assim, isso não depende do que nós queremos ou de nossos esforços próprios, mas da natureza piedosa de Deus.
17 [Moses] recorded [PRS] [that God had told] Pharaoh, “This is why I gave you [(sg)] authority [MTY]: It was in order that I might show [by how I oppose] you [how exceedingly] powerful I am, and in order that people everywhere [HYP] would hear about me [MTY].”
As Sagradas Escrituras registram Deus dizendo ao faraó: “Eu o coloquei aqui por uma razão: para que, por meio de você, eu pudesse demonstrar o meu poder e para que o meu nome pudesse ser conhecido em todo o mundo.”
18 So [we conclude that God] kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly towards. But he makes stubborn the ones [such as Pharaoh] that he wants [to make stubborn].
Então, Deus é misericordioso com quem ele deseja ser e endurece a atitude de quem ele quer endurecer.
19 [One of] you may [object to this by] saying to me, “[Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do]. (No one has resisted what God has willed!/Who has resisted what God has willed?) [RHQ] Therefore, (it would not be right that God would still condemn [a person for having sinned]!/why does God still condemn [a person for having sinned]?) [RHQ]”
Agora, vocês discutirão comigo e me perguntarão: “Então, por que ele ainda nos responsabiliza? Quem pode resistir à vontade de Deus?”
20 [I would reply that since] you [(sg)] are [just a] human being, (you do not [have any right at all to] criticize God!/[who are you to] say that what God does is wrong?) [RHQ] [As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you]. (A clay pot [MET] certainly would not [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”/Would a clay pot [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”) [RHQ]
Isso não é maneira de falar! Quem é você? É apenas um mortal e ousa questionar a Deus? Por acaso, algo que é criado pode dizer ao seu criador: “Por que você me fez assim?”
21 Instead, (the potter certainly has the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] one for ordinary purposes [MET]./does not a potter have the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] pot for ordinary purposes?) [MET, RHQ] [Similarly, God has the right to carry out what he purposes for people].
Um ceramista não tem o direito de usar a mesma argila para fazer tanto um vaso decorativo quanto um outro para o uso diário?
22 Although God desires to show that he is angry [about sin], and [although he desires to] make clear that he can powerfully [punish people who have sinned], he tolerated very patiently the people [MET] who caused him to be angry and who deserved to be destroyed (OR, who were made to be destroyed).
É como se Deus, querendo demonstrar a sua oposição ao pecado e revelar seu poder, sustentasse pacientemente esses “vasos destinados à destruição.”
23 [God has been patient] in order that he might make clear how very wonderfully [he acts toward those] [MET] whom he intended to act mercifully towards and whom he prepared ahead of time in order that they might [live] gloriously [in heaven].
Assim, ele pode revelar a grandeza da sua glória, por meio dos “vasos de misericórdia”, os quais ele já havia preparado para a glória.
24 That means us whom he chose—not only [us] Jews but also non-Jews.
É isso que somos, pessoas a quem ele chamou, não apenas entre os judeus, mas também entre os não-judeus.
25 [These words that] Hosea wrote [MTY] that [God] said also (show that God has the right/[support God’s right]) [to choose from among both Jews and non-Jews] [MTY]: I will declare that many people who were not my people are now my people. I will declare that many people whom I did not love [HYP] before, I love now.
Como Deus disse no livro de Oseias: “Aqueles que não são o meu povo, eu chamarei de meu povo e, aqueles que não são amados, eu os chamarei de povo a quem eu amo.”
26 And [another prophet wrote]: What will happen is that in the places where [God] told them before, “You are not my people,” in those same places [people] will declare truthfully that they are children of God, who is completely powerful.
E disse também: “Acontecerá que, no mesmo local em que lhes disseram: ‘Vocês não são o meu povo’, lá eles serão chamados de filhos do Deus vivo.”
27 Isaiah also exclaimed concerning the Israelites: Even though the Israelites are [so many that no one can count them, like] sand [particles on the beach beside] the ocean, [only] a small part of them will be saved {[God] will save [only] a small part of them},
Isaías disse em relação a Israel: “Mesmo se os filhos de Israel forem tão numerosos quanto os grãos de areia do mar, apenas um pequeno número será salvo.
28 because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the [people who live on] this earth, as he said that he would do.
Pois o Senhor irá terminar o seu julgamento na terra de forma rápida e definitiva.”
29 [Also, we can understand from what the prophet] Isaiah said [that God would not save] anyone if he did not show mercy: If the Lord, who controls everything in heaven, had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah, who were [SIM, DOU] completely destroyed.
Como Isaías disse antes: “Se o Senhor Todo-Poderoso não tivesse nos deixado alguns descendentes, teríamos nos tornado exatamente como Sodoma e Gomorra.”
30 We must conclude this: [RHQ] Although non-Jews did not search out [a way by which] God would erase the record of their sins, they actually found that way because they trusted [in what Christ did for them].
Então, o que devemos concluir? Ainda que os não-judeus nem mesmo procurassem fazer o que é justo, eles compreenderam o que é justo. E, por meio da sua fé em Deus, eles fizeram o que é moralmente justo.
31 But although [the people of] Israel sought a basis [by which God would] erase the record of their sins, they did not succeed in [fulfilling the true purpose of the] laws [that God gave to Moses].
Mas, o povo de Israel, que buscava a lei para torná-los justos diante de Deus, nunca conseguiram.
32 The reason [RHQ] [that they did not succeed] is that they did not trust that [God would provide a way to save them]. Instead, they were trying to do certain things [in order that God would accept them. Because they did not expect the Messiah to die, the Israelites] felt disgusted about [Jesus’ death, which is like] the stone [MET] on which people stumble.
E por que não? Porque eles confiaram no que fizeram, em vez de confiar em Deus. Eles tropeçaram na pedra do tropeço,
33 This is what [a prophet] predicted when he wrote these words that [God said about the Messiah]: Listen! I am placing in Israel [MTY] [one who is like] a stone [MET] on which people will stumble. What he does will offend people [DOU]. Nevertheless, those who believe in him will not be disappointed.
exatamente como as Sagradas Escrituras nos alertaram: “Vejam! Estou colocando em Sião uma pedra de tropeço, uma rocha que irá ofender as pessoas. Mas, aqueles que crerem no Senhor não se desapontarão.”
