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].
Истину говорим тако ми Христа, не лажем, то ми сведочи савест моја Духом Светим:
2 [I tell you that] I grieve very greatly and deeply [DOU] [about my fellow Israelites].
Да ми је врло жао и срце ме моје боли без престанка;
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].
Јер бих желео да ја сам будем одлучен од Христа за браћу своју која су ми род по телу,
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].
Која су Израиљци, којих је посинаштво и слава, и завет и закон, и богомољство, и обећања;
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)
Којих су и оци, и од којих је Христос по телу, који је над свима, Бог благословен ва век. Амин. (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.
А није могуће да реч Божија прође: јер нису сви Израиљци који су од Израиља;
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.”
Нити су сви деца који су семе Авраамово, него у Исаку, рече, назваће ти се семе.
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.
То јест, нису оно деца Божија што су по телу деца, него деца обећања примају се за семе.
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]).
Јер је ово реч обећања: У ово време доћи ћу и у Саре ће бити син.
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.
Не само, пак, она него и Ревека, кад затрудне од самог Исака, оца нашег.
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.
Јер још док се деца не беху родила, ни учинила добра ни зла, да остане Божија наредба по избору,
Не за дела, него Оног ради који позива рече јој се: Већи ће служити мањем,
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].”
Као што стоји написано: Јаков ми омиле, а на Исава омрзох.
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]!”
Шта ћемо, дакле, на то рећи? Еда ли је неправда у Бога? Боже сачувај!
15 God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose [DOU]!”
Јер Мојсију говори: Кога ћу помиловати, помиловаћу, и на кога ћу се смиловати, смиловаћу се.
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].
Тако, дакле, нити стоји до оног који хоће, ни до оног који трчи, него до Бога који помилује.
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].”
Јер писмо говори Фараону: Зато те исто подигох да на теби покажем силу своју, и да се разгласи име моје по свој земљи.
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].
Тако, дакле, кога хоће милује, а кога хоће отврдоглави.
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]”
Рећи ћеш ми: Зашто нас још криви? Јер ко се може супротити вољи Његовој?
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]
А ко си ти, о човече! Да противно одговараш Богу? Еда ли рукотворина говори мастору свом: Зашто си ме тако начинио?
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].
Или зар лончар нема власти над калом да од једне гуке начини један суд за част а други за срамоту?
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).
А кад хтеде Бог да покаже гнев свој и да објави силу своју, поднесе с великим трпљењем судове гнева који су приправљени за погибао.
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].
И да покаже богатство славе своје на судима милости које приправи за славу;
24 That means us whom he chose—not only [us] Jews but also non-Jews.
Које нас и дозва не само од Јевреја него и од незнабожаца,
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.
Као што и у Јосији говори: Назваћу народ својим који није мој народ, и нељубазницу љубазницом.
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.
И биће на месту, где им се рече: Ви нисте мој народ; тамо ће се назвати синови Бога Живога.
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},
А Исаија виче за Израиља: Ако буде број синова Израиљевих као песак морски, остатак ће се спасти.
28 because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the [people who live on] this earth, as he said that he would do.
Јер ће Он извршити реч своју, и наскоро ће извршити по правди, да, испуниће Господ наскоро реч своју на земљи.
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.
И као што прорече Исаија: Да нам није Господ Саваот оставио семена, онда бисмо били као Содом и Гомор.
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].
Шта ћемо, дакле, рећи? Да незнабошци који не тражише правде докучише правду, али правду од вере.
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].
А Израиљ тражећи закон правде не докучи закон правде.
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.
Зашто? Јер не тражи из вере него из дела закона; јер се спотакоше на камен спотицања,
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.
Као што стоји написано: Ево мећем у Сиону камен спотицања и стену саблазни; и који га год верује неће се постидети.
