Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
Istinu govorim tako mi Hrista, ne lažem, to mi svjedoèi savjest moja Duhom svetijem:
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Da mi je vrlo žao i srce me moje boli bez prestanka;
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
Jer bih željeo da ja sam budem odluèen od Hrista za braæu svoju koja su mi rod po tijelu,
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
Koja su Izrailjci, kojijeh je posinaštvo i slava, i zavjet i zakon, i bogomoljstvo, i obeæanja;
5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
Kojijeh su i oci, i od kojijeh je Hristos po tijelu, koji je nad svima Bog blagosloven vavijek. Amin. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.
A nije moguæe da rijeè Božija proðe: jer nijesu svi Izrailjci koji su od Izrailja;
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
Niti su svi djeca koji su sjeme Avraamovo, nego u Isaku, reèe, nazvaæe ti se sjeme.
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.
To jest, nijesu ono djeca Božija što su po tijelu djeca, nego djeca obeæanja primaju se za sjeme.
9 For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
Jer je ovo rijeè obeæanja: u ovo vrijeme doæi æu i u Sare æe biti sin.
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
Ne samo pak ona nego i Reveka, kad zatrudnje od samoga Isaka oca našega.
11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
Jer još dok se djeca ne bijahu rodila, ni uèinila dobra ni zla, da ostane Božija naredba po izboru,
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
Ne za djela, nego onoga radi koji poziva reèe joj se: veæi æe služiti manjemu,
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Kao što stoji napisano: Jakov mi omilje, a na Isava omrzoh.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
Šta æemo dakle na to reæi? Eda li je nepravda u Boga? Bože saèuvaj!
15 For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Jer Mojsiju govori: koga æu pomilovati, pomilovaæu, i na koga æu se smilovati, smilovaæu se.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Tako dakle niti stoji do onoga koji hoæe, ni do onoga koji trèi, nego do Boga koji pomiluje.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Jer pismo govori Faraonu: za to te isto podigoh da na tebi pokažem silu svoju, i da se razglasi ime moje po svoj zemlji.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Tako dakle koga hoæe miluje, a koga hoæe otvrdoglavi.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
Reæi æeš mi: zašto nas još krivi? jer ko se može suprotiti volji njegovoj?
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
A ko si ti, o èovjeèe! da protivno odgovaraš Bogu? Eda li rukotvorina govori majstoru svome: zašto si me tako naèinio?
21 Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Ili zar lonèar nema vlasti nad kalom da od jedne guke naèini jedan sud za èast a drugi za sramotu?
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
A kad šæaše Bog da pokaže gnjev svoj i da objavi silu svoju, podnese s velikijem trpljenjem sudove gnjeva koji su pripravljeni za pogibao.
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
I da pokaže bogatstvo slave svoje na sudima milosti koje pripravi za slavu;
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
Koje nas i dozva ne samo od Jevreja nego i od neznabožaca,
25 As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”
Kao što i u Josiji govori: nazvaæu narod svojijem koji nije moj narod, i neljubaznicu ljubaznicom.
26 “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”
I biæe na mjestu, gdje im se reèe: vi nijeste moj narod; tamo æe se nazvati sinovi Boga živoga.
27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;
A Isaija vièe za Izrailja: ako bude broj sinova Izrailjevijeh kao pijesak morski, ostatak æe se spasti.
28 for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
Jer æe on izvršiti rijeè svoju, i naskoro æe izvršiti po pravdi, da, ispuniæe Gospod naskoro rijeè svoju na zemlji.
29 As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
I kao što proreèe Isaija: da nam nije Gospod Savaot ostavio sjemena, onda bismo bili kao Sodom i Gomor.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
Šta æemo dakle reæi? Da neznabošci koji ne tražiše pravde dokuèiše pravdu, ali pravdu od vjere.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
A Izrailj tražeæi zakon pravde ne dokuèi zakona pravde.
32 Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Zašto? Jer ne traži iz vjere nego iz djela zakona; jer se spotakoše na kamen spoticanja,
33 even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”
Kao što stoji napisano: evo meæem u Sionu kamen spoticanja i stijenu sablazni; i koji ga god vjeruje neæe se postidjeti.
