< Romerne 11 >

1 Difor segjer eg: Hev då Gud støytt frå seg folket sitt? Nei, langt ifrå; for eg er og ein israelit, av Abrahams ætt, av Benjamins ættgrein.
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]!
2 Gud hev ikkje støytt frå seg folket sitt som han kjende fyreåt. Eller veit de ikkje kva Skrifti segjer der ho talar um Elia, korleis han stig fram for Gud imot Israel og segjer:
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,
3 «Herre! Profetarne dine drap dei, altari dine reiv dei ned, og eg vart åleine att, og dei stend meg etter livet.»
“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!”
4 Men kva segjer Guds svar til honom? «Eg leivde meg sju tusund mann som ikkje bøygde kne for Ba’al.»
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]”
5 Soleis hev det då og i denne tid vorte att ein leivning etter nådens utveljing.
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.
6 Men er det av nåde, so er det ikkje lenger av gjerningar, elles vert nåden ikkje nåde lenger.
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.
7 Kva so? Det som Israel trår etter, det hev det ikkje nått, men dei utvalde hev nått det, dei hine hev vorte forherde,
[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.
8 som skrive stend: «Gud gav deim ei dauvskapsånd, augo til å ikkje sjå og øyro til å ikkje høyra, alt til den dag i dag.»
[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.
9 Og David segjer: «Lat bordet deira verta deim ei snara og ei gildra ei fella og ei attergjeld!
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.
10 Lat augo deira dimmast, so dei ikkje ser, og bøyg alltid ryggen deira!»
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].
11 Difor segjer eg: Hev dei då snåva for di at dei skulde falla? Nei, langt ifrå! men ved deira fall er frelsa komi til heidningarne, so det skal vekkja deim til kapphug.
[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].
12 Men er deira fall ein rikdom for verdi, og deira skade ein rikdom for heidningar, kor mykje meir då deira fullending!
[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]!
13 For til dykk talar eg, de heidningar. So sant som eg er heidningapostel, ærar eg embættet mitt,
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.
14 um eg då kunde vekkja samættingarne mine til kapphug og få frelst nokre av deim.
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.
15 For hev verdi vorte forlikt med Gud med då dei var burtkasta, kva anna vert det då enn liv av daude, når dei vert mottekne?
[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!
16 Men er fyrstegrøda heilag, so er deigi det og, og er roti heilag, so er greinerne det og.
[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].
17 Um no like vel sume av greinerne vart avbrotne, og du, som var ein vill oljekvist, vart innpota imillom deim og vart samhavande med deim i roti og feita på oljetreet,
[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].
18 so rosa deg ikkje imot greinerne! men um du rosar deg, so er det då ikkje du som ber roti, men roti som ber deg.
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]!
19 So vil du vel segja: «Greinerne vart avbrotne for di at eg skulde verta innpota.»
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},”
20 Ja vel! ved si vantru vart dei avbrotne, men du stend ved trui; ovmodast ikkje, men ottast!
[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]
21 For sparde ikkje Gud dei naturlege greinerne, so vil han ikkje spara deg heller.
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]!
22 Sjå då Guds godleik og strengleik: Strengleik imot deim som er falne, men godleik imot deg, so framt du held deg til godleiken, elles skal du og verta avhoggen.
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].
23 Men hine skal og verta innpota, dersom dei ikkje held fram i vantrui; for Gud er megtig til å pota deim inn att.
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.
24 For dersom du vart avhoggen av det oljetreet som er vilt av naturi, og imot naturi innpota i eit godt oljetre, kor mykje heller skal dei då verta innpota i sitt eige oljetre, dei som av naturi høyrer til der!
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]!
25 For eg vil ikkje, brør, at de skal vera uvitande um denne løyndomen - so de ikkje skal tykkjast dykk sjølve kloke - at forherding til deils er komi yver Israel, til dess at fullnaden av heidningarne er komen inn,
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].
26 og so skal heile Israel verta frelst, som skrive stend: «Frå Sion skal frelsaren koma, rydja gudløysa burt frå Jakob,
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].
27 og når eg tek burt deira synder, er dette mi pakti med deim.»
And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
28 Etter evangeliet er dei fiendar for dykkar skuld, men etter utveljingi er dei elska for federne skuld;
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.
29 for Gud tregar ikkje på nådegåvorne sine og kallet sitt.
[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].
30 For liksom de fyrr var ulyduge mot Gud, men no hev fenge miskunn ved deira ulydnad,
You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
31 so hev dei og no vore ulyduge for at dei og skal få miskunn med den miskunn som de hev fenge;
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].
32 for Gud hev gjeve deim alle yver til ulydnad, so han skulde kunna miskunna deim alle. (eleēsē g1653)
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)
33 Å, for djup av rikdom og visdom hjå Gud! Kor uransakelege domarne hans er, og kor urekkjande vegarne hans!
[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]!
34 For kven kjende Herrens hug? eller kven var rådgjevaren hans?
[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]
35 Eller kven gav honom noko fyreåt, so han skulde få vederlag att?
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!
36 For av honom og ved honom og til honom er alle ting. Han skal hava æra i all æva! Amen. (aiōn g165)
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)

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