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| [1]I Demand then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid: for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. |
[1]But I say: Hath God cast off his people? Far be it. For I also am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. |
| [2]God hath not cast away his people which he knew before. Know ye not what the Scripture saith of Elias, how he maketh request unto God against Israel, saying, |
[2]God hath not cast off those his people whom he before knew. Do ye not know, what, in the scripture of God, he said to Elijah? When he had complained to God against Israel, and said: |
| [3]Lord, they have killed thy Prophets, and digged down thine altars: and I am left alone, and they seek my life? |
[3]My Lord, they have slain thy prophets, and have thrown down thy altars; and I am left alone; and they seek my life. |
| [4]But what saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved unto myself seven thousand men, which have not bowed the knee to Baal. |
[4]And it was said to him, by revelation: Behold, I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed their knees, and have not worshipped Baal. |
| [5]Even so then at this present time is there a remnant through the election of grace. |
[5]So also at the present time, a remnant is preserved, by the election of grace. |
| [6]And if it be of grace, it is no more of works: or else were grace no more grace: but if it be of works, it is no more grace: or else were work no more work. |
[6]But if by grace, it is not by works: otherwise, grace is not grace. And if by works, it is not by grace: Otherwise, work is not work. |
| [7]What then? Israel hath not obtained that he sought: but the election hath obtained it, and the rest have been hardened, |
[7]What then? Israel did not obtain that which it sought: but the election obtained it; and the rest of them were blinded in their heart, |
| [8]According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear unto this day. |
[8]- (as it is written: God gave them a stupid spirit, and eyes to see not, and ears to hear not,) unto this very day. |
| [9]And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a net, and a stumbling block, even for a recompense unto them. |
[9]And again, David said: Let their table become a snare before them; and let their recompense be a stumbling block. |
| [10]Let their eyes be darkened that they see not, and bow down their back always. |
[10]Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and let their back, at all times, be bowed down. |
| [11]I demand then, Have they stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid: but through their fall salvation cometh unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to follow them. |
[11]But I say: Have they so stumbled as to fall entirely? Far be it. Rather, by their stumbling, life hath come to the Gentiles, for [awakening] their jealousy. |
| [12]Wherefore if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their abundance be? |
[12]And if their stumbling was riches to the world, and their condemnation riches to the Gentiles; how much more their completeness? |
| [13]For in that I speak to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office, |
[13]But [it is] to you Gentiles, I am speaking: as I am a legate to the Gentiles, I honor my ministry; |
| [14]To try if by any means I might provoke them of my flesh to follow them, and might save some of them. |
[14]if, perhaps, I may provoke emulation in the children of my flesh, and may vivify some of them. |
| [15]For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving be, but life from the dead? |
[15]For if the rejection of them, was a reconciliation of the world; what will their conversion be, but life from the dead? |
| [16]For if the first fruits be holy, so is the whole lump: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. |
[16]For, if the first-fruits [are] holy, then the mass [is] also: and if the root is holy, then also the branches. |
| [17]And though some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wild olive tree, wast graft in for them, and made partaker of the root, and fatness of the olive tree, |
[17]And if some of the branches were plucked off; and thou, an olive from the desert, wast in-grafted in their place, and hast become a participator of the root and fatness of the olive-tree; |
| [18]Boast not thy self against the branches: and if thou boast thy self, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. |
[18]do not glory over the branches. For if thou gloriest, thou sustainest not the root, but the root sustaineth thee. |
| [19]Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken off, that I might be graft in. |
[19]And shouldst thou say, The branches were plucked off, that I might be grafted into their place. |
| [20]Well: through unbelief they are broken off, and thou standest by faith: be not high minded, but fear. |
[20]Very true. They were plucked off, because they believed not; and thou standest by faith. Be not exalted in thy mind, but fear. |
| [21]For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed, least he also spare not thee. |
[21]For if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you. |
| [22]Behold therefore the bountifulness, and severity of God: toward them which have fallen, severity: but toward thee, bountifulness, if thou continue in his bountifulness: or else thou shalt also be cut off. |
[22]Behold now the benignity and the severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but on thee, benignity, if thou continuest in that benignity; and if not, thou also wilt be plucked off. |
| [23]And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. |
[23]And they, if they do not continue in their destitution of faith, even they will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again. |
| [24]For if thou wast cut out of the olive tree, which was wild by nature, and wast grafted contrary to nature in a right olive tree, how much more shall they that are by nature, be grafted in their own olive tree? |
[24]For if thou wast plucked from the wild olive-tree, which was natural to thee, and wast grafted, contrary to thy nature, into a good olive-tree; how much more may they be grafted into their natural olive-tree? |
| [25]For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this secret (least ye should be arrogant in your selves) that partly obstinacy is come to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. |
[25]And that ye, my brethren, may not be wise in your own apprehension, I wish you to know this mystery, that blindness of heart hath in some measure befallen Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall come in: |
| [26]And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, The deliverer shall come out of Zion, and shall turn away the ungodliness from Jacob. |
[26]and then, will all Israel live. As it is written: A deliverer will come from Zion, and will turn away iniquity from Jacob. |
| [27]And this is my covenant to them, When I shall take away their sins. |
[27]And then will they have the covenant that proceedeth from me, when I shall have forgiven their sins. |
| [28]As concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers sakes. |
[28]Now, in the gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but in the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. |
| [29]For the gifts and calling of GOD are without repentance. |
[29]For God is not changeable in his free gift and in his calling. |
| [30]For even as ye in time past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief, |
[30]For as ye too were formerly disobedient to God, and have now obtained mercy, because of their disobedience; |
| [31]Even so now have they not believed by the mercy showed unto you, that they also may obtain mercy. |
[31]so also are they now disobedient to the mercy, which is upon you, that there may be mercy on them likewise. |
| [32]For God hath shut up all in unbelief, that he might have mercy on all. |
[32]For God hath shut up all men in disobedience, that upon all men he might have mercy. |
| [33]O the deepness of the riches, both of the wisdom, and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! |
[33]O the depth of the riches, and the wisdom, and the knowledge of God ! For man hath not searched out his judgments; and his ways are inscrutable. |
| [34]For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who was his counselor? |
[34]For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been a counsellor to him? |
| [35]Or who hath given unto him first, and he shall be recompensed? |
[35]Or who hath first given to him, and then received from him? |
| [36]For of him, and through him, and for him are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen. |
[36]Because, all is from him, and all by him, and all through him: to whom be praises and benedictions, for ever and ever: Amen. |