1 I say {the} truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in {the} Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,
3 for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;
4 who are Israelites; whose {is} the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;
5 whose {are} the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, {is} the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all {are} Israel which {are} of Israel;
7 nor because they are seed of Abraham {are} all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
8 That is, {they that are} the children of the flesh, these {are} not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.
9 For this word {is} of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.
10 And not only {that}, but Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father,
11 {the children} indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),
12 it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:
13 according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.
14 What shall we say then? {Is there} unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.
15 For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.
16 So then {it is} not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.
17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst {men}, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.
18 So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
19 Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?
20 Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?
22 And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
24 us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst {the} Jews, but also from amongst {the} nations?
25 As he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.
26 And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, *Ye* {are} not my people, there shall they be called Sons of {the} living God.
27 But Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved:
28 for {he} is bringing the matter to an end, and {cutting it} short in righteousness; because a cutting short of the matter will {the} Lord accomplish upon the earth.
29 And according as Esaias said before, Unless {the} Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as Gomorrha.
30 What then shall we say? That {they of the} nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but {the} righteousness that is on the principle of faith.
31 But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to {that} law.
32 Wherefore? Because {it was} not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,
33 according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.
1 Ma räägin tõtt Kristuses, mina ei valeta mitte; seda tunnistab mulle mu südametunnistus Pühas Vaimus,
2 et mul on suur kurbus ja lõpmatu valu mu südames.
3 Sest ma sooviksin ise saada äraneetavaks, Kristusest lahku oma vendade heaks, kes on mu sugulased liha poolest,
4 kes on iisraellased, kellele kuuluvad lapseõigus ja au, ja lepingud ja käsuandmine, ja jumalateenistus ja tõotused,
5 kelle omad on esiisad ja kellest Kristus on pärit liha poolest, Tema, Kes on Jumal üle kõige, kiidetud igavesti! Aamen.
6 Aga ei või olla nõnda, et Jumala sõna oleks läinud tühja; sest mitte kõik need, kes põlvnevad Iisraelist, ei ole Iisrael;
7 ka ei ole kõik lapsed selle tõttu, et nad on Aabrahami sugu, vaid on öeldud: „Iisakist loetakse sinu sugu!"
8 See on: lihased lapsed, mitte need ei ole Jumala lapsed, vaid tõotuse lapsed arvatakse sooks.
9 Sest tõotuse sõna on see: „Ma tulen jälle aasta pärast samal ajal, ja Saaral saab olema poeg!"
10 Aga mitte ainult temaga, vaid ka Rebekaga oli samane lugu, kui ta ühest, see on meie esiisast Iisakist, sai käima peale.
11 Sest enne kui kaksikud olid sündinud ega olnud teinud midagi head ega halba, siis - selleks, et valikule vastav Jumala otsustus jääks kindlaks mitte tegude pärast, vaid kutsuja tõttu -
12 öeldi temale: „Vanem orjab nooremat!",
13 nagu ju on kirjutatud: „Jaakobit Ma armastasin, aga Eesavit Ma vihkasin!"
14 Mida me nüüd ütleme? Kas Jumal teeb ülekohut? Mitte sugugi!
15 Sest Ta ütleb Moosesele: „Ma olen armuline, kellele Ma olen armuline, ja halastan, kelle peale Ma halastan!"
16 Nõnda siis ei olene see sellest, kes tahab, ega sellest, kes jookseb, vaid Jumalast, kes armu annab.
17 Sest Kiri ütleb vaaraole: „Just selleks Ma olen sind õhutanud, et sinus näidata Oma väge ja teha kuulsaks Oma nime kogu maailmas!"
18 Nõnda Ta siis annab armu, kellele tahab, ja paadutab, keda tahab.
19 Sa ehk ütled nüüd mulle: „Miks Ta siis veel sõitleb? Kes võib vastu panna Tema tahtele?"
20 Oh inimene, nii see on! Kes siis sina oled, et sa tahad vaielda Jumala vastu? Kas see, mis tehtud, ütleb oma tegijale: „Miks sa mu nõnda tegid?"
21 Või ei ole potissepal meelevalda savi ühest ja samast segust teha ühe astja õilsaks, teise halvaks otstarbeks?
22 Eks Jumal, tahtes osutada Oma viha ja teha teatavaks Oma väge, suure pikameelega sallinud vihaastjaid, mis olid valmistatud hukatuseks,
23 ja teinud seda selleks, et ilmutada Oma au rikkust armuastjate vastu, mis Ta ette oli valmistanud aulisteks,
24 nõnda nagu Tema on kutsunud ka meid, mitte ainult juutide, vaid ka paganate seast?
25 Nõnda nagu Ta ütleb ka Hoosea raamatus: „Ma tahan hüüda Omaks rahvaks neid, kes ei olnud Mu rahvas, ja Oma armsaks seda, kes ei olnud Mulle armas;
26 ja sünnib, et seal paigas, kus neile öeldi: teie ei ole Minu rahvas! hüütakse neid elava Jumala lasteks!"
27 Aga Jesaja hüüab Iisraeli kohta: „Kuigi Iisraeli laste arv oleks otsekui mereliiv, pääseb sellest ainult jääk;
28 sest lõplikult ja kiiresti teostab Issand Oma sõna maa peal!"
29 Ja nõnda nagu Jesaja on ette öelnud: „Kui mitte vägede Issand ei oleks meile jätnud seemet, oleksime olnud nagu Soodom ja saanud Gomorra sarnaseks!"
30 Mis me siis nüüd ütleme? Seda, et paganad, kes õigust ei taotlenud, on kätte saanud õiguse, ent õiguse, mis tuleb usust.
31 Aga Iisrael, kes taotles õiguse käsku, ei ole käsku kätte saanud!
32 Mispärast? Sellepärast et taotlus ei olnud usust, vaid otsekui tegudest; nad tõukasid endid vastu komistuskivi,
33 nõnda nagu on kirjutatud: „Vaata, Ma panen Siionisse komistuskivi ja pahanduskalju; ja kes usub Temasse, ei jää häbisse!"