Romanos 11

Tā te Atua Atawhai ki a Īharaira

1 Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei: kua peia oti e te Atua tāna iwi? Kāhore rāpea! Nō Īharaira anō hoki ahau, nō te uri o Āperahama, nō tō Pineamine iwi. 2 Kāhore hoki te Atua i pei i tāna iwi i mōhio ai i mua. Kāhore oti koutou i mātau ki te kōrero a te karaipiture i tā Irāia? I īnoi rā hoki ia ki te Atua, i whakahē i a Īharaira, i mea, 3 "E te Ariki, kua patua e rātou āu poropiti, kua whakahoroa āu āta; ko ahau anake hoki, kua mahue nei, ā, e whai ana rātou kia patua ahau." 4 Heoi, e pēhea ana te whakahoki a te Atua ki a ia? "E whitu mano tāngata kua waiho e ahau māku, kāhore nei i piko te turi ki a Paara." 5 Waihoki i te wā nei anō, tērā anō he toenga, he whiriwhiringa nā te aroha noa. 6 Ki te mea ia nā te aroha noa, ehara i te mea nā ngā mahi; pēnei ehara te aroha noa i te aroha noa.

7 Ha, he pēhea rā? Ko tā Īharaira e rapu nei, kīhai tēnei i taea e ia; otirā kua taea e te hunga whiriwhiri, ko ērā atu ia i whakapakeketia; 8 ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia,

"Kua hoatu ki a rātou e te Atua he wairua hiamoe,

he kanohi e kore ai rātou e kite,

he taringa e kore ai e rongo; ā taea noatia tēnei rā."

9 E mea ana hoki a Rāwiri,

"Kia whakatupu māhanga tō rātou tēpu,

hei rore hoki, hei tūtukitanga waewae, hei utu anō ki a rātou;

10 kia whakapōuritia ō rātou kanohi, kia kaua rātou e kite,

ā, kia whakapikoa tonutia iho e koe tō rātou tuarā."

11 Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei, he tūtuki rānei tō rātou e hinga rawa ai? Kāhore rāpea! Engari, nā tō rātou hinga i puta ai te ora ki ngā tauiwi, he mea kia hae ai rātou. 12 Nā, ki te mea hei taonga mō te ao tō rātou hinganga, hei taonga anō mō ngā tauiwi tō rātou whakaitinga; tērā noa ake i tō rātou whakanuinga?

Te Whakaoranga o ngā Tauiwi

13 Ki a koutou, ki ngā tauiwi tēnei kupu āku, i te mea he āpōtoro ahau ki ngā tauiwi, e whakanui ana ahau i tāku mahi minita, 14 me kore e hae ngā tāngata o tōku kikokiko, kia ora ai ētahi o rātou i ahau. 15 Mehemea hoki ko tō rātou makanga atu hei houhanga rongo mō te ao, ka aha tō rātou tangohanga mai? He teka ianei he oranga ake i roto i te hunga mate?

16 Ki te mea hoki he tapu te mea mātāmua, ka pērā anō te pūranga; ki te tapu hoki te pakiaka, e pērā anō ngā manga. 17 Engari, ki te mea kua whatia atu ētahi o ngā manga, ā, ka honoa mai koe, te ōriwa ngahere, ki roto i ngā manga, ka whiwhi ngātahi ki te pakiaka o te mōmonatanga o te ōriwa; 18 aua e whakapehapeha ki ngā manga. Ki te whakapehapeha ia koe, ehara i te mea nāu i mau ake ai te pakiaka, engari, nā te pakiaka koe.

19 Nā, tērā koe e mea, "I whatia atu ngā manga, kia honoa iho ai ahau." 20 Āe rā; nā te whakapono kore rātou i whatia atu ai, nā tōu whakapono koe i tū ai. Aua e whakakake, engari kia wehi. 21 Nā, ki te mea kīhai i tohungia ngā manga tupu e te Atua, e kore anō ia e tohu i a koe.

22 Nā, tirohia iho te ngāwari me te pakeke o te Atua: pakeke ki te hunga i hinga; ngāwari ki a koe, ki te ū koe ki tāna tikanga ngāwari; ki te kāhore, ka tapahia hoki koe. 23 Me rātou anō, ki te kore e ū ki tō rātou whakapono kore, ka honoa anō; e taea hoki rātou e te Atua te hono mai anō. 24 Mehemea hoki ka tapahia mai koe i te ōriwa ngahere, ā, ka honoa mai ki te ōriwa pai, he mea rerekē i te tikanga; tērā noa ake te honoa o ēnei, o ngā manga tupu, ki tō rātou ōriwa anō.

Tā te Atua Atawhai ki te Hunga Katoa

25 E kore hoki ahau e pai, e ōku tēina, kia kūware koutou ki tēnei mea ngaro, kei mea noa koutou he mātau koutou, kua tau tētahi wāhi o te whakapakeketanga ki a Īharaira, kia riro mai rā anō te tokomahatanga o ngā tauiwi. 26 Ko reira a Īharaira katoa ora ai; ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia:

"Tērā e puta mai te Kaiwhakaora i Hiona,

māna e kaupare te karakiakore i a Hākopa.

27 Ko tāku kawenata hoki tēnei ki a rātou,

ina tangohia atu e ahau ō rātou hara."

28 Nā, i runga i te rongopai he hoariri rātou, he whakaaro ki a koutou; i runga ia i te whiriwhiringa, e arohaina ana rātou, he whakaaro ki ngā mātua. 29 I ā te Atua hōmaitanga hoki, i tāna karangatanga, kāhore e puta kē te whakaaro. 30 Ka rite hoki ki a koutou kīhai i whakapono i mua ki te Atua, ināianei ia kua tohungia, he mea nā tō rātou whakapono kore; 31 waihoki kua kāhore ēnei i whakapono ināianei, kia tohungia ai anō rātou i runga i te mahi tohu i whiwhi nei koutou. 32 Kua oti hoki te katoa te kōpani e te Atua ki roto ki te whakateka, he mea kia tohungia ai e ia te katoa.

Whakamoemiti ki te Atua

33 Anō te hōhonu, te hua ngātahi hoki o te whakaaro o te Atua me tōna mōhio!

E kore āna tikanga e taea te rapu,

ōna huarahi te whakataki!

34 "Ko wai hoki te mōhio ana ki te hinengaro o te Ariki?

Ko wai hoki tōna hoa whakatakoto whakaaro?

35 Ko tā wai hoki kua mātua hoatu ki a ia,

ā, ka whakahokia mai he utu ki a ia?"

36 Ko ngā mea katoa nei hoki, nāna, ā kei runga anō i a ia, ā, e ahu ana hoki ki a ia. Mōna te korōria ake tonu atu! Āmine.

1 I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel: 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. 7 What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened: 8 according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day. 9 And David saith,

Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,

And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see,

And bow thou down their back always.

11 I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 13 But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry; 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them. 15 For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 16 And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree; 18 glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. 20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee. 22 Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 23 And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; 26 and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written,

There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer;

He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 And this is my covenant unto them,

When I shall take away their sins.

28 As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of. 30 For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, 31 even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy. 32 For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.