Romans 9 (NAV) · Opened

1أَقُولُ الْحَقَّ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، لَسْتُ أَكْذِبُ، وَضَمِيرِي شَاهِدٌ لِي بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ،I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

2إِنَّ بِي حُزْناً شَدِيداً، وَبِقَلْبِي أَلَمٌ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ:I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

3فَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَتَمَنَّى لَوْ أَكُونُ أَنَا نَفْسِي مَحْرُوماً مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ فِي سَبِيلِ إِخْوَتِي، بَنِي جِنْسِي حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ.For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

4فَإِنَّهُمْ إِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، وَقَدْ مُنِحُوا التَّبَنِّيَ وَالْمَجْدَ وَالْعُهُودَ وَالتَّشْرِيعَ وَالْعِبَادَةَ وَالْمَوَاعِيدَ،the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

5وَمِنْهُمْ كَانَ الآبَاءُ وَمِنْهُمْ جَاءَ الْمَسِيحُ حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ، وَهُوَ فَوْقَ الْجَمِيعِ اللهُ الْمُبَارَكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. آمِين.Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

6لَسْتُ أَعْنِي أَنَّ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ قَدْ خَابَتْ. إِذْ لَيْسَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هُمْ إِسْرَائِيلُ؛It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

7وَلَيْسُوا، لأَنَّهُمْ نَسْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، كُلُّهُمْ أَوْلاداً لِلهِ، بَلْ، كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «بِإِسْحَاقَ سَيَكُونُ لَكَ نَسْلٌ يَحْمِلُ اسْمَكَ».Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

8أَيْ أَنَّ أَوْلادَ الْجَسَدِ لَيْسُوا هُمْ أَوْلادَ اللهِ، بَلْ أَوْلادُ الْوَعْدِ يُحْسَبُونَ نَسْلاً.So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

9فَهذِهِ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ الْوَعْدِ: «فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ أَعُودُ، وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ابْنٌ».For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

10لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ إِنَّ رِفْقَةَ أَيْضاً، وَقَدْ حَبِلَتْ مِنْ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، مِنْ إِسْحَاقَ أَبِينَا،Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

11وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الْوَلَدَانِ قَدْ وُلِدَا بَعْدُ وَلا فَعَلا خَيْراً أَوْ شَرّاً، وَذلِكَ كَيْ يَبْقَى قَصْدُ اللهِ مِنْ جِهَةِ الاخْتِيَارِYet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

12لا عَلَى أَسَاسِ الأَعْمَالِ بَلْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ دَعْوَةٍ مِنْهُ، قِيلَ لَهَا: «إِنَّ الْوَلَدَ الأَكْبَرَ يَكُونُ عَبْداً لِلأَصْغَرِ»،not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

13كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «أَحْبَبْتُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَأَبْغَضْتُ عِيسُوَ».So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

14إِذاً، مَاذَا نَقُولُ، أَيَكُونُ عِنْدَ اللهِ ظُلْمٌ، حَاشَا!What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

15فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ لِمُوسَى: «إِنِّي أَرْحَمُ مَنْ أَرْحَمُهُ، وَأُشْفِقُ عَلَى مَنْ أُشْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ!»For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

16إِذاً، لَا يَتَعَلَّقُ الأَمْرُ بِرَغْبَةِ الإِنْسَانِ وَلا بِسَعْيِهِ، وَإِنَّمَا بِرَحْمَةِ اللهِ فَقَطْ.So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

17فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ فِي الْكِتَابِ: «لِهَذَا الأَمْرِ بِعَيْنِهِ أَقَمْتُكَ: لأُظْهِرَ فِيكَ قُدْرَتِي وَيُعْلَنَ اسْمِي فِي الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا».For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

18فاللهُ إِذاً يَرْحَمُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَيُقَسِّي مَنْ يَشَاءُ.Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

19هُنَا سَتَقُولُ لِي: «لِمَاذَ يَلُومُ بَعْدُ؟ مَنْ يُقَاوِمُ قَصْدَهُ؟»One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

20فَأَقُولُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الإِنْسَانُ حَتَّى تَرُدَّ جَوَاباً عَلَى اللهِ؟ أَيَقُولُ الشَّيْءُ الْمَصْنُوعُ لِصَانِعِهِ: لِمَاذَا صَنَعْتَنِي هَكَذَا؟But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

21أَوَ لَيْسَ لِصَانِعِ الْفَخَّارِ سُلْطَةٌ عَلَى الطِّينِ لِيَصْنَعَ مِنْ كُتْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وِعَاءً لِلاِسْتِعْمَالِ الرَّفِيعِ وَآخَرَ لِلاِسْتِعْمَالِ الوَضِيعِ؟Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

22فَمَاذَا إِذاً إِنْ كَانَ اللهُ، وَقَدْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ غَضَبَهُ وَيُعْلِنَ قُدْرَتَهُ، احْتَمَلَ بِكُلِّ صَبْرٍ أَوْعِيَةَ غَضَبٍ جَاهِزَةً لِلْهَلاكِ،What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

23وَذَلِكَ بِقَصْدِ أَنْ يُعْلِنَ غِنَى مَجْدِهِ فِي أَوْعِيَةِ الرَّحْمَةِ الَّتِي سَبَقَ فَأَعَدَّهَا لِلْمَجْدِ،What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

24فِينَا نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ دَعَاهُمْ لَا مِنْ بَيْنِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَطْ بَلْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ أَيْضاً؟including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

25وَذَلِكَ عَلَى حَدِّ مَا يَقُولُ أَيْضاً فِي نُبُوءَةِ هُوشَعَ: «مَنْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا شَعْبِي سَأَدْعُوهُمْ شَعْبِي، وَمَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مَحْبُوبَةً سَأَدْعُوهَا مَحْبُوبَةً.As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

26وَيَكُونُ أَنَّهُ حَيْثُ قِيلَ لَهُمْ: لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي، فَهُنَاكَ يُدْعَوْنَ أَبْنَاءَ اللهِ الْحَيِّ».and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

27أَمَّا إِشَعْيَاءُ، فَيَهْتِفُ مُتَكَلِّماً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ: «وَلَوْ كَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ عَدَداً، فَإِنَّ بَقِيَّةً مِنْهُمْ سَتَخْلُصُ.Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

28فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيَحْسِمُ الأَمْرَ وَيُنْجِزُ كَلِمَتَهُ سَرِيعاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ».For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

29وَكَمَا قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ سَابِقاً: «لَوْ لَمْ يُبْقِ لَنَا رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ نَسْلاً، لَصِرْنَا مِثْلَ سَدُومَ وَشَابَهْنَا عَمُورَةَ!»It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

30فَمَا هِيَ خُلاصَةُ الْقَوْلِ؟ إِنَّ الأُمَمَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَسْعَوْنَ وَرَاءَ الْبِرِّ، قَدْ بَلَغُوا الْبِرَّ، وَلَكِنَّهُ الْبِرُّ الْقَائِمُ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ.What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

31أَمَّا إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَقَدْ كَانُوا يَسْعَوْنَ وَرَاءَ شَرِيعَةٍ تَهْدِفُ إِلَى الْبِرِّ، فَقَدْ فَشَلُوا حَتَّى فِي بُلُوغِ الشَّرِيعَةِ.but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

32وَلأَيِّ سَبَبٍ؟ لأَنَّ سَعْيَهُمْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ، بَلْ كَانَ وَكَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى الأَعْمَالِ. فَقَدْ تَعَثَّرُوا بِحَجَرِ الْعَثْرَةِ،Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

33كَمَا كُتِبَ: «هَا أَنَا وَاضِعٌ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرَ عَثْرَةٍ وَصَخْرَةَ سُقُوطٍ. وَمَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَا يَخِيبُ».as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

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