Римляни 11
1940 Bulgarian Bible
11 И тъй, казвам: Отхвърлил ли е Бог Своите люде? Да не бъде! Защото и аз съм израилтянин, от Авраамовото потомство, от Вениаминовото племе.
2 Не е отхвърлил Бог людете Си, които е предузнал. Или не знаете що казва писанието за Илия? как вика към Бога против Израиля, <казвайки:>
3 "Господи, избиха пророците Ти, разкопаха олтарите Ти, и аз останах сам; но и моя живот искат <да отнемат">.
4 Но що му казва божественият отговор? - "Оставил съм Си седем хиляди мъже, които не са преклонили коляно пред Ваала".
5 Така и в сегашно време има остатък, избран по благодат.
6 Но, ако е по благодат, не е вече от дела, иначе благодатта не е вече благодат [а ако е от делата, не е вече благодат, иначе делото не е вече дело].
7 Тогава какво? Онова, което Израил търсеше, това не получи, но избраните го получиха, а останалите се закоравиха даже до днес;
8 както е писано: "Бог им даде дух на безчувствие, очи - да не виждат и уши - да не чуват".
9 И Давид казва: - "Трапезата им нека стане за тях примка и уловка, Съблазън и въздаяние;
10 Да се помрачат очите им, та да не виждат, И сгърби гърба им за винаги".
11 Тогава казвам: Спънаха ли се, та да паднат? Да не бъде! Но чрез тяхното отклонение <дойде> спасението на езичниците, за да ги възбуди към ревнивост.
12 А, ако тяхното отклонение значи богатство за света и тяхното отпадане - богатство за езичниците, колко повече тяхното пълно <възстановяване!>
13 Защото на вас, <които бяхте> езичници, казвам, че, понеже съм апостол на езичниците, аз славя моята служба,
14 дано по някакъв начин да възбудя към ревнивост <тия, които> са моя плът, и да спася някои от тях.
15 Защото, ако тяхното отхвърляне <значи> примирение на света, какво <ще бъде> приемането <им>, ако не оживяване от мъртвите?
16 А ако първото <от тестото> е свето, то и <цялото> засяване е <свето>; и ако коренът е свет, то и клоните <са свети>.
17 Но, ако някои клони са били отрязани, и ти, бидейки дива маслина, си бил присаден между тях, и си станал съучастник с тях в тлъстия корен на маслината,
18 не се хвали срещу клоните; но ако се хвалиш, <знай>, че ти не държиш корена, а коренът тебе.
19 Но ще речеш: Отрязаха се клони, за да се присадя аз.
20 Добре, поради неверие те се отрязаха, а ти поради вяра стоиш. Не високоумствувай, но бой се.
21 Защото, ако Бог не пощади естествените клони, нито тебе ще пощади.
22 Виж, прочее, благостта и строгостта Божия: Строгост към падналите, а божествена благост към тебе, ако останеш в тая благост; иначе, и ти ще бъдеш отсечен.
23 Така и те, ако не останат в неверие, ще се присадят; защото Бог може пак да ги присади.
24 Понеже, ако ти си бил отсечен от маслина по естество дива, и, против естеството, си бил присаден на питомна маслина, то колко повече ония, които са естествени <клони>, ще се присадят на своята маслина!
25 Защото, братя, за да не се мислите за мъдри, искам да знаете тая тайна, че частично закоравяване сполетя Израиля, <само> докато влезе пълното <число> на езичниците.
26 И така целият Израил ще се спаси, както е писано: - "Избавител ще дойде от Сион; Той ще отвърне нечестията от Якова;
27 И ето завета от Мене към тях: Когато отнема греховете им".
28 Колкото за благовестието, те са неприятели, <което е> за ваша <полза>, а колкото за избора, те са възлюбени заради бащите.
29 Защото даровете и призванието от Бога са неотменими.
30 Защото както вие някога се непокорявахте {Или: Неповярвахте - ват} на Бога, но сега чрез тяхното непокорство {Или: Неверие.} сте придобили милост, та чрез показаната към вас милост и те сега да придобият милост,
31 също така и те сега се не покоряват
32 Защото Бог затвори всички в непокорство, та към всички да покаже милост.
33 О колко дълбоко е богатството на премъдростта и знанието на Бога! Колко са непостижими Неговите съдби, и неизследими пътищата му!
34 Защото, "Кой е познал ума на Господа, Или, кой Му е бил съветник?"
35 или, "Кой от по-напред Му е дал <нещо>, Та да му се отплати?"
36 Защото всичко е от Него, чрез Него и за Него. Нему да бъде слава до векове. Амин.
Romans 11
Good News Translation
God's Mercy on Israel
11 (A)I ask, then: Did God reject his own people? Certainly not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the beginning. You know what the scripture says in the passage where Elijah pleads with God against Israel: 3 (B)“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me.” 4 (C)What answer did God give him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not worshiped the false god Baal.” 5 It is the same way now: there is a small number left of those whom God has chosen because of his grace. 6 His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.
7 What then? The people of Israel did not find what they were looking for. It was only the small group that God chose who found it; the rest grew deaf to God's call. 8 (D)As the scripture says, “God made their minds and hearts dull; to this very day they cannot see or hear.” 9 (E)And David says,
“May they be caught and trapped at their feasts;
may they fall, may they be punished!
10 May their eyes be blinded so that they cannot see;
and make them bend under their troubles at all times.”
11 I ask, then: When the Jews stumbled, did they fall to their ruin? By no means! Because they sinned, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make the Jews jealous of them. 12 The sin of the Jews brought rich blessings to the world, and their spiritual poverty brought rich blessings to the Gentiles. Then, how much greater the blessings will be when the complete number of Jews is included!
The Salvation of the Gentiles
13 I am speaking now to you Gentiles: As long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work. 14 Perhaps I can make the people of my own race jealous, and so be able to save some of them. 15 For when they were rejected, all other people were changed from God's enemies into his friends. What will it be, then, when they are accepted? It will be life for the dead!
16 If the first piece of bread is given to God, then the whole loaf is his also; and if the roots of a tree are offered to God, the branches are his also. 17 Some of the branches of the cultivated olive tree have been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the Jews. 18 So then, you must not despise those who were broken off like branches. How can you be proud? You are just a branch; you don't support the roots—the roots support you.
19 But you will say, “Yes, but the branches were broken off to make room for me.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because they did not believe, while you remain in place because you do believe. But do not be proud of it; instead, be afraid. 21 God did not spare the Jews, who are like natural branches; do you think he will spare you? 22 Here we see how kind and how severe God is. He is severe toward those who have fallen, but kind to you—if you continue in his kindness. But if you do not, you too will be broken off. 23 And if the Jews abandon their unbelief, they will be put back in the place where they were; for God is able to do that. 24 You Gentiles are like the branch of a wild olive tree that is broken off and then, contrary to nature, is joined to a cultivated olive tree. The Jews are like this cultivated tree; and it will be much easier for God to join these broken-off branches to their own tree again.
God's Mercy on All
25 There is a secret truth, my friends, which I want you to know, for it will keep you from thinking how wise you are. It is that the stubbornness of the people of Israel is not permanent, but will last only until the complete number of Gentiles comes to God. 26 (F)And this is how all Israel will be saved. As the scripture says,
“The Savior will come from Zion
and remove all wickedness from the descendants of Jacob.
27 (G)I will make this covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”
28 Because they reject the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for the sake of you Gentiles. But because of God's choice, they are his friends because of their ancestors. 29 For God does not change his mind about whom he chooses and blesses. 30 As for you Gentiles, you disobeyed God in the past; but now you have received God's mercy because the Jews were disobedient. 31 In the same way, because of the mercy that you have received, the Jews now disobey God, in order that they also may now[a] receive God's mercy. 32 For God has made all people prisoners of disobedience, so that he might show mercy to them all.
Praise to God
33 (H)How great are God's riches! How deep are his wisdom and knowledge! Who can explain his decisions? Who can understand his ways? 34 (I)As the scripture says,
“Who knows the mind of the Lord?
Who is able to give him advice?
35 (J)Who has ever given him anything,
so that he had to pay it back?”
36 (K)For all things were created by him, and all things exist through him and for him. To God be the glory forever! Amen.
Footnotes
- Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.
Romans 11
King James Version
11 I say 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.
2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and 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 reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
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.
9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut 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.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding 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 to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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