罗马书 11
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
以色列的余民
11 那么，我要问， 神弃绝了他的百姓吗？绝对没有！因为我也是以色列人，亚伯拉罕的后裔，属便雅悯支派的。 2 神并没有弃绝他预先所知道的百姓。你们岂不知道经上论到以利亚是怎么说的呢？他在 神面前怎样控告以色列人说： 3 “主啊，他们杀了你的先知，拆了你的祭坛，只剩下我一个人，他们还要我的命。” 4 但 神的指示是怎么对他说的呢？他说：“我为自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝的。” 5 现在这时刻也是这样，照着出于恩典的拣选，还有所留的余数。 6 既是靠恩典，就不凭行为，不然，恩典就不再是恩典了。
7 那又怎么说呢？以色列人所寻求的，他们没有得着。但是蒙拣选的人得着了，其余的人却成了顽梗不化的。 8 如经上所记：
“ 神给他们昏沉的灵，
眼睛看不见，
耳朵听不到，
直到今日。”
9 大卫也说：
“愿他们的宴席变为罗网，变为陷阱，
变为绊脚石，作他们的报应。
10 愿他们的眼睛昏花，看不见；
愿你时常弯下他们的腰。”
外邦人得救
11 那么，我再问，他们失足是要他们跌倒吗？绝对不是！因他们的过犯，救恩反而临到外邦人，要激起他们嫉妒的心。 12 如果他们的过犯成为世界的富足，他们的缺乏成为外邦人的富足，更何况他们全数得救呢？
13 我对你们外邦人说，正因为我是外邦人的使徒，我敬重我的职分， 14 希望可以激起我骨肉之亲的嫉妒，好救他们一些人。 15 如果他们被丢弃，世界因而得以与 神和好；他们被收纳，岂不就是从死人中复生吗？ 16 所献的新面若圣洁，整个面团都圣洁了；树根若圣洁，树枝也圣洁了。
17 若有几根枝子被折下来，你这野橄榄枝接上去，同享橄榄根的肥汁， 18 你就不可向旧枝子夸口；若是夸口，该知道不是你托着根，而是根托着你。 19 你会说，那些枝子被折下来是为了使我接上去。 20 不错。他们因为不信，所以被折下来；你因为信，所以立得住。你不可自高，反要战战兢兢。 21 神既然不顾惜原来的枝子，岂会顾惜你？[a] 22 可见， 神又恩慈又严厉：对那跌倒的人是严厉的；对你是恩慈的，只要你长久在他的恩慈里，不然，你也要被砍下来。 23 而且，他们若不是长久不信，仍要被接上，因为 神能够重新把他们接上去。 24 你是从那天生的野橄榄上砍下来的，尚且违反自然地接在好橄榄上，何况这些原来的枝子岂不更要接在原树上吗？
全以色列都将得救
25 弟兄们，我不愿意你们不知道这奥秘，恐怕你们自以为聪明。这奥秘就是有一部分以色列人是硬心的，等到外邦人的数目添满了， 26 以色列全家都要得救。如经上所记：
“必有一位救主从锡安出来，
要消除雅各家一切不虔不敬。”
27 “这就是我与他们所立的约，
那时我要除去他们的罪。”
28 就福音来说，他们为你们的缘故是仇敌；就拣选来说，他们因列祖的缘故是蒙爱的。 29 因为 神的恩赐和选召是不会撤回的。 30 你们从前不顺服 神，如今因他们的不顺服，你们倒蒙了怜悯。 31 同样，他们现在也是不顺服，叫他们因着施给你们的怜悯，现在[b]也就蒙怜悯。 32 因为 神把众人都圈在不顺服中，为的是要怜悯众人。
33 深哉， 神的丰富、智慧和知识！
他的判断何其难测！
他的踪迹何其难寻！
34 谁知道主的心？
谁作过他的谋士？
35 谁先给了他，
使他后来偿还呢？
36 因为万有都是本于他，
倚靠他，归于他。
愿荣耀归给他，直到永远。阿们！
羅馬書 11
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
上帝不放棄以色列人
11 這樣，難道上帝放棄了祂的子民嗎？當然沒有！因我自己也是以色列人，是亞伯拉罕的後裔，屬於便雅憫支派。 2 上帝並沒有放棄祂預先揀選的子民。你們不知道聖經上有關以利亞先知的記載嗎？他在上帝面前控告以色列人，說： 3 「主啊！他們殘殺你的先知，拆毀你的祭壇，只剩下我一個人，他們還要殺我。」 4 上帝怎樣回答呢？祂說：「我為自己留下七千人，他們未曾跪拜巴力。」
5 現在的情況也是一樣，上帝按照揀選的恩典留下了少數人。 6 既然說是出於恩典，就不再基於行為，不然恩典就不再是恩典了。 7 這該怎麼說呢？以色列人努力追求，卻一無所得，只有蒙揀選的人得到了，其他的人都變得頑固不化。 8 正如聖經上說：
「上帝使他們至今心智昏迷，
眼睛看不見，耳朵聽不到。」
9 大衛也說：
「願他們的宴席成為網羅、
陷阱、絆腳石，
給他們帶來報應；
10 願他們眼目昏暗，
無法看見，
永遠彎腰駝背。」
11 那麼，以色列人一失足就再也爬不起來了嗎？當然不是！恰好相反，因他們的過犯，救恩臨到了外族人，使他們心生嫉妒。 12 如果他們的過犯給世界帶來了富足，他們的失敗給外族人帶來了富足，那麼，他們發憤回頭的時候豈不要帶來更大的祝福嗎？
外族人得救
13 我有話要對你們外族人說，因為我是外族人的使徒，我尊重自己的職分， 14 希望使我的骨肉同胞心生嫉妒，好使他們當中的一些人得救。 15 如果他們被拋棄，人類便有機會與上帝和好，那麼，當他們被接納的時候，又將怎樣呢？豈不是要死而復生嗎？ 16 獻祭時所獻的那部分麵團如果聖潔，整團麵也聖潔；樹根如果聖潔，樹枝也聖潔。
17 如果橄欖樹上有幾條枝子被折了下來，你這野橄欖枝被接了上去，得以汲取橄欖樹根供應的汁漿，你就不可向折下來的枝子誇口。 18 你怎能誇口呢？要知道：不是你托住樹根，而是樹根托住你。 19 你也許會說：「原來的枝子被折下來，是為了把我接上去。」 20 不錯，他們因為不信被折了下來，而你因為信被接了上去，然而不要自高，要敬畏上帝。 21 上帝既然沒有留下原來的枝子，也可以不留下你。 22 可見，上帝既慈愛又嚴厲。祂對墮落的人是嚴厲的，對你卻是慈愛的。你要常常活在祂的愛中，不然你也會被砍下來。 23 當然，如果以色列人不再頑固不信，必會重新被接上去，因為上帝能把他們重新接上。 24 你這從野生的橄欖樹上砍下來的枝子，尚且可以違反自然，被接到好橄欖樹上，何況原來的枝子被接回到原來的樹上呢？
全以色列都要得救
25 弟兄姊妹，我不願意你們對以下這奧祕一無所知，還自以為聰明。這奧祕就是：雖然有些以色列人的心剛硬，但等到外族人得救的數目滿了以後， 26 全以色列都要得救。正如聖經上說：「救主必從錫安出來，祂將除去雅各子孫的罪惡。 27 那時我要除去他們的罪，這是我與他們所立的約。」
28 就福音而論，他們成為上帝的仇敵是為了使你們得到福音；就上帝的揀選而論，因為他們祖先的緣故，他們仍是上帝所愛的。 29 因為上帝絕不會收回祂的恩賜和呼召。 30 你們從前不順服上帝，然而因為他們的不順服，你們現在反蒙了憐憫。 31 同樣，他們現在不順服是為了使你們蒙憐憫，好使他們也蒙憐憫。 32 因為上帝把世人都歸在不順服之列，是為了要憐憫世人。
頌讚上帝
33 啊，上帝的智慧和知識多麼博大精深！
祂的判斷多麼難測！
祂的蹤跡多麼難尋！
34 誰曾知道主的心意？
誰曾做過祂的謀士？
35 誰曾給過祂，
等祂償還呢？
36 因為萬物都源於祂，
倚靠祂，歸於祂。
願榮耀歸給祂，
直到永遠。阿們！
Romans 11
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 11
The Remnant of Israel.[a] 1 I ask, then: Has God rejected his people? Of course not! I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. You surely must know what Scripture asserts in the passage about Elijah where he pleads with God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your Prophets, they have torn down your altars. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.”
4 What was God’s response to him? “I have spared for myself seven thousand men who have not knelt before Baal.” 5 So too, at the present time, there is a remnant, chosen by grace. 6 But if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What follows, then? Israel was unable to attain what it was seeking. The elect attained it, but the rest were hardened, 8 as it is written:
“God gave them a spirit of lethargy:
eyes that could not see
and ears that could not hear,
down to this very day.”
9 And David says:
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.”
11 A Providential Misstep.[b] And so I ask: Have they stumbled so that they might fall? By no means! However, through their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, and this has stirred them to envy. 12 Now if their transgression results in riches for the world, and their loss results in riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full participation bring!
13 Now I am addressing you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry 14 in the hope that it will arouse the jealousy of those who are of my flesh so that some might be saved. 15 For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 The Gentiles’ Salvation.[c] If the firstfruits are holy, then so is the whole lump of dough. And if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in their place to share in the rich root of the olive tree, 18 do not boast over against the branches! If you start to boast, remember that it is not you who support the root but the root that supports you.
19 You will assert, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you hold your place only because of your faith. Therefore, do not rise up in pride but be filled with awe. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he might not spare you either.
22 Therefore, keep in mind the kindness and the severity of God: his severity toward those who fell, but his kindness to you provided that you remain deserving of that kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off, 23 while those who do not persist in their unbelief will be grafted in, since God has the power to do so again. 24 For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated one, how much more easily will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.
25 All Israel Will Be Saved.[d] I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brethren, lest you think yourselves too wise: this hardening that has afflicted Israel will continue only until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. 26 This is how all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
“The Deliverer will come out of Zion;
he will banish godlessness from Jacob
27 And this will be my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”
28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake. However, as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of the patriarchs. 29 For the gifts of God and his calling are irrevocable.
30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that, through the mercy shown to you, they too may receive mercy. 32 For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may show mercy to all.
33 The Judgments of God Are Unfathomable.[e] Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?[f]
35 Or who has given him anything
in order to receive something in return?”[g]
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
Footnotes
- Romans 11:1 The threat to “harden” human beings (Isa 29:10) is often cited in the New Testament in censuring seemingly irremediable human blindness (see Mt 13:14; Jn 12:40; Acts 28:26). God is not indifferent to human rejection.
- Romans 11:11 Everything works together to carry out God’s plan, which is to save all human beings. The Gospel, poorly accepted by a large part of Israel, has now been announced to the Gentile world. This fact should stir up the envy of the Israelites and make them take more careful notice of Christ. Paul hopes for their conversion and already foresees it as a passage from death to life, like the great resurrection of the people about which Ezekiel speaks in ch. 37.
- Romans 11:16 As for the Gentile converts who may be tempted to look down on their Jewish brothers, the Apostle recalls their own spiritual origins: the Church was born from the Jewish people; she is the fulfillment of the Remnant of Israel. The Gentiles were grafted like a wild olive shoot onto this olive tree. Each one of them must remember that God has called them out of love and mercy. Even in their rejection of Jesus, the Jews do not lose their quality of belonging to the chosen people.
The lesson is always valid: no one can boast about being saved. Anti-Semitism can be nothing but a scandal in the Christian world: “We are spiritual Semites” (Pope Pius XI). The originality of the Church of Jesus consists in bringing about the unity of humankind, and first of all of the two opposed groups that are the Jews and the Gentiles (Eph 2:14-16). - Romans 11:25 Prolonging the vision of the Prophets, Paul declares that the chosen people have not been definitively rejected; God does not go back on his choice. The coming of salvation remains open to the People of the Promise. The fate of Israel is not closed off from the salvation that it contributes to bring about for the profit of the Gentiles. In spite of detours of an often tragic history, the Lord continues to guide his people toward a glorious destiny in order to show that he saves his people because he loves them. The entry of the Gentiles cannot signify the exclusion of Israel; God’s mercy is for all.
- Romans 11:33 Having arrived at this summit where all humankind is reunited in the salvation of God, Paul cannot refrain from crying out in adoration and admiration.
- Romans 11:34 This citation is from the Septuagint of Isa 40:13.
- Romans 11:35 This citation is from an old Greek version of Job 41:3a and does not coincide with the Hebrew text of Job 41:11a.
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