罗马书 9
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
神拣选以色列人
9 我在基督里说的是实话,并没有撒谎,因为我的良心在圣灵里一同为我作证; 2 我大大忧愁,心里常常伤痛。 3 为我的同胞,就是我骨肉之亲,就算自己受咒诅,与基督隔绝,我也甘心。 4 他们是以色列人:嗣子的名分、荣耀、众约、律法、敬拜的礼仪和各样的应许,都是他们的。 5 蒙拣选的列祖也是他们的祖宗;按肉身来说,基督也是出自他们这一族。其实,他是在万有之上,永远受称颂的 神。阿们。
6 当然,这不是说 神的话落了空,因为出自以色列的,不都是以色列人; 7 也不因为他们是亚伯拉罕的后裔,就都成为他的儿女,只有“以撒生的,才可以称为你的后裔”, 8 这就是说,肉身生的儿女并不是 神的儿女,只有凭着应许生的儿女才算是后裔。 9 因为所应许的话是这样:“明年这个时候我要来,撒拉必定生一个儿子。” 10 不但如此,利百加也是这样:既然从一个人,就是从我们的祖宗以撒怀了孕, 11 双生子还没有生下来,善恶也没有行出来(为要坚定 神拣选人的旨意,不是由于行为,而是由于那呼召者), 12 神就对她说:“将来大的要服事小的。” 13 正如经上所记的:
“我爱雅各,
却恶以扫。”
14 既是这样,我们可以说甚么呢? 神不公平吗?绝对不会! 15 因为他对摩西说:
“我要怜悯谁,就怜悯谁;
我要恩待谁,就恩待谁。”
16 这样看来,既不是出于人意,也不是由于人为(“人为”原文作“奔走”或“奔跑”),只在于那怜悯人的 神。 17 经上有话对法老说:“我把你兴起来,是要借着你显出我的大能,并且使我的名传遍全地。” 18 这样看来,他愿意怜悯谁就怜悯谁,愿意谁刚硬就使谁刚硬。
神显出忿怒又施行怜悯
19 这样,你会对我说:“那么他为甚么责怪人呢?有谁抗拒他的旨意呢?” 20 你这个人哪,你是谁,竟敢跟 神顶嘴呢?被造的怎么可以对造他的说:“你为甚么把我做成这个样子呢?” 21 陶匠难道没有权用同一团的泥,又做贵重的、又做卑贱的器皿吗? 22 如果 神有意要显明他的忿怒,彰显他的大能,而多多容忍那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿, 23 为了要使他丰盛的荣耀,彰显在那蒙恩、早已预备要得荣耀的器皿上,这又有甚么不可呢? 24 这器皿就是我们这些不但从犹太人中,也从外族人中蒙召的人。 25 就如 神在何西阿书上说的:
“我要称那不是我子民的为我的子民,
那不蒙爱的为蒙爱的;
26 从前在甚么地方对他们说:
你们不是我的子民,
将来就在那里称他们为永活 神的儿子。”
27 以赛亚指着以色列人大声说:“以色列子孙的数目虽然多如海沙,得救的不过是剩下的余数; 28 因为主必在地上迅速而彻底地成就他的话。” 29 又如以赛亚早已说过的:
“如果不是万军之主给我们存留后裔,
我们早就像所多玛
和蛾摩拉一样了。”
以色列人因为不信而绊倒
30 既是这样,我们还有甚么可说的呢?那不追求义的外族人却得了义,就是因信而得的义。 31 但以色列人追求律法的义(“律法的义”原文作“义的律法”),却达不到律法的要求。 32 这是甚么缘故呢?因为他们不凭信心,只靠行为。他们绊倒在那绊脚石上, 33 正如经上所记:
“看哪,我在锡安放了一块绊脚石,
是绊倒人的盘石;
信靠他的人,
必不致失望。”
羅馬書 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
上帝的選民
9 我在基督裡說真話,絕無謊言。我被聖靈感動的良心可以作證, 2 我心裡極為憂愁,痛苦不止! 3 為了我的弟兄——我的同胞以色列人,即使我自己被咒詛、與基督隔絕,我也願意! 4 身為以色列人,他們擁有上帝兒子的名分、上帝的榮耀、諸約、律法、聖殿敬拜和各種應許。 5 蒙揀選的族長是他們的先祖,基督降世為人也是做以色列人。祂是至大至尊,永遠當受稱頌的上帝。阿們!
6 當然,這並不表示上帝的話落了空,因為從以色列生的,不一定都是以色列人, 7 亞伯拉罕的後裔不一定都是亞伯拉罕的兒女,聖經上說:「以撒生的才可算為你的後裔。」 8 這話的意思是:亞伯拉罕憑血氣所生的兒女並不是上帝的兒女,只有憑應許所生的才算是他的後裔。 9 因為上帝曾這樣應許他:「明年這時候,我會再來,撒拉必生一個兒子。」
10 後來,利百加和我們的先祖以撒結婚,懷了雙胞胎。 11 在這對孩子還未出生,還沒有顯出誰善誰惡之前,上帝為了顯明自己揀選人並不是按人的行為,而是按祂自己的旨意, 12 便對利百加說:「將來大的要服侍小的。」 13 正如聖經上說:「我愛雅各,厭惡以掃。」
14 這樣看來,我們該怎麼下結論呢?難道上帝不公平嗎?當然不是。 15 祂曾對摩西說:
「我要憐憫誰就憐憫誰,
要恩待誰就恩待誰。」
16 可見這並不在於人的意志和努力,而在於祂的憐憫。 17 聖經記載著上帝對法老說的話:「我使你興起是為了在你身上彰顯我的權能,使我的名傳遍天下。」 18 總之,上帝要憐憫誰,就憐憫誰;要叫誰頑固,就叫誰頑固。
上帝的烈怒和憐憫
19 這樣,你肯定會對我說:「為什麼上帝還指責人呢?誰能抗拒祂的旨意呢?」 20 你這個人啊!你是誰啊?竟敢頂撞上帝!受造之物怎能對造物主說:「你為什麼把我造成這樣?」 21 陶匠難道不可以從一團泥中拿一部分造貴重的器皿,又拿一部分造平凡的器皿嗎?
22 倘若上帝要顯示祂的烈怒和權能,就儘量容忍那些祂預備要毀滅的器皿, 23 以便在那些祂憐憫並預備賜予榮耀的器皿上彰顯祂豐盛的榮耀,這難道不可以嗎? 24 那些蒙憐憫的器皿就是我們這些從猶太人和外族人中被上帝呼召的人。 25 正如上帝在《何西阿書》上說:
「本來不是我子民的,
我要稱他們為『我的子民』;
本來不是我所愛的,
我要稱他們為『我所愛的』。
26 從前我在什麼地方對他們說,
『你們不是我的子民。』
將來也要在那裡對他們說,
『你們是永活上帝的兒女。』」
27 關於以色列人,以賽亞先知曾疾呼:
「以色列人雖多如海沙,
但得救的只是剩餘的人,
28 因為上帝要在世上迅速、
徹底地執行祂的判決。」
29 以賽亞又說:
「若不是萬軍之主給我們存留後裔,
我們早就像所多瑪和蛾摩拉一樣滅亡了。」
以色列人和福音
30 這樣看來,我們該說什麼呢?本來不追求義的外族人卻因信而得到了義。 31 以色列人靠遵行律法追求義,卻徒勞無功。 32 為什麼會這樣呢?因為他們不憑信心,只靠自己的行為去追求義,結果就在那塊「絆腳石」上跌倒了。 33 正如聖經上說:
「看啊!我在錫安放了一塊絆腳石,
一塊使人跌倒的磐石。
但信靠祂的人必不致蒙羞。」
Romans 9
New International Version
Paul’s Anguish Over Israel
9 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying,(A) my conscience confirms(B) it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself(C) were cursed(D) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(E) those of my own race,(F) 4 the people of Israel.(G) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(H) theirs the divine glory,(I) the covenants,(J) the receiving of the law,(K) the temple worship(L) and the promises.(M) 5 Theirs are the patriarchs,(N) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(O) who is God over all,(P) forever praised Amen.
God’s Sovereign Choice
6 It is not as though God’s word(R) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(S) 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[b](T) 8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(U) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(V) 9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”[c](W)
10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.(X) 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(Y)—in order that God’s purpose(Z) in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[d](AA) 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[e](AB)
14 What then shall we say?(AC) Is God unjust? Not at all!(AD) 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[f](AE)
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(AF) 17 For 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.”[g](AG) 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(AH)
19 One of you will say to me:(AI) “Then why does God still blame us?(AJ) For who is able to resist his will?”(AK) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(AL) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(AM) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[h](AN) 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(AO)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(AP) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(AQ) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(AR) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(AS)— 24 even us, whom he also called,(AT) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(AU) 25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[i](AV)
26 and,
“In the very place where it was said to them,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”[j](AW)
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(AX)
only the remnant will be saved.(AY)
28 For the Lord will carry out
his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[k](AZ)
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
“Unless the Lord Almighty(BA)
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”[l](BB)
Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then shall we say?(BC) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(BD) 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,(BE) have not attained their goal.(BF) 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(BG) 33 As it is written:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
- Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12
- Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
- Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
- Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19
- Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
- Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
- Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
- Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
- Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
罗马书 9
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
神拣选以色列人
9 我在基督里说的是实话,并没有撒谎,因为我的良心在圣灵里一同为我作证; 2 我大大忧愁,心里常常伤痛。 3 为我的同胞,就是我骨肉之亲,就算自己受咒诅,与基督隔绝,我也甘心。 4 他们是以色列人:嗣子的名分、荣耀、众约、律法、敬拜的礼仪和各样的应许,都是他们的。 5 蒙拣选的列祖也是他们的祖宗;按肉身来说,基督也是出自他们这一族。其实,他是在万有之上,永远受称颂的 神。阿们。
6 当然,这不是说 神的话落了空,因为出自以色列的,不都是以色列人; 7 也不因为他们是亚伯拉罕的后裔,就都成为他的儿女,只有“以撒生的,才可以称为你的后裔”, 8 这就是说,肉身生的儿女并不是 神的儿女,只有凭着应许生的儿女才算是后裔。 9 因为所应许的话是这样:“明年这个时候我要来,撒拉必定生一个儿子。” 10 不但如此,利百加也是这样:既然从一个人,就是从我们的祖宗以撒怀了孕, 11 双生子还没有生下来,善恶也没有行出来(为要坚定 神拣选人的旨意,不是由于行为,而是由于那呼召者), 12 神就对她说:“将来大的要服事小的。” 13 正如经上所记的:
“我爱雅各,
却恶以扫。”
14 既是这样,我们可以说甚么呢? 神不公平吗?绝对不会! 15 因为他对摩西说:
“我要怜悯谁,就怜悯谁;
我要恩待谁,就恩待谁。”
16 这样看来,既不是出于人意,也不是由于人为(“人为”原文作“奔走”或“奔跑”),只在于那怜悯人的 神。 17 经上有话对法老说:“我把你兴起来,是要借着你显出我的大能,并且使我的名传遍全地。” 18 这样看来,他愿意怜悯谁就怜悯谁,愿意谁刚硬就使谁刚硬。
神显出忿怒又施行怜悯
19 这样,你会对我说:“那么他为甚么责怪人呢?有谁抗拒他的旨意呢?” 20 你这个人哪,你是谁,竟敢跟 神顶嘴呢?被造的怎么可以对造他的说:“你为甚么把我做成这个样子呢?” 21 陶匠难道没有权用同一团的泥,又做贵重的、又做卑贱的器皿吗? 22 如果 神有意要显明他的忿怒,彰显他的大能,而多多容忍那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿, 23 为了要使他丰盛的荣耀,彰显在那蒙恩、早已预备要得荣耀的器皿上,这又有甚么不可呢? 24 这器皿就是我们这些不但从犹太人中,也从外族人中蒙召的人。 25 就如 神在何西阿书上说的:
“我要称那不是我子民的为我的子民,
那不蒙爱的为蒙爱的;
26 从前在甚么地方对他们说:
你们不是我的子民,
将来就在那里称他们为永活 神的儿子。”
27 以赛亚指着以色列人大声说:“以色列子孙的数目虽然多如海沙,得救的不过是剩下的余数; 28 因为主必在地上迅速而彻底地成就他的话。” 29 又如以赛亚早已说过的:
“如果不是万军之主给我们存留后裔,
我们早就像所多玛
和蛾摩拉一样了。”
以色列人因为不信而绊倒
30 既是这样,我们还有甚么可说的呢?那不追求义的外族人却得了义,就是因信而得的义。 31 但以色列人追求律法的义(“律法的义”原文作“义的律法”),却达不到律法的要求。 32 这是甚么缘故呢?因为他们不凭信心,只靠行为。他们绊倒在那绊脚石上, 33 正如经上所记:
“看哪,我在锡安放了一块绊脚石,
是绊倒人的盘石;
信靠他的人,
必不致失望。”
羅馬書 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
上帝的選民
9 我在基督裡說真話,絕無謊言。我被聖靈感動的良心可以作證, 2 我心裡極為憂愁,痛苦不止! 3 為了我的弟兄——我的同胞以色列人,即使我自己被咒詛、與基督隔絕,我也願意! 4 身為以色列人,他們擁有上帝兒子的名分、上帝的榮耀、諸約、律法、聖殿敬拜和各種應許。 5 蒙揀選的族長是他們的先祖,基督降世為人也是做以色列人。祂是至大至尊,永遠當受稱頌的上帝。阿們!
6 當然,這並不表示上帝的話落了空,因為從以色列生的,不一定都是以色列人, 7 亞伯拉罕的後裔不一定都是亞伯拉罕的兒女,聖經上說:「以撒生的才可算為你的後裔。」 8 這話的意思是:亞伯拉罕憑血氣所生的兒女並不是上帝的兒女,只有憑應許所生的才算是他的後裔。 9 因為上帝曾這樣應許他:「明年這時候,我會再來,撒拉必生一個兒子。」
10 後來,利百加和我們的先祖以撒結婚,懷了雙胞胎。 11 在這對孩子還未出生,還沒有顯出誰善誰惡之前,上帝為了顯明自己揀選人並不是按人的行為,而是按祂自己的旨意, 12 便對利百加說:「將來大的要服侍小的。」 13 正如聖經上說:「我愛雅各,厭惡以掃。」
14 這樣看來,我們該怎麼下結論呢?難道上帝不公平嗎?當然不是。 15 祂曾對摩西說:
「我要憐憫誰就憐憫誰,
要恩待誰就恩待誰。」
16 可見這並不在於人的意志和努力,而在於祂的憐憫。 17 聖經記載著上帝對法老說的話:「我使你興起是為了在你身上彰顯我的權能,使我的名傳遍天下。」 18 總之,上帝要憐憫誰,就憐憫誰;要叫誰頑固,就叫誰頑固。
上帝的烈怒和憐憫
19 這樣,你肯定會對我說:「為什麼上帝還指責人呢?誰能抗拒祂的旨意呢?」 20 你這個人啊!你是誰啊?竟敢頂撞上帝!受造之物怎能對造物主說:「你為什麼把我造成這樣?」 21 陶匠難道不可以從一團泥中拿一部分造貴重的器皿,又拿一部分造平凡的器皿嗎?
22 倘若上帝要顯示祂的烈怒和權能,就儘量容忍那些祂預備要毀滅的器皿, 23 以便在那些祂憐憫並預備賜予榮耀的器皿上彰顯祂豐盛的榮耀,這難道不可以嗎? 24 那些蒙憐憫的器皿就是我們這些從猶太人和外族人中被上帝呼召的人。 25 正如上帝在《何西阿書》上說:
「本來不是我子民的,
我要稱他們為『我的子民』;
本來不是我所愛的,
我要稱他們為『我所愛的』。
26 從前我在什麼地方對他們說,
『你們不是我的子民。』
將來也要在那裡對他們說,
『你們是永活上帝的兒女。』」
27 關於以色列人,以賽亞先知曾疾呼:
「以色列人雖多如海沙,
但得救的只是剩餘的人,
28 因為上帝要在世上迅速、
徹底地執行祂的判決。」
29 以賽亞又說:
「若不是萬軍之主給我們存留後裔,
我們早就像所多瑪和蛾摩拉一樣滅亡了。」
以色列人和福音
30 這樣看來,我們該說什麼呢?本來不追求義的外族人卻因信而得到了義。 31 以色列人靠遵行律法追求義,卻徒勞無功。 32 為什麼會這樣呢?因為他們不憑信心,只靠自己的行為去追求義,結果就在那塊「絆腳石」上跌倒了。 33 正如聖經上說:
「看啊!我在錫安放了一塊絆腳石,
一塊使人跌倒的磐石。
但信靠祂的人必不致蒙羞。」
Romans 9
New International Version
Paul’s Anguish Over Israel
9 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying,(A) my conscience confirms(B) it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself(C) were cursed(D) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(E) those of my own race,(F) 4 the people of Israel.(G) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(H) theirs the divine glory,(I) the covenants,(J) the receiving of the law,(K) the temple worship(L) and the promises.(M) 5 Theirs are the patriarchs,(N) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(O) who is God over all,(P) forever praised Amen.
God’s Sovereign Choice
6 It is not as though God’s word(R) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(S) 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[b](T) 8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(U) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(V) 9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”[c](W)
10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.(X) 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(Y)—in order that God’s purpose(Z) in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[d](AA) 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[e](AB)
14 What then shall we say?(AC) Is God unjust? Not at all!(AD) 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[f](AE)
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(AF) 17 For 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.”[g](AG) 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(AH)
19 One of you will say to me:(AI) “Then why does God still blame us?(AJ) For who is able to resist his will?”(AK) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(AL) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(AM) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[h](AN) 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(AO)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(AP) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(AQ) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(AR) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(AS)— 24 even us, whom he also called,(AT) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(AU) 25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[i](AV)
26 and,
“In the very place where it was said to them,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”[j](AW)
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(AX)
only the remnant will be saved.(AY)
28 For the Lord will carry out
his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[k](AZ)
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
“Unless the Lord Almighty(BA)
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”[l](BB)
Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then shall we say?(BC) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(BD) 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,(BE) have not attained their goal.(BF) 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(BG) 33 As it is written:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
- Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12
- Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
- Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
- Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19
- Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
- Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
- Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
- Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
- Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
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