罗马书 9
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
以色列人拒绝基督
9 我在基督里说真话，不是在说谎；我的良心藉着圣灵与我一同作证： 2 我极其忧伤，心里时常苦痛。 3 为了我的同胞[a]，我的骨肉之亲，就算我自己被诅咒、与基督分离，我也愿意。 4 他们是以色列人：儿子的名份、荣耀、诸约、所赐的律法、礼仪、各样应许，都是他们的； 5 祖先也是他们的；照着肉身说，基督也是出自他们的——他是那在万有之上当受颂赞的神，直到永远！阿们。
神拣选以色列人
6 但这并不是说神的话语[b]落了空，因为由以色列所生的，并不都是以色列人； 7 也不因为是亚伯拉罕的后裔，就都是他的儿女；只有“从以撒生的，才会被称为你的后裔。”[c] 8 这就是说，肉身的儿女并不是神的儿女，只有应许的儿女才算是后裔。 9 原来所应许的话是这样的：“到明年[d]这时候我要来，撒拉会生一个儿子。”[e] 10 不仅如此，丽贝卡也是这样。她由一个人，就是由我们的先祖以撒怀了孕。 11 实际上，双子[f]还没有出生，也没有行善或作恶以前——为了要显明神的拣选心意不是本于人的行为，而是出于召唤人的那一位—— 12 神[g]就对丽贝卡说：“大的将要服事小的。”[h] 13 正如经上所记：“我爱雅各，却恨以扫。”[i]
神公义的拣选
14 那么，我们要怎么说呢？难道神不公义吗？绝对不是！ 15 因为神对摩西说：
“我要怜悯谁，就怜悯谁；
我要同情谁，就同情谁。”[j]
16 由此可见，这不在于人的意愿，也不在于人的努力[k]，而在于施怜悯的神。 17 原来经上有话对法老说：
“我兴起你，正是为此：
好让我藉着你来显出我的大能，
使我的名传遍天下。”[l]
18 这样看来，神要怜悯谁，就怜悯谁；要使谁顽固，就使谁顽固。
19 那么，你会对我说：“既然如此，神为什么还要指责人呢？到底谁能抵挡他的旨意呢？” 20 哦，人哪！你到底是谁，竟然向神顶嘴呢？被造的难道可以对造它的说：“你为什么把我造成这样呢？” 21 难道陶匠没有权柄从同一团泥中，既造出贵重的器皿，又造出卑贱的器皿吗？ 22 但如果神想要显出他的震怒，显明他的能力，就以极大的耐心容忍那些承受震怒的器皿，就是他早已预备要归于灭亡[m]的器皿，那又怎么样呢？ 23 再者，如果这是为要将他那荣耀的丰盛显明在这些得蒙怜悯的器皿，就是他早已预备要归于荣耀的器皿上，那又怎么样呢？ 24 这些器皿就是我们这些蒙召的人：不仅是从犹太人中，也是从外邦人中蒙召的人。 25 正如神在何西阿书上也说：
27 以赛亚论到以色列人，呼喊说：
“以色列子民的人数虽然多如海沙，
将要得救的却是剩余的少数。
28 主就是要在地上
彻底、迅速地成就他的话。”[p]
29 又如以赛亚预先说过：
“要不是万军之主给我们留下后裔，
我们早就变得像所多玛、格摩拉那样了。”[q]
以色列人的不信
30 那么，我们要怎么说呢？那原来没有追求义的外邦人，却得到了义，就是因信而得的义； 31 而以色列人追求律法的义，却没有达到律法的义[r]。 32 这是为什么呢？因为他们不是本于信，倒像是本于[s]行为去追求的，所以他们就绊倒在那“绊脚的石头”上。 33 正如经上所记：
“看哪，我在锡安放一块绊脚的石头，
是使人绊倒的磐石；
可是信靠他的人将不至于蒙羞。”[t]
Footnotes
- 罗马书 9:3 同胞——原文直译“兄弟”。
- 罗马书 9:6 神的话语——或译作“神的道”。
- 罗马书 9:7 《创世记》21:12。
- 罗马书 9:9 明年——辅助词语。
- 罗马书 9:9 《创世记》18:10,14。
- 罗马书 9:11 双子——辅助词语。
- 罗马书 9:12 神——辅助词语。
- 罗马书 9:12 《创世记》25:23。
- 罗马书 9:13 《玛拉基书》1:2-3。
- 罗马书 9:15 《出埃及记》33:19。
- 罗马书 9:16 努力——原文直译“奔跑”。
- 罗马书 9:17 《出埃及记》9:16。
- 罗马书 9:22 灭亡——或译作“沉沦”。
- 罗马书 9:25 《何西阿书》2:23。
- 罗马书 9:26 《何西阿书》1:10。
- 罗马书 9:28 《以赛亚书》10:22-23；28:22；《何西阿书》1:10。
- 罗马书 9:29 《以赛亚书》1:9。
- 罗马书 9:31 律法的义——有古抄本作“律法”。
- 罗马书 9:32 有古抄本附“律法上的”。
- 罗马书 9:33 《以赛亚书》8:14；28:16。
Romans 9
GOD’S WORD Translation
Paul’s Concern for the Jewish People
9 As a Christian, I’m telling you the truth. I’m not lying. The Holy Spirit, along with my own thoughts, supports me in this. 2 I have deep sorrow and endless heartache. 3 I wish I could be condemned and cut off from Christ for the sake of others who, like me, are Jewish by birth. 4 They are Israelites, God’s adopted children. They have the Lord’s glory, the pledges,[a] Moses’ Teachings, the true worship, and the promises. 5 The Messiah is descended from their ancestors according to his human nature. The Messiah is God over everything, forever blessed. Amen.
6 Now it is not as though God’s word has failed. Clearly, not everyone descended from Israel is part of Israel 7 or a descendant of Abraham. However, ⌞as Scripture says,⌟ “Through Isaac your descendants will carry on your name.” 8 This means that children born by natural descent ⌞from Abraham⌟ are not necessarily God’s children. Instead, children born by the promise are considered Abraham’s descendants.
9 For example, this is what the promise said, “I will come back at the right time, and Sarah will have a son.” 10 The same thing happened to Rebekah. Rebekah became pregnant by our ancestor Isaac. 11 Before the children had been born or had done anything good or bad, Rebekah was told that the older child would serve the younger one. This was said to Rebekah so that God’s plan would remain a matter of his choice, 12 a choice based on God’s call and not on anything people do.[b] 13 The Scriptures say, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.”
14 What can we say—that God is unfair? That’s unthinkable! 15 For example, God said to Moses, “I will be kind to anyone I want to. I will be merciful to anyone I want to.” 16 Therefore, God’s choice does not depend on a person’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
17 For example, Scripture says to Pharaoh, “I put you here for this reason: to demonstrate my power through you and to spread my name throughout the earth.” 18 Therefore, if God wants to be kind to anyone, he will be. If he wants to make someone stubborn, he will.
19 You may ask me, “Why does God still find fault with anyone? Who can resist whatever God wants to do?”
20 Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, “Why did you make me like this?” 21 A potter has the right to do whatever he wants with his clay. He can make something for a special occasion or something for everyday use from the same lump of clay.
22 If God wants to demonstrate his anger and reveal his power, he can do it. But can’t he be extremely patient with people who are objects of his anger because they are headed for destruction? 23 Can’t God also reveal the riches of his glory to people who are objects of his mercy and who he had already prepared for glory? 24 This is what God did for us whom he called—whether we are Jews or not.
God Chose People Who Are Not Jewish
25 As God says in Hosea:
“Those who are not my people
I will call my people.
Those who are not loved
I will call my loved ones.
26 Wherever they were told,
‘You are not my people,’
they will be called children of the living God.”
27 Isaiah also says about Israel:
“Although the descendants of Israel are
as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore,
only a few will be saved.
28 The Lord will carry out his sentence on the land,
completely and decisively.”
29 This is what Isaiah predicted:
“If the Lord of Armies hadn’t left us some descendants,
we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.”
30 So what can we say? We can say that non-Jewish people who were not trying to gain God’s approval won his approval, an approval based on faith. 31 The people of Israel tried to gain God’s approval by obeying the laws in Moses’ Teachings, but they did not reach their goal. 32 Why? They didn’t rely on faith to gain God’s approval, but they relied on their own efforts. They stumbled over the rock that trips people. 33 As Scripture says,
“I am placing a rock in Zion that people trip over,
a large rock that people find offensive.
Whoever believes in him will not be ashamed.”
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