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以色列人不全被棄

11 我且說,神棄絕了他的百姓嗎?斷乎沒有。因為我也是以色列人,亞伯拉罕的後裔,屬便雅憫支派的。 神並沒有棄絕他預先所知道的百姓。你們豈不曉得經上論到以利亞是怎麼說的呢?他在神面前怎樣控告以色列人說: 「主啊,他們殺了你的先知,拆了你的祭壇,只剩下我一個人,他們還要尋索我的命。」 神的回話是怎麼說的呢?他說:「我為自己留下七千人,是未曾向巴力屈膝的。」 如今也是這樣,照著揀選的恩典,還有所留的餘數。 既是出於恩典,就不在乎行為;不然,恩典就不是恩典了。 這是怎麼樣呢?以色列人所求的,他們沒有得著,唯有蒙揀選的人得著了,其餘的就成了頑梗不化的。 如經上所記:「神給他們昏迷的心,眼睛不能看見,耳朵不能聽見,直到今日。」 大衛也說:「願他們的筵席變為網羅,變為機檻,變為絆腳石,做他們的報應。 10 願他們的眼睛昏矇,不得看見,願你時常彎下他們的腰。」

猶太人所失為外邦人所得

11 我且說,他們失腳是要他們跌倒嗎?斷乎不是。反倒因他們的過失,救恩便臨到外邦人,要激動他們發憤。 12 若他們的過失為天下的富足,他們的缺乏為外邦人的富足,何況他們的豐滿呢?

13 我對你們外邦人說這話:因我是外邦人的使徒,所以敬重[a]我的職分, 14 或者可以激動我骨肉之親發憤,好救他們一些人。 15 若他們被丟棄,天下就得與神和好,他們被收納,豈不是死而復生嗎? 16 所獻的新麵若是聖潔,全團也就聖潔了;樹根若是聖潔,樹枝也就聖潔了。 17 若有幾根枝子被折下來,你這野橄欖得接在其中,一同得著橄欖根的肥汁, 18 你就不可向舊枝子誇口。若是誇口,當知道不是你托著根,乃是根托著你。 19 你若說,那枝子被折下來是特為叫我接上。 20 不錯,他們因為不信所以被折下來,你因為信所以立得住。你不可自高,反要懼怕。 21 神既不愛惜原來的枝子,也必不愛惜你。 22 可見神的恩慈和嚴厲:向那跌倒的人是嚴厲的;向你是有恩慈的,只要你長久在他的恩慈裡;不然,你也要被砍下來。 23 而且他們若不是長久不信,仍要被接上,因為神能夠把他們重新接上。 24 你是從那天生的野橄欖上砍下來的,尚且逆著性得接在好橄欖上,何況這本樹的枝子要接在本樹上呢?

猶太人暫時被棄終必得救

25 弟兄們,我不願意你們不知道這奧祕,恐怕你們自以為聰明,就是:以色列人有幾分是硬心的,等到外邦人的數目添滿了, 26 於是以色列全家都要得救。如經上所記:「必有一位救主從錫安出來,要消除雅各家的一切罪惡。」 27 又說:「我除去他們罪的時候,這就是我與他們所立的約。」 28 就著福音說,他們為你們的緣故是仇敵;就著揀選說,他們為列祖的緣故是蒙愛的。 29 因為神的恩賜和選召是沒有後悔的。 30 你們從前不順服神,如今因他們的不順服,你們倒蒙了憐恤。 31 這樣,他們也是不順服,叫他們因著施給你們的憐恤,現在也就蒙憐恤。 32 因為神將眾人都圈在不順服之中,特意要憐恤眾人。

主智無窮主道難尋

33 深哉,神豐富的智慧和知識!他的判斷何其難測,他的蹤跡何其難尋! 34 「誰知道主的心,誰做過他的謀士呢? 35 誰是先給了他,使他後來償還呢?」 36 因為萬有都是本於他,倚靠他,歸於他。願榮耀歸給他,直到永遠!阿們。

Footnotes

  1. 羅馬書 11:13 「敬重」原文作「榮耀」。

上帝没有忘记他的子民

11 于是我问∶“上帝遗弃他的子民了吗?”当然没有!我自己也是一个以色列人,是亚伯拉罕 [a]的后裔, 便雅悯支派的一员。 上帝没有遗弃他的子民,这些人在他们出生之前已被上帝选中!你们都知道以利亚 [b]向上帝控告以色列人的那段经文,在那段经文里,他恳求说: “主啊!他们杀害了您的先知,拆毁了您的祭坛,我是剩下的唯一的一位先知了,可是他们还想杀害我。” 但是,上帝是怎么回答他的呢?上帝说∶“我为自己留下七千人,他们都从未崇拜过假神巴力。” [c]

现在也是同样,上帝出于恩典挑选了少数人。 上帝选择他的子民是靠他的恩典,而不是取决于他们的表现,使他们成为上帝的子民。如果成为上帝的选民取决于表现,那么,上帝的恩典就不再是恩典了。

结果怎样呢?以色列人寻求上帝的祝福,但是,他们没有得到这祝福。被挑选的人却得到了他的祝福,其余的人则变得固执己见,不肯听从上帝, 正如《经》上所说的那样:

“上帝让这些人沉睡。 (A)
时至今日,
上帝合上他们的眼睛,所以他们不能看,
    上帝关闭他们的耳朵,所以他们不能听。” (B)

大卫说:

“让他们在自己的宴席上陷入圈套,被人捉住;
让他们跌倒,受到惩罚。
10 让他们的眼睛合上,无法看见,
让他们永遭灾难。” (C)

11 于是我问:犹太人跌倒时,他们被这一跤毁灭了吗?没有!但是,由于他们的错误,拯救降临到非犹太人的身上,目的是让犹太人妒嫉。 12 他们的过失给世人带来益处,他们的损失给非犹太人带来丰盛的益处,那么,当有足够的犹太人成为上帝所希望的那种人时,整个世界将获益更大。

13 现在我对你们非犹太人说话,确切地说,因为我是非犹太人的使徒,所以非常看重自己的任务。 14 我希望唤起自己同胞的嫉妒之心,以便拯救他们中的一些人。 15 上帝离弃了犹太人,这使上帝和世上其它民族成为朋友,那么,当上帝接纳犹太人时,就如让人从死里复活一样。 16 如果你们把面团的第一部分奉献给了上帝,那么整个面团也就变得神圣了;如果树根是神圣的,那么,树枝也是神圣的了。

17 这就仿佛象这样似的∶ 有些橄榄树枝从树上被折断,然后,野生的橄榄树枝被嫁接到那棵树上。如果你们不是犹太人,你们就尤如野生的橄榄树枝一样,现在,你们分享着那棵橄榄树根的生命和力量。 18 那么你们不应该对那些被砍掉的树枝自夸。如果你们自夸,就应该记住,不是你们滋养了树根,而是树根滋养了你们。 19 你或许会说∶“但是,那些树枝被折断就是为了让我嫁接上去。” 20 这话不错,他们被砍掉,是因为他们缺乏信仰,你们继续成为这树的枝子,是因为你们有信仰。不要骄傲自大,而需诚惶诚恐。 21 如果上帝不让天然的树枝留下来,那么如果你们放弃信仰,他也不会,让你们留下来。

22 所以, 你们明白上帝是仁慈的,但是他也能够非常严厉。他惩罚放弃跟随他的人们,但是如果你们继续信赖他的仁慈,上帝便会对你们仁慈相待,否则你们也会被从树上砍下来的。 23 而且,如果犹太人不再固执不信的话,他们还会重新被嫁接回去,因为上帝能把他们再嫁接上去的。 24 把野树枝嫁接到好树上不是自然的,但是,你们非犹太人就像从野橄榄树上被砍下来的树枝一样,与一棵好橄榄树相连接了。既然那些犹太人像本来就生长在那棵好橄榄树上的树枝,那么毫无疑问,他们肯定能够再次被连接到原来的树上去。

25 兄弟姐妹们,我想要你们理解这个奥秘,它将帮助你们理解你们并不通晓每一件事。这个奥秘是∶部分以色列人会固执已见,但是,当有足够的非犹太人皈依了上帝时,这会改变的。 26 这是整个以色列将会得到拯救的途径。正像《经》上描述的那样:

“救世主将要来自锡安 [d]
他要把雅各 [e]家族的一切罪恶除去,
27 当我除去那些人所有的罪过时,
我要和他们立下这份契约。” (D)

28 犹太人拒绝接受福音,所以成为上帝的敌人,这正好帮助了你们非犹太人。但是,犹太人依旧是上帝的选择的民族,他爱他们,因为他对他们祖先 的许诺。 29 因为上帝绝不会对他所召唤的人变心,他 也绝不会收回已赐给他们的祝福。 30 你们曾经不顺从上帝,但是由于犹太人不顺从,现在你们蒙受上帝的怜悯。 31 因为上帝对你们的怜悯, 现在犹太人是不顺从的人。此事之所以发生, 为的是他们也能够蒙受到上帝的怜悯。 32 所有的人都不顺从上帝,上帝便把他们都归拢为不服从他的人,以便他能够展现出他对所有人的怜悯。

赞美上帝

33 上帝的怜悯是何其地丰富,他的智慧和知识是何其地深奥!他的判断是何其难测!他的道理是多么地难以理解! 34 正如《经》上说的那样:

“谁知道上帝的心思?
谁能当上帝的参谋?” (E)

35 “谁先给过上帝什么,
使他不得不偿还呢?” (F)

36 万物都是上帝创造的。万物都是通过他,也是为了他而存在的。愿荣耀永远属于他!阿们。

Footnotes

  1. 羅 馬 書 11:1 亚伯拉罕: 犹太人最受敬重的祖先。
  2. 羅 馬 書 11:2 以利亚: 大约在公元前850年的一位先知。
  3. 羅 馬 書 11:4 《列王纪上》19:18。
  4. 羅 馬 書 11:26 锡安: 以色列人的另一个名字,即上帝子民之城。
  5. 羅 馬 書 11:26 雅各: 以色列十二支派的的祖宗。

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.(C) God did not reject his people,(D) whom he foreknew.(E) Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”[a]?(F) And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”[b](G) So too, at the present time there is a remnant(H) chosen by grace.(I) And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;(J) if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain.(K) The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,(L) as it is written:

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
    eyes that could not see
    and ears that could not hear,(M)
to this very day.”[c](N)

And David says:

“May their table become a snare and a trap,
    a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,(O)
    and their backs be bent forever.”[d](P)

Ingrafted Branches

11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!(Q) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(R) to make Israel envious.(S) 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,(T) how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,(U) I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy(V) and save(W) some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation(X) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?(Y) 16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits(Z) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17 If some of the branches have been broken off,(AA) and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others(AB) and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.(AC) 19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” 20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith.(AD) Do not be arrogant,(AE) but tremble.(AF) 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

22 Consider therefore the kindness(AG) and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue(AH) in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.(AI) 23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.(AJ) 24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree,(AK) how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

All Israel Will Be Saved

25 I do not want you to be ignorant(AL) of this mystery,(AM) brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited:(AN) Israel has experienced a hardening(AO) in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,(AP) 26 and in this way[e] all Israel will be saved.(AQ) As it is written:

“The deliverer will come from Zion;
    he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is[f] my covenant with them
    when I take away their sins.”[g](AR)

28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies(AS) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,(AT) 29 for God’s gifts and his call(AU) are irrevocable.(AV) 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient(AW) to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now[h] receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience(AX) so that he may have mercy on them all.

Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches(AY) of the wisdom and[i] knowledge of God!(AZ)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!(BA)
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”[j](BB)
35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[k](BC)
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.(BD)
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.(BE)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:3 1 Kings 19:10,14
  2. Romans 11:4 1 Kings 19:18
  3. Romans 11:8 Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
  4. Romans 11:10 Psalm 69:22,23
  5. Romans 11:26 Or and so
  6. Romans 11:27 Or will be
  7. Romans 11:27 Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34
  8. Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.
  9. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the
  10. Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13
  11. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

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.

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,

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

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.

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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.

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

(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.

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.