Romans 11
English Standard Version
The Remnant of Israel
11 I ask, then, (A)has God rejected his people? By no means! For (B)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 (C)God has not rejected his people whom he (D)foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 (E)“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” 4 But what is God's reply to him? (F)“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 So too at the present time there is (G)a remnant, chosen by grace. 6 (H)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? (I)Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest (J)were hardened, 8 as it is written,
(K)“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
(L)eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”
9 And David says,
(M)“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 bend their backs forever.”
Gentiles Grafted In
11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass (N)salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion[b] mean!
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as (O)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and (P)thus save some of them. 15 For if their rejection means (Q)the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? 16 (R)If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 But if (S)some of the branches were broken off, and you, (T)although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root[c] of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, “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 (U)stand fast through faith. So (V)do not become proud, but (W)fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, (X)provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise (Y)you too will be cut off. 23 And (Z)even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
The Mystery of Israel's Salvation
25 (AA)Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers:[d] (AB)a partial hardening has come upon Israel, (AC)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
(AD)“The Deliverer will come (AE)from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
27 “and this will be my (AF)covenant with them
(AG)when I take away their sins.”
28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are (AH)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and (AI)the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as (AJ)you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now[e] receive mercy. 32 For God (AK)has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches and (AL)wisdom and knowledge of God! (AM)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
34 “For (AN)who has known the mind of the Lord,
or (AO)who has been his counselor?”
35 “Or (AP)who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?”
36 For (AQ)from him and through him and to him are all things. (AR)To him be glory forever. Amen.
Footnotes
- Romans 11:1 Or one of the offspring of Abraham
- Romans 11:12 Greek their fullness
- Romans 11:17 Greek root of richness; some manuscripts richness
- Romans 11:25 Or brothers and sisters
- Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts omit now
Poslanica Rimljanima 11
Knijga O Kristu
Ostatak Izraela
11 Pitam, dakle, nije li Bog odbacio židove, svoj narod? Nipošto! Sjetite se da sam i ja židov, Abrahamov potomak, iz Benjaminova plemena.
2 Nije Bog odbacio svoj narod koji je unaprijed izabrao. Zar se ne sjećate što o tome kaže Sveto pismo? Prorok Ilija žalio se Bogu na židove:
3 'Gospodine, poubijali su tvoje proroke i srušili tvoje oltare. Samo sam ja ostao, a sada i mene pokušavaju ubiti.'[a]
4 Sjećate li se što mu je Bog odgovorio? 'Nisi ti jedini ostao
5 I danas je tako. Nisu svi židovi otišli od Boga. Nekolicina[b] ih je spašena po Božjoj milosti jer ih je odabrao.
6 A ako su spašeni Božjom milošću, onda nisu spašeni zbog svojih dobrih djela. Inače Božja milost ne bi bila to što jest - darovana i nezaslužena.
7 Većina židova dakle nije postignula Božju naklonost koju je tražila. Nekolicina koju je izabrao dobila ju je, a ostali su pak otvrdnuli.
8 Kao što kaže Sveto pismo:
'Bog je učinio da obamru.
Do današnjeg dana zatvorio im je oči
da ne vide
i zatvorio im je uši
da ne čuju.'[c]
9 Kralj David o tomu je također rekao:
'Neka padnu u zamku, u mrežu i stupicu
svoje obilne gozbe
i neka ih tako stigne njihova plaća.
10 Neka im oči potamne da obnevide;
zauvijek im pogni leđa!'[d]
11 Je li Božji narod dakle tako posrnuo da će neizbježno otići u propast? Nipošto! Božja je nakana bila da spasenje učini dostupno poganima kako bi židove učinio ljubomornima i naveo ih da ga požele za sebe.
12 Pa ako su židovi, posrnuvši i odbivši spasenje, donijeli drugim narodima toliko bogatstvo, pomislite samo koliki će tek blagoslov svijet podijeliti s njima kada jednog dana prihvate spasenje!
13 Govorim to posebice zaradi vas pogana. Bog me je imenovao apostolom poganima i to uvijek ističem
14 ne bih li židove naveo da požele to što imate vi pogani i ne bi li se neki od njih tako spasili.
15 Jer ako je Bog, kad su židovi odbili spasenje, ponudio to spasenje cijelome svijetu, kako li će tek divno biti kad ga oni prihvate! Mrtvi će oživjeti!
16 Abraham i ostali patrijarsi bili su sveti, pa će i njihovi potomci biti sveti.[e] Jer ako je korijen stabla svet, svete su i grane.
17 Ali neki židovi, Abrahamove grane, odlomljeni su. A vi pogani, nekoć grane divlje masline, pricijepljeni ste. Tako sada primate blagoslov koji je Bog obećao Abrahamu i njegovim potomcima i hranite se sokovima Božje masline.
18 Ali pazite da se ne hvalite kako ste pricijepljeni umjesto odlomljenih grana. Upamtite da ste samo grane, a ne korijenje.
19 'Ali te su grane odlomljene da bi bilo mjesta za mene
20 Jesu, ali upamtite: te su grane, židovi, odlomljene zato što nisu vjerovali Bogu, a vi ste pricijepljeni zato što vjerujete. Nemojte se uznositi, već se bojte onoga što bi se moglo dogoditi.
21 Jer ako Bog nije poštedio one prve grane, neće ni tebe poštedjeti.
22 Vidite li kako je Bog dobar i strog? Strog prema neposlušnima, a dobar prema vama koji se pouzdajete u njegovu dobrotu. Ali prestanete li se u nju pouzdavati, i vi ćete biti odsječeni.
23 A odustanu li židovi od svoje nevjere, Bog će i njih ponovno pricijepiti. On ima moć da to učini.
24 Jer ako je Bog htio uzeti vas, koji ste po svojoj naravi grane divlje masline, i pricijepiti vas na dobro drvo, koliko će radije pricijepiti židove na drvo kojemu pripadaju!
Božja milost namijenjena je svima
25 želio bih, draga braćo, da razumijete ovu tajnu kako se ne biste uzoholili i počeli se hvastati. Neki su židovi tvrda srca, ali to će trajati samo dok Krista ne prihvati puni broj pogana.
26 Nakon toga će se spasiti sav Izrael. Sjećate li se što su o tomu rekli proroci:
'Sa Siona će doći Izbavitelj; odvratit će od
bezbožnosti sve židove.
27 Tada ću ispuniti svoj savez s njima
i ukloniti njihove grijehe.'[f]
28 Mnogi su židovi sada protivnici evanđelja. Ali to je vama na dobrobit jer je Bog dao svoje darove vama poganima. Pa ipak, židovi su još izabrani narod zbog Božjih obećanja danih Abrahamu, Izaku i Jakovu.
29 Jer Božji darovi i pozvanje ne mogu se opozvati.
30 Nekoć ste vi pogani bili buntovnici protiv Boga, ali kad su židovi odbacili njegovu milost, Bog ju je umjesto njima darovao vama.
31 Sada su pak tako židovi buntovnici, a vi imate Božju milost. Ali jednog će dana i oni biti dionicima Božje milosti.
32 Jer Bog je sve ljude zatvorio u njihovoj neposlušnosti da se svima smiluje.
33 Kakvoga divnog Boga imamo! Kako su veliki njegovo bogatstvo, mudrost i znanje! Nedokučivi su nam njegovi sudovi i neistraživi njegovi putovi!
34 Zaista, 'tko je spoznao Gospodnju misao, tko mu je bio savjetnikom?'[g]
35 Ili, 'tko je njemu prvi nešto dao da bi mu morao uzvratiti?'
36 Jer sve dolazi od njega, sve postoji po njemu i za njega. Neka mu je vječna slava! Amen.
Footnotes
- Poslanica Rimljanima 11:3 I Kraljevima 19:10,14.
- Poslanica Rimljanima 11:5 U grčkome: Ostatak.
- Poslanica Rimljanima 11:8 Izaija 29:10.
- Poslanica Rimljanima 11:10 Psalam 69:23-24.
- Poslanica Rimljanima 11:16 U grčkome: Ako su prvine svete, sveto je i tijesto.
- Poslanica Rimljanima 11:27 Izaija 59:20-21.
- Poslanica Rimljanima 11:34 Izaija 40:13.
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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