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Romanos 9
Reina Valera Contemporánea

La elección de Israel

9 Digo la verdad en Cristo, no miento. Mi conciencia me da testimonio en el Espíritu Santo: 2 tengo una gran tristeza y un continuo dolor en mi corazón. 3 Porque desearía ser yo mismo maldecido y separado de Cristo, por amor a mis hermanos, por los de mi propia raza, 4 que son israelitas. De ellos son la adopción, la gloria, el pacto, la promulgación de la ley, el culto y las promesas. 5 De ellos son los patriarcas, y de ellos, desde el punto de vista humano, vino Cristo, el cual es Dios sobre todas las cosas. ¡Bendito sea por siempre! Amén.

6 Ahora bien, no estoy diciendo que la palabra de Dios haya fallado, porque no todos los que descienden de Israel son israelitas; 7 ni todos los descendientes de Abrahán son verdaderamente sus hijos, pues dice: «Tu descendencia vendrá por medio de Isaac.»(A) 8 Esto significa que los hijos de Dios no son los descendientes naturales, sino aquellos que son considerados descendientes según la promesa. 9 La promesa dice así: «Por este tiempo vendré, y Sara tendrá un hijo.»(B) 10 Y no sólo esto. También sucedió cuando Rebeca concibió de un solo hombre, de nuestro antepasado Isaac, 11 aunque sus hijos todavía no habían nacido ni habían hecho algo bueno o malo; y para confirmar que el propósito de Dios no está basado en las obras sino en el que llama, 12 se le dijo: «El mayor servirá al menor.»(C) 13 Como está escrito: «A Jacob amé, pero a Esaú aborrecí.»(D)

14 Entonces, ¿qué diremos? ¿Que Dios es injusto? ¡De ninguna manera! 15 Porque Dios dijo a Moisés: «Tendré misericordia del que yo quiera, y me compadeceré del que yo quiera.»(E) 16 Así pues, no depende de que el hombre quiera o se esfuerce, sino de que Dios tenga misericordia. 17 Porque la Escritura le dice a Faraón: «Te he levantado precisamente para mostrar en ti mi poder, y para que mi nombre sea anunciado por toda la tierra.»(F) 18 De manera que Dios tiene misericordia de quien él quiere tenerla y endurece a quien él quiere endurecer.

19 Entonces me dirás: ¿Por qué Dios todavía nos echa la culpa? ¿Quién puede oponerse a su voluntad? 20 Pero tú, hombre, ¿quién eres para discutir con Dios? ¿Acaso el vaso de barro le dirá al que lo formó por qué lo hizo así?(G) 21 ¿Qué, no tiene derecho el alfarero de hacer del mismo barro un vaso para honra y otro para deshonra? 22 ¿Y qué si Dios, queriendo mostrar su ira y dar a conocer su poder, soportó con mucha paciencia los vasos de ira que estaban preparados para destrucción? 23 ¿Y qué si, para dar a conocer las riquezas de su gloria, se las mostró a los vasos de misericordia que él de antemano preparó para esa gloria? 24 Esos somos nosotros, a quienes Dios llamó, no sólo de entre los judíos, sino también de entre los no judíos. 25 Como también se dice en Oseas:

«Llamaré “pueblo mío” al que no era mi pueblo,
Y llamaré “amada mía” a la que no era mi amada.(H)
26 Y en el lugar donde se les dijo: “Ustedes no son mi pueblo”,
Allí serán llamados “hijos del Dios viviente”.»(I)

27 También Isaías clama, en referencia a Israel: «Aunque los descendientes de Israel sean tan numerosos como la arena del mar, tan sólo el remanente será salvo; 28 porque el Señor ejecutará su sentencia sobre la tierra con justicia y prontitud.»(J) 29 Y como antes dijo Isaías:

«Si el Señor de los ejércitos no nos hubiera dejado descendencia,
Ya seríamos como Sodoma, y nos pareceríamos a Gomorra.»(K)

La justicia que es por fe

30 Entonces, ¿qué diremos? Que los no judíos, que no buscaban la justicia, la han alcanzado; es decir, la justicia que viene por medio de la fe. 31 Pero Israel, que buscaba una ley de justicia, no la alcanzó. 32 ¿Por qué? Porque no la buscaba a partir de la fe, sino a partir de las obras de la ley; y tropezaron en la piedra de tropiezo, 33 como está escrito:

«Yo pongo en Sión una piedra de tropiezo y una roca de caída;
pero el que crea en él, no será avergonzado.»(L)

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Romans 9
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The tragedy of Israel’s unbelief

9 I’m speaking the truth in Christ—I’m not lying, as my conscience assures me with the Holy Spirit: 2 I have great sadness and constant pain in my heart. 3 I wish I could be cursed, cut off from Christ if it helped my brothers and sisters, who are my flesh-and-blood relatives. 4 They are Israelites. The adoption as God’s children, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the worship, and the promises belong to them. 5 The Jewish ancestors are theirs, and the Christ descended from those ancestors. He is the one who rules over all things, who is God, and who is blessed forever. Amen.

Israel and God’s choice

6 But it’s not as though God’s word has failed. Not all who are descended from Israel are part of Israel. 7 Not all of Abraham’s children are called Abraham’s descendants, but instead your descendants will be named through Isaac.[a] 8 That means it isn’t the natural children who are God’s children, but it is the children from the promise who are counted as descendants. 9 The words in the promise were: A year from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son.[b]

10 Not only that, but also Rebecca conceived children with one man, our ancestor Isaac. 11 When they hadn’t been born yet and when they hadn’t yet done anything good or bad, it was shown that God’s purpose would continue because it was based on his choice. 12 It wasn’t because of what was done but because of God’s call. This was said to her: The older child will be a slave to the younger one.[c] 13 As it is written, I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.[d]

14 So what are we going to say? Isn’t this unfair on God’s part? Absolutely not! 15 He says to Moses, I’ll have mercy on whomever I choose to have mercy, and I’ll show compassion to whomever I choose to show compassion.[e] 16 So then, it doesn’t depend on a person’s desire or effort. It depends entirely on God, who shows mercy. 17 Scripture says to Pharaoh, I have put you in this position for this very thing: so I can show my power in you and so that my name can be spread through the entire earth.[f] 18 So then, God has mercy on whomever he wants to, but he makes resistant whomever he wants to.

19 So you are going to say to me, “Then why does he still blame people? Who has ever resisted his will?” 20 You are only a human being. Who do you think you are to talk back to God? Does the clay say to the potter, “Why did you make me like this?”[g] 21 Doesn’t the potter have the power over the clay to make one pot for special purposes and another for garbage from the same lump of clay? 22 What if God very patiently puts up with pots made for wrath that were designed for destruction, because he wanted to show his wrath and to make his power known? 23 What if he did this to make the wealth of his glory known toward pots made for mercy, which he prepared in advance for glory? 24 We are the ones God has called. We don’t come only from the Jews but we also come from the Gentiles. 25 As it says also in Hosea,

I will call “my people” those who aren’t my people,
    and the one who isn’t well loved, I will call “loved one.”[h]

26 And in the place where it was said to them,

“You aren’t my people,”
    there they will be called “the living God’s children.”[i]

27 But Isaiah cries out for Israel,

Though the number of Israel’s children will be like the sand of the sea,
    only a remaining part will be saved,
28         because the Lord does what he says completely and quickly.[j]

29 As Isaiah prophesied,

If the Lord of the heavenly forces had not left descendants for us,
    we would have been like Sodom,
    and we would have become like Gomorrah.[k]

Israel and God’s righteousness

30 So what are we going to say? Gentiles who weren’t striving for righteousness achieved righteousness, the righteousness that comes from faith. 31 But though Israel was striving for a Law of righteousness, they didn’t arrive. 32 Why? It’s because they didn’t go for it by faith but they went for it as if it could be reached by doing something. They have tripped over a stumbling block. 33 As it is written:

Look! I’m putting a stumbling block in Zion,
    which is a rock that offends people.
And the one who has faith in him will not be put to shame.[l]

Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:7 Gen 21:12
  2. Romans 9:9 Gen 18:10, 14
  3. Romans 9:12 Gen 25:23
  4. Romans 9:13 Mal 1:2-3
  5. Romans 9:15 Exod 33:19
  6. Romans 9:17 Exod 9:16
  7. Romans 9:20 Isa 29:16; 45:9
  8. Romans 9:25 Hos 2:23
  9. Romans 9:26 Hos 1:10
  10. Romans 9:28 Isa 10:22-23 LXX
  11. Romans 9:29 Isa 1:9
  12. Romans 9:33 Isa 28:16; 8:14
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Romans 9
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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![a](Q) 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:

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall,
    and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[m](BH)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
  2. Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12
  3. Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14
  4. Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
  5. Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
  6. Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19
  7. Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16
  8. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
  9. Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
  10. Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
  11. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
  12. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
  13. Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
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Roma 9
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)

Ang Dios at ang mga Israelita

9 Ngayon, ako na mananampalataya ni Cristo ay may sasabihin sa inyo. Totoo ito at hindi ako nagsisinungaling. At pinapatunayan ng Banal na Espiritu sa aking konsensya na totoo ang sasabihin ko: 2 Labis akong nalulungkot at nababalisa 3 para sa aking mga kalahi at kababayang Judio. Kung maaari lang sana, ako na lang ang sumpain ng Dios at mahiwalay kay Cristo, maligtas lang sila. 4 Bilang mga Israelita itinuring sila ng Dios na kanyang mga anak; ipinakita niya sa kanila ang kanyang kadakilaan; gumawa ang Dios ng mga kasunduan sa kanila; ibinigay sa kanila ang Kautusan; tinuruan sila ng tunay na pagsamba; maraming ipinangako ang Dios sa kanila; 5 ang kanilang mga ninunoʼy mga pinili ng Dios; at nagmula sa kanilang lahi si Cristo nang siyaʼy maging tao – ang Dios na makapangyarihan sa lahat na dapat purihin magpakailanman! Amen.

6 Hindi ito nangangahulugan na hindi natupad ang mga pangako ng Dios dahil hindi sila sumampalataya, sapagkat hindi naman lahat ng nagmula kay Israel ay maituturing na pinili ng Dios. 7 At hindi rin naman lahat ng nagmula kay Abraham ay maituturing na mga anak ni Abraham. Sapagkat sinabi ng Dios kay Abraham, “Ang mga anak lang na magmumula kay Isaac ang mga lahi na aking ipinangako.”[a] 8 Ang ibig sabihin, hindi lahat ng anak ni Abraham ay itinuturing na anak ng Dios, kundi ang mga anak lamang na ipinanganak ayon sa ipinangako. 9 Sapagkat ganito ang ipinangako ng Dios sa kanya, “Babalik ako rito sa ganito ring panahon sa susunod na taon at magkakaroon ng anak na lalaki si Sara.”[b]

10 Hindi lang iyon, kundi nangyari rin ang ganoon sa dalawang anak ni Rebeka sa ating ninunong si Isaac, ipinakita rin ng Dios na hindi lahat ng nagmula kay Abraham ay itinuturing na mga anak niya. 11-12 Bago pa man ipanganak ang kambal, sinabi na ng Dios kay Rebeka, “Maglilingkod ang nakatatanda sa nakababatang kapatid.”[c] Sinabi ito ng Dios noong wala pa silang nagagawang mabuti o masama, para patunayan na ang pagpili niya ay batay sa sarili niyang pasya at hindi sa mabubuting gawa ng tao. 13 Gaya nga ng sinabi ng Dios sa Kasulatan,

    “Minamahal ko si Jacob, pero si Esau ay hindi.”[d]

14 Baka naman sabihin ng iba na hindi makatarungan ang Dios. Aba, hindi! 15 Sapagkat sinabi niya kay Moises, “Mahahabag ako sa gusto kong kahabagan; maaawa ako sa gusto kong kaawaan.”[e] 16 Kung ganoon, ang pagpili ng Dios ay hindi batay sa kagustuhan ng tao o sa paggawa niya ng mabuti, kundi sa awa ng Dios. 17 Sapagkat ayon sa Kasulatan, sinabi ng Dios sa Faraon, “Pinayagan kitang mabuhay dahil dito: para maipakita ko ang kapangyarihan ko sa pamamagitan mo at makilala ang pangalan ko sa buong mundo.”[f] 18 Kaya nga, kinaaawaan ng Dios ang ibig niyang kaawaan, at pinatitigas niya ang ulo ng ibig niyang patigasin.

Ang Galit at Awa ng Dios

19 Maaaring may magsabi sa akin, “Kung ganoon, bakit pa niya pinapanagot ang mga tao sa kanilang mga kasalanan? At sino ang makakasalungat sa kanyang kalooban?” 20 Pero sino ka para magreklamo sa Dios ng ganyan? Tayoʼy mga nilikha lang ng Dios, kaya hindi tayo makakapagreklamo kung bakit niya tayo ginawang ganito. 21 Tulad sa isang gumagawa ng palayok, may karapatan siyang gawin ang putik ayon sa gusto niya. May karapatan siyang gumawa ng dalawang uri ng sisidlan mula sa iisang tumpok ng putik: ang isa ay pang-espesyal, at ang isa naman ay pangkaraniwan lang.

22 Ganoon din naman ang Dios. Nais niyang ipakita ang kanyang kapangyarihan at matinding galit sa mga makasalanan, pero minabuti niyang tiisin muna nang buong tiyaga ang mga taong dapat sanang lipulin na. 23 Ginawa niya ito para ipakita kung gaano siya kadakila sa mga taong kinaaawaan niya, na inihanda na niya noon pa para parangalan. 24 Itoʼy walang iba kundi tayo na mga tinawag niya, hindi lang mula sa mga Judio kundi mula rin sa mga hindi Judio. 25 Ito ang sinabi ng Dios sa aklat ni Hoseas:

    “Ang dating hindi ko mga tao ay tatawagin kong, ‘Mga tao ko.’
    At ang dating hindi ko mahal ay mamahalin ko.[g]
26 At sa mga sinabihang, ‘Kayoʼy hindi ko mga mamamayan,’
    silaʼy tatawaging, ‘Mga anak ng Dios na buhay.’ ”[h]

27 Tungkol naman sa mga Israelita, sinabi ni Propeta Isaias: “Kahit na maging kasindami pa ng buhangin sa tabing-dagat ang lahi ni Israel, kakaunti lang sa kanila ang maliligtas, 28 dahil mabilis at matindi ang gagawing paghatol ng Panginoon sa mga tao sa mundo.”[i] 29 Sinabi rin ni Isaias,

    “Kung ang Panginoong Makapangyarihan ay walang itinira sa ating lahi, natulad na sana tayo sa Sodom at Gomora.”[j]

Ang Israel at ang Magandang Balita

30 Ano ngayon ang masasabi natin tungkol dito? Ang mga hindi Judio na hindi nagsikap na maging matuwid ay itinuring ng Dios na matuwid nang dahil sa kanilang pananampalataya. 31 Pero ang mga Judio na nagsikap na maituring na matuwid sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod nila sa Kautusan ay nabigo. 32 Bakit sila nabigo? Sapagkat nagtiwala sila sa kanilang mga gawa at hindi sila sumampalataya kay Jesu-Cristo. Natisod sila sa “batong nakakatisod.” 33 Gaya nga ng sinabi ng Dios sa Kasulatan,

    “Maglalagay ako sa Zion ng batong naging katitisuran sa mga tao, at nakakapagpadapa sa kanila.
    Pero hindi mapapahiya ang mga sumasampalataya sa kanya.”[k]

Footnotes

  1. 9:7 Gen. 21:12.
  2. 9:9 Gen. 18:10, 14.
  3. 9:11-12 Gen. 25:23.
  4. 9:13 Mal. 1:2-3.
  5. 9:15 Exo. 33:19.
  6. 9:17 Exo. 9:16.
  7. 9:25 Hos. 2:23.
  8. 9:26 Hos. 1:10.
  9. 9:28 Isa. 10:22-23.
  10. 9:29 Isa. 1:9.
  11. 9:33 Isa. 8:14; 28:16.
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