Romans 10
New King James Version
Israel Needs the Gospel
10 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for [a]Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness (A)that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of (B)God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own (C)righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For (D)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, (E)“The man who does those things shall live by them.” 6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, (F)“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7 or, (G)“ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? (H)“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that (I)if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, (J)“Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 12 For (K)there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for (L)the same Lord over all (M)is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For (N)“whoever calls (O)on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Israel Rejects the Gospel
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear (P)without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:
(Q)“How beautiful are the feet of those who [b]preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, (R)“Lord, who has believed our report?” 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:
(S)“Their sound has gone out to all the earth,
And their words to the ends of the world.”
19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says:
(T)“I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation,
I will move you to anger by a (U)foolish nation.”
20 But Isaiah is very bold and says:
(V)“I was found by those who did not seek Me;
I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”
21 But to Israel he says:
(W)“All day long I have stretched out My hands
To a disobedient and contrary people.”
Footnotes
- Romans 10:1 NU them
- Romans 10:15 NU omits preach the gospel of peace, Who
Romans 10
English Standard Version
10 Brothers,[a] my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that (A)they have a zeal for God, (B)but not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of (C)the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 For (D)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.[b]
The Message of Salvation to All
5 For (E)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that (F)the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6 But (G)the righteousness based on faith says, (H)“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the (I)abyss?’” (that is, (J)to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? (K)“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if (L)you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and (M)believe in your heart (N)that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, (O)“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 (P)For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; (Q)for the same Lord is Lord of all, (R)bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For (S)“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him (T)of whom they have never heard?[c] And how are they to hear (U)without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, (V)“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But (W)they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, (X)“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So (Y)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for
19 But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,
(AB)“I will (AC)make you jealous of those who are not a nation;
with a (AD)foolish nation I will make you angry.”
20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,
(AE)“I have been found by those who did not seek me;
I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
21 But of Israel he says, (AF)“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
Footnotes
- Romans 10:1 Or Brothers and sisters
- Romans 10:4 Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified
- Romans 10:14 Or him whom they have never heard
Romani 10
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
10 Fraţilor, dorinţa inimii mele, rugăciunea mea către Dumnezeu pentru israeliţi, este ca ei să fie mântuiţi. 2 Căci pot mărturisi despre ei că au râvnă pentru Dumnezeu, însă fără a fi întemeiată pe cunoaştere. 3 Căci, întrucât n-au cunoscut dreptatea pe care o oferă Dumnezeu, au căutat să-şi stabilească o dreptate a lor înşişi şi nu s-au supus astfel dreptăţii pe care o oferă Dumnezeu. 4 Căci Cristos este sfârşitul[a] Legii, pentru ca să existe o dreptate pentru oricine crede.
Mântuirea este pentru toţi cei care cred
5 Moise scrie despre dreptatea pe care o dă Legea, astfel: „Omul care împlineşte aceste lucruri va trăi prin ele.“[b] 6 Însă dreptatea care vine prin credinţă spune aşa: „Să nu zici în inima ta: «Cine se va înălţa la cer?»“[c] – adică pentru a-L coborî pe Cristos – 7 „sau: «Cine va coborî în Adânc[d]?»“[e] – adică pentru a-L ridica pe Cristos dintre cei morţi! 8 Şi atunci, ce spune ea?
„Cuvântul este aproape de tine;
este în gura ta şi în inima ta.“[f]
Acesta este cuvântul credinţei, cel pe care-l propovăduim. 9 Dacă deci Îl mărturiseşti cu gura ta pe Isus ca Domn[g] şi crezi în inima ta că Dumnezeu L-a înviat din morţi, vei fi mântuit. 10 Căci prin credinţa din inimă se primeşte dreptatea şi prin mărturisirea cu gura se primeşte mântuirea; 11 întrucât Scriptura spune: „Oricine crede în El nu va fi făcut de ruşine.“[h] 12 Nu este nici o deosebire între iudeu şi grec, deoarece Acelaşi Domn este Domnul tuturor şi dă cu generozitate tuturor celor ce-L cheamă, 13 fiindcă „oricine va chema Numele Domnului va fi mântuit!“[i]
14 Aşadar, cum Îl vor chema pe Cel în Care n-au crezut? Şi cum vor crede în Cel despre Care n-au auzit? Şi cum vor auzi, fără ca cineva să le predice? 15 Şi cum să predice, dacă nu sunt trimişi? Aşa cum este scris: „Cât de frumoase sunt picioarele celor ce aduc veşti bune!“[j] 16 Însă nu toţi au acceptat veştile bune[k], pentru că Isaia spune: „Doamne, cine a crezut mesajul nostru?“[l] 17 Astfel, credinţa vine prin auzire, iar auzirea vine prin Cuvântul lui Cristos. 18 Însă eu întreb: n-au auzit ei? Ba da! Căci:
„Glasul lor a străbătut întreg pământul
şi cuvintele lor au ajuns până la marginile lumii.“[m]
19 Însă eu întreb: oare n-a înţeles Israel? Mai întâi, Moise spune:
„Eu vă voi provoca la gelozie prin ceea ce nu este un neam;
vă voi mânia printr-un neam fără pricepere.“[n]
20 Iar Isaia este atât de îndrăzneţ, încât spune:
„Am fost găsit de cei ce nu Mă căutau;
M-am făcut cunoscut celor ce nu întrebau de Mine.“[o]
21 Însă, despre Israel, spune:
„Toată ziua Mi-am întins mâinile
către un popor neascultător şi împotrivitor.“[p]
Footnotes
- Romani 10:4 Gr.: telos, care se traduce şi cu: scopul, împlinirea
- Romani 10:5 Vezi Lev. 18:5
- Romani 10:6 Vezi Deut. 30:12
- Romani 10:7 Lit.: Abis, loc de detenţie pentru duhurile rele şi pentru Satan; în LXX însă, termenul grecesc abyssos traduce ebraicul tehom (adânc, vezi Gen. 1:2; 7:11)
- Romani 10:7 Vezi Deut. 30:13
- Romani 10:8 Vezi Deut. 30:14
- Romani 10:9 Sau: ca Domnul; vezi v. 13; termenul grecesc pentru Domn (kurios) apare de peste 6000 de ori în LXX, traducându-l pe ebraicul YHWH (Domnul – vezi nota de la Ex. 3:14)
- Romani 10:11 Vezi Is. 28:16
- Romani 10:13 Vezi Ioel 2:32
- Romani 10:15 Vezi Is. 52:7; Naum 1:15
- Romani 10:16 Sau: Evanghelia
- Romani 10:16 Vezi Is. 53:2
- Romani 10:18 Vezi Ps. 19:4
- Romani 10:19 Vezi Deut. 32:21
- Romani 10:20 Vezi Is. 65:1
- Romani 10:21 Vezi Is. 65:2
Romans 10
Expanded Bible
10 Brothers and sisters, the ·thing I want most [pleasure/desire of my heart] and my prayer to God is for ·all the Jews to be saved [L their salvation]. 2 ·I can say this about them [L For I testify about them that…]: They ·really try to follow God [L have a zeal for God], but ·they do not know the right way [their zeal is misguided/uninformed/undiscerning; L not according to knowledge]. 3 Because they ·did not know [or ignored] the ·way that God makes people right with him [righteousness of God], they ·tried to make themselves right in their own way [L sought to establish their own righteousness]. So they did not ·accept God’s way of making people right [L submit to God’s righteousness]. 4 [L For] Christ ·ended [is the end/culmination/fulfillment of] the law so that everyone who believes in him may ·be right with God [have righteousness].
5 [L For] Moses writes about ·being made right [the righteousness attained] by following the law. He says, “A person who ·obeys [L does] these things will live ·because of [or by means of] them [Lev. 18:5].” 6 But ·this is what the Scripture says about being made right through faith [L the righteousness by faith says; C righteousness is personified as speaking]: “Don’t say ·to yourself [L in your heart; Deut. 9:4], ‘Who will ·go up [ascend] into heaven [Deut. 30:12]?’” (That means, “Who will go up to heaven and bring Christ down to earth [C a reference to the Incarnation, Christ coming to earth as a human being]?”) 7 “And do not say, ‘Who will go down into the ·world below [or depths; or place of the dead; L abyss; Deut. 30:13; Ps. 107:26]?’” (That means, “Who will go down and bring Christ up from the dead?”) [C Such impossible tasks are not needed for our salvation, since Christ already did them for us.] 8 ·This is what the Scripture says [L But what does it say?]: “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart [Deut. 30:14; C God’s salvation has been brought near through Christ and is received by faith].” That is the ·teaching [message; word] of faith that we ·are telling [preach; proclaim]. 9 If you ·declare [confess] with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved. 10 [L For] We believe with our hearts, and so we ·are made right with God [are justified; receive righteousness]. And we ·declare [confess] with our mouths, ·and so we are saved [leading to salvation]. 11 As the Scripture says, “Anyone who ·trusts [believes] in him will never be ·disappointed [or put to shame; Is. 28:16].” 12 ·That Scripture says “anyone” because [L For] there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles. [L For; Because] The same Lord is the Lord of all and gives ·many blessings [generously; (spiritual) riches] to all who trust in him, 13 as the Scripture says, “Anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved [Joel 2:32].”
14 ·But before people can ask the Lord for help, they must believe in him [L How, then, can they call on one in whom they have not believed?]; and ·before they can believe in him, they must hear about him [L how can they believe in one of whom they have not heard?]; and ·for them to hear about the Lord, someone must tell them [L how can they hear without someone preaching to them?]; 15 and ·before someone can go and tell them, that person must be sent [L how can they preach unless they are sent?]. [L As] It is written, “How ·beautiful [or welcome; or timely] ·is the person [L are the feet of those] who comes ·to bring [proclaiming; preaching] good news [Is. 52:7].” 16 But not ·all the Jews [L everyone] ·accepted [heeded; obeyed] the good news. [L For] Isaiah said, “Lord, who believed ·what we told them [our message/report; Is. 53:1]?” 17 ·So [Thus; Consequently] faith comes from ·hearing the Good News [L hearing], and ·people hear the Good News [hearing comes; or the message/report arrives] ·when someone tells them [through the word/message] ·about [or proclaimed by; L of] Christ.
18 But I ask: Didn’t ·people [L they; C Israel] ·hear the Good News [L hear]? Yes, they heard—as the Scripture says:
“Their ·message [voice] went out to all the earth;
their words ·go everywhere on [L to the ends of] the world [Ps. 19:4].”
19 Again I ask: Didn’t ·the people of Israel [L Israel] understand? Yes, they did understand [C this sentence is implied, but not stated, in the Greek]. First, Moses says:
“I will use those who are not a nation [C the Gentiles] to make you jealous.
I will use a nation that ·does not understand [is foolish/senseless] to make you angry [Deut. 32:21].”
20 Then Isaiah is bold enough to say:
“I was found by those who were not ·asking me for help [seeking/looking for me].
I ·made myself known [revealed myself] to people who were not ·looking for [asking about/for] me [Is. 65:1].”
21 But about Israel ·God [or Isaiah; L he] says,
“All day long I ·stood ready to accept [L held out my hands to]
people who ·disobey [disbelieve] and are ·stubborn [defiant; rebellious; Is. 65:2].”
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