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.
Roma 11
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Awa ng Dios sa Israel
11 Ang tanong ko ngayon, itinakwil na ba ng Dios ang mga taong pinili niya? Aba, hindi! Ako mismo ay isang Israelita, mula sa lahi ni Abraham at kabilang sa lahi ni Benjamin. 2 Hindi itinakwil ng Dios ang kanyang mga mamamayan na sa simula paʼy pinili na niya. Hindi nʼyo ba natatandaan ang sinasabi sa Kasulatan nang ireklamo ni Propeta Elias sa Dios ang mga Israelita? 3 Ang sabi ni Elias, “Panginoon, pinatay po nila ang inyong mga propeta at winasak ang inyong mga altar. Ako na lang po ang natitira at gusto pa nila akong patayin.” 4 Pero ano ang isinagot sa kanya ng Dios? “Nagtira ako ng 7,000 Israelitang hindi sumasamba sa dios-diosang si Baal.” 5 Ganyan din ngayon, may mga natitira pang mga Israelita na tapat sa Dios, na pinili niya dahil sa kanyang biyaya. 6 Ngayon, kung ang pagkapili sa kanila ay dahil sa kanyang biyaya, hindi na ito nakasalalay sa kanilang mabubuting gawa. Sapagkat kung nakasalalay sa mabubuting gawa, hindi na ito biyaya.
7 Ngayon, masasabi natin na hindi nakamtan ng mga Israelita ang kanilang ninanais na maituring silang matuwid ng Dios. Ang mga pinili ng Dios ang siyang nagkamit nito, pero ang karamihan ay pinatigas ang ulo. 8 Gaya nga ng sinasabi sa Kasulatan, “Ginawa silang manhid ng Dios at hanggang ngayon ay para silang mga bulag o bingi sa katotohanan.” 9 Sinabi rin ni David tungkol sa kanila: “Ang kanilang mga handog[a] sana ang magdala sa kanila ng kapahamakan, kasiraan, at kaparusahan. 10 Mabulag sana sila at magkandakuba sa bigat ng kanilang mga papasanin.”
11 Natisod ang mga Judio dahil hindi sila sumampalataya kay Cristo. Ibig bang sabihin, tuluyan na silang mapapahamak? Hindi! Pero dahil sa paglabag nila, nabigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga hindi Judio na maligtas. At dahil dito, maiinggit ang mga Judio. 12 Ngayon, kung ang paglabag at pagkabigong ito ng mga Judio ay nagdulot ng malaking pagpapala sa mga hindi Judio sa buong mundo, gaano pa kaya kalaki ang pagpapalang maidudulot kung makumpleto na ang buong bilang ng mga Judio na sasampalataya kay Cristo.
Ang Kaligtasan ng mga Hindi Judio
13 Ngayon, ito naman ang sasabihin ko sa inyong mga hindi Judio: Ginawa akong apostol ng Dios para sa inyo, at ikinararangal ko ang tungkuling ito. 14 Baka sakaling sa pamamagitan nito ay magawa kong inggitin ang mga kapwa ko Judio para sumampalataya ang ilan sa kanila at maligtas. 15 Kung ang pagtakwil ng Dios sa mga Judio ang naging daan para makalapit sa kanya ang ibang mga tao sa mundo, hindi baʼt lalo pang malaking kabutihan ang maidudulot kung ang mga Judio ay muling tanggapin ng Dios? Sila ay para na ring muling binuhay.
16 Maihahambing natin ang mga Judio sa isang tinapay. Kung inihandog sa Dios ang bahagi ng tinapay, ganoon na rin ang buong tinapay. At kung inihandog sa Dios ang ugat ng isang puno, ganoon na rin ang mga sanga nito. 17 Ang mga Judio ay tulad sa isang puno ng olibo na pinutol ang ilang mga sanga. At kayong mga hindi Judio ay tulad sa mga sanga ng ligaw na olibo na ikinabit bilang kapalit sa pinutol na mga sanga. Kaya nakabahagi kayo sa mga pagpapala ng Dios para sa mga Judio. 18 Pero huwag kayong magmalaki na mas mabuti kayo sa mga sangang pinutol. Alalahanin ninyong mga sanga lang kayo; hindi kayo ang bumubuhay sa ugat kundi ang ugat ang bumubuhay sa inyo.
19 Maaaring sabihin ninyo, “Pinutol sila para maikabit kami.” 20 Totoo iyan. Pinutol sila dahil hindi sila sumampalataya kay Cristo, at kayo naman ay ikinabit dahil sumampalataya kayo. Kaya huwag kayong magmataas, sa halip ay magkaroon kayo ng takot. 21 Sapagkat kung nagawang putulin ng Dios ang mga likas na sanga, magagawa rin niya kayong putulin. 22 Ditoʼy makikita natin ang kabutihan at kabagsikan ng Dios. Mabagsik siya sa mga nagkakasala, pero mabuti siya sa inyo kung mananatili kayo sa kanyang kabutihan. Pero kung hindi, kayo man ay puputulin din. 23 At kung hindi na magmamatigas ang mga Judio kundi sasampalataya, ikakabit din silang muli sa puno, dahil kaya itong gawin ng Dios. 24 Sapagkat kung kayong mga sanga ng olibong ligaw ay naidugtong niya sa olibong inalagaan kahit na hindi ito kadalasang ginagawa, mas madaling idugtong muli ng Dios ang mga sangang pinutol mula sa dating puno.
Ang Dios ay Maawain sa Lahat
25 Mga kapatid, nais kong malaman ninyo ang isang katotohanan na ngayon ko lang ihahayag sa inyo, para hindi maging mataas ang tingin nʼyo sa inyong sarili. Ang pagmamatigas ng mga Judio ay hindi panghabang panahon. Itoʼy hanggang makumpleto lang ang kabuuang bilang ng mga hindi Judio na sasampalataya kay Cristo. 26 Pagkatapos niyan, maliligtas ang buong Israel,[b] gaya ng sinasabi sa Kasulatan,
“Magmumula sa Zion ang Tagapagligtas;
aalisin niya ang kasamaan sa lahi ni Jacob.
27 Gagawin ko ang kasunduang ito sa kanila sa araw na aalisin ko ang kanilang kasalanan.”
28 Dahil tinanggihan ng mga Judio ang Magandang Balita, naging kaaway sila ng Dios para kayong mga hindi Judio ay mabigyan ng pagkakataong maligtas. Pero kung ang pagpili ng Dios ang pag-uusapan, mahal pa rin sila ng Dios dahil sa kanilang mga ninuno. 29 Sapagkat ang Dios ay hindi nagbabago ng isip sa kanyang pagpili at pagpapala. 30 Dati, kayong mga hindi Judio ay suwail sa Dios, pero kinaawaan niya kayo dahil sa pagsuway ng mga Judio. 31 Ganoon din naman, kaaawaan niya ang mga Judio sa kabila ng pagkasuwail nila, tulad ng ginawa niya sa inyo. 32 Sapagkat hinayaan ng Dios na ang lahat ng tao ay maging alipin ng kasalanan para maipakita sa kanila ang kanyang awa.
Papuri sa Dios
33 Napakadakila ng kabutihan ng Dios! Napakalalim ng kanyang karunungan at kaalaman! Hindi natin kayang unawain ang kanyang mga pasya at pamamaraan! 34 Gaya nga ng sinasabi sa Kasulatan:
“Sino kaya ang makakaunawa sa kaisipan ng Panginoon?
Sino kaya ang makakapagpayo sa kanya?[c]
35 Sino kaya ang makakapagbigay ng anuman sa kanya
para tumanaw siya ng utang na loob?”[d]
36 Sapagkat ang lahat ng bagay ay nanggaling sa kanya, at nilikha ang mga ito sa pamamagitan niya at para sa kanya. Purihin ang Dios magpakailanman! Amen.
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
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