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Romans 9
King James Version
Romans 9
King James Version
9 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romani 9
Nuova Riveduta 2006
Romani 9
Nuova Riveduta 2006
I sentimenti di Paolo verso Israele
9 (A)Dico la verità in Cristo, non mento – poiché la mia coscienza me lo conferma per mezzo dello Spirito Santo –, 2 ho una grande tristezza e una sofferenza continua nel mio cuore; 3 perché io stesso vorrei essere anatema, separato da Cristo, per amore dei miei fratelli, miei parenti secondo la carne, 4 cioè gli Israeliti, ai quali appartengono l’adozione, la gloria, i patti, la legislazione, il servizio sacro e le promesse; 5 ai quali appartengono i padri e dai quali proviene, secondo la carne, il Cristo, che è sopra tutte le cose Dio benedetto in eterno. Amen!
6 (B)Però non è che la parola di Dio sia caduta a terra; infatti non tutti i discendenti d’Israele sono Israele, 7 né, per il fatto di essere stirpe di Abraamo, sono tutti figli di Abraamo; anzi: «È in Isacco che ti sarà riconosciuta una discendenza»[a]. 8 Cioè, non i figli della carne sono figli di Dio; ma i figli della promessa sono considerati come discendenza. 9 Infatti questa è la parola della promessa: «In questo tempo verrò, e Sara avrà un figlio»[b]. 10 Ma c’è di più! Anche a Rebecca avvenne la medesima cosa quando ebbe concepito figli da un solo uomo, da Isacco nostro padre; 11 poiché, prima che i gemelli fossero nati e che avessero fatto del bene o del male (affinché rimanesse fermo il proponimento di Dio, secondo elezione, 12 che dipende non da opere, ma da colui che chiama), le fu detto: «Il maggiore servirà il minore»[c]; 13 com’è scritto: «Ho amato Giacobbe e ho odiato Esaù[d]».
Sovranità di Dio
14 (C)Che diremo dunque? Vi è forse ingiustizia in Dio? No di certo! 15 Poiché egli dice a Mosè: «Io avrò misericordia di chi avrò misericordia e avrò compassione di chi avrò compassione»[e]. 16 Non dipende dunque né da chi vuole né da chi corre, ma da Dio che fa misericordia. 17 La Scrittura infatti dice al faraone: «Appunto per questo ti ho suscitato: per mostrare in te la mia potenza e perché il mio nome sia proclamato per tutta la terra»[f]. 18 Così dunque egli fa misericordia a chi vuole e indurisce chi vuole.
19 Tu allora mi dirai: «Perché rimprovera egli ancora? Poiché chi può resistere alla sua volontà?» 20 Piuttosto, o uomo, chi sei tu che replichi a Dio? La cosa plasmata dirà forse a colui che la plasmò: «Perché mi hai fatta così?» 21 Il vasaio non è forse padrone dell’argilla[g] per trarre dalla stessa pasta un vaso per uso nobile e un altro per uso ignobile? 22 Che c’è da contestare se Dio, volendo manifestare la sua ira e far conoscere la sua potenza, ha sopportato con grande pazienza dei vasi d’ira preparati per la perdizione, 23 e ciò per far conoscere la ricchezza della sua gloria verso dei vasi di misericordia che aveva già prima preparati per la gloria, 24 cioè verso di noi, che egli ha chiamato non soltanto fra i Giudei ma anche fra gli stranieri? 25 Così egli dice appunto in Osea: «Io chiamerò “mio popolo” quello che non era mio popolo e “amata” quella che non era amata»[h]; 26 e: «Avverrà che nel luogo dov’era stato detto loro: “Voi non siete mio popolo”, là saranno chiamati “figli del Dio vivente”»[i]. 27 Isaia poi esclama riguardo a Israele: «Anche se il numero dei figli d’Israele fosse come la sabbia del mare, solo il resto sarà salvato;
28 perché il Signore eseguirà la sua parola sulla terra in modo rapido e definitivo[j]»[k].
29 Come Isaia aveva detto prima:
«Se il Signore degli eserciti non ci avesse lasciato una discendenza, saremmo diventati come Sodoma e saremmo stati simili a Gomorra»[l].
Israele e la giustizia che si ottiene per fede
30 (D)Che diremo dunque? Diremo che degli stranieri, i quali non ricercavano la giustizia, hanno conseguito la giustizia, però la giustizia che deriva dalla fede; 31 mentre Israele, che ricercava una legge di giustizia, non ha raggiunto questa legge[m]. 32 Perché? Perché l’ha ricercata non per fede, ma per opere. Essi hanno urtato nella pietra d’inciampo, 33 come è scritto:
«Ecco, io metto in Sion un sasso d’inciampo e una pietra di scandalo; ma chi crede in lui non sarà deluso»[n].
Footnotes
- Romani 9:7 +Ge 21:12.
- Romani 9:9 +Ge 18:10.
- Romani 9:12 +Ge 25:23.
- Romani 9:13 +Ml 1:2-3.
- Romani 9:15 +Es 33:19.
- Romani 9:17 +Es 9:16.
- Romani 9:21 Il vasaio… argilla, lett. non ha autorità il vasaio sull’argilla.
- Romani 9:25 +Os 2:23.
- Romani 9:26 +Os 1:10.
- Romani 9:28 TR e M perché egli manda ad effetto la sua parola con rapidità e giustizia; perché il Signore eseguirà la sua parola con rapidità sopra la terra.
- Romani 9:28 +Is 10:22-23.
- Romani 9:29 +Is 1:9.
- Romani 9:31 TR e M non ha raggiunto la legge di giustizia.
- Romani 9:33 +Is 8:14; 28:16.
Romans 9
New International Version
Romans 9
New International Version
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 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:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
- Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12
- Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
- Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
- Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19
- Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
- Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
- Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
- Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
- Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
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