Romans 11
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
1Dico ergo: Numquid Deus repulit populum suum? Absit. Nam et ego Israëlita sum ex semine Abraham, de tribu Benjamin:
2God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
2non repulit Deus plebem suam, quam præscivit. An nescitis in Elia quid dicit Scriptura? quemadmodum interpellat Deum adversum Israël:
3“Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
3Domine, prophetas tuos occiderunt, altaria tua suffoderunt: et ego relictus sum solus, et quærunt animam meam.
4But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
4Sed quid dicit illi divinum responsum? Reliqui mihi septem millia virorum, qui non curvaverunt genua ante Baal.
5Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
5Sic ergo et in hoc tempore reliquiæ secundum electionem gratiæ salvæ factæ sunt.
6And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
6Si autem gratia, jam non ex operibus: alioquin gratia jam non est gratia.
7What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
7Quid ergo? Quod quærebat Israël, hoc non est consecutus: electio autem consecuta est: ceteri vero excæcati sunt:
8According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”
8sicut scriptum est: Dedit illis Deus spiritum compunctionis: oculos ut non videant, et aures ut non audiant, usque in hodiernum diem.
9David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
9Et David dicit: Fiat mensa eorum in laqueum, et in captionem, et in scandalum, et in retributionem illis.
10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
10Obscurentur oculi eorum ne videant: et dorsum eorum semper incurva.
11I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
11Dico ergo: Numquid sic offenderunt ut caderent? Absit. Sed illorum delicto, salus est gentibus ut illos æmulentur.
12Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
12Quod si delictum illorum divitiæ sunt mundi, et diminutio eorum divitiæ gentium: quanto magis plenitudo eorum?
13For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
13Vobis enim dico gentibus: Quamdiu quidem ego sum gentium Apostolus, ministerium meum honorificabo,
14if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
14si quomodo ad æmulandum provocem carnem meam, et salvos faciam aliquos ex illis.
15For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
15Si enim amissio eorum, reconciliatio est mundi: quæ assumptio, nisi vita ex mortuis?
16If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
16Quod si delibatio sancta est, et massa: et si radix sancta, et rami.
17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,
17Quod si aliqui ex ramis fracti sunt, tu autem cum oleaster esses, insertus es in illis, et socius radicis, et pinguedinis olivæ factus es,
18don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
18noli gloriari adversus ramos. Quod si gloriaris: non tu radicem portas, sed radix te.
19You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
19Dices ergo: Fracti sunt rami ut ego inserar.
20True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
20Bene: propter incredulitatem fracti sunt. Tu autem fide stas: noli altum sapere, sed time.
21for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
21Si enim Deus naturalibus ramis non pepercit: ne forte nec tibi parcat.
22See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
22Vide ergo bonitatem, et severitatem Dei: in eos quidem qui ceciderunt, severitatem: in te autem bonitatem Dei, si permanseris in bonitate, alioquin et tu excideris.
23They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
23Sed et illi, si non permanserint in incredulitate, inserentur: potens est enim Deus iterum inserere illos.
24For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
24Nam si tu ex naturali excisus es oleastro, et contra naturam insertus es in bonam olivam: quanto magis ii qui secundum naturam inserentur suæ olivæ?
25For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
25Nolo enim vos ignorare, fratres, mysterium hoc (ut non sitis vobis ipsis sapientes), quia cæcitas ex parte contigit in Israël, donec plenitudo gentium intraret,
26and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
26et sic omnis Israël salvus fieret, sicut scriptum est: Veniet ex Sion, qui eripiat, et avertat impietatem a Jacob.
27This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
27Et hoc illis a me testamentum: cum abstulero peccata eorum.
28Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
28Secundum Evangelium quidem, inimici propter vos: secundum electionem autem, carissimi propter patres.
29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
29Sine pœnitentia enim sunt dona et vocatio Dei.
30For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
30Sicut enim aliquando et vos non credidistis Deo, nunc autem misericordiam consecuti estis propter incredulitatem illorum:
31even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
31ita et isti nunc non crediderunt in vestram misericordiam: ut et ipsi misericordiam consequantur.
32For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.
32Conclusit enim Deus omnia in incredulitate, ut omnium misereatur.
33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
33O altitudo divitiarum sapientiæ, et scientiæ Dei: quam incomprehensibilia sunt judicia ejus, et investigabiles viæ ejus !
34“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
34Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini? aut quis consiliarius ejus fuit?
35“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
35aut quis prior dedit illi, et retribuetur ei?
36For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
36Quoniam ex ipso, et per ipsum, et in ipso sunt omnia: ipsi gloria in sæcula. Amen.
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