Romans 11

1 I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

1 这样，我要问，难道上帝放弃了祂的子民吗？当然没有！因我自己也是以色列人，是亚伯拉罕的后裔，属于便雅悯支派。

2 God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

2 上帝并没有放弃祂预先拣选的子民。你们不知道圣经上有关以利亚先知的记载吗？他在上帝面前控告以色列人，说：

3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?

3 “主啊！他们残杀你的先知，拆毁你的祭坛，只剩下我一个人，他们还要杀我。”

4 And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

4 上帝怎样回答呢？祂说：“我为自己留下七千人，他们都未曾跪拜巴力。”

5 In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

5 现在的情况也是一样，上帝按照拣选的恩典留下了少数人。

6 And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

6 既然说是出于恩典，就不再基于行为，不然恩典就不再是恩典了。

7 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

7 这该怎么说呢？以色列人努力追求，却一无所得，只有蒙拣选的人得到了，其他人都变得顽固不化。

8 as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

8 正如圣经上说： “上帝使他们至今心智昏迷， 眼睛看不见，耳朵听不到。”

9 And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

9 大卫也说： “愿他们的宴席变为他们的网罗、 陷阱、绊脚石和报应；

10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

10 愿他们眼目昏暗， 无法看见， 永远弯腰驼背。”

11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

11 那么，我再问，以色列人一失足就再也爬不起来了吗？当然不是！恰好相反，因为他们的过犯，救恩临到了外族人，好使他们心生嫉妒。

12 But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!

12 如果他们的过犯给世界带来富足，他们的失败给外族人带来富足，那么，他们完全恢复时又将带来怎样的祝福呢！

13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

13 现在我有话要对你们外族人说。因为我是外族人的使徒，我尊重自己的职分，

14 in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

14 希望使我的骨肉同胞心生嫉妒，从而拯救他们当中的一些人。

15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

15 如果他们的被弃意味着人类与上帝和好，那么，他们被接纳时岂不意味着死而复生吗？

16 If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

16 首先用来献祭的那部分面团如果圣洁，整团面也圣洁；树根如果圣洁，树枝也圣洁。

17 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

17 如果橄榄树上有些枝子被折下来，你这野橄榄枝被接上去，得以汲取橄榄树根供应的汁浆，

18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

18 你就不可向折下来的枝子夸口。你若夸口，就该知道：不是你托住树根，而是树根托住你。

19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

19 你也许会说：“原来的枝子被折下来，是为了把我接上去。”

20 That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

20 不错，他们因为不信才被折下来，你因为信才被接上去，但不要自高，要心存敬畏。

21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.

21 上帝既然没有宽容原来的枝子，也不会宽容你。

22 Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

22 可见，上帝既慈爱又严厉。祂对堕落的人是严厉的，但只要你一直活在祂的爱中，祂会以慈爱对待你，不然你也会被砍下来。

23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

23 况且，以色列人如果不再顽固不信，必重新被接上去，因为上帝能把他们重新接上。

24 For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

24 你这从野生的橄榄树上砍下来的枝子，尚且可以违反自然，被接到好橄榄树上，何况原来的枝子被接回到原来的树上呢？

25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

25 弟兄姊妹，我不愿意你们对以下这奥秘一无所知，免得你们自以为聪明。这奥秘就是：虽然有些以色列人的心刚硬，但等到外族人得救的数目满了以后，

26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.

26 全以色列都要得救。正如圣经上说：“救主必从锡安出来，祂将除去雅各子孙的罪恶。

27 And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

27 这是我与他们所立的约，那时我要除去他们的罪。”

28 Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.

28 就福音而论，他们为你们的缘故而成为上帝的仇敌；就上帝的拣选而论，他们因祖先的缘故仍被上帝所爱。

29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

29 因为上帝的恩赐和呼召绝不会收回。

30 Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,

30 你们从前不顺服上帝，然而因为他们的不顺服，你们现在反蒙了怜悯。

31 so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.

31 同样，他们现在不顺服，是为了通过你们所蒙的怜悯，使他们现在也蒙怜悯。

32 For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.

32 因为上帝把世人都归在不顺服之列，是为了要怜悯世人。

33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

33 啊，上帝的智慧和知识多么博大精深！ 祂的判断多么难测！ 祂的踪迹多么难寻！

34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

34 谁曾知道主的心意？ 谁曾做过祂的谋士？

35 “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”

35 谁给过祂什么， 要祂偿还呢？

36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

36 因为万物都源于祂， 倚靠祂，归于祂。 愿荣耀归给祂， 直到永远。阿们！