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 我且說，上帝棄絕了他的百姓嗎？斷乎沒有！因為我也是以色列人，亞伯拉罕的後裔，屬便雅憫支派的。

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 上帝並沒有棄絕他預先所知道的百姓。你們豈不曉得經上論到以利亞是怎麼說的呢？他在上帝面前怎樣控告以色列人說：

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，他們殺了你的先知，拆了你的祭壇，只剩下我一個人；他們還要尋索我的命。」

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 上帝的回話是怎麼說的呢？他說：「我為自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝的。」

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

5 如今也是這樣，照着揀選的恩典，還有所留的餘數。

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

6 既是出於恩典，就不在乎行為；不然，恩典就不是恩典了。

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

7 這是怎麼樣呢？以色列人所求的，他們沒有得着。惟有蒙揀選的人得着了；其餘的就成了頑梗不化的。

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 如經上所記： 上帝給他們昏迷的心， 眼睛不能看見， 耳朵不能聽見， 直到今日。

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

9 大衛也說： 願他們的筵席變為網羅，變為機檻， 變為絆腳石，作他們的報應。

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

10 願他們的眼睛昏矇，不得看見； 願你時常彎下他們的腰。

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 我且說，他們失腳是要他們跌倒嗎？斷乎不是！反倒因他們的過失，救恩便臨到外邦人，要激動他們發憤。

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 若他們的過失為天下的富足，他們的缺乏為外邦人的富足，何況他們的豐滿呢？

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

13 我對你們外邦人說這話；因我是外邦人的使徒，所以敬重 我的職分，

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

14 或者可以激動我骨肉之親發憤，好救他們一些人。

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

15 若他們被丟棄，天下就得與上帝和好，他們被收納，豈不是死而復生嗎？

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 所獻的新麵若是聖潔，全團也就聖潔了；樹根若是聖潔，樹枝也就聖潔了。

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 若有幾根枝子被折下來，你這野橄欖得接在其中，一同得着橄欖根的肥汁，

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

18 你就不可向舊枝子誇口；若是誇口，當知道不是你托着根，乃是根托着你。

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

19 你若說，那枝子被折下來是特為叫我接上。

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

20 不錯！他們因為不信，所以被折下來；你因為信，所以立得住；你不可自高，反要懼怕。

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

21 上帝既不愛惜原來的枝子，也必不愛惜你。

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 可見，上帝的恩慈和嚴厲向那跌倒的人是嚴厲的，向你是有恩慈的，只要你長久在他的恩慈裏；不然，你也要被砍下來。

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

23 而且他們若不是長久不信，仍要被接上，因為上帝能夠把他們重新接上。

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 你是從那天生的野橄欖上砍下來的，尚且逆着性得接在好橄欖上，何況這本樹的枝子，要接在本樹上呢！

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 弟兄們，我不願意你們不知道這奧祕（恐怕你們自以為聰明），就是以色列人有幾分是硬心的，等到外邦人的數目添滿了，

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 於是以色列全家都要得救。如經上所記： 必有一位救主從錫安出來， 要消除雅各家的一切罪惡；

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

27 又說：我除去他們罪的時候， 這就是我與他們所立的約。

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

28 就着福音說，他們為你們的緣故是仇敵；就着揀選說，他們為列祖的緣故是蒙愛的。

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

29 因為上帝的恩賜和選召是沒有後悔的。

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

30 你們從前不順服上帝，如今因他們的不順服，你們倒蒙了憐恤。

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

31 這樣，他們也是不順服，叫他們因着施給你們的憐恤，現在也就蒙憐恤。

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

32 因為上帝將眾人都圈在不順服之中，特意要憐恤眾人。

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

33 深哉，上帝豐富的智慧和知識！ 他的判斷何其難測！ 他的蹤跡何其難尋！

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

34 誰知道主的心？ 誰作過他的謀士呢？

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

35 誰是先給了他， 使他後來償還呢？

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

36 因為萬有都是本於他， 倚靠他，歸於他。 願榮耀歸給他，直到永遠。阿們！