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 فَأَقُولُ: أَلَعَلَّ ٱللهَ رَفَضَ شَعْبَهُ؟ حَاشَا! لِأَنِّي أَنَا أَيْضًا إِسْرَائِيلِيٌّ مِنْ نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ.

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 لَمْ يَرْفُضِ ٱللهُ شَعْبَهُ ٱلَّذِي سَبَقَ فَعَرَفَهُ. أَمْ لَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَاذَا يَقُولُ ٱلْكِتَابُ فِي إِيلِيَّا؟ كَيْفَ يَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَى ٱللهِ ضِدَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلًا:

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 «يَارَبُّ، قَتَلُوا أَنْبِيَاءَكَ وَهَدَمُوا مَذَابِحَكَ، وَبَقِيتُ أَنَا وَحْدِي، وَهُمْ يَطْلُبُونَ نَفْسِي!».

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 لَكِنْ مَاذَا يَقُولُ لَهُ ٱلْوَحْيُ؟ «أَبْقَيْتُ لِنَفْسِي سَبْعَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يُحْنُوا رُكْبَةً لِبَعْلٍ».

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

5 فَكَذَلِكَ فِي ٱلزَّمَانِ ٱلْحَاضِرِ أَيْضًا قَدْ حَصَلَتْ بَقِيَّةٌ حَسَبَ ٱخْتِيَارِ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ.

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

6 فَإِنْ كَانَ بِٱلنِّعْمَةِ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدُ بِٱلْأَعْمَالِ، وَإِلَّا فَلَيْسَتِ ٱلنِّعْمَةُ بَعْدُ نِعْمَةً. وَإِنْ كَانَ بِٱلْأَعْمَالِ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدُ نِعْمَةً، وَإِلَّا فَٱلْعَمَلُ لَا يَكُونُ بَعْدُ عَمَلًا.

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

7 فَمَاذَا؟ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَنَلْهُ. وَلَكِنِ ٱلْمُخْتَارُونَ نَالُوهُ. وَأَمَّا ٱلْبَاقُونَ فَتَقَسَّوْا،

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 كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «أَعْطَاهُمُ ٱللهُ رُوحَ سُبَاتٍ، وَعُيُونًا حَتَّى لَا يُبْصِرُوا، وَآذَانًا حَتَّى لَا يَسْمَعُوا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ».

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

9 وَدَاوُدُ يَقُولُ: «لِتَصِرْ مَائِدَتُهُمْ فَخًّا وَقَنَصًا وَعَثْرَةً وَمُجَازَاةً لَهُمْ.

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

10 لِتُظْلِمْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَيْ لَا يُبْصِرُوا، وَلْتَحْنِ ظُهُورَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ».

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 فَأَقُولُ: أَلَعَلَّهُمْ عَثَرُوا لِكَيْ يَسْقُطُوا؟ حَاشَا! بَلْ بِزَلَّتِهِمْ صَارَ ٱلْخَلَاصُ لِلْأُمَمِ لِإِغَارَتِهِمْ.

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 فَإِنْ كَانَتْ زَلَّتُهُمْ غِنًى لِلْعَالَمِ، وَنُقْصَانُهُمْ غِنًى لِلْأُمَمِ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ مِلْؤُهُمْ؟

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

13 فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْأُمَمُ: بِمَا أَنِّي أَنَا رَسُولٌ لِلْأُمَمِ أُمَجِّدُ خِدْمَتِي،

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

14 لَعَلِّي أُغِيرُ أَنْسِبَائِي وَأُخَلِّصُ أُنَاسًا مِنْهُمْ.

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

15 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ رَفْضُهُمْ هُوَ مُصَالَحَةَ ٱلْعَالَمِ، فَمَاذَا يَكُونُ ٱقْتِبَالُهُمْ إِلَّا حَيَاةً مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ؟

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 وَإِنْ كَانَتِ ٱلْبَاكُورَةُ مُقَدَّسَةً فَكَذَلِكَ ٱلْعَجِينُ! وَإِنْ كَانَ ٱلْأَصْلُ مُقَدَّسًا فَكَذَلِكَ ٱلْأَغْصَانُ!

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 فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ قُطِعَ بَعْضُ ٱلْأَغْصَانِ، وَأَنْتَ زَيْتُونَةٌ بَرِّيَّةٌ طُعِّمْتَ فِيهَا، فَصِرْتَ شَرِيكًا فِي أَصْلِ ٱلزَّيْتُونَةِ وَدَسَمِهَا،

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

18 فَلَا تَفْتَخِرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَغْصَانِ. وَإِنِ ٱفْتَخَرْتَ، فَأَنْتَ لَسْتَ تَحْمِلُ ٱلْأَصْلَ، بَلِ ٱلْأَصْلُ إِيَّاكَ يَحْمِلُ!

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

19 فَسَتَقُولُ: «قُطِعَتِ ٱلْأَغْصَانُ لِأُطَعَّمَ أَنَا!».

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

20 حَسَنًا! مِنْ أَجْلِ عَدَمِ ٱلْإِيمَانِ قُطِعَتْ، وَأَنْتَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ ثَبَتَّ. لَا تَسْتَكْبِرْ بَلْ خَفْ!

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

21 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ ٱللهُ لَمْ يُشْفِقْ عَلَى ٱلْأَغْصَانِ ٱلطَّبِيعِيَّةِ فَلَعَلَّهُ لَا يُشْفِقُ عَلَيْكَ أَيْضًا!

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 فَهُوَذَا لُطْفُ ٱللهِ وَصَرَامَتُهُ: أَمَّا ٱلصَّرَامَةُ فَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا، وَأَمَّا ٱللُّطْفُ فَلَكَ، إِنْ ثَبَتَّ فِي ٱللُّطْفِ، وَإِلَّا فَأَنْتَ أَيْضًا سَتُقْطَعُ.

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

23 وَهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يَثْبُتُوا فِي عَدَمِ ٱلْإِيمَانِ سَيُطَعَّمُونَ. لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُطَعِّمَهُمْ أَيْضًا.

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 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ قَدْ قُطِعْتَ مِنَ ٱلزَّيْتُونَةِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ حَسَبَ ٱلطَّبِيعَةِ، وَطُعِّمْتَ بِخِلَافِ ٱلطَّبِيعَةِ فِي زَيْتُونَةٍ جَيِّدَةٍ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ يُطَعَّمُ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ حَسَبَ ٱلطَّبِيعَةِ، فِي زَيْتُونَتِهِمِ ٱلْخَاصَّةِ؟

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 فَإِنِّي لَسْتُ أُرِيدُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ أَنْ تَجْهَلُوا هَذَا ٱلسِّرَّ، لِئَلَّا تَكُونُوا عِنْدَ أَنْفُسِكُمْ حُكَمَاءَ: أَنَّ ٱلْقَسَاوَةَ قَدْ حَصَلَتْ جُزْئِيًّا لِإِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مِلْؤُ ٱلْأُمَمِ،

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 وَهَكَذَا سَيَخْلُصُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «سَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ صِهْيَوْنَ ٱلْمُنْقِذُ وَيَرُدُّ ٱلْفُجُورَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ.

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

27 وَهَذَا هُوَ ٱلْعَهْدُ مِنْ قِبَلِي لَهُمْ مَتَى نَزَعْتُ خَطَايَاهُمْ».

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

28 مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ هُمْ أَعْدَاءٌ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، وَأَمَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلِٱخْتِيَارِ فَهُمْ أَحِبَّاءُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْآبَاءِ،

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

29 لِأَنَّ هِبَاتِ ٱللهِ وَدَعْوَتَهُ هِيَ بِلَا نَدَامَةٍ.

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

30 فَإِنَّهُ كَمَا كُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ مَرَّةً لَا تُطِيعُونَ ٱللهَ، وَلَكِنِ ٱلْآنَ رُحِمْتُمْ بِعِصْيَانِ هَؤُلَاءِ،

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

31 هَكَذَا هَؤُلَاءِ أَيْضًا ٱلْآنَ، لَمْ يُطِيعُوا لِكَيْ يُرْحَمُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا بِرَحْمَتِكُمْ.

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

32 لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ أَغْلَقَ عَلَى ٱلْجَمِيعِ مَعًا فِي ٱلْعِصْيَانِ، لِكَيْ يَرْحَمَ ٱلْجَمِيعَ.

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

33 يَا لَعُمْقِ غِنَى ٱللهِ وَحِكْمَتِهِ وَعِلْمِهِ! مَا أَبْعَدَ أَحْكَامَهُ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْصِ وَطُرُقَهُ عَنِ ٱلِٱسْتِقْصَاءِ!

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

34 «لِأَنْ مَنْ عَرَفَ فِكْرَ ٱلرَّبِّ؟ أَوْ مَنْ صَارَ لَهُ مُشِيرًا؟

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

35 أَوْ مَنْ سَبَقَ فَأَعْطَاهُ فَيُكَافَأَ؟».

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

36 لِأَنَّ مِنْهُ وَبِهِ وَلَهُ كُلَّ ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ. لَهُ ٱلْمَجْدُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. آمِينَ.