Romans 9

1 I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

1 أَقُولُ ٱلصِّدْقَ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ، لَا أَكْذِبُ، وَضَمِيرِي شَاهِدٌ لِي بِٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ:

2 I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

2 إِنَّ لِي حُزْنًا عَظِيمًا وَوَجَعًا فِي قَلْبِي لَا يَنْقَطِعُ.

3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

3 فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أَوَدُّ لَوْ أَكُونُ أَنَا نَفْسِي مَحْرُومًا مِنَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ لِأَجْلِ إِخْوَتِي أَنْسِبَائِي حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ،

4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

4 ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ إِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، وَلَهُمُ ٱلتَّبَنِّي وَٱلْمَجْدُ وَٱلْعُهُودُ وَٱلِٱشْتِرَاعُ وَٱلْعِبَادَةُ وَٱلْمَوَاعِيدُ،

5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

5 وَلَهُمُ ٱلْآبَاءُ، وَمِنْهُمُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ، ٱلْكَائِنُ عَلَى ٱلْكُلِّ إِلَهًا مُبَارَكًا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. آمِينَ.

6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

6 وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ هَكَذَا حَتَّى إِنَّ كَلِمَةَ ٱللهِ قَدْ سَقَطَتْ. لِأَنْ لَيْسَ جَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُمْ إِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ،

7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

7 وَلَا لِأَنَّهُمْ مِنْ نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هُمْ جَمِيعًا أَوْلَادٌ. بَلْ «بِإِسْحَاقَ يُدْعَى لَكَ نَسْلٌ».

8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

8 أَيْ لَيْسَ أَوْلَادُ ٱلْجَسَدِ هُمْ أَوْلَادَ ٱللهِ، بَلْ أَوْلَادُ ٱلْمَوْعِدِ يُحْسَبُونَ نَسْلًا.

9 For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

9 لِأَنَّ كَلِمَةَ ٱلْمَوْعِدِ هِيَ هَذِهِ: «أَنَا آتِي نَحْوَ هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ٱبْنٌ».

10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

10 وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ رِفْقَةُ أَيْضًا، وَهِيَ حُبْلَى مِنْ وَاحِدٍ وَهُوَ إِسْحَاقُ أَبُونَا.

11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

11 لِأَنَّهُ وَهُمَا لَمْ يُولَدَا بَعْدُ، وَلَا فَعَلَا خَيْرًا أَوْ شَرًّا، لِكَيْ يَثْبُتَ قَصْدُ ٱللهِ حَسَبَ ٱلِٱخْتِيَارِ، لَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْمَالِ بَلْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِي يَدْعُو،

12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

12 قِيلَ لَهَا: «إِنَّ ٱلْكَبِيرَ يُسْتَعْبَدُ لِلصَّغِيرِ».

13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

13 كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «أَحْبَبْتُ يَعْقُوبَ وَأَبْغَضْتُ عِيسُوَ».

14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

14 فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ؟ أَلَعَلَّ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ ظُلْمًا؟ حَاشَا!

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.”

15 لِأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ لِمُوسَى: «إِنِّي أَرْحَمُ مَنْ أَرْحَمُ، وَأَتَرَاءَفُ عَلَى مَنْ أَتَرَاءَفُ».

16 So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

16 فَإِذًا لَيْسَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَلَا لِمَنْ يَسْعَى، بَلْ لِلهِ ٱلَّذِي يَرْحَمُ.

17 For the 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.”

17 لِأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ ٱلْكِتَابُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «إِنِّي لِهَذَا بِعَيْنِهِ أَقَمْتُكَ، لِكَيْ أُظْهِرَ فِيكَ قُوَّتِي، وَلِكَيْ يُنَادَى بِٱسْمِي فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

18 فَإِذًا هُوَ يَرْحَمُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَيُقَسِّي مَنْ يَشَاءُ.

19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

19 فَسَتَقُولُ لِي: «لِمَاذَا يَلُومُ بَعْدُ؟ لِأَنْ مَنْ يُقَاوِمُ مَشِيئَتَهُ؟»

20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

20 بَلْ مَنْ أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلَّذِي تُجَاوِبُ ٱللهَ؟ أَلَعَلَّ ٱلْجِبْلَةَ تَقُولُ لِجَابِلِهَا: «لِمَاذَا صَنَعْتَنِي هَكَذَا؟».

21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

21 أَمْ لَيْسَ لِلْخَزَّافِ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى ٱلطِّينِ، أَنْ يَصْنَعَ مِنْ كُتْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ إِنَاءً لِلْكَرَامَةِ وَآخَرَ لِلْهَوَانِ؟

22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

22 فَمَاذَا؟ إِنْ كَانَ ٱللهُ، وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ غَضَبَهُ وَيُبَيِّنَ قُوَّتَهُ، ٱحْتَمَلَ بِأَنَاةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ آنِيَةَ غَضَبٍ مُهَيَّأَةً لِلْهَلَاكِ.

23 What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

23 وَلِكَيْ يُبَيِّنَ غِنَى مَجْدِهِ عَلَى آنِيَةِ رَحْمَةٍ قَدْ سَبَقَ فَأَعَدَّهَا لِلْمَجْدِ،

24 including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

24 ٱلَّتِي أَيْضًا دَعَانَا نَحْنُ إِيَّاهَا، لَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ فَقَطْ بَلْ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ أَيْضًا.

25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

25 كَمَا يَقُولُ فِي هُوشَعَ أَيْضًا: «سَأَدْعُو ٱلَّذِي لَيْسَ شَعْبِي شَعْبِي، وَٱلَّتِي لَيْسَتْ مَحْبُوبَةً مَحْبُوبَةً.

26 and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

26 وَيَكُونُ فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فِيهِ: لَسْتُمْ شَعْبِي، أَنَّهُ هُنَاكَ يُدْعَوْنَ أَبْنَاءَ ٱللهِ ٱلْحَيِّ».

27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

27 وَإِشَعْيَاءُ يَصْرُخُ مِنْ جِهَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «وَإِنْ كَانَ عَدَدُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَرَمْلِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، فَٱلْبَقِيَّةُ سَتَخْلُصُ.

28 For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

28 لِأَنَّهُ مُتَمِّمُ أَمْرٍ وَقَاضٍ بِٱلْبِرِّ. لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَصْنَعُ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا بِهِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ».

29 It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

29 وَكَمَا سَبَقَ إِشَعْيَاءُ فَقَالَ: «لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَبَّ ٱلْجُنُودِ أَبْقَى لَنَا نَسْلًا، لَصِرْنَا مِثْلَ سَدُومَ وَشَابَهْنَا عَمُورَةَ».

30 What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

30 فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ؟ إِنَّ ٱلْأُمَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْعَوْا فِي أَثَرِ ٱلْبِرِّ أَدْرَكُوا ٱلْبِرَّ، ٱلْبِرَّ ٱلَّذِي بِٱلْإِيمَانِ.

31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

31 وَلَكِنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَهُوَ يَسْعَى فِي أَثَرِ نَامُوسِ ٱلْبِرِّ، لَمْ يُدْرِكْ نَامُوسَ ٱلْبِرِّ!

32 Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

32 لِمَاذَا؟ لِأَنَّهُ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ، بَلْ كَأَنَّهُ بِأَعْمَالِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ. فَإِنَّهُمُ ٱصْطَدَمُوا بِحَجَرِ ٱلصَّدْمَةِ،

33 as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

33 كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «هَا أَنَا أَضَعُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرَ صَدْمَةٍ وَصَخْرَةَ عَثْرَةٍ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَا يُخْزَى».