¹I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

¹Pravim torej: Je li Bog zavrgel ljudstvo svoje? Nikakor ne. Kajti tudi jaz sem Izraelec, iz semena Abrahamovega, iz rodu Benjaminovega.

²God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,

²Ni zavrgel Bog ljudstva svojega, ki ga je naprej spoznal. Ali ne veste, kaj pravi pismo pri Eliju? kako toži Bogu zoper Izraela, govoreč:

³Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

³„Gospod, proroke tvoje so pomorili in oltarje tvoje so razkopali, in jaz sem ostal sam, in strežejo mi po življenju“.

⁴But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

⁴Ali kaj pravi njemu Božji odgovor? „Ohranil sem sebi ostanek sedem tisoč mož, ki niso pripognili kolena pred Baalom“.

⁵Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

⁵Tako je torej tudi v sedanjem času ostanek po izbiri milosti.

⁶And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

⁶Če pa je iz milosti, ni več iz del, sicer bi milost več ne bila milost.

⁷What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

⁷Kaj torej? Česar išče Izrael, tega ni dosegel, a izbira je to dosegla; drugi so se pa zakrknili,

⁸(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

⁸kakor je pisano: „Dal jim je Bog duha nesvesti, oči, da ne vidijo, in ušesa, da ne slišijo, do današnjega dne“.

⁹And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

⁹In David pravi: „Naj jim postane njih miza za zanko in za lov in za spotiko in za povračilo;

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

¹⁰potemne naj jim oči, da ne vidijo, in njih hrbet pripogibaj vselej“.

¹¹I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

¹¹Pravim torej: So li se spoteknili, da padejo? Nikakor ne; temuč po njih padcu je prišlo zveličanje poganom, da bi jih pogani zbudili v posnemanje.

¹²Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

¹²Če je pa njih padec bogastvo za svet in njih izguba bogastvo za pogane, koliko več prinese njih polno število [Dobesedno: polnost (obilost).]?

¹³For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

¹³A vam poganom govorim. V kolikor sem torej apostol poganov, hvalim svojo službo,

¹⁴If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

¹⁴ne bi li kako v posnemanje [Ali: k zavisti.] zbudil teh, ki so moje meso, in rešil katere izmed njih.

¹⁵For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

¹⁵Kajti če je njih zavrženje prineslo spravo svetu, kaj bode njih sprejetje nego življenje iz mrtvih?

¹⁶For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

¹⁶Če so pa prvine svete, je sveto tudi testo, in če je korenina sveta, so svete tudi veje.

¹⁷And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

¹⁷Če so pa bile nekatere veje odlomljene, in ti, ki si bil divja oljka, si bil vcepljen mednje in si postal sodeležnik oljkove korenine in maščobe,

¹⁸Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

¹⁸ne hvali se proti vejam; če se pa hvališ, pomisli da ne nosiš ti korenine, temuč korenina tebe.

¹⁹Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

¹⁹Porečeš torej: Odlomljene so bile veje, da bi bil jaz vcepljen.

²⁰Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

²⁰Dobro, zavoljo nevere so bile odlomljene, ti pa z vero stojiš. Ne prevzetuj, ampak boj se!

²¹For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

²¹Zakaj če Bog naravnim vejam ni prizanesel, tudi tebi ne prizanese.

²²Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

²²Glej torej dobroto in ostrost Božjo: nad temi, ki so padli, ostrost, a nad seboj dobroto, ako vztrajaš v dobroti; če ne, boš tudi ti posekan.

²³And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

²³Oni pa bodo tudi vcepljeni, če ne ostanejo v neveri, zakaj Bog ima moč, da jih zopet vcepi.

²⁴For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

²⁴Kajti če si ti bil odsekan od oljke, po naravi divje, in vcepljen proti naravi na plemenito oljko, koliko bolj bodo tile, ki so po naravi veje, vcepljeni na lastno oljko?

²⁵For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

²⁵Kajti nočem, bratje, da bi vi ne vedeli te skrivnosti (da bi se ne zdeli sami sebi razumni): da je trdokornost le deloma zadela Izraela, dokler ne pride polno število poganov;

²⁶And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

²⁶in tako bo zveličan ves Izrael, kakor je pisano: „Pride s Siona Rešitelj in odvrne brezbožnosti od Jakoba.

²⁷For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

²⁷In to jim je od mene zaveza, kadar odvzamem njih grehe“.

²⁸As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.

²⁸Z ozirom na evangelij so sicer sovražniki zavoljo vas, a z ozirom na izbiro so ljubljenci zavoljo očetov.

²⁹For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

²⁹Bogu namreč ni žal milostnih darov in svojega klicanja.

³⁰For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

³⁰Kajti kakor vi nekdaj niste bili pokorni Bogu, a sedaj ste usmiljenje dosegli vsled njih nepokornosti,

³¹Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

³¹tako tudi ti sedaj niso poslušali, da bi vsled usmiljenja, ki ste ga vi dosegli, tudi oni dobili usmiljenje.

³²For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

³²Zaprl je namreč Bog vse v nepokornost, da bi se vseh usmilil.

³³O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

³³O globočina bogastva in modrosti in znanja Božjega! kako nedoumne so njegove sodbe in kako nezasledljive njegove poti!

³⁴For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

³⁴Kajti kdo je spoznal misel Gospodovo? Ali kdo mu je bil svetovalec?

³⁵Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

³⁵ali kdo mu je prej dal kaj, da bi moral dobiti povračilo?Kajti iz njega in po njem in za njega je vse. Njemu slava na veke! Amen.

³⁶For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

³⁶Kajti iz njega in po njem in za njega je vse. Njemu slava na veke! Amen.