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

¹I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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

²God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

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

³“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.” 1 Kings 19:10,14

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

⁴But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 1 Kings 19:18

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

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

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

⁶And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

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

⁷What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

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

⁸According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.” Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10

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

⁹David says, “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

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

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always.” Psalm 69:22,23

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.

¹¹I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

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

¹²Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

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

¹³For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

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

¹⁴if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

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

¹⁵For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

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

¹⁶If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

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,

¹⁷But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;

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

¹⁸don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

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

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

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

²⁰True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

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

²¹for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

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.

²²See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

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

²³They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

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?

²⁴For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

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;

²⁵For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

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

²⁶and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

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

²⁷This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins.” Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34

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

²⁸Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.

²⁹Bogu namreč ni žal milostnih darov in svojega klicanja.

²⁹For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

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

³⁰For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

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

³¹even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.

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

³²For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

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

³³Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

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

³⁴“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” Isaiah 40:13

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.

³⁵“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?” Job 41:11

³⁶Kajti 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 him be the glory for ever! Amen.