¹I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

¹Pravdu hovorím v Kristu, neluhám, pri čom mi svedčí aj moje svedomie v Svätom Duchu,

²that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

²že mám veliký zármutok a neprestajnú bolesť vo svojom srdci.

³For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,

³Lebo by som si prial ja sám byť anatema a odlúčený od Krista za svojich bratov, za svojich príbuzných podľa tela,

⁴who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

⁴ktorí sú Izraeliti, ktorých je synovstvo i sláva i smluvy i zákonodarstvo i svätoslužba i zasľúbenia,

⁵of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

⁵ktorých sú otcovia a tí, z ktorých pošiel Kristus podľa tela, ktorý je nado všetkým, Bôh, požehnaný na veky. Ameň.

⁶But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.

⁶No, nie že by bolo zmarené slovo Božie. Lebo nie všetci, ktorí sú z Izraela, sú Izraelom,

⁷Neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children. But, “In Isaac will your seed be called.” Genesis 21:12

⁷ani preto, že sú semä Abrahámovo, nie sú všetci deťmi, ale: V Izákovi sa ti bude volať semä,

⁸That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

⁸to jest, nie deti tela sú deťmi Božími, ale deti zasľúbenia počítajú sa za semä.

⁹For this is a word of promise, “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.” Genesis 18:10,14

⁹Lebo slovo zasľúbenia je toto: O tomto čase prijdem, a Sára bude mať syna.

¹⁰Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

¹⁰A nie len to, ale aj Rebeka počala z jedného, z Izáka, nášho otca.

¹¹For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls, NA puts the phrase “not of works, but of him who calls” at the beginning of verse 12 instead of the end of verse 11.

¹¹Lebo ešte keď sa neboli narodili ani neboli vykonali ničoho dobrého alebo zlého - aby zostávalo preduloženie Božie podľa vyvolenia, nie zo skutkov, ale z toho, ktorý povoláva -

¹²it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.” Genesis 25:23

¹²ešte vtedy jej bolo povedané, že väčší bude slúžiť menšiemu.

¹³Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” Malachi 1:2-3

¹³Jako je napísané: Jakoba som miloval a Ezava som nenávidel.

¹⁴What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

¹⁴Čo tedy povieme? Či nie je nespravedlivosť u Boha? To nech sa nestane!

¹⁵For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Exodus 33:19

¹⁵Lebo hovorí Mojžišovi: Zmilujem sa, nad kým sa zmilujem a zľutujem sa, nad kým sa zľutujem.

¹⁶So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

¹⁶Tak tedy nie je to vecou toho, kto chce, ani toho, kto beží, ale vecou Boha, ktorý sa zmilováva.

¹⁷For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Exodus 9:16

¹⁷Lebo Písmo hovorí faraonovi: Práve nato som ťa vzbudil, aby som na tebe ukázal svoju moc, a aby sa rozhlasovalo moje meno po celej zemi.

¹⁸So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

¹⁸Tak tedy nad kým sa chce zmilovať, nad tým sa zmilováva, a koho chce zatvrdiť, toho zatvrdzuje.

¹⁹You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”

¹⁹Ale povieš mi tedy: A prečože potom karhá? Lebo veď kto kedy sa sprotivil jeho vôli, keď je tomu tak?

²⁰But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

²⁰Nuž tedy, ó, človeče, ktože si ty, že odhováraš Bohu?! Či azda povie útvor tomu, kto ho utvoril: Prečo si ma tak učinil?

²¹Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

²¹Alebo či nemá hrnčiar práva a moci nad hlinou, aby z toho istého blata učinil jednu nádobu na česť a druhú na nečesť?

²²What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

²²A čo, ak Bôh chcúc ukázať svoj hnev a oznámiť to, čo je jemu možné, znášal vo veľkej zhovievavosti nádoby hnevu, pripravené na záhubu,

²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,

²³a aby oznámil bohatstvo svojej slávy na nádobách milosrdenstva, ktoré vopred prihotovil na slávu? -

²⁴us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

²⁴Ktorých aj povolal, nás, nie len zo Židov, ale aj z pohanov.

²⁵As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” Hosea 2:23

²⁵Ako aj v Hozeášovi hovorí: Nazoviem nie môj ľud svojím ľudom, a nie milovanú milovanou,

²⁶“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ There they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” Hosea 1:10

²⁶a bude, že na mieste, kde im bolo povedané: Vy nie ste mojím ľudom, že tam budú nazvaní synmi živého Boha.

²⁷Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

²⁷A Izaiáš volá nad Izraelom: Keby bol počet synov Izraelových ako piesok mora, len zostatok bude spasený.

²⁸for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.” Isaiah 10:22-23

²⁸Lebo zkazu, a rýchlu, vykoná v spravedlivosti; lebo záhubu, rýchlu, učiní Pán na zemi.

²⁹As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot) had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.” Isaiah 1:9

²⁹A tak ako predpovedal Izaiáš: Keby nám Pán Zástupov nebol zanechal semä, boli by sme jako Sodoma a Gomore by sme boli podobní.

³⁰What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

³⁰Čo tedy povieme? Že pohania, ktorí sa nehnali za spravedlivosťou, dosiahli spravedlivosť, ale spravedlivosť z viery.

³¹but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

³¹A Izrael ženúc sa za zákonom spravedlivosti k zákonu spravedlivosti nedospel.

³²Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

³²Prečo? Preto, že nie z viery, ale jako zo skutkov zákona ho hľadali. Narazili na kameň úrazu,

³³even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.” Isaiah 8:14; 28:16

³³jako je napísané: Hľa, kladiem na Sione kameň úrazu a skalu pohoršenia, a nikto, kto verí naň, nebude zahanbený.