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

¹Resnico govorim v Kristusu, ne lažem, to mi izpričuje moja vest v Duhu svetem:

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

²da imam veliko žalost in neprestano bolečino v srcu svojem.

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

³Kajti želel bi, da bi bil jaz sam proklet in ločen od Kristusa za svoje brate, ki so mi v rodu po mesu;

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

⁴oni so Izraelci, njim je bilo dano sinovstvo in slava in zaveze in postava in služba božja in obljube,

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

⁵njih so očaki, in iz njih je po mesu Kristus, ki je čez vse, Bog hvaljen na veke. Amen.

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

⁶Ni pa tako, da je beseda Božja izgubila veljavo. Kajti niso vsi Izraelci, ki so od Izraela:

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

⁷niti zato, ker so seme Abrahamovo, niso vsi otroci, temuč: „V Izaku se ti bo imenovalo seme“,

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 je: niso ti, ki so otroci mesa, otroci Božji, marveč otroci obljube se štejejo za seme.

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

⁹Kajti beseda obljube je ta: „Ta čas pridem in Sara bo imela sina“.

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

¹⁰Pa ne samo na tej, ampak tudi na Rebeki, ki je z enim imela dva otroka, z Izakom, očetom našim, se kaže isto.

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.

¹¹Zakaj ko se še nista bila narodila, tudi ne storila nič dobrega ali hudega, da bi veljaven ostal sklep Božji po izbiri, ne zavoljo del, temuč zavoljo tistega, ki kliče,

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

¹²se ji je reklo: „Večji bo služil manjšemu“.

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

¹³Kakor je pisano: „Jakoba sem ljubil, a Ezava sovražil“.

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

¹⁴Kaj torej porečemo? je li mar krivičnost pri Bogu? Nikakor ne.

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

¹⁵Kajti Mojzesu pravi: „Milosten bodem, komur sem milosten, in usmilil se ga bom, kogar se usmilim“.

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

¹⁶To torej ni v moči tega, ki hoče, ne tega, ki se trudi [Dobesedno: ki teče.], ampak Boga, ki je milosten.

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

¹⁷Kajti pismo pravi Faraonu: „Prav zato sem te obudil, da pokažem na tebi svojo moč in da se razglasi moje ime po vsej zemlji“.

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

¹⁸Tako torej komur hoče, je milosten, a kogar hoče, zakrkne.

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

¹⁹Porečeš mi torej: Zakaj nas še dolži? ker kdo more njegovi volji nasprotovati?

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

²⁰Toda kdo si ti, o človek, da se pregovarjaš z Bogom? Poreče li izdelek izdelovalcu: Zakaj si me naredil tako?

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?

²¹Nima li oblasti lončar nad glino, da iz iste grude naredi eno posodo za čast, a drugo za nečast?

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

²²Kaj pa, če je Bog, hoteč pokazati jezo in razglasiti moč svojo, prenašal v veliki potrpežljivosti posode jeze, pripravljene za pogubo,

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

²³in da bi razglasil bogastvo slave svoje na posodah usmiljenja, ki jih je naprej pripravil za slavo...?

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

²⁴ki jih je tudi poklical, namreč nas, ne samo izmed Judov, ampak tudi iz poganov;

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

²⁵kakor tudi pri Ozeu pravi: „Imenoval bom nemoje ljudstvo svoje ljudstvo, in neljubico ljubico;

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

²⁶in zgodi se, da na mestu, kjer se jim je reklo: Vi niste moje ljudstvo, tam se bodo imenovali sinovi Boga živega“.

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;

²⁷Izaija pa vpije nad Izraelom: „Ko bi bilo sinov Izraelovih kolikor morskega peska, le ostanek se bo zveličal“.

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

²⁸Kajti besedo [Ali: razsodbo.] svojo dokonča in ob kratkem izvrši Gospod na zemlji.

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

²⁹In kakor je naprej povedal Izaija: „Ko bi Gospod Sabaot [T. j. nad vojskami.] nam ne pustil semena, bi bili postali kakor Sodoma in Gomori bi bili podobni“.

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

³⁰Kaj torej porečemo? Da so pogani, ki niso iskali pravičnosti, dobili pravičnost, toda pravičnost, ki je iz vere;

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

³¹a Izrael, iščoč postave pravičnosti, ni dospel do take postave.

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

³²Zakaj? Ker je niso iskali iz vere, ampak tako, kakor da bi bila iz del. Spoteknili so se ob kamen spotike,kakor je pisano: „Glej, polagam v Sionu kamen spotike in skalo pohujšanja; in kdorkoli veruje vanj, ne bo osramočen“.

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

³³kakor je pisano: „Glej, polagam v Sionu kamen spotike in skalo pohujšanja; in kdorkoli veruje vanj, ne bo osramočen“.