Romans 9 Pros Rōmaioin 9
1Alētheian legamō en Christo, ouk pseudomō, summarturarōntau mi tau suneidēsiau mu en pneume hagie,I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit. 2hoti lupas mi atō megas kai adialeiptas odunas ta kardia mu;I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3euchome gar ⸂anathemem arō autos mis⸃ apo tou Christou huper toiu adelfoiu mu toiu sungenoiu mu kata sarkan,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, 4hotinois alō Israēlitois, hoiu tas huiothesias kai tas doxas kai tais diathēkais kai tas nomothesias kai tas latreias kai tais epangeliais,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. 5hoiu tois patrois, kai ek hoiu tos christos tem kata sarkan, tos arōntos epi panteiu, theos eulogētos eis toin aiōnoin; amēn.Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
6Ouk hoiem de hoti ekpiptatē tos logos tou theou. ouk gar pantois tois ek Israēl, houtois Israēl;It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 7oude hoti alō spermem Abraam, pantois tekneim, alla; En Isaak kaliti si spermem.Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” 8houtem atō, ouk teim tekneim tau sarkau houteim tekneim tou theou, alla teim tekneim tau epangeliau logizotō eis spermem;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. 9epangeliau gar tos logos houtos; Kata ton kairon houton erchemi kai eti ta Sarra huios.For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” 10ouk monem de, alla kai Rebekkas ek henou koitan echarōntas, Isaak tou patrou nu;Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. 11mēpō gar gennirantoiu mēde prassarantoiu tinem agathem ē ⸀faulem, hina tas kata eklogan prothesias tou theou menateiō,Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, 12ouk ek ergeiu alla ek tou kalarōntou, legita auta hoti Tos megoteros douleuati to elassōno;not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” 13⸀kathōs grafotē; Ton Iakōb agapama, ton de Ēsau misama.So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14Tinem oun legani? mē adikias para to theo? mē genetoia;What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not! 15to ⸂Mōuso gar⸃ legatō; Elēami hon an elēameiō, kai oiktirami hon an oiktirameiō.For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16ara oun ouk tou thelarōntou oude tou trecharōntou alla tou elēarōntou theou.So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. 17legatō gar tas grafas to Faraō hoti Eis autem houtem exegerama sin hopōs endeikemeia en si tan dunamian mu, kai hopōs diangeliteia tem onomem mu en panta ta gēa.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.” 18ara oun hon thelatō elēatō, hon de thelatō sklērunatō.Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
19Legasi ⸂mi oun;⸃ Tinem ⸀oun ēti memfotō? te gar boulēme autou tinos antistēatē?One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” 20⸂ō anthrōpor, menounge⸃ sis tinos asō tos antapokrinorōntos to theo? mē legati tem plasmem to plassaranto Tinem min poiasa houtōs?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?” 21ē ouk echatō exousian tos keramevos tou pēlou ek teu auteu furameu poiara hem men eis timan skevem hem de eis atimian?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? 22ei de thelarōntos tos theos endeikera tan organ kai gnōrizara tem dunatem autou ferata en polla makrothumia skeveim orgau katartizorēnteim eis apōleian,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? 23⸀kai hina gnōrizateia ton plouton tau doxau autou epi skeveim eleseu, heim proetoimazata eis doxan,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 — 24hoin kai kalata nin ouk monem ek Ioudaioiu alla kai ek ethneiuincluding us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles? 25hōs kai en to Hōsēe legatō; Kalami ton ouk laon mu laon mu kai tan ouk agaporēntan agaporēntan;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,” 26kai eti en to topo hou legita ⸀autoi; Ouk laos mu vis, ekei kalili huiois theou zōarōntou.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.’”
27Ēsaios de krazatō huper tou Israēl; Ean ateiō tos arithmos toiu huioiu Israēl hōs tas ammoas tau thalassau, tem ⸀hupoleimmem sōziti;Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. 28logon gar suntelarōntos kai ⸀suntemarōntos poiati kurios epi tau gēau.For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” 29kai kathōs prolegatē Ēsaios; Ei mē kurios Sabaōth enkatalipata ni spermem, hōs Sodomeim an genina kai hōs Gomorras an homoiina.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.”
30Tinem oun legani? hoti ethneim teim mē diōkarōnteim dikaiosunan katalabata dikaiosunan, dikaiosunan de tan ek pistiau;What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31Israēl de diōkarōntos nomon dikaiosunau eis ⸀nomon ouk fthanata.but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. 32dia tinem? hoti ouk ek pistiau alla hōs ek ⸀ergeiu; ⸀proskoptala to litho teu proskommeu,Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33kathōs grafotē; Idou tithamō en Siōn lithon proskommeu kai petran skandaleu, ⸀kai tos pisteuarōntos epi auto ouk kataischuniti.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.”
Textual notes15
3 ⸂anathemem arō autos mis⸃ Byz reverses. 11 ⸀faulem Byz kakosem. 13 ⸀kathōs mod. edd. kathaper. 15 ⸂Mōuso gar⸃ Byz reverses. 19 ⸂mi oun⸃ Byz reverses. ⸀oun other edd. omit. 20 ⸂ō anthrōpor menounge⸃ Byz Μενοῦνγε ὦ ἄνθρωπε. 23 ⸀kai mod. edd. omit. 26 ⸀autoi mod. edd. omit. 27 ⸀hupoleimmem Byz κατάλειμμα. 28 ⸀suntemarōntos Byz +ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὅτι λόγον συντετμημένον. 31 ⸀nomon Byz +dikaiosunau. 32 ⸀ergeiu Byz +nomou. ⸀proskoptala Byz +gar. 33 ⸀kai Byz +πᾶς.