Romans 9

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 This is the truth and I am speaking in Christ, without pretence, as my conscience testifies for me in theHoly Spirit;	1 Veritatem dico in Christo, non mentior, testimonium mihi per hibenteconscientia mea in Spiritu Sancto,
2 there is great sorrow and unremitting agony in my heart:	2 quoniam tristitia est mihi magna, etcontinuus dolor cordi meo.
3 I could pray that I myself might be accursed and cut off from Christ, if this could benefit the brotherswho are my own flesh and blood.	3 Optarem enim ipse ego anathema esse a Christo profratribus meis, cognatis meis secundum carnem,
4 They are Israelites; it was they who were adopted as children, the glory was theirs and the covenants;to them were given the Law and the worship of God and the promises.	4 qui sunt Israelitae, quorumadoptio est filiorum et gloria et testamenta et legislatio et cultus etpromissiones,
5 To them belong the fathers and out of them, so far as physical descent is concerned, came Christ whois above al , God, blessed for ever. Amen.	5 quorum sunt patres, et ex quibus Christus secundum carnem: quiest super omnia Deus benedictus in saecula. Amen.
6 It is not that God's promise has failed. Not all born Israelites belong to Israel,	6 Non autem quod exciderit verbum Dei. Non enim omnes, qui ex Israel, hi suntIsrael;
7 and not all the descendants of Abraham count as his children, for Isaac is the one through whom yourName will be carried on.	7 neque quia semen sunt Abrahae, omnes filii, sed: “ In Isaacvocabitur tibi semen ”.
8 That is, it is not by being children through physical descent that people become children of God; it isthe children of the promise that are counted as the heirs.	8 Id est, non qui filii carnis, hi filii Dei, sed quifilii sunt promissionis, aestimantur semen;
9 The actual words of the promise were: I shal come back to you at this season, and Sarah wil have ason.	9 promissionis enim verbum hoc est:“ Secundum hoc tempus veniam, et erit Sarae filius ”.
10 Even more to the point is what was said to Rebecca when she was pregnant by our ancestor, Isaac,	10 Non solum autem,sed et Rebecca ex uno concubitum habens, Isaac patre nostro;
11 before her children were born, so that neither had yet done anything either good or bad, but in orderthat it should be God's choice which prevailed	11 cum enim nondumnati fuissent aut aliquid egissent bonum aut malum, ut secundum electionempropositum Dei maneret,
12 -not human merit, but his cal -- she was told: the elder one wil serve the younger.	12 non ex operibus sed ex vocante dictum est ei: “Maior serviet minori ”;
13 Or as scripture says elsewhere: I loved Jacob but hated Esau.	13 sicut scriptum est: “ Iacob dilexi, Esau autemodio habui ”.
14 What should we say, then? That God is unjust? Out of the question!	14 Quid ergo dicemus? Numquid iniustitia apud Deum? Absit!
15 For speaking to Moses, he said: I am gracious to those to whom I am gracious and I take pity onthose on whom I take pity.	15 Moysi enim dicit:“ Miserebor, cuius misereor, et misericordiam praestabo, cui misericordiampraesto ”.
16 So it is not a matter of what any person wants or what any person does, but only of God havingmercy.	16 Igitur non volentis neque currentis sed miserentis Dei.
17 Scripture says to Pharaoh: I raised you up for this reason, to display my power in you and to have myname talked of throughout the world.	17 Dicit enimScriptura pharaoni: “ In hoc ipsum excitavi te, ut ostendam in te virtutemmeam, et ut annuntietur nomen meum in universa terra ”.
18 In other words, if God wants to show mercy on someone, he does so, and if he wants to hardensomeone's heart, he does so.	18 Ergo, cuius vult,miseretur et, quem vult, indurat.
19 Then you wil ask me, 'How then can he ever blame anyone, since no one can oppose his wil ?'	19 Dices itaque mihi: “ Quid ergo adhuc queritur? Voluntati enim eius quisrestitit? ”.
20 But you -- who do you think you, a human being, are, to answer back to God? Something that wasmade, can it say to its maker: why did you make me this shape?	20 O homo, sed tu quis es, qui respondeas Deo? Numquid dicetfigmentum ei, qui se finxit: “ Quid me fecisti sic? ”.
21 A potter surely has the right over his clay to make out of the same lump either a pot for special use orone for ordinary use.	21 An non habetpotestatem figulus luti ex eadem massa facere aliud quidem vas in honorem, aliudvero in ignominiam?
22 But suppose that God, although all the time he wanted to reveal his retribution and demonstrate hispower, has with great patience gone on putting up with those who are the instruments of his retribution anddesigned to be destroyed;	22 Quod si volens Deus ostendere iram et notam facerepotentiam suam, sustinuit in multa patientia vasa irae aptata in interitum;
23 so that he may make known the glorious riches ready for the people who are the instruments of hisfaithful love and were long ago prepared for that glory.	23 et ut ostenderet divitias gloriae suae in vasa misericordiae, quae praeparavitin gloriam,
24 We are that people, cal ed by him not only out of the Jews but out of the gentiles too.	24 quos et vocavit nos non solum ex Iudaeis sed etiam ex gentibus?
25 Just as he says in the book of Hosea: I shal tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people,'and I shall take pity on those on whom I had no pity.	25 Sicut et in Osee dicit: “ Vocabo Non plebem meam Plebem meam et Non dilectam Dilectam.
26 And in the very place where they were told, 'You are not my people,' they wil be told that they are'children of the living God'.	26 Et erit: in loco, ubi dictum est eis: “Non plebs mea vos”, ibi vocabuntur Filii Dei vivi ”.
27 And about Israel, this is what Isaiah cried out: Though the people of Israel are like the sand of thesea, only a remnant will be saved;	27 Isaias autem clamat pro Israel: “ Si fuerit numerus filiorum Israel tamquamarena maris, reliquiae salvae fient.
28 for without hesitation or delay the Lord wil execute his sentence on the earth.	28 Verbum enim consummans et breviansfaciet Dominus super terram ”.
29 As Isaiah foretold: Had the Lord Sabaoth not left us a few survivors, we should be like Sodom, weshould be the same as Gomorrah.	29 Et sicut praedixit Isaias: “ Nisi Dominus Sabaoth reliquisset nobis semen, sicut Sodoma facti essemus et sicut Gomorra similes fuissemus ”.
30 What should we say, then? That the gentiles, although they were not looking for saving justice, foundit, and this was the saving justice that comes of faith;	30 Quid ergo dicemus? Quod gentes, quae non sectabantur iustitiam,apprehenderunt iustitiam, iustitiam autem, quae ex fide est;
31 while Israel, looking for saving justice by law-keeping, did not succeed in fulfilling the Law.	31 Israel verosectans legem iustitiae in legem non pervenit.
32 And why? Because they were trying to find it in actions and not in faith, and so they stumbled over thestumbling-stone-	32 Quare? Quia non ex fide sedquasi ex operibus; offenderunt in lapidem offensionis,
33 as it says in scripture: Now I am laying in Zion a stumbling-stone, a rock to trip people up; but he whorelies on this wil not be brought to disgrace.	33 sicut scriptum est: “ Ecce pono in Sion lapidem offensionis et petram scandali; et, qui credit in eo, non confundetur ”.