Romans 9

NEW JERUSALEM	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 perhibente conscientia mea in Spiritu Sancto :
2 there is great sorrow and unremitting agony in my heart:	2 quoniam tristitia mihi magna est, et continuus 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 Optabam enim ego ipse anathema esse a Christo pro fratribus meis, qui sunt cognati mei 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 Israëlitæ, quorum adoptio est filiorum, et gloria, et testamentum, et legislatio, et obsequium, et promissa :
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 patres, et ex quibus est Christus secundum carnem, qui est super omnia Deus benedictus in sæcula. 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 Israël sunt, ii sunt Israëlitæ :
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 qui semen sunt Abrahæ, omnes filii : sed in Isaac vocabitur 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 qui filii sunt promissionis, æstimantur in semine.
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 Saræ 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 illa : sed et Rebecca ex uno concubitu habens, Isaac patris nostri.
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 nondum nati fuissent, aut aliquid boni egissent, aut mali (ut secundum electionem propositum 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 quia major serviet minori,
13 Or as scripture says elsewhere: I loved Jacob but hated Esau.	13 sicut scriptum est : Jacob dilexi, Esau autem odio habui.
14 What should we say, then? That God is unjust? Out of the question!	14 Quid ergo dicemus ? numquid iniquitas 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 cujus misereor : et misericordiam præstabo cujus miserebor.
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 est 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 enim Scriptura Pharaoni : Quia in hoc ipsum excitavi te, ut ostendam in te virtutem meam : 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 cujus 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 Dicis itaque mihi : Quid adhuc queritur ? voluntati enim ejus quis resistit ?
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, tu quis es, qui respondeas Deo ? numquid dicit figmentum 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 habet potestatem figulus luti ex eadem massa facere aliud quidem vas in honorem, aliud vero in contumeliam ?
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 Deus volens ostendere iram, et notum facere potentiam suam, sustinuit in multa patientia vasa iræ, apta 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 ut ostenderet divitias gloriæ suæ in vasa misericordiæ, quæ præparavit in 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 Judæis, sed etiam in 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 in Osee dicit : Vocabo non plebem meam, plebem meam : et non dilectam, dilectam : et non misericordiam consecutam, misericordiam consecutam.
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 Israël : Si fuerit numerus filiorum Israël tamquam arena maris, reliquiæ salvæ fient.
28 for without hesitation or delay the Lord wil execute his sentence on the earth.	28 Verbum enim consummans, et abbrevians in æquitate : quia verbum breviatum faciet 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 prædixit Isaias : Nisi Dominus Sabaoth reliquisset nobis semen, sicut Sodoma facti essemus, et sicut Gomorrha 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, quæ non sectabantur justitiam, apprehenderunt justitiam : justitiam autem, quæ ex fide est.
31 while Israel, looking for saving justice by law-keeping, did not succeed in fulfilling the Law.	31 Israël vero sectando legem justitiæ, in legem justitiæ 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, sed quasi ex operibus : offenderunt enim 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 omnis qui credit in eum, non confundetur.