Lettera ai Romani 9

NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Veritatem dico in Christo, non mentior, testimonium mihi per hibenteconscientia mea in Spiritu Sancto,	1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 quoniam tristitia est mihi magna, etcontinuus dolor cordi meo.	2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 Optarem enim ipse ego anathema esse a Christo profratribus meis, cognatis meis secundum carnem,	3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 qui sunt Israelitae, quorumadoptio est filiorum et gloria et testamenta et legislatio et cultus etpromissiones,	4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5 quorum sunt patres, et ex quibus Christus secundum carnem: quiest super omnia Deus benedictus in saecula. Amen.	5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Non autem quod exciderit verbum Dei. Non enim omnes, qui ex Israel, hi suntIsrael;	6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 neque quia semen sunt Abrahae, omnes filii, sed: “ In Isaacvocabitur tibi semen ”.	7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 Id est, non qui filii carnis, hi filii Dei, sed quifilii sunt promissionis, aestimantur semen;	8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 promissionis enim verbum hoc est:“ Secundum hoc tempus veniam, et erit Sarae filius ”.	9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10 Non solum autem,sed et Rebecca ex uno concubitum habens, Isaac patre nostro;	10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11 cum enim nondumnati fuissent aut aliquid egissent bonum aut malum, ut secundum electionempropositum Dei maneret,	11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12 non ex operibus sed ex vocante dictum est ei: “Maior serviet minori ”;	12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 sicut scriptum est: “ Iacob dilexi, Esau autemodio habui ”.	13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 Quid ergo dicemus? Numquid iniustitia apud Deum? Absit!	14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 Moysi enim dicit:“ Miserebor, cuius misereor, et misericordiam praestabo, cui misericordiampraesto ”.	15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 Igitur non volentis neque currentis sed miserentis Dei.	16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 Dicit enimScriptura pharaoni: “ In hoc ipsum excitavi te, ut ostendam in te virtutemmeam, et ut annuntietur nomen meum in universa terra ”.	17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Ergo, cuius vult,miseretur et, quem vult, indurat.	18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Dices itaque mihi: “ Quid ergo adhuc queritur? Voluntati enim eius quisrestitit? ”.	19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 O homo, sed tu quis es, qui respondeas Deo? Numquid dicetfigmentum ei, qui se finxit: “ Quid me fecisti sic? ”.	20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 An non habetpotestatem figulus luti ex eadem massa facere aliud quidem vas in honorem, aliudvero in ignominiam?	21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 Quod si volens Deus ostendere iram et notam facerepotentiam suam, sustinuit in multa patientia vasa irae aptata in interitum;	22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 et ut ostenderet divitias gloriae suae in vasa misericordiae, quae praeparavitin gloriam,	23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24 quos et vocavit nos non solum ex Iudaeis sed etiam ex gentibus?	24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 Sicut et in Osee dicit: “ Vocabo Non plebem meam Plebem meam et Non dilectam Dilectam.	25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26 Et erit: in loco, ubi dictum est eis: “Non plebs mea vos”, ibi vocabuntur Filii Dei vivi ”.	26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27 Isaias autem clamat pro Israel: “ Si fuerit numerus filiorum Israel tamquamarena maris, reliquiae salvae fient.	27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 Verbum enim consummans et breviansfaciet Dominus super terram ”.	28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29 Et sicut praedixit Isaias: “ Nisi Dominus Sabaoth reliquisset nobis semen, sicut Sodoma facti essemus et sicut Gomorra similes fuissemus ”.	29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30 Quid ergo dicemus? Quod gentes, quae non sectabantur iustitiam,apprehenderunt iustitiam, iustitiam autem, quae ex fide est;	30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 Israel verosectans legem iustitiae in legem non pervenit.	31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Quare? Quia non ex fide sedquasi ex operibus; offenderunt in lapidem offensionis,	32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33 sicut scriptum est: “ Ecce pono in Sion lapidem offensionis et petram scandali; et, qui credit in eo, non confundetur ”.	33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.