Romans 9

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience offers testimony to me in the Holy Spirit,	1 And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father.
2 because the sadness within me is great, and there is a continuous sorrow in my heart.	2 dummy verses inserted by amos
3 For I was desiring that I myself might be anathemized from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh.	3 dummy verses inserted by amos
4 These are the Israelites, to whom belongs adoption as sons, and the glory and the testament, and the giving and following of the law, and the promises.	4 dummy verses inserted by amos
5 Theirs are the fathers, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is over all things, blessed God, for all eternity. Amen.	5 dummy verses inserted by amos
6 But it is not that the Word of God has perished. For not all those who are Israelites are of Israel.	6 dummy verses inserted by amos
7 And not all sons are the offspring of Abraham: “For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.”	7 dummy verses inserted by amos
8 In other words, those who are the sons of God are not those who are sons of the flesh, but those who are sons of the Promise; these are considered to be the offspring.	8 dummy verses inserted by amos
9 For the word of promise is this: “I will return at the proper time. And there shall be a son for Sarah.”	9 dummy verses inserted by amos
10 And she was not alone. For Rebecca also, having conceived by Isaac our father, from one act,	10 dummy verses inserted by amos
11 when the children had not yet been born, and had not yet done anything good or bad (such that the purpose of God might be based on their choice),	11 For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand,)
12 and not because of deeds, but because of a calling, it was said to her: “The elder shall serve the younger.”	12 Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.
13 So also it was written: “I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.”	13 As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.
14 What should we say next? Is there unfairness with God? Let it not be so!	14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid.
15 For to Moses he says: “I will pity whomever I pity. And I will offer mercy to whomever I will pity.”	15 For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.
16 Therefore, it is not based on those who choose, nor on those who excel, but on God who takes pity.	16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For Scripture says to the Pharaoh: “I have raised you up for this purpose, so that I may reveal my power by you, and so that my name may be announced to all the earth.”	17 For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore, he takes pity on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.	18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.
19 And so, you would say to me: “Then why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”	19 Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will?
20 O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: “Why have you made me this way?”	20 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 And does not the potter have the authority over the clay to make, from the same material, indeed, one vessel unto honor, yet truly another unto disgrace?	21 Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God, wanting to reveal his wrath and to make his power known, endured, with much patience, vessels deserving wrath, fit to be destroyed,	22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction,
23 so that he might reveal the wealth of his glory, within these vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto glory?	23 That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory?
24 And so it is with those of us whom he has also called, not only from among the Jews, but even from among the Gentiles,	24 Even us, whom also he hath called, nor only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
25 just as he says in Hosea: “I will call those who were not my people, ‘my people,’ and she who was not beloved, ‘beloved,’ and she who had not obtained mercy, ‘one who has obtained mercy.’	25 As in Osee he saith: I will call that which was not my people, my people; and her that was not beloved, beloved; and her that had not obtained mercy, one that hath obtained mercy.
26 And this shall be: in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called the sons of the living God.”	26 And it shall be, in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there they shall be called the sons of the living God.
27 And Isaiah cried out on behalf of Israel: “When the number of the sons of Israel is like the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.	27 And Isaias crieth out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.
28 For he shall complete his word, while abbreviating it out of equity. For the Lord shall accomplish a brief word upon the earth.”	28 For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.
29 And it is just as Isaiah predicted: “Unless the Lord of hosts had bequeathed offspring, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made similar to Gomorrah.”	29 And as Isaias foretold: Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been made as Sodom, and we had been like unto Gomorrha.
30 What should we say next? That the Gentiles who did not follow justice have attained justice, even the justice that is of faith.	30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who followed not after justice, have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith.
31 Yet truly, Israel, though following the law of justice, has not arrived at the law of justice.	31 But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.
32 Why is this? Because they did not seek it from faith, but as if it were from works. For they stumbled over a stumbling block,	32 Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.
33 just as it was written: “Behold, I am placing a stumbling block in Zion, and a rock of scandal. But whoever believes in him shall not be confounded.”	33 As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and a rock of scandal; and whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded.