Ad Romanos 9

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Veritatem dico in Christo, non mentior : testimonium mihi perhibente conscientia mea in Spiritu Sancto :	1 I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience offers testimony to me in the Holy Spirit,
2 quoniam tristitia mihi magna est, et continuus dolor cordi meo.	2 because the sadness within me is great, and there is a continuous sorrow in my heart.
3 Optabam enim ego ipse anathema esse a Christo pro fratribus meis, qui sunt cognati mei secundum carnem,	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.
4 qui sunt Israëlitæ, quorum adoptio est filiorum, et gloria, et testamentum, et legislatio, et obsequium, et promissa :	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.
5 quorum patres, et ex quibus est Christus secundum carnem, qui est super omnia Deus benedictus in sæcula. Amen.	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.
6 Non autem quod exciderit verbum Dei. Non enim omnes qui ex Israël sunt, ii sunt Israëlitæ :	6 But it is not that the Word of God has perished. For not all those who are Israelites are of Israel.
7 neque qui semen sunt Abrahæ, omnes filii : sed in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen :	7 And not all sons are the offspring of Abraham: “For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.”
8 id est, non qui filii carnis, hi filii Dei : sed qui filii sunt promissionis, æstimantur in semine.	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.
9 Promissionis enim verbum hoc est : Secundum hoc tempus veniam : et erit Saræ filius.	9 For the word of promise is this: “I will return at the proper time. And there shall be a son for Sarah.”
10 Non solum autem illa : sed et Rebecca ex uno concubitu habens, Isaac patris nostri.	10 And she was not alone. For Rebecca also, having conceived by Isaac our father, from one act,
11 Cum enim nondum nati fuissent, aut aliquid boni egissent, aut mali (ut secundum electionem propositum Dei maneret),	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),
12 non ex operibus, sed ex vocante dictum est ei quia major serviet minori,	12 and not because of deeds, but because of a calling, it was said to her: “The elder shall serve the younger.”
13 sicut scriptum est : Jacob dilexi, Esau autem odio habui.	13 So also it was written: “I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.”
14 Quid ergo dicemus ? numquid iniquitas apud Deum ? Absit.	14 What should we say next? Is there unfairness with God? Let it not be so!
15 Moysi enim dicit : Miserebor cujus misereor : et misericordiam præstabo cujus miserebor.	15 For to Moses he says: “I will pity whomever I pity. And I will offer mercy to whomever I will pity.”
16 Igitur non volentis, neque currentis, sed miserentis est Dei.	16 Therefore, it is not based on those who choose, nor on those who excel, but on God who takes pity.
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.	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.”
18 Ergo cujus vult miseretur, et quem vult indurat.	18 Therefore, he takes pity on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
19 Dicis itaque mihi : Quid adhuc queritur ? voluntati enim ejus quis resistit ?	19 And so, you would say to me: “Then why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
20 O homo, tu quis es, qui respondeas Deo ? numquid dicit figmentum ei qui se finxit : Quid me fecisti sic ?	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?”
21 an non habet potestatem figulus luti ex eadem massa facere aliud quidem vas in honorem, aliud vero in contumeliam ?	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?
22 Quod si Deus volens ostendere iram, et notum facere potentiam suam, sustinuit in multa patientia vasa iræ, apta in interitum,	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,
23 ut ostenderet divitias gloriæ suæ in vasa misericordiæ, quæ præparavit in gloriam.	23 so that he might reveal the wealth of his glory, within these vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto glory?
24 Quos et vocavit nos non solum ex Judæis, sed etiam in gentibus,	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,
25 sicut in Osee dicit : Vocabo non plebem meam, plebem meam : et non dilectam, dilectam : et non misericordiam consecutam, misericordiam consecutam.	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.’
26 Et erit : in loco, ubi dictum est eis : Non plebs mea vos : ibi vocabuntur filii Dei vivi.	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.”
27 Isaias autem clamat pro Israël : Si fuerit numerus filiorum Israël tamquam arena maris, reliquiæ salvæ fient.	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.
28 Verbum enim consummans, et abbrevians in æquitate : quia verbum breviatum faciet Dominus super terram :	28 For he shall complete his word, while abbreviating it out of equity. For the Lord shall accomplish a brief word upon the earth.”
29 et sicut prædixit Isaias : Nisi Dominus Sabaoth reliquisset nobis semen, sicut Sodoma facti essemus, et sicut Gomorrha similes fuissemus.	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.”
30 Quid ergo dicemus ? Quod gentes, quæ non sectabantur justitiam, apprehenderunt justitiam : justitiam autem, quæ ex fide est.	30 What should we say next? That the Gentiles who did not follow justice have attained justice, even the justice that is of faith.
31 Israël vero sectando legem justitiæ, in legem justitiæ non pervenit.	31 Yet truly, Israel, though following the law of justice, has not arrived at the law of justice.
32 Quare ? Quia non ex fide, sed quasi ex operibus : offenderunt enim in lapidem offensionis,	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,
33 sicut scriptum est : Ecce pono in Sion lapidem offensionis, et petram scandali : et omnis qui credit in eum, non confundetur.	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.”