Romans

Chapter 9

1 I say3004 the truth225 in Christ,5547 I lie5574 not, my conscience4893 also4828 bearing4828 me witness4828 in the Holy40 Ghost,4151

2 That I have2076 great3173 heaviness3077 and continual88 sorrow3601 in my heart.2588

3 For I could wish2172 that myself846 were accursed331 from Christ5547 for my brothers,80 my kinsmen4773 according2596 to the flesh:4561

4 Who3748 are Israelites;2475 to whom3739 pertains the adoption,5206 and the glory,1391 and the covenants,1242 and the giving3548 of the law,3548 and the service2999 of God, and the promises;1860

5 Whose3739 are the fathers,3962 and of whom3739 as concerning2596 the flesh4561 Christ5547 came, who3588 is over1909 all,3956 God2316 blessed2128 for ever.165 Amen.281

6 Not as though3754 the word3056 of God2316 has taken none1601 effect.1601 For they are not all3956 Israel,2474 which3588 are of Israel:2474

7 Neither,3761 because3754 they are the seed4690 of Abraham,11 are they all3956 children:5043 but, In Isaac2464 shall your seed4690 be called.2564

8 That is, They which are the children5043 of the flesh,4561 these5023 are not the children5043 of God:2316 but the children5043 of the promise1860 are counted3049 for the seed.4690

9 For this3778 is the word3056 of promise,1860 At2596 this5126 time2540 will I come,2064 and Sarah4564 shall have2071 a son.5207

10 And not only3440 this; but when Rebecca4479 also2532 had conceived2845 2192 by one,1520 even by our father3962 Isaac;2464

11 (For the children being not yet3380 born,1080 neither3366 having done4238 any5100 good18 or2228 evil,2556 that the purpose4286 of God2316 according2596 to election1589 might stand,3306 not of works,2041 but of him that calls;2564)

12 It was said4483 to her, The elder3187 shall serve1398 the younger.1640

13 As it is written,1125 Jacob2384 have2071 I loved,25 but Esau2269 have2071 I hated.3404

14 What5101 shall we say2046 then?3767 Is there unrighteousness93 with God?2316 God3361 1096 forbid.3361 1096

15 For he said3004 to Moses,3475 I will have mercy1653 on whom3739 I will have mercy,1653 and I will have compassion3627 on whom3739 I will have compassion.3627

16 So686 then686 it is not of him that wills,2309 nor3761 of him that runs,5143 but of God2316 that shows1653 mercy.1653

17 For the scripture1124 said3004 to Pharaoh,5328 Even for this5124 same846 purpose have I raised1825 you up, that I might show1731 my power1411 in you, and that my name3686 might be declared1229 throughout1722 all3956 the earth.1093

18 Therefore686 3767 has he mercy1653 on whom3739 he will2309 have mercy, and whom3739 he will2309 he hardens.4645

19 You will say2046 then3767 to me, Why5101 does he yet2089 find fault?3201 For who5101 has resisted436 his will?1013

20 No3304 but, O man,444 who5101 are1488 you that reply470 against470 God?2316 Shall the thing4110 formed4110 say2046 to him that formed4110 it, Why5101 have you made4160 me thus?3779

21 Has2192 not the potter2763 power1849 over the clay,4081 of the same846 lump5445 to make4160 one vessel4632 to honor,5092 and another3739 to dishonor?819

22 What if1487 God,2316 willing2309 to show1731 his wrath,3709 and to make1107 his power1415 known,1107 endured5342 with much4183 long-suffering3115 the vessels4632 of wrath3709 fitted2675 to destruction:684

23 And that he might make1107 known1107 the riches4149 of his glory1391 on1909 the vessels4632 of mercy,1656 which3739 he had before4282 prepared4282 to glory,1391

24 Even2532 us, whom3739 he has called,2564 not of the Jews2453 only,3440 but also2532 of the Gentiles?1484

25 As he said3004 also2532 in Osee,5617 I will call2564 them my people,2992 which were not my people;2992 and her beloved,25 which was not beloved.25

26 And it shall come1511 to pass, that in the place5117 where3757 it was said4483 to them, You are not my people;2992 there1563 shall they be called2564 the children5207 of the living2198 God.2316

27 Esaias2268 also1161 cries2896 concerning5228 Israel,2474 Though1437 the number706 of the children5207 of Israel2474 be as the sand285 of the sea,2281 a remnant2640 shall be saved:4982

28 For he will finish4931 the work,3056 and cut4932 it short4932 in righteousness:1343 because3754 a short4932 work3056 will the Lord2962 make4160 on the earth.1093

29 And as Esaias2268 said4280 before,4280 Except1508 the Lord2962 of Sabaoth4519 had left1459 us a seed,4690 we had been1096 as Sodoma,4670 and been made3666 like3666 to Gomorrha.1116

30 What5101 shall we say2046 then?3767 That the Gentiles,1484 which3588 followed1377 not after righteousness,1343 have attained2638 to righteousness,1343 even1161 the righteousness1343 which3588 is of faith.4102

31 But Israel,2474 which followed1377 after the law3551 of righteousness,1343 has not attained5348 to the law3551 of righteousness.1343

32 Why?1302 Because3754 they sought2212 it not by faith,4102 but as it were by the works2041 of the law.3551 For they stumbled4350 at that stumbling stone;3037

33 As it is written,1125 Behold,2400 I lay5087 in Sion4622 a stumbling stone3037 4348 and rock4073 of offense:4625 and whoever3956 3588 believes4100 on1909 him shall not be ashamed.2617

羅馬書

第9章

1 我在基督裏說真話,並不謊言,有我良心被聖靈感動,給我作見證;

2 我是大有憂愁,心裏時常傷痛;

3 為我弟兄,我骨肉之親,就是自己從基督受[from Christ]咒詛,我也願意。

4 他們是以色列人;那兒女[adoption]的名分、神的[of God]榮耀、諸約、律法、禮儀、應許都是他們的。

5 列祖就是他們的祖宗,按肉體說,基督也是從他們出來的,他是在一切[all]之上,永遠可稱頌的神。阿們。

6 這不是說神的話落了空。因為從以色列生的不都是以色列人,

7 也不因為是亞伯拉罕的後裔就都作他的兒女;唯獨「從以撒生的才要稱為你的後裔。」

8 這就是說,肉身所生的兒女不是神的兒女,唯獨那應許的兒女才算是後裔。

9 因為所應許的話是這樣說:「到明年這時候我要來,撒拉必生一個兒子。」

10 不但如此,還有利百加,既從一個人,就是從我們的祖宗以撒懷了孕,

11 (雙子還沒有生下來,善惡還沒有作出來,只因要顯明神揀選人的旨意,不在乎人的行為,乃在乎召人的主。)

12 神就對利百加說:「將來大的要服事小的。」

13 正如經上所記:雅各是我所愛的;以掃是我所惡的。

14 這樣,我們可說甚麼呢?難道神有甚麼不公義[unrighteousness]嗎?[God]斷乎沒有。

15 因他對摩西說:「我要憐憫誰就憐憫誰,要恩待誰就恩待誰。」

16 據此看來,這不在乎那定意的,也不在乎那奔跑的,只在乎發憐憫的神。

17 因為聖經[scripture]向法老說:「我將你興起來,特要在你身上彰顯我的權能,並要使我的名傳遍全地[all the earth]。」

18 如此看來,神要憐憫誰就憐憫誰,要叫誰剛硬就叫誰剛硬。

19 這樣,你必對我說:「他為甚麼還指責人呢?有誰抗拒他的旨意呢?」

20 你這個人哪,你是誰,竟敢向神強嘴呢?受造之物豈能對造他的說:「你為甚麼這樣造我呢?」

21 陶匠[potter]難道沒有權柄從一團泥裏拿一塊作成貴重的器皿,又拿一塊作成卑賤的器皿嗎?

22 倘若神要顯明他的忿怒,彰顯他的權能,就多多忍耐寬容那可怒,預備遭毀滅的器皿,

23 又要將他豐盛的榮耀彰顯在那蒙憐憫早預備得榮耀的器皿上。

24 這器皿就是我們被神所召的,不但是從猶太人中,也是從外邦人中。這有甚麼不可呢?

25 就像神在何西阿書上說:「那本來不是我子民的,我要稱他們[them]為『我的子民』;本來不是蒙愛的,我要稱為『蒙愛的』。」

26 從前在甚麼地方對他們說:「你們不是我的子民,將來就在那裏稱他們為『永生神的兒女[children]。』」

27 以賽亞指著以色列[Israel]喊著說:「以色列人雖多如海沙,得救的不過是剩下的餘數;

28 因為主要在世上速速[short]完成他的[work],叫他的[work]都成全,在公義中[in righteousness]速速的完結。」

29 又如以賽亞先前說過:若不是大軍之主給我們存留餘種,我們早已像所多瑪,蛾摩拉的樣子了。

30 這樣,我們可說甚麼呢?那本來不追求義的外邦人反得了義,就是因信而得的義。

31以色列[Israel]追求律法的義,反得不著律法的義。

32 這是甚麼緣故呢?是因為他們不憑著信心求,卻彷彿[but as it were of]憑著律法的[of the law]行為求,他們正跌在那絆腳石上。

33 就如經上所記:看哪[Behold],我在錫安放一塊絆腳的石頭,跌人的磐石;信靠他的人必不至於羞愧。

Romans

Chapter 9

羅馬書

第9章

1 I say3004 the truth225 in Christ,5547 I lie5574 not, my conscience4893 also4828 bearing4828 me witness4828 in the Holy40 Ghost,4151

1 我在基督裏說真話,並不謊言,有我良心被聖靈感動,給我作見證;

2 That I have2076 great3173 heaviness3077 and continual88 sorrow3601 in my heart.2588

2 我是大有憂愁,心裏時常傷痛;

3 For I could wish2172 that myself846 were accursed331 from Christ5547 for my brothers,80 my kinsmen4773 according2596 to the flesh:4561

3 為我弟兄,我骨肉之親,就是自己從基督受[from Christ]咒詛,我也願意。

4 Who3748 are Israelites;2475 to whom3739 pertains the adoption,5206 and the glory,1391 and the covenants,1242 and the giving3548 of the law,3548 and the service2999 of God, and the promises;1860

4 他們是以色列人;那兒女[adoption]的名分、神的[of God]榮耀、諸約、律法、禮儀、應許都是他們的。

5 Whose3739 are the fathers,3962 and of whom3739 as concerning2596 the flesh4561 Christ5547 came, who3588 is over1909 all,3956 God2316 blessed2128 for ever.165 Amen.281

5 列祖就是他們的祖宗,按肉體說,基督也是從他們出來的,他是在一切[all]之上,永遠可稱頌的神。阿們。

6 Not as though3754 the word3056 of God2316 has taken none1601 effect.1601 For they are not all3956 Israel,2474 which3588 are of Israel:2474

6 這不是說神的話落了空。因為從以色列生的不都是以色列人,

7 Neither,3761 because3754 they are the seed4690 of Abraham,11 are they all3956 children:5043 but, In Isaac2464 shall your seed4690 be called.2564

7 也不因為是亞伯拉罕的後裔就都作他的兒女;唯獨「從以撒生的才要稱為你的後裔。」

8 That is, They which are the children5043 of the flesh,4561 these5023 are not the children5043 of God:2316 but the children5043 of the promise1860 are counted3049 for the seed.4690

8 這就是說,肉身所生的兒女不是神的兒女,唯獨那應許的兒女才算是後裔。

9 For this3778 is the word3056 of promise,1860 At2596 this5126 time2540 will I come,2064 and Sarah4564 shall have2071 a son.5207

9 因為所應許的話是這樣說:「到明年這時候我要來,撒拉必生一個兒子。」

10 And not only3440 this; but when Rebecca4479 also2532 had conceived2845 2192 by one,1520 even by our father3962 Isaac;2464

10 不但如此,還有利百加,既從一個人,就是從我們的祖宗以撒懷了孕,

11 (For the children being not yet3380 born,1080 neither3366 having done4238 any5100 good18 or2228 evil,2556 that the purpose4286 of God2316 according2596 to election1589 might stand,3306 not of works,2041 but of him that calls;2564)

11 (雙子還沒有生下來,善惡還沒有作出來,只因要顯明神揀選人的旨意,不在乎人的行為,乃在乎召人的主。)

12 It was said4483 to her, The elder3187 shall serve1398 the younger.1640

12 神就對利百加說:「將來大的要服事小的。」

13 As it is written,1125 Jacob2384 have2071 I loved,25 but Esau2269 have2071 I hated.3404

13 正如經上所記:雅各是我所愛的;以掃是我所惡的。

14 What5101 shall we say2046 then?3767 Is there unrighteousness93 with God?2316 God3361 1096 forbid.3361 1096

14 這樣,我們可說甚麼呢?難道神有甚麼不公義[unrighteousness]嗎?[God]斷乎沒有。

15 For he said3004 to Moses,3475 I will have mercy1653 on whom3739 I will have mercy,1653 and I will have compassion3627 on whom3739 I will have compassion.3627

15 因他對摩西說:「我要憐憫誰就憐憫誰,要恩待誰就恩待誰。」

16 So686 then686 it is not of him that wills,2309 nor3761 of him that runs,5143 but of God2316 that shows1653 mercy.1653

16 據此看來,這不在乎那定意的,也不在乎那奔跑的,只在乎發憐憫的神。

17 For the scripture1124 said3004 to Pharaoh,5328 Even for this5124 same846 purpose have I raised1825 you up, that I might show1731 my power1411 in you, and that my name3686 might be declared1229 throughout1722 all3956 the earth.1093

17 因為聖經[scripture]向法老說:「我將你興起來,特要在你身上彰顯我的權能,並要使我的名傳遍全地[all the earth]。」

18 Therefore686 3767 has he mercy1653 on whom3739 he will2309 have mercy, and whom3739 he will2309 he hardens.4645

18 如此看來,神要憐憫誰就憐憫誰,要叫誰剛硬就叫誰剛硬。

19 You will say2046 then3767 to me, Why5101 does he yet2089 find fault?3201 For who5101 has resisted436 his will?1013

19 這樣,你必對我說:「他為甚麼還指責人呢?有誰抗拒他的旨意呢?」

20 No3304 but, O man,444 who5101 are1488 you that reply470 against470 God?2316 Shall the thing4110 formed4110 say2046 to him that formed4110 it, Why5101 have you made4160 me thus?3779

20 你這個人哪,你是誰,竟敢向神強嘴呢?受造之物豈能對造他的說:「你為甚麼這樣造我呢?」

21 Has2192 not the potter2763 power1849 over the clay,4081 of the same846 lump5445 to make4160 one vessel4632 to honor,5092 and another3739 to dishonor?819

21 陶匠[potter]難道沒有權柄從一團泥裏拿一塊作成貴重的器皿,又拿一塊作成卑賤的器皿嗎?

22 What if1487 God,2316 willing2309 to show1731 his wrath,3709 and to make1107 his power1415 known,1107 endured5342 with much4183 long-suffering3115 the vessels4632 of wrath3709 fitted2675 to destruction:684

22 倘若神要顯明他的忿怒,彰顯他的權能,就多多忍耐寬容那可怒,預備遭毀滅的器皿,

23 And that he might make1107 known1107 the riches4149 of his glory1391 on1909 the vessels4632 of mercy,1656 which3739 he had before4282 prepared4282 to glory,1391

23 又要將他豐盛的榮耀彰顯在那蒙憐憫早預備得榮耀的器皿上。

24 Even2532 us, whom3739 he has called,2564 not of the Jews2453 only,3440 but also2532 of the Gentiles?1484

24 這器皿就是我們被神所召的,不但是從猶太人中,也是從外邦人中。這有甚麼不可呢?

25 As he said3004 also2532 in Osee,5617 I will call2564 them my people,2992 which were not my people;2992 and her beloved,25 which was not beloved.25

25 就像神在何西阿書上說:「那本來不是我子民的,我要稱他們[them]為『我的子民』;本來不是蒙愛的,我要稱為『蒙愛的』。」

26 And it shall come1511 to pass, that in the place5117 where3757 it was said4483 to them, You are not my people;2992 there1563 shall they be called2564 the children5207 of the living2198 God.2316

26 從前在甚麼地方對他們說:「你們不是我的子民,將來就在那裏稱他們為『永生神的兒女[children]。』」

27 Esaias2268 also1161 cries2896 concerning5228 Israel,2474 Though1437 the number706 of the children5207 of Israel2474 be as the sand285 of the sea,2281 a remnant2640 shall be saved:4982

27 以賽亞指著以色列[Israel]喊著說:「以色列人雖多如海沙,得救的不過是剩下的餘數;

28 For he will finish4931 the work,3056 and cut4932 it short4932 in righteousness:1343 because3754 a short4932 work3056 will the Lord2962 make4160 on the earth.1093

28 因為主要在世上速速[short]完成他的[work],叫他的[work]都成全,在公義中[in righteousness]速速的完結。」

29 And as Esaias2268 said4280 before,4280 Except1508 the Lord2962 of Sabaoth4519 had left1459 us a seed,4690 we had been1096 as Sodoma,4670 and been made3666 like3666 to Gomorrha.1116

29 又如以賽亞先前說過:若不是大軍之主給我們存留餘種,我們早已像所多瑪,蛾摩拉的樣子了。

30 What5101 shall we say2046 then?3767 That the Gentiles,1484 which3588 followed1377 not after righteousness,1343 have attained2638 to righteousness,1343 even1161 the righteousness1343 which3588 is of faith.4102

30 這樣,我們可說甚麼呢?那本來不追求義的外邦人反得了義,就是因信而得的義。

31 But Israel,2474 which followed1377 after the law3551 of righteousness,1343 has not attained5348 to the law3551 of righteousness.1343

31以色列[Israel]追求律法的義,反得不著律法的義。

32 Why?1302 Because3754 they sought2212 it not by faith,4102 but as it were by the works2041 of the law.3551 For they stumbled4350 at that stumbling stone;3037

32 這是甚麼緣故呢?是因為他們不憑著信心求,卻彷彿[but as it were of]憑著律法的[of the law]行為求,他們正跌在那絆腳石上。

33 As it is written,1125 Behold,2400 I lay5087 in Sion4622 a stumbling stone3037 4348 and rock4073 of offense:4625 and whoever3956 3588 believes4100 on1909 him shall not be ashamed.2617

33 就如經上所記:看哪[Behold],我在錫安放一塊絆腳的石頭,跌人的磐石;信靠他的人必不至於羞愧。