9:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἀλήθειαν λέγω ἐν Χριστῷ , οὐ ψεύδομαι , συνμαρτυρούσης μοι τῆς συνειδήσεώς μου ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ ,
Veritatem dico in Christo , non mentior : testimonium mihi perhibente conscientia mea in Spiritu Sancto :
አማን እብለክሙ በእንተ ክርስቶስ ወኢይሔይሱ ወስምዕየ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ዘውስተ ልብየ ።
I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
9:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὅτι λύπη μοί ἐστιν μεγάλη καὶ ἀδιάλειπτος ὀδύνη τῇ καρδίᾳ μου .
quoniam tristitia mihi magna est , et continuus dolor cordi meo .
ከመ እቴክዝ ወአሐምም በልብየ ፈድፋደ በኵሉ ጊዜ ።
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
9:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ ηὐχόμην γὰρ ἀνάθεμα εἶναι αὐτὸς ἐγὼ ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου τῶν συγγενῶν μου κατὰ σάρκα ,
Optabam enim ego ipse anathema esse a Christo pro fratribus meis , qui sunt cognati mei secundum carnem ,
ወእጼሊ ከመ አነ እትዐለል እምክርስቶስ በእንተ አኀውየ ወአዝማድየ እለ በሥጋ ።
For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
9:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ οἵτινές εἰσιν Ἰσραηλεῖται , ὧν ἡ υἱοθεσία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ αἱ διαθῆκαι καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία καὶ ἡ λατρεία καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι ,
qui sunt Israëlitae , quorum adoptio est filiorum , et gloria , et testamentum , et legislatio , et obsequium , et promissa :
እሉ እሙንቱ እስራኤል እስራኤላውያን እለ ሎሙ ትርሲተ ወልድ ወሎሙ ክብር ወሎሙ ሥርዐት ወሎሙ ሕግ ወሎሙ አሰፈወ ።
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
9:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὧν οἱ πατέρες , καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα · ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας , ἀμήν .
quorum patres , et ex quibus est Christus secundum carnem , qui est super omnia Deus benedictus in saecula . Amen .
ወእሙቱ አበዊነ ወእምላዕሌሆሙ ተወልደ ክርስቶስ በሥጋ ሰብእ ዘውእቱ አምላክ ቡሩክ ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን ።
of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
9:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ Οὐχ οἷον δὲ ὅτι ἐκπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ . οὐ γὰρ πάντες οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραήλ , οὗτοι Ἰσραήλ ·
Non autem quod exciderit verbum Dei . Non enim omnes qui ex Israël sunt , ii sunt Israëlitae :
አኮኑ ኢተሐሰወ ቃለ እግዚአብሔር ወአኮ ኵሎሙ እስራኤል እስራኤላውያን ።
But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.
9:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὐδ’ ὅτι εἰσὶν σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ , πάντες τέκνα , ἀλλ’ , ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα .
neque qui semen sunt Abrahae , omnes filii : sed in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen :
ወአኮ ኵሎሙ ዘርዐ አብርሃም ዘኮንዎ ውሉደ «እምይስሐቅ ዳእሙ ይሰመይ ለከ ዘርዕ ይቤሎ ።»
Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
9:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ τοῦτ’ ἔστιν , οὐ τὰ τέκνα τῆς σαρκὸς ταῦτα τέκνα τοῦ θεοῦ , ἀλλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας λογίζεται εἰς σπέρμα ·
id est , non qui filii carnis , hi filii Dei : sed qui filii sunt promissionis , aestimantur in semine .
እስመ አኮ ውሉደ ሥጋ እሙንቱ አላ ውሉደ እግዚአብሔር እለ ይከውንዎ ዘርዐ እለ አሰፈወ ይኩንዎ ውሉደ ።
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.
9:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐπαγγελίας γὰρ ὁ λόγος οὗτος , κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἐλεύσομαι καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός .
Promissionis enim verbum hoc est : Secundum hoc tempus veniam : et erit Sarae filius .
እስመ አሰፈዎ ወይቤሎ «ዓመ ከመ ዮም እገብእ ኀቤከ ወትረክብ ሣራ ወልደ ።»
For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
9:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὐ μόνον δέ , ἀλλὰ καὶ Ῥεβέκκα ἐξ ἑνὸς κοίτην ἔχουσα , Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν ·
Non solum autem illa : sed et Rebecca ex uno concubitu habens , Isaac patris nostri .
ወአኮ ባሕቲታ ዓዲ ርብቃኒ ፀንሰት መንታ ለይስሐቅ አቡነ ።
Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
9:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ μήπω γὰρ γεννηθέντων μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φαῦλον , ἵνα ἡ κατ’ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις τοῦ θεοῦ μένῃ , οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος ,
Cum enim nondum nati fuissent , aut aliquid boni egissent , aut mali (ut secundum electionem propositum Dei maneret ),
ወዘእንበለ ይትወለዱ ወይግበሩ ሠናየ ወእኩየ ከመ ይትዐወቅ በምንት እንከ ኀርዮቱ ለእግዚአብሔር ።
For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
9:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ ὅτι ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι ,
non ex operibus , sed ex vocante dictum est ei quia major serviet minori ,
ከመ ያእምሩ ከመ ኢኮነ በምግባሩ ለሰብእ ዘእንበለ ዳእሙ ዘውእቱ ጸውዐ ወይቤላ ለርብቃ ዘየዐቢ ይትቀነይ ለዘይንእስ ።
it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
9:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ καθὼς γέγραπται , τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἠγάπησα , τὸν δὲ Ἠσαῦ ἐμίσησα .
sicut scriptum est : Jacob dilexi , Esau autem odio habui .
እስመ ከማሁ ጽሑፍ «ያዕቆብሃ አፍቀርኩ ወኤሳውሃ ጸላእኩ ።»
Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
9:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν ; μὴ ἀδικία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ; μὴ γένοιτο .
Quid ergo dicemus ? numquid iniquitas apud Deum ? Absit .
ምንተ እንከ ንብል ይዔምፅኑ እግዚአብሔር ፤ ሐሰ ።
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
9:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ τῷ Μωϋσεῖ γὰρ λέγει · ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ , καὶ οἰκτειρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτείρω .
Moysi enim dicit : Miserebor cujus misereor : et misericordiam praestabo cujus miserebor .
ወይቤሎ እግዚአብሔር ለሙሴ «ለዘሂ መሐርክዎ እምሕሮ ወለዘሂ ተሣሀልክዎ እሣሀሎ ።»
For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
9:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἄρα οὖν οὐ τοῦ θέλοντος οὐδὲ τοῦ τρέχοντος , ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐλεῶντος θεοῦ .
Igitur non volentis , neque currentis , sed miserentis est Dei .
ናሁኬ ኢኮነ ለዘበደረ ወለዘሮጸ ዘእንበለ ዳእሙ ለዘእግዚአብሔር ምህሮ ።
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
9:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ τῷ Φαραὼ ὅτι εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐξήγειρά σε ὅπως ἐνδείξωμαι ἐν σοὶ τὴν δύναμίν μου , καὶ ὅπως διαγγελῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ .
Dicit enim Scriptura Pharaoni : Quia in hoc ipsum excitavi te , ut ostendam in te virtutem meam : et ut annuntietur nomen meum in universa terra .
ወይቤሎ እግዚአብሔር በመጽሐፍ ለፈርዖን «በእንተዝ አንሣእኩከ ከመ አርኢ ኀይልየ በላዕሌከ ወይሰማዕ ስምየ በኵሉ ምድር ።»
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
9:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἄρα οὖν ὃν θέλει ἐλεεῖ , ὃν δὲ θέλει σκληρύνει .
Ergo cujus vult miseretur , et quem vult indurat .
ናሁኬ ለዘፈቀደ ይምሕር ወለዘፈቀደ ያዐፅብ ።
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
9:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἐρεῖς μοι οὖν , τί ἔτι μέμφεται ; τῷ γὰρ βουλήματι αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνθέστηκεν ;
Dicis itaque mihi : Quid adhuc queritur ? voluntati enim ejus quis resistit ?
ምንተ ትብል ተሐይሶኑ ለእግዚአብሔር ቦኑ ዘይትቃወማ ለምክሩ ።
You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
9:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὦ ἄνθρωπε , μενοῦνγε σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ ; μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι , τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως ;
O homo , tu quis es , qui respondeas Deo ? numquid dicit figmentum ei qui se finxit : Quid me fecisti sic ?
ዕጓለ እመሕያው ምንትኑ አንተ ዘትትዋሥኦ ለእግዚአብሔር ይክልኑ ብሂሎቶ ግብር ለገባሪሁ ኢትግበረኒ ከመዝ ።
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
9:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἢ οὐκ ἔχει ἐξουσίαν ὁ κεραμεὺς τοῦ πηλοῦ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ φυράματος ποιῆσαι ὃ μὲν εἰς τιμὴν σκεῦος , ὃ δὲ εἰς ἀτιμίαν ;
an non habet potestatem figulus luti ex eadem massa facere aliud quidem vas in honorem , aliud vero in contumeliam ?
ኢኮነኑ ብዉሐ ለብሓዊ ይግበር እምአሐዱ ጽቡር ንዋየ መንፈቆ ለክብር ወመንፈቆ ለኀሣር ።
Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
9:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν ,
Quod si Deus volens ostendere iram , et notum facere potentiam suam , sustinuit in multa patientia vasa irae , apta in interitum ,
ወእመኒ ፈቀደ እግዚአብሔር ያርኢ መቅሠፍተ ኀይሉ ያመጽእ መላእክተ መዓቱ አርአዮ ትዕግሥቶ እለ ድልዋን ለአማስኖ ።
What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
9:23 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἵνα γνωρίσῃ τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ σκεύη ἐλέους , ἃ προητοίμασεν εἰς δόξαν ,
ut ostenderet divitias gloriae suae in vasa misericordiae , quae praeparavit in gloriam .
ወከመ ያርኢ ካዕበ ብዕለ ስብሐቲሁ ያመጽእ መላእክተ ምሕረቱ እለ ድልዋን ለሣህል ላዕለ እለ ጸውዐ ወአቅደመ አእምሮ ።
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
9:24 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὓς καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς οὐ μόνον ἐξ Ἰουδαίων ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ἐθνῶν ;
Quos et vocavit nos non solum ex Judaeis , sed etiam in gentibus ,
ወንሕነ እሙንቱ እለ ጸውዐነ ውስተ ክብሩ ወአስተጋብአነ አኮ እምአይሁድ ባሕቲቶሙ ዓዲ እምአረሚኒ ።
us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
9:25 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Ὡσηὲ λέγει , καλέσω τὸν οὐ λαόν μου λαόν μου καὶ τὴν οὐκ ἠγαπημένην ἠγαπημένην ·
sicut in Osee dicit : Vocabo non plebem meam , plebem meam : et non dilectam , dilectam : et non misericordiam consecutam , misericordiam consecutam .
በከመ ይቤ ሆሴዕ ነቢይ «እሬስዮ ሕዝብየ ለዘኢኮነ ሕዝብየ ወእሬስያ ፍቅርትየ ለእንተ ኢኮነት ፍቅርትየ ።
As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”
9:26 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ οὗ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς , οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς , ἐκεῖ κληθήσονται υἱοὶ θεοῦ ζῶντος .
Et erit : in loco , ubi dictum est eis : Non plebs mea vos : ibi vocabuntur filii Dei vivi .
ወይከውኑ ውሉደ እግዚአብሔር ሕያው በብሔር በኀበ ይቤልዎሙ ኢኮንክሙ ሕዝበ እግዚአብሔር ።»
“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”
9:27 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἡσαΐας δὲ κράζει ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ , ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης , τὸ ὑπόλειμμα σωθήσεται ·
Isaias autem clamat pro Israël : Si fuerit numerus filiorum Israël tamquam arena maris , reliquiae salvae fient .
ኢሳይያስኒ ከልሐ ወይቤ በእንተ እስራኤል «ለእመ ኮነ ኍልቆሙ ለደቂቀ እስራኤል ከመ ኆፃ ባሕር እለ ተርፉ ይድኅኑ ።
Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;
9:28 ⧉ ⤴︎ λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ποιήσει κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς .
Verbum enim consummans , et abbrevians in aequitate : quia verbum breviatum faciet Dominus super terram :
እስመ ኅሉቀ ወምቱረ ነገረ ይነግር እግዚአብሔር ውስተ ዓለም ዘሀለዎ ይግበር ።»
for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
9:29 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ καθὼς προείρηκεν Ἡσαΐας · εἰ μὴ κύριος Σαβαὼθ ἐνκατέλιπεν ἡμῖν σπέρμα , ὡς Σόδομα ἂν ἐγενήθημεν καὶ ὡς Γόμορρα ἂν ὡμοιώθημεν .
et sicut praedixit Isaias : Nisi Dominus Sabaoth reliquisset nobis semen , sicut Sodoma facti essemus , et sicut Gomorrha similes fuissemus .
ወበከመ አቅደመ ኢሳይያስ ብሂለ «ሶበ አኮ እግዚአብሔር ጸባኦት ዘአትረፈ ለነ ዘርዐ ከመ ሰዶም እምኮነ ወከመ ገሞራ እመሰልነ ።»
As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
9:30 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν ; ὅτι ἔθνη τὰ μὴ διώκοντα δικαιοσύνην κατέλαβεν δικαιοσύνην , δικαιοσύνην δὲ τὴν ἐκ πίστεως ,
Quid ergo dicemus ? Quod gentes , quae non sectabantur justitiam , apprehenderunt justitiam : justitiam autem , quae ex fide est .
ምንተ እንከ ንብል አረሚ ጥቀ እለ ኢኀሠሥዋ ለጽድቅ ረከብዋ ለጽድቅ ወጸድቁ በአሚን ።
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
9:31 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἰσραὴλ δὲ διώκων νόμον δικαιοσύνης εἰς νόμον οὐκ ἔφθασεν .
Israël vero sectando legem justitiae , in legem justitiae non pervenit .
ወእስራኤልሰ እንዘ ይዴግንዋ ለኦሪቶሙ ስእኑ ጸዲቀ እስመ ኢፈጸሙ ገቢረ ሕገገ ኦሪቶሙ ።
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
9:32 ⧉ ⤴︎ διατί ; ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐξ ἔργων · προσέκοψαν τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος ,
Quare ? Quia non ex fide , sed quasi ex operibus : offenderunt enim in lapidem offensionis ,
በእንተ ምንት እስመ ኢኮነ ጽድቆሙ በአሚን ዘእንበለ ዳእሙ በገቢረ ሕገገ ኦሪት ወአዕቀፈቶሙ እብነ ዕቅፍት ።
Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
9:33 ⧉ ⤴︎ καθὼς γέγραπται · ἰδοὺ τίθημι ἐν Σιὼν λίθον προσκόμματος καὶ πέτραν σκανδάλου , καὶ ὁ πιστεύων ἐπ’ αὐτῷ οὐ καταισχυνθήσεται .
sicut scriptum est : Ecce pono in Sion lapidem offensionis , et petram scandali : et omnis qui credit in eum , non confundetur .
እስመ ከማሁ ይቤ መጽሐፍ «ናሁ አነብር ውስተ ጽዮን እብነ ዕቅፍት ወእብነ ጌጋይ ወዘአምነ ባቲ ኢይትኀፈር ለዓለም ።»
even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”