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| 1 فَأَقُولُ: أَلَعَلَّ اللهَ رَفَضَ شَعْبَهُ؟ حَاشَا! لأَنِّي أَنَا أَيْضًا إِسْرَائِيلِيٌّ مِنْ نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ. | 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. |
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| 2 لَمْ يَرْفُضِ اللهُ شَعْبَهُ الَّذِي سَبَقَ فَعَرَفَهُ. أَمْ لَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَاذَا يَقُولُ الْكِتَابُ فِي إِيلِيَّا؟ كَيْفَ يَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَى اللهِ ضِدَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: | 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying, |
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| 3 «يَارَبُّ، قَتَلُوا أَنْبِيَاءَكَ وَهَدَمُوا مَذَابِحَكَ، وَبَقِيتُ أَنَا وَحْدِي، وَهُمْ يَطْلُبُونَ نَفْسِي!». | 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. |
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| 4 لكِنْ مَاذَا يَقُولُ لَهُ الْوَحْيُ؟ «أَبْقَيْتُ لِنَفْسِي سَبْعَةَ آلاَفِ رَجُل لَمْ يُحْنُوا رُكْبَةً لِبَعْل». | 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. |
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| 5 فَكَذلِكَ فِي الزَّمَانِ الْحَاضِرِ أَيْضًا قَدْ حَصَلَتْ بَقِيَّةٌ حَسَبَ اخْتِيَارِ النِّعْمَةِ. | 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. |
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| 6 فَإِنْ كَانَ بِالنِّعْمَةِ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدُ بِالأَعْمَالِ، وَإِلاَّ فَلَيْسَتِ النِّعْمَةُ بَعْدُ نِعْمَةً. وَإِنْ كَانَ بِالأَعْمَالِ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدُ نِعْمَةً، وَإِلاَّ فَالْعَمَلُ لاَ يَكُونُ بَعْدُ عَمَلاً. | 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. |
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| 7 فَمَاذَا؟ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ ذلِكَ لَمْ يَنَلْهُ. وَلكِنِ الْمُخْتَارُونَ نَالُوهُ. وَأَمَّا الْبَاقُونَ فَتَقَسَّوْا، | 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. |
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| 8 كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «أَعْطَاهُمُ اللهُ رُوحَ سُبَاتٍ، وَعُيُونًا حَتَّى لاَ يُبْصِرُوا، وَآذَانًا حَتَّى لاَ يَسْمَعُوا إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ». | 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. |
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9 وَدَاوُدُ يَقُولُ: «لِتَصِرْ مَائِدَتُهُمْ فَخًّا وَقَنَصًا وَعَثْرَةً وَمُجَازَاةً لَهُمْ.  | 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: |
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| 10 لِتُظْلِمْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ كَيْ لاَ يُبْصِرُوا، وَلْتَحْنِ ظُهُورَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ». | 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. |
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خلاص الأمم | |
| 11 فَأَقُولُ: أَلَعَلَّهُمْ عَثَرُوا لِكَيْ يَسْقُطُوا؟ حَاشَا! بَلْ بِزَلَّتِهِمْ صَارَ الْخَلاَصُ لِلأُمَمِ لإِغَارَتِهِمْ. | 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. |
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| 12 فَإِنْ كَانَتْ زَلَّتُهُمْ غِنىً لِلْعَالَمِ، وَنُقْصَانُهُمْ غِنىً لِلأُمَمِ، فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ مِلْؤُهُمْ؟ | 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? |
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| 13 فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الأُمَمُ: بِمَا أَنِّي أَنَا رَسُولٌ لِلأُمَمِ أُمَجِّدُ خِدْمَتِي، | 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: |
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| 14 لَعَلِّي أُغِيرُ أَنْسِبَائِي وَأُخَلِّصُ أُنَاسًا مِنْهُمْ. | 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. |
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| 15 لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ رَفْضُهُمْ هُوَ مُصَالَحَةَ الْعَالَمِ، فَمَاذَا يَكُونُ اقْتِبَالُهُمْ إِلاَّ حَيَاةً مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ؟ | 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? |
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| 16 وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْبَاكُورَةُ مُقَدَّسَةً فَكَذلِكَ الْعَجِينُ! وَإِنْ كَانَ الأَصْلُ مُقَدَّسًا فَكَذلِكَ الأَغْصَانُ! | 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. |
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| 17 فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ قُطِعَ بَعْضُ الأَغْصَانِ، وَأَنْتَ زَيْتُونَةٌ بَرِّيَّةٌ طُعِّمْتَ فِيهَا، فَصِرْتَ شَرِيكًا فِي أَصْلِ الزَّيْتُونَةِ وَدَسَمِهَا، | 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; |
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| 18 فَلاَ تَفْتَخِرْ عَلَى الأَغْصَانِ. وَإِنِ افْتَخَرْتَ، فَأَنْتَ لَسْتَ تَحْمِلُ الأَصْلَ، بَلِ الأَصْلُ إِيَّاكَ يَحْمِلُ! | 18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. |
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| 19 فَسَتَقُولُ: «قُطِعَتِ الأَغْصَانُ لأُطَعَّمَ أَنَا!». | 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. |
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| 20 حَسَنًا! مِنْ أَجْلِ عَدَمِ الإِيمَانِ قُطِعَتْ، وَأَنْتَ بِالإِيمَانِ ثَبَتَّ. لاَ تَسْتَكْبِرْ بَلْ خَفْ! | 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: |
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| 21 لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ اللهُ لَمْ يُشْفِقْ عَلَى الأَغْصَانِ الطَّبِيعِيَّةِ فَلَعَلَّهُ لاَ يُشْفِقُ عَلَيْكَ أَيْضًا! | 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. |
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| 22 فَهُوَذَا لُطْفُ اللهِ وَصَرَامَتُهُ: أَمَّا الصَّرَامَةُ فَعَلَى الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا، وَأَمَّا اللُّطْفُ فَلَكَ، إِنْ ثَبَتَّ فِي اللُّطْفِ، وَإِلاَّ فَأَنْتَ أَيْضًا سَتُقْطَعُ. | 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. |
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| 23 وَهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يَثْبُتُوا فِي عَدَمِ الإِيمَانِ سَيُطَعَّمُونَ. لأَنَّ اللهَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُطَعِّمَهُمْ أَيْضًا. | 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. |
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| 24 لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ قَدْ قُطِعْتَ مِنَ الزَّيْتُونَةِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ حَسَبَ الطَّبِيعَةِ، وَطُعِّمْتَ بِخِلاَفِ الطَّبِيعَةِ فِي زَيْتُونَةٍ جَيِّدَةٍ، فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ يُطَعَّمُ هؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ حَسَبَ الطَّبِيعَةِ، فِي زَيْتُونَتِهِمِ الْخَاصَّةِ؟ | 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? |
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رحمة الله متاحة للجميع | |
| 25 فَإِنِّي لَسْتُ أُرِيدُ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ أَنْ تَجْهَلُوا هذَا السِّرَّ، لِئَلاَّ تَكُونُوا عِنْدَ أَنْفُسِكُمْ حُكَمَاءَ: أَنَّ الْقَسَاوَةَ قَدْ حَصَلَتْ جُزْئِيًّا لإِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مِلْؤُ الأُمَمِ، | 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. |
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| 26 وَهكَذَا سَيَخْلُصُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: «سَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ صِهْيَوْنَ الْمُنْقِذُ وَيَرُدُّ الْفُجُورَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ. | 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: |
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| 27 وَهذَا هُوَ الْعَهْدُ مِنْ قِبَلِي لَهُمْ مَتَى نَزَعْتُ خَطَايَاهُمْ». | 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. |
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| 28 مِنْ جِهَةِ الإِنْجِيلِ هُمْ أَعْدَاءٌ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، وَأَمَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ الاخْتِيَارِ فَهُمْ أَحِبَّاءُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الآبَاءِ، | 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes. |
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| 29 لأَنَّ هِبَاتِ اللهِ وَدَعْوَتَهُ هِيَ بِلاَ نَدَامَةٍ. | 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. |
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| 30 فَإِنَّهُ كَمَا كُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ مَرَّةً لاَ تُطِيعُونَ اللهَ، وَلكِنِ الآنَ رُحِمْتُمْ بِعِصْيَانِ هؤُلاَءِ | 30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: |
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| 31 هكَذَا هؤُلاَءِ أَيْضًا الآنَ، لَمْ يُطِيعُوا لِكَيْ يُرْحَمُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا بِرَحْمَتِكُمْ. | 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. |
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| 32 لأَنَّ اللهَ أَغْلَقَ عَلَى الْجَمِيعِ مَعًا فِي الْعِصْيَانِ، لِكَيْ يَرْحَمَ الْجَمِيعَ. | 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. |
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| 33 يَا لَعُمْقِ غِنَى اللهِ وَحِكْمَتِهِ وَعِلْمِهِ! مَا أَبْعَدَ أَحْكَامَهُ عَنِ الْفَحْصِ وَطُرُقَهُ عَنِ الاسْتِقْصَاءِ! | 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! |
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| 34 «لأَنْ مَنْ عَرَفَ فِكْرَ الرَّبِّ؟ أَوْ مَنْ صَارَ لَهُ مُشِيرًا؟ | 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? |
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| 35 أَوْ مَنْ سَبَقَ فَأَعْطَاهُ فَيُكَافَأَ؟». | 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? |
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| 36 لأَنَّ مِنْهُ وَبِهِ وَلَهُ كُلَّ الأَشْيَاءِ. لَهُ الْمَجْدُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. آمِينَ. | 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. |
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