我且說，神棄絕了他的百姓嗎？斷乎沒有！因為我也是
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
我且說，神棄絕了他的百姓嗎？斷乎沒有！因為我也是
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
神並沒有棄絕他預先所知道的百姓。你們豈不曉得經上論到
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
「主啊，他們殺了你的先知，拆了你的祭壇，只剩下我一個人；他們還要尋索我的命。」
“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”
神的回話是怎麼說的呢？他說：「我為自己留下七千人，是未曾向
But what is God's reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
如今也是這樣，照著揀選的恩典，還有所留的餘數。
So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
既是出於恩典，就不在乎行為；不然，恩典就不是恩典了。
But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
這是怎麼樣呢？
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,
如經上所記：神給他們昏迷的心，眼睛不能看見，耳朵不能聽見，直到今日。
as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.”
And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
願他們的眼睛昏矇，不得看見；願你時常彎下他們的腰。
let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever.”
我且說，他們失腳是要他們跌倒嗎？斷乎不是！反倒因他們的過失，救恩便臨到外邦人，要激動他們發憤。
So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
若他們的過失為天下的富足，他們的缺乏為外邦人的富足，何況他們的豐滿呢？
Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
我對你們外邦人說這話；因我是外邦人的使徒，所以敬重我的職分〔「敬重」原文作「榮耀」〕，
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
或者可以激動我骨肉之親發憤，好救他們一些人。
in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
若他們被丟棄，天下就得與神和好，他們被收納，豈不是死而復生嗎？
For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
所獻的新麵若是聖潔，全團也就聖潔了；樹根若是聖潔，樹枝也就聖潔了。
If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
若有幾根枝子被折下來，你這野橄欖得接在其中，一同得著橄欖根的肥汁，
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
你就不可向舊枝子誇口；若是誇口，當知道不是你托著根，乃是根托著你。
do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
你若說，那枝子被折下來是特為叫我接上。
Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
不錯！他們因為不信，所以被折下來；你因為信，所以立得住；你不可自高，反要懼怕。
That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.
神既不愛惜原來的枝子，也必不愛惜你。
For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
可見，神的恩慈和嚴厲向那跌倒的人是嚴厲的，向你是有恩慈的，只要你長久在他的恩慈裏；不然，你也要被砍下來。
Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
而且他們若不是長久不信，仍要被接上，因為神能夠把他們重新接上。
And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
你是從那天生的野橄欖上砍下來的，尚且逆著性得接在好橄欖上，何況這本樹的枝子，要接在本樹上呢！
For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
弟兄們，我不願意你們不知道這奧祕（恐怕你們自以為聰明），就是
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
於是
And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
又說：我除去他們罪的時候，這就是我與他們所立的約。
“and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
就著福音說，他們為你們的緣故是仇敵；就著揀選說，他們為列祖的緣故是蒙愛的。
As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
因為神的恩賜和選召是沒有後悔的。
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
你們從前不順服神，如今因他們的不順服，你們倒蒙了憐恤。
For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,
這樣，他們也是不順服，叫他們因著施給你們的憐恤，現在也就蒙憐恤。
so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.
因為神將眾人都圈在不順服之中，特意要憐恤眾人。
For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
深哉，神豐富的智慧和知識！他的判斷何其難測！他的蹤跡何其難尋！
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
誰知道主的心？誰作過他的謀士呢？
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”
誰是先給了他，使他後來償還呢？
“Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?”
因為萬有都是本於他，倚靠他，歸於他。願榮耀歸給他，直到永遠。阿們！
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.