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ROMANS 9
罗马书9
The Righteousness of God For Salvation – Romans 9: 1-5
神为救恩所显的公义 – 罗马书9:1-5
I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit—
我在基督里说真话，我不说谎，我的良心藉着圣灵在我心里作见证，
I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
我有极大的忧虑和心中的痛苦，
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,
因为我愿意自己为我的弟兄们（就是我骨肉之亲）被咒诅，与基督隔绝，
those of my own race,
就是按肉体说的以色列人，
the people of Israel.
以色列人，
Theirs is the adoption as sons;
他们是被立为儿子的，
theirs the divine glory,
他们是得荣耀的，
the covenants,
他们是立约的，
the receiving of the law,
他们是得律法的，
the temple worship and the promises.
他们是侍奉神的，并且是承受应许的。
Theirs are the patriarchs,
他们是列祖的后裔，
and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,
并且基督也是从他们中间生的，按肉体说，是至高者所赐的。
who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.
祂是万有之主，永远可称颂的！阿们。
Can God’s Promises Fail? – Romans 9: 6-13
神的应许会失败吗？ – 罗马书9:6-13
It is not as though God’s word had failed.
并不是说神的应许失败了，
For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
因为从以色列生的，不都是以色列人。
Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children.
也不是因为他们是亚伯拉罕的后裔，就都是他的儿女。
On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”
反而，神曾说：“通过以撒，你的后裔要被称为后裔。”
In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,
这就是说，神的儿女不是凭着血统的后裔，
but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.
而是凭着应许的后裔才算是亚伯拉罕的后裔。
For this was how the promise was stated:
因为应许是这样说的：
“At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
“到时候，我必回来，撒拉要生一个儿子。”
Not only that,
不但如此，
but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.
连利百加所生的儿女，也是我们父亲以撒与她同床而生的。
Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—
然而，双胞胎还没有生出来，既没有做过善事，也没有做过恶事—
in order that God’s purpose in election might stand:
为要使神拣选的旨意站立得住，
not by works but by him who calls—
不是按行为，乃是按召叫人的旨意—
she was told,
就对她说：
“The older will serve the younger.”
“将来的大儿子必服事小儿子。”
Just as it is written:
正如经上所记：
“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
“雅各是我爱，以扫是我恶。”
Isn’t It Unfair for God to Choose Some and Not Others? – Romans 9:14-18
神拣选一些人，而不是其他人，这不公平吗？ – 罗马书9:14-18
What then shall we say?
那么，我们可以说什么呢？
Is God unjust?
神难道不公义吗？
Not at all!
绝对不是！
For he says to Moses,
神对摩西说：
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
“我有怜悯于谁，就怜悯谁，
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
我有恩待于谁，就恩待谁。”
It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort,
这样看来，不是出于人努力或愿望，
but on God’s mercy.
乃是出于神的怜悯。
For Scripture says to Pharaoh:
因为经上对法老说：
“I raised you up for this very purpose,
“我将你兴起，为要显明我的权能，
that I might display my power in you
并且在你身上显明我的大能，
and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
使我的名传遍天下。”
Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy,
照样，神要怜悯谁，就怜悯谁；
and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
要使谁刚硬，就使谁刚硬。
How Can God Condemn If We Can’t Resist His Will? – Romans 9:19-23
既然我们不能抗拒祂的旨意，神如何定罪我们呢？ – 罗马书9:19-23
One of you will say to me:
你们中间有一个人会对我说：
“Then why does God still blame us?
“那神为何还责备我们呢？
For who is able to resist his will?”
谁能抗拒祂的旨意呢？”
But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?
你这人是谁，竟能对神说话呢？
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,
受造之物岂能对造它的说：
“Why did you make me like this?”
“你为何这样造我？”
Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay
难道陶匠没有权力从同一块泥土中，
some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
做成贵重的器皿，也做成卑贱的器皿吗？
What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known,
假若神愿意显明祂的忿怒，又使祂的大能得以显现，
bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?
祂容忍了那承受忿怒、预备毁灭的器皿，显出极大的忍耐，
What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy,
又何妨神这样做，为要显明祂荣耀的丰富，给那蒙怜悯的器皿，
whom he prepared in advance for glory—
这些器皿就是祂预先所预备的，为要得着荣耀，
God’s Purpose to Display His Mercy Against the Backdrop of Evil – Romans 9:22-29
神在恶背景中显明祂的怜悯的目的 – 罗马书9:22-29
Why Would Someone Reject Salvation? – Romans 9:30-33
为何有人会拒绝救恩？ – 罗马书9:30-33
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