Romans 11 Young's Literal Translation

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1 I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:

1 DIGO pues: ¿Ha desechado Dios á su pueblo? En ninguna manera. Porque también yo soy Israelita, de la simiente de Abraham, de la tribu de Benjamín.

2 God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known — in Elijah — what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

2 No ha desechado Dios á su pueblo, al cual antes conoció. ¿O no sabéis qué dice de Elías la Escritura? cómo hablando con Dios contra Israel [dice]:

3 'Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'

3 Señor, á tus profetas han muerto, y tus altares han derruído; y yo he quedado solo, y procuran matarme.

4 but what saith the divine answer to him? 'I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.'

4 Mas ¿qué le dice la divina respuesta? He dejado para mí siete mil hombres, que no han doblado la rodilla delante de Baal.

5 So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;

5 Así también, aun en este tiempo han quedado reliquias por la elección de gracia.

6 and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

6 Y si por gracia, luego no por las obras; de otra manera la gracia ya no es gracia. Y si por las obras, ya no es gracia; de otra manera la obra ya no es obra.

7 What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,

7 ¿Qué pues? Lo que buscaba Israel aquello no ha alcanzado; mas la elección lo ha alcanzado: y los demás fueron endurecidos;

8 according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' — unto this very day,

8 Como está escrito: Dióles Dios espíritu de remordimiento, ojos con que no vean, y oídos con que no oigan, hasta el día de hoy.

9 and David saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;

9 Y David dice: Séales vuelta su mesa en lazo, y en red, y en tropezadero, y en paga:

10 let their eyes be darkened — not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'

10 Sus ojos sean obscurecidos para que no vean, y agóbiales siempre el espinazo.

11 I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation [is] to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;

11 Digo pues: ¿Han tropezado para que cayesen? En ninguna manera; mas por el tropiezo de ellos [vino] la salud á los Gentiles, para que fuesen provocados á celos.

12 and if the fall of them [is] the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?

12 Y si la falta de ellos es la riqueza del mundo, y el menoscabo de ellos la riqueza de los Gentiles, ¿cuánto más el henchimiento de ellos?

13 For to you I speak — to the nations — inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;

13 Porque á vosotros hablo, Gentiles. Por cuanto pues, yo soy apóstol de los Gentiles, mi ministerio honro,

14 if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,

14 Por si en alguna manera provocase á celos á mi carne, é hiciese salvos á algunos de ellos.

15 for if the casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception — if not life out of the dead?

15 Porque si el extrañamiento de ellos [es] la reconciliación del mundo, ¿qué [será] el recibimiento [de ellos], sino vida de los muertos?

16 and if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.

16 Y si el primer fruto es santo, también lo es el todo, y si la raíz es santa, también lo son las ramas.

17 And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become —

17 Que si algunas de las ramas fueron quebradas, y tú, siendo acebuche, has sido ingerido en lugar de ellas, y has sido hecho participante de la raíz y de la grosura de la oliva;

18 do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!

18 No te jactes contra las ramas; y si te jactas, [sabe que] no sustentas tú á la raíz, sino la raíz á ti.

19 Thou wilt say, then, 'The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!

19 Pues las ramas, dirás, fueron quebradas para que yo fuese ingerido.

20 by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;

20 Bien: por su incredulidad fueron quebradas, mas tú por la fe estás en pie. No te ensoberbezcas, antes teme,

21 for if God the natural branches did not spare — lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.

21 Que si Dios no perdonó á las ramas naturales, á ti tampoco no perdone.

22 Lo, then, goodness and severity of God — upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

22 Mira, pues, la bondad y la severidad de Dios: la severidad ciertamente en los que cayeron; mas la bondad para contigo, si permanecieres en la bondad; pues de otra manera tú también serás cortado.

23 And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;

23 Y aun ellos, si no permanecieren en incredulidad, serán ingeridos; que poderoso es Dios para volverlos á ingerir.

24 for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who [are] according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?

24 Porque si tú eres cortado del natural acebuche, y contra natura fuiste ingerido en la buena oliva, ¿cuánto más éstos, que son las [ramas] naturales, serán ingeridos en su oliva?

25 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret — that ye may not be wise in your own conceits — that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

25 Porque no quiero, hermanos, que ignoréis este misterio, para que no seáis acerca de vosotros mismos arrogantes: que el endurecimiento en parte ha acontecido en Israel, hasta que haya entrado la plenitud de los Gentiles;

26 and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

26 Y luego todo Israel será salvo; como está escrito: Vendrá de Sión el Libertador, que quitará de Jacob la impiedad;

27 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me, when I may take away their sins.'

27 Y este es mi pacto con ellos, cuando quitare su pecados.

28 As regards, indeed, the good tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; and as regards the choice — beloved on account of the fathers;

28 Así que, cuanto al evangelio, son enemigos por causa de vosotros: mas cuanto á la elección, son muy amados por causa de los padres.

29 for unrepented of [are] the gifts and the calling of God;

29 Porque sin arrepentimiento son las mercedes y la vocación de Dios.

30 for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:

30 Porque como también vosotros en algún tiempo no creísteis á Dios, mas ahora habéis alcanzado misericordia por la incredulidad de ellos;

31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;

31 Así también éstos ahora no han creído, para que, por la misericordia para con vosotros, ellos también alcancen misericordia.

32 for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness.

32 Porque Dios encerró á todos en incredulidad, para tener misericordia de todos.

33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

33 ¡Oh profundidad de las riquezas de la sabiduría y de la ciencia de Dios! ¡Cuán incomprensibles son sus juicios, é inescrutables sus caminos!

34 for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?

34 Porque ¿quién entendió la mente del Señor? ¿ó quién fué su consejero?

35 or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?

35 ¿O quién le dió á él primero, para que le sea pagado?

36 because of Him, and through Him, and to Him [are] the all things; to Him [is] the glory — to the ages. Amen.

36 Porque de él, y por él, y en él, son todas las cosas. A él sea gloria por siglos. Amén.

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Commentary 11:7 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Romans (Homily XIX)
He had said that God did not cast off His people; and to show in what sense He had not cast them off, he takes refuge in the Prophets again.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
Quotes verse 11:16 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Chapter VIII)
And that the Saviour received first-fruits of those whom He was to save, Paul declared when he said, "And if the first-fruits be holy, the lump is also holy," teaching that the expression "first-fruits" denoted that which is spiritual, but that "the lump" meant us, that is, the animal Church, the lump of which they say He assumed, and blended …
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 11:33 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV, Chapters IV–VII)
What was it that Thou didst then, O my God, and how unsearchable are the depths of Thy judgments! For when, sore sick of a fever, he long lay unconscious in a death-sweat, and all despaired of his recovery, he was baptized without his knowledge; myself meanwhile little caring, presuming that his soul would retain rather what it had imbibed …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Quotes verse 11:28 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily IX)
"But yet Paul," one may say, "allows them, saying on this wise, As touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.'" But tell me, when, and of what things was he discoursing, and to whom?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 11:24 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (First Catechetical Lecture)
Thou art transplanted henceforth among the spiritual olive-trees, being grafted from the wild into the good olive-tree, from sins into righteousness, from pollutions into purity.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

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