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.
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,
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
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.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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 is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
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.
9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
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.
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?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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?
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
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.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
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?
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.
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:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
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!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
1 Enti meka sɛ, Onyankopɔn ayi ne man afiri anaa? Ɛmpa hɔ da. Efisɛ me nso meyɛ Israelni, Abraham aseni, Benyamin abusuakuw mu ni. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Onyankopɔn nyii ne man a odii kan hunuu wɔn no amfiri. Anaasɛ monnim nea atwerɛsɛm no ka fa Elia ho? sɛnea ɔdi mma wɔ Onyankopɔn anim tia Israel, sɛ, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Awurade, wɔakum w'adiyifoɔ, na wɔabubu w'afɔremuka; me nko ara na aka, na wɔrehwehwɛ me nkwa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Nanso dɛn na Onyankopɔn mmuae ka kyerɛ no? Mede mmarima mpem nson asie ama me ho, wɔn a wɔnkotoo Baal. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Saa ara nso na seesei bere yi mu nso, nkaeɛ bi wɔ hɔ sɛnea adom apaw teɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Na sɛ ɛnam adom so a, ɛneɛ ɛnnam nnwuma so bio: anka adom no nyɛ adom bio. Na sɛ ɛnam nnwuma so a, ɛneɛ ɛnyɛ adom bio: anka adwuma no nyɛ adwuma bio. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Ɛneɛ sɛn? Israel nnyaa nea ɔhwehwɛ no; nanso apawfoɔ no anya; na nkaeɛ no, wɔn ani afira. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 (Sɛnea wɔatwerɛ no, Onyankopɔn de nnwodwodwoɛ honhom ama wɔn, ani a ɛrenhu, ne aso a ɛrente;) de kɔpem ɛnnɛ da yi. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Na Dawid ka sɛ, Wɔn didi pono nyɛ firi, ne afidie, ne ahinti-dua, ne akatua ma wɔn: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Wɔn ani nso yɛ tumm, sɛ wɔnhu, na kobutu wɔn akyi ase daa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Enti meka sɛ, Wɔasunti sɛ wɔnhwe ase anaa? Ɛmpa hɔ da: na mmom wɔn ase-buruo enti, nkwagyeɛ aba amanaman mu, sɛ ɛbɛma wɔn ani abere. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Ɛneɛ sɛ wɔn ase-buruo yɛ ewiase ahonyadeɛ, na wɔn so-a-atew yɛ amanaman ahonyadeɛ; dɛn koraa na ɛbɛyɛ wɔn ahyɛmma? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Efisɛ mekasa kyerɛ mo, amanaman, sɛnea meyɛ amanaman ɔsomafoɔ, na mehyɛ m'adwuma no anuonyam: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Sɛ ɛbɛtumi a mɛma me honam ani abere, na magye wɔn mu binom nkwa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Efisɛ sɛ wɔn atwenee yɛ ewiase mpata, ɛdeɛn na wɔn gyeɛ bɛyɛ, gye sɛ nkwa afiri awufoɔ mu? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 Efisɛ sɛ aba a edikan no yɛ kronkron a, ɛneɛ nnɔma no nso yɛ saa: na sɛ ntini no yɛ kronkron a, mman no nso te saa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Na sɛ wɔabubu mman no bi afiri, na wo, a woyɛ wiram ngo dua, wɔafa wo ahyɛ wɔn ntam, na wo ne wɔn bom di ngo dua no ntini ne ne sradeɛ mu: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Mma hoahoa wo ho wɔ mman no so. Nanso sɛ wohoahoa wo ho a, ɛnyɛ wo na wosoa ntini no, na mmom ntini no na ɛsoa wo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Ɛneɛ wobɛka sɛ, Wɔabubu mman no afiri, sɛ wɔde me mmɛhyɛ mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Yiye; gyidi-nni enti na wɔbubu wɔn afiri, na wo deɛ, gyidie enti na wogyina. Nyɛ ahantan, na suro: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Efisɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn anhwɛ abɔdeɛ mman no so a, hwɛ yie, anyɛ saa a ɔrenhwɛ wo nso so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
22 Enti hwɛ Onyankopɔn ayamyɛ ne n'atirimɔden: wɔn a wɔhwee ase no, atirimɔden; na wo deɛ, ayamyɛ, sɛ wokɔ so tena n'ayamyɛ mu a: anyɛ saa a, wɔbɛtwa wo nso afiri. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
23 Na sɛ wɔn nso, sɛ wɔnntena gyidi-nni mu ara a, wɔde wɔn bɛhyɛ mu: efisɛ Onyankopɔn tumi sɛ ɔde wɔn hyɛ mu bio. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
24 Efisɛ sɛ wɔtwaa wo afiri ngo dua a ɛyɛ wiram dea wɔ abɔdeɛ mu no mu, na wɔde wo hyɛɛ ngo dua pa no mu a ɛnsɛ abɔdeɛ kwan so no, dɛn koraa nso na wɔde saa wɔn a wɔyɛ abɔdeɛ mman no bɛhyɛ wɔn ankasa ngo dua no mu? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
25 Efisɛ mempɛ, anuanom, sɛ mommnim saa ahintasɛm yi, sɛnea mobɛyɛ anyansafoɔ wɔ mo ankasa ani so; sɛ anifiraɛ fa bi aba Israel so, kɔsi sɛ amanaman ahyɛmma bɛba mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
26 Na saa ara na Israel nyinaa bɛnya nkwagyeɛ: sɛnea wɔatwerɛ no, Ɔgyefoɔ no befiri Sion aba, na obeyi Onyankopɔn-nsuro afiri Yakob ho: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
27 Efisɛ eyi ne me apam a mede ma wɔn, bere a mɛpepa wɔn bɔne. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
28 Ɛfa asɛmpa no ho no, wɔyɛ atamfoɔ mo enti: nanso ɛfa apaw no ho no, wɔyɛ adɔfoɔ agyanom enti. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
29 Efisɛ Onyankopɔn akyɛdeɛ ne ne ɔfrɛ no, n'ano nnan ho da. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
30 Efisɛ sɛnea mo deɛ, bere bi a atwa mu no, moannye Onyankopɔn anni, nanso seesei mo anya mmɔborɔhunu ɛnam wɔn gyidi-nni so: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
31 Saa ara na wɔn nso seesei wɔannye anni, sɛnea ɛnam mo mmɔborɔhunu no so na wɔn nso bɛnya mmɔborɔhunu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
32 Efisɛ Onyankopɔn de wɔn nyinaa ahyɛ gyidi-nni mu, sɛnea ɔbɛyɛ mmɔborɔhunu ma wɔn nyinaa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
33 O Onyankopɔn nyansa ne ne nimdeɛ ahonyadeɛ bun! ɛdeɛn na ɛsɛ n'atemmuo a wɔhwehwɛ mu! ne n'akwan a wɔntumi nni akyi! Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
34 Efisɛ hwan na ɔnim Awurade adwene? anaa hwan na ɔayɛ ne fotufoɔ? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
35 Anaa hwan na wadi kan ama no biribi, na ɔbɛtua no ka bio? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
36 Efisɛ nneɛma nyinaa firi ne mu, na ɛnam ne so, na ɛkɔ ne nkyɛn: ɔno na anuonyam nka no daadaa. Amen. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn