Romans, 11

1. Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

1. Pitam dakle: Zar je Bog odbacio narod svoj? Nipošto? Ta i ja sam Izraelac, iz potomstva Abrahamova, plemena Benjaminova.

2. God has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon God against Israel?

2. Nije Bog odbacio naroda svojega koga predvidje. Ili zar ne znate što veli Pismo, ono o Iliji - kako se tuži Bogu na Izraela:

3. “Lord, they have slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking my life.”

3. Gospode, proroke tvoje pobiše, žrtvenike tvoje porušiše; ja ostadoh sam i još mi o glavi rade.

4. But what is the Divine response to him? “I have retained for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent their knees before Baal.”

4. Pa što mu veli Božji glas? Ostavih sebi sedam tisuæa ljudi koji ne prignuše koljena pred Baalom.

5. Therefore, in the same way, again in this time, there is a remnant that has been saved in accord with the choice of grace.

5. Tako dakle i u sadašnje vrijeme postoji Ostatak po milosnom izboru.

6. And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.

6. Ako pak po milosti, nije po djelima; inaèe milost nije više milost!

7. What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,

7. Što dakle? Što Izrael ište, to nije postigao, ali izabrani postigoše. Ostali pak otvrdnuše,

8. just as it was written: “God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until this very day.”

8. kao što je pisano: Dade im Bog duh obamrlosti, oèi da ne vide, uši da ne èuju sve do dana današnjega.

9. And David says: “Let their table become like a snare, and a deception, and a scandal, and a retribution for them.

9. I David veli: Nek im stol pred njima bude zamkom, i mrežom, i stupicom, i plaæom.

10. Let their eyes be obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs always.”

10. Nek im potamne oèi da ne vide i leða im zauvijek pogni!

11. Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.

11. Pitam dakle: jesu li posrnuli da propadnu? Nipošto! Naprotiv: po njihovu posrtaju spasenje poganima da se tako oni, Židovi, izazovu na ljubomor.

12. Now if their offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is their fullness?

12. Pa ako je njihov posrtaj bogatstvo za svijet, i njihovo smanjenje bogatstvo za pogane, koliko li æe više to biti njihov puni broj?

13. For I say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor my ministry,

13. Vama pak, poganima, velim: ja kao apostol pogana službu svoju proslavljam

14. in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them.

14. ne bih li na ljubomor izazvao njih, tijelo svoje, i spasio neke od njih.

15. For if their loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?

15. Jer ako je njihovo odbaèenje izmirenje svijeta, što li æe biti njihovo prihvaæanje ako ne oživljenje od mrtvih?

16. For if the first-fruit has been sanctified, so also has the whole. And if the root is holy, so also are the branches.

16. Ako li su prvine svete, sveto je i tijesto; ako li je korijen svet, svete su i grane.

17. And if some of the branches are broken, and if you, being a wild olive branch, are grafted on to them, and you become a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,

17. Pa ako su neke grane odlomljene, a ti, divlja maslina, pricijepljen umjesto njih, postao suzajednièar korijena, soènosti masline,

18. do not glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

18. ne uznosi se nad grane. Ako li se hoæeš uznositi - ne nosiš ti korijena, nego korijen tebe.

19. Therefore, you would say: The branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted on.

19. Reæi æeš na to: grane su odlomljene da se ja pricijepim.

20. Well enough. They were broken off because of unbelief. But you stand on faith. So do not choose to savor what is exalted, but instead be afraid.

20. Dobro! Oni su zbog nevjere odlomljeni, a ti po vjeri stojiš. Ne uznosi se, nego strahuj!

21. For if God has not spared the natural branches, perhaps also he might not spare you.

21. Jer ako Bog ne poštedje prirodnih grana, ni tebe neæe poštedjeti.

22. So then, notice the goodness and the severity of God. Certainly, toward those who have fallen, there is severity; but toward you, there is the goodness of God, if you remain in goodness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.

22. Promotri dakle dobrotu i strogost Božju: strogost na palima, a dobrotu Božju na sebi ako ostaneš u toj dobroti, inaèe æeš i ti biti odsjeèen.

23. Moreover, if they do not remain in unbelief, they will be grafted on. For God is able to graft them on again.

23. A i oni, ako ne ostanu u nevjeri, bit æe pricijepljeni; ta moæan je Bog da ih opet pricijepi.

24. So if you have been cut off from the wild olive tree, which is natural to you, and, contrary to nature, you are grafted on to the good olive tree, how much more shall those who are the natural branches be grafted on to their own olive tree?

24. Doista, ako si ti, po naravi divlja maslina, odsjeèen pa mimo narav pricijepljen na pitomu maslinu, koliko li æe lakše oni po naravi biti pricijepljeni na vlastitu maslinu!

25. For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.

25. Jer ne bih htio, braæo, da budete sami po sebi pametni, a da ne znate ovo otajstvo: djelomièno je otvrdnuæe zadesilo Izraela dok punina pogana ne uðe.

26. And in this way, all of Israel may be saved, just as it was written: “From Zion shall arrive he who delivers, and he shall turn impiety away from Jacob.

26. I tako æe se cio Izrael spasiti, kako je pisano: Doæi æe sa Siona Otkupitelj, odvratit æe bezbožnost od Jakova.

27. And this will be my covenant for them, when I will take away their sins.”

27. I to æe biti moj Savez s njima, kad uklonim grijehe njihove.

28. Certainly, according to the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to the election, they are most beloved for the sake of the fathers.

28. U pogledu evanðelja oni su, istina, protivnici poradi vas, ali u pogledu izabranja oni su ljubimci poradi otaca.

29. For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.

29. Ta neopozivi su dari i poziv Božji!

30. And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,

30. Doista, kao što vi nekoæ bijaste neposlušni Bogu, a sada po njihovoj neposlušnosti zadobiste milosrðe

31. so also have these now not believed, for your mercy, so that they might obtain mercy also.

31. tako i oni sada po milosrðu vama iskazanu postadoše neposlušni da i oni sada zadobiju milosrðe.

32. For God has enclosed everyone in unbelief, so that he may have mercy on everyone.

32. Jer Bog je sve zatvorio u neposlušnost da se svima smiluje.

33. Oh, the depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!

33. O dubino bogatstva, i mudrosti, i spoznanja Božjega! Kako li su nedokuèivi sudovi i neistraživi putovi njegovi!

34. For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?

34. Doista, tko spozna misao Gospodnju, tko li mu bi savjetnikom?

35. Or who first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?

35. Ili: tko ga darom preteèe da bi mu se uzvratiti moralo?

36. For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.

36. Jer sve je od njega i po njemu i za njega! Njemu slava u vjekove! Amen.