1Kuv txawm nug tas, Vaajtswv muab nwg haiv tuabneeg tso tseg lawm lov? Tsw yog le ntawd. Kuv tug kheej kuv yeej yog haiv Yixayee, yog Aplahaa caaj ceg hab yog xeem Npeeyamee. 2Vaajtswv tsw tau muab haiv tuabneeg kws nwg xaiv ca lawd tso tseg. Mej tsw paub Vaajtswv phoo ntawv zaaj kws has txug Eliya lov? Nwg ywg cov Yixayee lub txem rua Vaajtswv tas, 3“Tug Tswv, puab tua cov xwbfwb cev koj le lug, puab muab koj tej thaaj xyeem rhuav pov tseg. Tsuas tshuav kuv tuab leeg xwb los puab tseed nrhav txuv kuv txujsa hab.”⚓4Tassws Vaajtswv teb nwg le caag? “Kuv tseg xyaa txheeb leej ca rua kuv, yog cov kws tsw tau txhus caug pe daab Npa‑aa.”⚓5Ib yaam le ntawd, naj nub nwgnuav tseed tshuav ib co nyob lawv le kws Vaajtswv txujkev hlub xaiv ca. 6Tassws yog xaiv lawv le txujkev hlub, mas tsw yog lawv le txujkev xyum lawm. Yog lawv le txujkev xyum mas txujkev hlub tsw yog tseem kev hlub lawm. 7Yog le ntawd yuav has le caag? Cov Yixayee tsw ntswb yaam kws puab nrhav. Cov kws Vaajtswv xaiv ca txhad ntswb, tassws dua le lwm tug ua lub sab tawv, 8lawv le kws muaj lug sau ca tas, “Vaajtswv pub lub sab ruag qhwv, lub qhov muag tsw pum kev, hab lub qhov ntsej tsw nov lug rua puab lug txug naj nub nwgnuav.”⚓ 9Hab Tavi has tas, “Thov ca puab lub rooj noj ua yej ua ntxab cuab puab, hab ua yaam kws puab dawm hab yaam kws pauj rua puab. 10Thov kuas puab lub qhov muag tsaus puab txhad tsw pum kev, hab ua kuas puab lub duav khoov moog le.”⚓
Lwm haiv tuabneeg dim
11Kuv txhad nug tas cov Yixayee dawm qaug taag lov? Tsw yog le ntawd. Tassws qhov kws puab faav xeeb hov ua rua txujkev dim nthuav moog rua lwm haiv tuabneeg sub txhad ua rua cov Yixayee khib. 12Yog qhov kws puab faav xeeb hov ua rua taag nrho lub nplajteb tau koob moov nplua quas mag hab yog qhov kws puab nplaam lawm ua rua lwm haiv tuabneeg tau koob moov nplua quas mag, mas thaus cov Yixayee lug ntseeg txhwj lawm yuav yimfuab zoo dua. 13Kuv has rua mej cov kws yog lwm haiv tuabneeg. Vem kuv yog ib tug tubkhai rua lwm haiv tuabneeg, kuv txhad qhuas kuv teg num 14sub txhad ua rua kuv cov tuabneeg khib hab cawm tau puab qee leej dim. 15Yog qhov kws puab raug muab tso tseg lawm ua chaw rua lub nplajteb rov lug nrug Vaajtswv sws raug zoo, mas qhov kws Vaajtswv rov leeg yuav puab dua, mas yuav zoo le puab sawv huv qhov tuag rov lug los tsw yog? 16Yog thawj phaum moov kws muab xyeem, dawb huv lawm, taag nrho cov moov huvsw dawb huv hab. Yog tug caag dawb huv lawm tej ceg kuj dawb huv hab. 17Yog tej ceg ib txha raug muab txav lawm hab muab koj kws yog txwv aulib qus tug ntsuag lug txuas nyob cov ceg hov le chaw sub txhad koom tuab cov dej ntawm lub hauv paug txwv aulib nyeg lug yug, 18mas koj tsw xob khaav saib tsw taug cov ceg hov. Yog koj khaav, ca le ncu tas koj tsw tau yug tug caag, tassws tug caag yug koj. 19Koj yuav has tas, “Tej ceg raug muab txav pov tseg sub txhad muab kuv txuas rua huv.” 20Tseeb tag. Puab yeej raug muab txav vem puab tsw ntseeg, tassws koj nyob tau vem yog koj ntseeg. Yog le ntawd koj tsw xob khaav theeb, koj yuav tsum paub ntshai, 21tsua qhov yog Vaajtswv tsw tseg tej ceg nyeg hov nyob, nwg yeej yuav tsw tseg koj nyob ib yaam nkaus hab. 22Vem le nuav ca le tshuaj saib Vaajtswv txujkev hlub hab qhov kws nwg ua nruj ua tswv. Nwg ua nruj ua tswv rua cov kws dawm qaug, tassws nwg ua txujkev hlub tshwm rua koj, tsuav yog koj nyob huv nwg txujkev hlub hov moog le. Yog tsw ua le ntawd, koj yuav raug muab txav pov tseg hab. 23Hab cov Yixayee yog puab yeem tso qhov kws pheej tsw ntseeg tseg mas puab yuav raug muab rov txuas dua, tsua qhov Vaajtswv muaj fwjchim muab puab rov lug txuas dua tau hab. 24Yog koj raug muab txav ntawm tsob txwv aulib kws ib txwm yeej yog txwv aulib qus hab raug muab txuas rua huv tsob txwv aulib nyeg kws ib txwm tsw tau txuas dua le, mas qhov kws muab tej ceg kws ib txwm yog ceg nyeg txuas rua puab tsob txwv aulib nyeg kuj yimfuab yoojyim dua.
Cov Yixayee yuav dim
25Cov kwvtij 'e, kuv xaav kuas mej nkaag sab txug tej kws muab npog ca lawd, sub mej txhad tsw khaav tas mej txawj ntse. Cov Yixayee ua lub sab tawv ib ntus xwb moog txug thaus lwm haiv tuabneeg nkaag lug txhwj lawm, 26tes taag nrho cov Yixayee suavdawg kuj yuav dim, lawv le kws muaj lug sau ca has tas, “Tug cawmseej yuav tuaj huv Xi‑oo tuaj, nwg yuav rhuav tej kev phem kuas pluj huv Yakhauj moog.”⚓ 27“Nuav yog tej lug cog tseg kws kuv cog rua thaus kuv daws puab lub txem.”⚓ 28Has txug txuj xuv zoo mas puab ua yeeb ncuab rua Vaajtswv mej txhad tau qaabhau. Tassws has txug qhov kws xaiv ca lawd, puab yog cov kws Vaajtswv hlub vem yog saib rua puab tej laug. 29Tsua qhov Vaajtswv yeej tsw hloov sab rua tej kws nwg pub dawb hab qhov kws nwg hu lug. 30Yaav taag lug mej tsw noog Vaajtswv lug tassws nwgnuav mej tau Vaajtswv txujkev khuvleej vem yog tim cov Yixayee tsw noog lug. 31Ib yaam le ntawd puab cov hov kuj tsw noog lug sub nwgnuav puab txhad tau kev khuvleej vem yog Vaajtswv tub khuvleej mej lawm. 32Vaajtswv tub tu kuas tuabneeg txhua tug tsw noog lug sub nwg txhad khuvleej tau txhua tug. 33Au, Vaajtswv muaj txhua yaam nplua quas mag. Nwg tug tswvyim hab kev txawj ntse nyob tub kawg. Tej kws Vaajtswv txav sab mas paub tsw taag, hab nwg tej kev mas tshuaj tsw tau. 34“Leejtwg txawj paub tug Tswv lub sab lossws leejtwg ua nwg lub chaw sablaaj?”⚓ 35“Leejtwg pub ib yaam daabtsw rua Vaajtswv kws Vaajtswv yuav tsum pauj rua nwg?”⚓ 36Tsua qhov txhua yaam lug ntawm Vaajtswv lug hab muaj nyob huv nwg hab tswm lug rua nwg. Thov kuas nwg tau koob meej moog ib txhws. Amee.
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The Remnant of Israel
1I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”⚓ ? 4And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”⚓5So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. 7What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, 8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”⚓ 9And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them. 10May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”⚓
Ingrafted Branches
11Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. 12But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring! 13I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry 14in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 15For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” 20Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. 21For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. 22Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. 23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
All Israel Will Be Saved
25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 26and in this way⚓ all Israel will be saved. As it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. 27And this is⚓ my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”⚓ 28As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now⚓ receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
Doxology
33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and⚓ knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”⚓ 35“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?”⚓ 36For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.