Etheridge - Romans - 9

9:1  I say the truth in Meshiha, and lie not; my conscience witnesseth for me in the Spirit of Holiness,

9:2  that I have great grief, and (that) the sorrow of my heart ceaseth not.

9:3  For I could pray that I myself might be one accursed from Meshiha instead of my brethren and my kinsmen who are in the flesh;

9:4  who are the sons of Israel, and whose was the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministry, and the promises,

9:5  and the fathers; and from whom appeared the Meshiha in the flesh, who is Aloha over all: his be praises and benedictions to the age of ages. Amen.

9:6  FOR the word of Aloha hath not really fallen: for not all who are of Israel are Israel;

9:7  neither also are they who are of the seed of Abraham all children; because it was said, In Ishok shall be called unto thee the seed:

9:8  but that is, the children of the flesh are not the children of Aloha, but the children of the promise are reckoned the seed.

9:9  For the promise is this word, In this time I will come, and a son shall be unto Sara.

9:10  And not this only, but also Raphka when with one, our father Ishok, she had association,

9:11  before her sons were born, and had not wrought good or evil, the (choice) of Aloha was (made) known before that it should remain: not by works, but by him who called:

9:12  for it was said, The elder shall be servant to the less;

9:13  as it is written, Jakub have I loved, and Isu have I hated.

9:14  What then say we? Is there iniquity with Aloha? Not so:

9:15  behold, also, he said unto Musha, I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy, and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious.

9:16  Therefore it is not by him who willeth, nor by him who runneth, but by Aloha the Merciful.

9:17  For it is said in the scripture to Pherun, For this I have raised thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

9:18  Then upon whom he willeth he is merciful, and whom he willeth he hardeneth.

9:19  Perhaps thou wilt say, Of what then doth he complain; for who shall arise against his will?

9:20  Who then art thou, O man, who givest answer against Aloha? Will the mass say to him who formeth it, Why thus hast thou formed me?

9:21  Or, hath not the potter power over his clay, that from the (same) mass he might make vessels, the one to honour, and the other to vileness?

9:22  BUT if Aloha, willing to reveal his wrath, and to make known his power, in his much patience bore with the vessels of wrath who were perfected for destruction,

9:23  and poured his mercy upon the vessels of mercy who were prepared of Aloha for glory,

9:24  who are we, (ourselves) the called, not only of the Jihudoyee, but also of the Gentiles:

9:25  so also in Husha he said, I will call them my people who were not my people, and on those on whom I was not merciful, will I be merciful:

9:26  for it shall be in the place where they were not called my people, there shall they be called the children of Aloha the Living.

9:27  But Eshaia proclaims of the sons of Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel were as the sand which is on the sea, the residue of them shall be saved.

9:28  The Lord hath decreed and determined the word, and will perform it upon the earth.

9:29  And as that which Eshaia had said before: Unless the Lord of sebaoth had left to us a residue, as Sedum should we have been, and to Amura have been likened.

9:30  WHAT then shall we say? That the Gentiles who have not followed after righteousness have attained righteousness, but that righteousness which is of faith:

9:31  but Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, unto the law of righteousness have not attained.

9:32  For why? Because it was not by faith, but by the works of the law: for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

9:33  as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling And a rock of offence; And whosoever in him shall believe Shall not be ashamed.