ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ

Epistle to the Romans

CHAPTER 9

| 1 | αληθειαν |  | λεγω |  | εν |  | χριστω |  | ου |  | ψευδομαι |  | συμμαρτυρουσης |  | μοι |
|  | Truth |  | I say |  | in |  | Christ, |  | I lie not, |  | ♦ |  | bearing witness with |  | me |

της |  | συνειδησεως |  | μου |  | εν |  | πνευματι |  | αγιω |  |
my conscience |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in [the] |  | Spirit 2 |  | Holy, 1 |  |

| 2 | οτι |  | λυπη |  | μοι |  | εστιν |  | μεγαλη |  | και |  | αδιαλειπτος |  | οδυνη |  | τη |  | καρδια |
|  | that |  | grief 2 |  | to 3 me 4 |  | is 5 |  | great, 1 |  | and |  | unceasing |  | sorrow |  | in my heart, |  | ♦ |

μου |  |
♦ |  |

| 3 | ηυχομην |  | γαρ |  | αυτος |  | εγω |  | αναθεμα |  | ειναι |  | απο |  | του |  | χριστου |  | υπερ |
|  | For I was wishing |  | ♦ |  | myself 2 |  | I 1 |  | a curse |  | to be |  | from |  | the |  | Christ |  | for |

των |  | αδελφων |  | μου |  | των |  | συγγενων |  | μου |  | κατα |  | σαρκα |  |
my brethren, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | my kinsmen |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | according to |  | flesh; |  |

| 4 | οιτινες |  | εισιν |  | ισραηλιται |  | ων |  | η |  | υιοθεσια |  | και |  | η |  | δοξα |  | και |  | αι |
|  | who |  | are |  | Israelites, |  | whose [is] |  | the |  | adoption |  | and |  | the |  | glory, |  | and |  | the |

διαθηκαι |  | και |  | η |  | νομοθεσια |  | και |  | η |  | λατρεια |  | και |  | αι |  | επαγγελιαι |  |
covenants |  | and |  | the |  | lawgiving, |  | and |  | the |  | service |  | and |  | the |  | promises; |  |

| 5 | ων |  | οι |  | πατερες |  | και |  | εξ |  | ων |  | ο |  | χριστος |  | το |  | κατα |  | σαρκα |  | ο |
|  | whose [are] |  | the |  | fathers; |  | and |  | of |  | whom [is] |  | the |  | Christ |  | ♦ |  | according to |  | flesh, |  | who |

ων |  | επι |  | παντων |  | θεος |  | ευλογητος |  | εις |  | τους |  | αιωνας |  | αμην |  |
is |  | over |  | all |  | God |  | blessed |  | to |  | the |  | ages. |  | Amen. |  |

| 6 | ουχ |  | οιον |  | δε |  | οτι |  | εκπεπτωκεν |  | ο |  | λογος |  | του |  | θεου |  | ου |  | γαρ |  | παντες |
|  | Not |  | however |  | ♦ |  | that |  | has failed |  | the |  | word |  | ♦ |  | of God; |  | for not |  | ♦ |  | all |

οι |  | εξ |  | ισραηλ |  | ουτοι |  | ισραηλ |  |
which 4 [are] 5 |  | of 6 |  | Israel 7 |  | those 1 [are] 2 |  | Israel: 3 |  |

| 7 | ουδ |  | οτι |  | εισιν |  | σπερμα |  | αβρααμ |  | παντες |  | τεκνα |  | αλλ |  | εν |  | ισαακ |
|  | nor |  | because |  | they are |  | seed |  | of Abraham [are] |  | all |  | children: |  | but, |  | In |  | Issac |

κληθησεται |  | σοι |  | σπερμα |  |
shall be called |  | to thee |  | a seed. |  |

| 8 | τουτ |  | εστιν |  | ου |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | της |  | σαρκος |  | ταυτα |  | τεκνα |  | του |  | θεου |
|  | That is, |  | not 8 |  | the 1 |  | children 2 |  | of 3 the 4 |  | flesh 5 |  | these 6 [are] 7 |  | children |  | ♦ |  | of God; |  | but |

αλλα |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | της |  | επαγγελιας |  | λογιζεται |  | εις |  |
the |  | children |  | of the |  | promise |  | are reckoned |  | for |  | seed. |  |

| 9 | επαγγελιας |  | γαρ |  | ο |  | λογος |  | ουτος |  | κατα |  | τον |  | καιρον |
|  | For of promise |  | ♦ |  | this word [is], |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | According to |  | this time |  | ♦ |

τουτον |  | ελευσομαι |  | και |  | εσται |  | τη |  | σαρρα |  | υιος |  |
♦ |  | I will come, |  | and |  | there shall be |  | ♦ |  | to Sarah |  | a son. |  |

| 10 | ου |  | μονον |  | δε |  | αλλα |  | και |  | ρεβεκκα |  | εξ |  | ενος |  | κοιτην |  | εχουσα |
|  | And not only [that], |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | but |  | also |  | Rebecca |  | by 3 |  | one 4 |  | conception 2 |  | having 1 |

ισαακ |  | του |  | πατρος |  | ημων |  |
Issac |  | our father, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 11 | μηπω |  | γαρ |  | γεννηθεντων |  | μηδε |  | πραξαντων |  | τι |  | αγαθον
|  | not 4 yet 5 [the 2 children] 3 |  | for 1 |  | being born, |  | nor |  | having done |  | anything |  | good

| η |  | κακον |  | ινα |  | η |  | κατ |  | εκλογην |  | του |  | θεου |  | προθεσις |  | μενη |  | ουκ |
| or |  | evil, |  | (that |  | the |  | according 4 to 5 |  | election 6 |  | ♦ |  | of 2 God 3 |  | purpose 1 |  | might abide, |  | not |

εξ |  | εργων |  | αλλ |  | εκ |  | του |  | καλουντος |  |
of |  | works, |  | but |  | of |  | him who |  | calls), |  |

| 12 | ερρηθη |  | αυτη |  | οτι |  | ο |  | μειζων |  | δουλευσει |  | τω |  | ελασσονι |  |
|  | it was said |  | to her, |  | ♦ |  | The |  | greater |  | shall serve |  | the |  | lesser: |  |

| 13 | καθως |  | γεγραπται |  | τον |  | ιακωβ |  | ηγαπησα |  | τον |  | δε |  | ησαυ |  | εμισησα |  |
|  | according as |  | it has been written, |  | ♦ |  | Jacob |  | I loved, |  | and Esau |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | I hated. |  |

| 14 | τι |  | ουν |  | ερουμεν |  | μη |  | αδικια |  | παρα |  | τω |  | θεω |  | μη |
|  | What |  | then |  | shall we say? |  | ♦ |  | Unrighteousness |  | with |  | ♦ |  | God [is there]? |  | May it not be! |

γενοιτο |  |
♦ |  |

| 15 | τω |  | γαρ |  | μωση |  | λεγει |  | ελεησω |  | ον |  | αν |  | ελεω |  | και |
|  | For to |  | ♦ |  | Moses |  | he says, |  | I will shew mercy to |  | whomsoever |  | ♦ |  | I shew mercy, |  | and |

οικτειρησω |  | ον |  | αν |  | οικτειρω |  |
I will feel compassion on |  | whomsoever |  | ♦ |  | I feel compassion. |  |

| 16 | αρα |  | ουν |  | ου |  | του |  | θελοντος |  | ουδε |  | του |  | τρεχοντος |  | αλλα |  | του |
|  | So |  | then [it is] |  | not |  | of him that |  | wills, |  | nor |  | of him that |  | runs, |  | but |  | who 3 |

ελεουντος |  | θεου |  |
shews 4 mercy 5 |  | of 1 God. 2 |  |

| 17 | λεγει |  | γαρ |  | η |  | γραφη |  | τω |  | φαραω |  | οτι |  | εις |  | αυτο |  | τουτο |  | εξηγειρα |
|  | For says |  | ♦ |  | the |  | scripture |  | to |  | Pharoah, |  | ♦ |  | For |  | this same thing |  | ♦ |  | I raised out |

σε |  | οπως |  | ενδειξωμαι |  | εν |  | σοι |  | την |  | δυναμιν |  | μου |  | και |  | οπως |
thee, |  | so that |  | I might shew |  | in |  | thee |  | my power, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | so that |

διαγγελη |  | το |  | ονομα |  | μου |  | εν |  | παση |  | τη |  | γη |  |
should be declared |  | my name |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in |  | all |  | the |  | earth. |  |

| 18 | αρα |  | ουν |  | ον |  | θελει |  | ελεει |  | ον |  | δε |  | θελει |  | σκληρυνει |  |
|  | So |  | then |  | to whom |  | he will |  | he shews mercy, |  | and whom |  | ♦ |  | he will |  | he hardens. |  |

| 19 | ερεις |  | ουν |  | μοι |  | τι |  | ετι |  | μεμφεται |  | τω |  | γαρ |  | βουληματι |  | αυτου |
|  | Thou wilt say |  | then |  | to me, |  | Why |  | yet |  | does he find fault? |  | for the 4 |  | ♦ |  | purpose 5 |  | of 6 him 7 |

τις |  | ανθεστηκεν |  |
who 1 |  | has 2 resisted? 3 |  |

| 20 | μενουνγε |  | ω |  | ανθρωπε |  | συ |  | τις |  | ει |  | ο |  | ανταποκρινομενος |  | τω |  | θεω |  | μη |
|  | Yea, rather, |  | O |  | man, |  | thou 3 |  | who 1 |  | art 2 |  | that |  | answers against |  | ♦ |  | God? |  | ♦ |

ερει |  | το |  | πλασμα |  | τω |  | πλασαντι |  | τι |  | με |  | εποιησας |  | ουτως |  |
Shall say 2 |  | the 1 |  | thing 2 formed 3 |  | to him who |  | formed [it], |  | Why |  | me |  | madest thou |  | thus? |  |

| 21 | η |  | ουκ |  | εχει |  | εξουσιαν |  | ο |  | κεραμευς |  | του |  | πηλου |  | εκ |  | του |  | αυτου |
|  | Or |  | has not |  | ♦ |  | authority |  | the |  | potter |  | over the |  | clay, |  | out of |  | the |  | same |

φυραματος |  | ποιησαι |  | ο |  | μεν |  | εις |  | τιμην |  | σκευος |  | ο |  | δε |  | εις |  | ατιμιαν |  |
lump |  | to make |  | one |  | ♦ |  | to 2 |  | honour 3 |  | vessel, 1 |  | and another |  | ♦ |  | to |  | dishonour? |  |

| 22 | ει |  | δε |  | θελων |  | ο |  | θεος |  | ενδειξασθαι |  | την |  | οργην |  | και |  | γνωρισαι |  | το |
|  | And if |  | ♦ |  | willing 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | to shew |  | ♦ |  | wrath |  | and |  | to make known |  | his power |

δυνατον |  | αυτου |  | ηνεγκεν |  | εν |  | πολλη |  | μακροθυμια |  | σκευη |  | οργης |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | bore |  | in |  | much |  | longsuffering |  | vessels |  | of wrath |

κατηρτισμενα |  | εις |  | απωλειαν |  |
fitted |  | for |  | destruction; |  |

| 23 | και |  | ινα |  | γνωριση |  | τον |  | πλουτον |  | της |  | δοξης |  | αυτου |  | επι |  | σκευη |
|  | and |  | that |  | he might make known |  | the |  | riches |  | of his glory |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | upon |  | vessels |

ελεους |  | α |  | προητοιμασεν |  | εις |  | δοξαν |  |
of mercy, |  | which |  | he before prepared |  | for |  | glory, |  |

| 24 | ους |  | και |  | εκαλεσεν |  | ημας |  | ου |  | μονον |  | εξ |  | ιουδαιων |  | αλλα |  | και |
|  | whom 2 |  | also 3 |  | he 4 called 5 |  | us 1 |  | not |  | only |  | from among [the] |  | Jews, |  | but |  | also |

εξ |  | εθνων |  |
from among [the] |  | nations? |  |

| 25 | ως |  | και |  | εν |  | τω |  | ωσηε |  | λεγει |  | καλεσω |  | τον |  | ου |  | λαον |  | μου |  | λαον |
|  | As |  | also |  | in |  | ♦ |  | Hosea |  | he says, |  | I will call |  | that which [is] |  | not |  | my people |  | ♦ |  | My people |

μου |  | και |  | την |  | ουκ |  | ηγαπημενην |  | ηγαπημενην |  |
♦ |  | and |  | that |  | not |  | beloved, |  | Beloved. |  |

| 26 | και |  | εσται |  | εν |  | τω |  | τοπω |  | ου |  | ερρηθη |  | αυτοις |  | ου |  | λαος |  | μου |  | υμεις |
|  | And |  | it shall be, |  | in |  | the |  | place |  | where |  | it was said |  | to them, |  | Not |  | people 2 |  | my [are] 1 |  | ye, |

εκει |  | κληθησονται |  | υιοι |  | θεου |  | ζωντος |  |
there |  | they shall be called |  | sons |  | of God 3 |  | [the] 1 living. 2 |  |

| 27 | ησαιας |  | δε |  | κραζει |  | υπερ |  | του |  | ισραηλ |  | εαν |  | η |  | ο |  | αριθμος |  | των |
|  | Esaias 2 |  | but 1 |  | cries |  | concerning |  | ♦ |  | Israel, |  | If should 8 be 9 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | number 2 |  | of 3 the 4 |

υιων |  | ισραηλ |  | ως |  | η |  | αμμος |  | της |  | θαλασσης |  | το |  | καταλειμμα |  | σωθησεται |  |
sons 5 |  | of 6 Israel 7 |  | as |  | the |  | sand |  | of the |  | sea, |  | the |  | remnant |  | shall be saved: |  |

| 28 | λογον |  | γαρ |  | συντελων |  | και |  | συντεμνων |  | εν |  | δικαιοσυνη |  | οτι |
|  | for [the] matter |  | ♦ |  | [he is] concluding |  | and |  | cutting short |  | in |  | righteousness: |  | because |

λογον |  | συντετμημενον |  | ποιησει |  | κυριος |  | επι |  | της |  | γης |  |
a matter |  | cut short |  | we do 3 [the] 1 |  | Lord 2 |  | upon |  | the |  | earth. |  |

| 29 | και |  | καθως |  | προειρηκεν |  | ησαιας |  | ει |  | μη |  | κυριος |  | σαβαωθ |
|  | And |  | according as |  | said before |  | Esaias, |  | Unless [the] |  | ♦ |  | Lord |  | of Hosts |

εγκατελιπεν |  | ημιν |  | σπερμα |  | ως |  | σοδομα |  | αν |  | εγενηθημεν |  | και |
had left |  | us |  | a seed, |  | as |  | Sodom |  | we should have become, |  | ♦ |  | and |

ως |  | γομορρα |  | αν |  | ωμοιωθημεν |  |
as |  | Gomorrah |  | we should have been made like. |  | ♦ |  |

| 30 | τι |  | ουν |  | ερουμεν |  | οτι |  | εθνη |  | τα |  | μη |  | διωκοντα |  | δικαιοσυνην |
|  | What |  | then |  | shall we say? |  | That |  | Gentiles |  | that |  | follow not after |  | ♦ |  | righteousness, |

κατελαβεν |  | δικαιοσυνην |  | δικαιοσυνην |  | δε |  | την |  | εκ |  | πιστεως |  |
attained |  | righteousness, |  | but righteousness |  | ♦ |  | that [is] |  | by |  | faith. |  |

| 31 | ισραηλ |  | δε |  | διωκων |  | νομον |  | δικαιοσυνης |  | εις |  | νομον |  | δικαιοσυνης |
|  | But Israel, |  | ♦ |  | following after |  | a law |  | of righteousness, |  | to |  | a law |  | of righteousness |

ουκ |  | εφθασεν |  |
did not attain. |  | ♦ |  |

| 32 | δια |  | τι |  | οτι |  | ουκ |  | εκ |  | πιστεως |  | αλλ |  | ως |  | εξ |  | εργων |
|  | Why? |  | Because [it was] |  | not |  | by |  | faith, |  | but |  | as |  | by |  | works |  | of law. |

νομου |  | προσεκοψαν |  | γαρ |  | τω |  | λιθω |  | του |  |
For they stumbled |  | ♦ |  | at the |  | stone |  | ♦ |  | of stumbling, |  |

| 33 | καθως |  | γεγραπται |  | ιδου |  | τιθημι |  | εν |  | σιων |  | λιθον |  | προσκομματος |  | και
|  | according as |  | it has been written, |  | Behold |  | I place |  | in |  | Sion |  | a stone |  | of stumbling |  | and

| πετραν |  | σκανδαλου |  | και |  | πας |  | ο |  | πιστευων |  | επ |  | αυτω |  | ου |
| rock |  | of offence: |  | and |  | every one |  | that |  | believes |  | on |  | him |  | shall not be ashamed. |

καταισχυνθησεται |  |
♦ |  |