9–BOB
Xudo tanlagan xalq
1 Men Iso Masihga tegishli boʻlganim uchun haqiqatni aytyapman, yolgʻon gapirmayman. Bu haqda vijdonim ham Muqaddas Ruh orqali shahodat beryapti. 2 Oʻz xalqim uchun chuqur qaygʻuga botgan yuragim muttasil alam chekmoqda. 3 Oʻz qondoshlarim haqi, Xudoning laʼnati ostida qolib, Masihdan ajralishga ham rozi boʻlardim. 4 Ular Isroil xalqidir. Xudo ularni Oʻziga farzand qilib olish uchun tanladi. Oʻzining ulugʻvorligini ularga namoyon qilib, ular bilan ahdlar tuzdi. Ularga Oʻz qonunini berib, ularni Oʻzining xizmatiga tayinladi hamda ularga Oʻz vaʼdalarini berdi. 5 Ular ulugʻ ota–bobolardan kelib chiqqan, Masih ham jisman Isroil xalqidan kelib chiqqan. Butun borliq ustidan hukmdor boʻlgan Xudoga abadiy hamdu sanolar boʻlsin . Omin!
6 Xudo Oʻz soʻzida turmadi, demoqchi emasman. Ammo Isroil xalqining hammasi ham Xudoning xalqi emasdir. 7 Shunga oʻxshab, Ibrohimdan tugʻilganlarning hammasi ham Ibrohimning asl zurriyoti deb hisoblanmaydi. Axir, Xudo Ibrohimga: “Sening nasling Isʼhoq orqali kelib chiqadi” , deb aytgan–ku! 8 Demak, jismoniy jihatdan Ibrohimning farzandlari boʻlganlarning hammasi ham Xudoning farzandlari emasdirlar. Faqatgina Xudo bergan vaʼdaning natijasida dunyoga kelganlar asl zurriyot hisoblanadi. 9 Xudoning Ibrohimga bergan vaʼdasi quyidagicha edi: “Men kelgusi yili shu paytda kelganimda, xotining Sora oʻgʻilli boʻladi.”
10 Oʻsha oʻgʻil bobokalonimiz Isʼhoq edi. Vaqti kelib, Isʼhoqning xotini Rivqo egizak oʻgʻillarga homilador boʻldi. 11-12 Farzandlar tugʻilmaslaridan avval, hali birorta yaxshi yoki yomon ish qilmaslaridan oldin Xudo Rivqoga: “Kattasi kichigiga xizmat qiladi” , deb aytgandi. Bundan koʻrinib turibdiki, Xudo Oʻz maqsadini bajarish uchun insonlarni tanlaydi, tanlanish insonlarning ishlariga emas, balki Xudoning daʼvatiga bogʻliqdir. 13 Axir, Muqaddas bitiklarda: “Men Yoqubni yaxshi koʻrib, Esovdan nafratlandim” , deb yozilgan–ku!
14 Xoʻsh, bunga nima deymiz? Xudo adolatsizmi? Yoʻq, aslo! 15 Xudo Musoga: “Marhamat qiladiganimga marhamat qilaman, shafqat qiladiganimga shafqat qilaman” , deb aytgan. 16 Shunday qilib, Xudoning mehr–shafqati inson xohishi va tashabbusiga emas, balki Xudoning irodasiga bogʻliq. 17 Muqaddas bitiklarda yozilganiday, Xudo firʼavnga: “Senga qudratimni koʻrsatay, butun olamga shuhratimni yoyay deb, seni hukmdor qilib tayinladim” , deb aytgan. 18 Xullas, Xudo Oʻz xohish–irodasiga koʻra, ish yuritadi, bir insonga marhamat koʻrsatadi, boshqa birovning esa yuragini tosh qiladi.
Xudoning gʻazabi va marhamati
19 Shunda kimdir mendan: “Unda nima uchun Xudo bizni ayblaydi? Axir, kim ham Uning irodasiga qarshi chiqa olardi?” deb soʻrashi mumkin. 20 Ey inson, sen kim boʻlibsanki, Xudoga gap qaytarsang?! Yaratilgan narsa yaratuvchisidan: “Nima uchun meni bunday qilib yaratding?” deb soʻraydimi?! 21 Axir, kulol ham bir loy qorishmasidan har xil idishlar yasaydi–ku! Ularning baʼzilarini qutlugʻ bayram kunlarida ishlatiladigan qilishga, boshqalarini esa har kuni ishlatiladigan idish qilib qoʻyishga haqi yoʻqmi?!
22 Toʻgʻri, Xudo Oʻz gʻazabi va qudratini jazo orqali koʻrsatishga haqlidir. Ammo jazoga mubtalo boʻladiganlarning halokatini orqaga surib, sabr–bardosh koʻrsatsa, nima boʻpti? 23 Shunday qilib, Xudoning marhamatiga sazovor boʻlgan va Uning ulugʻvorligini baham koʻrishga belgilangan odamlarga Xudo Oʻz ulugʻvorligining naqadar boy ekanligini namoyon qiladi. 24 Nafaqat yahudiylar orasidan, balki boshqa xalqlar orasidan tanlanganlar qatorida biz ham bormiz. 25 Xoʻsheya kitobida Xudo shunday deb aytgan: “Mening xalqim boʻlmaganlarni «Oʻz xalqim» deb atayman. Oldin suyukligim boʻlmaganni «Suyukligim» deb aytaman . 26 Ularga: «Xalqim emas», deb aytilgan boʻlsa, kelajakda ular «Barhayot Xudoning farzandlari» deb ataladi.”
27 Ishayo ham Isroil xalqi haqida shunday degan edi: “Isroil xalqining soni dengiz qumiday koʻp boʻlsa ham, ulardan faqatgina sanoqli odamlar qutqarilib, omon qoladi, 28 chunki Egamiz dunyo ustidan chiqargan hukmini toʻla–toʻkis va tezda ijro etadi.”
29 Bulardan oldinroq Ishayo yana shunday deb aytgan edi:
“Agarda Sarvari Olam
Qoldirmaganda edi bizga zurriyot,
Sadoʻm shahrining holiga tushar edik,
Gʻamoʻra shahriday xonavayron boʻlardik.”
Isroil xalqi va oqlanish
30 Xoʻsh, bular nimani bildiradi? Oqlanish payida boʻlmagan xalqlar endi imon tufayli Xudoning oldida oqlandilar. 31 Isroil xalqi esa oqlanish niyatida qonunni bajarish payida boʻldilar, lekin maqsadlariga erisha olmadilar. 32 Nima uchun? Chunki ular imon bilan emas, balki qonunni bajarish orqali oqlanishga urindilar. Ular Muqaddas bitiklarda tasvirlangan toshga qoqilib yiqildilar. 33 Xudo Muqaddas bitiklarda shunday deb aytgan edi: “Men Quddusda bir tosh joylashtiryapman. Baʼzilar Unga qoqilib yiqiladilar, ammo Unga tayangan hech bir inson uyatga qolmaydi.” Bu tosh Iso Masihdir .
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God , and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came , who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. 10 And not only this ; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy , and whom he will he hardeneth. 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it , Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
