Romans Chapter 9

            9^:1I-tell (the) truth in Christ—I-do┘not└lie, the conscience of-me testifying-with (me) in the Holy Spirit ² that great grief is to-me and constant sorrow to-the heart of-me. ³ For I┘myself └would-wish to-be accursed from [the] Christ on-behalf-of the brothers of-me, the kin/relatives of-me according-to (the) flesh, ⁴ who are Israelites, whose (is) the sonship and the glory and the covenants and the giving-of-the-Law and the service and the promises, ⁵ whose (are) the fathers and out-of whom the Messiah (has come) [the] according-to (the) flesh, the-One being over all, God blessed forever³. Amen.

            ⁶ But it (is) not such that the word of-[the] God has-become-ineffective. For not all the-ones from/out-of Israel—these (are) Israel. ⁷ Neither because they-are seed/descendants of-Abraham (are they) all children, but, “In Isaac (the) seed to-you will-be-called”; ⁸ that is, not the children of-the flesh—these (are) children of-[the] God but the children of-[the] promise are regarded as seed. ⁹ For this (is) the word of-promise, “According-to [the] this time I-will-come and (a) son will-be to-[the] Sarah.” ¹⁰ And not only (that), but also Rebekah, having marital-relationship from one, Isaac, the father of-us. ¹¹ For not-yet having-been-born nor having-done anything good or bad, in-order-that by choice (the) purpose of-[the] God might-remain, ¹² not out-of deeds, but out-of the-One calling, it-was-said to her [that], “The greater/older will-serve the lesser/younger.” 

¹³ As it-is-written,

                        “I-loved Jacob,

                                    and I-hated [the] Esau.”

¹⁴ What will-we-say then? (There is) not┘injustice with [the] God└is-there? May-it┘not└be! ¹⁵ For he-says to-[the] Moses,

                        “I-will-have-mercy-on whomever² I-will-have-mercy,

                                    and I-will-have-compassion-on whomever I-will-have-compassion.”

¹⁶ So then, (it is) not of-the-one willing/desiring nor of-the-one running, but of-the having-mercy God. ¹⁷ For the scripture says to-[the] [Pharaoh [that],

“Unto this very-thing I-raised┘you└up:

in-order-that I-might-show in you the power of-me,

and in-order-that I-might-proclaim the name of-me in all the earth.”

¹⁸ So then whom he-wants-to he-has-mercy-on, and whom he-wants-to he-makes stubborn.

            ¹⁹ Will-you-say to-me then, “Why [then]^ms does-he┘still└find-fault? For who has-resisted the will of-him?” ²⁰ O man, to-the-contrary, who are you the-one answering-back to-[the] God? The-thing formed will┘not^┘┘└say to-the one-having-formed (it), ^└└will-it, “Why did-you make me this-way?” ²¹ Or does┘not the potter of-the clay└have (a) right from the same lump to-make what (is a) vessel for-honor and what (is) for dishonor? ²² And if [the] God, desiring to-demonstrate the wrath (of him) and ‘to-make-known the power of-him,’ with-much longsuffering put-up-with containers/vessels of-wrath fit for destruction, ²³ and (did so) in-order-that he-might-make-known the abundance of-the glory of-him on containers/vessels of-mercy that he-prepared-ahead-of-time for glory?— ²⁴ us whom also he-called, not only from (the) Jews, but also from (the) Gentiles, ²⁵ as also he-says in [the] Hosea,

                        “I-will-call the not people of-me, people of-me,

and the not beloved, beloved.

²⁶ And it-will-be in the place where

                                    it-was-said to-them, ‘You (are) not people of-me,’

                                    there they-will-be called sons of-(the/a)-living God.’”

²⁷ And Isaiah shouts-out on-behalf-of [the] Israel,

“If the number of-the sons of-Israel is like the sand of-the sea,

the/a remnant will-be-saved;

²⁸ (The) Lord will-do (his) word on the earth thoroughly and quickly.”

²⁹ And as Isaiah said-before,

                        “If (the) Lord of-hosts/Sabaoth had┘not└left-behind (a) seed for-us,

                                    like Sodom we-would-have-become², and

                                    like Gomorrah we-would-have-been-like².

            ³⁰ What will-we-say then? That Gentiles the-ones not pursuing righteousness received righteousness, even (the) righteousness (the one) of faith/trust; ³¹ but Israel, pursuing (the/a) Law of-righteousness, did┘not└attain unto (that) Law. ³² On-account-of what? Because (they did) not (pursue it) by faith/trust, but as by works. They-tripped/stumbled-over the stone of-[the] tripping/stumbling, ³³ as it-has-been-written,

                        “Behold, I-am-setting in Zion (a) stone of-tripping/stumbling

                                    and (a) rock of-offense;

                        and the-one believing/trusting in him will┘not└be-put-to-

shame/disappointed.”