And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
11:7
ምንተእንከየኀሥሥእስራኤልዘዘንተኢያድምዐወኅሬሰአድምዐወእለሰተርፉዖሩ።
這是怎麼樣呢?以色列人所求的,他們沒有得着。惟有蒙揀選的人得着了;其餘的就成了頑梗不化的。
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,
11:18
ወኢትዘኀርላዕለአዕጹቅወእመሰተዝኅርከአኮአንተዘትጸውሮለሥርውአላሥርውይጸውረከለከ።
你就不可向舊枝子誇口;若是誇口,當知道不是你托着根,乃是根托着你。
don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
11:19
ትብልኑተሰብሩእምአጹፁቂሃወአነኮንኩዐጽቀዘይትህየንቴሆሙ።
你若說,那枝子被折下來是特為叫我接上。
You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
11:20
ርቱዕይሰበሩእስመኢአምኑወአንተሰቆምከእስመአመንከፍሩሀከንበርእንከወኢታዕቢርእሰከ።
不錯!他們因為不信,所以被折下來;你因為信,所以立得住;你不可自高,反要懼怕。
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
11:21
ሶበለእልክቱእለፍጥረቶሙዘይትእሙንቱኢመሐኮሙእግዚአብሔርኪያከኑይምሕከከ።
上帝既不愛惜原來的枝子,也必不愛惜你。
for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
11:23
ወሎሙኒይተክሎሙለእመአምኑይክልእግዚአብሔርተኪሎቶሙዳግመ።
而且他們若不是長久不信,仍要被接上,因為上帝能夠把他們重新接上。
They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,