¹Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that [is] to God for Israel, is — for salvation;

¹ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ የልቤ በጎ ፈቃድና ስለ እስራኤል ወደ እግዚአብሔር ልመናዬ እንዲድኑ ነው።

²for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

²በእውቀት አይቅኑ እንጂ ለእግዚአብሔር እንዲቀኑ እመሰክርላቸዋለሁና።

³for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

³የእግዚአብሔርን ጽድቅ ሳያውቁ የራሳቸውንም ጽድቅ ሊያቆሙ ሲፈልጉ፥ ለእግዚአብሔር ጽድቅ አልተገዙም።

⁴For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

⁴የሚያምኑ ሁሉ ይጸድቁ ዘንድ ክርስቶስ የሕግ ፍጻሜ ነውና።

⁵for Moses doth describe the righteousness that [is] of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,`

⁵ሙሴ ከሕግ የሆነውን ጽድቅ የሚያደርገው ሰው በእርሱ በሕይወት እንዲኖር ጽፎአልና።

⁶and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: `Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,` that is, Christ to bring down?

⁶ከእምነት የሆነ ጽድቅ ግን እንዲህ ይላል። በልብህ። ማን ወደ ሰማይ ይወጣል? አትበል፤ ይህ ክርስቶስን ለማውረድ ነው፤

⁷or, `Who shall go down to the abyss,` that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.

⁷ወይም። በልብህ። ወደ ጥልቁ ማን ይወርዳል? አትበል፤ ይህ ክርስቶስን ከሙታን ለማውጣት ነው።

⁸But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying — in thy mouth, and in thy heart:` that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;

⁸ነገር ግን ምን ይላል? በአፍህ በልብህም ሆኖ ቃሉ ቀርቦልሃል፤ ይህም የምንሰብከው የእምነት ቃል ነው።

⁹that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

⁹ኢየሱስ ጌታ እንደ ሆነ በአፍህ ብትመሰክር እግዚአብሔርም ከሙታን እንዳስነሣው በልብህ ብታምን ትድናለህና፤

¹⁰for with the heart doth [one] believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

¹⁰ሰው በልቡ አምኖ ይጸድቃልና በአፉም መስክሮ ይድናልና።

¹¹for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,`

¹¹መጽሐፍ። በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ አያፍርም ይላልና።

¹²for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all [is] rich to all those calling upon Him,

¹²በአይሁዳዊና በግሪክ ሰው መካከል ልዩነት የለምና፤ አንዱ ጌታ የሁሉ ጌታ ነውና፥ ለሚጠሩትም ሁሉ ባለ ጠጋ ነው፤

¹³for every one — whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.`

¹³የጌታን ስም የሚጠራ ሁሉ ይድናልና።

¹⁴How then shall they call upon [him] in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe [on him] of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

¹⁴እንግዲህ ያላመኑበትን እንዴት አድርገው ይጠሩታል? ባልሰሙትስ እንዴት ያምናሉ? ያለ ሰባኪስ እንዴት ይሰማሉ?

¹⁵and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!`

¹⁵መልካሙን የምሥራች የሚያወሩ እግሮቻቸው እንዴት ያማሩ ናቸው ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ ካልተላኩ እንዴት ይሰብካሉ?

¹⁶But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, `Lord, who did give credence to our report?`

¹⁶ነገር ግን ሁሉ ለምሥራቹ ቃል አልታዘዙም። ኢሳይያስ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምስክርነታችንን ማን አመነ? ብሎአልና።

¹⁷so then the faith [is] by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

¹⁷እንግዲያስ እምነት ከመስማት ነው መስማትም በእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው።

¹⁸but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed — `to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.`

¹⁸ዳሩ ግን። ባይሰሙ ነው ወይ? እላለሁ። በእውነት። ድምፃቸው በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ቃላቸውም እስከ ዓለም ዳርቻ ወጣ።

¹⁹But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by [that which is] not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,`

¹⁹ነገር ግን። እስራኤል ባያውቁ ነው ወይ? እላለሁ። ሙሴ አስቀድሞ። እኔ ሕዝብ በማይሆነው አስቀናችኋለሁ በማያስተውልም ሕዝብ አስቆጣችኋለሁ

²⁰and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, `I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;`

²⁰ብሎአል። ኢሳይያስም ደፍሮ። ላልፈለጉኝ ተገኘሁ፥ ላልጠየቁኝም ተገለጥሁ አለ።

²¹and unto Israel He saith, `All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.`

²¹ስለ እስራኤል ግን። ቀኑን ሁሉ ወደማይታዘዝና ወደሚቃወም ሕዝብ እጆቼን ዘረጋሁ ይላል።