¹Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

¹ብዙ ኀዘን የማያቋርጥም ጭንቀት በልቤ አለብኝ ስል በክርስቶስ ሆኜ እውነትን እናገራለሁ፤ አልዋሽምም፤ ሕሊናዬም በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ይመሰክርልኛል።

²that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart —

³በሥጋ ዘመዶቼ ስለ ሆኑ ስለ ወንድሞቼ ከክርስቶስ ተለይቼ እኔ ራሴ የተረገምሁ እንድሆን እጸልይ ነበርና።

³for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ — for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

⁴እነርሱ እስራኤላውያን ናቸውና፥ ልጅነትና ክብር ኪዳንም የሕግም መሰጠት የመቅደስም ሥርዓት የተስፋውም ቃላት ለእነርሱ ናቸውና፤

⁴who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

⁵አባቶችም ለእነርሱ ናቸውና፤ ከእነርሱም ክርስቶስ በሥጋ መጣ፥ እርሱም ከሁሉ በላይ ሆኖ ለዘላለም የተባረከ አምላክ ነው፤ አሜን።

⁵whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

⁶ነገር ግን የእግዚአብሔር ቃል የተሻረ አይደለም። እነዚህ ከእስራኤል የሚወለዱ ሁሉ እስራኤል አይደሉምና፤ የአብርሃምም ዘር ስለሆኑ ሁላቸው ልጆች አይደሉም፥

⁶And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these Israel;

⁷ነገር ግን። በይስሐቅ ዘር ይጠራልሃል ተባለ።

⁷nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but — `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;`

⁸ይህም፥ የተስፋ ቃል ልጆች ዘር ሆነው ይቆጠራሉ እንጂ እነዚህ የሥጋ ልጆች የሆኑ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች አይደሉም ማለት ነው።

⁸that is, the children of the flesh — these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

⁹ይህ። በዚህ ጊዜ እመጣለሁ ለሳራም ልጅ ይሆንላታል የሚል የተስፋ ቃል ነውና።

⁹for the word of promise [is] this; `According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.`

¹⁰ይህ ብቻ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን ርብቃ ደግሞ ከአንዱ ከአባታችን ከይስሐቅ በፀነሰች ጊዜ፥

¹⁰And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one — Isaac our father —

¹¹ልጆቹ ገና ሳይወለዱ፥ በጎ ወይም ክፉ ምንም ሳያደርጉ፥ ከጠሪው እንጂ ከሥራ ሳይሆን በምርጫ የሚሆን የእግዚአብሔር አሳብ ይጸና ዘንድ፥

¹¹(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her —

¹²ለእርስዋ። ታላቁ ለታናሹ ይገዛል ተባለላት።

¹²`The greater shall serve the less;`

¹³ያዕቆብን ወደድሁ ኤሳውን ግን ጠላሁ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ ነው።

¹³according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.`

¹⁴እንግዲህ ምን እንላለን? በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ዓመፃ አለ ወይ? አይደለም።

¹⁴What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness [is] with God? let it not be!

¹⁵ለሙሴ። የምምረውን ሁሉ እምረዋለሁ ለምራራለትም ሁሉ እራራለታለሁ ይላልና።

¹⁵for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;`

¹⁶እንግዲህ ምሕረት ለወደደ ወይም ለሮጠ አይደለም፥ ከሚምር ከእግዚአብሔር ነው እንጂ።

¹⁶so, then — not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

¹⁷መጽሐፍ ፈርዖንን። ኃይሌን በአንተ አሳይ ዘንድ ስሜም በምድር ሁሉ ይነገር ዘንድ ለዚህ አስነሣሁህ ይላልና።

¹⁷for the Writing saith to Pharaoh — `For this very thing I did raise thee up, that I might shew in thee My power, and that My name might be declared in all the land;`

¹⁸እንግዲህ የሚወደውን ይምረዋል፥ የሚወደውንም እልከኛ ያደርገዋል።

¹⁸so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

¹⁹እንግዲህ ስለ ምን እስከ አሁን ድረስ ይነቅፋል? ፈቃዱንስ የሚቃወም ማን ነው? ትለኝ ይሆናል።

¹⁹Thou wilt say, then, to me, `Why yet doth He find fault? for His counsel who hath resisted?`

²⁰ነገር ግን፥ አንተ ሰው ሆይ፥ ለእግዚአብሔር የምትመልስ ማን ነህ? ሥራ ሠሪውን። ስለ ምን እንዲህ አድርገህ ሠራኸኝ ይለዋልን?

²⁰nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form [it], Why me didst thou make thus?

²¹ወይም ሸክላ ሠሪ ከአንዱ ጭቃ ክፍል አንዱን ዕቃ ለክብር አንዱንም ለውርደት ሊሠራ በጭቃ ላይ ሥልጣን የለውምን?

²¹hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?

²²ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር ቍጣውን ሊያሳይ ኃይሉንም ሊገልጥ ወዶ፥ አስቀድሞ ለክብር ባዘጋጃቸው በምሕረት ዕቃዎች ላይ የክብሩን ባለ ጠግነት ይገልጥ ዘንድ፥ ለጥፋት የተዘጋጁትን የቁጣ ዕቃዎች በብዙ ትዕግሥት ከቻለ፥ እንዴት ነው?

²²And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

²⁴የምሕረቱ ዕቃዎችም ከአይሁድ ብቻ አይደሉም፥ ነገር ግን ከአሕዛብ ደግሞ የጠራን እኛ ነን።

²³and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call — us —

²⁵እንዲሁ ደግሞ በሆሴዕ። ሕዝቤ ያልሆነውን ሕዝቤ ብዬ፥ ያልተወደደችውንም የተወደደችው ብዬ እጠራለሁ፤

²⁴not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,

²⁶እናንተ ሕዝቤ አይደላችሁም በተባለላቸውም ስፍራ በዚያ የሕያው እግዚአብሔር ልጆች ተብለው ይጠራሉ ይላል።

²⁵as also in Hosea He saith, `I will call what [is] not My people — My people; and her not beloved — Beloved,

²⁷ኢሳይያስም። የእስራኤል ልጆች ቁጥር ምንም እንደ ባሕር አሸዋ ቢሆን ቅሬታው ይድናል፤ ጌታ ነገሩን ፈጽሞና ቆርጦ በምድር ላይ ያደርገዋልና ብሎ ስለ እስራኤል ይጮኻል።

²⁶and it shall be — in the place where it was said to them, Ye [are] not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.`

²⁹ኢሳይያስም እንደዚሁ። ጌታ ፀባዖት ዘር ባላስቀረልን እንደ ሰዶም በሆንን ገሞራንም በመሰልን ነበር ብሎ አስቀድሞ ተናገረ።

²⁷And Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, `If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

³⁰እንግዲህ ምን እንላለን? ጽድቅን ያልተከተሉት አሕዛብ ጽድቅን አገኙ፥ እርሱ ግን ከእምነት የሆነ ጽድቅ ነው፤

²⁸for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

³¹እስራኤል ግን የጽድቅን ሕግ እየተከተሉ ወደ ሕግ አልደረሱም።

²⁹and according as Isaiah saith before, `Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.`

³²ይህስ ስለ ምንድር ነው? በሥራ እንጂ በእምነት ጽድቅን ስላልተከተሉ ነው፤ እነሆ፥ በጽዮን የእንቅፋት ድንጋይና የማሰናከያ ዓለት አኖራለሁ በእርሱም የሚያምን አያፍርም ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ በእንቅፋት ድንጋይ ተሰናከሉ።

³⁰What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that [is] of faith,

³¹and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

³²wherefore? because — not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

³³according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.`