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

¹Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.

²በእውቀት አይቅኑ እንጂ ለእግዚአብሔር እንዲቀኑ እመሰክርላቸዋለሁና።

²For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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

³For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

⁴የሚያምኑ ሁሉ ይጸድቁ ዘንድ ክርስቶስ የሕግ ፍጻሜ ነውና።

⁴For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.

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

⁵For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.

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

⁶But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)

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

⁷or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (That is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)

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

⁸But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

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

⁹because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

¹⁰ሰው በልቡ አምኖ ይጸድቃልና በአፉም መስክሮ ይድናልና።

¹⁰for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

¹¹መጽሐፍ። በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ አያፍርም ይላልና።

¹¹For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

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

¹²For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same [Lord] is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him:

¹³የጌታን ስም የሚጠራ ሁሉ ይድናልና።

¹³for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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

¹⁴How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

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

¹⁵and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

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

¹⁶But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

¹⁷እንግዲያስ እምነት ከመስማት ነው መስማትም በእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው።

¹⁷So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

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

¹⁸But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

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

¹⁹But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.

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

²⁰And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I became manifest unto them that asked not of me.

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

²¹But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.