¹እንግዲህ። እግዚአብሔር ሕዝቡን ጣላቸውን? እላለሁ። አይደለም እኔ ደግሞ እስራኤላዊና ከአብርሃም ዘር ከብንያምም ወገን ነኝና።

¹I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

²እግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ ያወቃቸውን ሕዝብ አልጣላቸውም። መጽሐፍ ስለ ኤልያስ በተጻፈው የሚለውን፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እስራኤልን እንዴት እንደሚከስ፥ አታውቁምን?

²God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:

³ጌታ ሆይ፥ ነቢያትህን ገደሉ መሠዊያዎችህንም አፈረሱ እኔም ብቻዬን ቀረሁ ነፍሴንም ይሹአታል።

³Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

⁴ነገር ግን አምላካዊ መልስ ምን አለው? ለበአል ያልሰገዱትን ሰባት ሺህ ሰዎች ለእኔ አስቀርቼአለሁ።

⁴But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

⁵እንደዚሁም በአሁን ዘመን ደግሞ በጸጋ የተመረጡ ቅሬታዎች አሉ።

⁵Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

⁶በጸጋ ከሆነ ግን ከሥራ መሆኑ ቀርቶአል፤ ጸጋ ያለዚያ ጸጋ መሆኑ ቀርቶአል።

⁶But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

⁷እንግዲህ ምንድር ነው? እስራኤል የሚፈልጉትን አላገኙትም፤ የተመረጡት ግን አገኙት፤

⁷What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

⁸ሌሎቹም ደነዘዙ፤ እንዲሁም። ዓይኖቻቸው እንዳያዩ ጆሮቻቸውም እንዳይሰሙ እግዚአብሔር የእንቅልፍ መንፈስን እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ ሰጣቸው ተብሎ ተጽፎአል። ዳዊትም።

⁸according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.

⁹ማዕዳቸው ወጥመድና አሽክላ ማሰናከያም ፍዳም ይሁንባቸው፤

⁹And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:

¹⁰ዓይኖቻቸው እንዳያዩ ይጨልሙ፥ ጀርባቸውንም ዘወትር አጉብጥ ብሎአል።

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

¹¹እንግዲህ። የተሰናከሉ እስኪወድቁ ድረስ ነውን? እላለሁ። አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን እነርሱን ያስቀናቸው ዘንድ በእነርሱ በደል መዳን ለአሕዛብ ሆነ።

¹¹I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

¹²ዳሩ ግን በደላቸው ለዓለም ባለ ጠግነት መሸነፋቸውም ለአሕዛብ ባለ ጠግነት ከሆነ፥ ይልቁንስ መሙላታቸው እንዴት ይሆን?

¹²Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

¹³ለእናንተም ለአሕዛብ እናገራለሁ። እኔ የአሕዛብ ሐዋርያ በሆንሁ መጠን ሥጋዬ የሆኑትን አስቀንቼ ምናልባት ከእነርሱ አንዳንዱን አድን እንደሆነ አገልግሎቴን አከብራለሁ።

¹³But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

¹⁵የእነርሱ መጣል ለዓለም መታረቅ ከሆነ ከሙታን ከሚመጣ ሕይወት በቀር መመለሳቸው ምን ይሆን?

¹⁴if by any means I may provoke to jealousy [them that are] my flesh, and may save some of them.

¹⁶በኵራቱም ቅዱስ ከሆነ ብሆው ደግሞ ቅዱስ ነው፤ ሥሩም ቅዱስ ከሆነ ቅርንጫፎቹ ደግሞ ቅዱሳን ናቸው።

¹⁵For if the casting away of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?

¹⁷ነገር ግን ከቅርንጫፎች አንዳንዱ ቢሰበሩ አንተም የበረሀ ወይራ የሆንህ በመካከላቸው ገብተህ ከእነርሱ ጋር የወይራ ዘይት ከሚወጣው ሥር ተካፋይ ከሆንህ፥ በቅርንጫፎች ላይ አትመካ፤

¹⁶And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁸ብትመካባቸው ግን ሥሩ አንተን ይሸከምሃል እንጂ ሥሩን የምትሸከም አንተ አይደለህም።

¹⁷But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;

¹⁹እንግዲህ። እኔ እንድገባ ቅርንጫፎች ተሰበሩ ትል ይሆናል።

¹⁸glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

²⁰መልካም፤ እነርሱ ከአለማመን የተነሣ ተሰበሩ አንተም ከእምነት የተነሣ ቆመሃል። ፍራ እንጂ የትዕቢትን ነገር አታስብ።

¹⁹Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

²¹እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተፈጠሩት ለነበሩት ቅርንጫፎች የራራላቸው ካልሆነ ለአንተ ደግሞ አይራራልህምና።

²⁰Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

²²እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔርን ቸርነትና ጭከና ተመልከት፤ ጭከናው በወደቁት ላይ ነው፥ በቸርነቱ ግን ጸንተህ ብትኖር የእግዚአብሔር ቸርነት በአንተ ላይ ነው፤ ያለዚያ አንተ ደግሞ ትቆረጣለህ።

²¹for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.

²³እነዚያም ደግሞ በአለማመናቸው ጸንተው ባይኖሩ በዛፉ ውስጥ ይገባሉ፤ እግዚአብሔር መልሶ ሊያገባቸው ይችላልና።

²²Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

²⁴አንተ በፍጥረቱ የበረሀ ከነበረ ወይራ ተቆርጠህ እንደ ፍጥረትህ ሳትሆን በመልካም ወይራ ከገባህ፥ ይልቁንስ እነዚያ በፍጥረታቸው ያሉት ቅርንጫፎች በራሳቸው ወይራ እንዴት አይገቡም?

²³And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

²⁵ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ልባሞች የሆናችሁ እንዳይመስላችሁ ይህን ምሥጢር ታውቁ ዘንድ እወዳለሁ፤ የአሕዛብ ሙላት እስኪገባ ድረስ ድንዛዜ በእስራኤል በአንዳንድ በኩል ሆነባቸው፤

²⁴For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree?

²⁶እንደዚሁም እስራኤል ሁሉ ይድናል፤ እንዲህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ። መድኃኒት ከጽዮን ይወጣል ከያዕቆብም ኃጢአተኛነትን ያስወግዳል።

²⁵For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

²⁷ኃጢአታቸውንም ስወስድላቸው ከእነርሱ ጋር የምገባው ኪዳን ይህ ነው።

²⁶and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

²⁸በወንጌልስ በኩል ስለ እናንተ ጠላቶች ናቸው፥ በምርጫ በኩል ግን ስለ አባቶች ተወዳጆች ናቸው፤

²⁷And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.

²⁹እግዚአብሔር በጸጋው ስጦታና በመጥራቱ አይጸጸትምና።

²⁸As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

³⁰እናንተም ቀድሞ ለእግዚአብሔር እንዳልታዘዛችሁ፥ አሁን ግን ከአለመታዘዛቸው የተነሣ ምሕረት እንዳገኛችሁ፥

²⁹For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.

³¹እንዲሁ በተማራችሁበት ምሕረት እነርሱ ደግሞ ምሕረትን ያገኙ ዘንድ እነዚህ ደግሞ አሁን አልታዘዙም።

³⁰For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

³²እግዚአብሔር ሁሉን ይምር ዘንድ ሁሉን በአለመታዘዝ ዘግቶታልና።

³¹even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.

³³የእግዚአብሔር ባለ ጠግነትና ጥበብ እውቀቱም እንዴት ጥልቅ ነው፤ ፍርዱ እንዴት የማይመረመር ነው፥ ለመንገዱም ፍለጋ የለውም።

³²For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

³⁴የጌታን ልብ ያወቀው ማን ነው?

³³O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

³⁵ወይስ አማካሪው ማን ነበር? ወይስ ብድራቱን ይመልስ ዘንድ ለእርሱ አስቀድሞ የሰጠው ማን ነው?

³⁴For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

³⁶ሁሉ ከእርሱና በእርሱ ለእርሱም ነውና፤ ለእርሱ ለዘላለም ክብር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

³⁵or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

³⁶For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him [be] the glory for ever. Amen.