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

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

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

²that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

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

³For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

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

⁴who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;

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

⁵whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

⁷ነገር ግን። በይስሐቅ ዘር ይጠራልሃል ተባለ።

⁶But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:

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

⁷neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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

⁸That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

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

⁹For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

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

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

¹²ለእርስዋ። ታላቁ ለታናሹ ይገዛል ተባለላት።

¹¹for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,

¹³ያዕቆብን ወደድሁ ኤሳውን ግን ጠላሁ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ ነው።

¹²it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

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

¹³Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

¹⁵ለሙሴ። የምምረውን ሁሉ እምረዋለሁ ለምራራለትም ሁሉ እራራለታለሁ ይላልና።

¹⁴What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

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

¹⁵For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

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

¹⁶So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

¹⁸እንግዲህ የሚወደውን ይምረዋል፥ የሚወደውንም እልከኛ ያደርገዋል።

¹⁷For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

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

¹⁸So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.

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

¹⁹Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?

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

²⁰Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

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?

²¹Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

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

²²What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

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

²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

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

²⁴[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

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

²⁵As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.

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

²⁶And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.

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

²⁷And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:

³¹እስራኤል ግን የጽድቅን ሕግ እየተከተሉ ወደ ሕግ አልደረሱም።

²⁸for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

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።

²⁹And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.

³⁰What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

³¹but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.

³²Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

³³even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.