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 grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,

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

³for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to 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 law-giving, and the service, 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, as according to flesh, [is] the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

⁷ነገር ግን። በይስሐቅ ዘር ይጠራልሃል ተባለ።

⁶Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all [are] Israel which [are] of Israel;

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

⁷nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.

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

⁸That is, [they that are] the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.

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

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

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

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

¹²ለእርስዋ። ታላቁ ለታናሹ ይገዛል ተባለላት።

¹¹[the children] indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),

¹³ያዕቆብን ወደድሁ ኤሳውን ግን ጠላሁ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ ነው።

¹²it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

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

¹³according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.

¹⁵ለሙሴ። የምምረውን ሁሉ እምረዋለሁ ለምራራለትም ሁሉ እራራለታለሁ ይላልና።

¹⁴What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.

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

¹⁵For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.

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

¹⁶So then [it is] not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.

¹⁸እንግዲህ የሚወደውን ይምረዋል፥ የሚወደውንም እልከኛ ያደርገዋል።

¹⁷For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst [men], that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.

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

¹⁸So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

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

¹⁹Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?

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

²⁰Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made 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 has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

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

²²And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for 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 had before prepared for glory,

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

²⁴us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst [the] Jews, but also from amongst [the] nations?

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

²⁵As he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.

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

²⁶And it shall be, in the place where it was said to 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፤

²⁷But Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved:

³¹እስራኤል ግን የጽድቅን ሕግ እየተከተሉ ወደ ሕግ አልደረሱም።

²⁸for [he] is bringing the matter to an end, and [cutting [it] short in righteousness; because] a cutting short of the matter will [the] Lord accomplish upon the earth.

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 according as Esaias said before, Unless [the] Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as Gomorrha.

³⁰What then shall we say? That [they of the] nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but [the] righteousness that is on the principle of faith.

³¹But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to [that] law.

³²Wherefore? Because [it was] not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,

³³according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.