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.

¹Ahihleh, Pathianin a mite a pai khia ahia? Pai khelou hial. Kei leng Israel mi, Abraham suan, Benjamin nam ka hi ngala.

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:

²Pathianin a mi a theihkholhte a pai khe kei hi. Laisiangthouin Elija thu a gen na theikei ua hia? Aman Israel mite tungthu Pathian kiangah a tuna,

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

³Toupa, na jawlneite a hihlum ua, na maitamte a hihchim ua; keimah kia nutsiatin ka om, kei leng honhihlup a hontum uhi, a chih.

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.

⁴Himahleh, Pathianin bangchin a dawnga? Baal maa khukdin ngeilou mi sang sagih keimah adingin ka hawi ahi, chiin, a dawng hi.

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

⁵Huchibangin, tulaiin leng a sibang, hehpihna a tel a om.

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

⁶Hehpihnajiak a hih leh, nasep jiak a hita kei, huchi ahihkeileh, hehpihna tuh hehpihna a hita kei ding.

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

⁷Bang chi a hita dia leh? Israel miten a zon uh a mu kei uh. Telten bel a mu uh, a dangte tengteng a nanggawpta uhi.

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.

⁸Pathianin tuni tanin a kiang uah lusukna kha a pia a, muh theihlouhna mitte, jak theihlouhna bilte toh, chih gelh bangin.

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

⁹Huan, Davidin, A dohkan uh amau adingin thang leh pial leh, pukna leh, phulakna honghi heh;

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

¹⁰A theihlouhna ding un a mitte uh hongmial heh, nanga a nungjang uh kun sak gige in, a chi a.

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.

¹¹Ahihleh, a kisuih uh a kipuk denna ding uhia? Hilou hial ding. A puk jiak un Jentelte kiangah hotdamna a hong tungzota ahi, Israel mite hajat dingin.

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

¹²Huchiin, a pukna u bawn khovel hihhauhsakna a hiha, a kiamna uh bawn Jentelte hauhsakna leng a hih leh, a buchin nawn na uh bangchi pheta hamphatna lianjawin a jui de aw!

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

¹³Huchiin, nou Jentelte kiangah ka gen ahi. Kei Jentelte kianga sawltak ka hih jiakin, ka nasepna pen ka pahtawi ahi,

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

¹⁴Huchi-a ka chipihte ka hajat sak theih teiteina ding leh a lak ua khenkhatte ka hotdam theihna dingin.

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?

¹⁵Amau paih khiakna bawn khovel toh kituah nawn na ahihleh, amau deih nawn na ding sihna akipan hin nawna loungal bang ahi dia?

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

¹⁶Huan, gah masa thillat, tangbuang mek them a sianthou leh huchimah bangin a beupi a siangthou hi; huan, a zungpi a siangthou leh ahiangte leng huchi mahbang ahi uh.

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;

¹⁷Huan, ahiang khenkhat te hih tana a om in, nang, oliv taklou, amau laka phuhlutin na oma, oliv singa hauhna zung kikoppih sam na hih manin,

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

¹⁸Hiang dangte lakah kisathei ken. Kisathei mahle chin, nang a zung vakpa na hi keia, huai a zung tuh nang honvakpa ahi jaw hi.

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

¹⁹Huan, nang, Phutluta ka om theihna dingin hiangte hihtanin a om khinta vo oi, nachi dia.

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

²⁰Ahi, a gintak louhna jiak un hihtanin a om ua, nang na ginna jiakin na ding ahi, Uang kenla, lau jaw in:

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

²¹Pathian in hiang taktepen bawn a hawi keingal leh, nang leng a honhawi tuan kei ding hi.

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.

²²Huchiin, Pathian hoihna leh a thukhauhna ngaihtuah i: a pukte adingin a thukhauhna; nang adingin bel a hoihna, hoihnaa na om gige leh; huchi a hihkeileh, nang leng sat khiakin na om sam ding.

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

²³Huan, amau leng, gingta loua a om nilouh kei uleh, phuhlutin a om ding uh; Pathian in amau a phutlut nawn thei ngala.

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?

²⁴Nang piandana oliv taklou akipana sat sup bawn, pian dan lou banga oliv sing hoiha phutluta na om leh, tua ahiang taktakte pen, amau oliv sing ngeingeiah phutlut ding nak hih natel unchia!

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;

²⁵Unaute aw, hiai thuguk na theih louh uh ka ut keia, huchilou injaw na kipil sak ding uh: Jentelte buchinna a hongtun matan Israel mi khenkhatte tungah siatna a hongtung tadih ahi,

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:

²⁶Huchiin, Israel mi tengteng hotdamin a om ding uh; Zion akipanin Hondampa a hong suak dinga, Jakob kianga kipan Pathian limsaklouhna a hihmang ding;

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

²⁷Huan, hiai a kiang ua ka thu khun ding ahi, a khelhnate uh ka lakmang chiangin, chih gelh bangin.

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

²⁸Tanchin Hoih lam ngaihtuah in, nou jiakin melma ahi ua; tel thu lam ngaihtuahin bel a pipute uh jiakin deihtakte ahi uhi.

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

²⁹Pathianin a thilthawnpiak ah leh a sapna ah a lungsim a khel ngei kei hi.

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

³⁰Nidanglaiin Pathian thu na ging kei ua, himahleh tuin amau a gin louh jiak un zahngaihna na mu ngal ua.

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

³¹Huchi mahbangin, tuin, Pathian in nou a honhehpihna jiak a, zahngaihna a muh theihna ding un amau leng ging lou eita ve ua.

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

³²Pathianin a hehpih vek theihna dingin mi tengteng ginlouhnaah a khum vekta ngala.

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!

³³Pathian pilna leh theihna hauhdan thuk hina tele! A vaihawmnate theihtheih vual leh, a lampite sui theih vual hi keina tele!

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

³⁴Toupa lungsim kuan ahia thei? Kuan a vaihawm saka?

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

³⁵A dit nawn dingin leng a kiangah kuan ahia thil pe masa?Amah akipan leh, amah jiak leh, amah adingin thil tengteng a hongom ahi ngal a; amah kiangah khantawnin thupina om hen. Amen.

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

³⁶Amah akipan leh, amah jiak leh, amah adingin thil tengteng a hongom ahi ngal a; amah kiangah khantawnin thupina om hen. Amen.