¹Istinu govorim u Kristu, ne lažem; susvjedok mi je savjest moja u Duhu Svetom:

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

²silna mi je tuga i neprekidna bol u srcu.

²that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,

³Da, htio bih ja sam proklet biti, odvojen od Krista, za braću svoju, sunarodnjake svoje po tijelu.

³for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;

⁴Oni su Izraelci, njihovo je posinstvo, i Slava, i Savezi, i zakonodavstvo, i bogoštovlje, i obećanja;

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

⁵njihovi su i oci, od njih je, po tijelu, i Krist, koji je iznad svega, Bog blagoslovljen u vjekove. Amen.

⁵whose [are] the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, [is] the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

⁶Ali ne kao da se izjalovila riječ Božja. Jer nisu Izrael svi koji potječu od Izraela;

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

⁷i nisu svi djeca Abrahamova zato što su njegovo potomstvo, nego po Izaku će ti se nazivati potomstvo;

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

⁸to jest: djeca tijela nisu i djeca Božja, nego - djeca obećanja računaju se u potomstvo.

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.

⁹Evo doista riječi obećanja: U ovo ću doba doći i Sara će imati sina.

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

¹⁰Ali ne samo to! I Rebeka je s jednim, s Izakom, ocem našim, zanijela.

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

¹¹Pa kad još blizanci ne bijahu rođeni niti učiniše što dobro ili zlo - da bi trajnom ostala odluka Božja o izabranju:

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),

¹²ne po djelima, nego po onome tko poziva - rečeno joj je: Stariji će služiti mlađemu,

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

¹³kako je pisano: Jakova sam zavolio, a Ezav mi omrznu.

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

¹⁴Što ćemo dakle reći? Možda da u Boga ima nepravde? Nipošto!

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

¹⁵Ta Mojsiju veli: Smilovat ću se komu hoću da se smilujem; sažalit ću se nad kim hoću da se sažalim.

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.

¹⁶Nije dakle do onoga koji hoće ni do onoga koji trči, nego do Boga koji se smiluje.

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

¹⁷Jer Pismo veli faraonu: Zato te upravo podigoh da na tebi pokažem svoju moć i da se razglasi ime moje po svoj zemlji.

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.

¹⁸Tako dakle: smiluje se komu hoće, a otvrdnjuje koga hoće.

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

¹⁹Da, reći ćeš mi: Što se onda još tuži? Ta tko se to volji njegovoj odupro?

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

²⁰Čovječe, tko si ti zapravo da se pravdaš s Bogom? Zar da djelo rekne tvorcu: "Što si me ovakvim načinio?"

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?

²¹Ili zar lončar nema vlasti nad glinom da od istoga tijesta načini posudu sad časnu, sad nečasnu.

²¹Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

²²A što ako je Bog, hoteći očitovati gnjev i obznaniti svoju moć u silnoj strpljivosti podnosio posude gnjeva, dozrele za propast,

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;

²³da obznani bogatstvo slave svoje na posudama milosrđa, koje unaprijed pripravi za slavu,

²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,

²⁴na nama koje pozva ne samo između Židova nego i između pogana?

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

²⁵Tako i u Hošeji veli: Ne-narod moj prozvat ću narodom mojim i Neljubljenu ljubljenom.

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

²⁶Na mjestu gdje im je rečeno: Vi niste moj narod prozvat će se sinovi Boga živoga.

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.

²⁷Izaija pak proglasuje o Izraelu: Zaista, sinova će Izraelovih brojem biti kao pijeska morskog - Ostatak će se spasiti;

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:

²⁸jer riječ će ispuniti i uskoro izvršiti Gospodin na zemlji.

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.

²⁹Tako je Izaija i prorekao: Da nam Gospodin nad Vojskama ne ostavi sjeme, ko Sodoma bismo bili i Gomori nalik.

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.

³⁰Što ćemo dakle reći? Da pogani koji nisu tražili pravednosti stekoše pravednost, pravednost po vjeri.

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.

³¹Izrael pak koji je tražio neki zakon pravednosti, nije do zakona dopro.

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

³²Zašto? Jer nije tražio po vjeri, nego kao po djelima. Spotakoše se o kamen spoticanja,

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

³³kao što je pisano: Evo postavljam na Sionu kamen spoticanja i stijenu posrtanja. Ali tko u nj vjeruje, neće se postidjeti.

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.