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

¹[Ny amin'ny nandavan'Andriamanitra ny Jiosy] Milaza ny marina ao amin'i Kristy aho, fa tsy mandainga, sady miara-milaza amiko ao amin'ny Fanahy Masina koa ny fieritreretako,

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

²fa mafy ny alaheloko, ka tsy mety mitsahatra ny fahorian'ny foko.

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

³Fa efa saiky niriko aza ho voaozona ho afaka tamin'i Kristy ny tenako mba hahavonjeko ny rahalahiko, havako araka ny nofo, [ Gr. anatema]

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

⁴izay Isiraelita sady manana ny fananganan'anaka sy ny voninahitra sy ny fanekena sy ny fanomezana ny lalàna sy ny fombam-pivavahana ary ny teny fikasana;

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

⁵azy koa ny razana, sady avy taminy araka ny nofo Kristy, Izay ambonin'izy rehetra, Andriamanitra isaorana mandrakizay. Amena. [ Na: Avy taminy araky ny nofo Kristy. Isaorana mandrakizay anie Andriamanitra, Izay ambonin'izy rehetra]

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

⁶Kanefa tsy lazaiko fa foana ny tenin'Andriamanitra tsy akory. Fa tsy izay rehetra avy amin'ny Isiraely no Isiraely.

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

⁷Ary na dia taranak'i Abrahama aza ireo, tsy dia ary zanany avokoa; fa avy amin'isaka no hantsoina izay taranaka ho anao (Gen. 21. 12).

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.

⁸Izany hoe: Tsy ny zanaky ny nofo no zanak'Andriamanitra; fa ny zanaky ny teny fikasana no isaina ho taranaka.

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

⁹Fa izao no filàzan'ny teny fikasana: Raha avy ny taona toy izao, dia ho avy Aho, ary hanana zazalahy Saraha (Gen. 18. 10).

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

¹⁰Ary tsy izany ihany, fa Rebeka koa dia nanan'anaka tamin'ny anankiray, dia tamin'isaka razantsika;

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),

¹¹fa raha tsy mbola teraka ireo, ary tsy mbola nanao tsara na ratsy (mba hitoeran'ny fikasan'Andriamanitra araka ny fifidianana, tsy avy amin'ny asa, fa avy amin'izay miantso),

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

¹²dia nolazaina tamin-dravehivavy hoe: Ny zokiny hanompo ny zandriny (Gen. 25. 23);

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

¹³araka ny voasoratra hoe: Jakoba no tiako, fa Esao no halako (Mal. 1. 2, 3).

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

¹⁴Ahoana ary no holazaintsika? Misy tsi-fahamarinana va amin'Andriamanitra? Sanatria izany!

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.

¹⁵Fa hoy Izy tamin'i Mosesy: Izaho hiantra izay hiantrako, ary hamindra fo amin'izay hamindrako fo (Eks. 33. 19).

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

¹⁶Koa dia tsy avy amin'izay maniry na amin'izay mihazakazaka izany, fa avy amin'Andriamanitra Izay miantra.

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.

¹⁷Fa hoy ny Soratra Masina tamin'i Farao: Izany no nanandratako anao, mba ho entiko mampiseho ny heriko, ary mba hanambarana ny anarako any amin'ny tany rehetra (Eks. 9. 16).

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

¹⁸Koa izay tiany hamindrana fo no amindrany fo, ary izay tiany hohamafìna fo no hamafiny fo.

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

¹⁹Hianao ary dia hanao amiko hoe: Koa nahoana Izy no manome tsiny ihany? Fa iza no manohitra ny sitrapony?

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?

²⁰Tsia, ralehilahy, fa iza moa ianao, no mamaly an'Andriamanitra? Izay zavatra noforonina va hanao amin'izay namorona azy hoe: Nahoana Hianao no nanao ahy toy izao?

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

²¹Ny mpanefy vilany va tsy manam-pahefana amin'ny tanimanga, ka ny vongany iray ihany no anaovany zavatra samy hafa, ny iray hohajaina, ary ny iray hatao tsinontsinona?

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;

²²Sa ahoana kosa raha Andriamanitra, na dia ta-haneho ny fahatezerany sy hampahafantatra ny heriny aza, dia be fahari-po ka nandefitra tamin'izay fanaky ny fahatezerana voavoatra hosimbana,

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

²³mba hampahafantarina koa ny haren'ny voninahiny amin'izay fanaky ny famindram-po, izay namboariny rahateo hahazo voninahitra,

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

²⁴dia isika izay nantsoiny koa, tsy ny avy amin'ny Jiosy ihany, fa ny avy amin'ny jentilisa koa,

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

²⁵araka izay lazainy eo amin'i Hosea hoe: Hiantso ny tsy oloko hoe oloko Aho; Ary ilay tsy malala hoe malala (Hos. 2. 25);

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.

²⁶Ary any amin'ny tany izay nilazana taminy hoe: Tsy oloko ianareo, Dia any no hiantsoana azy hoe zanak'Andriamanitra velona (Hos. 2. 1).

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:

²⁷Ary Isaia milaza ny amin'ny Isiraely hoe: Na dia toy ny fasika any amin'ny ranomasina aza ny isan'ny Zanak'isiraely, dia izay sisa ihany no hovonjena;

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.

²⁸fa amin'ny fahatanterahana faingana no hanefan'i Jehovah ny teniny ambonin'ny tany (Isa. 10. 22, 23);

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.

²⁹ary araka izay nolazain'Isaia fahiny hoe: Raha tsy Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, no namela taranaka ho antsika, Dia efa tonga tahaka an'i Sodoma sy tonga tahaka an'i Gomora isika (Isa. 1. 9).

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.

³⁰Ahoana ary no holazaintsika? Ny jentilisa, izay tsy nitady fahamarinana, no nahazo fahamarinana, nefa fahamarinana izay avy amin'ny finoana?

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

³¹fa ny Isiraely, izay nitady lalàn'ny fahamarinana kosa, dia tsy nahatratra izany lalàna izany.

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

³²Nahoana moa? Satria tsy tamin'ny finoana, fa toa tamin'ny asa, ka tafintohina tamin'ny vato mahatafintohina izy;araka ny voasoratra hoe: Indro Aho mametraka vato mahatafintohina sy vatolampy mahasolafaka ao Ziona; Ary izay mino Azy tsy ho menatra (Isa. 8. 14; 28. 16).

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.

³³araka ny voasoratra hoe: Indro Aho mametraka vato mahatafintohina sy vatolampy mahasolafaka ao Ziona; Ary izay mino Azy tsy ho menatra (Isa. 8. 14; 28. 16).