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,

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

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

²that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart —

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

³for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ — for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

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;

⁴who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

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]

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

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

⁶And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these Israel;

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).

⁷nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but — `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;`

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

⁸that is, the children of the flesh — these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

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

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

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

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

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),

¹¹(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her —

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

¹²`The greater shall serve the less;`

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

¹³according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.`

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

¹⁴What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness [is] with God? let it not be!

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

¹⁵for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;`

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

¹⁶so, then — not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

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).

¹⁷for the Writing saith to Pharaoh — `For this very thing I did raise thee up, that I might shew in thee My power, and that My name might be declared in all the land;`

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

¹⁸so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

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

¹⁹Thou wilt say, then, to me, `Why yet doth He find fault? for His counsel who hath resisted?`

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?

²⁰nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form [it], Why me didst thou make thus?

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?

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

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,

²²And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

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

²³and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call — us —

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

²⁴not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,

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

²⁵as also in Hosea He saith, `I will call what [is] not My people — My people; and her not beloved — Beloved,

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

²⁶and it shall be — in the place where it was said to them, Ye [are] not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.`

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;

²⁷And Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, `If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

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

²⁸for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

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).

²⁹and according as Isaiah saith before, `Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.`

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

³⁰What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that [is] of faith,

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

³¹and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

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).

³²wherefore? because — not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

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).

³³according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.`