¹Zvino ndinoti: Ko Mwari wakarasa vanhu vake here? Ngazvisadaro! Nekuti iniwo ndiri muIsraeri, wembeu yaAbhurahamu, werudzi rwaBenjanimi.

¹I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

²Mwari haana kurasha vanhu vake vaakagara aziva. Ko hamuzivi kuti Rugwaro runoti kudini kuna Eria here? Kuti unoreverera sei kuna Mwari pamusoro pevaIsraeri, achiti:

²God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,

³Ishe, vakauraya vaporofita venyu, vakaputsa aritari dzenyu, zvino ini ndasara ndoga, uye vanotsvaka upenyu hwangu.

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

⁴Asi mhinduro yaMwari inoti kudii kwaari? Unoti: Ndakazvichengetera zvuru zvinomwe zvevarume, vasina kufugamira ibvi kuna Bhaari.

⁴But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

⁵Zvino saizvozvo nguva inowo variko vakasara maererano nesananguro yenyasha.

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

⁶Zvino kana zviri zvenyasha, hazvisati zvichiri zvemabasa; asi kana zvisakadaro, nyasha hadzisisiri nyasha. Asi kana zvichibva kumabasa hazvisati zvichiri zvenyasha; kana zvisakadaro basa harizati richibasa.

⁶And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

⁷Ko zvino? Israeri haana kuwana zvaakanga achitsvaka, asi vasanangurwa vakazviwana; vamwe vakawomeswa,

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

⁸maererano sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Mwari wakavapa mweya wekutsumwaira; meso kuti varege kuona; nenzeve kuti varege kunzwa, kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

⁸(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

⁹NaDhavhidhi unoti: Tafura yavo ngaiitwe rudzingi, nemusungo nechigumbuso nekutsiva kwavari;

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

¹⁰meso avo ngaasvibirwe kuti varege kuona; uye mukotamise musana wavo nokusingaperi.

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

¹¹Zvino ndinoti: Vakagumbuswa kuti vawe here? Ngazvisadaro! Asi kubudikidza nokuwa kwavo ruponeso rwakasvika kuvahedheni, kuvamutsira godo.

¹¹I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

¹²Zvino kana kuwa kwavo kuri fuma yenyika, nekutapudzika kwavo fuma yevahedheni, zvikuru sei kuzara kwavo?

¹²Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

¹³Nekuti ndinotaura kwamuri vahedheni; sezvandiri muapositori wevahedheni, ndinokudza basa rangu.

¹³For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

¹⁴Kuti zvimwe ndingamutsira godo venyama yangu, ndiponese vamwe vavo.

¹⁴If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

¹⁵Nekuti kana kurashwa kwavo kuri kuyananiswa kwenyika, kugamuchirwa kwavo kuchaveiko, kunze kweupenyu hunobva kuvakafa?

¹⁵For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

¹⁶Zvino kana chibereko chekutanga chiri chitsvene, bunduwo rakadaro; kana mudzi uri mutsvene, matavi akadarowo;

¹⁶For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷Zvino kana mamwe amatavi akavhuniwa, iwe uri muorivhi wekudondo ukabatanidzwa pakati pavo, ukava nemugove pamwe nawo pamudzi nepamafuta emuorivhi;

¹⁷And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

¹⁸usazvikudza pamusoro pematavi; asi kana uchizvikudza hausi iwe unotakura mudzi, asi mudzi unokutakura iwe.

¹⁸Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

¹⁹Zvino uchati: Matavi akavhuniwa, kuti ini ndibatanidzwe.

¹⁹Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

²⁰Zvakanaka; nekusatenda vakavhuniwa, iwe unomira nerutendo. Usazvikudza, asi utye;

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

²¹nekuti kana Mwari asina kurega matavi echisikigo, zvimwe haangakuregi iwewo.

²¹For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

²²Zvino tarira unyoro nekuomarara kwaMwari, kune vanowa kuomarara; asi kwauri unyoro, kana uchigara paunyoro hwake; zvimwe newewo ungatemwa.

²²Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

²³Naivowo, kana vasingagari pakusatenda, vachabatanidzwa, nekuti Mwari unogona kuvabatanidzazve.

²³And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

²⁴Nekuti kana iwe wakatemwa kumuorivhi uri wekudondo pachisikigo, ukabatanidzwa pamuorivhi wakanaka, zvichipesana nechisikigo chawo, vangabatanidzwa zvikuru sei avo vari matavi echisikigo pamuti wavo wemuorivhi?

²⁴For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

²⁵Nekuti handidi hama kuti musaziva chakavanzika ichi, kuti murege kungwara mumanyawi enyu; kuti kuwomeswa kwemoyo kwakaitika pamusoro pevamwe vevaIsraeri kusvikira kuzara kwavahedheni kwapinda;

²⁵For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

²⁶saizvozvo Israeri wose uchaponeswa; sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: PaZiyoni pachabuda Musununguri; uchabvisa kusada Mwari kuna Jakobho;

²⁶And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

²⁷Uye iyi isungano yangu kwavari, pandichabvisa zvivi zvavo.

²⁷For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

²⁸Zvino maererano neevhangeri, vavengi nekuda kwenyu; asi maererano nekusanangura, vadikamwa nekuda kwemadzibaba.

²⁸As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.

²⁹Nekuti zvipo nekudana kwaMwari hazvishanduki.

²⁹For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

³⁰Nekuti semwiwo kare makanga musina kuteerera Mwari, asi zvino makagamuchira tsitsi kubudikidza nekusateerera kwavo;

³⁰For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

³¹saizvozvo naivava ikozvino havana kuteerera, kuti kubudikidza netsitsi dzenyu naivo vawanewo tsitsi;

³¹Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

³²nekuti Mwari wakavapfigira vose mukusateera kwavo, kuti ave netsitsi pane vose.

³²For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

³³Haiwa kudzika kwefuma, zvose yeuchenjeri neruzivo rwaMwari! Kutonga kwake hakunzverwi zvakadini, nenzira dzake hadzingarondwi!

³³O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

³⁴Nekuti ndiani wakaziva fungwa yaMwari kana ndiani wakange ari murairidzi wake?

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

³⁵Ndiani wakatanga kupa kwaari, uye zvicharipirwazve kwaari?

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

³⁶Nekuti zvimwe zvose zvinobva kwaari kubudikidza naye, zvinoenda kwaari; umambo ngahuve kwaari nokusingaperi. Ameni.

³⁶For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.