¹Hama, chishuwo zvirokwazvo chemoyo wangu, nemukumbiro kuna Mwari pamusoro paIsraeri ndecheruponeso rwavo.

¹Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that [is] to God for Israel, is — for salvation;

²Nekuti ndinopupura nezvavo kuti vanoshingairira Mwari, asi kwete maererano neruzivo.

²for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

³Nekuti ivo zvavakanga vasingazivi kururama kwaMwari, vakatsvaka kumisa kururama kwavo vamene, vakasazviisa pasi pekururama kwaMwari.

³for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

⁴Nekuti Kristu mugumo wemurairo pakururama, kuna ani nani unotenda.

⁴For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

⁵Nekuti Mozisi unotsanangura kururama kuri kwemurairo, kuti munhu unoita zvinhu izvozvo uchararama nazvo.

⁵for Moses doth describe the righteousness that [is] of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,`

⁶Asi kururama kunobva parutendo kunotaura sezvizvi: Usati mumoyo mako: Ndiani uchakwira kudenga? uku ndiko kuti kuburusa Kristu;

⁶and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: `Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,` that is, Christ to bring down?

⁷kana kuti: Ndiani uchaburukira kwakadzikadzika? uku ndiko kuti kubudisa Kristuzve kuvakafa.

⁷or, `Who shall go down to the abyss,` that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.

⁸Asi kunoti kudini? Shoko riri pedo newe, mumuromo mako nemumoyo mako; ndiro shoko rerutendo ratinoparidza;

⁸But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying — in thy mouth, and in thy heart:` that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;

⁹kuti, kana iwe uchibvuma nemuromo wako Ishe Jesu, nerutendo mumoyo mako kuti Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa, uchaponeswa;

⁹that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

¹⁰nekuti nemoyo munhu unotenda kova kururama; uye nemuromo unobvuma kova kuponeswa.

¹⁰for with the heart doth [one] believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

¹¹Nekuti rugwaro rwunoti: Ani nani unotenda kwaari haanganyadziswi.

¹¹for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,`

¹²Nekuti hapana musiyano pakati pemuJudha nemuGiriki; nekuti ishe mumwe chete wevose wakafuma kune vose vanonamata kwaari.

¹²for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all [is] rich to all those calling upon Him,

¹³Nekuti ani nani uchadana kuzita raIshe, uchaponeswa.

¹³for every one — whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.`

¹⁴Zvino vachagodana sei kuna iye wavasina kutenda kwaari? Uye vachatenda sei wavasina kunzwa nezvake? Vachanzwa sei vasina muparidzi?

¹⁴How then shall they call upon [him] in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe [on him] of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

¹⁵Vachaparidza sei vasingatumwi? Sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Dzakanaka sei tsoka dzevanoparidza evhangeri yerugare, nevanoparidza mashoko emufaro ezvinhu zvakanaka?

¹⁵and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!`

¹⁶Asi vose havana kuteerera evhangeri. Nekuti Isaya unoti: Ishe, ndiani wakatenda zvatakaparidza?

¹⁶But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, `Lord, who did give credence to our report?`

¹⁷Naizvozvo rutendo rwunouya nekunzwa, nekunzwa neshoko raMwari.

¹⁷so then the faith [is] by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

¹⁸Asi ndinoti: Havana kunzwa here? Hongu zvirokwazvo, Inzwi ravo rakaenda kunyika yose; nemashoko avo kumigumo yenyika.

¹⁸but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed — `to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.`

¹⁹Asi ndinoti: Israeri haana kuziva here? Pakutanga Mozisi unoti: Ndichakumutsirai godo kwete nevatorwa, nerudzi rusingafungi ndichakutsamwisai.

¹⁹But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by [that which is] not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,`

²⁰NaIsaya une ushingi uye unoti: Ndakawanikwa nevasina kunditsvaka; ndakaratidzwa kune vasina kundibvunza.

²⁰and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, `I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;`

²¹Asi kuna Israeri unoti: Zuva rose ndakatambanudza maoko angu kuvanhu vasingateereri, nevanokakavara.

²¹and unto Israel He saith, `All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.`