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

¹Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.

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

²For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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

³For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

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

⁴For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.

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

⁵For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.

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

⁶But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)

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

⁷or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (That is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)

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

⁸But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

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

⁹because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

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

¹⁰for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

¹¹Nekuti rugwaro rwunoti: Ani nani unotenda kwaari haanganyadziswi.

¹¹For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

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

¹²For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same [Lord] is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him:

¹³Nekuti ani nani uchadana kuzita raIshe, uchaponeswa.

¹³for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord 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 on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

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

¹⁵and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

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

¹⁶But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

¹⁷Naizvozvo rutendo rwunouya nekunzwa, nekunzwa neshoko raMwari.

¹⁷So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

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

¹⁸But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

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

¹⁹But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.

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

²⁰And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I became manifest unto them that asked not of me.

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

²¹But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.