¹Ndinotaura chokwadi muna Kristu, handinyepi, hana yangu ichindipupurira muMweya Mutsvene,

¹I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

²kuti ndinoshushikana kwazvo neshungu dzisingaperi mumoyo mangu.

²that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

³Nekuti ndaishuva kuti ini ndomene ndipiwe rushambwa kuna Kristu nekuda kwehama dzangu, ivo verudzi rwangu panyama;

³For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,

⁴ndivo vaIsraeri vane kuitwa vana nekubwinya nesungano nekupiwa kwemurairo, neushumiri, nezvivimbiso;

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

⁵madzibaba ndeavo, naKristu wakabva kwavari panyama, iye uri pamusoro pezvose, Mwari unokudzwa narinhi. Ameni.

⁵of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

⁶Kwete shoko raMwari serakakundikana. Nekuti havazi vaIsraeri vose vakabva kuvaIsraeri;

⁶But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.

⁷Kana nekuti imbeu yaAbhurahamu, vose vana, asi zvinonzi: Kuna Isaka ndiko kuchatumidzwa mbeu yako.

⁷Neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children. But, “In Isaac will your seed be called.” Genesis 21:12

⁸Ndiko kuti: Avo vari vana venyama, ava havasi vana vaMwari; asi vana vechivimbiso vanoverengerwa kumbeu.

⁸That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

⁹Nekuti iri ishoko rechivimbiso rinoti: Nenguva ino ndichauya, uye Sara uchava nemwanakomana.

⁹For this is a word of promise, “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.” Genesis 18:10,14

¹⁰Handizvo chete; asi Ribhekawo wakati ava nemimba kune umwe, iye Isaka baba vedu;

¹⁰Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

¹¹nekuti vana vasati vaberekwa, kana kumboita chakanaka kana chakaipa kuti zano raMwari maererano nesananguro risimbiswe, kwete namabasa, asi naiye unodana,

¹¹For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls, NA puts the phrase “not of works, but of him who calls” at the beginning of verse 12 instead of the end of verse 11.

¹²zvakanzi kwaari: Mukuru uchashumira mudoko,

¹²it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.” Genesis 25:23

¹³Sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Jakobho ndakamuda, asi Esau ndakamuvenga.

¹³Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” Malachi 1:2-3

¹⁴Zvino tichatiyi? Kusarurama kuriko kuna Mwari here? Ngazvisadaro!

¹⁴What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

¹⁵Nekuti unoti kuna Mozisi: Ndichava netsitsi kune wandichava netsitsi naye, ndichava netsitsi kune wandinetsitsi naye.

¹⁵For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Exodus 33:19

¹⁶Naizvozvo zvino hazvisi zveunoda, kana unomhanya, asi zvaMwari unonzwira tsitsi.

¹⁶So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

¹⁷Nekuti Rugwaro runoti kuna Farao: Ndizvozvi zvandakakumutsira, kuti ndiratidze simba rangu mauri, uye kuti zita rangu riparidzwe panyika yose.

¹⁷For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Exodus 9:16

¹⁸Naizvozvo unonzwira tsitsi iye waanoda; uye unowomesa moyo wewaanoda.

¹⁸So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

¹⁹Zvino iwe uchati kwandiri: Iye uchawanirei mhosva? Nekuti ndiani ungapikisa kuda kwake?

¹⁹You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”

²⁰Haiwa, asi iwe munhu ndiwe ani unokakavadzana naMwari? Ko chinhu chakaumbiwa chingati here kune wakaumba: Wandiitirei sezvizvi?

²⁰But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

²¹Ko muumbi haana simba pamusoro pevhu here, kuti nebundu rimwe aite mudziyo umwe unokudzwa, neumwe unozvidzwa?

²¹Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

²²Zvino kana Mwari achida kuratidza kutsamwa kwake, nekuita kuti simba rake rizikamwe, atakura nemoyo murefu midziyo yekutsamwirwa yakagadzirirwa kuparadzwa;

²²What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

²³uye kuti azivise fuma yokubwinya kwake pamidziyo yetsitsi, yaakagara agadzirira kubwinya,

²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,

²⁴yaakadanawo uye yatiri isu, kusiri kuvaJudha chete, asi nekuvahedheni?

²⁴us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

²⁵Sezvaanorevawo kuna Hosiya achiti: Vakange vasi vanhu vangu ndichavaidza vanhu vangu; naiye wakange asingadikamwi mudikamwa.

²⁵As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” Hosea 2:23

²⁶Zvino zvichaitika kuti panzvimbo pakanzi kwavari: Hamuzi vanhu vangu, ipapo vachaidzwa vana vaMwari mupenyu.

²⁶“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ There they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” Hosea 1:10

²⁷Isaya unodanidzirawo maererano naIsraeri achiti: Kunyange uwandu hwevana vaIsraeri hukaita sejecha regungwa, vakasara vachaponeswa;

²⁷Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

²⁸nekuti uchapedza basa nekugurisira mukururama nekuti basa rakagurisirwa richaitwa naMwari panyika.

²⁸for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.” Isaiah 10:22-23

²⁹Sezvaakagara zvareva Isaya, achiti: Kunze kwekuti Ishe wehondo atisiira mbeu, tingadai takaitwa seSodhoma, takaitwa vakafanana neGomora.

²⁹As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot) had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.” Isaiah 1:9

³⁰Zvino tichatiyi? Kuti vahedheni vasingatsvaki kururama, ndivo vakawana kururama, iko kururama kwerutendo;

³⁰What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

³¹asi Israeri achitsvakisisa murairo wekururama, haana kusvika pamurairo wekururama.

³¹but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

³²Nei? Nekuti havana kutsvaka nerutendo, asi nezvainge namabasa emurairo, nekuti vakagumburwa nebwe rinogumbura.

³²Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

³³Sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Tarira, ndinogadza paZiyoni ibwe rekugumbura, nedombo rekupinganidza; uye ani nani unotenda kwaari haanganyadziswi.

³³even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.” Isaiah 8:14; 28:16