¹Ndugu zangu, ninataka na kutazamia kwa moyo wangu wote hao wananchi wenzangu wakombolewe. Tena nawaombea kwa Mungu daima.

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

²Maana naweza kuthibitisha kwa niaba yao kwamba wanayo bidii ya kumtafuta Mungu; lakini bidii hiyo haikujengwa juu ya ujuzi wa kweli.

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

³Maana hawakufahamu jinsi Mungu anavyowafanya watu wawe waadilifu, na wamejaribu kuanzisha mtindo wao wenyewe, na hivyo hawakuikubali njia hiyo ya Mungu ya kuwafanya wawe waadilifu.

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

⁴Maana kwa kuja kwake Kristo, Sheria imefikia kikomo chake, ili kila mtu anayeamini akubaliwe kuwa mwadilifu.

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

⁵Kuhusu kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa kuitii Sheria, Mose aliandika hivi: "Mtu yeyote anayetimiza matakwa ya Sheria ataishi."

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

⁶Lakini, kuhusu kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa njia ya imani, yasemwa hivi: "Usiseme moyoni mwako: Nani atapanda mpaka mbinguni? (yaani, kumleta Kristo chini);

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:)

⁷wala usiseme: Nani atashuka mpaka Kuzimu (yaani, kumleta Kristo kutoka kwa wafu)."

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

⁸Maandiko Matakatifu yesema hivi, "Ujumbe huo wa Mungu uko karibu nawe, uko kinywani mwako na moyoni mwako" nao ndio ile imani tunayoihubiri.

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:

⁹Kama ukikiri kwa kinywa chako kwamba Yesu ni Bwana na kuamini moyoni mwako kwamba Mungu alimfufua kutoka wafu, utaokoka.

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:

¹⁰Maana tunaamini kwa moyo na kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu; na tunakiri kwa midomo yetu na kuokolewa.

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

¹¹Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: "Kila amwaminiye hatakuwa na sababu ya kuaibika."

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

¹²Jambo hili ni kwa wote, kwani hakuna tofauti kati ya Wayahudi na wasio Wayahudi; Bwana wa wote ni mmoja, naye ni mkarimu sana kwao wote wamwombao.

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:

¹³Maana Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: "Kila mtu atakayeomba kwa jina la Bwana, ataokolewa."

¹³for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

¹⁴Basi, watamwombaje yeye ambaye hawamwamini? Tena, watamwaminije kama hawajapata kusikia habari zake? Na watasikiaje habari zake kama hakuna mhubiri?

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?

¹⁵Na watu watahubirije kama hawakutumwa? Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: "Ni jambo la kupendeza mno kuja kwa wale wanaohubiri Habari Njema!"

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!

¹⁶Lakini wote hawakuipokea hiyo Habari Njema. Maana Isaya alisema: "Bwana, ni nani aliyeamini ujumbe wetu?"

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

¹⁷Hivyo basi, imani inatokana na kuusikiliza ujumbe, na huo ujumbe unatokana na neno la Kristo.

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

¹⁸Lakini nauliza: je, hawakuusikia huo ujumbe? Naam, waliusikia; kama Maandiko Matakatifu yasemavyo: "Sauti yao imeenea duniani kote; maneno yao yamefika mpaka kingo za ulimwengu."

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.

¹⁹Tena nauliza: je, yawezekana kwamba watu wa Israeli hawakufahamu? Mose mwenyewe ni kwa kwanza kujibu: "Nitawafanyeni mwaonee wivu watu ambao si taifa; nitawafanyeni muwe na hasira juu ya taifa la watu wapumbavu."

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.

²⁰Tena Isaya anathubutu hata kusema: "Wale ambao hawakunitafuta wamenipata; nimejionyesha kwao wasiouliza habari zangu."

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.

²¹Lakini kuhusu Israeli anasema: "Mchana kutwa niliwanyoshea mikono yangu watu waasi na wasiotii."

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