¹Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.

¹ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ የልቤ በጎ ፈቃድና ስለ እስራኤል ወደ እግዚአብሔር ልመናዬ እንዲድኑ ነው።

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

²በእውቀት አይቅኑ እንጂ ለእግዚአብሔር እንዲቀኑ እመሰክርላቸዋለሁና።

³For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

³የእግዚአብሔርን ጽድቅ ሳያውቁ የራሳቸውንም ጽድቅ ሊያቆሙ ሲፈልጉ፥ ለእግዚአብሔር ጽድቅ አልተገዙም።

⁴For Christ is the fulfillment or, completion, or end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

⁴የሚያምኑ ሁሉ ይጸድቁ ዘንድ ክርስቶስ የሕግ ፍጻሜ ነውና።

⁵For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.” Leviticus 18:5

⁵ሙሴ ከሕግ የሆነውን ጽድቅ የሚያደርገው ሰው በእርሱ በሕይወት እንዲኖር ጽፎአልና።

⁶But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ Deuteronomy 30:12 (that is, to bring Christ down);

⁶ከእምነት የሆነ ጽድቅ ግን እንዲህ ይላል። በልብህ። ማን ወደ ሰማይ ይወጣል? አትበል፤ ይህ ክርስቶስን ለማውረድ ነው፤

⁷or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ Deuteronomy 30:13 (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”

⁷ወይም። በልብህ። ወደ ጥልቁ ማን ይወርዳል? አትበል፤ ይህ ክርስቶስን ከሙታን ለማውጣት ነው።

⁸But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart”; Deuteronomy 30:14 that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

⁸ነገር ግን ምን ይላል? በአፍህ በልብህም ሆኖ ቃሉ ቀርቦልሃል፤ ይህም የምንሰብከው የእምነት ቃል ነው።

⁹that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

⁹ኢየሱስ ጌታ እንደ ሆነ በአፍህ ብትመሰክር እግዚአብሔርም ከሙታን እንዳስነሣው በልብህ ብታምን ትድናለህና፤

¹⁰For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

¹⁰ሰው በልቡ አምኖ ይጸድቃልና በአፉም መስክሮ ይድናልና።

¹¹For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” Isaiah 28:16

¹¹መጽሐፍ። በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ አያፍርም ይላልና።

¹²For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.

¹²በአይሁዳዊና በግሪክ ሰው መካከል ልዩነት የለምና፤ አንዱ ጌታ የሁሉ ጌታ ነውና፥ ለሚጠሩትም ሁሉ ባለ ጠጋ ነው፤

¹³For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Joel 2:32

¹³የጌታን ስም የሚጠራ ሁሉ ይድናልና።

¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

¹⁴እንግዲህ ያላመኑበትን እንዴት አድርገው ይጠሩታል? ባልሰሙትስ እንዴት ያምናሉ? ያለ ሰባኪስ እንዴት ይሰማሉ?

¹⁵And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” Isaiah 52:7

¹⁵መልካሙን የምሥራች የሚያወሩ እግሮቻቸው እንዴት ያማሩ ናቸው ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ ካልተላኩ እንዴት ይሰብካሉ?

¹⁶But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” Isaiah 53:1

¹⁶ነገር ግን ሁሉ ለምሥራቹ ቃል አልታዘዙም። ኢሳይያስ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምስክርነታችንን ማን አመነ? ብሎአልና።

¹⁷So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

¹⁷እንግዲያስ እምነት ከመስማት ነው መስማትም በእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው።

¹⁸But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” Psalm 19:4

¹⁸ዳሩ ግን። ባይሰሙ ነው ወይ? እላለሁ። በእውነት። ድምፃቸው በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ቃላቸውም እስከ ዓለም ዳርቻ ወጣ።

¹⁹But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.” Deuteronomy 32:31

¹⁹ነገር ግን። እስራኤል ባያውቁ ነው ወይ? እላለሁ። ሙሴ አስቀድሞ። እኔ ሕዝብ በማይሆነው አስቀናችኋለሁ በማያስተውልም ሕዝብ አስቆጣችኋለሁ

²⁰Isaiah is very bold, and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.” Isaiah 65:1

²⁰ብሎአል። ኢሳይያስም ደፍሮ። ላልፈለጉኝ ተገኘሁ፥ ላልጠየቁኝም ተገለጥሁ አለ።

²¹But as to Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” Isaiah 65:2

²¹ስለ እስራኤል ግን። ቀኑን ሁሉ ወደማይታዘዝና ወደሚቃወም ሕዝብ እጆቼን ዘረጋሁ ይላል።