¹I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

¹እንግዲህ። እግዚአብሔር ሕዝቡን ጣላቸውን? እላለሁ። አይደለም እኔ ደግሞ እስራኤላዊና ከአብርሃም ዘር ከብንያምም ወገን ነኝና።

²God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

²እግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ ያወቃቸውን ሕዝብ አልጣላቸውም። መጽሐፍ ስለ ኤልያስ በተጻፈው የሚለውን፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እስራኤልን እንዴት እንደሚከስ፥ አታውቁምን?

³“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.” 1 Kings 19:10,14

³ጌታ ሆይ፥ ነቢያትህን ገደሉ መሠዊያዎችህንም አፈረሱ እኔም ብቻዬን ቀረሁ ነፍሴንም ይሹአታል።

⁴But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 1 Kings 19:18

⁴ነገር ግን አምላካዊ መልስ ምን አለው? ለበአል ያልሰገዱትን ሰባት ሺህ ሰዎች ለእኔ አስቀርቼአለሁ።

⁵Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

⁵እንደዚሁም በአሁን ዘመን ደግሞ በጸጋ የተመረጡ ቅሬታዎች አሉ።

⁶And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

⁶በጸጋ ከሆነ ግን ከሥራ መሆኑ ቀርቶአል፤ ጸጋ ያለዚያ ጸጋ መሆኑ ቀርቶአል።

⁷What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

⁷እንግዲህ ምንድር ነው? እስራኤል የሚፈልጉትን አላገኙትም፤ የተመረጡት ግን አገኙት፤

⁸According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.” Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10

⁸ሌሎቹም ደነዘዙ፤ እንዲሁም። ዓይኖቻቸው እንዳያዩ ጆሮቻቸውም እንዳይሰሙ እግዚአብሔር የእንቅልፍ መንፈስን እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ ሰጣቸው ተብሎ ተጽፎአል። ዳዊትም።

⁹David says, “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

⁹ማዕዳቸው ወጥመድና አሽክላ ማሰናከያም ፍዳም ይሁንባቸው፤

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always.” Psalm 69:22,23

¹⁰ዓይኖቻቸው እንዳያዩ ይጨልሙ፥ ጀርባቸውንም ዘወትር አጉብጥ ብሎአል።

¹¹I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

¹¹እንግዲህ። የተሰናከሉ እስኪወድቁ ድረስ ነውን? እላለሁ። አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን እነርሱን ያስቀናቸው ዘንድ በእነርሱ በደል መዳን ለአሕዛብ ሆነ።

¹²Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

¹²ዳሩ ግን በደላቸው ለዓለም ባለ ጠግነት መሸነፋቸውም ለአሕዛብ ባለ ጠግነት ከሆነ፥ ይልቁንስ መሙላታቸው እንዴት ይሆን?

¹³For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

¹³ለእናንተም ለአሕዛብ እናገራለሁ። እኔ የአሕዛብ ሐዋርያ በሆንሁ መጠን ሥጋዬ የሆኑትን አስቀንቼ ምናልባት ከእነርሱ አንዳንዱን አድን እንደሆነ አገልግሎቴን አከብራለሁ።

¹⁴if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

¹⁵የእነርሱ መጣል ለዓለም መታረቅ ከሆነ ከሙታን ከሚመጣ ሕይወት በቀር መመለሳቸው ምን ይሆን?

¹⁵For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

¹⁶በኵራቱም ቅዱስ ከሆነ ብሆው ደግሞ ቅዱስ ነው፤ ሥሩም ቅዱስ ከሆነ ቅርንጫፎቹ ደግሞ ቅዱሳን ናቸው።

¹⁶If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷ነገር ግን ከቅርንጫፎች አንዳንዱ ቢሰበሩ አንተም የበረሀ ወይራ የሆንህ በመካከላቸው ገብተህ ከእነርሱ ጋር የወይራ ዘይት ከሚወጣው ሥር ተካፋይ ከሆንህ፥ በቅርንጫፎች ላይ አትመካ፤

¹⁷But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;

¹⁸ብትመካባቸው ግን ሥሩ አንተን ይሸከምሃል እንጂ ሥሩን የምትሸከም አንተ አይደለህም።

¹⁸don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

¹⁹እንግዲህ። እኔ እንድገባ ቅርንጫፎች ተሰበሩ ትል ይሆናል።

¹⁹You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”

²⁰መልካም፤ እነርሱ ከአለማመን የተነሣ ተሰበሩ አንተም ከእምነት የተነሣ ቆመሃል። ፍራ እንጂ የትዕቢትን ነገር አታስብ።

²⁰True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

²¹እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተፈጠሩት ለነበሩት ቅርንጫፎች የራራላቸው ካልሆነ ለአንተ ደግሞ አይራራልህምና።

²¹for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

²²እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔርን ቸርነትና ጭከና ተመልከት፤ ጭከናው በወደቁት ላይ ነው፥ በቸርነቱ ግን ጸንተህ ብትኖር የእግዚአብሔር ቸርነት በአንተ ላይ ነው፤ ያለዚያ አንተ ደግሞ ትቆረጣለህ።

²²See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

²³እነዚያም ደግሞ በአለማመናቸው ጸንተው ባይኖሩ በዛፉ ውስጥ ይገባሉ፤ እግዚአብሔር መልሶ ሊያገባቸው ይችላልና።

²³They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

²⁴አንተ በፍጥረቱ የበረሀ ከነበረ ወይራ ተቆርጠህ እንደ ፍጥረትህ ሳትሆን በመልካም ወይራ ከገባህ፥ ይልቁንስ እነዚያ በፍጥረታቸው ያሉት ቅርንጫፎች በራሳቸው ወይራ እንዴት አይገቡም?

²⁴For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

²⁵ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ልባሞች የሆናችሁ እንዳይመስላችሁ ይህን ምሥጢር ታውቁ ዘንድ እወዳለሁ፤ የአሕዛብ ሙላት እስኪገባ ድረስ ድንዛዜ በእስራኤል በአንዳንድ በኩል ሆነባቸው፤

²⁵For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

²⁶እንደዚሁም እስራኤል ሁሉ ይድናል፤ እንዲህ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ። መድኃኒት ከጽዮን ይወጣል ከያዕቆብም ኃጢአተኛነትን ያስወግዳል።

²⁶and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

²⁷ኃጢአታቸውንም ስወስድላቸው ከእነርሱ ጋር የምገባው ኪዳን ይህ ነው።

²⁷This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins.” Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34

²⁸በወንጌልስ በኩል ስለ እናንተ ጠላቶች ናቸው፥ በምርጫ በኩል ግን ስለ አባቶች ተወዳጆች ናቸው፤

²⁸Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.

²⁹እግዚአብሔር በጸጋው ስጦታና በመጥራቱ አይጸጸትምና።

²⁹For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

³⁰እናንተም ቀድሞ ለእግዚአብሔር እንዳልታዘዛችሁ፥ አሁን ግን ከአለመታዘዛቸው የተነሣ ምሕረት እንዳገኛችሁ፥

³⁰For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

³¹እንዲሁ በተማራችሁበት ምሕረት እነርሱ ደግሞ ምሕረትን ያገኙ ዘንድ እነዚህ ደግሞ አሁን አልታዘዙም።

³¹even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.

³²እግዚአብሔር ሁሉን ይምር ዘንድ ሁሉን በአለመታዘዝ ዘግቶታልና።

³²For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

³³የእግዚአብሔር ባለ ጠግነትና ጥበብ እውቀቱም እንዴት ጥልቅ ነው፤ ፍርዱ እንዴት የማይመረመር ነው፥ ለመንገዱም ፍለጋ የለውም።

³³Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

³⁴የጌታን ልብ ያወቀው ማን ነው?

³⁴“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” Isaiah 40:13

³⁵ወይስ አማካሪው ማን ነበር? ወይስ ብድራቱን ይመልስ ዘንድ ለእርሱ አስቀድሞ የሰጠው ማን ነው?

³⁵“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?” Job 41:11

³⁶ሁሉ ከእርሱና በእርሱ ለእርሱም ነውና፤ ለእርሱ ለዘላለም ክብር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

³⁶For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.