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

¹Ay atmaten, ayen i țmenniɣ deg ul-iw, d leslak n wat Isṛail meṛṛa, acḥal i ssutreɣ di Ṛebbi ɣef ddemma-nsen iwakken ad țțuselken.

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

²Axaṭer zemreɣ ad cehdeɣ fell-asen belli ẓewṛen, bɣan ad ɛeǧben i Sidi Ṛebbi meɛna txuṣṣ-iten tmusni.

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

³Imi ur ḥsiben ara lḥeqq i d yețțasen s ɣuṛ Ṛebbi yerna țnadin ad sbedden lḥeqq-nsen iman-nsen, ur ḍuɛen ara lḥeqq i d-yețțasen s ɣuṛ Ṛebbi ;

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

⁴axaṭer Lmasiḥ, d nețța i ț-țaggara n ccariɛa, i d lḥeqq n wid yumnen meṛṛa.

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

⁵Atah wayen yura Sidna Musa ɣef lḥeqq i d-ițekken si ccariɛa : Amdan ara ixedmen ayen i d-tenna ccariɛa, ad yidir yis.

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);

⁶Lameɛna atah wamek ițmeslay lḥeqq i d-ițasen si liman : ur qqaṛ ara deg ul-inek anwa ara yalin ɣer igenni ; amakken Lmasiḥ ur d-iṣubb ara syenna

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

⁷Neɣ anwa ara iṣubben ɣer laxeṛt ? amakken ur d-yeḥyi ara Lmasiḥ si ger lmegtin .

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:

⁸Acu i d teqqaṛ ihi ? Awal n tudert atan ɣuṛ-ek, deg imi-k d wul-ik . Awal-agi d awal n liman, d awal i nețbecciṛ.

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.

⁹Ma tcehdeḍ s yimi-k belli Sidna Ɛisa d Ssid-ik, ma tumneḍ deg wul-ik belli Sidi Ṛebbi isseḥya-t-id si ger lmegtin, atan aț-țețțuselkeḍ.

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

¹⁰Axaṭer ma yella tumneḍ seg wul, Sidi Ṛebbi a k-iḥseb d aḥeqqi ; ma tcehdeḍ s yimi-k aț-țețțuselkeḍ.

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

¹¹Akken i t-id-nnant tira iqedsen : Kra n win yumnen yis weṛǧin ad inneḥcam.

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.

¹²Ihi ulac lxilaf ger wat Isṛail akk-d wid ur nelli ara n wat Isṛail ; imi yiwen n Ṛebbi i gellan, ṭṭfen meṛṛa deg-s, nețța i d-yețțaken mbla ceḥḥa i wid akk ineddhen ɣuṛ-es.

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

¹³Akken yura : Kra win ara yedɛun s yisem-is ad ițțusellek.

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?

¹⁴Amek ara dɛun ɣuṛ-es ma yella ur uminen ara yis ? Amek ara amnen ma yella ur slin ara yis ? Amek daɣen ara slen yis ma ulac win i sen-ihedṛen fell-as ?

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

¹⁵Amek ara yilin wid ara d-ihedṛen fell-as ma yella ur țțuceggɛen ara ? Akken yura di tira iqedsen : Acḥal yelha m'ara nwali teddun-d ɣuṛ-nneɣ wid ițbecciṛen lexbaṛ n lxiṛ.

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

¹⁶Lameɛna ur qbilen ara meṛṛa lexbaṛ-agi n lxiṛ. Nnbi Iceɛya yenna daɣen : A Sidi, anwa i gumnen s wayen i nberreḥ ?

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

¹⁷S wakka liman ițțas-ed seg wayen i nsell yeɛnan awal n Lmasiḥ.

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

¹⁸Lameɛna ma nenna-d : ahat ur slin ara ? Atah wayen yuran : ?ṣut-nsen inuda ddunit meṛṛa, lehduṛ-nsen wwḍen ɣer ixfawen n ddunit.

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

¹⁹Nezmer a d-nini : ahat ur ẓrin ara wat Isṛail ? Lameɛna d Musa i d-ixebbṛen d amezwaru s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi mi d-yenna : A wen-d-ssekkreɣ tismin ɣef win ur nelli ara d agdud ; a kkun-id-yas wurrif ɣef wegdud ur nesɛi lefhama.

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

²⁰ Nnbi Iceɛya yessaweḍ armi genna : Ufan-iyi wid ur nennuda ara fell-i, sbeggneɣ-d iman-iw i wid ur nqelleb ara ad iyi-ssinen.

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

²¹Meɛna ɣef wat Isṛail yenna : ?elqeɣ ifassen-iw ṭul n wass ɣer wegdud i yi-ixulfen, i yi-iɛuṣan.