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

¹A wen-d-iniɣ tideț, nekk iteddun deg ubrid n Lmasiḥ, ur skiddibeɣ ara ; lxaṭer-iw icehhed-d ɣef wayagi s Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen i yi-sedduyen :

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

²leḥzen d uɣilif zgan deg ul-iw.

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

³Zemreɣ ad qebleɣ ad țțuneɛleɣ neɣ ad țțuḥeṛṛmeɣ ɣef Lmasiḥ ɣef ddemma n watmaten-iw akk-d lumma-inu ;

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

⁴nutni at Isṛail i gextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi d agdud-is yefka-yasen-d lɛaḍima, yexdem yid-sen leɛqud, yefka-yasen-d ccariɛa d wamek ara t-ɛebden, yerna-yasen-d lemɛahdat.

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

⁵Seg-sen i d-ffɣen lejdud-nneɣ i gellan d iqeddacen imezwura n Sidi Ṛebbi, ula d Lmasiḥ seg-sen i d-iffeɣ mi d-ilul s ṣṣifa n wemdan, nețța i gellan sennig kra yellan, d Illu yețwaḥemden i dayem. Amin !

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

⁶Acu ara d-nini ? Sidi Ṛebbi yendem deg wawal-is ? Xaṭi ! Meɛna mačči d wid meṛṛa i d-ilulen seg jeddi-tneɣ Isṛail i gellan n wat Isṛail i gextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi.

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

⁷Daɣen mačči d wid meṛṛa i d-yeǧǧa Sidna Ibṛahim i gellan d arraw-is n tideț, axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi inna-yas-d : Seg Isḥaq ara d-teffeɣ dderya i k-weɛdeɣ.

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.

⁸S wakka ihi nezmer ad ini mačči d dderya i d ilulen s lebɣi n wemdan ara ițțusemmin d arraw n Sidi Ṛebbi meɛna anagar wid i d-ilulen s lebɣi n Sidi Ṛebbi akken i t-id-yewɛed.

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

⁹Axaṭer atnan imeslayen s wayes i gɛuhed Sidi Ṛebbi : A d-uɣaleɣ aseggas i d-iteddun di lweqt-agi, ?ara a d-tesɛu aqcic.

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

¹⁰Mačči d ayagi kan : arraw n Rbiḥa daɣen i gellan d akniwen, sɛan yiwen n baba-tsen yellan d jeddi-tneɣ Isḥaq.

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.

¹¹Meɛna imi Sidi Ṛebbi ițextiri imdanen mačči ɣef ddemma n lecɣal-nsen meɛna akken yella lebɣi-s d usiwel-ines ; mazal urɛad i d-lulen warraw n Rbiḥa, ur xdimen cceṛ, ur xdimen lxiṛ, mi s-d-yenna Sidi Ṛebbi : Amenzu deg warraw-im ad yuɣal d aqeddac ɣef wumecṭuḥ.

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

¹³Akken i gura daɣen deg umkan nniḍen n tira iqedsen : ?emmleɣ Yeɛqub, keṛheɣ Icaw.

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

¹⁴D acu ara d-nini deg wannect-a ? Eɛni Sidi Ṛebbi ixeddem lbaṭel ? D lmuḥal !

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

¹⁵Axaṭer yenna-yas i Sidna Musa : A d-sserseɣ ṛṛeḥma-inu ɣef win i bɣiɣ, ad ḥunneɣ daɣen ɣef win i bɣiɣ.

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

¹⁶Lbaṛaka n Sidi Ṛebbi ur d-tețțas ara s lefɛayel n wemdan ama yuzzel ama yeqqim meɛna kullec yețțas-ed s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi i d-yețțaken ṛṛeḥma ines akken yebɣa.

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

¹⁷Anda nniḍen di tira iqedsen Sidi Ṛebbi yenna i Ferɛun agellid n Maṣer : Sbeddeɣ-k d agellid ameqqran iwakken a d-sbeggneɣ tazmert-iw deg-ek, s wakka di ddunit meṛṛa ad issinen belli d nekk i d Illu.

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

¹⁸Akka ihi, Sidi Ṛebbi yesrusu-d ṛṛeḥma-s ɣef win yebɣa, isɣaṛay daɣen ul n win yebɣa.

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

¹⁹Ahat ad yili win ara d-yinin : imi akka i gella lḥal, acu i mazal ițlumu deg-nneɣ ? Anwa i gzemren a t-iɛaṣi ?

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

²⁰I kečč ay amdan ur nesɛi azal, d acu i tḥesbeḍ iman-ik iwakken aț-țḥasbeḍ Sidi Ṛebbi ? Eɛni tacmuxt ițwameslen s wakal tezmer aț-țini i win i ț-imeslen acuɣer i yi-tmesleḍ s ṣṣifa-yagi ?

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

²¹Win imesslen afexxaṛ yezmer ad ixdem ayen i s-ihwan s wakal ; seg wakal-nni yezmer ad imsel tacmuxt izewqen neɣ tin i sseqdacen kull ass.

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?

²²Eɛni Sidi Ṛebbi ur yezmir ara a d-ibeggen urrif-is akk-d tezmert-is ? Iɣaḍ-ik lḥal ma yella yeṣber s ṣṣber ameqqran i wid yuklalen urrif-is yerna teddun ɣer nnger ?

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

²³Deg wannect-agi, Sidi Ṛebbi yebɣa a d-isbeggen acḥal meqqṛet tmanegt-is i nukni i ɣef iḥunn, i ghegga si zik iwakken a nili yid-es di tmanegt-is ;

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

²⁴nukni iwumi i d-yessawel Sidi Ṛebbi mačči seg wat Isṛail kan, meɛna ula si ger leǧnas nniḍen ;

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

²⁵akken i t-id-yenna Sidi Ṛebbi di tektabt n nnbi Hucaɛ : Lǧens-nni ur nelli ara d agdud-iw a s-semmiɣ agdud-iw, win akken ur nețwaḥemmel ara a s-semmiɣ win eɛzizen fell-i.

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

²⁶Anda akken i sen-qqaṛen : « Ur tellim ara d agdud n Sidi Ṛebbi», dinna ara țțusemmin d arraw n Sidi Ṛebbi yeddren.

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

²⁷Si lǧiha-s, nnbi Iceɛya icar-ed ɣef wayen yeɛnan agdud n wat Isṛail : ?as ad ketṛen wat Isṛail am ṛṛmel ɣef yiri n lebḥeṛ, kra deg-sen kan ara yețțuselken.

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;

²⁸ Axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi ur ițɛeṭṭil ara ad ixdem di ddunit ayen akken i d-yenna deg wawal-is.

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

²⁹ Yura di tira iqedsen : Lemmer Sidi Ṛebbi Bab n tezmert ur aɣ-d yeǧǧi ara kra seg wegdud-nneɣ, tili nuɣal am temdint n Sudum, aț-țeḍru yid-nneɣ am temdint n Gumuṛ inegren. Ayagi yenna-t-id nnbi Iceɛya uqbel a d-yedṛu.

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

³⁰D acu ara d-nini ihi ? Igduden nniḍen ur nețnadi ara ɣef lḥeqq uɣalen d iḥeqqiyen zdat Sidi Ṛebbi, uɣalen d iḥeqqiyen imi umnen yis.

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

³¹Ma d at Isṛail yețnadin ad uɣalen d iḥeqqiyen s ccariɛa, ur wwiḍen ara ɣer lmeqṣud-nsen s ccariɛa.

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

³²Acuɣer ? Axaṭer ur qellben ara ad ɛeǧben i Sidi Ṛebbi s liman, meɛna nutni ɣilen ad uɣalen d iḥeqqiyen s lefɛayel-nsen. Mmugren-d adɣaɣ i sen-yellan d ugur, isseɣli-ten.

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

³³Am akken yura di tektabt iqedsen : Atan ad sserseɣ ɣef wedrar n Siyun adɣaɣ, d adɣaɣ i ɣef yekkat wugur, d azṛu yesseɣlayen, meɛna win yumnen yis weṛǧin ad yenneḥcam.

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