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

¹¶ E oku teina, ko ta toku ngakau i wawata ai, ko toku inoi hoki ki te Atua mo ratou, kia whakaorangia ratou.

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

²E whakaae ana hoki ahau ki a ratou, he ngakau nui to ratou ki te Atua, otiia ehara i te mea mohio.

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

³I a ratou hoki e kuware ana ki ta te Atua tika, e whai ana kia whakaukia ko to ratou ake, kihai ratou i ngohengohe ki te tika a te Atua.

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

⁴Ko te Karaiti hoki te tukunga iho o te ture hei tika mo nga tangata whakapono katoa.

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

⁵Kua tuhituhia hoki e Mohi, ko te tangata e whakarite ana i ta te ture tika, ka ora ia i reira.

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);

⁶Ko te kupu ia tenei o to te whakapono tika, Aua e mea i roto i tou ngakau, Ko wai hei kake ki te rangi? ara ki te tiki atu i a te Karaiti ki raro:

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

⁷Ko wai ranei hei heke iho ki te hohonu? ara ki te tiki atu i a te Karaiti i roto i te hunga mate.

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:

⁸E pehea ana oti? E tata ana ki a koe te kupu, kei tou mangai, kei tou ngakau: ko ia tenei, ko te kupu o te whakapono e kauwhau nei matou;

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.

⁹Ara ki te whakaae tou mangai ko Ihu te Ariki, a ki te whakapono tou ngakau na te Atua ia i whakaara ake i te hunga mate, e ora koe.

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

¹⁰Ma te ngakau hoki kia whakapono ka tika ai; ma te mangai kia whakaae ka ora ai.

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

¹¹E mea ana hoki te karaipiture, Ko nga tangata katoa e whakapono ana ki a ia e kore e meinga kia whakama.

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.

¹²¶ Kahore hoki he rereketanga o te Hurai, o te Kariki: a ko taua Ariki ano te Ariki o te katoa, a e hua ana ana taonga ki te hunga katoa e karanga ana ki a ia.

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

¹³E ora hoki nga tangata katoa e karanga ana ki te ingoa o te Ariki.

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?

¹⁴Na, me pehea ta ratou karanga ki a ia, ki te kahore i whakapono ki a ia? me pehea hoki ta ratou whakapono ki a ia, ki te kahore i rongo ki a ia? me pehea hoki e rongo ai, ki te kahore he kaikauwhau?

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

¹⁵A me pehea e kauwhau ai, ki te kahore e tonoa? ko te mea ia i tuhituhia, Ano te ataahua o nga waewae o te hunga kawe mai i te rongo whakahari o nga mea papai!

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

¹⁶Otira kahore ratou katoa i ngohengohe ki nga rongo whakahari. E mea ana hoki a Ihaia, E te Ariki, ko wai i whakapono ki ta matou whakaatu?

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

¹⁷Ina, na te rongo te whakapono, a ko te rongo na te kupu a te Karaiti.

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

¹⁸Otiia ko taku kupu tenei, Kahore ranei ratou i rongo? Koia ra ia, Kua puta atu to ratou reo ki te whenua katoa, a ratou kupu hoki ki nga topito o te ao.

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

¹⁹Ko taku kupu ia tenei, kahore ianei a Iharaira i mohio? Na Mohi te kupu tuatahi, Maku koutou e whakaoho kia hae ki te hunga ehara i te iwi; Ka meinga e ahau te iwi poauau hei whakaoho i a koutou ki te riri.

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

²⁰A ka maia rawa a Ihaia, ka mea, Kua kitea ahau e te hunga kihai i rapu i ahau; kua whakakitea ahau ki te hunga kihai nei i ui ki ahau.

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

²¹Ko tana kupu ia mo Iharaira, Pau noa te ra i totoro atu ai oku ringa ki te iwi tutu, ki te iwi whakahawea.