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.

¹Ahihleh, Pathianin a mite a pai khia ahia? Pai khelou hial. Kei leng Israel mi, Abraham suan, Benjamin nam ka hi ngala.

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:

²Pathianin a mi a theihkholhte a pai khe kei hi. Laisiangthouin Elija thu a gen na theikei ua hia? Aman Israel mite tungthu Pathian kiangah a tuna,

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

³Toupa, na jawlneite a hihlum ua, na maitamte a hihchim ua; keimah kia nutsiatin ka om, kei leng honhihlup a hontum uhi, a chih.

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

⁴Himahleh, Pathianin bangchin a dawnga? Baal maa khukdin ngeilou mi sang sagih keimah adingin ka hawi ahi, chiin, a dawng hi.

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

⁵Huchibangin, tulaiin leng a sibang, hehpihna a tel a om.

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.

⁶Hehpihnajiak a hih leh, nasep jiak a hita kei, huchi ahihkeileh, hehpihna tuh hehpihna a hita kei ding.

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

⁷Bang chi a hita dia leh? Israel miten a zon uh a mu kei uh. Telten bel a mu uh, a dangte tengteng a nanggawpta uhi.

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

⁸Pathianin tuni tanin a kiang uah lusukna kha a pia a, muh theihlouhna mitte, jak theihlouhna bilte toh, chih gelh bangin.

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

⁹Huan, Davidin, A dohkan uh amau adingin thang leh pial leh, pukna leh, phulakna honghi heh;

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

¹⁰A theihlouhna ding un a mitte uh hongmial heh, nanga a nungjang uh kun sak gige in, a chi a.

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.

¹¹Ahihleh, a kisuih uh a kipuk denna ding uhia? Hilou hial ding. A puk jiak un Jentelte kiangah hotdamna a hong tungzota ahi, Israel mite hajat dingin.

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

¹²Huchiin, a pukna u bawn khovel hihhauhsakna a hiha, a kiamna uh bawn Jentelte hauhsakna leng a hih leh, a buchin nawn na uh bangchi pheta hamphatna lianjawin a jui de aw!

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

¹³Huchiin, nou Jentelte kiangah ka gen ahi. Kei Jentelte kianga sawltak ka hih jiakin, ka nasepna pen ka pahtawi ahi,

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

¹⁴Huchi-a ka chipihte ka hajat sak theih teiteina ding leh a lak ua khenkhatte ka hotdam theihna dingin.

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

¹⁵Amau paih khiakna bawn khovel toh kituah nawn na ahihleh, amau deih nawn na ding sihna akipan hin nawna loungal bang ahi dia?

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

¹⁶Huan, gah masa thillat, tangbuang mek them a sianthou leh huchimah bangin a beupi a siangthou hi; huan, a zungpi a siangthou leh ahiangte leng huchi mahbang ahi uh.

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;

¹⁷Huan, ahiang khenkhat te hih tana a om in, nang, oliv taklou, amau laka phuhlutin na oma, oliv singa hauhna zung kikoppih sam na hih manin,

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

¹⁸Hiang dangte lakah kisathei ken. Kisathei mahle chin, nang a zung vakpa na hi keia, huai a zung tuh nang honvakpa ahi jaw hi.

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

¹⁹Huan, nang, Phutluta ka om theihna dingin hiangte hihtanin a om khinta vo oi, nachi dia.

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

²⁰Ahi, a gintak louhna jiak un hihtanin a om ua, nang na ginna jiakin na ding ahi, Uang kenla, lau jaw in:

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

²¹Pathian in hiang taktepen bawn a hawi keingal leh, nang leng a honhawi tuan kei ding hi.

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.

²²Huchiin, Pathian hoihna leh a thukhauhna ngaihtuah i: a pukte adingin a thukhauhna; nang adingin bel a hoihna, hoihnaa na om gige leh; huchi a hihkeileh, nang leng sat khiakin na om sam ding.

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

²³Huan, amau leng, gingta loua a om nilouh kei uleh, phuhlutin a om ding uh; Pathian in amau a phutlut nawn thei ngala.

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?

²⁴Nang piandana oliv taklou akipana sat sup bawn, pian dan lou banga oliv sing hoiha phutluta na om leh, tua ahiang taktakte pen, amau oliv sing ngeingeiah phutlut ding nak hih natel unchia!

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,

²⁵Unaute aw, hiai thuguk na theih louh uh ka ut keia, huchilou injaw na kipil sak ding uh: Jentelte buchinna a hongtun matan Israel mi khenkhatte tungah siatna a hongtung tadih ahi,

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.

²⁶Huchiin, Israel mi tengteng hotdamin a om ding uh; Zion akipanin Hondampa a hong suak dinga, Jakob kianga kipan Pathian limsaklouhna a hihmang ding;

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

²⁷Huan, hiai a kiang ua ka thu khun ding ahi, a khelhnate uh ka lakmang chiangin, chih gelh bangin.

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

²⁸Tanchin Hoih lam ngaihtuah in, nou jiakin melma ahi ua; tel thu lam ngaihtuahin bel a pipute uh jiakin deihtakte ahi uhi.

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

²⁹Pathianin a thilthawnpiak ah leh a sapna ah a lungsim a khel ngei kei hi.

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

³⁰Nidanglaiin Pathian thu na ging kei ua, himahleh tuin amau a gin louh jiak un zahngaihna na mu ngal ua.

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

³¹Huchi mahbangin, tuin, Pathian in nou a honhehpihna jiak a, zahngaihna a muh theihna ding un amau leng ging lou eita ve ua.

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

³²Pathianin a hehpih vek theihna dingin mi tengteng ginlouhnaah a khum vekta ngala.

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!

³³Pathian pilna leh theihna hauhdan thuk hina tele! A vaihawmnate theihtheih vual leh, a lampite sui theih vual hi keina tele!

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

³⁴Toupa lungsim kuan ahia thei? Kuan a vaihawm saka?

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

³⁵A dit nawn dingin leng a kiangah kuan ahia thil pe masa?Amah akipan leh, amah jiak leh, amah adingin thil tengteng a hongom ahi ngal a; amah kiangah khantawnin thupina om hen. Amen.

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

³⁶Amah akipan leh, amah jiak leh, amah adingin thil tengteng a hongom ahi ngal a; amah kiangah khantawnin thupina om hen. Amen.