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

¹Kris ah thu taktak ka gen ahi, ka juau kei, kha Siangthou ah ka sia leh pha theihnain leng hontheihpiha,

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

²Ka lungtang ah haksakna thupitak leh lunggaihna dai theilou ka pai ahi.

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

³Ka unaute sa lama ka chi pihte sikin, kei pen Kris kianga kipan hihtuam khop hialin hamse thuakin om hial leng ka chi ngala.

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

⁴Isreal mi ahi ngal ua; ta hihna bang, thupina bang, thukhun tengteng bang, dan piakna bang, Pathian nasepna bang, thuchiam tengteng bang, amaua ahi a;

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

⁵Pipute leng amaua ahi ua, sa lam thu ah Kris leng amau laka kipan a hongpawt ahi a; amah thil tengteng tunga om, khantawn phat tuak Pathian ahi. Amen.

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

⁶Himahleh, Pathian thu bangmahlou banga omta ahi keia. Isreal suante Isreal mi ahi vek kei uhi;

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

⁷Abraham suante a hih jiak un a vek un a tate leng ahi kei uhi; Isaak ah na suante a kiminloh ding, chih ahi jaw hi.

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.

⁸Huai tuh, sa tate Pathian tate ahi kei ua, thuchiam tate Abraham suana seh ahi jaw uh, chihna ahi.

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

⁹Thuchiam pen tuh hiai ahi: Tu hun bangin ka hong dia, Sarain ta a nei ding chih.

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

¹⁰Huai phet ahi kei Rebekain leng i pu Isaak laka nau a pai laiin,

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.

¹¹Naupangte a pian ma un, sia leh pha a hih ma un, thilhih jiak hilou in, a sampa deih jiak hi jawin, tel lam thu ah Pathian thu seh tuh a kip theihna dingin-a kiangah;

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

¹²A upa jawin a naupang jaw na a sem ding, Pathianin a chi ahi.

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

¹³Jakob ka it a, Esau jaw ka hua, chih gelh bangin.

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

¹⁴Bang I genta ding ua leh? Pathian ah diktatlouhna a om ahia?

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

¹⁵Om lou hial. Aman, Ka hehpih peuhmah ka hehpih dia, zah ka ngaihna tung peuhmah ah zah ka ngai ding, chiin, Mosi kiangah a genta ngal a.

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

¹⁶Huaijiakin, a deihpa jiak ahi keia, a taipa jiak leng ahi sam keia, a hehpihpa Pathian jiak ahi jaw hi.

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

¹⁷Laisiangthou in Pharo kiangah, Hiai jiak takin ka hontungding ahi, nanga ka thilhihtheihna ka taklat theihna ding leh, leitung tengtenga ka min a than theihna dingin, achi ngal a.

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

¹⁸Huchiin, Pathianin a ut peuhpeuh a hehpiha, a ut peuhpeuh leng a genhak sak ahi.

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

¹⁹Nou, ka kiangah, Bangdia hondem ahia? A deihlam kuan ahia kalh? Non chi ding uh a hih tuak.

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

²⁰Ahi, himahleh, mihing aw, Pathian nial vialpa kua na hia leh? Thilsiamin, a siampa kiangah, Bang achia hichi banga honsiam? A chi dia hia?

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?

²¹Bellei tang khat apan bel khat kilawm taka, bel khat zatna niama zat ding a bawl din belvelpan bellei tungah thu a neikeia hia?

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

²²Hehna bel mangthang dia kilawmte tunga, Pathianin a hehna leh a thilhihtheihna latsak uta, a thuakzoh teitei leh, bang a poi dia, huchia,

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

²³Hehpihna bel, thupi dinga a nabawl kholhte tunga, a hehpihna hauhdan a latsak theihna dingin.

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

²⁴Huaite tuh eite i hi-huai hehpihna belte Judate laka kipan kia hilou a, Jentelte laka kipana leng sapte.

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

²⁵Hosia laibu ah, Ka mite hi ngei lou, ka mite, ka chi dia; huan, it ngei louhnu leng Itnu, ka chi ding.

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

²⁶Huan hichi a honghi dia, a kiang ua, Ka mite na hi kei uh, chihna mun ah ngei Pathian hing tate sakin a om ding uh. chih gelh bangin.

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;

²⁷Isai in leng Isreal mite thu kikou pihin, Isreal mite jaw tuipi puiaunel zahin tam mahle uh, a gawt bang kia hotdamin a om ding uh.

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

²⁸Toupan kintaka hihzou vekin leitungah a gawt ding thu a tangtun dek ngala, a chi.

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

²⁹Isai mahin, Mipite Toupan chi suah ding honna hawi saklou hileh Sodom khua bangin i naomta ding ua, Gomorra khua banga bawlin i naomta ding, chia a agen kholh bangin.

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

³⁰Bang i genta dia leh? Jentel, diktatna delh louten, diktatna a naphata uh ahi, -ginna jiaka diktatna tuh.

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

³¹Isreal, diktatna dan delhten, diktatna dan pen a pha zouta kei uh.

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

³²Bang hang ahia? Ginnain a delh kei ua, thilhiha muh theih bangin a delh jiak uh ahi. Pukna suangah a pukta ngal ua.Ngaiin, Zion ah kisuihna suang leh pukna suangpi ka koiha, kuapeuhmah amah gingta tuh a zahlak kei ding, chih gelh bangin.

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

³³Ngaiin, Zion ah kisuihna suang leh pukna suangpi ka koiha, kuapeuhmah amah gingta tuh a zahlak kei ding, chih gelh bangin.