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

¹Hama, chishuwo zvirokwazvo chemoyo wangu, nemukumbiro kuna Mwari pamusoro paIsraeri ndecheruponeso rwavo.

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

²Nekuti ndinopupura nezvavo kuti vanoshingairira Mwari, asi kwete maererano neruzivo.

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

³Nekuti ivo zvavakanga vasingazivi kururama kwaMwari, vakatsvaka kumisa kururama kwavo vamene, vakasazviisa pasi pekururama kwaMwari.

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

⁴Nekuti Kristu mugumo wemurairo pakururama, kuna ani nani unotenda.

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

⁵Nekuti Mozisi unotsanangura kururama kuri kwemurairo, kuti munhu unoita zvinhu izvozvo uchararama nazvo.

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);

⁶Asi kururama kunobva parutendo kunotaura sezvizvi: Usati mumoyo mako: Ndiani uchakwira kudenga? uku ndiko kuti kuburusa Kristu;

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

⁷kana kuti: Ndiani uchaburukira kwakadzikadzika? uku ndiko kuti kubudisa Kristuzve kuvakafa.

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:

⁸Asi kunoti kudini? Shoko riri pedo newe, mumuromo mako nemumoyo mako; ndiro shoko rerutendo ratinoparidza;

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.

⁹kuti, kana iwe uchibvuma nemuromo wako Ishe Jesu, nerutendo mumoyo mako kuti Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa, uchaponeswa;

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

¹⁰nekuti nemoyo munhu unotenda kova kururama; uye nemuromo unobvuma kova kuponeswa.

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

¹¹Nekuti rugwaro rwunoti: Ani nani unotenda kwaari haanganyadziswi.

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.

¹²Nekuti hapana musiyano pakati pemuJudha nemuGiriki; nekuti ishe mumwe chete wevose wakafuma kune vose vanonamata kwaari.

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

¹³Nekuti ani nani uchadana kuzita raIshe, uchaponeswa.

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?

¹⁴Zvino vachagodana sei kuna iye wavasina kutenda kwaari? Uye vachatenda sei wavasina kunzwa nezvake? Vachanzwa sei vasina muparidzi?

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

¹⁵Vachaparidza sei vasingatumwi? Sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Dzakanaka sei tsoka dzevanoparidza evhangeri yerugare, nevanoparidza mashoko emufaro ezvinhu zvakanaka?

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

¹⁶Asi vose havana kuteerera evhangeri. Nekuti Isaya unoti: Ishe, ndiani wakatenda zvatakaparidza?

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

¹⁷Naizvozvo rutendo rwunouya nekunzwa, nekunzwa neshoko raMwari.

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

¹⁸Asi ndinoti: Havana kunzwa here? Hongu zvirokwazvo, Inzwi ravo rakaenda kunyika yose; nemashoko avo kumigumo yenyika.

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

¹⁹Asi ndinoti: Israeri haana kuziva here? Pakutanga Mozisi unoti: Ndichakumutsirai godo kwete nevatorwa, nerudzi rusingafungi ndichakutsamwisai.

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

²⁰NaIsaya une ushingi uye unoti: Ndakawanikwa nevasina kunditsvaka; ndakaratidzwa kune vasina kundibvunza.

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

²¹Asi kuna Israeri unoti: Zuva rose ndakatambanudza maoko angu kuvanhu vasingateereri, nevanokakavara.