1 Vennad, minu südame hea meel ja palve Jumala poole nende eest on, et nad õndsaks saaksid!
2 Sest ma annan neile tunnistuse, et nad on väga agarad Jumala suhtes, kuid mitte õiget tunnetust mööda;
3 sest kui nad ei mõista Jumala õigust ja püüavad üles seada oma õigust, siis ei ole nad alistunud Jumala õigusele.
4 Sest käsu lõppsiht on Kristus õiguseks igaühele, kes usub.
5 Sest Mooses kirjutab õigusest, mis tuleb käsust, et inimene, kes seda täidab, elab sellest.
6 Aga õigus, mis tuleb usust, ütleb nõnda: „Ära ütle oma südames: kes läheb üles taevasse? See on: Kristust alla tooma;
7 või: kes läheb alla sügavusse? See on: Kristust surnuist üles tooma!"
8 Vaid mis ta ütleb? „Sõna on sinule ligidal, sinu suus ja sinu südames!" See on usu sõna, mida me kuulutame!
9 Sest kui sa oma suuga tunnistad, et Jeesus on Issand, ja oma südames usud, et Jumal on Tema surnuist üles äratanud, siis sa saad õndsaks!
10 Sest südamega usutakse õiguseks, ent suuga tunnistatakse õndsuseks.
11 Sest Kiri ütleb: „Ükski, kes Temasse usub, ei jää häbisse!"
12 Siin ei ole vahet juudi ja kreeklase vahel, sest üks ja sama on kõikide Issand, rikas kõikide heaks, kes Teda appi hüüavad.
13 Sest igaüks, kes hüüab appi Issanda nime, päästetakse.
14 Kuidas nad nüüd saavad appi hüüda Teda, Kellesse nad ei ole uskunud? Ja kuidas nad võivad uskuda Temasse, kellest nad ei ole kuulnud? Ja kuidas nad saavad kuulda ilma kuulutajata?
15 Ja kuidas nad võivad kuulutada, kui neid ei läkitata? Nõnda nagu on kirjutatud: „Kui armsad on nende sammud, kes häid sõnumeid kuulutavad!"
16 Aga mitte kõik ei ole võtnud kuulda Evangeeliumi sõna. Sest Jesaja ütleb: „Issand, kes usub meie kuulutust?"
17 Nii tuleb siis usk kuuldust, aga kuuldu Kristuse sõna kaudu.
18 Aga ma küsin: kas nad siis ei ole kuulnud? On küll! „Üle kogu ilmamaa käib nende hääl ja maailma otsteni nende sõna!"
19 Aga ma küsin: kas Iisrael ei ole teada saanud? Esimesena ütleb Mooses: „Mina ärritan teid rahvaga, kes ei ole rahvas, ja vihastan teid mõistmatu rahvaga!"
20 Ent Jesaja räägib julgesti ja ütleb: „Mind on leidnud need, kes mind ei ole otsinud; ma olen saanud ilmsiks neile, kes mind ei ole nõudnud!"
21 Aga Iisraeli kohta ta ütleb: „Kogu päeva ma sirutan käsi rahva poole, kes ei kuula sõna ja räägib vastu!"
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.
2 For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.
3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.
5 For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)
7 Or, Who will go down into the deep? (that is, to make Christ come again from the dead:)
8 But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:
9 Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:
10 For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.
11 Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.
12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:
13 Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.
14 But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
15 And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
16 But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?
17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
18 But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.
20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.
21 But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.