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

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

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

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

3 I 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.

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

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

For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

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

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

6 K o 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:

But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);

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

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

8 E 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;

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart”; that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

9 A ra 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.

that 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.

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

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

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

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”

12 K ahore 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.

For 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.

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

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

14 N a, 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?

How 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?

15 A 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!

And 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!”

16 O tira 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?

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

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

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

18 O tiia 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.

But 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.”

19 K o 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.

But 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.”

20 A 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.

Isaiah 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.”

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

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