1 H e pono taku korero i roto i a te karaiti, kahore aku teka, a e whakaae ana toku hinengaro ki ahau i roto i te Wairua Tapu,

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

2 H e nui atu toku pouri, mau tonu te mamae o toku ngakau.

that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

3 H e pai hoki ki ahau me i kanga ahau, me i motuhia i a te Karaiti, he whakaaro ki oku teina, ara ki oku whanaunga o te wahi ki te kikokiko:

for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ -- for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

4 N o Iharaira nei ratou; no ratou nei te whakatamarikitanga, te kororia, nga kawenata, te homaitanga o te ture, te karakia ki te Atua, me nga kupu whakaari;

who are Israelites, whose the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

5 N o ratou nei nga matua, no ratou ano a te Karaiti i te wahi ki te kikokiko, ko ia nei kei runga ake i nga mea katoa, ko te Atua e whakapaingia ana ake ake. Amine.

whose the fathers, and of whom the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

6 E hara ia i te mea kua taka te kupu a te Atua. Ko te hunga hoki o Iharaira, ehara i te mea no Iharaira katoa:

And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who of Israel are these Israel;

7 A hakoa he uri no Aperahama, ehara ratou katoa i te tamariki: engari, Kei a Ihaka te whakaingoatanga mo ou uri.

nor because they are seed of Abraham all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

8 A ra, ehara i te mea ko nga tamariki a te kikokiko nga tamariki a te Atua, engari ko nga tamariki a te kupu whakaari, ko ratou ka kiia he uri.

that is, the children of the flesh -- these not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

9 H e kupu whakaari hoki tenei, Kia taka tenei wa ka haere mai ahau, a ka whanau he tama ma Hera.

for the word of promise this; `According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.'

10 N a ehara i te mea ko tenei anake; i a Ripeka ano ia kua hapu i tetahi, ara i a Ihaka, i to matou matua;

And not only, but also Rebecca, having conceived by one -- Isaac our father --

11 I nga tama hoki kahore ano i whanau noa, kahore ano hoki i mahi i te pai, i te kino ranei, he mea kia u ai ta te Atua i whakatakoto ai mo te whiriwhiringa, ehara i nga mahi, engari na te kaikaranga;

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

12 K a korerotia ki a ia, Ko te tuakana hei pononga ma te teina:

`The greater shall serve the less;'

13 K o te mea ia i tuhituhia, Kua aroha ahau ki a Hakopa, kua kino ki a Ehau.

according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

14 K a pehea ai i kona ta tatou korero? He tikanga he koia kei te Atua? Kahore rapea.

What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness with God? let it not be!

15 I mea hoki ia ki a Mohi, E tohu ahau i taku e tohu ai, e atawhai ahau ki taku e atawhai ai.

for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'

16 N o reira, ehara i te mea na te hiahia o te tangata, na te oma ranei o te tangata, engari na te Atua, ko ia e tohu nei.

so, then -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

17 E mea nei hoki te karaipiture ki a Parao, Mo konei pu ano koe i whakaarahia ai e ahau, kia ai koe hei whakakite i toku kaha, kia korerotia hoki toku ingoa ki te whenua katoa.

for the Writing saith to Pharaoh -- `For this very thing I did raise thee up, that I might shew in thee My power, and that My name might be declared in all the land;'

18 N a kona, e tohungia ana e ia, ko tana e pai ai, ko tana hoki e pai ai e whakapakeketia ana e ia.

so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

19 N a, tera koe e mea mai ki ahau, he aha ia i riri tonu ai? ko wai hoki e whakakeke ana ki tana i pai ai?

Thou wilt say, then, to me, `Why yet doth He find fault? for His counsel who hath resisted?'

20 H a, e te tangata nei, ko wai koe hei whakahoki kupu ki te Atua? Ma te mea hanga koia e mea ki tona kaihanga, He aha ahau i hanga ai e koe kia penei?

nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form, Why me didst thou make thus?

21 H e teka ianei kei te kaihanga riri te tikanga mo te paru, kia hanga tetahi wahi o taua mea kotahi i pokepokea hei oko rangatira, tetahi wahi hei mea ware?

hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?

22 H e aha hoki, mehemea, i tona whakaaro kia whakakitea tona riri, a kia whakaputaina tona kaha, ka whakaririka te Atua i runga i te manawanui ki nga oko o te riri, e rite rawa nei mo te whakangaro?

And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

23 K ia whakakitea ano hoki e ia nga rawa o tona kororia ki nga oko o te mahi tohu, kua rite noa ake nei i a ia mo te kororia,

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

24 A ra ki a tatou, i karangatia e ia, ehara i te mea no nga Hurai anake, engari no nga tauiwi ano hoki?

not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,

25 K o tana kupu ano tena i ta Hohea, Ka kiia e ahau tera ko toku iwi, ehara nei i te iwi noku; a he wahine e arohaina ana te wahine kihai i arohaina.

as also in Hosea He saith, `I will call what not My people -- My people; and her not beloved -- Beloved,

26 A tenei ake, i te wahi i korerotia ai ki a ratou, Ehara koutou i te iwi noku; ko reira ratou kiia ai he tama na te Atua ora.

and it shall be -- in the place where it was said to them, Ye not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.'

27 K o ta Ihaia karanga hoki mo Iharaira, Ahakoa i rite te tokomaha o nga tama a Iharaira ki te onepu o te moana, ko te toenga kau e ora:

And Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, `If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

28 M a te Ariki hoki e whakatutuki tana kupu ki runga i te whenua, mana e whakaoti, mana e poro tata.

for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

29 A , e ki ra a Ihaia i mua ra, Me kahore te toe i te Atua o nga mano he whanau mo tatou, kua pera tatou me Horoma, kua rite ano hoki ki Komora.

and according as Isaiah saith before, `Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

30 N a, kia pehea ta tatou korero? Ko nga tauiwi, kihai nei i whai i te tika, kua tae ratou ki te tika, ara ki te tika, na te whakapono.

What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that of faith,

31 K o Iharaira ia, whai ana i tetahi ture o te tika, kihai ratou i tae ki taua ture.

and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

32 N a te aha? Na te mea kihai ratou i whai i runga i te whakapono, engari ano na runga i nga mahi. I tutuki hoki o ratou waewae ki te kamaka tutukitanga;

wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

33 K o te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, nana, ka whakatakotoria e ahau ki Hiona he kamaka tutukitanga, he kohatu whakahinga: na, ko te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia, e kore e meinga kia whakama.

according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'