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

Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that to God for Israel, is -- for salvation;

2 F or I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

3 F or they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

4 F or Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

5 F or Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.”

for Moses doth describe the righteousness that of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,'

6 B ut the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down from above )

and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: `Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,' that is, Christ to bring down?

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

or, `Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.

8 B ut 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):

But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying -- in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;

9 t hat if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

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

for with the heart doth believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

11 F or the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'

12 F or there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.

for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all rich to all those calling upon Him,

13 F or “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Israel Rejects the Gospel

for every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

14 H ow then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

How then shall they call upon in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

15 A nd how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!”

and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

16 B ut they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “L ord, who has believed our report?”

But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, `Lord, who did give credence to our report?'

17 S o then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

so then the faith by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

18 B ut I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: “Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.”

but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed -- `to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.'

19 B ut I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.”

But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,'

20 B ut Isaiah is very bold and says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”

and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, `I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'

21 B ut to Israel he says: “All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people.”

and unto Israel He saith, `All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'