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

Brethren, my heart’s desire and goodwill for, I long and pray to God that they may be saved.

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

I bear them witness that they have a zeal and enthusiasm for God, but it is not enlightened and according to knowledge.

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

For being ignorant of the righteousness that God ascribes and seeking to establish a righteousness (a means of salvation) of their own, they did not obey or submit themselves to God’s righteousness.

4 F or Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

For Christ is the end of the Law as the means of righteousness (right relationship to God) for everyone who trusts in and adheres to and relies on Him.

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

For Moses writes that the man who practice the righteousness (perfect conformity to God’s will) which is based on the Law shall live by it.

6 a nd 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?

But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into Heaven? that is, to bring Christ down;

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

Or who will descend into the abyss? that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.

8 B ut 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;

But what does it say? The Word (God’s message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is, the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach,

9 t hat 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,

Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 f or with the heart doth believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms salvation.

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

The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him will be put to shame or be disappointed.

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

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him.

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

For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.

14 H ow 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?

But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed ? And how are they to believe in Him of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?

15 a nd 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!'

And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings!

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

But they have not all heeded the Gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed (had faith in) what he has heard from us?

17 s o then the faith by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

So faith comes by hearing, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ (the Messiah Himself).

18 b ut 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.'

But I ask, Have they not heard? Indeed they have; Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the far bounds of the world.

19 B ut 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,'

Again I ask, Did Israel not understand? First, there is Moses who says, I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.

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

Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been found by those who did not seek Me; I have shown (revealed) Myself to those who did not ask for Me.

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

But of Israel he says, All day long I have stretched out My hands to a people unyielding and disobedient and self-willed.