VaRoma 10

¹Hama dzangu, kuda kwomoyo wangu nokukumbira kwangu kunaMwari pamusoro paIsraeri ndiko, kuti vaponeswe.Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

²Nokuti ndinovapupurira kuti vanoshingairira Mwari, asi havaiti nokuziva.For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

³Nokuti, zvavakanga vasingazivi kururama kwaMwari, vakatsvaka kumisa kururama kwavo vamene, vakasazviisa pasi pokururama kwaMwari.For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

⁴Nokuti Kristu ndimugumo womurairo pakutsvaka kururama, kuno mumwe nomumwe unotenda.For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

⁵Nokuti Mosesi unonyora, achiti, munhu, unoita kururama, kunorebwa nomurairo, uchararama nazvo.For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

⁶Asi kururama kunobva pakutenda, kunoreva kudai: Usati mumoyo mako: Ndianiko uchakwira kudenga? (ndiko kuburusa Kristu;)But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

⁷kana, ndianiko uchaburukira kwakadzikadzika? (ndiko kubudisa Kristu kuvakafa.)Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

⁸Asi kunoreveiko? Shoko riri pedo newe, mumuromo mako, nomumoyo mako; ndiro shoko rokutenda ratinoparidza;But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

⁹kuti, kana uchipupura nomuromo wako kuti Jesu ndiye Ishe, nokutenda mumoyo mako, kuti Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa, uchaponeswa;That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

¹⁰nokuti munhu unotenda nomoyo, ndokururamiswa; unopupura nomuromo, ndokuponeswa.For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

¹¹Nokuti Rugwaro runoti: Aninani unotenda kwaari, haanganyadziswi,For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

¹²Nokuti muJudha nomuGiriki havasiyani; nokuti mumwe ndiye Ishe wavose, wakafuma kunavose vanodana kwaari;For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

¹³nokuti aninani unodana kuzita raShe, uchaponeswa.For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

¹⁴Zvino vachagodana seiko kunaiye, wavasina kutenda kwaari? Vachatenda seiko kunaiye, wavasina kunzwa? Vachanzwa seiko kana kusinomuparidzi?How 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?

¹⁵Vachaparidza seiko, kana vasingatumwi? Sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Dzakanaka sei tsoka dzavanoparidza Evhangeri yorugare, namashoko omufaro ezvinhu zvakanaka?And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

¹⁶Asi vose havana kuterera mashoko omufaro. Nokuti Isaya unoti: Ishe, ndianiko wakatenda zvatakaparidza?But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

¹⁷Naizvozvo kutenda kunovuya nokunzwa, nokunzwa kunovuya neshoko raMwari.So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

¹⁸Asi ndinoti: Havana kunzwa here? Hongu, zvirokwazvo, Inzwi ravo rakabuda kunyika yose, Namashoko avo kumigumo yenyika.But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

¹⁹Asi ndinoti: VaIsraeri havanakuziva here? Pakutanga Mosesi unoti: Ndichamutsa kutsamwa kwenyu norudzi rusinganzwisisi.But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

²⁰NaIsaya, asingatyi, unoti: Ndakavonekwa navasina kundibvunza.But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

²¹Asi kuvaIsraeri unoti: Ndakatambunudzira mavoko angu zuva rose kuvanhu vasingatereri, navanokakavara.But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.