1Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”10:5 Lev. 18:5 6But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ”10:6 Deut. 30:12 (that is, to bring Christ down) 7“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’ ”10:7 Deut. 30:13 (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”10:8 Deut. 30:14 that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”10:11 Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint) 12For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”10:13 Joel 2:32
14How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”10:15 Isaiah 52:7
16But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”10:16 Isaiah 53:1 17Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. 18But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:
“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”10:18 Psalm 19:4
19Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,
“I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;
I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”10:19 Deut. 32:21
20And Isaiah boldly says,
“I was found by those who did not seek me;
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”10:20 Isaiah 65:1
21But concerning Israel he says,
“All day long I have held out my hands
to a disobedient and obstinate people.”10:21 Isaiah 65:2
1ወንድሞች ሆይ፤ ስለ እስራኤላውያን የልቤ ምኞት፣ እግዚአብሔርንም የምለምነው እንዲድኑ ነው። 2ለእግዚአብሔር ቀናተኞች እንደ ሆኑ ስለ እነርሱ መመስከር እችላለሁና፤ ቅናታቸው ግን ከዕውቀት የተነሣ አይደለም። 3ከእግዚአብሔር የሚመጣውን ጽድቅ ስላላወቁና የራሳቸውን ጽድቅ ለመመሥረት ስለ ፈለጉ፣ ለእግዚአብሔር ጽድቅ አልተገዙም። 4ለሚያምን ሁሉ ጽድቅ ይሆን ዘንድ ክርስቶስ የሕግ ፍጻሜ ነውና።
5ሙሴ በሕግ በኩል የሆነውን ጽድቅ ሲገልጽ፣ “እነዚህን የሚፈጽም ሰው በእነርሱ ይኖራል” ይላል። 6ከእምነት የሆነው ጽድቅ ግን እንዲህ ይላል፤ “ ‘በልብህ ማን ወደ ሰማይ ይወጣል?’ አትበል”፤ ይህ ክርስቶስን ለማውረድ ነው፤ 7“ወይም ‘ወደ ጥልቁስ ማን ይወርዳል?’ አትበል”፤ ይህም ክርስቶስን ከሙታን ለማውጣት ነው። 8ነገር ግን ምን ይላል? “ቃሉ በአጠገብህ ነው፤ በአፍህና በልብህም ውስጥ ነው፤” የምንሰብከውም የእምነት ቃል ይህ ነው፤ 9“ኢየሱስ ጌታ ነው” ብለህ በአፍህ ብትመሰክር፣ እግዚአብሔርም ከሙታን እንዳስነሣው በልብህ ብታምን፣ ትድናለህ። 10የምትጸድቀው በልብህ አምነህ ነው፤ የምትድነውም በአፍህ መስክረህ ነውና። 11መጽሐፍ እንደሚለው፣ “በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ አያፍርም።” 12በአይሁድና በአሕዛብ መካከል ልዩነት የለም፤ አንዱ ጌታ የሁሉ ጌታ ነውና፤ የሚለምኑትንም አብዝቶ ይባርካል፤ 13“የጌታን ስም የሚጠራ ሁሉ ይድናልና።”
14ታዲያ ያላመኑበትን እንዴት አድርገው ይጠሩታል? ስለ እርሱስ ሳይሰሙ እንዴት ያምኑበታል? ሰባኪ ሳይኖር እንዴት መስማት ይችላሉ? 15ካልተላኩስ እንዴት መስበክ ይችላሉ? ይህም፣ “የምሥራችን የሚያመጡ እግሮች እንዴት ያማሩ ናቸው!” ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈው ነው።
16ነገር ግን የሰሙት ሁሉ የምሥራቹን ቃል አልተቀበሉም፤ ኢሳይያስም፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ መልእክታችንን ማን አምኗል?” ብሏልና። 17እንግዲያስ እምነት የሚገኘው መልእክቱን ከመስማት ነው፤ መልእክቱም በክርስቶስ ቃል ነው። 18ነገር ግን አልሰሙ ይሆን? ብዬ እጠይቃለሁ፤ በርግጥ ሰምተዋል፤
“ድምፃቸው በምድር ሁሉ፣
ቃላቸውም እስከ ዓለም ዳርቻ ተሰማ።”
19ደግሜም እጠይቃለሁ፤ እስራኤል አላስተዋሉ ይሆን? በቅድሚያ ሙሴ እንዲህ ይላል፤
“ሕዝብ ባልሆኑት አስቀናቸዋለሁ፤
ማስተዋል በሌለው ሕዝብ አስቈጣቸዋለሁ”
20ኢሳይያስም በድፍረት፣
“ላልፈለጉኝ ተገኘሁ፤
ላልጠየቁኝ ራሴን ገለጥሁላቸው” ይላል።
21ስለ እስራኤል ግን፣
“ወደማይታዘዝና እሺ ወደማይል ሕዝብ፣
ቀኑን ሙሉ እጄን ዘረጋሁ” ይላል።
