I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
1 Meka nokorɛ wɔ Kristo mu, menntwa atoro, m'ahonim nso di me adanseɛ wɔ Kronkron Honhom mu, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 sɛ mewɔ awerɛhoɔ paa ne awerɛhoɔ a ɛnnyae wɔ m'akoma mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Efisɛ anka mepɛ sɛ wɔadome me ankasa afiri Kristo ho ma m'anuanom, me mmusua a ɛfa honam ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Wɔn a wɔyɛ Israelfoɔ; wɔn na mma-yɛ-so, ne anuonyam, ne apam ahorow, ne mmara mamaa, ne ɔsom, ne bɔhyɛ ahodoɔ nyinaa wɔ wɔn; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Agyanom no yɛ wɔn dea, na wɔn mu na, sɛnea honam teɛ, Kristo firii, ɔno a ɔwɔ nyinaa so, Onyankopɔn a wɔahyira no daadaa. Amen. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Ɛnyɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm no ayɛ kwa. Efisɛ wɔn nyinaa a wɔyɛ Israel aseni no nyɛ Israel: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Na ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔyɛ Abraham aseni enti, wɔn nyinaa yɛ mma: na mmom, Wɔbɛfrɛ w'aseni wɔ Isak mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Ɛno ne sɛ, mma a wɔfiri honam mu no nyɛ Onyankopɔn mma: na mmom bɔhyɛ mma no, wɔbu wɔn sɛ aseni. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Efisɛ eyi ne bɔhyɛ asɛm, Saa bere yi mu, mɛba, na Sara bɛnya ɔbabarima. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Ɛnyɛ saa nko; na mmom bere a Rebeka nso nyinsɛnee firii baako, yɛn agya Isak: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 (efisɛ bere a na wɔnnwoo mma no, na wɔnyɛɛ papa anaa bɔne biara, sɛnea Onyankopɔn pɛ a ɛfa apaw ho no bɛgyina pintinn, ɛnnam nnwuma so, na mmom ɛnam nea ɔfrɛ so;) Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Wɔkaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Ɔpanyin no bɛsom akumaa no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Sɛnea wɔatwerɛ no, Madɔ Yakob, nanso matan Esau. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Ɛneɛ yɛnka sɛn? Amumuyɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn ho anaa? Ɛmpa hɔ da. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Efisɛ ɔka kyerɛ Mose sɛ, Mɛyɛ mmɔborɔhunu ama nea mɛyɛ no mmɔborɔhunu, na mɛyɛ ayamhyehyeɛ ama nea mɛyɛ no ayamhyehyeɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 Enti ɛneɛ ɛnnam nea ɔpɛ so, anaa nea ɔtu mmirika so, na mmom Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ mmɔborɔhunu so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Efisɛ atwerɛsɛm no ka kyerɛ Farao sɛ, Saa botaeɛ koro yi mu na mahyɛ wo ase, sɛnea mɛda me tumi adi wɔ wo mu, na wɔbɛpae me din mu wɔ asase nyinaa so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Enti ɔyɛ mmɔborɔhunu ma nea ɔpɛ, na ɔma nea ɔpɛ no pirim. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Ɛneɛ wobɛka akyerɛ me sɛ, Adɛn enti na ɔda so hu me mfomsoɔ? Efisɛ hwan na watia n'apɛdeɛ? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Na mmom, O onipa, hwan ne wo a woyi mano tia Onyankopɔn? Nea wɔayɛ no bɛka akyerɛ nea ɔyɛɛ no sɛ, Adɛn enti na woayɛ me seisei? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Ɔnwomanwofoɔ no nni tumi wɔ nɛtɛ no so anaa, sɛ ɔde nɛtɛ korɔ no bi ayɛ kukuo baako ma animuonyam, na foforɔ nso ayɛ animguaseɛ? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
22 Ɛdeɛn sɛ Onyankopɔn, a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔda n'abufuo adi, na ɔma wohunu ne tumi, ɔde akomatɔyam kɛseɛ tenaa abufuo akyɛnsee a wɔasiesie ama ɔsɛeɛ no so: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
23 na sɛnea ɔbɛda n'anuonyam ahonyadeɛ adi wɔ mmɔborɔhunu akyɛnsee, a ɔadi kan asiesie ama anuonyam no so, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
24 Yɛn a wafrɛ yɛn mpo, ɛnyɛ Yudafoɔ nko, na mmom amanaman nso mu? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
25 Sɛnea ɔka wɔ Hosea mu nso sɛ, Mɛfrɛ wɔn a wɔnnyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ no me nkurɔfoɔ; na nea wɔnnɔ no sɛ m'adɔfoɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
26 Na ɛbɛba sɛ, baabi a wɔkaa kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Monnyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ no, ɛhɔ na wɔbɛfrɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn teasefoɔ mma. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
27 Yesaia nso teateam fa Israel ho sɛ, Mpo sɛ Israel mma dodoɔ yɛ sɛ ɛpo mu anhwea a, nkaeɛ bi bɛnya nkwagyeɛ: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
28 Efisɛ ɔbɛwie adwuma no na watwa atiatia wɔ atenenee mu: efisɛ adwuma a ɛyɛ tia na Awurade bɛyɛ wɔ asase no so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
29 Na sɛnea Yesaia kaa kan sɛ, Sɛ Sabaot Awurade annya yɛn aseni bi a, anka yɛayɛ sɛ Sodom, na yɛayɛ Gomora sɛso. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
30 Ɛneɛ yɛnka sɛn? Sɛ amanaman, a wɔanni atenenee akyi no, wɔaduu atenenee ho, atenenee a ɛfiri gyidie mu no ara. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
31 Nanso Israel, a wɔdii atenenee mmara akyi no, wonnuu atenenee mmara no ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
32 Adɛn? Efisɛ wɔanhwehwɛ no ɛnam gyidie so, na mmom anka ɛnam mmara nnwuma so. Efisɛ wosuntii wɔ saa ahinti-ɔbotan no ho; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
33 Sɛnea wɔatwerɛ no, Hwɛ, made ahinti-ɔbotan ne fɔdie botan asi Sion; na obiara a ɔgye no di no, n'ani renwu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn