1 Zwikamu, kuyemula kwe moyo wangu ne ntembezelo wangu ku Ndzimu hwuti Baiziraela batjidziwe. 2 Ndopa butendeki ngekwabo kuti banoshingayilila Ndzimu, koga kushingayila kwabo akuna luzibo. 3 Nge kushaya luzibo ngekwe ndulamo inodwa mu Ndzimu, ne kushaka kuzwithamila kwabo, abazozwipa mu ndulamo ye Ndzimu. 4 Ngobe Kirisiti ndiye bhelelo le nlayo, kuti mmwe ne mmwe unakugalamoyo alulwamisiwe.
Jidzo nge la bose
5 Mushe wakakwala eti, “Iye unolondolodza ndulamo inolebgwa nge nlayo unowotjila ndiyo.” 6 Koga ndulamo yakatemelela mu kugalamoyo ikati, “Usitongo zwibhuzwa mu moyo uti ndiani, unowotathila kudzimu?” Kodwa kuti kudelusila Kirisiti pasi. 7 Kene “Ndiani unowodelukila mu gomba?” Kodwa kumusa Kirisiti mu bafi. 8 Koga dama le Ndzimu likatini kene? “Dama lipejo nawe, limu nlomo ne mu moyo uwo.” Ndilo dama le kugalamoyo, latinosumikila. 9 Ngekuti ha uleba nge nlomo uwo uti Jesu ndi She uduma mu moyo uwo kuti Ndzimu wakammusa mu bafi, unowotjidziwa. 10 Ngekuti nthu unoduma nge moyo uwe, ndizo kalulwamisiwa, kaleba nge nlomo uwe, katjidziwa. 11 Hwalo dzoti, “Akuna iye unogalamoyo munli unowobhatisiwa shoni.” 12 Akuna kuthubukana pakati kwe Njuta ne N'giriki, ngobe She iyezwe ndiye She wa bose, ngono unokombolela bose banon'dana. 13 Ngekuti, “Mmwe ne mmwe unodana zina la She unowotjidziwa.”
14 Koga bathu bangan'dana tjini iye wabasakagalamoyo? Ngono bangagalamoyo tjini muna wabasakahwa nge kukwe? Kakale banowohwa tjini kusina nsumikili. 15 Ngono bathu banowosumikila tjini basatumwa? Sekwa kwakakwagwa kuyi “Kwakanaka seni ha basumikili be zhisa ndebo mbuya!” 16 Koga ate bose bakaamutjila ndebo mbuya. Isaya wakati, “She, ndiani wakagalamoyo tjaakahwa naswi?” 17 Ndizo wali, kugalamoyo kodwa muna tjawahwa, tjawahwa tjodwa mukusumikigwa kwa Kirisiti.
18 Koga ndobhuzwa nditi: Apa abazohwa kene? Tjose bakahwa!
“Mahwi e basumikili akazhala shango yose,
matama abo kaswika ku phelelo dze shango.” 19 Ndobhuzwa kakale nditi: Apa bathu be Iziraela abazohwisisa kene? Mushe kutanga wakati,
“Ndowokuthama kuti uthamile fupa basi itjaba,
kuti ndizo mube ne fupa
nge itjaba tjisakatjenjela
ndowokugwadzisamoyo.” 20 Ngono Isaya unoleba akasima eti,
“Ndakawang'wa ndi ibabo bakabe basingandishake,
ndakazwilakidza kuna ibabo bakabe basingabhuzwe nge kwangu.” 21 Koga ngekwe Iziraela kati,
“Zhuba lose ndakatjinga nge maboko angu,
nditjingila bathu basingahwe kakale banonyanyayidza.”
1 My friends, how I wish with all my heart that my own people might be saved! How I pray to God for them! 2 I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion is not based on true knowledge. 3 They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right. 4 For Christ has brought the Law to an end, so that everyone who believes is put right with God.
Salvation Is for All
5 Moses wrote this about being put right with God by obeying the Law: “Whoever obeys the commands of the Law will live.” 6 But what the scripture says about being put right with God through faith is this: “You are not to ask yourself, Who will go up into heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down). 7 “Nor are you to ask, Who will go down into the world below?” (that is, to bring Christ up from death). 8 What it says is this: “God's message is near you, on your lips and in your heart”—that is, the message of faith that we preach. 9 If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from death, you will be saved. 10 For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved. 11 The scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” 12 This includes everyone, because there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles; God is the same Lord of all and richly blesses all who call to him. 13 As the scripture says, “Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved.”
14 But how can they call to him for help if they have not believed? And how can they believe if they have not heard the message? And how can they hear if the message is not proclaimed? 15 And how can the message be proclaimed if the messengers are not sent out? As the scripture says, “How wonderful is the coming of messengers who bring good news!” 16 But not all have accepted the Good News. Isaiah himself said, “Lord, who believed our message?” 17 So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ.
18 But I ask: Is it true that they did not hear the message? Of course they did—for as the scripture says:
“The sound of their voice went out to all the world;
their words reached the ends of the earth.”
19 Again I ask: Did the people of Israel not understand? Moses himself is the first one to answer:
“I will use a so-called nation
to make my people jealous;
and by means of a nation of fools
I will make my people angry.”
20 And Isaiah is even bolder when he says,
“I was found by those who were not looking for me;
I appeared to those who were not asking for me.”
21 But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I held out my hands to welcome a disobedient and rebellious people.”