1I say the truth in Meshiha, and lie not; my conscience witnesseth for me in the Spirit of Holiness, 2that I have great grief, and (that) the sorrow of my heart ceaseth not. 3For I could pray that I myself might be one accursed from Meshiha instead of my brethren and my kinsmen who are in the flesh; 4who are the sons of Israel, and whose was the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministry, and the promises, 5and the fathers; and from whom appeared the Meshiha in the flesh, who is Aloha over all: his be praises and benedictions to the age of ages. Amen. 6FOR the word of Aloha hath not really fallen: for not all who are of Israel are Israel; 7neither also are they who are of the seed of Abraham all children; because it was said, In Ishok shall be called unto thee the seed: 8but that is, the children of the flesh are not the children of Aloha, but the children of the promise are reckoned the seed. 9For the promise is this word, In this time I will come, and a son shall be unto Sara. 10And not this only, but also Raphka when with one, our father Ishok, she had association, 11before her sons were born, and had not wrought good or evil, the (choice) of Aloha was (made) known before that it should remain: not by works, but by him who called: 12for it was said, The elder shall be servant to the less; 13as it is written, Jakub have I loved, and Isu have I hated. 14What then say we? Is there iniquity with Aloha? Not so: 15behold, also, he said unto Musha, I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy, and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious. 16Therefore it is not by him who willeth, nor by him who runneth, but by Aloha the Merciful. 17For it is said in the scripture to Pherun, For this I have raised thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. 18Then upon whom he willeth he is merciful, and whom he willeth he hardeneth. 19Perhaps thou wilt say, Of what then doth he complain; for who shall arise against his will? 20Who then art thou, O man, who givest answer against Aloha? Will the mass say to him who formeth it, Why thus hast thou formed me? 21Or, hath not the potter power over his clay, that from the (same) mass he might make vessels, the one to honour, and the other to vileness? 22BUT if Aloha, willing to reveal his wrath, and to make known his power, in his much patience bore with the vessels of wrath who were perfected for destruction, 23and poured his mercy upon the vessels of mercy who were prepared of Aloha for glory, 24who are we, (ourselves) the called, not only of the Jihudoyee, but also of the Gentiles: 25so also in Husha he said, I will call them my people who were not my people, and on those on whom I was not merciful, will I be merciful: 26for it shall be in the place where they were not called my people, there shall they be called the children of Aloha the Living. 27But Eshaia proclaims of the sons of Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel were as the sand which is on the sea, the residue of them shall be saved. 28The Lord hath decreed and determined the word, and will perform it upon the earth. 29And as that which Eshaia had said before: Unless the Lord of sebaoth had left to us a residue, as Sedum should we have been, and to Amura have been likened. 30WHAT then shall we say? That the Gentiles who have not followed after righteousness have attained righteousness, but that righteousness which is of faith: 31but Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, unto the law of righteousness have not attained. 32For why? Because it was not by faith, but by the works of the law: for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling; 33as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling And a rock of offence; And whosoever in him shall believe Shall not be ashamed.