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10 Bruddas an sistas, you know wat I like happen fo da Israel peopo? I aks God plenny fo dem, so dat da Israel peopo goin let God hemo dem from da bad kine stuff dey stay doing. Wen dat happen, dass wen I goin feel real good inside my heart!

You know, I can tell you dis bout dese peopo: Dey like go all out fo God, an dey try make lidat, but den, dey donno da main stuff dat dey suppose to know first. Dey donno wat God wen do awready fo all us guys get um right wit him. So dey go try fo get um right wit God how dey like, an dass why dey no like listen to him.

Christ wen do everyting fo us get um right wit God. Wit ony da Rules, no can do dat. Now, whoeva go trus Christ, dey da ones dat goin get um right wit God.

God Like Take Everybody Outa Da Bad Kine Stuff Dey Stay Doing

Now Moses, he wen go write inside da Bible how fo get um right wit God if da peopo do everyting wat da Rules say. Dis wat Moses wen say: “Whoeva go do everyting da Rules say, cuz dey do dat, dey goin get life fo real kine.”

Da Bible say someting diffren den dat too, bout how you get um right wit God cuz you trus him. Da Bible say: “No good you go tink inside yoa head, ‘Eh, who going up dea inside da sky?’ ” Eh, dass jalike da guy going up dea fo tell da Spesho Guy God Wen Send dat we like him come back down hea by us guys. Same ting, da Bible say: “No good you tink inside yoa head, ‘Who goin go way down inside da groun by da Deep Dark Hole wea da mahke peopo stay?’ ” Eh dass jalike da guy going down dea fo bring Christ back from mahke.

But you know, da Bible say, “Da main ting God wen say, stay right dea. Awready stay inside yoa mout an inside yoa heart.” Dass da same ting us guys stay teaching: Eh, gotta trus Christ! Dat mean, if you talk strait wit yoa own mout, “Jesus, he my Boss,” an you trus deep inside yoa heart dat God wen bring Christ back alive afta he wen mahke, den God goin hemo you from da bad kine stuff you stay doing. 10 Cuz az wit yoa heart dat you trus God, an den he make you get um right wit him. An az wit yoa mout dat you talk strait everybody dat Jesus stay yoa Boss, an den God goin hemo you from da bad kine stuff. 11 Jalike da Bible say, “Whoeva trus God, no way dey goin come shame, cuz God goin do everyting wat he say.” 12 Da Jewish peopo an all da odda peopos, dey all same same. No mo diffrence. Cuz get da one Boss, an he da Boss fo everybody. He goin do plenny fo everybody dat aks him fo kokua dem. 13 Cuz da Bible say, “Everybody dat aks da Boss fo help um, he goin take um outa da bad kine stuff dey doing.”

14 But eh! How dey goin aks him fo help um if dey no trus him? An how dey goin trus him if dey neva hear notting bout him? An how dey goin hear bout him if nobody eva go tell um notting bout him? 15 An how dey goin tell peopo if nobody send um fo go teach? Jalike da Bible say, “Wen peopo go fo tell da Good Stuff From God, eh! dass so awesome!”

16 But you know, wen get Israel peopo dat neva like listen to da Good Kine Stuff From God. Jalike Isaiah wen say inside da Bible:

“Eh Boss! No mo nobody dat like go trus
    Da tings dat dey wen hear from us guys!”

17 So den: Fo trus God, gotta listen to da tings he say. An fo listen to wat God say, first gotta hear bout Christ.

18 Try let me aks dis: You guys tink da Israel peopo neva hear notting, o wat? Fo shua dey wen hear! Jalike da Bible wen say befo time:

“All ova da world, get peopo dat wen hear da Good Stuff.
    Da tings dey say, wen go all ova da place wea get peopo.”

19 An I aks one nodda ting: “Da Israel peopo, you tink dey neva undastan notting?” Moses da first one dat wen go tell inside da Bible, dat God wen say dis:

“I goin do someting fo some odda peopos
    Dat not jalike you guys,
An dat goin make you guys jealous.
An I goin do someting fo peopo dat you guys tink stupid,
    An dat goin make you guys come huhu.”

20 Isaiah wen come strong fo tell um strait inside da Bible dat God wen say,

“Da peopo dat no look fo me,
    Dey da ones dat wen find me.
I even wen show myself
    To da peopo dat neva aks fo see me.”

21 But da Israel peopo, dis wat he wen say bout dem:

“All day I wen put out my hands,
    Waiting fo da Israel peopo fo come by me,
But dey no like listen.
    Dey ony like go do someting else.”

10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire(A) and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are zealous(B) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.(C) Christ is the culmination of the law(D) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(E)

Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](F) But the righteousness that is by faith(G) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[b](H) (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”[c](I) (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).(J) But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[d](K) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare(L) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”(M) and believe(N) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,(O) you will be saved.(P) 10 For 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. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[e](Q) 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile(R)—the same Lord is Lord of all(S) and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord(T) will be saved.”[f](U)

14 How, 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? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”[g](V)

16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news.(W) For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”[h](X) 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message,(Y) and the message is heard through the word about Christ.(Z) 18 But 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.”[i](AA)

19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,

“I will make you envious(AB) by those who are not a nation;
    I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[j](AC)

20 And Isaiah boldly says,

“I was found by those who did not seek me;
    I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”[k](AD)

21 But concerning Israel he says,

“All day long I have held out my hands
    to a disobedient and obstinate people.”[l](AE)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:5 Lev. 18:5
  2. Romans 10:6 Deut. 30:12
  3. Romans 10:7 Deut. 30:13
  4. Romans 10:8 Deut. 30:14
  5. Romans 10:11 Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)
  6. Romans 10:13 Joel 2:32
  7. Romans 10:15 Isaiah 52:7
  8. Romans 10:16 Isaiah 53:1
  9. Romans 10:18 Psalm 19:4
  10. Romans 10:19 Deut. 32:21
  11. Romans 10:20 Isaiah 65:1
  12. Romans 10:21 Isaiah 65:2