KwabaseRoma
1 Mina Phawuli, inceku kaKhristu uJesu eyabizelwa ukuthi ibe ngumphostoli leyakhethwa* ukuthi itshumayele izindaba ezinhle zikaNkulunkulu,+ ngiyalibhalela. 2 Izindaba lezi uNkulunkulu ayevele ezithembisile eMibhalweni engcwele esebenzisa abaphrofethi 3 zimayelana leNdodana yakhe eyazalwa emhlabeni ingeyosendo lukaDavida.+ 4 Kodwa ngamandla omoya ongcwele yavuswa kwabafileyo+ njalo lokhu kwatshengisa ukuthi iyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.+ Le yiyo iNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu. 5 Sathola umusa omkhulu ngayo futhi saba ngabaphostoli+ ukuze izizwe zonke zitshengise ukuthi zilokholo kuyo,+ ziyilalele besezikhazimulisa ibizo layo. 6 Lani liphakathi kwalezozizwe njalo labizelwa ukuthi libe ngabakaJesu Khristu. 7 Ngibhalela lonke lina abaseRoma abathandwa nguNkulunkulu futhi ababizelwe ukuthi babe ngabangcwele:
Umusa omkhulu lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu laseNkosini uJesu Khristu akube kini.
8 Ngiqala ngokubonga uNkulunkulu ngebizo likaJesu Khristu, ngimbonga ngani lonke ngoba ukholo lwenu kukhulunywa ngalo emhlabeni wonke. 9 UNkulunkulu engimenzela inkonzo engcwele ngenhliziyo yami yonke,* ngimemezela izindaba ezinhle eziphathelane leNdodana yakhe, angangifakazela ukuthi ngihlala ngiliqamba emithandazweni yami,+ 10 ngincenga ukuthi ngithole ithuba lokufika kini nxa kuyintando yakhe. 11 Ngilesifiso esikhulu sokulibona ukuze ngiliphe isipho esivela kuNkulunkulu esizaliqinisa. 12 Engikutshoyo yikuthi ngifuna sikhuthazane,+ ngilikhuthaze ngokholo lwami, lani lingikhuthaze ngokholo lwenu.
13 Kodwa bafowethu ngifuna lihlale likwazi ukuthi sengizame kanengi ukuza kini ukuze ngitshumayele khonangapho ngithole izithelo njengoba nje bengizithola phakathi kwazo zonke ezinye izizwe. Lanxa kunjalo, bengilokhu ngivinjelwa kuze kube khathesi. 14 Ngilesikwelede kumaGrikhi lakwabezinye izizwe,* kwabahlakaniphileyo labangafundanga. 15 Yikho ngizimisele ukutshumayela izindaba ezinhle lakini eRoma.+ 16 Angilanhloni ngezindaba ezinhle+ ngoba ziyindlela uNkulunkulu atshengisa ngayo amandla akhe ukuze asindise bonke abalokholo,+ kuqalisela kumaJuda+ besekulandela amaGrikhi.+ 17 Abalokholo bayakubona ukuthi uNkulunkulu uveza ukulunga kwakhe ngezindaba lezi ezinhle njalo lokhu kuyaluqinisa ukholo lwabo,+ njengoba nje kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Kodwa olungileyo uzaphila ngenxa yokholo.”+
18 Ulaka lukaNkulunkulu+ oluvela ezulwini luthululwa* kubo bonke abangamesabiyo labangalunganga, abasebenzisa indlela ezingalunganga ukuze bavimbele abantu ukuthi balazi iqiniso.+ 19 Phela okungabe kusaziwa mayelana loNkulunkulu kuyabacacela kakhulu. UNkulunkulu ukwenze kwacaca kubo.+ 20 Lanxa engabonakali, ubuntu bakhe lamandla akhe angapheliyo+ kanye lokuthi yena unguNkulunkulu sibili,+ kuyabonakala ngendlela ecacileyo kusukela ekudalweni komhlaba kusiya phambili. Kuyazwisiseka nxa kukhangelwa izinto azidalayo,+ yikho bengelasizatho sokuzigeza. 21 Babekwazi ukuthi unguNkulunkulu kodwa abazange bamkhazimulise futhi abazange bambonge. Baba lemicabango engasizi ngalutho njalo lezingqondo zabo ezilobuphukuphuku zaba semnyameni.+ 22 Lanxa babezithi bahlakaniphile, baba yizithutha 23 ngoba kulokuthi bakhazimulise uNkulunkulu ongafiyo, bona bakhazimulisa izithombe zabantu nje* lezezinyoni, lezezidalwa ezilenyawo ezine kanye lezezinanakazana.*+
24 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabayekela balandela inkanuko ezingcolileyo zezinhliziyo zabo ukuze bangayihloniphi imizimba yabo. 25 Batshiya iqiniso likaNkulunkulu bakholwa amanga njalo bakhonza izinto ezidaliweyo, bazenzela inkonzo engcwele kulokuthi bakhonze uMdali odunyiswa kuze kube nini lanini. Ameni. 26 Yikho uNkulunkulu wabatshiya belandela inkanuko zabo zemacansini besedlulisa amalawulo+ ngoba abesifazana babo babezitshintsha baziphathe ngendlela engasiyemvelo, betshiya okwemvelo.+ 27 Labesilisa batshiya isifiso semvelo sokulala labesifazana, bavutha betshiswa yinkanuko befuna ukulala labanye abesilisa,+ besenza izinto ezilihlazo, bathola sonke isijeziso esifanele* ukungaziphathi kwabo.+
28 Njengoba bakubona kungafanelanga ukuthi bamukele uNkulunkulu,* laye wabayekela baba lemicabango angayamukeliyo ukuze benze izinto ezingafanelanga.+ 29 Benza konke okungalunganga+ lokubi, baxhwala futhi baba yizihwaba.+ Balomona,+ bayabulala,+ bathanda ingxabano, bangamaqili,+ balolunya,+ bayanyeya, 30 bakhuluma kubi ngabanye,+ bazonda uNkulunkulu, bayiziqholo, bayazikhukhumeza, bazitshaya izifuba, balamacebo alimazayo,* abalaleli abazali,+ 31 abazwisisi,+ abagcwalisi izithembiso, abalathando futhi abalasihawu. 32 Lanxa besazi mhlophe isahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu esilungileyo esokuthi abenza izinto lezi kufanele bafe,+ bona baqhubeka bezenza baphinde bavumelane lalabo abahlala bezenza.