KubaseRoma
1 Mine Pawula, ngiyinceku yaKhristu Jesu leyabitelwa kuba ngumphostoli, naleyakhetfwa kutsi itomemetela tindzaba letimnandzi taNkulunkulu+ 2 latetsembisa kusukela ekucaleni, asebentisa baphrofethi bakhe emiBhalweni lengcwele. 3 Letindzaba timayelana neNdvodzana yakhe leyatalwa ingumuntfu ivela entalelwaneni* yaDavide,+ 4 kodvwa yavetwa iyiNdvodzana+ yaNkulunkulu ngemandla emoya longcwele ngesikhatsi ivuswa ekufeni.+ LeNdvodzana nguJesu Khristu iNkhosi yetfu. 5 Ngaye, semukela umusa lomkhulu waNkulunkulu nemsebenti wekuba baphostoli+ kuze bantfu bato tonkhe tive+ babe nekukholwa futsi balalele, ngaleyondlela badvumise ligama lakhe. 6 Nani nabitwa kubantfu betive kuze nibe baJesu Khristu. 7 Ngibhalela bonkhe labatsandzekako baNkulunkulu labaseRoma, futsi lababitelwe kutsi babe ngulabangcwele:
Shengatsi ningemukela umusa lomkhulu kanye nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu longuBabe wetfu, naseNkhosini lenguJesu Khristu.
8 Ngitsi angicale ngekubonga Nkulunkulu wami ngani nonkhe, ngimbonge ngeligama laJesu Khristu, ngobe kukholwa kwenu kukhulunywa ngako eveni lonkhe. 9 Nkulunkulu lengimentela umsebenti longcwele ngenhlitiyo yonkhe, ngekumemetela tindzaba letimnandzi letimayelana neNdvodzana yakhe uyati kutsi ngihlale nginithantazela,+ 10 ngimncenga kutsi nakungenteka, futsi kuvumelana nentsandvo yakhe, ngigcine ngiphumelele kufika kini. 11 Ngobe nginesifiso lesikhulu sekunibona kuze ngininike sipho lesivela kuNkulunkulu khona nitocina; 12 ngalamanye emagama ngisho kutsi sikhutsatane, nine ningikhutsate+ ngekukholwa kwenu nami nginikhutsate ngekukholwa kwami.
13 Bazalwane, yatini kutsi bengifuna kuta kini tikhatsi letinyenti kuze ngitfole imiphumela lemihle nakini njengobe bengiyitfola nakuletinye tive, kodvwa bengisolo ngivimbeleka kuze kube ngunyalo. 14 Ngikweleta emaGriki nebantfu bakuletinye tive,* labahlakaniphile nalabangakahlakaniphi. 15 Ngako ngiyakulangatelela kumemetela tindzaba letimnandzi nakini lapho eRoma.+ 16 Ngite emahloni ngetindzaba letimnandzi,+ ngobe ecinisweni tiyindlela lenemandla Nkulunkulu labasindzisa ngayo bonkhe labanekukholwa,+ kumaJuda kucala+ kulandzele emaGriki.+ 17 Ngobe ngekushunyayelwa kwetindzaba letimnandzi, kulunga kwaNkulunkulu kuvetwa ngekukholwa+ kwemuntfu futsi kukwenta kucine, njengobe kwabhalwa kwatsiwa: “Lolungile utawuphila ngenca yekukholwa.”+
18 Nkulunkulu uveta intfukutselo+ yakhe asezulwini, futsi uyivetela bonkhe bantfu labangamhloniphi nalabangakalungi labavimba liciniso+ ngetindlela letingakalungi, 19 ngesizatfu sekutsi loko bantfu labangase bakwati ngaNkulunkulu kubekwe ebaleni, ngobe ukwente kwacaca kubo.+ 20 Nanobe Nkulunkulu angabonakali, kepha kusukela ekudalweni kwelive kuchubeke, bantfu bakhonile kuwabona emandla+ akhe langapheli, babona nekutsi vele unguNkulunkulu,+ ngobe loku kuyabonakala etintfweni latidalile,+ ngako-ke bete taba. 21 Ngobe ngisho nobe bebamati Nkulunkulu kepha abazange bamdvumise nobe bambonge, esikhundleni saloko bacabanga tintfo letilite futsi tinhlitiyo tabo atizange ticondze.+ 22 Ngisho nobe bebatsi bahlakaniphile, baba ngulabangakahlakaniphi, 23 futsi esikhundleni sekutsi bakhatimulise Nkulunkulu lohlala phakadze, badvumisa imifanekiso yebantfu labafako, yetinyoni, yetilwane letinetinyawo letine neyetilwane letihumako.+
24 Ngako Nkulunkulu wabayekelela ebubini ngekuvumelana netifiso tetinhlitiyo tabo kuze imitimba yabo ingcoliswe. 25 Bakhetsa kukholwa emanga kunekutsi bakholwe liciniso lelivela kuNkulunkulu, badvumisa indalo futsi bayikhonta kunekutsi bakhonte uMdali, lokunguye lokufanele advunyiswe phakadze. Amen. 26 Kungako Nkulunkulu abayekelela etinkhanukweni tabo letilihlazo,+ ngobe labasikati sebasebentisa imitimba yabo ngendlela lephambene nemvelo,+ 27 nalabadvuna abasayisebentisi imitimba yabo kulabasikati,* kodvwa sebashiswa kukhanukana bodvwa. Indvodza seyikhanuka lenye indvodza,+ futsi benta lokulichilo. Ngako batfola sijeziso lesibafanele ngenca yekona+ kwabo.
28 Njengobe bebangafuni kumati kahle Nkulunkulu, wabayekelela ekucabangeni kwabo lokungemukeleki kuye, kuze bente tintfo letingakafaneli.+ 29 Bagcwele kungalungi,+ kona, bukhali,*+ bubi, umona,+ kubulala,+ kubanga, kukhohlisa,+ tinhlitiyo letimbi,+ kuhleba, 30 kunyundzela,+ kutondza Nkulunkulu, kwedzelela, kutigcabha, kutigabatisa, kwenta emacebo etintfo letimbi, kungalaleli batali,+ 31 kungacondzi,+ kungatigcini tivumelwane, kuba bete lutsandvo nekuba bete sihawu. 32 Nanobe bawati kahle umtsetfo lolungile waNkulunkulu lotsi bantfu labenta tintfo letinjalo bafanelwe kufa,+ kepha abagcini nje ngekutenta kuphela, kodvwa basekela nalabo labatentako.