AmaRoma
ISAHLUKO1
1UPawulu,incekukaJesuKristu,owabizelwaukuba ngumphostoli,owahlukaniselwaivangelilikaNkulunkulu, 2(ayayithembisangaphambilingabaprofethibakhe emibhalweniengcwele,)
3MayelananeNdodanayakheuJesuKristuiNkosiyethu, owavelaenzalwenikaDavidengokwenyama; 4futhiyabonakaliswaukuthiiyiNdodanakaNkulunkulu ngamandla,ngomoyawobungcwele,ngokuvuka kwabafileyo
5esamukelengayeumusanobuphostoli,kubengukulalela kokholophakathikwezizwezonkengenxayegamalakhe; 6eniphakathikwabonaniababiziweyobakaJesuKristu; 7kubobonkeabaseRoma,abathandekayobakaNkulunkulu, ababizelweukubangabangcwele:Makubekiniumusa nokuthulaokuvelakuNkulunkuluuBabawethu naseNkosiniuJesuKristu.
8KuqalangibongauNkulunkuluwamingoJesuKristu nganinonke,ngokubaukukholwakwenukukhulunywa ngakhoemhlabeniwonke.
9NgokubauNkulunkuluengimkhonzangomoyawami evangelinileNdodanayakheungufakaziwamiwokuthi angipheziukunikhumbulaemikhulekweniyami; 10nginxusaukubamhlawumbeekugcineningibenohambo oluhlengentandokaNkulunkuluukubangizekini
11Ngokubangilangazelelaukunibona,ukuzenginabele isiphoesithilesomoya,ukuzeniqiniswe; 12Okuyikuthingiduduzekekanyelaningokhololomunye wenulolwami.
13Kephaangithandiukubaningazi,bazalwane,ukuthi ngazimiselakaningiukuzakini,kephangavinjwakuze kubemanje,ukuzengibenesithelonaphakathikwenu, nanjengakwabanyeabezizwe
14NgilomlandukumaGrekilakumaqaba; kwabahlakaniphileyonakwabangahlakaniphile.
15Ngakho-kenjengobangikimi,ngizimisele ukushumayelaivangelinakininabaseRoma
16NgokubaanginamahloningevangelilikaKristu, ngokubalingamandlakaNkulunkulukubeyinsindiso kulowonalowookholwayo;kumJudakuqala,nakumGreki futhi
17NgokubaukulungakukaNkulunkulukwembulwakulo, kuvelaekukholwenikuyeekukholweni,njengokuba kulotshiweukuthi:“Olungileyouyakuphilangokukholwa; 18NgokubaulakalukaNkulunkululwambulwaluvela ezulwiniphezukwakhokonkeukungamesabiuNkulunkulu nokungalungikwabantuabaphathaiqinisongokungalungi; 19NgobalokhookwaziwayongoNkulunkulukusobala kubo;ngobauNkulunkuluukubonakalisilekubo.
20Ngokubaokungabonwayokwakhe,amandlaakhe aphakadenobuNkulunkulubakhekubonakala kwasekudalwenikwezwe,kuqondwangokwenziwayo; ukuzebangabilezaba; 21ngobakwathisebemaziuNkulunkulukabamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulunjalokabambonga;kodwababayize emicabangweniyabo,nenhliziyoyaboewubuwulayaba mnyama
22Bezishoukuthibahlakaniphile,babayiziwula;
23FuthibashintshainkazimulokaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyoyabangumfanekisowomuntuobhubhayo, nezinyoni,nezilwaneezinezinyawoezine,nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo
24Ngalokho-keuNkulunkuluwabanikelaezinkanukweni zezinhliziyozaboekungcoleni,bahlazisaimizimbayabo phakathikwabo;
25abaguquleiqinisolikaNkulunkuluamanga,bakhuleka, bakhonzaokudaliweyokunoMdaliobongekayokuzekube phakadeAmen
26NgenxayalokhouNkulunkuluwabanikelaekuhuhekeni okuyichilo,ngokubanabesifazanebabobaguqulaukwenza kwemvelokwabaokuphambenenemvelo;
27ngokunjalonabesilisabayekaukwenzakwemvelo kowesifazane,bashangokukhanukelana;amadodaenza okuyichilonamadoda,abemukelakuboimbuyiseloefanele yokudukakwabo
28Njengalokhobengathandangaukubanokwazi uNkulunkulu,uNkulunkuluwabanikelaengqondweni ebolile,ukubabenzeizintoezingafanele;
29begcwalisweyikhokonkeukungalungi,ubufebe,ububi, ubuhwaba,ububi;begcweleumona,ukubulala, ukuphikisana,inkohliso,ubuxhwanguxhwangu;abahlebezi, 30Abahlebayo,abazondauNkulunkulu,abadelelayo, abazidlayo,abazidlayo,abaqambibokubi,labangalaleli abazali;
31abangenakuqonda,abephulaisivumelwano,abangenalo uthandolwemvelo,abangenabubele,abangenasihawu;
32abathibesaziisahlulelosikaNkulunkulusokuthiabenza okunjalobafaneleukufa,kabakwenzilokhokuphela, kodwabayathokozangabakwenzayo
ISAHLUKO2
1Ngakhoawunakuzilandulelawenamuntu,noma ungubaniowahlulelayo;ngobawenaowahlulelayo uyakwenzaokufanayo
2KodwasiyaziukuthiukwahlulelakukaNkulunkulu kungokweqinisokulaboabenzaizintoezinjalo
3Ucabangalokhuyiniwenamuntuowahlulelaabenza izintoezinjalo,naweozenzayonawe,ukuthiuyakubalekela ukwahlulelakukaNkulunkuluna?
4Nomaudelelaingceboyobubelebakhenokubekezela nokubekezelakwakhe;ungaziukuthiumusakaNkulunkulu ukuyisaekuphendukenina?
5Kodwangobulukhunibakholenhliziyoengaphendukiyo uzibekelaulakangosukulolakalokwembulwa kokwahlulelaokulungileyokukaNkulunkulu; 6ozabuyiselakulowolalowonjengokwemisebenziyakhe; 7kulaboabathingokubekezelaekwenzeniokuhlebadinga inkazimulolodumolokungabhubhi,impiloelaphakade; 8Kodwakulaboabaphikisanayonjalobengalaleliiqiniso, kodwabelalelaukungalungi,intukuthelololaka, 9Usizinosiziphezukwawowonkeumphefumulo womuntuowenzaokubi,kumJudakuqala,nakumGreki; 10kephainkazimulo,nodumo,nokuthulakubobonke abenzaokuhle,kumJudakuqala,nakumGreki; 11NgobaakukhoukukhethakomuntukuNkulunkulu 12Ngokubabonkeabonilebengenamthetho, bayakubhubhakanjalobengenamthetho; 13(Ngokubaakusiboabezwaumthethoabalungileyo phambikukaNkulunkulu,kephaabenzaumthethoyibona abayakulungisiswa
14Ngokubanxaabezizweabangenawoumthethobenza ngokwemvelookungokomthetho,laba,bengenawo umthetho,bangumthethokubongokwabo; 15ababonakalisaumsebenziwomthethoolotshiwe ezinhliziywenizabo,unembezawaboufakazafuthi, nemicabangoyaboisolananomaithethelelana;
16MhlauNkulunkuluezakwahlulelaizimfihlozabantu ngoJesuKristungokwevangelilami.
17Bheka,wenaubizwangokuthiungumJuda,weyame emthethweni,uzibongangoNkulunkulu; 18iyayaziintandoyakhe,ivumaizintoezinhlekakhulu, ifundiswengomthetho;
19futhiuyaqinisekaukuthiwenangokwakhoungumholi wezimpumputhe,ukukhanyakwabasebumnyameni
20Umfundisiweziwula,umfundisiwezingane,onesimo solwazineseqinisoemthethweni.
21Ngakhowenaofundisaomunye,kawuzifundisiyini? wenaoshumayelaukuthiumuntuangebi,uyebana?
22Wenaothiungafebi,uyaphingana?wenaonengwa yizithombe,uyakhonzayini?
23Wenaozibongangomthetho,udumazauNkulunkulu ngokweqaumthethona?
24NgobaibizolikaNkulunkululiyahlanjalazwaphakathi kwabezizwengenxayenu,njengokulotshiweyo
25Ngokubaukusokakuyasizaumaugcinaumthetho;
26Ngakhoumaongasokileegcinaukulungakomthetho, ukungasokikwakheakuyikubalwayininjengokusokana?
27Futhiongasokilengokwemvelo,umaegcwalisa umthetho,ngekeukwahlulelewenaonemibhalonokusoka oweqaumthetho?
28NgobakasuyeumJudaonguyengaphandle;nokusoka akusikhookungaphandleenyameni;
29KodwaumJudaenguyengaphakathi;nokusoka kungukusokakwenhliziyoemoyeni,kungeyisikho ngombhalo;okudumisakwakheakuvelikubantu,kodwa kuNkulunkulu
ISAHLUKO3
1UngcononganiumJudana?Kusizaniukusoka?
2Kuningingezindlelazonke;okokuqala,ngokuba baphathiswaamazwikaNkulunkulukubo
3Ngobakuthiwaniubaabanyebengakholwanga?
Ukungakholwakwabokuyakwenzaizeukukholwa kukaNkulunkuluna?
4Nakanye!njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:Ukuzeuthiwe ulungileemazwiniakho,njalounqobeekwahlulelweni kwakho.
5Kephaumaukungalungikwethukubonakalisaukulunga kukaNkulunkulu,siyakuthinina?UNkulunkuluakalungile yiniophindiselayo?(Ngikhulumanjengendoda)
6Makubenjalo!
7NgokubaumaiqinisolikaNkulunkululavamakakhulu ngamangaamikubeyinkazimuloyakhe;ngisahlulelelwani minanjengesonina?
8Njalokungabinjengalokhusihlanjalazwa,lanjengoba abanyebathisithi:Asenzeokubi,ukuzekuveleokuhle? ukulahlwakwabokungukulunga
9Pho?thinasingconokunabona?Qha,nakanye;ngokuba sesiwabonisilengaphambiliamaJudanabezizweukuthi bonkebaphansikwesono;
10njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:Kakhoolungileyo,hatshi loyedwa; 11akakhooqondayo,akakhoofunauNkulunkulu 12Bonkebaphambukile,abasizingaluthondawonye; akakhoowenzaokuhle,akakhonoyedwa.
13Umphimbowabouyithunaelivulekile;ngolimilwabo basebenzisainkohliso;ubuthibezinyokabuphansi kwezindebezabo; 14abamlomowabougcweleukuthukanokubaba; 15Izinyawozaboziyasheshaukuchithaigazi; 16Ukubhujiswanosizikusezindlelenizabo; 17Futhiindlelayokuthulaabayazanga; 18UkwesabauNkulunkuluakukhophambikwamehloabo. 19Manjesiyaziukuthikonkeokushoyoumthethoukusho kwabaphansikomthethoukubayonkeimilomoivinjwe, nomhlabawonkeubenecalakuNkulunkulu.
20Ngakhongemisebenziyomthethoakukhonyama eyakulungisiswaphambikwakhe,ngokubangomthetho kukhonaukwaziisono.
21Kodwakhathesi-kesekubonakalisiweukulunga kukaNkulunkulungaphandlekomlayo,okufakazelwa ngumlayolabaprofethi;
22ukulungakukaNkulunkuluokungokukholwanguJesu Kristukubobonkenaphezukwabobonkeabakholwayo, ngokubaakukhomehluko;
23Ngokubabonkebonile,basilalelweinkazimulo kaNkulunkulu;
24belungisiswangesihlengomusawakhengokuhlengwa okukuKristuJesu;
25ammisileyouNkulunkulu,abeyinhlawulongokukholwa egazinilakhe,ukuzekubonakalisweukulungakwakhe ngokuthethelelwakwezonoezenziwengaphambili, ngokubekezelakukaNkulunkulu;
26ukuzekubonakalisweukulungakwakhekulesisikhathi, ukuzeabengolungileyo,amlungisiseokholwanguJesu 27Kuphi-keukuzibonga?AyifakiweNgamuphiumthetho? wemisebenzi?Hatshi,kodwangomthethowokukholwa. 28Ngakhosiphethangokuthiumuntuulungisiswa ngokholongaphandlekwemisebenziyomthetho
29IngabeunguNkulunkuluwamaJudakuphela?Akasiye yininowabezizwe?Yebo,nakwabezizwe: 30lokhuuNkulunkuluemunye,ozalungisisaabasokileyo ngokholo,lokungasokingokholo.
31Ngakhosiyawenzaizeumthethongokukholwana? makubenjalo;yebo,siyawuqinisaumthetho
ISAHLUKO4
1Ngakhosiyakuthiu-Abrahamaubabawethuufumeneni ngokwenyamana?
2Ngokubaumau-Abrahamawalungisiswangemisebenzi, unakhoukuzibonga;kodwahhayiphambikukaNkulunkulu. 3Ngobauthiniumbhalo?U-Abrahamawakholwa nguNkulunkulu,kwabalelwakuyeukuthikungukulunga 4Kephakosebenzayoumvuzoawubalelwangokomusa, kodwangokwesikweletu
5Kodwakulowoongasebenziyo,kodwaokholwakuye olungisisaongamesabiuNkulunkulu,ukhololwakhe lubalelwaukuthiukulunga
6NjengobalayeuDavidaekhulumangokubusiswa komuntu,uNkulunkuluambalelaukulungangaphandle kwemisebenzi;
7ethi:“Babusisiweabathethelelweiziphambekozabo, nabazonozabozisitshekelwe.
8UbusisiweumuntuiNkosiengayikubalelaisono 9Ngakho-kelokhukubusiswakuphezukwabasokileyo nomanakwabangasokilena?ngobasithi:Ukukholwa kwabalelwakuAbrahamaukuthikungukulunga
10Pho,kwabalelwakanjanina?Laphoesokile,noma ekungasokini?Hhayiekusokeni,kodwaekungasokini.
11Wasemukelaisibonakalisosokusoka,uphawulokulunga kokukholwaayenakhoengakasoki,ukuzeabenguyise wabobonkeabakholwayo,nakubabengasokile;ukuze ukulungakubalelwenakubo; 12noyisewokusokakwabangesiboabokusokakuphela, kodwaabahambaezinyathelwenizokhololukababawethu u-Abrahama,ayenaloengakasoki
13Ngokubaisithembisosokuthiuyakubayindlalifayezwe asinikwangau-Abrahamanenzaloyakhengomthetho, kodwangokulungakokukholwa
14Ngokubaumaabomthethokuyizindlalifa,ukukholwa kwenziweize,nesithembisosenziweize; 15Ngokubaumthethouvezaulaka,ngokubalapho kungekhomthetho,akukhoukweqa.
16Ngakhokungokukholwa,ukuzekubengomusa;ukuze isithembisosiqinisekekuyoyonkeinzalo;kungeyisikho lokhookungokomthethokuphela,kodwanakulokho okungokukholwakuka-Abrahama;ongubabawethusonke 17Njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:“Ngikubekeuyisewezizwe eziningi,”phambikwalowoakholwanguye,uNkulunkulu ophilisaabafileyo,nobizaizintoezingekhonjengokungathi zikhona
18Owathingaphandlekwethembawakholwangethemba, ukuzeabenguyisewezizweeziningi,njengalokho okwashiwoyoukuthi:Iyakubanjaloinzaloyakho
19Futhingenxayokuthiwayengebuthakathaka ekukholweni,akazangeacabangeleumzimbawakhe owawusufile,laphocisheeneminyakaeyikhuluubudala, nomaukufakwesizalosikaSara.
20KazangeantengantengengesithembisosikaNkulunkulu ngokungakholwa;kodwawaqinaekukholweni,enika uNkulunkuluudumo;
21Eqinisekangokugcweleukuthilokhoakuthembisile unamandlafuthinokukwenza
22Ngakho-kekwabalelwakuyeukuthikungukulunga.
23Kephakakulotshwangangenxayakheyedwaukuthi kwabalelwakuye; 24kodwalakithi,esizabalelwakithi,umasikholwakuye owavusauJesuiNkosiyethukwabafileyo; 25owanikelwangenxayeziphambekozethu,wabuye wavuswaukuzesilungisiswe
ISAHLUKO5
1Ngakhosesilungisisiwengokholo,sinokuthula kuNkulunkulungeNkosiyethuuJesuKristu;
2okungayelathisilokungenangokholokulumusaesimi kuwo,njalosizincomaethembenilenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu.
3Akusikholokhokuphela,kodwasizibonga nangezinhlupheko,saziukuthiusiziluvezaukubekezela; 4nokubekezelakubengukuqonda;nokuhlangenwenakho, ithemba;
5Futhiithembaalijabhisi;ngokubauthando lukaNkulunkululutheliweezinhliziywenizethungoMoya oNgcweleesimuphiweyo
6Ngobasisebuthakathaka,ngesikhathiesifaneleyouKristu wafelaabangamesabiuNkulunkulu.
7Ngobaakululaukuthiumuntuafeleolungileyo,kodwa mhlawumbeomunyeangabalesibindisokufelaolungileyo
8KephauNkulunkuluuyabonakalisauthandolwakhe kithinangokuthi,siseyizoni,uKristuwasifela
9Ngakho-ke,njengobasesilungisisiwengegazilakhe, siyakusindiswangayeolakeni
10Ngokubauma,siseyizitha,sabuyisananoNkulunkulu ngokufakweNdodanayakhe,kakhulusiyakusindiswa ngokuphilakwayosesitholileukubuyisana
11Futhiakusikholokhokuphela,kodwafuthisithokoza ngoNkulunkulungeNkosiyethuuJesuKristu,esesamukele ngayoukubuyisana
12Ngakho-ke,njengalokhoisonosangenaezweni ngamuntumunye,nangesonokwangenaukufa;kanjalo ukufakwedlulelakubantubonke,lokhubonkebonile;
13(Ngobakuzekubengumthethoisonosasikhona emhlabeni,kodwaisonokasibalelwaungekhoumthetho.
14Nokhoukufakwabusakusukelaku-Adamukuye kuMose,ngishonaphezukwalaboababengonanga njengesiphambekosika-Adamu,ongumfanekisowalowo owayezakuza
15KodwaisiphoasinjengesiphambekoNgokubauma ngesiphambekosomunyeabaningibafa,kakhulukazi umusakaNkulunkulunesiphongomusaokungamuntu oyedwauJesuKristu,kwavamakwabaningi
16Kanjaloisiphoasinjengalokhokwabangoyedwa owonayo;
17Ngokubaumangesiphambekosomuntuoyedwaukufa kwabusangalowomunye;kakhulukaziabemukela ukuvamakomusanokwesiphosokulungabayakubusa ekuphileningalowomunye,uJesuKristu
18Ngakhonjengobangesiphambekoesisodwa ukwahlulelwakwehlelaphezukwabantubonke,kube yikulahlwa;ngokunjalongokulungakokukodwaisipho sesihlesezaphezukwabantubonkekubeyikulungisiswa kwempilo
19Ngokubanjengalokhongokungalalelikomuntuoyedwa abaningibenziwaizoni,kanjalongokulalelakomuntu oyedwaabaningibayakwenziwaabalungileyo
20Futhiumthethowangena,ukuzeisiphambekosande Kephalaphokwavamakhonaisono,umusawavama kakhulukazi;
21ukuzenjengalokhoisonosabusakubengukufa, ngokunjalonomusaubusengokulunga,kubengukuphila okuphakadengoKristuJesuiNkosiyethu
ISAHLUKO6
1Ngakhosiyakuthini?Sihlaleesonweni,ukuzekuvame umusa?
2uNkulunkulukakubenjaloThinaesifileesonweni singabuyesiphilekanjanikusona?
3AnaziyiniukuthithinasonkeesabhapathizelwakuKristu Jesu,sabhapathizelwakukhoukufakwakhena?
4Ngakhosembelwakanyenayengokubhapathizelwa ekufeni,ukuzenjengalokhouKristuwavuswakwabafileyo
ngenkazimulokaYise,kanjalonathisihambeekuphileni okusha.
5Ngokubaumasihlanyelwekanyenayeekufananeni kokufakwakhe,siyakubafuthiekufananenikokuvuka kwakhe;
6sisazilokhu,ukuthiumuntuwethuomdalawabethelwa kanyenaye,ukuzeumzimbawesonoubhujiswe,ukuze singabesesikhonzaisono;
7Ngobaofileyoukhululiweesonweni
8KephaumasafakanyenoKristu,siyakholwaukuthi siyakuphilafuthikanyenaye;
9sisaziukuthiuKristuesevusiwekwabafileyokasafi; ukufaakusabusiphezukwakhe.
10Ngokubaukufaawafangakho,wakufakanyenje ngesono,kephaekuphilenikwakhe,ukuphilela uNkulunkulu.
11Kanjalonanizishoninjengabafilengempelaesonweni, kodwaniphileleuNkulunkulungoKristuJesu
12Ngakho-kemakungabusiisonoemzimbeniwenuofayo, nizenilaleleizinkanukozawo
13futhininganikeliizithozenuesonweni,zibeyizikhali zokungalungi,kodwazinikelenininakuNkulunkulu njengabaphilayobevukilekwabafileyonezithozenu kuNkulunkulu,zibeyizikhalizokulunga
14Ngobaisonokasiyikubusaphezukwenu,ngobakalikho ngaphansikomthethokodwangaphansikomusa
15Pho?Siyakonayini,ngokubasingekhophansi komthetho,kodwaphansikomusana?UNkulunkulu akakuvumeli
16Anaziyiniukuthilowoenizinikelakuyeukubanibe yizincekuzokumlalela,niyizincekuzakheenimlalelayo; lobaokwesonokubengukufa,kumbeukulalelakube ngukulunga?
17KodwamakabongweuNkulunkulu,ngokuba naniyizigqilazesono,nalalelangokusukaenhliziywenileyo ndlelayesifundisoenanikelwangayo
18Ngakho-ke,senikhululiweesonweni,nabayizigqila zokulunga
19Ngikhulumangokwabantungenxayobuthakathaka benyamayenu;kanjalonikelaniizithozenumanjeizigqila zokulungakubengcwele
20Ngokubalaphoniseyizincekuzesono,nanikhululekile ekulungeni.
21Benazitheloziningalesosikhathingalezoeninamahloni ngazomanjena?ngobaisiphethosazoyikufa
22Kephamanjesenikhululiweesonweni,nabayizigqila zikaNkulunkulu,nisitholileisithelosenukube ngubungcwele,nokugcinaukuphilaokuphakade.
23Ngokubainkokheloyesonoingukufa;kodwaisipho somusasikaNkulunkulusingukuphilaokuphakadekuKristu JesuiNkosiyethu
ISAHLUKO7
1Anaziyini,bazalwane,ngokubangikhuluma kwabawaziyoumthetho,ukuthiumthethouyabusaphezu komuntungesikhathisonkeesaphilana?
2Ngokubaowesifazaneonendodauboshelwengomthetho endodeniyakheisekhona;kephaumaindodaisifile, ukhululiweemthethweniwendoda.
3Ngakhoumaindodaisekhona,uyakuthiwaisifebe,uma ebangowenyeindoda;ukuzeangabisisiphingi,noma engendelakwenyeindoda
4Ngakho-ke,bazalwanebami,naninabulawaemthethweni ngomzimbakaKristu;ukuzelibengomunye,yena owavuswakwabafileyo,ukuzesitheleleuNkulunkulu izithelo
5Ngokubalaphosisenyameni,inkanukoyezono eyayingokomthethoyasebenzaezithwenizethuukuba sitheleisitheloesiwukufa
6Kodwakhathesisikhululiweemthethweni,njengoba sesifilekulokhoesasibanjweyikho;ukuzesikhonze ngobushabomoya,kungeyisikhongobudalabombhalo.
7Ngakhosiyakuthini?Umthethouyisonona? UNkulunkuluakakuvumeliCha,bengingasaziisono kodwangomthetho,ngokubainkanukobengingayazanga, ukubaumthethoubungashongoukuthi:Ungafisi
8Kodwaisonosatholaithubangomyalo,sasebenzakimi yonkeinkanuko;Ngokubangaphandlekomthethoisono sasifile
9Minangakengaphilangaphandlekomthetho; 10Umlayoowawungowokuphilangawutholaungowokufa. 11Ngokubaisonosatholaithubangomyalo,sangikhohlisa, sangibulalangawo
12Ngakho-keumthethoungcwele,nomyaloungcwele, ulungile,muhle
13Phookuhlekwabangukufakimina?UNkulunkulu akakuvumeli.Kephaisono,ukuzesibonakalesiyisono, sisebenzaukufakimingalokhookuhle;ukuzeisono ngomyalosibeyisonokakhulu
14Ngokubasiyaziukuthiumthethoungowomoya,kepha minangingowenyama,othengisiwephansikwesono
15Ngokubalokhoengikwenzayoangikwazi,ngokuba engikuthandayo,lokhoangikwenzi;kodwaengikuzondayo, yikhoengikwenzayo
16Ngakhoubangenzalokhoengingakuthandiyo, ngivumelanalomlayoukuthimuhle.
17Manje-keakuseyimiengikwenzayo,kodwayisono esihlalakimi
18Ngokubangiyaziukuthikimi,okungukuthienyameni yami,akuhlaliokuhle,ngokubaukuthandakukhonakimi; kodwaukwenzaokuhlekangikutholi
19Ngokubaokuhleengikuthandayoangikwenzi,kepha okubiengingakuthandiyolokhongiyakwenza
20Manjeumangenzalokhoengingakuthandiyo, akuseyimiengikwenzayo,kodwayisonoesihlalakimi.
21Ngakhongitholaumthethowokuthi,laphongithanda ukwenzaokuhle,okubikukhonakimi.
22NgokubangiyathokozangomthethokaNkulunkulu ngokomuntuongaphakathi;
23Kodwangibonaomunyeumthethoezithwenizami,ulwa lomthethowengqondoyami,ungithumbelaemthethweni wesonoosezithwenizami
24Ominamuntuwosizi!ngubaniozangikhulula kulomzimbawalokhukufa?
25NgiyambongauNkulunkulungoJesuKristuiNkosi yethu.Ngakho-keminangokwamingikhonzaumthetho kaNkulunkulungengqondo;kodwangenyamaumthetho wesono
ISAHLUKO8
1Ngakho-keakusekhoukulahlwakwabakuKristuJesu, abangahambingokwenyama,kodwangokukaMoya.
2NgokubaumthethokaMoyawokuphilakuKristuJesu ungikhululileemthethweniwesononokufa
3Ngobalokhoumthethoowawungekwenze,ngoba ubuthakathakangokwenyama,uNkulunkuluethuma eyakheiNdodanaisesimwenisenyamaenesono,nangenxa yesono,walahlaisonoenyameni;
4ukuzeukulungakomlayokugcwalisekekithi, esingahambingokwenyama,kodwangokoMoya
5Ngokubaabangokwenyamabanakaizintozenyama; kodwaabangokoMoyaizintozikaMoya
6Ngokubaukunakakwenyamakungukufa;kephaukunaka okomoyakungukuphilanokuthula.
7NgokubaukunakakwenyamakungubuthakuNkulunkulu, ngokubaakuwuthobeliumthethokaNkulunkulu,futhi kungekwenzeki.
8Ngakholaboabasenyameniabanakumthokozisa uNkulunkulu
9Kodwalinakalikhoenyameni,kodwalikuMoya,uba uMoyakaNkulunkuluehlalakiniKephaumaumuntu engenayeuMoyakaKristu,lowokasiyeowakhe 10UmauKristuekini,umzimbaufilengenxayesono; kodwauMoyaungukuphilangenxayokulunga
11KephaumauMoyawalowoowavusauJesukwabafileyo ehlalakini,yenaowavusauKristukwabafileyo uyakuphilisanemizimbayenuefayongoMoyawakhe ohlalakini
12Ngakho,bazalwane,silomlandu,kungeyisikho enyameni,ukuzesiphilengokwenyama
13Ngokubaumaniphilangokwenyama,nizakufa,kepha umanibulalaimisebenziyomzimbangoMoya,nizakuphila. 14NgobabonkeabaholwanguMoyakaNkulunkulu bangabantwanabakaNkulunkulu
15Ngokubaanamukeliswangaumoyawobugqilaukuba nibuyenesabe;kodwanamukeleuMoyawobuntwana, esimemezangayesithi:Aba,Baba
16UMoyauqoboufakazakanyenomoyawethuukuthi singabantwanabakaNkulunkulu;
17Njaloubasingabantwana,siyizindlalifa;izindlalifa zikaNkulunkulu,lezindlalifakanyeloKristu;umakambe sihluphekakanyenaye,ukuzesiphiweinkazimulofuthi kanyenaye
18Ngokubangithiizinhluphekozalesisikhathi azinakulinganiswanenkazimuloezokwambulwakithi
19Ngokubaukulangazelelakwendalokulindeleukuvezwa kwabantwanabakaNkulunkulu
20Ngobaokudaliweyokwabekwangaphansikobuze, kungeyisikhongokuthanda,kodwangayeowakuthobisayo ethembeni;
21Ngobaindalongokwayoizakhululwaekugqilazweni ukonakala,ibelenkululekweniyenkazimuloyabantwana bakaNkulunkulu
22Ngokubasiyaziukuthikonkeokudaliweyokuyabubula kanyekanyefuthikunemihelokuzekubemanje.
23Akusikhozonazodwa,kodwanathingokwethu esinolibolukaMoya,nathingokwethusiyabubulaphakathi kwethu,silindeleukumakwabantwana,ukukhululwa kwemizimbayethu
24Ngokubasisindisiwengethemba,kephaithemba elibonwayoalilonaithemba;
25Kodwaumasithembalokhoesingakuboniyo, siyakulindelangokubekezela.
26NgokunjalonoMoyauyasisizaebuthakathakenibethu; 27Kephayenaohlolaizinhliziyouyakwaziokuqondwa nguMoya,ngokubaukhulumelaabangcwelengokwentando kaNkulunkulu.
28Futhisiyaziukuthizonkeizintokusebenzelanakube ngokuhlekwabamthandayouNkulunkulu,labo ababiziweyongokuvumelananenjongoyakhe
29Ngokubalaboayebazingaphambili,wabamisa ngaphambiliukubabafanenomfanekisoweNdodanayakhe, ukuzeyonaibeyizibulophakathikwabazalwaneabaningi 30Ngaphezukwalokho,laboabamisangaphambili,labo futhiwababiza;
31Ngakhosiyakuthinikulezizinto?UmauNkulunkulu engakithi,ngubaniongamelananathina?
32YenaongayigodlangaeyakheiNdodana,kepha wayinikelangenxayethusonke,uyakubakanjaniukuba angasinikelingesihlekonkekanyenayona?
33NgubaniozamangalelaabakhethiweyobakaNkulunkulu? nguNkulunkuluolungisisayo
34Ngubaniolahlayo?NguKristuowafa,yebo,kakhulu owavuswakwabafileyo,ongakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu,osinxuselayo
35NgubaniozasehlukanisanothandolukaKristu?Usizi, nomaukucindezeleka,nomaukuzingelwa,nomaindlala, nomaukuhamba-ze,nomaingozi,nomainkemba?
36njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:Ngenxayakhosibulawa usukulonke;sibalwanjengezimvuzokuhlatshwa.
37Cha,kukhokonkelokhusingabanqobingaye owasithandayo
38Ngokubangiyaqinisekaukuthinakufa,nakuphila, nazingelosi,nababusi,nakhookukhona,nakhookuzayo; 39lokuphakama,lokujula,lobayisiphiesinyeisidalwa, kasisozesibelamandlaokusahlukanisalothando lukaNkulunkuluolukuKristuJesuiNkosiyethu
ISAHLUKO9
1NgikhulumaiqinisokuKristu,angiqambiamanga, unembezawamiuyangifakazelangoMoyaoNgcwele; 2ukuthinginosiziolukhulunobuhlunguobungapheli enhliziyweniyami
3Ngobabengingathandaukuthiminangokwamingibe ngoqalekisiweyokuKristungenxayabazalwanebami, izihlobozamingokwenyama;
4Angobaniama-Israyeli;okungokwaboukuma kwabantwana,nenkazimulo,nezivumelwano,nokunikwa komthetho,nenkonzokaNkulunkulu,nezithembiso; 5abangababoobaba,lavelakubouKristungokwenyama, uNkulunkuluophezukwakhokonke,obongekayokuze kubeninininiAmen
6KungesikhoukuthiilizwilikaNkulunkululehlulekile Ngokubaabasibobonkeabakwa-IsrayeliabaphumakuIsrayeli;
7Futhikungengenxayokuthibayinzaloka-Abrahama, bonkebangabantwana,kodwakuthiwa:Ngo-Isaka iyakubizwainzaloyakho.
8Okungukuthi,laboabangabantwanabenyamaabasibo abantwanabakaNkulunkulu,kodwaabantwana besithembisobabalwainzalo
9Ngobaleliyilizwilesithembiso:Ngalesisikhathi ngizakuza,njalouSarauzakubalendodana.
10Futhiakusikholokhukuphela;kodwauRebekalaye esekhulwengoyedwa,uIsakaubaba;
11(Ngobaabantwanabengakazalwa,bengakenziokuhle lokubi,ukuzeicebolikaNkulunkuluelingokokukhethalime, lingaveliemisebenzini,kodwakulowoobizayo;
12Kwathiwakuye:Omkhuluuzakhonzaomncane
13njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:UJakobengamthanda, kodwauEsawungamzonda.
14Ngakhosiyakuthini?Kukhonayiniukungalungi kuNkulunkulu?UNkulunkuluakakuvumeli
15NgobauthikuMozisi:Ngizakubalesihawu kwengimhawukelayo,njalongizakubalesihawu kwengimhawukelayo
16Ngakhoakusikhokothandayo,nomakogijimayo,kodwa ngokukaNkulunkuluohawukelayo
17NgokubaumbhalouthikuFaro:“Ngakumiselakhona lokhoukubangibonakaliseamandlaamikuwe,nokuba igamalamilimenyezelweemhlabeniwonke
18Ngakhouhawukelalowoathandaukumhawukela, umenzalukhunilowoathandaukumenzalukhuni.
19Ngakhouzakuthikimi:Usasolelani?Ngobangubani owamelanalentandoyakhe?
20Hatshi,wenamuntu,ungubaniwenaophendula ngoNkulunkulu?Okubunjiweyokungashoyini kowakubumbayoukuthi:“Ungenzelenikanjalona?
21Umbumbiakanaloyiniigunyaphezukwebumba ukwenzainhlamaefanayoisitshaesihloniphekayonesinye esingahloniphekiyona?
22KuthiwaniumauNkulunkuluethandaukubonakalisa ulakanokwenzaamandlaakheaziwe,wathwala ngokubekezelaokukhuluizitshazolakaezilungiselwe ukubhujiswa;
23ukuzeabonakaliseingceboyenkazimuloyakheezitsheni zomusa,azilungiselengaphambiliinkazimulo;
24lathiasibizayo,kungeyisikhokumaJudakuphela,kodwa lakwabezizwe?
25NjengobaeshonakuHoseyaukuthi:“Abangesiboabantu bamingiyakubabizaabantubami;nothandiweyowakhe, obengathandwa
26Kuzakuthiendawenilaphookwathiwakibo:Kalisibo abantubami;laphobayakuthiwaabantwana bakaNkulunkuluophilayo
27U-Isayaumemezango-Israyeliethi:“Nomaisibalo sabantwanabakwa-Israyelisingangesihlabathisolwandle, insaliiyakusindiswa;
28Ngokubauyakuqedaumsebenzi,awufinyeze ngokulunga,ngokubauJehovauyakuwenzaumsebenzi omfishaneemhlabeni
29Kunjengobau-Isayaashongaphambiliukuthi: “NgaphandlekokubauJehovaSebawotiasishiyeleinzalo, sasiyobanjengeSodoma,sifaneneGomora
30Ngakhosiyakuthini?Ukuthiabezizwe ababengadingisisiukulunga,sebekutholileukulunga, ukulungaokuvelaekukholweni
31Kodwau-Israyeli,owalandelaumthethowokulunga, akawufinyelelangaumthethowokulunga
32Nganina?Ngobakabakufunangangokukholwa,kodwa ngokungathingemisebenziyomthetho.Ngokuba bakhubekaetshenilesikhubekiso;
33njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:Khangela,ngibekaeZiyoni ilitshelokuwisaledwalalokuwisa;
ISAHLUKO10
1Bazalwane,isifisosenhliziyoyaminomkhulekowami kuNkulunkulungo-Israyelikuwukubabasindiswe
2Ngokubangiyabafakazelaukuthibanentshiseko ngoNkulunkulu,kodwakungengokokwazi
3NgokubabengakwaziukulungakukaNkulunkulu,befuna ukumisaokwaboukulunga,abazithobangaekulungeni kukaNkulunkulu
4NgokubauKristuuyisiphethosomthetho,kube ngukulungakubobonkeabakholwayo
5NgokubauMoseubhalaukulungaokungokomthetho, ukuthiumuntuozenzayolezozintouyakuphilangazo.
6Kodwaukulungaokungokholokutshokanje:Ungatsho enhliziyweniyakhoukuthi:Ngubaniozakwenyukela ezulwini?(okungukuthi,ukwehlisauKristuezulwini:)
7Noma:Ngubanioyakwehlelaekujulenina?(okungukuthi, ukuvusauKristukwabafileyo)
8Kodwalithini?Izwiliseduzenawe,emlonyeniwakho nasenhliziyweniyakho,okungukuthi,izwilokukholwa, esilishumayelayo;
9NgokubaumauvumangomlomowakhoukuthiuJesu uyiNkosi,ukholwaenhliziyweniyakhoukuthi uNkulunkuluwamvusakwabafileyo,uyakusindiswa; 10Ngobangenhliziyoumuntuukholwakubengukulunga; futhingomlomokuvumakubeyinsindiso
11Ngobaumbhalouthi:Wonkeokholwakuye kayikujabha.
12NgokubaakukhomehlukophakathikomJudanomGreki, ngokubaiNkosieyodwaphezukwabobonkeinothilekubo bonkeabakhulekakuyo.
13NgokubayilowonalowoobizaigamaleNkosi uyakusindiswa
14Pho-kebayakukhulekakanjanikuyeabangakholwanga kuyena?bayakukholwakanjanikuyeabangezwangangaye na?bayakuzwakanjaningaphandlekomshumayelina?
15Bazashumayelakanjani,umabengathunywana? njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:“Yeka,zinhleizinyawo zabashumayelaivangelilokuthula,nabalethaivangeli lezintoezinhle!
16KodwakabalilalelangabonkeivangeliNgokubauIsayauthi:“Nkosi,ngubaniokholweumbikowethuna?
17Ngakhoukukholwakuvelangokuzwa,ukuzwakuvela ngezwilikaNkulunkulu
18Kodwangithi:Kabezwangayini?Yebo,nempela,izwi laboliphumeleemhlabeniwonke,namazwiabo emikhawulweniyomhlaba
19Kodwangithi:UIsrayeliwayengaziyini?KuqalauMose uthi:“Ngiyakunivuselaumhawungabangesisoisizwe, nginithukuthelisengesizweesingenangqondo
20Kephau-Isayaunesibindiesikhulu,uthi:“Ngafunyanwa yilaboababengangifuni;ngabonakaliswakwabangazange bangibuze
21KodwakuIsrayeliuthi:Usukulonkengelulelaizandla zamiebantwiniabangalaleliyolabaphikayo
1Ngakhongithi:UNkulunkuluubalahlileyiniabantu bakhe?UNkulunkuluakakuvumeli.Ngokubanami ngingumIsrayeli,wenzaloka-Abrahama,wesizwe sakwaBenjamini
2UNkulunkulukabalahlangaabantubakheayebazi ngaphambili.Anaziyiniukuthiumbhalouthiningo-Eliya na?ukuthiumncengakanjaniuNkulunkulungoIsrayeli, ethi:
3Nkosi,bababuleleabaprofethibakho,badilizileamaaltareakho;minangiselengedwa,sebefunaukuphila kwami.
4KodwaithiniimpendulokaNkulunkulukuye? Ngizishiyeleamadodaayizinkulungwaneeziyisikhombisa angaguqangakuBhali.
5Kanjalonamanjekukhonainsalingokokhetholomusa 6Umakungomusa,akuseyimisebenzi;umakungenjalo umusaawuseyiwoumusa.kephaumakuyangemisebenzi, akuseyiwoumusa;umakungenjaloumsebenzi awusewumsebenzi
7Pho?U-Israyeliakakutholangalokhoabekufuna;kodwa abakhethiweyobakuthola,labanyebaphuphuthekiswa 8njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:“UNkulunkuluubanikile umoyawobuthongo,amehloukuzebangaboni,nezindlebe ukuzebangezwa,)kuzekubenamuhla
9UDavideuthi:“Itafulalabomalibeyisihibe,nesithiyo, nesikhubekiso,nembuyiselokubo;
10Amehloabomawabemnyama,ukuzebangaboni,futhi ugobeumhlanewabonjalo
11Ngakhongithi:Bakhubekaukuzebaweyini?makube njalo,kephangesiphambekosaboinsindisoifikile kwabezizwe,ukubavuselaumona
12Umaisiphambekosabosiyingceboyezwe,nokuncipha kwabokuyingcebokwabezizwe;kakhulukangakanani ukugcwalakwazo?
13Ngokubangikhulumakinininabezizwe,lokhu ngingumphostoliwabezizwe,ngiphakamisaisikhundla sami;
14umamhlawumbengingabavuselaumonaabenyama yami,ngisindiseabanyebabo
15Ngokubaumaukulahlwakwabokungukubuyiswa kwezwe,kuyakubayiniukwamukelwakwabo,uma kungesikhoukuphilakwabafileyona?
16Ngokubaumaulibolungcwele,nenhlamaingcwele; umaimpandeingcwele,namagatshaanjalo.
17Umaamanyeamagatshaaphulwa,wena-ke ongumnqumowasendlewaxhunyelelwakuwo, wahlanganyelanawoempandeniyamanoniomnqumo;
18UngaqhoshiphezukwamagatshaKephaumauzincoma, akuwenaothweleimpande,kodwaimpandenguwe
19Uzakuthi-ke:Amagatshaaphulwa,ukuzemina ngifakelwe
20Awu;ngenxayokungakholwaaphulwa,wenaumi ngokukholwaUngazikhukhumezi,kephayesaba;
21NgokubaumauNkulunkuluengayekangaamagatsha emvelo,funaakuyekenawe.
22NgakhobhekaububelenobukhalibukaNkulunkulu: ubukhalikulaboabawayo;kodwakuweububele,uma uqhubekaebuhlenibakhe;
23Nabo-ke,umabengahlaliekungakholweni, bayakuxhunyelelwa,ngokubauNkulunkuluunamandla okubuyeabaxhume
24Ngokubaumawenawanqunywaemnqumweni wasendlengokwemvelo,waxhunyelelwaesihlahleni somnqumoesihlengokuphambenenemvelo,kakhulu kangakananilaboabangamagatshaemvelo bayakuxhunyelelwaemnqumweniwabosiqu?
25Ngokubaangithandi,bazalwane,ukubaningayazile mfihlakalo,funanizishayeabahlakaniphileyo;ukuthi ukuphuphuthekakwehleleuIsrayelingokwengxenye,kuze kungeneukugcwalakwabezizwe
26kanjalowonkeu-Israyeliuyakusindiswa, njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:“KuyakuvelaeSiyoni uMkhululi,asuseukungamhloniphiuNkulunkulukuJakobe; 27Ngokubalesiyisivumelwanosaminabo,laphongisusa izonozabo
28Ngokwevangelibayizithangenxayenu,kepha maqondananokukhethwabangabathandekayongenxa yawokhokho
29NgobaiziphozomusalokubizakukaNkulunkulu kakulakuphenduka.
30Ngobanjengalokhulanikadelingamkholwa uNkulunkulu,kodwakhathesiselihawukelwengenxa yokungakholwakwabo;
31Kanjalonalabamanjeabakholwanga,ukuzengesihawu senunabobahawukelwe
32NgobauNkulunkuluubavalelebonkeekungakholweni, ukuzeabelesihawukibobonke
33Yekaukujulakwengcebonokuhlakaniphanokwazi kukaNkulunkulu!Yekaukuthiaziphenyekikanjani izahlulelozakhe,nezindlelazakheaziphenyeki!
34NgobangubaniowaziingqondoyeNkosi?Ngubaniobe ngumelulekiwakhena?
35Kumbengubaniowamnikakuqala,njalouzabuye abuyiselwe?
36Ngokubakonkekuvelakuye,ngaye,kuye,makube kuyeinkazimulokuzekubephakadeAmen
ISAHLUKO12
1Ngakhongiyanincenga,bazalwane,ngobubele bukaNkulunkuluukubaninikeleimizimbayenuibengumnikeloophilileyo,ongcwele,owamukelekayo kuNkulunkulu,kubengukukhonzakwenukokuqonda 2Ningalingisilelizwe,kodwaniguqulweisimo ngokwenziwaibentshaingqondoyenu,ukuzenihlole okuyintandokaNkulunkuluenhle,neyamukelekayo, nepheleleyo
3Ngobangomusaengiwuphiweyo,ngithikuwowonke umuntuophakathikwenuukuthiangazicabangelingaphezu kwalokhoafaneleukukucabanga;kodwaacabange ngokuqonda,njengalokhouNkulunkuluabeleyilowo nalowoisilinganisosokukholwa
4Ngokubanjengalokhusinezithoeziningiemzimbeni munye,kephaizithozonkeazinamsebenzimunye; 5NgakhothinaesibaningisingumzimbamunyekuKristu, futhiwonkeamalunguomunyekomunye
6Ngakho-kenjengobasineziphiwoezahlukenengokomusa esiwuphiweyo,nomaukuprofetha,asiprofethe ngokwesilinganisosokukholwa;
7Nomainkonzo,masihlaleenkonzweniyethu;noma ofundisayomakabeekufundiseni; 8nomaowalayo,ekukhuthazeni;obusangenkuthalo; ohawukelayo,makehlengokwenama.
9Uthandokalungabilokuzenzisa.Yenyanyaokubi; namathelanikokuhle
10nithandanengothandolobuzalwane;ekuhlonipheni nikhetheomunyekomunye;
11Lingavilaphiemsebenzini;ovuthayoemoyeni; ukukhonzaiNkosi;
12Jabulaniethembeni;ubekezeleosizini;niqinise emthandazweni;
13yabelaniabangcweleekuswelenikwabo;emukela izihambi
14Busisaniabanizingelayo;busisani,ningaqaleki
15Thokozaninabathokozayo,nikhalenabakhalayo.
16YibaninomqondomunyeomunyekomunyeNingagxili ezintwenieziphakeme,kodwazehlisenikwabaphansi Ningahlakaniphingokwenu.
17NingaphindiselimuntuokubingokubiYenzaniizinto eziqothophambikwabantubonke
18Umakungenzeka,ngokusemandlenienu,hlalani ngokuthulanabantubonke
19Bathandekayo,ningaziphindiselinina,kodwadedelani ulaka,ngokubakulotshiweukuthi:“Ngokwami ukuphindisela;ngiyakubuyiselamina,ishoiNkosi
20Ngakho-keumaisithasakhosilambile,siphesidle;uma somile,siphuzise;ngokubangokwenzalokhouyakubuthela amalahleomliloekhandalaso
21Unganqotshwaokubi,kodwanqobaokubingokuhle
ISAHLUKO13
1Akubeyilowonalowoazithobephansikwamandla ombusoNgobaawekhoamandlangaphandle kukaNkulunkulu:amandlaakhonaamiswenguNkulunkulu 2Ngakho-keomelananamandla,umelananesimiso sikaNkulunkulu;
3Ngobaababusikabesabekiemisebenziniemihle,kodwa kwabenzaokubi.Pho,awuwesabiamandlana?yenza okuhle,futhiuyakubanodumoyikho;
4ngobauyisikhonzisikaNkulunkuluukuzekubekuhle kuwe.Kephaumawenzaokubi,yesaba;ngokuba akayiphatheliizeinkemba,ngokubauyisikhonzi sikaNkulunkulu,umphindiseliwokubuyiselaulaka kowenzaokubi.
5Ngakhokufaneleukuzithoba,kungabingenxayolaka kuphela,kodwanangenxakanembeza.
6Ngobangenxayalokhonithelafuthi,ngokuba bayizikhonzizikaNkulunkuluezikhuthalelakhonalokho
7Nikanibonkeokubafaneleyo:intelakofaneleintela; inkokhisokubani;ukwesabakokwesabayo;udumokubani ukudunyiswa
8Ningakweletimuntu,kuphelaelokuthandana,ngokuba othandaomunyeuwugcwalisileumthetho
9Ngobalokhuukuthi:Ungaphingi,ungabulali,ungebi, ungafakaziamanga,ungafi;umakukhonaomunyeumyalo, kufinyelelwekulelizwilokuthi:Wothandaumakhelwane wakhonjengalokhuuzithandawena
10Uthandokalwenziokubikumakhelwanewakhe;
11Futhilokhu,njengobanaziisikhathi,ukuthimanje sekuyihoralokubasivukeebuthongweni,ngobamanje ukusindiswakwethukuseduzekunakuqalalaphosikholwa 12Ubusukubudlulile,usukuselusondele;ngakho-ke asilahleimisebenziyobumnyama,sihlomeizikhali zokukhanya
13Masihambengokufaneleyonjengasemini;kungabi ngokuminzanokudakwa,kungabingamanyalanamanyala, kungabingokuxabananomhawu
14KodwayembathaniiNkosiuJesuKristu,futhi ningakhathaleliinyamaukuzenifezeizinkanukozayo
ISAHLUKO14
1Obuthakathakaekukholwenimamukeleni,kodwa kungabingokuphikisana.
2Ngokubaomunyeukholwaukuthiangadlakonke; omunyeobuthakathakaudlaimifino
3Odlayomakangadeleliongadliyo;futhiongadliyo makangahluleliodlayo,ngokubauNkulunkuluumamukele
4Ungubaniwenaowahlulelaincekuyomunye?umikumbe uwaenkosiniyakhe.Yebo,uyakuphakanyiswa,ngokuba uNkulunkuluunamandlaokummisa
5Omunyewazisaolunyeusukukunolunye,omunye wazisaizinsukuzonke.Yilowonalowomakaqiniseke ngokugcweleengqondweniyakhe
6LowoohloniphausukuuluhloniphaeNkosini; nongalunanziusuku,akalunanzieNkosini.Odlayoudla eNkosini,ngokubaubongauNkulunkulu;nongadliyo akadlingenxayeNkosi,futhiubongauNkulunkulu
7Ngokubaakakhophakathikwethuoziphilelayena, akakhoozifelayena;
8Ngokubanomasiphila,siphilelaiNkosi;nomasifa,sifela iNkosi;ngakho-kenomasiphila,nomasifa,singabeNkosi. 9NgobangenxayalokhouKristuwafa,wabuyewavuka, waphila,ukuzeabeyiNkosiyabafileyonabaphilayo 10Kodwakunganiumahlulelaumfowenu?Udelelani umfowenuna?ngobasonkesiyakumaphambikwesihlalo sokwahlulelasikaKristu
11Ngokubakulotshiweukuthi:“Kuphilakwami,”isho iNkosi,“amadoloonkeayakuguqaphambikwami,nezilimi zonkeziyakudumisauNkulunkulu
12Ngakhoyilowonalowokithiuyakuziphendulela kuNkulunkulu
13Ngakhomasingabesisahlulelana,kodwakunalokho yahlulelanilokhu,ukubakungabikhomuntuobeka isikhubekisonomaisikhubekisoendleleniyomzalwane 14Ngiyazi,futhingiqinisekileeNkosiniuJesu,ukuthi akukholuthooluyichilongokwalo;
15Kephaumaumfowenuedabukiswangokudla, awusahambingokothandoUngambhubhisingokudla kwakho,amfelayouKristu.
16Ngakhookuhlekwenumakungahlanjalazwa; 17NgobaumbusokaNkulunkulukawusikhoukudla lokunatha;kodwaukulunga,lokuthula,lenjabulokuMoya oNgcwele
18NgobaokhonzauKristungalezizintouyemukeleka kuNkulunkulu,njaloukholekileebantwini
19Ngakhokasilandeleniizintoezilethaukuthulalezinto esingakhanangazo.
20UngawuchithiumsebenzikaNkulunkulungokudla Zonkeizintozihlanzekile;kodwakubikulowomuntuodla ngokukhubeka
21Kuhleukungadliinyama,nokungaliphuziiwayini, nokunyeumzalwanewakhoakhubekangakho,akhubeke, nomaabebuthakathaka
22Ulokholona?ubenakhophambikukaNkulunkulu Ubusisiweongazilahliyokulokhoakuvumelayo.
23Kephaongabazayo,umaedla,ulahliwe,ngokuba engadlingokukholwa;ngokubakonkeokungaveli ekukholwenikuyisono
ISAHLUKO15
1Thina-keesinamandlasifaneleukuthwalaubuthakathaka bababuthakathaka,singazithokozisithina.
2Yilowonalowokithimakajabuliseumakhelwanekube kuhle,akheke
3NgobaloKristukazithokozisangayena;kodwa, njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:Ukuthukakwabakuthukayo kwehlelaphezukwami
4Ngokubakonkeokwalotshwangaphambilikwalotshelwa ukufundiswakwethu,ukuzengokubekezelanangenduduzo yemibhalosibenethemba
5KephauNkulunkuluwokubekezelanowenduduzo makaniphenibenomqondomunyeomunyekomunye ngokukaKristuJesu;
6ukuzenganhliziyonyengamlomomunyenikhazimulise uNkulunkuluuYiseweNkosiyethuuJesuKristu 7Ngakhoyamukelanani,njengalokhuuKristu wasesamukela,kubeyinkazimulokaNkulunkulu.
8KephangithiuJesuKristuwabayisikhonzisokusoka ngenxayeqinisolikaNkulunkulu,ukuzeaqinise izithembisozabobaba;
9FuthiukuzeabezizwebadumiseuNkulunkulungenxa yesihawusakhe;njengokulotshiweyoukuthi:“Ngalokho ngiyakukudumisaphakathikwabezizwe,ngihubeleigama lakho
10Uyaphindafuthiuthi:“Thokozanininabezizwe,kanye nabantubakhe.
11Njalofuthi:DumisaniiNkosilinabezizwelonke; nimdumiseninazizwezonke
12Futhifuthi,u-Isayauthi:Kuyakubakhonaimpande kaJese,futhilowooyakusukumaabusephezukwabezizwe; abezizwebazathembelakuye
13UNkulunkuluwethembamakanigcwalisengenjabulo yonkenangokuthulakonkeekukholweni,ukuzenivame ethembeningamandlakaMoyaoNgcwele.
14Namingokwamingiyaqinisekangani,bazalwanebami, ukuthinaninigcweleukulunga,nigcwaliswengokwazi konke,ninamandlaokuyalana
15Nokho,bazalwane,nginilobelengesibindiesikhulu ngandlela-thile,kungathingiyanikhumbuza,ngenxa yomusaengiwuphiweyonguNkulunkulu; 16ukuzengibeyisikhonzisikaJesuKristukwabezizwe, ngikhonzeivangelilikaNkulunkulu,ukuzeumnikelo kwabezizwewamukeleke,ungcwelisiwengoMoya oNgcwele
17NgakhongilokuzincomakuKristuJesuezintweni ezimayelanaloNkulunkulu.
18Ngobakangiyikubalesibindisokukhulumalutho ngalezozintouKristuangazenzangangami,ukuzeenze abezizwebalalele,ngelizwilangesenzo;
19ngamandlaezibonakalisolezimangaliso,ngamandla kaMoyakaNkulunkulu;kangangokuthikusukela eJerusalemanangazungezakuzekufikee-Iliriku ngishumayelengokugcweleivangelilikaKristu 20Yebo,ngokunjalongazamaukushumayelaivangeli, kungesikholaphouKristuwabizwakhona,ukuze ngingakhiphezukwesisekelosomunye;
21Kodwakunjengokulotshiweyoukuthi:Lalabo okungakhulunywangangaye,bazabona,lalabo abangezwangabazaqedisisa.
22Kungakho-kengabanjelwakakhuluukuzakini
23Kodwamanjengisengasenayoindawokulezizindawo, futhingineminyakaeminingingifisakakhuluukuzakini; 24lobaninilaphongizakuyaeSpaniya,ngizakuzakini; 25KodwakhathesingiyaeJerusalemaukuzengikhonze abangcwele.
26NgokubakwabakuhlekwabaseMakedoniyanaseAkhayaukunikelaokuthilekwabangcwelebaseJerusalema abampofu.
27Kwabathokozisaisibili;futhibanecalakuboNgokuba umaabezizwebehlanganyelanaboezintwenizabozomoya, kungumsebenziwabonokubakhonzaezintwenizenyama.
28Ngakhonxasengikufezilelokho,futhi sengibaphawulelelesisithelo,ngizakudlulangakiningiye eSpaniya.
29Ngiyaziukuthinxangizakini,ngizakuzangesibusiso esigcweleyosevangelilikaKristu
30Ngiyanincenga,bazalwane,ngenxayeNkosiuJesu Kristu,nangenxayothandolukaMoya,ukubanikhuthale kanyenamiemikhulekweniyenukuNkulunkulungenxa yami;
31ukuzengikhululwekwabangakholwayoeJudiya; nokubainkonzoyamiengiseJerusalemayamukelwe ngabangcwele;
32ukuzengizekiningentokozongentandokaNkulunkulu, ngiqabulekekanyenani
33UNkulunkuluwokuthulamakabenaninonke.Amen.
ISAHLUKO16
1NgiyamtusakiniuFebeudadewethuoyisikhonzisebandla eliseKenikreya;
2ukuzenimamukeleeNkosininjengokufaneleabangcwele, nimsizekunomayiniayiswelekini,ngokubaubengumsizi wabaningi,nowaminami.
3BingelelaniuPrisilalo-AkwilaizisebenzizamikuKhristu uJesu
4abadelaukuphilakwabongenxayokuphilakwami, engibabongayo,kungeyimingedwa,kodwanamabandla onkeabezizwe
5Khonzaningokunjalonebandlaelisendliniyabo Khonzaniku-Ephenetuothandiweyowami,oyizithelo zokuqalaze-AkhayakuKristu 6BingelelaniuMariyaowasebenzanzimangenxayethu.
7Khonzaniko-AnidronikunoJuniya,izihlobozami neziboshwakanyenami,abadumileyophakathi kwabaphostolinaboababekuKristungaphambikwami.
8Khonzaniku-AmpiliyasiisithandwasamieNkosini
9Khonzaniku-Uribane,isisebenzisethukuKristu, nakuStakuisithandwasami.
10Khonzaniku-ApheleokholekileyokuKristuKhonzani kwabendluka-Aristobulo.
11KhonzanikuHerodiyoniisihlobosami.Khonzani kwabendlukaNarkisuabaseNkosini
12KhonzanikoTrifinanoTrifosa,abasebenzakanzima eNkosini.KhonzanikuPersisiothandekayo,owakhandleka kakhulueNkosini
13KhonzanikuRufuokhethiweyoeNkosini,nonina nowami
14Khonzaniku-Asinkritu,noFilegoni,noHerma, noPhatroba,noHermesi,nabazalwaneabanabo.
15KhonzanikuFilologo,noJuliya,kuNerewunodadewabo, naku-Olimpa,nakubobonkeabangcweleabanabo
16Bingelelananingokwangaokungcwele.Ayakhonzakini amabandlakaKristu
17Ngiyanincenga,bazalwane,ukubaniqapheleababanga ukwahlukananezikhubekisobephambenenesifundiso enasifundiswanina;futhiubagweme
18NgobaabanjalokabakhonziiNkosiyethuuJesuKristu, kodwaisisusabo;nangamazwiamahlenamnandi bakhohlisaizinhliziyozabangenalwazi
19NgobaukulalelakwenukwezeleabantubonkeNgakhokengiyathokozangani,kephangithandaukuba nihlakaniphekokuhle,nibeabangenalwazikokubi
20KephauNkulunkuluwokuthulauzakumchoboza masinyaneuSathanephansikwezinyawozenu.Umusa weNkosiyethuuJesuKristumawubenaniAmen
21UyakhonzakiniuThimothewuisisebenzikanyenami, noLukiyu,noJasoni,noSosipatro,izihlobozami.
22MinaTertiyu,engilobelencwadi,ngiyakhonzakini eNkosini
23UyakhonzakiniuGayuesingingenile,nebandlalonke. Uyakhonzakiniu-Erastuindunayomuzi,noKwartu umzalwane
24UmusaweNkosiyethuuJesuKristumawubenaninonke. Amen
25Kuyeolamandlaokuliqinisangokwevangelilami lentshumayelokaJesuKristunjengokwambulwa kwemfihloebifihliwekusukelaezikhathinizasendulo
26Kodwakhathesiisibonakalisiwe,langemibhalo yabaprofethi,ngokomlayokaNkulunkuluophakade, kwaziswaizizwezonkeukuzezilalelengokukholwa; 27kuNkulunkuluohlakaniphileyoyedwa,kakubeludumo ngoJesuKristukuzekubenininini.Amen.(Yabhalelwa amaRomaivelaeKorinte,yathunyelwanguFebeinceku yebandlalaseKenikreya.)