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Isibingelelo
1 UPawuli, inceku kaJesu Krestu, ebizelwe ukuba ngumphostoli, ehlukaniselwe ivangeli likaNkulunkulu, 2 alithembisa ngaphambili ngabaprofethi bakhe emibhalweni engcwele, 3 mayelana leNdodana yakhe, eyavela enzalweni kaDavida ngokwenyama, 4 eyabonakaliswa ukuthi iyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngamandla, ngokukaMoya wobungcwele, ngokuvuka kwabafileyo, uJesu Krestu iNkosi yethu, 5 semukela ngaye umusa lobuphostoli ukuthi kube yikulalela kokholo phakathi kwezizwe zonke, ngenxa yebizo lakhe, 6 elikuzo lani, babiziweyo bakaJesu Krestu: 7 Kibo bonke abaseRoma abathandiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, ababizelwe ukuba ngabangcwele: Umusa kawube kini lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu leNkosini uJesu Krestu.
Isifiso sikaPawuli sokutshumayela ivangeli eRoma
8 Kuqala-ke ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Krestu ngani lonke, ukuthi ukholo lwenu lumenyezelwa emhlabeni wonke. 9 Ngoba uNkulunkulu ungumfakazi wami, engimkhonza emoyeni wami ngevangeli leNdodana yakhe, ukuthi kangiyekeli njani ukulikhumbula, 10 ngesikhathi sonke emikhulekweni yami ngicela, ukuthi nxa kusenzeka ngentando kaNkulunkulu, ngiphunyeleliswe ukuza kini ngasekucineni. 11 Ngoba ngilangatha ukulibona, ukuze ngiliphe isipho esithile somoya, ukuze liqiniswe, 12 kuyikuthi, siduduzeke ndawonye phakathi kwenu ngokholo olukomunye lomunye olwenu kanye lolwami. 13 Kanti angithandi ukuthi kungazakali kini, bazalwane, ukuthi ngazimisela kanengi ukuza kini, ngasengibambeka kuze kube khathesi, ukuze ngizuze esinye isithelo laphakathi kwenu, lanjengaphakathi kwezinye izizwe. 14 Ngilomlandu kumaGriki kanye lakwabezizwe, kwabahlakaniphileyo kanye lakwabayizithutha; 15 ngokunjalo lokho okukimi kulungele ukutshumayela ivangeli lakini abaseRoma.
16 Ngoba kangilanhloni ngevangeli likaKrestu; ngoba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu kusindiso kuye wonke okholwayo, kumJuda kuqala lakumGriki. 17 Ngoba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa kilo kusukela kukholo kusiya kukholo; njengokubhaliweyo ukuthi: Kodwa olungileyo uzaphila ngokholo.
Intukuthelo kaNkulunkulu ngezono zabezizwe
18 Ngoba ulaka lukaNkulunkulu oluvela ezulwini luyabonakaliswa kikho konke ukungakhonzi uNkulunkulu lokungalungi kwabantu abavimbela iqiniso ngokungalungi; 19 ngoba lokho okwaziwayo kukaNkulunkulu kusobala phakathi kwabo; ngoba uNkulunkulu ukubonakalisile kibo. 20 Ngoba okungabonwayo kwakhe, selokhu kwadatshulwa umhlaba, okuzwisiseka ngezinto ezenziweyo, kubonakaliswa obala, amandla akhe aphakade kanye lobuNkulunkulu, kuze kuthi kabalakuzivikela; 21 ngoba kuthe bemazi uNkulunkulu, kabamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulu kumbe ukumbonga, kodwa baba yize kumicabango yabo, lenhliziyo yabo engaqondile yabamnyama. 22 Bezitshaya abahlakaniphileyo baba yizithutha, 23 lenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo bayiphendulela ekufananeni lomfanekiso womuntu obhubhayo, lowezinyoni, lowezidalwa ezilenyawo ezine, lowokuhuquzelayo. 24 Ngalokho-ke uNkulunkulu wabanikela emanyaleni enkanuko zenhliziyo zabo, ukuthi badumaze imizimba yabo phakathi kwabo; 25 abaphendulela iqiniso likaNkulunkulu emangeni, basebekhuleka bekhonza okudaliweyo kuloMdali, ongobongekayo kuze kube phakade. Ameni. 26 Ngenxa yalokho uNkulunkulu wabanikela enkanukweni ezilihlazo; ngoba labesifazana babo baphendula ukwenza kwemvelo kwaba ngokuphambene lemvelo; 27 langokunjalo labesilisa bayekela ukwenza kwemvelo kowesifazana, batsha ngokukhanukana kwabo, abesilisa labesilisa benza okulihlazo, bemukeliswa phakathi kwabo umvuzo ofanele ukuduha kwabo. 28 Njalo njengalokhu bengavumanga ukuba lolwazi ngoNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ukuthi babe lengqondo ebolileyo, yokwenza okungafanelanga, 29 begcwele konke ukungalungi, ukuphinga, ububi, umhawu, inzondo; begcwele kakhulu umona, ukubulala, inkani, inkohliso, ulunya; abahlebayo, 30 abanyeyayo, abazonda uNkulunkulu, abangelamakhanda, abazigqajayo, abazikhukhumezayo, abaqambi bobubi, abangalaleli abazali, 31 abangelangqondo, abephula izithembiso, abalolunya, abangelakuxoliswa, abangelasihawu; 32 bona besazi umlayo wokulunga kaNkulunkulu, lokuthi abenza izinto ezinjalo bafanele ukufa, kungasikuthi bayazenza kuphela, kodwa futhi bevumelana labazenzayo.