Ababizelwe Ukuba Ngabakaloku kaYesu Krestu

Ingcaciso epheleleyo kaPawulos ngeendaba ezilungileyo—isono soluntu, ubulungisa bukaThixo, nosindiso ngobabalo ngokholo. Incwadi ethe yayila ibandla ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye.

Isahluko 1.

UPawulos, umkhonzi kaKrestu Yesu, obizelwe ukuba abe ngumpostile, owahlulelwe iindaba ezilungileyo zikaBawo wethu, ezo ndaba zilungileyo awazithembisa kwangaphambili ngabaprofeti bakhe ezibhalweni ezingcwele, ngaye uNyana wakhe, owathi ngokwasemhlabeni wazalwa esinqeni sikaDavide, waza wabhengezwa ukuba unguNyana kaBawo wethu ngamandla ngokoMoya wobungcwele ngokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo—uYesu Krestu iNkosi yethu. Ngaye samkela ubabalo nobupostile ukuze kubekho ukululamela ukholo phakathi kweentlanga zonke, ngenxa yegama lakhe, nani ke niphakathi kwabo babizelwe ukuba ngabakaYesu Krestu. Kubo bonke abaseRoma, abo uBawo wethu abathandayo, nababizelwe ukuba babe ngabantu bakhe abangcwele: Makube lubabalo kuni noxolo oluvela kuBawo wethu neNkosi uYesu Krestu.

Ukulangazelela Ukuzisa Iindaba Ezilungileyo

Okokuqala, ndiyambulela uBawo wam ngoYesu Krestu ngenxa yenu nonke, kuba ukholo lwenu luvakaliswa kulo lonke ihlabathi. Kuba uBawo wethu ulingqina lam, endimkhonza ngomoya wam kwiindaba ezilungileyo zoNyana wakhe, ukuba ndinikhumbule ngamaxesha onke emithandazweni yam, ndicela ukuba, nokuba kunjani na, ngokuthanda kukaBawo wethu ndide ndiphumelele ngoku ekuzeni kuni. Kuba ndilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze ndininike isipho sikamoya esiniqinisayo, oko kukuthi, ukuze sikhuthazane, mna nani, ngokholo lomnye nomnye.

Ndifuna ukuba nazi, bazalwana: ndandisoloko ndicinga ukuza kuni, kodwa ndathintelwa kude kube ngoku—ukuze ndibe nesivuno naphakathi kwenu, njengakwezinye iintlanga. Ndinetyala kumaGrike nakwabangengomaGrike, kwizilumko nakwizidenge. Ngoko ke ndinelangazelelo lokunishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo nani enikwelaseRoma.

Andizidanisi ngazo iindaba ezilungileyo—ngamandla kaBawo wethu osindiso kuye wonke okholwayo, kumaYuda kuqala, nakumGrike ngokunjalo.

Kuba kuzo butyhilwa ubulungisa bukaBawo wethu, ukusuka elukholweni ukuya elukholweni, njengoko kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Ilungisa liya kuphila ngokholo.” ^a

Ingqumbo kaBawo Wethu Ngakwisono

Kuba ingqumbo kaBawo wethu ityhileke ivela ezulwini, ichasene nako konke ukungahloneli uThixo nokungalungisi kwabantu, abo bacinezela inyaniso ngokungalungisi. Oko kunokwaziwa ngoBawo wethu kusebaleni kubo, kuba uyibonakalalisile kubo loo nto. Kuba kususela ekudalweni kwehlabathi, iimpawu zakhe ezingabonakaliyo—amandla angunaphakade nobuthixo bakhe—zibonakala kakuhle, ziqondakala ngezinto awazenzayo. Ngoko abanasizathu. Nangona bemazi uBawo wethu, abamzukisanga njengoThixo, abanikanga umbulelo kuye—kunoko iingcinga zabo zaba lilize, yaza intliziyo yabo engenangqondo yaba mnyama. Besithi bazizilumko, basuka baba zizidenge, baza bananisela uzuko lukaBawo wethu ongenakufa ngemifanekiso efana nomntu ofayo, neentaka, nezilwanyana, nezinambuzane. Ngoko ke uBawo wethu wabanikela kwiinkanuko zeentliziyo zabo, ekungcoleni, bade bacukuceze imizimba yabo phakathi kwabo, ngenxa yokuba bayananisela inyaniso engoBawo wethu nobuxoki, bequbuda bekhonza indalo endaweni yoMdali, yena osikelelekileyo ngonaphakade. Amen.

Ngenxa yoko, uBawo wethu wabanikela kwiinkanuko ezililihlazo. Abafazi babo bananisela indlela yemvelo ngendlela engengeyemvelo. Ngokunjalo, namadoda ayekile ukwenza ngemvelo nabafazi, atsha yinkanuko omnye ngomnye—amadoda esenza amanyala namadoda, aze afumane kuwo ngokwawo isohlwayo esifanele impazamo yawo. Ekubeni bala ukumazi uBawo wethu, wabanikela engqondweni engafanelekanga, ukuba benze izinto ezingafanelekanga. Bazaliswa kukungalungisi konke, nobubi, nokuphanga, nokungendawo; bezele ngumona, nokubulala, neengxabano, nenkohliso, nobutshaba; bangabahlebi, abanyelisi, abamthiyayo uBawo wethu, abagxeki, abakhukhumali, abaqhayisi, abenzi bobubi, abangathobeliyo abazali babo, abazizidenge, abangenalukholo, abangenantliziyo, abangenanceba. Nangona besazi ummiselo olungileyo kaBawo wethu othi abo benza izinto ezinjalo bafanelwe kukufa, abenzi nje kuphela ezi zinto, basuka bancome nabo bazenzayo.