Intliziyo kaPawulos ngamaSirayeli
Abantu bakaPawulos banekhwele okwenene ngoBawo wethu elijolise entweni engalunganga: ukumisa ubulungisa babo endaweni yobakhe. Enye indlela ikufuphi, isemlonyeni nasentliziyweni, ivulekele nabani na obizayo. Nto leyo ivelisa ingxaki ebonakalayo — akukho mntu uvayo ngaphandle kothunyiweyo.
10 1Bazalwana, umnqweno wentliziyo yam nomthandazo wam kuBawo wethu ngamaSirayeli ngowosindiso lwawo. 2Ndiyangqina ngawo: anekhwele ngoBawo wethu, kodwa kungekhona ngokwazi. 3Engazi ubulungisa bukaBawo wethu, efuna ukumisa ubulungisa babo, akazange abuthobele ubulungisa bukaBawo wethu. 4Kuba uKrestu usisiphelo somthetho, ukuze bonke abakholwayo bafumane ubulungisa.
5Kuba uMoses ubhale ngobulungisa obusekelwe emthethweni, esithi: “Lowo ozenzayo ezi zinto uya kudla ubomi ngazo.”
6Kodwa ubulungisa obusekelwe elukholweni buthi: “Uze ungatsho entliziyweni yakho ukuthi, ‘Ngubani na oya kunyuka aye ezulwini?’” (oko kukuthi, kukuzisa uKrestu phantsi). 7“okanye, ‘Ngubani na oya kuhla aye enzonzobileni?’” (oko kukuthi, kukuvusa uKrestu kwabafileyo). 8Kodwa buthini na bona? “Ilizwi likufuphi nawe, lisemlonyeni wakho nasentliziyweni yakho”—oko kukuthi ilizwi lokholo esilivakalisayo: 9Ukuba uthe wavuma ngomlomo wakho ukuba uYesu uyiNkosi, wakholwa entliziyweni yakho ukuba uBawo wethu wamvusa kwabafileyo, uya kusindiswa. 10Kuba ngentliziyo uyakholwa ulungisiswe kuBawo wethu, ngomlomo uyavuma usindiswe. 11Kuba isibhalo sithi: “Bonke abakholwayo kuye abayi kudaniswa.” 12Akukho mahluko phakathi komYuda nomGrike: enye iNkosi iyiNkosi yabo bonke, inobubele kubo bonke abanqula yona. 13Kuba “bonke abasukuba belinqula igama leNkosi yethu uYesu baya kusindiswa.” a a v13 UPawulos uthabatha isithembiso esithi “bonke abasukuba belinqula igama likaNdikhoyo baya kusindiswa,” asisebenzise kuYesu — ukunqula iNkosi kukunqula yena.
14Bangathini na ke ukunqula lowo bangakholwanga kuye? Bangathini na ke ukukholwa kulowo bangamvanga? Bangathini na ke ukuva kungekho mntu ushumayelayo? 15Bangathini na ke ukumvakalisa, ukuba abathunywanga? Njengoko kubhaliwe, kwathiwa: “Hayi, ukuba mihle kweenyawo zabo bazisa iindaba ezilungileyo!”
16Kodwa asingabo bonke abazivayo iindaba ezilungileyo, kuba uIsaya uthi: “Bawo, ngubani na okholiweyo ludaba lwethu?” 17Ngoko ke ukholo luvela ekuveni, ukuva kuvela ngelizwi elingoKrestu. 18Kodwa ndiyabuza: abevanga na? Ewe, beva: “Isandi sabo saphuma saya ehlabathini lonke, namazwi abo aya kwiziphelo zehlabathi.”
19Kodwa ndiyabuza, amaSirayeli akazanga na? Kuqala uMoses uthi: “Ndiya kunivuselela ikhwele ngabo bangeluhlanga, ndinicaphukise ngohlanga olungenangqiqo.”
20UIsaya unesibindi sokuthi: “Ndafunyanwa ngabo bangandifuniyo; ndabonakala kwabo bangandibuziyo.”
21Kodwa ngamaSirayeli uthi: “Imini yonke ndazolulela izandla zam ebantwini abangevayo, abaqhankqalazayo.”