Yamkelanani
Abanamandla bathwala ababuthathaka endaweni yokuzikholisa, nokwamkelwa kweentlanga nguKrestu ngozuko lukaBawo wethu bube bubungqina. Lize uPawulos aphethukele kokwakhe: umnqweno wakhe wokushumayela apho uKrestu angabizwanga, inkongozelo yokunceda amahlwempu aseYerusalem, nethemba lakhe lokudlula eRoma esiya eSpaniya.
15 1Thina sinamandla simelwe kuthwala ubuthathaka babo bangenamandla, singazikholisi thina. 2Ngamnye wethu makakholise ummelwane wakhe ngenxa yokulungileyo, ukuze amakhe. 3Kuba naye uKrestu akazikholisanga; njengoko kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Izingcikivo zabo bakunyelisayo zawa phezu kwam.” 4Zonke izinto ezabhalwa ngaphambili zabhalelwa ukusifundisa, ukuze ngomonde nangentuthuzelo yezibhalo sibe nethemba. 5Wanga uBawo wethu, onika umonde nentuthuzelo, anganipha ukuvumelana omnye nomnye, ngokukaKrestu Yesu, 6ukuze ngamxhelo mnye, ngelizwi elinye, nimzukise uBawo wethu, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu.
7Ngoko ke yamkelanani, njengokuba noKrestu wanamkelayo, ukuze kuzukiswe uBawo wethu. 8Kuba ndithi kuni uKrestu waba ngumkhonzi wabalukileyo, ukuze abonakalalise inyaniso kaBawo wethu, aqinise amadinga awenziwa kooyise, 9nokuze iintlanga zimzukise uBawo wethu ngenxa yenceba yakhe, njengoko kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Ngenxa yoko ndiya kukudumisa phakathi kweentlanga, ndivume kwigama lakho.”
10Kwakhona ithi: “Vuyani, nina zintlanga, kunye nabantu bakhe.”
11Kwakhona: “Mdumiseni uBawo wethu, nina zintlanga zonke, zonke izizwe zimdumise.” a a v11 Lo mgca ucaphula indumiso ememeza zonke iintlanga zomhlaba ukuba zidumise Lowo athi iFHB imbize ngokuba nguBawo wethu kuyo yonke indawo.
12Kwakhona uIsaya uthi: “Ingcambu kaYese iya kuza, inyuka ukulawula iintlanga; iintlanga ziya kuthembela kuyo.”
13Wanga uBawo wethu, umthombo wethemba, anganizalisa ngalo lonke uvuyo noxolo ngokholo, ukuze ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele niphuphume lithemba. b b v13 Uvuyo noxolo aluveli kumgudu odinisayo. Luvela “ekukholweni” — ngokuphumla koko uBawo wethu akuthembisileyo.
Ubabalo lukaBawo wethu kuthunywa lukaPawulos
14Ndeyisekile ngani, bazalwana bam, ukuba nina ngokwenu nizele kukulunga, nizaliswe kukwazi konke, ninako nokuyalana. 15Kodwa ndinibhalele ngesibindi ngakumbi ngezinye iindawo, ndinikhumbuza, ngenxa yobabalo endandinikwe lona nguBawo wethu, 16ukuba ndibe ngumkhonzi kaKrestu Yesu ezintlangeni, umbingeleli weendaba ezilungileyo zikaBawo wethu, ukuze umnikelo weentlanga wamkeleke, ungcwaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele. 17Ngoko ke, kuKrestu Yesu, ndinesizathu sokuqhayisa ngomsebenzi wam endimenzela wona uBawo wethu. 18Kuba andiyi kulinga ukuthetha nganto, ngaphandle koko akwenzileyo uKrestu ngam ukuze iintlanga zilulame, ngelizwi nangesenzo. 19Ngamandla emiqondiso nezimanga, ngamandla oMoya kaBawo wethu, ndizivakalisile ngokupheleleyo iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKrestu, ndithabathela eYerusalem ndizungeza ndiye kufika e-Iliriko. 20Ngaloo ndlela ndizimisela ukuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo apho uKrestu angakhange abizwe khona, ukuze ndingakheli phezu kwesiseko somntu wumbi, 21kodwa njengoko kubhaliwe ukuthi: “abo bangazange baxelelwe ngaye baya kubona, nabo bangevanga baya kuqonda.”
22Kungenxa yoko ndaye ndithintelwa kufuthi ukuza kuni.
Amacebo kaPawulos okundwendwela eRoma
23Kodwa ngoku, kungasekho ndawo yokusebenza kule mimandla, ndaye ndilangazelela iminyaka emininzi ukuza kuni, 24ndinethemba lokunibona ngokudlula ndisendleleni yam esiya eSpeyin, nize nindiphelekelele ukuya khona, ndakuba ndikholisekile bubudlelane benu okwethutyana. 25Kodwa okwangoku ndiya eYerusalem, ndiphethe uncedo kubantu bakaBawo wethu. 26IMakedoni ne-Akaya zivuye zenza umnikelo ngenxa yamahlwempu abakubantu bakaBawo wethu eYerusalem. 27Zazivuya ukukwenza oku, kananjalo zinetyala lokukwenza. Kuba ekubeni iintlanga zabelana namaSirayeli ngeentsikelelo zokomoya, iintlanga zinetyala lokubancedisa abantu baseYerusalem ngezinto zenyama. 28Ngoko ke, ndakuba ndikugqibile oku, ndabe ndibanikezele ngokukhuselekileyo oku kuqokelelweyo, ndophuma ndisinge eSpeyin ndicande kuni. 29Ndiyazi ukuba ekuzeni kwam kuni, ndoza nentsikelelo epheleleyo kaKrestu.
30Bazalwana, ngeNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu nangothando loMoya, ndiyanibongoza ukuba nisebenze kunye nam emithandazweni yenu kuBawo wethu ngenxa yam, 31ukuze ndisinde kwabangakholwayo bakwaYuda, nenkonzo yam yaseYerusalem ibakholise abantu bakaBawo wethu, 32ukuze, ngokuthanda kukaBawo wethu, ndize kuni ndinovuyo, ndiphumle kunye nani. 33Wanga uBawo wethu, umthombo woxolo, angaba nani nonke. Amen.
