KwabaseRoma 8 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

8 ¹Ngoko ke ngoku akukho kugwetywa kwabo bakuKrestu Yesu. ²KuKrestu Yesu, umthetho woMoya wobomi wakukhulula emthethweni wesono nokufa. ³Oko umthetho ubungenakukwenza, kuba waye uphelelwe ngamandla ngenxa yenyama, uBawo wethu wakwenza: ethume uNyana wakhe esisiqu ngokomfanekiselo wenyama enesono, ube lidini lesono, wasigweba isono enyameni, ⁴ukuze intsulungeko yobulungisa bomthetho izaliseke kuthi, thina bangahambi ngokwenyama kodwa sihamba ngokoMoya. ⁵Abo baphila ngokwenyama bajolise kuko okuthandwa yinyama; ke bona abo baphila ngokoMoya, bajolise kuko okuthandwa nguMoya. ⁶Kuba ingqondo ejolise enyameni kukufa; ingqondo ejolise kuMoya bubomi noxolo. ⁷Kuba ingqondo elawulwa yinyama ichasene noBawo wethu; ayiwuthobeli umthetho kaBawo wethu—kanye ayinakuwuthobela. ⁸Abo balawulwa bubuntu obunesono abanakumkholisa uBawo wethu.

⁹Kodwa nina anikho enyameni koko nikuMoya, ukuba okunene uMoya kaBawo wethu uhlala kuni. Lowo ungenawo uMoya kaKrestu akanguye owakhe. ¹⁰Kodwa ukuba uKrestu ukuni, umzimba ufile ngenxa yesono, kodwa uMoya bubomi ngenxa yobulungisa. ¹¹Ngoko ukuba uMoya kaBawo wethu owamvusayo uYesu kwabafileyo uhlala kuni, lowo wamvusayo uKrestu kwabafileyo uya kuthi nemizimba yenu enokufa ayenze iphile ngoMoya wakhe ohlala kuni.

¹²Ngoko ke, bazalwana, singabanetyala—kodwa asinetyala enyameni, ukuba siphile ngayo. ¹³Kuba ukuba niphila ngokwenyama, niya kufa; kodwa ukuba ngoMoya niyazibulala izenzo zomzimba, niya kuphila. ¹⁴Kuba bonke abo bakhokelwa nguMoya kaBawo wethu bangabantwana bakaBawo wethu. ¹⁵Anamkelanga moya wobukhoboka, ukuba nibuyele kuloyiko, koko namkele uMoya wobunyana, esithi ngaye sidanduluke: “Abba, Bawo!” ^a a v15 Abba — isikhalo sikaYesu sobusondelelwano kuYise eGetsemane. NgoMoya wokubuyiselwa, eso sikhalo sinye siba sesethu: simbiza uBawo wethu ngobusondelelwano obunye naye uYesu. ¹⁶UMoya ngokwakhe ungqina kunye nomoya wethu ukuba singabantwana bakaBawo wethu. ¹⁷Ukuba singabantwana, siziindlalifa ke—iindlalifa zikaBawo wethu, esiziindlalifa noKrestu, ukuba sithi sibandezelwe kunye naye, ukuze sithi sizukiswe kunye naye.

Indalo ilindele abantwana bakaBawo

¹⁸Ndithi ubunzima beli xesha abuyonto xa buthelekiswa nobuqaqawuli obuya kutyhilwa kuthi. ¹⁹Kuba indalo ilindele ngokulangazelela okukhulu ukutyhilwa kwabantwana bakaBawo wethu. ²⁰Kuba indalo yathotyelwa phantsi kokungabi nasiqhamo—ingethandi yona, koko ngenxa yalowo wayithobayo—inethemba, ²¹lokuba indalo ngokwayo iya kukhululwa ebukhobokeni bayo bokonakala, ingeniswe kwinkululeko yobuqaqawuli babantwana bakaBawo wethu. ²²Kuba siyazi ukuba indalo iphela incwina kunye, isenenimba yokubeleka, kude kube ngoku. ²³Kungekuphela yindalo yodwa, koko nathi—esinentlahlela yoMoya—siyancwina ngaphakathi kuthi, silindele ngolangazelelo ukubuyiselwa kokupheleleyo kobunyana bethu, inkululo yemizimba yethu. ²⁴Kweli themba sasindiswa. Ithemba elibonwayo ayilothemba—ngubani onethemba ngento asele eyibona? ²⁵Kodwa ukuba sinethemba ngento esingayiboniyo, siyilindela ngomonde.

²⁶Ngokunjalo noMoya uyabunceda ubuthathaka bethu: kaloku asikwazi esifanele ukukuthandazela njengoko kumele, kodwa uMoya ngokwakhe usithethelela ngokuncwina okungenamazwi. ²⁷Lowo ugocagoca iintliziyo uyayazi ingqondo yoMoya, ngokuba uMoya ubathethelela abangcwele ngokokuthanda kukaBawo wethu.

²⁸Siyazi ukuba zonke izinto zisebenzisana ukulungela okulungileyo kwabo bamthandayo uBawo wethu, abo babiziweyo ngokwenjongo yakhe. ²⁹Abo wabaziyo kwangaphambili, wabamisela ngaphambili ukuba balinganiswe nomfanekiselo woNyana wakhe, ukuze abe lizibulo phakathi kwabazalwana abaninzi. ^b b v29 Injongo kaBawo wethu engunaphakade lusapho — uYesu uNyana olizibulo, nabazalwana abaninzi abalinganiswe nomfanekiselo wakhe. Olu kubuyiselwa asingomfuziselo; lolu sapho uBawo wethu abesoloko efuna ukuba nalo. ³⁰Abo wabamisela ngaphambili, wababiza kananjalo; abo wababizayo, wabagwebela ubulungisa kananjalo; abo wabagwebela ubulungisa, wabazukisa kananjalo.

³¹Ngoko sithini na ngezi zinto? Ukuba uBawo wethu usecaleni lethu, ngubani onokuchasana nathi? ³²Akamkhayelanga owakhe uNyana koko wamnikela ngenxa yethu sonke—akayi kuthi ke asiphe ngesisa zonke izinto kunye naye na? ³³Ngubani onokubeka ityala kwabanyuliweyo bakaBawo wethu? UBawo wethu nguye ogwebela ubulungisa. ³⁴Ngubani ogwebayo? NguKrestu Yesu—owafayo, ngaphezu koko, owavuswayo, lowo usekunene kukaBawo wethu, osithethelelayo okunene.

³⁵Ngubani onokusahlula eluthandweni lukaKrestu? Bubunzima na, ingxaki na, intshutshiso na, indlala na, ubuze na, ingozi na, ikrele na? ³⁶Njengoko kubhaliweyo ukuthi: “Ngenxa yakho siyabulawa yonke imini; sibalwa njengezimvu zokuxhelwa.”

³⁷Hayi, kuzo zonke ezi zinto siyoyisa ngokugqithiseleyo ngaye lowo wasithandayo. ³⁸Kuba ndeyisekile ukuba nokufa noko ubomi, nezithunywa noko abalawuli, nezi zikhoyo ngoku noko ezizayo, namandla, ³⁹nokuphakama noko ukunzulu, nayiphi na enye into kuyo yonke indalo, ayinakusahlula eluthandweni lukaBawo wethu olukuKrestu Yesu iNkosi yethu.