KwabaseRoma 9 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

9 ¹Ndithetha inyaniso ndikuKrestu, andixoki—isazela sam singqina kunye nam ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, ²ukuba ndinosizi olukhulu nentlungu engapheliyo entliziyweni yam. ³Ndingade ndinqwenele ukuba ndiqalekiswe, ndahlulwe kuKrestu, ngenxa yabazalwana bam, abantu bakowethu ngegazi. ⁴BangamaSirayeli: bobabo ukwenziwa oonyana, nozuko, neminqophiso, nokunikwa komthetho, nonqulo, namadinga. ⁵Bobabo ookhokho; kubo, ngokwenyama, kuvela uKrestu, onguThixo ongaphezu kweento zonke, ongowokubongwa kuse kumaphakade. Amen. ^a a v5 UPawulos ubiza uKrestu ngokuba “nguThixo ongaphezu kweento zonke, ongowokubongwa ngonaphakade” — sesinye sezona zivakalisi zicacileyo zeTestamente eNtsha zokuba uYesu unguThixo ngokupheleleyo.

⁶Oku akuthethi ukuba ilizwi likaBawo wethu liwe phantsi; kuba asingabo bonke abaphuma kuSirayeli abanguSirayeli.

⁷Asingabo bonke abembewu ka-Abraham abangabantwana bakhe; kodwa kuthiwa: “Iya kubizwa ngo-Isake imbewu yakho.”

⁸Oko kukuthi, abantwana benyama abangabantwana bakaBawo wethu, kodwa abantwana bedinga babalwa njengembewu.

⁹Kuba idinga lithi: “Ngeli xesha ngomnyaka ozayo ndiya kuza, uSara aze abe nonyana.”

¹⁰Kungekuko oko kuphela, kodwa noRebheka naye wamitha ngendoda enye, ubawo wethu u-Isake, ¹¹nangona babengekazalwa, bengekenzi nto ilungileyo nembi—ukuze injongo kaBawo wethu ngokunyula ime,

¹²kungaphumi emisebenzini, kodwa kulowo obizayo, kwathiwa kuye: “omkhulu uya kukhonza omncinane.” ¹³Njengoko kubhaliwe: “UYakobi ndamthanda, kodwa uEsawu ndamthiya.” ^b b v13 Elithi ‘ndamthiya’ sisaci sesiHebhere sokukhetha omnye kunomnye — ukunyula ngokukhululekileyo kukaBawo wethu uYakobi, kungekho ntiyo ngakuEsawu.

¹⁴Sithini na ke ngoko? Ngaba kukho intswela-bulungisa kuBawo wethu? Nakanye!

¹⁵Kuba uthi kuMoses: “Ndiya kuba nenceba kulowo ndinenceba kuye, ndibe nemfesane kulowo ndinemfesane kuye.”

¹⁶Ngoko ke akuxhomekeki ekuthandeni komntu nasekuzabalazeni kwakhe, kodwa kuBawo wethu onenceba.

¹⁷Kuba isibhalo sithi kuFaro: “Ndakuvusela yona kanye le njongo, ukuze ndiwabonakalalise amandla am ngawe, lize livakaliswe igama lam kulo lonke ihlabathi.”

¹⁸Ngoko ke uba nenceba kulowo athandayo, amenze lukhuni lowo athandayo.

¹⁹Uya kundibuza ke uthi: “Kutheni esola nje? Ngubani na omelana nokuthanda kwakhe?” ²⁰Kodwa ungubani na wena, mntu nje, ukuba uphikisane noBawo wethu? Ngaba into ebunjiweyo ingatsho na kumbumbi wayo ukuthi: “Kutheni undenze ngolu hlobo?” ²¹Ngaba umbumbi akanalo na igunya phezu kodongwe, ukuba enze ngentlama enye isitya sembeko, esinye sehlazo? ²²Kuthekani ukuba uBawo wethu, efuna ukubonakalalisa ingqumbo yakhe nokwazisa amandla akhe, wazinyamezela ngomonde izitya zengqumbo ezilungiselelwe intshabalalo, ²³ukuze atyhile ubutyebi bozuko lwakhe kwizitya zenceba awazilungiselela kwangaphambili uzuko, ²⁴kanye nathi awasibizayo, kungekuphela kumaYuda, kodwa nakweentlanga?

²⁵Njengoko watshoyo kuHoseya: “Abo bebengengabantwana bam ndiya kubabiza ngabantwana bam, nalowo ebengathandwa ndiya kumbiza ngentanda.”

²⁶“Kwaye kuloo ndawo kanye ekwakuthiwe kubo kuyo, ‘Aningobantu bam,’ khona apho baya kubizwa ngokuba ‘ngabantwana bakaBawo ophilileyo.’”

²⁷UIsaya udanduluka ngoSirayeli, esithi: “Nokuba abantwana bakaSirayeli bebaninzi ngangentlabathi yolwandle, ngamasalela kuphela aya kusindiswa, ²⁸kuba uBawo wethu uya kusifezekisa isigwebo sakhe emhlabeni, ngokupheleleyo nangokungalibaziseki.”

²⁹Yaye njengoko uIsaya watshoyo ngaphambili: “Ukuba uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ebengasishiyelanga mbewu, ngesiba njengeSodom, senziwe njengeGomora.”

USirayeli Wakhubeka Elityeni

³⁰Sithini na ke ngoko? Iintlanga ebezingaphuthumi bulungisa zabufumana ubulungisa, ubulungisa obuvela elukholweni; ³¹kodwa uSirayeli, owayephuthuma umthetho wobulungisa, akawufikelelanga loo mthetho. ³²Kungani na? Ngenxa yokuba babengaphuthumi ngokholo, kodwa ngokungathi ngemisebenzi. Bakhubeka kwilitye lokukhubekisa,

³³njengoko kubhaliwe: “Yabona, ndibeka eZiyon ilitye lokukhubekisa, iliwa elikhubekisayo; othe wathemba kuye akayi kudaniswa.”