KwabaseRoma 1

1 ¹UPawulu, inceku kaKhristu uJesu, obiziwe ukuba abe ngumphostoli, owahlukaniselwa ivangeli likaBaba wethu, ²ivangeli alithembisa kusengaphambili ngabaprofethi bakhe emiBhalweni engcwele, ³mayelana neNdodana yakhe, okwathi ngempilo yayo yasemhlabeni yavela enzalweni kaDavide, ⁴yaphinde yamenyezelwa ukuthi iyiNdodana kaBaba wethu ngamandla ngokoMoya wobungcwele ngokuvuka kwayo kwabafileyo—uJesu Khristu iNkosi yethu. ⁵Ngaye samukela umusa nobuphostoli ukuze kube khona ukulalela okuvela ekukholweni phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe, ngenxa yegama lakhe, ⁶nani ningabanye balabo ababiziweyo ukuba babe ngabakaJesu Khristu. ⁷Kubo bonke abaseRoma, abathandwa nguBaba wethu nababiziweyo ukuba babe ngabantu bakhe abangcwele: Umusa awube kini noxolo oluvela kuBaba wethu nakuJesu Khristu iNkosi.

Ukulangazelela Ukuletha iVangeli

⁸Kuqala, ngibonga uBaba wami ngoJesu Khristu ngenxa yenu nonke, ngokuba ukukholwa kwenu kubikwa emhlabeni wonke. ⁹Ngokuba uBaba wethu ungufakazi wami, engimkhonza ngomoya wami evangelini leNdodana yakhe, ukuthi nginikhumbula njalo emikhulekweni yami, ¹⁰ngicela ukuthi mhlawumbe ngentando kaBaba wethu ngigcine sengiphumelela ukuza kini. ¹¹Ngokuba ngilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze ngabelane nani isiphiwo somoya esiniqinisayo, ¹²okungukuthi, ukuze sikhuthazane ngokukholwa komunye nomunye, okungukwenu nokwami.

¹³Ngifuna ukuba nazi, bazalwane: ngangivame ukuhlela ukuza kini, kodwa ngangivinjelwa kuze kube manje—ukuze ngivune okuthile phakathi kwenu nani, njengakwezinye izizwe. ¹⁴Nginesibopho kumaGreki nakwabangewona amaGreki, kwabahlakaniphileyo nakweziwula. ¹⁵Ngakho ngilangazelela ukushumayela ivangeli nakini eniseRoma.

¹⁶Anginamahloni ngevangeli—lingamandla kaBaba wethu okusindisa wonke umuntu okholwayo, kumJuda kuqala, kanye nakumGreki.

¹⁷Ngokuba kulo ukulunga kukaBaba wethu kuyambulwa, kusuka ekukholweni kuya ekukholweni, njengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa.” ^a a v17 “Kusuka ekukholweni kuya ekukholweni”: ivangeli liqhutshwa ngukukholwa kukho konke—kusuka ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni.

Ulaka LukaBaba Wethu Olubhekiswe Esonweni

¹⁸Ngokuba ulaka lukaBaba wethu luyambulwa luvela ezulwini, lubhekiswe kukho konke ukungamhloniphi uNkulunkulu nokungalungi kwabantu, abacindezela iqiniso ngokungalungi. ¹⁹Lokho okungaziwa ngoBaba wethu kusobala kubo, ngokuba yena ukwenze kwacaca kubo. ²⁰Kusukela ekudalweni komhlaba, izimfanelo zakhe ezingabonakaliyo—amandla aphakade nobunjalo bobuNkulunkulu—zibonakala kahle, ziqondwa ngalokho akwenzayo. Ngakho abanazaba. ²¹Nakuba babemazi uBaba wethu, abazange bamdumise njengoNkulunkulu noma bambonge—kunalokho ukucabanga kwabo kwaba yize, nezinhliziyo zabo ezingenangqondo zaba mnyama. ²²Bezishaya abahlakaniphileyo, baba yiziwula, ²³bashintshanisa inkazimulo kaBaba wethu ongafiyo ngezithombe ezibunjwe zafana nomuntu ofayo nezinyoni nezilwane nezilwanyana ezihuquzelayo. ²⁴Ngakho uBaba wethu wabanikela ezinkanukweni zezinhliziyo zabo, ekungcoleni, ukuba badumaze imizimba yabo phakathi kwabo, ²⁵ngokuba baphendula iqiniso ngoBaba wethu laba ngamanga, bakhonza bekhonzela indalo esikhundleni soMdali, obusisiwe kuze kube phakade. Amen.

²⁶Ngenxa yalokho, uBaba wethu wabanikela ezinkanukweni ezihlazisayo. Abesifazane babo bashintshanisa ubudlelwano bemvelo ngobungesibo obemvelo. ²⁷Ngokunjalo, namadoda ashiya ubudlelwano bemvelo nabesifazane, avutha inkanuko omunye ngomunye—amadoda enza amanyala namanye amadoda, futhi amukela kuwo uqobo isijeziso esifanele isiphambeko sawo. ²⁸Njengoba benqaba ukumgcina uBaba wethu olwazini lwabo, wabanikela engqondweni engafanele, ukuba benze izinto ezingafanele. ²⁹Bagcwaliswa konke ukungalungi, ububi, ukuhaha, nenzondo; begcwele umona, ukubulala, ukuxabana, inkohliso, nolunya; bangabahlebi, ³⁰abanyundeli, abazondi bakaBaba wethu, abadeleli, abaqhoshayo, abazigabisayo, abasunguli bobubi, abangalaleli abazali babo, ³¹abayiziwula, abangathembekile, abangenalo uthando, abanonya. ³²Nakuba besazi isimiso esilungileyo sikaBaba wethu sokuthi abenza izinto ezinjalo bafanelwe ukufa, abagcini ngokuzenza kuphela kodwa baphinde bancome labo abazenzayo.