Inhliziyo kaPawulu ngo-Israyeli
Abantu bakaPawulu banentshiseko yangempela ngoBaba wethu kodwa ikhonjwe entweni engafanele: ukumisa ukulunga kwabo esikhundleni sokwakhe. Enye indlela iseduze, emlonyeni nasenhliziyweni, futhi ivulelekile kunoma ngubani obizayo. Lokho kuveza inkinga engokoqobo — akekho ozwayo ngaphandle kokuba kuthunywe othile.
10 1Bazalwane, isifiso senhliziyo yami nomthandazo wami kuBaba wethu ngo-Israyeli yinsindiso yabo. 2Ngiyafakaza ngabo: banentshiseko ngoBaba wethu, kodwa engahambisani nolwazi. 3Bengakwazi ukulunga kukaBaba wethu, befuna ukumisa okwabo, abazange bakuthobele ukulunga kukaBaba wethu. 4Ngokuba uKhristu uyinjongo yomthetho, ukuze bonke abakholwayo bamukele ukulunga.
5Ngokuba uMose ubhala ngokulunga okusekelwe emthethweni ukuthi: “Lowo okwenzayo lokhu uyakuphila ngakho.”
6Kodwa ukulunga okusekelwe ekukholweni kuthi: “Ungasho enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi, ‘Ngubani oyakwenyukela ezulwini?’” (okungukuthi, ukwehlisa uKhristu). 7“noma ukuthi, ‘Ngubani oyakwehlela kwalasha?’” (okungukuthi, ukukhuphula uKhristu kwabafileyo). 8Kodwa ithini na? “Izwi liseduze nawe, emlonyeni wakho nasenhliziyweni yakho”—okungukuthi izwi lokukholwa esilimemezelayo: 9Uma uvuma ngomlomo wakho ukuthi uJesu uyiNkosi, ukholwe enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi uBaba wethu wamvusa kwabafileyo, uyakusindiswa. 10Ngokuba ngenhliziyo uyakholwa ulungisiswe kuBaba wethu, ngomlomo uyavuma usindiswe. 11Ngokuba umBhalo uthi: “Wonke okholwa nguye akayikujabhiswa.” 12Awukho umehluko phakathi komJuda nomGreki: iNkosi iyodwa iyiNkosi yabo bonke, inomusa kubo bonke abayibizayo. 13Ngokuba “wonke obiza igama leNkosi yethu uJesu uyakusindiswa.” a a v13 UPawulu uthatha isithembiso sokuthi “wonke obiza igama likaSimakade uyakusindiswa” asisebenzise kuJesu — ukubiza iNkosi kungukumbiza yena.
14Pho bangambiza kanjani lowo abangakholwanga nguye? Bangakholwa kanjani kulowo abangazange bezwe ngaye? Bangezwa kanjani ngaphandle komuntu oshumayelayo? 15Bangammemezela kanjani uma bengathunyiwe? Njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Zinhle kangakanani izinyawo zalabo abaletha izindaba ezinhle!”
16Kodwa akubona bonke abazilalela izindaba ezinhle, ngokuba u-Isaya uthi: “Baba wethu, ngubani okholwe umbiko wethu?” 17Ngakho ukukholwa kuvela ekuzweni, nokuzwa ngezwi elimayelana noKhristu. 18Kodwa ngiyabuza: abazwanga yini? Yebo, bezwa: “Umsindo wabo waphumela kuwo wonke umhlaba, namazwi abo aya emikhawulweni yezwe.”
19Kodwa ngiyabuza, u-Israyeli wayengazi yini? Kuqala uMose uthi: “Ngiyakunenza nibe nomhawu ngalabo abangesona isizwe, nginithukuthelise ngesizwe esingenakuqonda.”
20U-Isaya unesibindi sokuthi: “Ngatholakala kulabo ababengangifuni; ngabonakala kulabo ababengangibuzi.”
21Kodwa ngo-Israyeli uthi: “Usuku lonke ngelulela izandla zami kubantu abangalaleli, abanenkani.”
