Yamukelanani
Abaqinileyo bathwala ababuthakathaka esikhundleni sokuzithokozisa, futhi uKristu owamukela abeZizwe ukuze uBaba wethu akhazinyuliswe uyibo ubufakazi bombhalo. Bese uPawulu ekhuluma ngezakhe: isifiso sakhe sokushumayela lapho uKristu engakaziwa khona, umnikelo wokusiza abampofu baseJerusalema, nethemba lakhe lokudlula eRoma eya eSpaniya.
15 1Thina esinamandla kufanele sithwale ubuthakathaka babo ababuthakathaka, singazijabulisi thina. 2Yilowo nalowo kithi makajabulise umakhelwane wakhe ngokuhle kwakhe, ukuze amakhe. 3Ngokuba ngisho noKhristu akazange azijabulise yena; njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Izithuko zalabo abakuthukayo zawela phezu kwami.” 4Konke okwalotshwa phambilini kwalotshelwa ukusifundisa, ukuze ngokubekezela nangenduduzo yomBhalo sibe nethemba. 5Kwangathi uBaba wethu, onika ukubekezela nenduduzo, anganipha ukuvumelana komunye nomunye, ngokukaKhristu uJesu, 6ukuze nindawonye, ngazwi linye, nikhazimulise uBaba wethu, uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu.
7Ngakho yamukelanani, njengoba noKhristu anamukela, kube yinkazimulo kaBaba wethu. 8Ngokuba ngithi kini uKhristu waba yinceku yabasokileyo, ukuze abonakalise iqiniso likaBaba wethu, aqinise izithembiso kokhokho, 9nokuthi izizwe zikhazimulise uBaba wethu ngenxa yesihawu sakhe, njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Ngenxa yalokho ngiyakukudumisa phakathi kwezizwe, ngihlabelele igama lakho.”
10Futhi kuphinde kuthi: “Thokozani, zizwe, kanye nabantu bakhe.”
11Futhi kuthi: “Dumisani uBaba wethu, nina nonke zizwe, bonke abantu abamdumise.” a a v11 Lo mugqa ucaphuna ihubo elimema zonke izizwe zomhlaba ukuba zidumise Lowo i-FHB embiza kukho konke ngokuthi uBaba wethu.
12Futhi u-Isaya uthi: “Impande kaJese iyakuza, ivuke ukubusa izizwe; izizwe ziyakuba nethemba kuyo.”
13Kwangathi uBaba wethu, umthombo wethemba, anganigcwalisa ngenjabulo yonke nokuthula ngokukholwa, ukuze ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele nichichime ithemba. b b v13 Injabulo nokuthula akuveli emzamweni okhathazayo. Kuvela “ngokukholwa” — ngokuphumula kulokho uBaba wethu akuthembisile.
Umusa kaBaba wethu emsebenzini kaPawulu
14Nginesiqiniseko ngani, bazalwane bami, ukuthi nani ngokwenu nigcwele ubuhle, nigcwaliswe ngalo lonke ulwazi, niyakwazi nokweluleka omunye nomunye. 15Kodwa nginilobele ngesibindi kakhulu ezindaweni ezithile, nginikhumbuza, ngenxa yomusa uBaba wethu anginika wona, 16ukuba ngibe yisikhonzi sikaKhristu uJesu ezizweni, umpristi wevangeli likaBaba wethu, ukuze umnikelo wezizwe wamukeleke, ungcweliswe nguMoya oNgcwele. 17Ngakho, kuKhristu uJesu, nginesizathu sokuziqhenya ngomsebenzi wami kaBaba wethu. 18Ngokuba angiyikulokotha ngikhulume ngalutho ngaphandle kwalokho uKhristu akwenzileyo ngami ukuze izizwe zilalele, ngezwi nangesenzo. 19Ngamandla ezibonakaliso nezimangaliso, ngamandla kaMoya kaBaba wethu, ngilishumayele ngokugcwele ivangeli likaKhristu kusukela eJerusalema ngaze ngazungeza ngafika e-Iliriko. 20Kanjalo ngenza kube yinjongo yami ukushumayela ivangeli lapho uKhristu engakabizwa khona, ukuze ngingakhi phezu kwesisekelo somunye umuntu, 21kodwa njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “labo abangazange batshelwe ngaye bayakubona, nalabo abangezwanga bayakuqonda.”
22Yingakho ngivinjelwe kaningi kangaka ukuba ngize kini.
Izinhlelo zikaPawulu zokuvakashela iRoma
23Kodwa manje, njengoba kungasekho ndawo yokusebenza kulezi zifunda, futhi sengilangazelele iminyaka eminingi ukuza kini, 24ngithemba ukunibona uma ngidlula ngendlela yami eya eSpeyini, nokuba ningidlulisele khona, ngemva kokuba sengikujabulele ukuba nani isikhashana. 25Kodwa okwamanje ngiya eJerusalema, ngiphathele abantu bakaBaba wethu usizo. 26IMakedoniya ne-Akhaya kwathokoza ukwenza umnikelo wabampofu abaphakathi kwabantu bakaBaba wethu eJerusalema. 27Bakwenza ngenjabulo, futhi impela bakweleta lokhu. Ngokuba njengoba izizwe zahlanganyela ezibusisweni zomoya zika-Israyeli, izizwe zikweleta abantu baseJerusalema ukubasiza ngezinto zenyama. 28Ngakho, emva kokuqeda lokhu nokubalethela ngokuphepha lokhu okuqoqiweyo, ngizakusuka ngiye eSpeyini ngidlule kini. 29Ngiyazi ukuthi, lapho ngiza kini, ngizakuza nesibusiso esigcwele sikaKhristu.
30Bazalwane, ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu nangothando lukaMoya, ngiyanincenga ukuba nilwe kanye nami emikhulekweni yenu kuBaba wethu ngenxa yami, 31ukuze ngikhululwe kwabangakholwayo baseJudiya, nenkonzo yami yaseJerusalema ithokozise abantu bakaBaba wethu, 32ukuze, ngentando kaBaba wethu, ngize kini ngenjabulo, ngiphumule kanye nani. 33Kwangathi uBaba wethu, umthombo wokuthula, angaba nani nonke. Ameni.
