AmaRoma ISAHLUKO 1 1 UPawulos, umkhonzi kaYesu Kristu, owabizwayo ukuba abe ngumpostile, owahlulelwa iindaba ezilungileyo zikaThixo, 2 awazidingayo ngenxa engaphambili ngabo abaprofeti bakhe ezibhalweni ezingcwele, 3 ethetha ngoNyana wakhe, uYesu Kristu, iNkosi yethu, owazalwa engowembewu kaDavide ngokwenyama; 4 Wamiswa ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, enamandla, ngokomoya wobungcwele, ngokuvuka kwabafileyo; 5 esathi ngaye samkela ubabalo nobupostile, ukuze ngenxa yegama lakhe kubekho ukulululamela ukholo phakathi kwazo zonke iintlanga; 6 eniphakathi kwabo nani, ababiziweyo bakaYesu Kristu; 7 ubhalela bonke abaseRoma, abaziintanda zikaThixo, abangcwele ababiziweyo, esithi, Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. 8 Kuqala ke, ndiyabulela kuThixo wam ngoYesu Kristu ngenxa yenu nonke, kuba ukholo lwenu luxelwa ehlabathini liphela. 9 Kuba ulingqina lam uThixo, endimkhonzayo ngomoya wam kwiindaba ezilungileyo zoNyana wakhe, okokuba andiyeki ukunikhankanya; 10 ndihlala ndikhunga, ukuba ndingade ngoku ndibe nempumelelo, ndize kuni nangakuphi, ngako ukuthanda kukaThixo. 11 Kuba ndilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze ndinabele sibabalo sithile sisesomoya, ukuze nizimaseke; 12 oko ke kukuze ndivuseleleke nam phakathi kwenu, ngalo ukholo olukuthi sobabini, ngolwenu kwanangolwam. 13 Andithandi ke ukuba ningazi, bazalwana, ukuba kufuthi ndizimisela entliziyweni yam ukuza kuni (ndathintelwa kwada kwanamhla), ukuze ndibe nasiqhamo sithile naphakathi kwenu, kwanjengaphakathi kwezinye iintlanga. 14 KumaGrike kwanakumabharbhari, ndimelwe kukushumayela; kwakwizilumko kwanakwabaswele ukuqonda. 15 Ngoko ke ndingxamele ukuzishumayela iindaba ezilungileyo nakuni baseRoma. 16 Kuba andinazintloni ngazo iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKristu; kuba zingamandla kaThixo okusindisa bonke abakholwayo, umYuda kuqala, kwanomGrike. kumYuda kuqala, kwanakumGrike. 17 Kuba ngazo kutyhilwa ubulungisa bukaThixo, buphuma elukholweni buse elukholweni, njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Olilungisa ke uya kudla ubomi ngokokholo. 18 Kuba ityhilekile ingqumbo kaThixo ivela emazulwini, ichase konke ukungahloneli Thixo, nentswela-bulungisa yabantu, abayithintelayo inyaniso ngokuswela ukulungisa; 19 Ngokokuba oko kwazekayo ngoThixo kuyabonakala ngaphakathi kwabo; ngokuba uThixo wabonakalalisa kubo. 20 Kuba kwasekudalweni kwehlabathi, iindawo zakhe ezibe zingenakubonwa zibonwa kakuhle, ziqondeke, ngezinto ezenziweyo, kwa-amandla akhe angunaphakade, nobuThixo bakhe. ukuze bangabi nakuziphendulela; 21 Ngokokuba bathe, bemazi uThixo, abamzukisa ngokoThixo, ababulela kuye; basuka bazizinto ezingento
ezicamangweni zabo, yaza intliziyo yabo engenakuqonda yenziwa yamnyama; 22 bathi besiba bazizilumko, besuka baba ziziyatha; 23 baza ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo ongenakonakala babananisela intsobi yomfanekiselo womntu onokonakala, noweentaka, nowezinto ezizitho zine, nowezinambuzane. 24 Kungoko athe, besezinkanukweni zeentliziyo zabo, uThixo wabanikela nokubanikela nokubanikela ekungcoleni, ukuba bahlazisane ngemizimba yabo; 25 bona bananisele ubuxoki inyaniso kaThixo, basihlonela basikhonza isidalwa, begqitha kuMdali, ongowokubongwa kuse kuwo amaphakade. Amen. 26 Ngenxa yoko, uThixo wabanikela ekuthabathekeni okulihlazo; 27 kwaza kwangokunjalo ke namadoda, ewushiya umsebenzi wenkazana wasemvelweni, avutha ngokukhanukana kwawo; amadoda esenza kumadoda okuziintloni, ezamkelela umbuyekezo wokulahleka kwawo, abemelwe ke nguwo. 28 Njengokuba ke bekumangele ukuhlala bemazi kakuhle uThixo, uThixo wabanikela engqiqweni engacikidekileyo, ukuba benze izinto ezingafanelekileyo; 29 bezele yiyo yonke intswela-bulungisa, okungendawo, ukubawa, ulunya; kuzele ngumona, ukubulala, iimpikiswano, inkohliso, ubutshijolo; abahlebezi, 30 ke abahlebi, abathiyekileyo kuThixo, abasileyo, abanekratshi, abaqhankqalazi, abacebi bezinto ezimbi, abangeva bazali; 31 bangenakuqonda, bagqithise iminqophiso, abangenamsa wemvelo, abangenatarhu, abangenanceba; 32 bona bathi, besazi kakuhle isimiselo sikaThixo, sokuba abo bazenzayo izinto ezinjalo bafanelwe kukufa, banganeli kukuzenza, basuka bathakazelele nabo bazenzayo. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Kungoko ndithi, Akunakuziphendulela, mntundini ugwebayo, nokuba ungubani; kuba ngokugweba omnye, uzigweba kwawena; kuba wena ugwebayo wenza kwaezo zinto. 2 Siyazi ke ukuba isigwebo sikaThixo siwa ngokwenyaniso phezu kwabo bazenzayo izinto ezinjalo. 3 Ucinga na ke, mntundini ugweba abo bazenzayo izinto ezinjalo, ube usenza kwazona nawe, ukuthi, uya kusisaba na wena isigwebo sikaThixo? 4 Okanye uyabudela na ubutyebi bobubele bakhe, nonyamezelo, nokuzeka kade umsindo; ungazi ukuba ububele bukaThixo bukusa enguqukweni? 5 Ke uthi, ngokuba lukhuni kwakho, nentliziyo yakho engenakuguquka, uziqwebele ingqumbo, ngemini yengqumbo nokutyhilwa komgwebo onobulungisa kaThixo; 6 eya kubuyekeza elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe; 7 abo bathi ngomonde ekwenzeni okulungileyo bafune uzuko nembeko nokungonakali, babeke ubomi obungunaphakade; 8 Ke bona abaneenkani, bangayilulameli inyaniso, balulamela intswela-bulungisa, nengqumbo, nengqumbo; 9 imbandezelo noxinaniso emphefumlweni wabantu bonke abasebenza okubi, kowomYuda ukuqala, kwanakowomGrike; 10 kubekho uzuko ke, nembeko, noxolo, kubantu bonke abasebenza okulungileyo, kumYuda ukuqala, kwanakumGrike.