AmaRoma ISAHLUKO 1 1 UPawulu, inceku kaJesu Kristu, owabizelwa ukuba ngumphostoli, owahlukaniselwa ivangeli likaNkulunkulu, 2 (ayayithembisa ngaphambili ngabaprofethi bakhe emibhalweni engcwele,) 3 Mayelana neNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu, owavela enzalweni kaDavide ngokwenyama; 4 futhi yabonakaliswa ukuthi iyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngamandla, ngomoya wobungcwele, ngokuvuka kwabafileyo. 5 esamukele ngaye umusa nobuphostoli, kube ngukulalela kokholo phakathi kwezizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lakhe; 6 eniphakathi kwabo nani ababiziweyo bakaJesu Kristu; 7 kubo bonke abaseRoma, abathandekayo bakaNkulunkulu, ababizelwe ukuba ngabangcwele: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu. 8 Kuqala ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Kristu ngani nonke, ngokuba ukukholwa kwenu kukhulunywa ngakho emhlabeni wonke. 9 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu engimkhonza ngomoya wami evangelini leNdodana yakhe ungufakazi wami wokuthi angiphezi ukunikhumbula emikhulekweni yami; 10 nginxusa ukuba mhlawumbe ekugcineni ngibe nohambo oluhle ngentando kaNkulunkulu ukuba ngize kini. 11 Ngokuba ngilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze nginabele isipho esithile somoya, ukuze niqiniswe; 12 Okuyikuthi ngiduduzeke kanye lani ngokholo lomunye wenu lolwami. 13 Kepha angithandi ukuba ningazi, bazalwane, ukuthi ngazimisela kaningi ukuza kini, kepha ngavinjwa kuze kube manje, ukuze ngibe nesithelo naphakathi kwenu, nanjengakwabanye abezizwe. 14 Ngilomlandu kumaGreki lakumaqaba; kwabahlakaniphileyo nakwabangahlakaniphile. 15 Ngakho-ke njengoba ngikimi, ngizimisele ukushumayela ivangeli nakinina baseRoma. 16 Ngokuba anginamahloni ngevangeli likaKristu, ngokuba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu kube yinsindiso kulowo nalowo okholwayo; kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki futhi. 17 Ngokuba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa kulo, kuvela ekukholweni kuye ekukholweni, njengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa; 18 Ngokuba ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwambulwa luvela ezulwini phezu kwakho konke ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu nokungalungi kwabantu abaphatha iqiniso ngokungalungi; 19 Ngoba lokho okwaziwayo ngoNkulunkulu kusobala kubo; ngoba uNkulunkulu ukubonakalisile kubo. 20 Ngokuba okungabonwayo kwakhe, amandla akhe aphakade nobuNkulunkulu bakhe kubonakala kwasekudalweni kwezwe, kuqondwa ngokwenziwayo; ukuze bangabi lezaba; 21 ngoba kwathi sebemazi uNkulunkulu kabamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulu njalo kabambonga; kodwa baba yize emicabangweni yabo, nenhliziyo yabo ewubuwula yaba mnyama. 22 Bezisho ukuthi bahlakaniphile, baba yiziwula;
23 Futhi bashintsha inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo yaba ngumfanekiso womuntu obhubhayo, nezinyoni, nezilwane ezinezinyawo ezine, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo. 24 Ngalokho-ke uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezinkanukweni zezinhliziyo zabo ekungcoleni, bahlazisa imizimba yabo phakathi kwabo; 25 abaguqule iqiniso likaNkulunkulu amanga, bakhuleka, bakhonza okudaliweyo kunoMdali obongekayo kuze kube phakade. Amen. 26 Ngenxa yalokho uNkulunkulu wabanikela ekuhuhekeni okuyichilo, ngokuba nabesifazane babo baguqula ukwenza kwemvelo kwaba okuphambene nemvelo; 27 ngokunjalo nabesilisa bayeka ukwenza kwemvelo kowesifazane, basha ngokukhanukelana; amadoda enza okuyichilo namadoda, abemukela kubo imbuyiselo efanele yokuduka kwabo. 28 Njengalokho bengathandanga ukuba nokwazi uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela engqondweni ebolile, ukuba benze izinto ezingafanele; 29 begcwaliswe yikho konke ukungalungi, ubufebe, ububi, ubuhwaba, ububi; begcwele umona, ukubulala, ukuphikisana, inkohliso, ubuxhwanguxhwangu; abahlebezi, 30 Abahlebayo, abazonda uNkulunkulu, abadelelayo, abazidlayo, abazidlayo, abaqambi bokubi, labangalaleli abazali; 31 abangenakuqonda, abephula isivumelwano, abangenalo uthando lwemvelo, abangenabubele, abangenasihawu; 32 abathi besazi isahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu sokuthi abenza okunjalo bafanele ukufa, kabakwenzi lokho kuphela, kodwa bayathokoza ngabakwenzayo. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Ngakho awunakuzilandulela wena muntu, noma ungubani owahlulelayo; ngoba wena owahlulelayo uyakwenza okufanayo. 2 Kodwa siyazi ukuthi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kungokweqiniso kulabo abenza izinto ezinjalo. 3 Ucabanga lokhu yini wena muntu owahlulela abenza izinto ezinjalo, nawe ozenzayo nawe, ukuthi uyakubalekela ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu na? 4 Noma udelela ingcebo yobubele bakhe nokubekezela nokubekezela kwakhe; ungazi ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukuyisa ekuphendukeni na? 5 Kodwa ngobulukhuni bakho lenhliziyo engaphendukiyo uzibekela ulaka ngosuku lolaka lokwembulwa kokwahlulela okulungileyo kukaNkulunkulu; 6 ozabuyisela kulowo lalowo njengokwemisebenzi yakhe; 7 kulabo abathi ngokubekezela ekwenzeni okuhle badinga inkazimulo lodumo lokungabhubhi, impilo elaphakade; 8 Kodwa kulabo abaphikisanayo njalo bengalaleli iqiniso, kodwa belalela ukungalungi, intukuthelo lolaka, 9 Usizi nosizi phezu kwawo wonke umphefumulo womuntu owenza okubi, kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki; 10 kepha inkazimulo, nodumo, nokuthula kubo bonke abenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki; 11 Ngoba akukho ukukhetha komuntu kuNkulunkulu. 12 Ngokuba bonke abonile bengenamthetho, bayakubhubha kanjalo bengenamthetho; 13 (Ngokuba akusibo abezwa umthetho abalungileyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kepha abenza umthetho yibona abayakulungisiswa.