Romans 11

AmaIsrayeli akhethiweyo nguNkulunkulu ayasindiswa

1Ngakho ngithi: UNkulunkulu ubalahlile yini abantu bakhe a? Phinde b! Ngoba lami ngingumIsrayeli, owenzalo kaAbrahama c , d, wesizwe sikaBhenjamini e. 2UNkulunkulu kabalahlanga abantu bakhe f abazi ngaphambili g. Kumbe kalazi yini kuElija ukuthi umbhalo uthini? Ukuthi walabhela njani kuNkulunkulu emelene loIsrayeli h, esithi: 3Nkosi, babulele abaprofethi bakho, badilizile amalathi akho; mina-ke ngisele ngedwa, sebedinga umphefumulo wami i. 4Kodwa impendulo kaNkulunkulu yathini kuye? Yathi: Ngizitshiyele amadoda azinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, angaguqanga ngedolo kuBhali j. 5Kunjalo-ke kukhona langalesisikhathi insali ngokukhetha komusa k. 6Kodwa uba kungomusa, kakusayi ngemisebenzi; uba kungenjalo umusa kawuseyiwo umusa. Kodwa aluba kusiya ngemisebenzi, kakuseyiwo umusa; uba kungenjalo umsebenzi kawusengumsebenzi l. 7Pho-ke? Lokhu uIsrayeli ayekudinga, lokho kakutholanga, kodwa abakhethiweyo bakuthola, labanye benziwa baba lukhuni m; 8njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: UNkulunkulu wabanika umoya wobuthongo obukhulu n, amehlo ukuze bangaboni, lendlebe ukuze bangezwa, kuze kube lusuku lwalamuhla o. 9LoDavida uthi: Itafula labo libe ngumjibila lesifu p, lesikhubekiso, lempindiselo kubo; 10amehlo abo kafiphazwe ukuze bangaboni, njalo ugobise umhlana wabo njalonjalo q.

11Ngakho ngithi: Bakhubeka ukuze bawe yini? Phinde r! Kodwa ngesiphambeko sabo usindiso lufikile kwabezizwe s, ukubavusela umona t. 12Kodwa uba isiphambeko sabo siyinotho yomhlaba, lokwehluleka kwabo kuyinotho yabezizwe, kakhulu kangakanani ukugcwala kwabo?

Usindiso lwafika kwabezizwe

13Ngoba ngikhuluma lani bezizwe, njengalokho mina ngingumphostoli wabezizwe; ngikhulisa inkonzo yami u; 14ukuthi mhlawumbe ngibavusele umona abenyama yami v, ngisindise w abanye babo x , y. 15Ngoba uba ukulahlwa kwabo kuyikubuyiswa komhlaba, kungaba yini ukwemukelwa, ngaphandle kokuthi kuyimpilo kwabafileyo z? 16Njalo uba izithelo zokuqala zingcwele aa, lenhlama injalo ab; uba-ke impande ingcwele, lengatsha zinjalo ac. 17Kodwa uba kwephulwe ezinye ingatsha ad, lawe ongumhlwathi weganga waxhunyelelwa phakathi kwazo ae, uhlanganyele lazo impande lamafutha omhlwathi af, 18ungazincomi phezu kwengatsha; kodwa uba uzincoma phezu kwazo, kayisuwe othwele impande, kodwa impande wena. 19Uzakuthi-ke: Ingatsha zephulwa, ukuze mina ngixhunyelwe. 20Kulungile; zephulwa ngokungakholwa, wena-ke umi ngokholo ag. Ungazikhukhumezi ah, kodwa yesaba ai; 21ngoba uba uNkulunkulu engayekelanga ingatsha zemvelo, hlezi lawe kayikukuyekela. 22Khangela-ke ububele lobukhali bukaNkulunkulu; ubukhali, kulabo abawayo; kodwa kuwe, ububele, uba uhlala ebubeleni aj; uba kungenjalo uzaqunywa lawe ak. 23Lalabo futhi, uba bengahlali ekungakholweni, bazaxhunyelwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulamandla okubuya abaxhume. 24Ngoba uba wena waqunywa emhlwathini weganga ngemvelo, wasuxhunyelelwa ngokuphambene lemvelo emhlwathini ohlanyelweyo, kakhulu kangakanani labo, abazingatsha ngemvelo, bazaxhunyelelwa esihlahleni sakibo somhlwathi al?

UNkulunkulu ulesihawu kubantu bonke

25Ngoba ngithanda ukuthi lingabi ngabangaziyo, bazalwane, ngalimfihlo am, hlezi lizitshaye abahlakaniphileyo an, ukuthi ubulukhuni ao sebehlele uIsrayeli nganxanye ap, kuze kungene ukugcwala kwabezizwe aq; 26ngokunjalo-ke uIsrayeli wonke uzasindiswa ar; njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Kuzavela as eSiyoni uMkhululi at, asuse ukungabi loNkulunkulu kuJakobe au; 27njalo yilesi isivumelwano sami kubo, lapho ngizasusa izono zabo av. 28Ngokwevangeli bayizitha ngenxa yenu; kodwa ngokukhetha bangabathandiweyo ngenxa yabobaba aw; 29ngoba izipho zomusa lokubiza kukaNkulunkulu ax kakulakuphenduka ay. 30Ngoba njengalokhu lani kade lingamlaleli uNkulunkulu az, kodwa khathesi selihawukelwe ngenxa yokungalaleli kwabo; 31ngokunjalo lalabo khathesi kabalalelanga, ukuze ngesihawu senu bahawukelwe labo ba; 32ngoba uNkulunkulu ubavalele bonke ekungalalelini, ukuze abe lesihawu kubo bonke bb. 33Yeka ukujula kwenotho bc, kokubili eyenhlakanipho bd leyolwazi lukaNkulunkulu be! Kakuphenyeki kangakanani ukwahlulela kwakhe bf, lendlela zakhe bg kazilandeleki bh! 34Ngoba ngubani owazi ingqondo yeNkosi? Kumbe ngubani owaba ngumeluleki wayo bi? 35Kumbe ngubani owamnika kuqala, njalo kubuyiselwe kuye bj? 36Ngoba konke kuvela kuye bk, kungaye bl, kuya kuye bm; kabube kuye ubukhosi kuze kube nininini. Ameni bn.

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