Romans 15

1Kodwa thina esilamandla a sifanele ukuthwala ubuthakathaka babangelamandla b, njalo singazithokozisi thina. 2Ngoba ngulowo lalowo wethu kathokozise umakhelwane c kube kuhle ekumakheni d. 3Ngoba laye uKristu kazithokozisanga yena e, kodwa, kunjengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ukuthuka kwabakuthukayo kwawela phezu kwami f. 4Ngoba konke okwabhalwa ngaphambili g, kwabhalelwa ukufundiswa kwethu h, ukuze ngokubekezela langenduduzo yemibhalo sibe lethemba i. 5Njalo uNkulunkulu wokubekezela lenduduzo kaliphe ukuthi libe nhliziyonye phakathi kwenu njengokukaKristu Jesu j; 6ukuze nganhliziyonye k ngomlomo munye limdumise uNkulunkulu, ngitsho uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu l.

7Ngakho yemukelanani, njengalokhu loKristu wasemukela m, kube ludumo lukaNkulunkulu n. 8Njalo ngithi, uJesu Kristu waba yinceku yokusoka o ngenxa yeqiniso likaNkulunkulu p, ukuthi aqinise izithembiso zabobaba q; 9lezizwe r zimdumise uNkulunkulu ngenxa yesihawu s; njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ngakho ngizakuvuma phakathi kwezizwe, ngihubele ibizo lakho izibongo t. 10Njalo futhi uthi: Thokozani, bezizwe, kanye labantu bakhe u. 11Futhi-ke: Dumisani iNkosi lina bezizwe lonke; idumiseni-ke lina bantu bonke v. 12Njalo futhi uIsaya uthi: Kuzakuba khona w impande kaJese, lophakamela ukubusa abezizwe; abezizwe bazathembela kuye. 13Kungathi-ke uNkulunkulu wethemba angaligcwalisa ngentokozo yonke langokuthula ekukholweni, ukuze lengezwe ethembeni, ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele x.

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14Lami-ke ngokwami nganelisiwe ngani, bazalwane bami y, ukuthi lani ngokwenu ligcwele okuhle z, ligcwaliswe yikwazi konke aa, lilamandla-ke okwelulekana. 15Kodwa, bazalwane, ngilibhalele ngesibindi esikhulu, nganxanye ab, njengolikhumbuzayo ac, ngenxa yomusa engiwuphiweyo nguNkulunkulu ad, 16ukuze ngibe yisikhonzi sikaJesu Kristu kwabezizwe, ngikhonze ivangeli likaNkulunkulu ae, ukuze iminikelo yabezizwe af yemukeleke, kwenziwe kube ngcwele ngoMoya oNgcwele ag. 17Ngakho ngilokuzincoma kuKristu Jesu ezintweni eziqondane loNkulunkulu ah; 18ngoba kangiyikuba lesibindi sokukhuluma ulutho lwezinto uKristu angazenzanga ngami ai, ukuze kube khona ukulalela kwabezizwe aj, ngelizwi langesenzo, 19ngamandla ezibonakaliso lezimangaliso, ngamandla kaMoya kaNkulunkulu; ngakho kusukela eJerusalema lendawo ezizingelezeleyo kuze kufike eIliriku ngitshumayele ivangeli likaKristu ngokupheleleyo ak; 20ngokunjalo ngazama kakhulu ukutshumayela ivangeli, kungeyisikho lapho uKristu abizwe khona al, ukuze ngingakhi phezu kwesisekelo somunye am; 21kodwa, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Abangatshelwanga ngaye, bazabona, labangezwanga, bazaqedisisa an.

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22Ngenxa yalokho futhi ngavinjelwa kanengi ukuza kini ao; 23kodwa khathesi-ke lokhu ngingaselandawo kulezizabelo ap, futhi sekuyiminyaka eminengi ngilesifiso esikhulu sokuza kini aq, 24ngokunjalo nxa ngizakuya eSpaniya, ngizakuza kini; ngoba ngithemba ukuthi ngizalibona ekudluleni, njalo ngiphelekezelwe yini khona ar, uba kuqala sengisuthisekile nganxanye ngilani as. 25Kodwa khathesi-ke ngiya eJerusalema, ngikhonze abangcwele at. 26Ngoba kwaba kuhle eMakedoniya au , av leAkaya aw , ax ukwenzela umnikelo othile abayanga kwabangcwele abaseJerusalema ay. 27Ngoba kwaba kuhle kubo, njalo balomlandu kubo. Ngoba uba abezizwe behlanganyela labo ezintweni zabo zomoya az, balomlandu futhi wokubasebenzela ezintweni zenyama ba. 28Ngakho nxa sengiqede lokhu, sengibaphawulele bb lesisithelo bc, ngizasuka ngiye eSpaniya ngidlule ngakini. 29Ngiyazi-ke ukuthi nxa ngisiza kini bd ngizafika ekugcwaleni kwesibusiso sevangeli likaKristu be.

30Ngiyalincenga-ke, bazalwane, ngayo iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, langothando lukaMoya, ukuthi lilwise kanye lami emikhulekweni kuNkulunkulu ngami bf; 31ukuze ngophulwe kwabangakholwayo
 abangakholwayo: kumbe,  abangalaleliyo.
eJudiya bh, njalo ukuze umsebenzi wami ongoweJerusalema wemukeleke kubo abangcwele bi;
32ukuze ngentando kaNkulunkulu bj ngize kini ngentokozo, ngivuseleleke kanye lani bk. 33Ngakho uNkulunkulu wokuthula kabe lani lonke. Ameni bl.

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