Romans 2

Bonke amaJuda labezizwe bazakwahlulelwa nguNkulunkulu

1Ngakho kawulakuzilandulela a, wena muntu b, loba ungubani owahlulelayo; ngoba ngalokho owahlulela ngakho omunye, uyazilahla wena, ngoba wena owahlulelayo wenza izinto ezifananayo c. 2Njalo siyazi ukuthi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kungokweqiniso phezu kwalabo abenza izinto ezinjalo d. 3Njalo ucabanga lokho yini, O muntu owahlulela abenza izinto ezinjalo, lawe uzenza lezozinto, ukuthi wena uzaphepha ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu e? 4Kumbe uyayeyisa yini inotho yomusa wakhe f leyokubekezela g lesineke h, ungazi ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukukhokhelela ekuphendukeni i? 5Kodwa ngobulukhuni bakho lenhliziyo yakho engaphendukiyo uzibekela ulaka j ngosuku lolaka lolwesambulo sokwahlulelwa okulungileyo kukaNkulunkulu k, 6ozavuza lowo lalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe l; 7impilo elaphakade m kubo abalesineke ngokwenza imisebenzi elungileyo bedinga inkazimulo lodumo n lokungabhubhi; 8kodwa intukuthelo lolaka o kulabo abalenkani p, njalo bengalaleli iqiniso kodwa belalela ukungalungi q, 9usizi r lokubandezeleka s, phezu kwawo wonke umphefumulo womuntu owenza ububi t, owomJuda kuqala u , v lowomGriki w; 10kodwa inkazimulo x lodumo y lokuthula kuye wonke owenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala lakumGriki; 11ngoba kakukho ukubandlulula umuntu kuNkulunkulu z.

12Ngoba bonke abonileyo bengelamlayo, ngokunjalo bazabhubha bengelamlayo aa; njalo bonke abonileyo emlayweni ab, bazagwetshwa ngomlayo ac; 13ngoba kakusibo abezwayo umlayo abalungileyo phambi kukaNkulunkulu ad, kodwa abenzayo umlayo bazalungisiswa ae. 14Ngoba nxa abezizwe abangelawo umlayo besenza ngokwemvelo okungokomlayo, bona, bengelawo umlayo, bangumlayo kubo ngokwabo; 15ababonakalisa ukuthi umsebenzi womlayo ulotshiwe enhliziyweni zabo; isazela sabo laso siyafakaza, lemicabango yabo ibasole omunye komunye kumbe njalo ibavikele af omunye komunye, 16ngosuku uNkulunkulu azakwahlulela ngalo imfihlo zabantu ag, ngoJesu Kristu ah, ngokwevangeli lami ai.

Ukwehluleka komlayo lokokusoka

17Khangela wena ubizwa ngokuthi ungumJuda aj, weyeme emlayweni ak, uzincoma ngoNkulunkulu al, 18usazi intando yakhe am, usemukela izinto ezingcono an ,
 izinto ezingcono: kumbe,  ubusuhlolisisa izinto ezehlukileyo.
, ufundiswe emlayweni ap,
19njalo uzithembile wena ukuthi ungumholi weziphofu, ukukhanya kwabasemnyameni aq, 20umeluleki wezithutha, umfundisi wensane, ulesimo ar solwazi lolweqiniso emlayweni as. 21Ngakho wena ofundisa omunye, kawuzifundisi yini? Wena otshumayela ukuthi ungebi, uyeba yini at? 22Wena othi ungafebi, uyafeba yini au? Wena onengwa yizithombe, uphanga amathempeli yini av? 23Wena ozincoma ngomlayo, udumaza uNkulunkulu ngokweqa umlayo yini aw? 24Ngoba ibizo likaNkulunkulu liyahlanjazwa ax phakathi kwabezizwe ngenxa yenu ay, njengoba kulotshiwe.

25Ngoba isibili ukusoka kuyasiza, uba usenza umlayo; kodwa uba ungumeqi womlayo, ukusoka kwakho sekuyikungasoki az. 26Ngakho uba ukungasoki ba kugcina izimiso zomlayo, ukungasoki kwakhe kakuyikubalwa yini ukuthi kuyikusoka bb? 27Lokungasoki ngemvelo, uba kugcwalisa umlayo, kungekugwebe yini bc wena ongumeqi womlayo ngombhalo langokusoka bd? 28Ngoba kayisuye umJuda onguye ngokusobala, njalo kakusikho ukusoka okusobala enyameni be; 29kodwa yena ungumJuda onguye ngasese bf, lokusoka kungokwenhliziyo bg, emoyeni bh, kungeyisikho ngombhalo bi; ondumiso yakhe bj kayiveli ebantwini kodwa kuNkulunkulu bk.

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