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Romans 1

1 UPhawuli, inceku kaKhristu uJesu, owabizelwa ukuba ngumphostoli njalo wahlukaniselwa ivangeli likaNkulunkulu –

2 ivangeli alithembisa ngaphambili ngabaphrofethi bakhe emiBhalweni eNgcwele

3 mayelana leNdodana yakhe, yona okuthi ngokwemvelo yayo yobuntu yayiyinzalo kaDavida, 4 njalo ngoMoya wobungcwele yabonakaliswa ngamandla ukuthi iyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngokuvuka kwayo kwabafileyo; uJesu Khristu iNkosi yethu. 5 Ngaye, njalo langenxa yebizo lakhe, samukela umusa lobuphostoli ukuba abantu abaphakathi kwabo bonke abezizwe babizelwe ukulalela okuza ngokukholwa. 6 Lani futhi lingabanye balabo ababizelwe ukuba babe ngabakaJesu Khristu.

7 Kubo bonke abaseRoma abathandwa nguNkulunkulu njalo ababizelwe ukuba ngaba ngcwele: Umusa lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba laseNkosini uJesu Khristu akube kini.

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8 Kuqala ngiyambonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Khristu ngilibongela lani, ngoba ukukholwa kwenu kubikwa umhlaba wonke.

9 UNkulunkulu, engimkhonza ngenhliziyo yami yonke ngokutshumayela ivangeli leNdodana yakhe, ungufakazi wami ekuthini ngilikhumbula kokuphela 10 emikhulekweni yami izikhathi zonke; njalo ngiyakhuleka ukuthi sengathi kungathi khathesi ekucineni ngentando kaNkulunkulu ngivulelwe indlela yokuza kini.

11 Ngiyafisa ukulibona ukuze ngilinike isipho somoya sokuliqinisa – 12 okuyikuthi ngokufananayo lina lami siqiniswe lukholo lomunye wethu. 13 Kangifuni ukuba lingaze lazi, bazalwane, ukuthi sengaceba kanengi ukuba ngize kini (kodwa ngisehluleka ukwenza njalo kuze kube khathesi) ukuze ngibe lesivuno phakathi kwenu, njengalokhu engakwenzayo kwabanye abezizweni.

14 Ngilomlandu kumaGiriki lakwabangasiwo maGiriki, kwabahlakaniphileyo labayiziwula.

15 Yikho nje ngitshisekela ukutshumayela ivangeli lakini eliseRoma.

16 Kangilanhloni ngevangeli, ngoba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu okusindiswa kwabo bonke abakholwayo: kuqala amaJuda, kulandele abezizwe. 17 Ngoba ukulunga okuvela kuNkulunkulu kubonakaliswa evangelini, ukulunga okungokukholwa kusukela ekuqaleni kusiya ekucineni, njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Abalungileyo bazaphila ngokholo.”

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18 Ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luyabonakaliswa luvela ezulwini kukho konke ukungakhonzwa kukaNkulunkulu kanye lobubi babantu abacindezela iqiniso ngobubi babo, 19 ngoba okungazakala ngoNkulunkulu kusobala kubo.

20 Ngoba kusukela ekudalweni komhlaba isimo sikaNkulunkulu esingabonakaliyo – amandla akhe angapheliyo kanye lobuNkulunkulu bakhe – sekubonakele ngokusobala, kuzwisiseka ngokwenziweyo, ukuze abantu bangabi lasizatho sokuzigeza.

21 Ngoba lanxa uNkulunkulu babemazi, kabamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulu loba bambonge, kodwa imicabango yabo yaba yize lezinhliziyo zabo eziyiziwula zaba mnyama.

22 Lanxa bazenza abahlakaniphileyo baba yizithutha 23 benana inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongafiyo ngezifanekiso ezenziwa zafana labantu abalakho ukufa lezinyoni lezinyamazana kanye lezinanakazana ezihuquzelayo.

24 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabanikela esonweni sezinkanuko zezinhliziyo zabo zokungesabi ukujeziselwa ubufebe bokuhlazisana imizimba yabo omunye lomunye. 25 Benana iqiniso likaNkulunkulu ngamanga, badumisa bekhonza izinto ezadalwayo kuloMdali odunyiswa kuze kube nini lanini. Ameni.

26 Ngenxa yalokhu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezinkanukweni ezilihlazo. Labesifazana bakibo benana ukuphathana kwemvelo ngokungasikho kwemvelo. 27 Ngokufanayo abesilisa labo badela ukuphathana kwemvelo labesifazana batshiseka ngokukhanukana. Abesilisa benza izenzo ezilihlazo lamanye amadoda, bazilethela isijeziso esifanele ukuxhwala kwabo.

28 Phezu kwalokho, njengoba bengazange bacabange ukuthi kufanele bagcine ukumazi uNkulunkulu, wabanikela engqondweni yokuxhwala, ukuba benze okungamelanga kwenziwe. 29 Sebegcwele ngokonakala konke, ububi, lobuhaga kanye lokuxhwala. Bagcwale umhawu, lokubulala, lengxabano, lenkohliso kanye lolunya. Bangabanyeyi, 30 labahlebi, labazonda uNkulunkulu, leziqholo, labazigqajayo kanye labazikhukhumezayo; baphemba izindlela zokwenza okubi; badelela abazali babo; 31 kabalangqondo, kabalakholo, kabalazwelo balesihluku. 32 Lanxa besazi isimiso esilungileyo sikaNkulunkulu sokuthi labo abenza izinto ezinje bafanele ukufa, kabaqhubeki nje kuphela besenza zona kanye lezizinto kodwa bayavumelana njalo lalabo abazenzayo.