a4:16; Isa 51:2; Mat 3:9
b3:28
c3:27, 2:17
d1 Kor 1:31
eGen 15:6; Gal 3:6; Roma 4:9; Jak 2:23
f11:6
g4:4-6, 3:28, 6:11, 8:18
h3:22
i4:4-6, 3:28, 6:11, 8:18
j4:4-6, 3:28, 6:11, 8:18
k3:28
lHlab 32:1,2
m3:30
n4:12
o3:30
pGen 15:6; Gal 3:6; Roma 4:9; Jak 2:23
qGen 17:11
rJoha 6:27
sLuka 19:9
tGen 17:4-6; Gal 3:29; Seb 13:32
uGal 3:18
v1 Kor 1:17
wGal 3:18
x7:5,10; 2 Kor 3:7,9; Gal 3:10
y3:20, 5:13,20, 7:7,8,11,13; 1 Kor 15:56; Joha 9:41, 15:22; 1 Joha 3:4
zGal 3:19
aa3:24
ab3:22
acGal 3:16
ad4:1, 9:8
aeGen 17:5
afJoha 5:21
ag1 Kor 1:28
ahGen 15:5; Gen 15:4-6
aiHeb 11:12
ajGen 17:17
akGen 18:11
alMat 21:21
am14:5; Luka 1:1
anGen 18:14
ao15:4
apSeb 2:24
aqIsa 53:5,6,10; Roma 3:25, 5:6,8, 8:32,34; 2 Kor 5:21; Gal 1:4, 2:20; Efe 5:2; Heb 9:14; 1 Pet 2:24, 3:18; 1 Joha 1:7, 2:2; Mat 20:28
ar1 Kor 15:17; 1 Pet 1:21
as5:18; Joha 16:10

Romans 4

UAbrahama walungisiswa ngokholo

1Pho-ke sizakuthi uAbrahama ubaba wethu wazuzani ngokwenyama a? 2Ngoba uba uAbrahama walungisiswa ngemisebenzi b, ulokuzincoma c, kodwa kungekho phambi kukaNkulunkulu d. 3Ngoba umbhalo uthini? Uthi: Kodwa uAbrahama wakholwa kuNkulunkulu, kwasekubalelwa kuye ukuthi yikulunga e. 4Kodwa kulowo osebenzayo kabalelwa iholo f ngokomusa, kodwa ngokomlandu g. 5Kodwa kulowo ongasebenziyo, kodwa ekholwa kuye olungisisa oweyisa uNkulunkulu, ukholo lwakhe h lubalelwa ukuthi yikulunga i. 6Njengoba laye uDavida ekhuluma ngokubusiswa komuntu, uNkulunkulu ambalela ukulunga j ngaphandle kwemisebenzi k esithi: 7Babusisiwe abaziphambeko zabo zithethelelwe labazono zabo zisitshekelwe. 8Ubusisiwe umuntu iNkosi engasoze yambalela isono l.

9Ngakho lokhukubusiswa kuphezu kokusoka m yini n, kumbe laphezu kokungasoki o? Ngoba sithi: Ukholo lwabalelwa kuAbrahama ukuthi luyikulunga. 10Pho lwabalelwa njani? Lapho esekusokeni yini, kumbe ekungasokini? Kungekho ekusokeni, kodwa ekungasokini p. 11Wasesemukela isibonakaliso sokusoka q, uphawu lokulunga kokholo ayelakho ekungasokini r; ukuze abe nguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo lanxa bengasokanga, ukuze ukulunga kubalelwe lakibo; 12loyise wokusoka kulabo abangayisibo bokusoka kuphela, kodwa futhi abahamba ezinyathelweni zokholo lukababa wethu uAbrahama ayelalo engakasokwa s.

13Ngoba kasingomlayo isithembiso kuAbrahama kumbe kunzalo yakhe, ukuthi uzakuba yindlalifa yomhlaba, kodwa ngokulunga kokholo t. 14Ngoba uba labo abomlayo beyizindlalifa u, ukholo lwenziwe ize v, lesithembiso senziwa ize w; 15ngoba umlayo ubanga ulaka x; ngoba lapho okungekho khona umlayo y, kakukho lokweqa z. 16Ngakho kungokholo, ukuze kube ngokomusa aa; ukuze isithembiso siqiniseke ab kuyo yonke inzalo; kungeyisiyo engeyomlayo kuphela kodwa lakuyo engeyokholo lukaAbrahama ac, ongubaba wethu sonke ad, 17(njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ngikumisile ukuthi ube nguyise wezizwe ezinengi ae) phambi kwakhe akholwa kuye, uNkulunkulu, ophilisa abafileyo af, lobiza izinto ezingekho ngokungathi zikhona ag. 18Owathi emelane lethemba wakholwa ngethemba, ukuze abe nguyise wezizwe ezinengi, njengalokho okwatshiwoyo ukuthi: Izakuba njalo inzalo yakho ah. 19Njalo kabanga buthakathaka ekholweni, kanakananga umzimba wakhe uqobo owawusufile ai, ngoba wayesengaba leminyaka elikhulu aj, lokufa kwesizalo sikaSara ak; 20njalo kathandabuzanga ngesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu ngokungakholwa, kodwa waqiniswa ekholweni, enika uNkulunkulu udumo al, 21njalo eqinisekile ngokupheleleyo ukuthi lokho ayekuthembisile am, ulamandla ngitsho okukwenza. 22Ngalokho-ke kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi yikulunga an. 23Kakubhalwanga-ke ngenxa yakhe yedwa, ukuthi kwabalelwa kuye; 24kodwa langenxa yethu, esizabalelwa khona ao, thina esikholwa kuye owavusa uJesu iNkosi yethu kwabafileyo ap, 25owanikelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu aq, wavuswa ar ngenxa yokulungisiswa kwethu as.

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