Romans 6

Impilo entsha engoKristu

1Ngakho sizakuthini? Sizahlala yini esonweni a, ukuze kwande umusa b? 2Phinde c! Thina esafa mayelana lesono, sizaphila njani kuso futhi d? 3Kalazi yini ukuthi thina sonke esabhabhathizelwa e kuKristu Jesu f, sabhabhathizelwa ekufeni kwakhe g? 4Ngakho sangcwatshwa kanye laye ngobhabhathizo ekufeni h; ukuze, njengoba uKristu wavuswa kwabafileyo i ngobukhosi bukaYise j, ngokunjalo lathi sihambe ebutsheni bempilo k. 5Ngoba uba l sihlanyelwe kanye laye ekufananeni kokufa kwakhe, sizakuba njalo lekufananeni kokuvuka kwakhe m; 6sisazi lokhu, ukuthi umuntu wethu omdala n ubethelwe laye o, ukuze umzimba wesono ubhujiswe, ukuze singabe sisakhonza isono p; 7ngoba ofileyo q ukhululiwe
 ukhululiwe: Gr.  ulungisisiwe.
esonweni s.
8Njalo uba sifile kanye loKristu, siyakholwa ukuthi sizaphila futhi kanye laye t; 9sisazi ukuthi uKristu esevusiwe kwabafileyo kasafi futhi; ukufa kungeke kusabusa phezu kwakhe u. 10Ngoba lokhu wafa, wafela isono v kanye w; kodwa lokhu ephila, uphilela uNkulunkulu x. 11Ngokunjalo lani zinakaneni sibili lifile esonweni y, kodwa liphilele uNkulunkulu ngoKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu z.

12Ngakho kakumelanga isono sibuse emzimbeni wenu ofayo, lize lisilalele ezinkanukweni zawo aa; 13njalo linganikeli izitho zenu zibe yizikhali zokungalungi esonweni ab; kodwa zinikeleni lina kuNkulunkulu njengabaphilayo kwabafileyo, lezitho zenu kuNkulunkulu zibe yizikhali zokulunga ac; 14ngoba isono kasiyikubusa phezu kwenu ad; ngoba kalikho ngaphansi komlayo, kodwa ngaphansi komusa ae.

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15Pho-ke? Sizakona yini af, ngoba singekho ngaphansi komlayo, kodwa ngaphansi komusa ag? Phinde ah! 16Kalazi yini ukuthi lowo elizinikela kuye ukuze libe yizigqili zokumlalela, liyizigqili zakhe elimlalelayo, loba ezesono kube yikufa, loba ezokulalela kube yikulunga ai? 17Kodwa kabongwe uNkulunkulu, ukuthi lina lake laba yizigqili zesono aj, kodwa selilalela enhliziyweni isimo semfundiso elanikelwa kuso ak; 18njalo likhululiwe esonweni al, lenziwe izigqili zokulunga am. 19Ngikhuluma ngokwabantu an ngenxa ao yobuthakathaka benyama yenu ap; ngoba njengalokho lanikela izitho zenu njengezigqili zamanyala aq lokubi kube ngokubi ar, ngokunjalo zinikeleni izitho zenu khathesi njengezigqili zokulunga, kube yibungcwele as. 20Ngoba lapho liyizigqili zesono, lalikhululekile ekulungeni at. 21Ngakho sithelobani elilaso ezintweni ngalesosikhathi eselilenhloni ngazo au? Ngoba ukucina kwalezizinto yikufa av. 22Kodwa khathesi-ke selikhululiwe esonweni aw, njalo selenziwe izigqili kuNkulunkulu, lilesithelo senu kube yibungcwele, lokucina kuyimpilo elaphakade. 23Ngoba inkokhelo yesono ax iyikufa ay, kodwa isipho somusa sikaNkulunkulu siyimpilo elaphakade ngoKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu az.

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