AmaRoma 1:1 UPawulos, umkhonzi kaYesu Kristu, wabizwa ukuba abe ngumpostile, kwahlulelwa iindaba ezilungileyo zikaThixo, 1:2 awazidingayo ngenxa engaphambili ngabo abaprofeti bakhe ezibhalweni ezingcwele, 1:3 ethetha ngoNyana wakhe, uYesu Kristu, iNkosi yethu, owaphuma embewini ka UDavide ngokwenyama; 1:4 Wamiswa ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, enamandla, ngokomoya we ubungcwele, ngokuvuka kwabafileyo; 1:5 esathi ngaye samkela ubabalo nobupostile, ukuze simlulamele ukholo phakathi kweentlanga zonke ngenxa yegama lakhe. 1:6 eniphakathi kwenu nina, ababiziweyo bakaYesu Kristu; 1:7 ubhalela bonke abaseRoma, abaziintanda zikaThixo, abangcwele ababiziweyo, esithi, Makube lubabalo kuni kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. 1:8 Kuqala ke, ndiyabulela kuThixo wam ngoYesu Kristu ngenxa yenu nonke, ngenxa yokholo lwenu kuthethwa ngayo kulo lonke ihlabathi. 1:9 Kuba ulingqina lam uThixo, endimkhonzayo ngomoya wam kwiindaba ezilungileyo ezi zezakhe Nyana, ukuze ndingayeki ukukukhankanya emithandazweni yam; 1:10 ndihlala ndikhunga, ukuba ndingade ngoku ndibe ndibe nempumelelo uhambo ngentando kaThixo ukuza kuni. 1:11 Kuba ndilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze ndinabele sibabalo sithile sisesomoya; ukuze nizimaseke; 1:12 oko ke kukuze ndivuseleleke nam phakathi kwenu, ngalo ukholo olukuthi sobabini mna nawe sobabini. 1:13 Ke andithandi ukuba ningazi, bazalwana, ukuba kufuthi ndizimisela entliziyweni yam ndize kuni (ndathintelwa kwada kwanamhla), ukuze ndibe nesiqhamo naphakathi kwenu, kwanjengaphakathi kwezinye iintlanga. 1:14 KumaGrike kwanakumabharbhari, ndimelwe kukushumayela; kokubini kwizilumko, Kwabaswele ukuqonda. 1:15 okungoko ndinako, ukuzishumayela iindaba ezilungileyo kuni bakaKristu naseRoma. 1:16 Kuba andinazintloni ngazo iindaba ezilungileyo zikaKristu, kuba zingamandla kaThixo kube lusindiso kubo bonke abakholwayo; kumYuda kuqala, kwanjalo kumGrike. 1:17 Kuba ngazo kutyhilwa ubulungisa bukaThixo, buphuma elukholweni buse elukholweni; kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Olilungisa ke uya kudla ubomi obuphuma elukholweni. 1:18 Kuba ityhilekile ingqumbo kaThixo ivela emazulwini, ichase konke ukungahloneli Thixo ukungalungisi kwabantu, abayibambayo inyaniso ngokuswela ukulungisa; 1:19 Ngokokuba oko kwazekayo ngoThixo kuyabonakala ngaphakathi kwabo; ngokuba uThixo unaye wababonisa. 1:20 Kuba kwasekudalweni kwehlabathi, iindawo zakhe ezibe zingenakubonwa zikho icace kakuhle, ngezinto ezenziweyo, kwanezakhe amandla angunaphakade nobuThixo; ukuze bangabi nakuziphendulela; 1:21 Ngokokuba bathe, bemazi uThixo, abamzukisa ngokoThixo, kwanjalo babenombulelo; basuka baba yinto engento kwiingcinga zabo, neziyatha zabo intliziyo yaba mnyama. 1:22 bathi besiba bazizilumko, besuka baba ziziyatha; 1:23 baza ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo ongenakonakala babananisela intsobi yomfanekiselo ebantwini konakalayo, nasezintakeni, nasezintweni ezizitho zine, nakwizinambuzane izinto. 1:24 Kungoko athe, ngenxa yeminqweno yabo, uThixo wabanikela nokubanikela ekungcoleni bahlazisane ngemizimba yabo phakathi kwabo. 1:25 bona bananisele ubuxoki inyaniso kaThixo, baqubuda kuye, bakhonza uYehova isidalwa ngaphezu koMdali, ongowokubongwa kuse kuwo amaphakade. Amen. 1:26 Ngenxa yoko, uThixo wabanikela ekuthabathekeni okulihlazo; abafazi baye bayiguqula imisebenzi yemvelo, yaba kokunxamnye nemvelo; 1:27 kwaza kwangokunjalo ke namadoda, ewushiya umsebenzi wenkazana wasemvelweni, atshiswa ekukhanukelaneni kwabo; amadoda namadoda esebenza loo nto ikhoyo beswelekile, bezamkelela umbuyekezo wokulahleka kwabo eyayihlangene. 1:28 Njengokuba ke bekumangele ukuhlala bemazi kakuhle uThixo, wabapha uThixo baye engqiqweni engacikidekileyo, ukuba benze izinto ezingekhoyo luncedo; 1:29 bezele yiyo yonke intswela-bulungisa, okungendawo, okungendawo; inkanuko, ulunya; kuzele ngumona, ukubulala, iimpikiswano, inkohliso; ububi; abahlebezi, 1:30 abahlebi, abathiyekileyo kuThixo, abasileyo, abanekratshi, abaqhankqalazi, abacebi bezinto ezimbi; izinto ezimbi, abangathobeli bazali; 1:31 bangenakuqonda, bagqithi beminqophiso, abangenamthando wemvelo; ongenabubele, ongenanceba: 1:32 abathi, besazi kakuhle isimiselo sikaThixo, sokuba abo bazenzayo izinto ezinjalo bangabo bafanelwe kukufa, banganeli kukukwenza oko, koko babe nokukholiswa ngabo bakwenzayo bona.