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.