AmaRoma 4:1 Sithini na ke ngoko, ukuba uAbraham ubawo wethu? Ufumene inyama? 4:2 Kuba uAbraham, ukuba wayegwetyelwe ngokwasemisebenzini, ange eneqhayiya; kodwa hayi phambi koThixo. 4:3 Kuba sithini na isibhalo? UAbraham wakholwa kuThixo, kwaza kwabalelwa kuye kuye kube bubulungisa. 4:4 Ke kaloku, kulowo usebenzayo umvuzo awubalelwa ngokwaselubabalweni; ityala. 4:5 Ke kulowo ungasebenziyo, ukholwa kulowo umgwebelayo ongahloneli Thixo, ukholo lwakhe lubalelwa ebulungiseni. 4:6 njengokuba noDavide eluchaza uthamsanqelo lwendoda athe uThixo kuyo Ubalela ubulungisa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi; 4:7 esithi, Banoyolo ababugwenxa babo buxolelweyo, nabazono zabo; zigqunyiwe. 4:8 Inoyolo indoda eya kuthi iNkosi ingakhe ibalele sono kuyo. 4:9 Olo luyolo ngoko lunconywayo lulolwabolwaluko bodwa; Nakungaluki? Kuba sithi, ukholo lwabalelwa kuAbraham ubulungisa. 4:10 Lwathiwani na ke ngoko ukubalelwa kuye? xa athe waluka, nokuba selephakathi ukungaluki? Hayi, ndisekungalukini. 4:11 Waza wamkela umqondiso wolwaluko, waba litywina lokuqinisa ubulungisa ukholo abenalo esekungalukini: ukuze abe nguye unguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo nakuba bengalukanga; ukuba nobulungisa bungabalelwa kubo; 4:12 nokuba nguyise wabalukileyo, kwabangengabolwaluko; kodwa abahamba emanyathelweni okholo lukabawo uAbraham, abe yena engekaluki. 4:13 Kuba alibanga kumbeka abe yindlalifa yalo ihlabathi uAbraham engowomthetho, nokuba yimbewu yakhe; yokholo. 4:14 Kuba abo basemthethweni, ukuba ngabo iindlalifa, ukholo lungaba lwenziwe into engento, noKristu ke lowo isithembiso asenziwanga nanto: 4:15 kuba umthetho usebenza ingqumbo; ukreqo. 4:16 Ngoko ke ngokwaselukholweni, ukuze kube ngokobabalo; kude kube sekupheleni Isithembiso siqinisekile kuyo yonke imbewu; kungekuko oko kuphela nditsho nakulomthetho waselukholweni luka-Abraham; ngubani yena ubawo wethu sonke, 4:17 njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ndikumisile ukuba ube nguyise weentlanga ezininzi; owakholwayo ke, uThixo, obadlisa ubomi abafileyo, ababize ezo zinto zingekhoyo ngathi zikho. 4:18 Owathi, kungekho nethemba, wakholwa ngethemba, ukuze abe nguyise wabo njengoko kwathethwayo: Iya kuba njalo imbewu yakho. 4:19 Uthe ke, akaba buthathaka elukholweni, akawucamanga umzimba wakhe osele ufile. xa wayemalunga nekhulu leminyaka ubudala, kungekabikho ukufa kuka Isisu sikaSarah: 4:20 Akalithandabuza idinga likaThixo ngokungakholwa; kodwa womelele ngokholo, nimzukisa uThixo; 4:21 eqinisekile ukuba oko akubeke ngedinga, unako naye ukwenza. 4:22 Kungoko kwabalelwa nokubalelwa ebulungiseni kuye. 4:23 Ke kaloku, ukuba kwabalelwa kuye, akubhalwanga ngenxa yakhe yedwa; 4:24 nangenxa yethu, thina kwakuza kubalelwa kuye, ukuba sikholwa kuye wamvusa kwabafileyo uYesu, iNkosi yethu; 4:25 owanikelwa ngenxa yeziphoso zethu, waza wavuswa ngenxa yethu ugwetyelo.