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.