AmaRoma
8:1 Ngoko ke, ngoku akukho kugwetywa kwabakuKristu
uYesu, ongahambi ngokwenyama, uhamba ngokoMoya.
8:2 Kuba umthetho woMoya wobomi, ndakuba kuKristu Yesu, wandikhulula
umthetho wesono nokufa.
8:3 Kuba oko wawungenakwenza umthetho, ngenxa yokuba uswele amandla ngayo inyama.
UThixo wamthuma owakhe uNyana, ekwimfano yenyama enesono, nangenxa yesono;
wasigweba isono esenyameni;
8:4 ukuze ubulungisa bomthetho buzaliseke kuthi, thina singahambiyo;
ngokwenyama, kodwa ngokoMoya.
8:5 Kuba abo bangokwenyama banyamekela izinto zasenyameni; kodwa
abo ke bangokoMoya banyamekela izinto zoMoya.
8:6 Kuba ukunyameka kwenyama ikukufa; ke ukunyamekela ezoMoya bubomi
noxolo.
8:7 Ngokokuba ukunyameka kwenyama kububutshaba kuThixo;
Umthetho kaThixo awunakuba njalo.
8:8 Abo ke bakwinyama, abanakumkholisa uThixo.
8:9 Ke nina anikwinyama; nikuMoya, ukuba okunene oko uMoya
kaThixo makahlale kuni. Ukuba ke umntu akanaye uMoya kaKristu, nguye lowo
akukho yakhe.
8:10 Ukuba ke uKristu ungaphakathi kwenu, umzimba okunene ufile ngenxa yesono; kodwa uMoya
bubomi ngenxa yobulungisa.
8:11 Ukuba ke uMoya walowo wamvusayo uYesu kwabafileyo, umi ngaphakathi
Nani ke, owamvusayo uKristu kwabafileyo, uya kuniphilisa nani
imizimba enokufa ngaye uMoya wakhe omiyo ngaphakathi kwenu.
8:12 Ngoko ke, bazalwana, singabanetyala; kodwa kungekuyo inyama ukuze siphile ngokwenyama
inyama.
8:13 Kuba xa niphila ngokwenyama, niza kufa;
Umoya ubulala umsebenzi womzimba, uya kuphila.
8:14 Kuba bonke abakhokelwa nguMoya kaThixo, bangoonyana bakaThixo abo.
8:15 Kuba anamkelanga moya wabukhoboka, ukuba nibuye noyike; kodwa nina
simamkele uMoya wokwenziwa oonyana, esidanduluka ngaye sithi, Abha, Bawo.
8:16 UMoya ngokwakhe ungqinelana nomoya wethu, ukuba singabo
abantwana bakaThixo:
8:17 Ukuba ke singabantwana, sikwaziindlalifa; iindlalifa zikaThixo, iindlalifa ke kunye noKristu;
ukuba okunene siva ubunzima kunye naye, ukuze sizukiswe nokuzukiswa
kunye.
8:18 Kuba ndigqiba kwelithi, iintlungu zeli xesha lakalokunje azifanelekanga;
sithelekise nobuqaqawuli obuya kutyhilwa kuthi.
8:19 Kuba ukulangazelela kwendalo kulindile
ukubonakaliswa koonyana bakaThixo.
8:20 Kuba indalo yathotyelwa kwimeko ephuthileyo, kungengakuthanda kwayo, kodwa kungokuthanda kwayo
ngenxa yalowo walithobayo ethembeni;
8:21 ngokokuba nendalo ngokwayo iya kukhululwa ebukhobokeni
ukonakala kusiso enkululekweni yozuko lwabantwana bakaThixo.
8:22 Kuba siyazi ukuba yonke indalo iyancwina, inenimba
kunye kude kube ngoku.
8:23 Asiyiyo ke yodwa; sisuka nathi, banayo intlahlela yobomi;
Nathi, uMoya, siyancwina ngaphakathi kwethu, silinde uYehova
ukwamkelwa, ukukhulula umzimba wethu.
8:24 Kuba sasindiselwa ethembeni; ke ithemba elise libonwa asithemba;
Uyabona, usalinde ntoni na?
8:25 Ukuba ke sithembe into esingayiboniyo, siyilinde ngomonde
yona.
8:26 Ngokukwanjalo ke noMoya uncedisana nokuswela kwethu amandla;
masithandazele njengoko simelwe kukuthandaza, kodwa uMoya ngokwakhe usenza
asithethelele ngezincwino ezingathethekiyo.
8:27 Ke oziphengululayo iintliziyo uyakwazi into okuyiyo ukunyameka koMoya;
ngokuba ubathethelela abangcwele ngokuthanda kwakhe
uThixo.
8:28 Siyazi ke ukuba zonke izinto zisebenziselana okulungileyo kwabo babathandayo
uThixo, kwababiziweyo ngokwengqibo yakhe.
8:29 Ngokuba abo wabaziyo ngenxa engaphambili, wabamisela ngenxa engaphambili ukuba bafane nabo
umfanekiso woNyana wakhe, ukuze abe ngowamazibulo kwabaninzi
bazalwana.
8:30 Abo ke wabamisayo ngenxa engaphambili, wababiza kananjalo;
wababizayo ke, lowo wabagwebelayo;
uzukisiwe.
8:31 Sithini na ke ngoko kwezi zinto? Ukuba uThixo ungakuthi, ngubani onokuba njalo
ngokuchasene nathi?
8:32 Lowo, ungamconganga owakhe uNyana, wesuka wamnikela ngenxa yethu sonke
Akayi kusinika na ke zonke ezo zinto, ndawonye naye?
8:33 Ngubani na oya kumangalela abanyulwa bakaThixo, inguThixo nje obagwebelayo? NguThixo lowo
lungisa.
8:34 Ngubani na ogwebayo, inguKristu nje owafayo? NguKristu owafayo, ewe, noko kunjalo
uvukile kwabafileyo, ongasekunene kukaThixo, owenza nokwenza
ukusithandazela.
8:35 Ngubani na oya kusahlula eluthandweni lukaKristu? kuya kuba yimbandezelo, okanye
Yimbandezelo na, yintshutshiso na, yindlala na, bubuze na, yingozi na, likrele na?
8:36 Njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ngenxa yakho sibulawa imini yonke; Singo
babalelwa kwiigusha eziya kuxhelwa nje.
8:37 Kanti ke, kwezi zinto zonke sisuka soyise sitshatshele ngalowo
usithandile.
8:38 Kuba ndeyisekile kukuba nakufa, nabomi, nazithunywa zezulu, nazingelosi
nazilawuli, namagunya, nanto zikhoyo, nanto zizayo,
8:39 nakuphakama, nabunzulu, nasinye isidalwa esisimbi, asiyi kuba nako ukwahlulahlula
sivela eluthandweni lukaThixo, olukuye uKristu Yesu, iNkosi yethu.