AmaRoma 1:1 UPawulu, inceku kaJesu Kristu, owabizelwa ukuba umphostoli, owahlukaniselwa ivangeli likaNkulunkulu, 1:2 (Eyayithembisa ngaphambili ngabaprofethi bakhe emibhalweni engcwele,) 1:3 Ngokuphathelene neNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu, owavela enzalweni ka UDavide ngokwenyama; 1:4 Futhi wamemezela ukuthi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngamandla, ngokuvumelana nomoya ka ubungcwele, ngokuvuka kwabafileyo; 1:5 esamukele ngaye umusa nobuphostoli, kube ukulalela abangcwele ukukholwa phakathi kwezizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lakhe. 1:6 phakathi kwenu nikhona nani ababiziweyo bakaJesu Kristu. 1:7 Kubo bonke abaseRoma, abathandekayo bakaNkulunkulu, ababizelwe ukuba ngabangcwele: Umusa kini kini nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu. 1:8 Okokuqala, ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Kristu ngani nonke, ukuthi ukholo lwenu kukhulunywa ngayo emhlabeni wonke. 1:9 Ngoba uNkulunkulu ungufakazi wami, engimkhonza ngomoya wami evangelini lakhe Ndodana, ukuthi angiphezi ukukukhumbula emikhulekweni yami; 1:10 Bengicela, uma nganoma iyiphi indlela manje ekugcineni ngingase ngibe nokuchuma uhambo ngentando kaNkulunkulu ukuza kini. 1:11 Ngoba ngilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze ngidlulisele kini isipho esithile somoya, kuze liqiniswe; 1:12 Okungukuthi, ukuze ngiduduzeke kanye nani ngokholo sobabili mina nawe sobabili. 1:13 Manje angithandi ukuba nibe ningazi, bazalwane, ukuthi kaningi ngazimisela ukuza kini, kepha ngavinjwa kuze kube manje, ukuze ngithole isithelo naphakathi kwenu, njengaphakathi kwabanye abezizwe. 1:14 Nginecala kokubili kumaGreki nakumaQaba; kokubili kwabahlakaniphileyo, nakwabangahlakaniphile. 1:15 Ngakho, njengoba nje kimi, Ngikulungele ukushumayela ivangeli kini enikhona eRoma futhi. 1:16 Ngoba kangilanhloni ngevangeli likaKristu, ngoba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu kube yinsindiso kubo bonke abakholwayo; kumJuda kuqala, futhi futhi kumGreki. 1:17 Ngoba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa kulo, kusukela ekukholweni kuye ekukholweni: as kulotshiwe ukuthi: Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa. 1:18 Ngoba ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lubonakaliswa luvela ezulwini phezu kwakho konke ukungahloniphi uNkulunkulu kanye ukungalungi kwabantu abaphatha iqiniso ngokungalungi; 1:19 Ngoba lokho okwaziwayo ngoNkulunkulu kusobala phakathi kwabo; ngoba uNkulunkulu unaye wabakhombisa. 1:20 Ngoba okungabonakali kwakhe kusukela ekudalweni kwezwe kukhona kubonakala ngokucacile, kuqondwa ngezinto ezenziweyo, ngisho neyakhe amandla aphakade nobuNkulunkulu; ukuze bangabi lezaba; 1:21 Ngoba ukuthi, lapho bemazi uNkulunkulu, abamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulu, noma babebonga; kodwa baba yize emicabangweni yabo nobuwula babo inhliziyo yaba mnyama. 1:22 Bezisho ukuthi bahlakaniphile, baba yiziwula; 1:23 Futhi washintsha inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo waba umfanekiso owenziwe umfanekiso kumuntu obhubhayo, lezinyoni, lezilwane ezinyawo ezine, lezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo izinto. 1:24 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabanikela ekungcoleni ngezinkanuko izinhliziyo zabo, bahlazisa imizimba yabo phakathi kwabo; 1:25 Abaguqule iqiniso likaNkulunkulu amanga, bakhuleka, bakhonza uNkulunkulu okudaliweyo kunoMdali, obongekayo kuze kube phakade. Amen. 1:26 Ngenxa yalokhu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ekuhuhekeni okuyichilo, ngokuba ngisho kwabo abesifazane baguqula ukwenza kwemvelo kwaba okuphambene nemvelo; 1:27 Futhi ngokufanayo futhi amadoda, ukushiya ukusetshenziswa kwemvelo kowesifazane, basha ekukhanukeleni kwabo omunye komunye; amadoda namadoda asebenza lokho okuyikho ngokungafanele, bezitholela kubo umvuzo wokuduka kwabo okwakuhlangene. 1:28 Futhi njengoba nje abazange bathande ukugcina uNkulunkulu ekwazini kwabo, uNkulunkulu wanika baphelekezele engqondweni ebolile, benze lezozinto ezingekho elula; 1:29 begcwaliswe yikho konke ukungalungi, ubufebe, ububi, ukuhaha, inzondo; bagcwele umona, ukubulala, ukuphikisana, inkohliso, ububi; abahlebezi, 1:30 Abahlebi, abazonda uNkulunkulu, abangenandaba, abazidlayo, abaqhoshayo, abaqambi bezinto okubi, abangalaleli abazali, 1:31 abangenakuqonda, abephula isivumelwano, abangenalo uthando lwemvelo, ongenacala, ongenasihawu: 1:32 abathi besazi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu, ukuthi abenza izinto ezinjalo abafanele ukufa, ningagcini ngokwenza okufanayo, kodwa nithokozise abakwenzayo bona.