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.