AmaRoma 4:1 Ngakho siyakuthini ukuthi u-Abrahama ubaba wethu ngokuqondene na? inyama, uyitholile na? 4:2 Ngokuba uma u-Abrahama walungisiswa ngemisebenzi, unakho ukuzibonga; kodwa hhayi phambi kukaNkulunkulu. 4:3 Ngoba uthini umbhalo? UAbrahama wakholwa nguNkulunkulu, kwabalelwa kuye kube ngukulunga. 4:4 Manje kosebenzayo umvuzo awubalwa ngokomusa, kodwa ngowomusa isikweletu. 4:5 Kodwa kongasebenziyo, kodwa ukholwa kuye olungisisayo ongamesabi uNkulunkulu, ukukholwa kwakhe kubalwa ukuthi kungukulunga. 4:6 Njengoba nje noDavide echaza ukubusiswa komuntu, kuye uNkulunkulu othi ukulunga ngaphandle kwemisebenzi; 4:7 Ethi: Babusisiwe abathethelelwe iziphambeko zabo, nabazono zabo zimboziwe. 4:8 Ubusisiwe umuntu iNkosi engayikubalela isono. 4:9 Ngakho-ke lokhu kubusiswa kuphezu kokusoka noma phezu kwalabo abasokile nokungasoki? ngoba sithi ukukholwa kwabalelwa kuAbrahama ukulunga. 4:10 Khona-ke kwabalelwa kanjani? lapho esokile, noma ephakathi ukungasoki? Hhayi ekusokeni, kodwa ekungasokini. 4:11 Futhi wathola isibonakaliso sokusoka, uphawu lokulunga ukukholwa ayenakho engakasoki, ukuze abe nguye uyise wabo bonke abakholwayo, nakuba bengasokile; lokho ukulunga kungabalelwa nakubo; 4:12 noyise wokusoka kwabangebona abokusoka kuphela, kodwa abahamba ezinyathelweni zokukholwa kukababa wethu u-Abrahama ayenakho engakasoki. 4:13 Ngoba isithembiso, ukuthi uyakuba indlalifa yezwe, wayengekho U-Abrahama noma enzalweni yakhe ngomthetho, kodwa ngokulunga lokukholwa. 4:14 Ngoba uma labo abangokomthetho beyizindlalifa, ukholo lwenziwe ize, nomthetho isethembiso esenziwe saba yize: 4:15 Ngoba umthetho usebenza ulaka ukweqa. 4:16 Ngakho kungokukholwa, ukuze kube ngomusa; kuze kube sekupheleni isithembiso singaqiniseka kuyo yonke inzalo; kungeyisikho kulokho okungokwasezulwini kuphela umthetho, kodwa nakulokho okungowokholo luka-Abrahama; ubani baba wethu sonke, 4:17 (Njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Ngikubeke uyise wezizwe eziningi,) ngaphambili amkholwayo, uNkulunkulu, ophilisa abafileyo, nombizayo lezozinto ezingekho sengathi zikhona. 4:18 Owathi ngaphandle kwethemba wakholwa ngethemba, ukuze abe nguyise izizwe eziningi, njengalokho okwashiwoyo: Iyakuba njalo inzalo yakho. 4:19 Futhi njengoba ayengebuthakathaka ekukholweni, akazange acabangele umzimba wakhe owawususufile. eseneminyaka engaba yikhulu, kungakabikho ukufa kuka Isisu sikaSarah: 4:20 Akangabazanga ngesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu ngokungakholwa; kodwa wayenamandla ekukholweni, linika uNkulunkulu udumo; 4:21 Futhi eqiniseka ngokugcwele ukuthi lokho ayekuthembisile, unamandla futhi ezosebenza. 4:22 Ngakho-ke kwabalelwa kuye njengokulunga. 4:23 Manje kakulotshwanga ngenxa yakhe yedwa, ukuthi kwabalelwa kuye; 4:24 Kodwa nakithina, esiyokubalelwa, uma sikholwa kuye wamvusa uJesu iNkosi yethu kwabafileyo; 4:25 Owanikelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu, futhi wavuswa ngenxa yethu ukulungisiswa.