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.