AmaRoma 9:1 Ngikhuluma iqiniso kuKristu, angiqambi amanga, unembeza wami ungiphethe fakaza ngoMoya oNgcwele, 9:2 Ukuthi nginosizi olukhulu nobuhlungu obungapheli enhliziyweni yami. 9:3 Ngoba ngangifisa ukuthi mina ngokwami ngiqalekisiwe kuKristu ngenxa yabazalwane bami. izihlobo zami ngokwenyama; 9:4 Angobani ama-Israyeli; okungokwakhe ukuma kwabantwana, nenkazimulo, kanye izivumelwano, nokunikezwa komthetho, nenkonzo kaNkulunkulu, kanye izithembiso; 9:5 abangababo oyise, avela kubo uKristu ngokwenyama. ophezu kwakho konke, uNkulunkulu makabongwe kuze kube phakade. Amen. 9:6 Kungabi sengathi izwi likaNkulunkulu liphuthile. Ngoba abanjalo wonke u-Israyeli ovela ku-Israyeli. 9:7 Futhi futhi, ngoba beyinzalo ka-Abrahama, bonke bangabantwana. kodwa: NgoIsaka inzalo yakho iyakubizwa. 9:8 Okungukuthi, labo abangabantwana benyama, laba abasibo abantwana bakaNkulunkulu: kodwa abantwana besithembiso babalelwa abantwana imbewu. 9:9 Ngoba leli yilizwi lesithembiso: Ngalesisikhathi ngizakuza, loSarah uzakuba lendodana. 9:10 Futhi hhayi lokhu kuphela; kodwa kwathi uRebeka laye esekhulelwe ngomunye, kuze kube sekupheleni ubaba wethu u-Isaka; 9:11 Ngoba abantwana bengakazalwa, bengakenzi lutho oluhle kumbe okubi, ukuze icebo likaNkulunkulu elingokokukhetha lime, lingaveli imisebenzi, kodwa ngobizayo;) 9:12 Kwathiwa kuye, Omkhulu uyakukhonza omncane. 9:13 Njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: UJakobe ngamthanda, kodwa u-Esawu ngamzonda. 9:14 Ngakho siyakuthini? Kukhona yini ukungalungi kuNkulunkulu? UNkulunkulu akakuvumeli. 9:15 Ngoba wathi kuMozisi: Ngizakuba lesihawu kwengithanda ukuba lesihawu kuye, futhi ngizakuba lozwelo kwengizakuba lozwelo kuye. 9:16 Ngakho-ke akuveli kothandayo, noma kogijimayo, kodwa kungokwalowo uNkulunkulu ohawukelayo. 9:17 Ngoba umbhalo uthi kuFaro: "Ngalokho enginakho ngikuvusile, ukuze ngibonakalise amandla ami kuwe, negama lami kumenyezelwe emhlabeni wonke. 9:18 Ngakho unesihe kulowo athanda ukumhawukela, nalowo athanda ukumhawukela iyaqina. 9:19 Uyakuthi kimi: 'Kungani namanje ukusola? Ngoba ubani onakho wamelana nentando yakhe? 9:20 Cha, kodwa, O muntu, ungubani wena ukuthi uphendula ngokumelene noNkulunkulu? Izoba into okubunjiweyo yisho kowakubumbayo ukuthi: 'Ungenzeleni kanje na? 9:21 Akanawo amandla umbumbi phezu kobumba, ngenhlama efanayo ukwenza kube munye isitsha esihloniphekayo, nesinye esingahlonitshwayo? 9:22 Uma uNkulunkulu ethanda ukubonakalisa ulaka lwakhe nokwenza amandla akhe aziwe, wakhuthazela ngokubekezela okukhulu izitsha zolaka ezilungiselweyo ukubhujiswa: 9:23 Futhi ukuze enze yaziwe ingcebo yenkazimulo yakhe phezu izitsha isihawu ayesilungisele inkazimulo ngaphambili. 9:24 Ngisho nathi, asibizile, hhayi kubaJuda kuphela, kodwa futhi AbeZizwe? 9:25 Njengoba esho nasencwadini kaHoseya ukuthi: "Ngiyobabiza abangesibo abantu bami." abantu; nothandiweyo wakhe, obengathandwa. 9:26 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, ukuthi endaweni lapho kwashiwo bona, anisibo abantu bami; lapho bayakuthiwa abantwana bakwa uNkulunkulu ophilayo. 9:27 U-Isaya umemeza ngo-Israyeli, ethi: "Noma umumo wabantwana!" u-Israyeli uyakuba ngangesihlabathi solwandle, insali iyakusindiswa; 9:28 Ngoba uyowuqeda umsebenzi, futhi unqamule ngokulunga: ngoba umsebenzi omfushane iNkosi iyowenza emhlabeni. 9:29 Futhi njengoba u-Isaya asho ngaphambili, "Ngaphandle kokuba iNkosi Sebawoti usishiye a nzalo, sasinjengeSodoma, senziwe safana neGomora. 9:30 Ngakho siyakuthini? Ukuthi abezizwe, abalandelanga ukulunga kuzuze ukulunga, yebo, ukulunga okungokukholwa. 9:31 Kodwa u-Israyeli, owalandela umthetho wokulunga, akazange bafinyelele emthethweni wokulunga. 9:32 Ngani? Ngoba kabakufunanga ngokholo, kodwa ngokungathi ngoMoya imisebenzi yomthetho. Ngokuba bakhubeka etsheni lesikhubekiso; 9:33 Njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Bheka, ngibeka eSiyoni itshe lokukhubekisa nedwala yilowo nalowo okholwa nguye akayikujabha.