AmaRoma 11:1 Ngakho ngithi: UNkulunkulu ubalahlile abantu bakhe? UNkulunkulu akakuvumeli. Ngoba nami ngingu umIsrayeli, wenzalo ka-Abrahama, wesizwe sakwaBenjamini. 11:2 UNkulunkulu akabalahlanga abantu bakhe ayebazi ngaphambili. Angazi ukuthi yini umbhalo uthini ngoEliya? ukuthi uncenga kanjani kuNkulunkulu Israyeli, wathi, 11:3 Nkosi, bababulele abaprofethi bakho, futhi badilizile ama-altare akho; nami ngisele ngedwa, badinga umphefumulo wami. 11:4 Kodwa ithini impendulo kaNkulunkulu kuye? ngizigodlile amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, abangaguqanga ngedolo kuBhali. 11:5 Kanjalo-ke nalesi sikhathi samanje kukhona insali ngokomthetho ukhetho lomusa. 11:6 Futhi uma ngomusa, khona-ke akuseyimisebenzi; umusa. Kepha uma kuvela ngemisebenzi, akuseyiwo umusa; uma kungenjalo, sebenzani awusekho umsebenzi. 11:7 Kuyini pho? U-Israyeli akakutholanga lokho abekufuna; kodwa i abakhethiweyo bakutholile, kodwa abanye baphuphuthekiswa. 11:8 Njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: UNkulunkulu ubanikile umoya wobuthongo; amehlo ukuze bangaboni, nezindlebe ukuze bangezwa;) ukuze namuhla. 11:9 UDavida wasesithi: Itafula labo malibe ngumjibila, logibe, logibe. isikhubekiso, nembuyiselo kubo; 11:10 Vumela amehlo abo kube mnyama, ukuze bangaboni, futhi ukhothame zabo emuva njalo. 11:11 Ngakho ngithi: Bakhubeka ukuze bawe? UNkulunkulu kakuvumi: kodwa kunalokho ngesiphambeko sabo insindiso ifikile kwabezizwe, ukuze ngibavusele umona. 11:12 Manje uma ukuwa kwabo kuyingcebo yezwe, futhi ukuncipha kubo ingcebo yabezizwe; kakhulu kangakanani ukugcwala kwazo? 11:13 Ngoba ngikhuluma kini bezizwe, njengoba nje mina ngingumphostoli we Bezizwe, ngiphakamisa ihhovisi lami: 11:14 uma mhlawumbe ngibavusela umona abenyama yami, futhi ingase isindise ezinye zazo. 11:15 Ngokuba uma ukulahlwa kwabo kungukubuyisana kwezwe, yini? Ukwemukelwa kwabo kungaba, kodwa ukuphila kwabafileyo? 11:16 Ngokuba uma ulibo lungcwele, nenhlama ingcwele; uma impande ingcwele. angcwele, anjalo namagatsha. 11:17 Futhi uma amanye amagatsha ephulwa, futhi wena, ekubeni umnqumo wasendle umuthi waxhunyelelwa phakathi kwabo, wahlanganyela nabo empandeni namafutha omnqumo; 11:18 Ungaqhoshi phezu kwamagatsha. Kepha uma uzincoma, awuwezwa impande, kodwa impande nguwe. 11:19 Uyakuthi-ke: Amagatsha aphulwa, ukuze mina ngibe kuxhunywe phakathi. 11:20 Awu; ngenxa yokungakholwa aphulwa, wena umi khona ukholo. Ungazikhukhumezi, kodwa yesaba; 11:21 Ngoba uma uNkulunkulu angayekanga amagatsha emvelo, funa futhi awayeke hhayi wena. 11:22 Ngakho bheka ububele nobukhali bukaNkulunkulu; ubunzima; kodwa kuwe, umusa, uma uqhubeka ebuhleni bakhe. kungenjalo nawe uyakunqunywa. 11:23 Futhi nabo, uma bengahlali ekungakholweni, bayoxhunyelelwa. ngokuba uNkulunkulu unamandla okubuye abaxhume. 11:24 Ngoba uma wena wagawulwa emnqumweni wasendle ngokwemvelo, futhi waxhunyelelwa ngokuphambene nemvelo emthini womnqumo omuhle: kangakanani-ke lawa angamagatsha emvelo, axhunyelelwe kowawo isihlahla somnqumo? 11:25 Ngokuba angithandi, bazalwane, ukuba nibe ningayazi le mfihlakalo. funa nizishaye abahlakaniphileyo; ukuthi ubumpumputhe ngokwengxenye kwenzeka ku-Israyeli, kwaze kwangena ukugcwala kwabezizwe. 11:26 Futhi ngakho wonke u-Israyeli uyakusindiswa, njengoba nje kulotshiwe: "Kuyakuphuma weSiyoni uMkhululi, futhi uyosusa ukungamhloniphi uNkulunkulu kuJakobe. 11:27 Ngoba lokhu kuyisivumelwano sami kubo, lapho ngiyosusa izono zabo. 11:28 Ngokuqondene nevangeli, bayizitha ngenxa yenu; ngokukhethwa, bangabathandiweyo ngenxa yawoyise. 11:29 Ngokuba izipho nokubiza kukaNkulunkulu akukho ukuphenduka. 11:30 Ngoba njengoba nani ezikhathini ezidlule beningakholwa nguNkulunkulu, nokho manje senizuzile isihawu ngokungakholwa kwabo. 11:31 Ngokunjalo nalaba kalokhu kabakholwanga, ukuthi ngesihawu sakho bakholwa futhi angathola isihawu. 11:32 Ngoba uNkulunkulu ubavalele bonke ekungakholwani, ukuze abe nesihe phezu kwakho konke. 11:33 O ukujula kwengcebo nokuhlakanipha nolwazi lukaNkulunkulu! Kanjani aziphenyeki izahlulelo zakhe, nezindlela zakhe aziphenyeki! 11:34 Ngoba ngubani owazi ingqondo yeNkosi? kumbe okade engowakhe umeluleki? 11:35 Noma ngubani owamnika kuqala, futhi kuyovuzwa kuye futhi? 11:36 Ngokuba kuvela kuye, futhi ngaye, futhi kuye, zonke izinto zivela kuye inkazimulo kuze kube phakade. Amen.