AmaRoma
14:1 Lowo obuthakathaka ekukholweni mamukeleni, kodwa hhayi ngokungabaza
izingxabano.
14:2 Ngoba omunye ukholwa ukuthi angadla konke: omunye obuthakathaka.
udla amakhambi.
14:3 Odlayo makangamdeleli ongadli; futhi angamvumeli
ongadliyo makahlulele odlayo, ngokuba uNkulunkulu umamukele.
14:4 Ungubani wena owahlulela inceku yomunye? enkosini yakhe yena
umi kumbe uyawa. Yebo, uyakuphakanyiswa, ngokuba uNkulunkulu unamandla okwenza
ame.
14:5 Omunye wazisa olunye usuku kunolunye, omunye wazisa zonke izinsuku
ngokufanayo. Yilowo nalowo makaqiniseke ngokugcwele engqondweni yakhe.
14:6 Lowo ohlonipha usuku, uluhlonipha eNkosini; futhi yena lokho
kalunanzi usuku, eNkosini. Yena lowo
odlayo, udlela iNkosi, ngokuba ubonga uNkulunkulu; lalowo odlayo
Hhayi, akadli eNkosini, futhi ubonga uNkulunkulu.
14:7 Ngoba akekho kithi oziphilela yena, futhi akekho ozifelayo.
14:8 Ngoba noma siphila, siphilela iNkosi; futhi noma sifa, siyafa
ngakho-ke noma siphila noma sifa, singabeNkosi.
14:9 Ngoba ngenxa yalokho uKristu wafa, futhi wavuka, futhi waphila, ukuze abe namandla
abe yiNkosi kokubili kwabafileyo nabaphilayo.
14:10 Kodwa kungani umahlulela umfowenu? kumbe udelelani
umfowethu? ngoba sonke siyakuma phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaKristu.
14:11 Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Kuphila kwami, isho iNkosi, wonke amadolo ayakuguqa
nami, nezilimi zonke ziyakuvuma kuNkulunkulu.
14:12 Ngakho yilowo nalowo kithi uyakuziphendulela kuNkulunkulu.
14:13 Ngakho masingabe sisahlulelana, kodwa kunalokho yahlulelani lokhu.
ukuze kungabikho muntu obeka isikhubekiso noma isikhubekiso kumfowabo
indlela.
14:14 Ngiyazi, futhi ngiyaqiniseka eNkosini uJesu, ukuthi akukho lutho
kungcolile ngokwako: kodwa kulowo othi into ingcolile, yenzeni
kuye kungcolile.
14:15 Kodwa uma umfowenu edabukiswa ngokudla, awusahambi
ngothando. Ungambhubhisi ngokudla kwakho, amfelayo uKristu.
14:16 Ngakho okuhle kwenu makungahlanjalazwa.
14:17 Ngokuba umbuso kaNkulunkulu awukona ukudla nokuphuza; kodwa ukulunga, futhi
ukuthula, kanye nenjabulo kuMoya oNgcwele.
14:18 Ngoba okhonza uKristu ngalezizinto uyamukeleka kuNkulunkulu, futhi
kugunyazwe amadoda.
14:19 Ngakho-ke, masilandele izinto ezibangela ukuthula, futhi
izinto omunye angakha ngazo omunye.
14:20 Ungawuchithi umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ngenxa yokudla. Zonke izinto zihlanzekile; kodwa yona
kubi kulowo muntu odla ngokukhubeka.
14:21 Kuhle ukungadli inyama, nokungaphuzi iwayini, nanoma yini
umfowenu akhubeka ngakho, noma akhubeke, noma abe buthakathaka.
14:22 Ingabe unokholo? ube nakho phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Uyajabula lowo
akazilahli yena kulokho akuvumayo.
14:23 Futhi lowo ongabazayo ulahliwe, uma edla, ngoba akadli
ukukholwa: ngokuba konke okungaveli ekukholweni kuyisono.