Roma 1:1-32
1 Mine Pawula, inceku yaJesu Khristu leyabitelwa kuba ngumphostoli, naleyakhetfwa kutsi itewumemetela tindzaba letimnandzi taNkulunkulu,
2 latetsembisa kusukela ekucaleni, asebentisa baphrofethi bakhe emiBhalweni lengcwele,
3 letimayelana neNdvodzana yakhe leyatalwa ingumuntfu ivela esitukulwaneni saDavide,
4 kodvwa yavetwa njengeNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu ngemandla emoya longcwele ngesikhatsi ivuswa ekufeni. LeNdvodzana nguJesu Khristu iNkhosi yetfu.
5 Ngaye, semukela umusa waNkulunkulu nemsebenti wekuba baphostoli kuze bantfu bato tonkhe tive babonise kukholwa futsi balalele, bese bahlonipha libito lakhe.
6 Nani nabitwa kubantfu betive kuze nibe baJesu Khristu.
7 Ngibhalela bonkhe labatsandzekako baNkulunkulu labaseRoma, nalababitelwe kutsi babe ngulabangcwele:
Shengatsi ningaba nemusa nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu longuBabe wetfu, naseNkhosini lenguJesu Khristu.
8 Kwekucala, ngaJesu Khristu ngibonga Nkulunkulu wami mayelana nani nonkhe, ngobe kukholwa kwenu kukhulunywa ngako eveni lonkhe.
9 Nkulunkulu lengimentela umsebenti longcwele ngenhlitiyo yonkhe, ngekumemetela tindzaba letimnandzi letimayelana neNdvodzana yakhe ungufakazi wami wekutsi njalo angiyekeli kunibeka emithantazweni yami,
10 ngimncenga kutsi nakungenteka, ngigcine ngiphumelele kufika kini nangabe nje atsandza.
11 Ngobe nginesifiso lesikhulu sekunibona kuze ngininike sipho lesivela kuNkulunkulu khona nitewucina,
12 nobe kuze sikhutsatane, nguloyo akhutsateke ngekukholwa kwalomunye, ngekwenu nekwami.
13 Bazalwane, yatini kutsi bengifuna kuta kini tikhatsi letinyenti, kodvwa bengisolo ngivimbeleka kudzimate kube ngunyalo, kuze ngitfole imiphumela lemihle kini, ngisho nakuletinye tive.
14 Ngikweleta emaGriki nalabangasiwo emaGriki, labahlakaniphile nalabangakahlakaniphi.
15 Ngako ngiyakulangatelela kumemetela tindzaba letimnandzi nakini lapho eRoma.
16 Ngite emahloni ngetindzaba letimnandzi, ngobe ecinisweni tiyindlela lenemandla Nkulunkulu labasindzisa ngayo bonkhe labanekukholwa, kumJuda kucala kulandzele umGriki.
17 Ngobe kulunga kwaNkulunkulu kuvetwa ngekukholwa kwemuntfu futsi kukwenta kucine, njengobe kwabhalwa kutsi: “Lolungile utawuphila ngenca yekukholwa.”
18 Intfukutselo yaNkulunkulu yembulwa ivela ezulwini icondzene nabo bonkhe labangamhloniphi nalabangakalungi labavimba liciniso ngetindlela letingakalungi,
19 ngesizatfu sekutsi loko bantfu labangase bakwati ngaNkulunkulu kubekwe ebaleni, ngobe ukwente kwacaca kubo.
20 Bunguye bakhe lobungabonakali buvetwe ngalokucacile kusukela ekudalweni kwelive kuchubeke, ngobe bubonakala etintfweni letidaliwe, futsi emandla akhe langapheli nebuNkulunkulu bakhe buyabonakala, kangangekutsi bete taba,
21 ngobe ngisho nobe bebamati Nkulunkulu abazange bamdvumise nobe bambonge, kodvwa bacabanga tintfo letilite netinhlitiyo tabo taba bete kucondza.
22 Ngisho nobe bebatsi bahlakaniphile, baba ngulabangakahlakaniphi,
23 futsi esikhundleni sekutsi bakhatimulise Nkulunkulu lohlala phakadze, badvumisa imifanekiso yebantfu labafako, yetinyoni, yetilwane letinetinyawo letine, neyemihumane.
24 Ngako Nkulunkulu wabayekelela ebubini ngekuvumelana netifiso tetinhlitiyo tabo kuze imitimba yabo ingcoliswe.
25 Bakhetsa kukholwa emanga kunekutsi bakholwe liciniso lelivela kuNkulunkulu, badvumisa baphindze bakhonte indalo kunekutsi bakhonte Loyo lowayidala, lokunguye lokufanele advunyiswe phakadze. Amen.
26 Kungako Nkulunkulu abayekelela etinkhanukweni tabo letenyanyekako, ngobe labasikati sebasebentisa imitimba yabo ngendlela lephambene nemvelo,
27 nalabadvuna abasayisebentisi imitimba yabo kulabasikati, kodvwa sebashiswa kukhanukana bodvwa. Indvodza seyikhanuka lenye indvodza, futsi benta lokulichilo. Ngako batfola sijeziso lesibafanele ngenca yekona kwabo.
28 Njengobe bebangafuni kumati kahle Nkulunkulu, wabayekelela ekucabangeni kwabo lokungemukeleki kuye, kuze bente tintfo letingakafaneli.
29 Bagcwele kungalungi, kona, bukhali, bubi, umona, kubulala, kubanga, kukhohlisa, tinhlitiyo letimbi, kuhleba,
30 kunyundzela, kutondza Nkulunkulu, kwedzelela, kutigcabha, kutigabatisa, kwenta emacebo etintfo letimbi, kungalaleli batali,
31 kungacondzi, kungatigcini tivumelwane, kuba bete lutsandvo, nekuba bete sihawu.
32 Nanobe bawati kahle umtsetfo waNkulunkulu lotsi bantfu labenta tintfo letinjalo bafanelwe kufa, abagcini nje ngekutenta, kepha basekela nalabo labatentako.
