Singeniso
1Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, inceku yaKhristu Jesu, nemphostoli lokhetsiwe wabitwa nguNkulunkulu kutsi ashumayele liVangeli.
2LeliVangeli letsenjiswa nguNkulunkulu emandvulweni, waletsembisa ngebaphrofethi bakhe, labhalwa emiBhalweni leNgcwele. 3LingeNdvodzana yakhe, iNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, ebuntfwini bakhe watalwa awesitukulwane saDavide; 4ngebungcwele bakhe basezulwini kwakhonjiswa ngemandla lamakhulu kutsi uyiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu ngekutsi avuswe ekufeni. 5Ngaye loJesu semukele umusa nebuphostoli, kuze kutsi egameni lakhe bantfu etiveni tonkhe sibaholele ekukholweni nasekutfobeleni Nkulunkulu. 6Nani nikuleto tive, nibitelwe kutsi nibe baJesu Khristu.
7Lencwadzi iya kubo bonkhe labatsandzekako baNkulunkulu labaseRoma, lababitelwa kutsi babe ngulabangcwele.
Akube kini umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuBabe wetfu Nkulunkulu naseNkhosini Jesu Khristu.
Umthandazo waPawula nesifiso sakhe sekuya eRoma
8Kwekucala, ngibonga Nkulunkulu wami ngaJesu Khristu, ngani nonkhe; ngobe umhlaba wonkhe ubabata kukholwa kwenu. 9Nkulunkulu lengimkhonta ngemoya wami wonkhe ngekushumayela liVangeli leNdvodzana yakhe ungufakazi wami wekutsi nginikhumbula kangakanani emithandazweni yami onkhe emalanga. 10Sonkhe sikhatsi emikhulekweni yami ngincusa kutsi Nkulunkulu, ngentsandvo yakhe, awente ematfuba ekutsi nginivakashele nome nini. 11Maye, ngiyafisa kunibona khona ngitewucetunelana nani sipho saMoya kuze nitewucina. 12Ngisho kutsi nine nami sitewusitakala kanyekanye, nine ngekukholwa kwami, nami ngekukholwa kwenu.
13Kufanele nati, bazalwane bami, kutsi sengemahlandla lamanyenti kanganani ngetama kunivakashela, kodvwa bengisolomane ngivimbeleka, kwadzimate kwaba ngulamuhla. Kukhona lengifuna kubazuza baphendvuke emkhatsini wenu, njengobe ngentile nakulabanye betive, 14ngobe nginemtfwalo kubo bonkhe, emaGriki nalabangakaphucuki, labafundzile nalabangakafundzi. 15Ngiko nje ngilambele kushumayela liVangeli nakini lenihlala eRoma.
Emandla eliVangeli
16Anginamahloni ngeliVangeli, ngobe lingemandla aNkulunkulu ekusindzisa bonkhe bantfu labakholwako, kucala emaJuda, kulandzele emaGriki. 17Ngobe liVangeli lembula kutsi Nkulunkulu wenta kanjani kutsi bantfu balungelane naye: Kungekukholwa, kusuka ekucaleni kuye ekugcineni, njengobe umBhalo utsi: “Lolungile ngekukholwa utawuphila.”
Bonkhe bantfu banelicala
18Lulaka lwaNkulunkulu lubonakala luphuma ezulwini lwehlela etikwako konkhe kungamesabi Nkulunkulu nekungalungi kwebantfu labavimba liciniso ngekungalungi kwabo. 19Nkulunkulu uyabajezisa, ngobe loko labangahle bakwati bantfu ngaNkulunkulu kusebaleni, njengobe yena cobo lwakhe akubonakalisile kubo. 20Kusukela ekudalweni kwemhlaba nemkhatsi emandla akhe laphakadze nebuNkulunkulu bakhe bebufihlekile emehlweni ebantfu; noko bebukhona etingcondvweni kutsi bubonakale etintfweni latentile. Ngako-ke bate taba; 21ngobe batsi kantsi Nkulunkulu bayamati bangete bambonga bamnike neludvumo lolumfanele njengaNkulunkulu. Esikhundleni saloko imicabango yabo yaba lite, netinhlitiyo tabo taba mnyama. 22Batsi bahlakaniphile, besuka baba tilima; 23bashiya bukhosi baNkulunkulu longabhubhi, bakhonta umfanekiso wemuntfu lobhubhako, newetinyoni, newetilwane letihamba ngetinyawo letine, newaletihamba ngesisu.
24Ngako-ke Nkulunkulu ubayekelele etinkhanukweni tetinhlitiyo tabo, emanyaleni nasekungcolisaneni imitimba yabo. 25Baguculele liciniso laNkulunkulu balenta emanga; bakhonta, badvumisa indalo kunekukhonta nekudvumisa uMdali lokunguyena abongeka kuze kube phakadze. Amen.
26Ngako-ke Nkulunkulu ubayekelele etinkhanukweni letilihlazo. Labasikati bakhona bagucule imvelo lengabe bayenta kulabadvuna, kodvwa bagucuke balalana bodvwana, benta labebangakadalelwa kona. 27Kanjalo nemadvodza ayekele kulalana nalabasikati, kodvwa adliwa yinkhanuko ase alalana odvwana; ngako atfola sijeziso lesifanele kona kwawo.
28Njengobe abafunanga kumati Nkulunkulu, ngako wababukelela, tingcondvo tabo taba butsakatsaka, netimilo tabo tonakala. 29Bagcwele tonkhe tinhlobo tebubi: kona, nekuhawukela, nekuzindlekela; bagcwele umona, nekubulala, nekulwa, nemacebo, nebucili, nenhlebo. 30Bakhuluma kabi ngalabanye, batondze Nkulunkulu, bangahloniphi, batigcabhe, batikhukhumete, bacambe lokubi, bangahloniphi batali babo; 31abehlukanisi lokuhle kulokubi, abatigcini tetsembiso tabo, abanalutsandvo, abanasihawu. 32Bayawati umtsetfo waNkulunkulu lotsi bantfu labenta tintfo letinje bafanele kufa, kepha bona abagcini ngekutenta kuphela kodvwa besuka bavumelana nalabo labatentako.
