Isingeniso
1Incwadi le ivela kimi mina Powula, inceku kaKrestu Jesu, owabizelwa ekubeni mpostoli, wahlukaniselwa ivangeli lakaZimu.
2Ivangeli lelo walethembisa ngaphambilini ngabaphorofidi bakhe emitlolweni ecwengileko. 3Iye, ivangeli elimayelana neNdodanakhe eyaba sizukulwana sakaDavida ngokwenyama, 4begodu yatjhunyayelwa ngamandla bona iyiNdodana kaZimu ukuya ngokoMoya wokucwenga ngokuvuswa kwayo ekufeni: uJesu Krestu iKosethu, 5esamukela ngaye isisa nobupostoli ukuletha ukulalela ukukholwa hlangana nabatjhili ngebanga lebizo lakhe, 6ngitjho nani ngokwenu enibizelwe kobana nibe ngebakaJesu Krestu.
7Kibo boke abathandekako kuZimu abaseRoma, ababizelwe ekubeni ngabacwengileko: Akube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuZimu uBaba wethu neKosini uJesu Krestu.
Umthandazo wokuthokoza
8Kokuthoma, ngithokoza uZimami ngoJesu Krestu ngani noke ngombana ukukholwa kwenu kutjhunyayelwa ephasini loke.
9UZimu engimlotjha ngommoyami nengitjhumayela ivangeli leNdodanakhe, ungufakazami bonyana ngihlala nginikhumbula njalo emthandazwenami, 10ngibawa bonyana entandwenakhe uZimu, ngigcine ngiphumelele ukuza kini.
11Ngihlulukela ukunibona ukuze ngabelane nani ezinye zezipho zakaMoya, nginiqinise, 12namkha sikhuthazaneni ekukholweni kwethu, iye ekukholweni kwenu nekukholweni kwami.
13Angithandi bazalwana bona ningabi nelwazi lokobana bengifuna kangangani ukuza kini (kodwana bengiseze ngiqabelwa ukwenza njalo bekube nje) ukuze ngizuze isivuno phakathi kwenu njengombana ngenzile phakathi kwabo boke abatjhili.
14Nginesibopho kumaGirigi nakabatjhili, kabahlakaniphileko nabanganalwazi, 15ngikho ngitjhisekela ukutjhumayela ivangeli nakini eniseRoma.
Amandla wevangeli
16Nje-ke anginanhloni ngevangeli ngombana limamandla kaZimu wokusindisa boke abakholwako, ukuthoma ngamaJuda kulandele amaGirigi. 17Kilo kwembulwa ukulunga kwakaZimu ngokukholwa namayelana nokukholwa, njengombana kutloliwe kwathiwa: “Olungileko uzakuphila ngokukholwa.”
Itukuthelo kaZimu phezu kwabantu
18Ubukhali bakaZimu bubonakala buvela ezulwini, behlela phezu kwakho koke okungakhambisani noZimu kanye nobukhohlakali balabo abavimba iqiniso ngokonakala kwabo. 19Okwazekako ngoZimu kuyakhanya kibo ngombana uZimu ubavezele khona. 20Soloko kwangesikhathi sokudalwa kwephasi, amandlakhe angapheliko kanye nemvelo yakhe yobuZimu, nanyana ingabonakali ngokwayo, phezu kobana ikhona, beyiseze izwisiswa begodu ibonwa ezintweni azidalileko. Ngalokho-ke abantu abanabo ubusithelo, 21ngombana nanyana bebaseze bamazi uZimu, azange bebamhloniphe namkha bamthokoze, kodwana babe nemikhumbulo engatjho ilitho, neengqondo zabo ezingazisiko zafiphala. 22Bazitjela bona bahlakaniphile, ngalokho baba ziindlhayela. 23Banana iphazimulo kaZimu ongabhubhiko ngemifanekiso emfuziselo wabantu ababhubhako namkha yeenyoni namkha yeenlwana ezinemilenze emine namkha yeenrhurhubi.
24Nje-ke uZimu wabanikela eenkanukweni zeenhliziyo zabo, emanyaleni nekuhlazisaneni ngemizimbabo 25ngombana banana iqiniso ngoZimu kobana bazuze amala, balotjha bebasebenzela okudaliweko kunoMdali, okunguye okufanele adunyiswe ngokungapheliko. Amen.
26Ngebangelo-ke, uZimu wabanikela ekutjhisakaleni okuhlazisako. Abafazi bakhona balisa indlela yemvelo yamabhayi bangena kokungasiyimvelo, 27ngokunjalo namadoda wakhona alisa indlela yemvelo yokuya emabhayini nomfazi, afuthelana ngokukhanukana wona. Amadoda enza ubuhlola namanye amadoda, ngalokho azamukelisa ngokwawo isibetho esifanele ubuhlola bawo.
28Njengombana abantwabo bangazange bakhathalele ukumazi uZimu, yeke uZimu wabanikela emikhumbulweni eyonakeleko nezintweni ekungakameli zenziwe. 29Bebazele ngayo yoke imihlobo yobukhohlakali, ubumbi, ubumarhamaru nezondo. Bazele ngomona, ukubulala, ukuphikisana, ikohliso, ubuqili, ihlebo, 30ubugongodi, ukuhloya uZimu, ukuthukana, ukuzikhakhazisa, ukuzazi, ukusungula ubumbi, ukungalaleli ababelethi, 31iye, baziindlhadlha, abakholwa, abananhliziyo begodu bafe ivalo. 32Bayasazi isimiso sakaZimu sokobana labo abenza izinto ezinjalo bafanelwa kukufa, khonapho abazenzi kwaphela, kodwana bakwakwazela nalabo abazenzako.
