Bible Reading Plan – Day 312

₁UPawulu, inceku kaKristu Jesu, umphostoli obiziweyo nowahlukaniselwe ivangeli likaNkulunkulu, ₂alethembisa ngaphambili ngabaprofethi bakhe emibhalweni engcwele ₃mayelana neNdodana yakhe eyavela enzalweni kaDavide ngokwenyama, ₄eyabonakaliswa ngamandla ukuthi iyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngokoMoya wobungcwele ngokuvuka kwabafileyo, uJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu ₅esamukela ngaye umusa nobuphostoli kube ngukulalela kokukholwa ezizweni zonke ngenxa yegama lakhe, ₆enikuzo nani eningababiziweyo bakaJesu Kristu, ₇kubo bonke abathandiweyo bakaNkulunkulu abaseRoma, ababiziweyo, abangcwele: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.

₈Kuqala-ke ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Kristu ngani nonke, ngokuba ukukholwa kwenu kunconywa ezweni lonke. ₉Ngokuba uNkulunkulu, engimkhonza emoyeni wami ngevangeli leNdodana yakhe, ungufakazi wami wokuthi ngokungaphezi ngiyanikhumbula ₁₀njalo emikhulekweni yami, nginxusa ukuba, uma kungenzeka ngentando kaNkulunkulu, ngiphumelele ukufika kini.

₁₁Ngokuba ngilangazelela ukunibona ukuze nginabele isipho esithile somusa sokomoya ukuba niqiniswe, ₁₂okungukuthi siduduzane kanye nani phakathi kwenu ngokukholwa kwethu okwenu nokwami. ₁₃Angithandi, bazalwane, ukuba ningazi ukuthi ngazimisela kaningi ukuza kini, kepha ngathiyeka kuze kube manje ukuba nakini ngibe nezithelo njengakwezinye izizwe.

₁₄Nginecala kumaGreki nakwabezizwe, kwabahlakaniphileyo nakwabangaqondiyo; ₁₅kanjalo mina ngokwami nginesifiso sokushumayela ivangeli nakinina baseRoma.

₁₆Ngokuba anginamahloni ngevangeli; ngokuba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu, kube yinsindiso kulowo nalowo okholwayo, kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki. ₁₇Ngokuba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwambulwa kulo, kuvela ekukholweni, kuyisa ekukholweni, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: “Olungileyo uzakuphila ngokukholwa.”

₁₈Ngokuba intukuthelo kaNkulunkulu yambulwa ivela ezulwini phezu kwakho konke ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu nokungalungi kwabantu abathiya iqiniso ngokungalungi, ₁₉ngokuba lokho okwazekayo ngoNkulunkulu kusobala phakathi kwabo; ngokuba uNkulunkulu ukubonakalisile kubo. ₂₀Ngokuba okungabonwayo kwakhe, kuthi amandla akhe aphakade nobuNkulunkulu bakhe kubonakala kwasekudalweni kwezwe, ngokuba kuqondakala ngezenzo zakhe, ukuze bangabi nakuzilandulela, ₂₁ngokuba kuthe bemazi uNkulunkulu, kabamdumisanga, kabambonganga njengoNkulunkulu, kodwa balutheka ekuzindleni kwabo; inhliziyo yabo engaqondiyo yaba mnyama. ₂₂Bezisho ukuthi bahlakaniphile baba yiziwula, ₂₃nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo bayiguqula ifane nomfanekiso womuntu obhubhayo, owezinyoni, nowezilwane ezinezinyawo ezine nezinwabuzelayo.

₂₄Ngalokho uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezinkanukweni zezinhliziyo zabo kukho ukungcola, bahlazisane imizimba yabo, ₂₅baguqule iqiniso likaNkulunkulu, balenza amanga; bahlonipha, bakhonza okudaliweyo kunoMdali ongobongekayo kuze kube phakade. Amen.

₂₆Ngenxa yalokho uNkulunkulu wabanikela ekuhuhekeni okuyihlazo; ngokuba abesifazane babo baguqula ukwenza okwemvelo kwaba ngokuphambene nemvelo; ₂₇ngokunjalo nabesilisa bayeka ukwenza kwemvelo kowesifazane, basha ngokukhanukelana, abesilisa benza okuyichilo kwabesilisa, bezitholela umvuzo ofanele ukuduka kwabo.

₂₈Nanjengalokho bengakunakanga ukumazi uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela engqondweni yokunganaki ukwenza okungafanele, ₂₉begcwele konke ukungalungi, nokonakala, nesangabe, nobubi; begcwele umhawu, nokubulala, nokuphikisana, nenkohliso, nobuqili, nokuhleba; ₃₀beyizinyevuzi, nabazonda uNkulunkulu, nezidlova, nabazidlayo, nabazigabisayo, nabaqambi bokubi, nabangalaleli abazali, ₃₁nabangenangqondo, nabangathembekile, nabangenaluthando, nabangenasihawu, ₃₂abathi besazi isimiso sokulunga sikaNkulunkulu sokuthi abenza okunjalo bafanele ukufa, abenzi lokho kuphela, kodwa babuye bavumelana nabakwenzayo.

₁Ngakho awunakuzilandulela wena muntu, noma ungubani owahlulelayo, ngokuba ngalokho owahlulela ngakho omunye uyazilahla wena, ngokuba wena owahlulelayo uyakwenza khona lokho nawe. ₂Siyazi ukuthi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu ngokweqiniso kubehlela abenza okunjalo. ₃Ucabanga lokho yini wena muntu owahlulela abenza okunjalo, ubukwenza nawe, ukuthi uyakubalekela ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu na? ₄Kumbe uyayidelela yini ingcebo yobumnene, neyokubekezela, neyenyewe yakhe, ungazi ukuthi ubumnene bukaNkulunkulu bukuyisa ekuphendukeni na?

₅Kepha ngobulukhuni bakho nangenhliziyo engaphendukiyo uzibekelela ulaka ngosuku lolaka nolokwambulwa kokwahlulela okulungileyo kukaNkulunkulu ₆oyakuvuza yilowo nalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe: ₇labo abafuna ngokukhuthazela ekwenzeni okuhle inkazimulo nodumo nokungabhubhi bothola ukuphila okuphakade; ₈kepha labo abanombango bengalaleli iqiniso, belalela ukungalungi, bothola ulaka nentukuthelo. ₉Usizi nokubandezeka kuyakwehlela imiphefumulo yabantu bonke abenza okubi, umJuda kuqala, nomGreki futhi; ₁₀kepha inkazimulo nodumo nokuthula kubo bonke abenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki futhi. ₁₁Ngokuba akukho ukukhetha umuntu kuNkulunkulu.

₁₂Ngokuba bonke abonileyo bengenamthetho bayakubhubha bengenamthetho; kepha bonke abonileyo benomthetho bayakwahlulelwa ngomthetho; ₁₃ngokuba akusibo abezwayo umthetho abangabalungile phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kepha abenzayo umthetho yibona abayakulungisiswa. ₁₄Ngokuba nxa abezizwe abangenawo umthetho ngokwemvelo benza okomthetho, laba, bengenawo umthetho, bangumthetho wabo ngokwabo, ₁₅babonakalisa ukuthi umsebenzi womthetho ulotshiwe ezinhliziyweni zabo, nonembeza wabo uyafakaza naye, imicabango yabo imangalelana noma ivunana, ₁₆ngosuku uNkulunkulu ayakwahlulela ngalo okufihliweyo kwabantu ngokwevangeli lami ngoKristu Jesu.

₁₇Kepha uma uthiwa ungumJuda, wethemba umthetho, uzibonga ngoNkulunkulu, ₁₈wazi intando yakhe, ukhetha okungcono, ungofundisiwe emithethweni, ₁₉uzethembile wena ukuthi ungumholi wezimpumputhe, ungukukhanya kwabasebumnyameni, ₂₀umyali weziwula nomfundisi wezingane, unakho ukuma kokwazi nokweqiniso emthethweni, ₂₁wena-ke ofundisa omunye, awuzifundisi wena na? Wena oshumayela ukuthi akungebiwa, uyeba na? ₂₂Wena othi akungaphingwa, uyaphinga na? Wena owenyanya isithombe, uphanga ithempeli na? ₂₃Wena ozibonga ngomthetho, udumaza uNkulunkulu ngokweqa umthetho na? ₂₄Ngokuba igama likaNkulunkulu liyahlanjalazwa phakathi kwabezizwe ngenxa yenu, njengalokho kulotshiwe.

₂₅Ngokuba ukusoka kuyasiza kambe, uma ugcina umthetho; kepha uma ungumeqi womthetho, ukusoka kwakho kuphenduka ukungasoki. ₂₆Ngakho-ke uma ongasokile egcina izimiso zomthetho, ukungasoki kwakhe akuyikubalwa ukuthi kungukusoka na? ₂₇Khona ongasokile ngokwemvelo, egcina umthetho, uzakwahlulela wena othi unombhalo nokusoka, weqe umthetho.

₂₈Ngokuba umJuda kakusiye onguye ngokubonwayo, nokusoka akusikho okubonwa enyameni; ₂₉kodwa umJuda yilowo onguye ngaphakathi, nokusoka kungokwenhliziyo, ngomoya kungengegama, okutuswa kwakhe kungaveli kubantu kepha kuNkulunkulu.

₁Ngalokho kuyini umJuda adlula abanye ngakho na? Kukho, ukusoka kunokusiza kuni na? ₂Kukhulu ngezindlela zonke. Kuqala ngokuba baphathisiwe amazwi kaNkulunkulu.

₃Kunjani pho? Uma abanye bengakholwanga, ukungakholwa kwabo kuyakwenza ize ukukholeka kukaNkulunkulu na? ₄Qha nakanye; kepha makube ngukuthi: UNkulunkulu uqinisile, wonke umuntu ungumqambimanga, njengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi:

₅Kepha uma ukungalungi kwethu kubonakalisa ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu, siyakuthini na? Imbala uNkulunkulu ungongalungile yini owehlisa ulaka na? Ngikhulumisa okomuntu. ₆Qha nakanye, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uyakulahlulela kanjani izwe, pho, na? ₇Kepha uma iqiniso likaNkulunkulu lavama ngamanga ami, kube yinkazimulo yakhe, ngisahlulelelwani futhi mina njengesoni na? ₈Kungabi ngukuthi, njengalokhu sihlanjalazwayo nanjengalokhu abanye bathi siyasho ukuthi asenze okubi, ukuze kuvele okuhle na? Ukulahlwa kwabo kubafanele.

₉Kunjani kanti? Siyabadlula na? Qha nakanye, ngokuba bese sibamangalele abaJuda namaGreki ngokuthi bonke baphansi kwesono, ₁₀njengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi:

₁₉Kepha siyazi ukuthi lokhu okushoyo umthetho ukukhuluma kubo abasemthethweni ukuba yonke imilomo ivinjwe, izwe lonke libe necala kuNkulunkulu, ₂₀ngokuba ngemisebenzi yomthetho akukho nyama eyakulungisiswa phambi kwakhe; ngokuba ngomthetho kukhona ukwazi isono.

₂₁Kepha manje kubonakalisiwe ukulunga okuvela kuNkulunkulu ngaphandle komthetho, kufakazelwa ngumthetho nabaprofethi, ₂₂ngisho ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa nguJesu Kristu kubo bonke abakholwayo; ngokuba akukho mahluko; ₂₃ngokuba bonke bonile, basilalelwe inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu; ₂₄balungisisiwe ngesihle ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okukuKristu Jesu, ₂₅ammisileyo uNkulunkulu abe yinhlawulo ngokukholwa egazini lakhe, kubonakaliswe ukulunga kwakhe ngokuyekelwa kwezono ezenziwe ngaphambili ₂₆ekubekezeleni kukaNkulunkulu, ukuba kubonakaliswe ukulunga kwakhe esikhathini samanje, ukuze yena abe ngolungileyo, abe ngumlungisisi walowo okholwa nguJesu.

₂₇Ngakho kuphi ukuzibonga na? Kuvalelwe phandle. Ngamthetho muni na? Ngowemisebenzi na? Qhabo, kodwa ngomthetho wokukholwa. ₂₈Ngakho-ke sithi umuntu ulungisiswa ngokukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yomthetho. ₂₉Kumbe uNkulunkulu ungowabaJuda kuphela na? Kasiye nowabezizwe na? Yebo, nowabezizwe, ₃₀uma impela uNkulunkulu emunye oyakulungisisa abasokileyo ngokukholwa nabangasokile ngokukholwa. ₃₁Ngakho-ke umthetho siwenza ize ngenxa yokukholwa na? Qha nakanye, kodwa siyawuqinisa umthetho.