Romans 4

Ndebele Bible - 2010

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1Pho-ke sizakuthi uAbrahama ubaba wethu wazuzani ngokwenyama?

2Ngoba uba uAbrahama walungisiswa ngemisebenzi.

3Ngoba umbhalo uthini? Uthi: Kodwa uAbrahama wakholwa kuNkulunkulu, kwasekubalelwa kuye ukuthi yikulunga.

4Kodwa kulowo osebenzayo kabalelwa iholo.

5Kodwa kulowo ongasebenziyo, kodwa ekholwa kuye olungisisa oweyisa uNkulunkulu, ukholo lwakhe.

6Njengoba laye uDavida ekhuluma ngokubusiswa komuntu, uNkulunkulu ambalela ukulunga esithi:

7Babusisiwe abaziphambeko zabo zithethelelwe labazono zabo zisitshekelwe.

8Ubusisiwe umuntu iNkosi engasoze yambalela isono.

9Ngakho lokhukubusiswa kuphezu kokusoka? Ngoba sithi: Ukholo lwabalelwa kuAbrahama ukuthi luyikulunga.

10Pho lwabalelwa njani? Lapho esekusokeni yini, kumbe ekungasokini? Kungekho ekusokeni, kodwa ekungasokini.

11Wasesemukela isibonakaliso sokusoka; ukuze abe nguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo lanxa b engasokanga, ukuze ukulunga kubalelwe lakibo;

12loyise wokusoka kulabo abangeyisibo bokusoka kuphela, kodwa futhi abahamba ezinyathelweni zokholo lukababa wethu uAbrahama aye lalo engakasokwa.

13Ngoba kasingomlayo isithembiso kuAbrahama kumbe kunzalo yakhe, ukuthi uzakuba yindlalifa yomhlaba, kodwa ngokulunga kokholo.

14Ngoba uba labo abomlayo beyizindlalifa;

15ngoba umlayo ubanga ulaka.

16Ngakho ku ngokholo, ukuze kube ngokomusa,

17(njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ngikumisile ukuthi ube nguyise wezizwe ezinengi.

18Owathi emelane lethemba wakholwa ngethemba, ukuze abe nguyise wezizwe ezinengi, njengalokho okwatshiwoyo ukuthi: Izakuba njalo inzalo yakho.

19Njalo kabanga buthakathaka ekholweni, kanakananga umzimba wakhe uqobo owawusufile;

20njalo kathandabuzanga ngesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu ngokungakholwa, kodwa waqiniswa ekholweni, enika uNkulunkulu udumo,

21njalo eqinisekile ngokupheleleyo ukuthi lokho ayekuthembisile, ulamandla ngitsho okukwenza.

22Ngalokho-ke kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi yikulunga.

23Kakubhalwanga-ke ngenxa yakhe yedwa, ukuthi kwabalelwa kuye;

24kodwa langenxa yethu, esizabalelwa khona,

25owanikelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu.

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