KwabaseRoma 13
1 Umuntu wonke kumele azithobe kulabo ababusayo, ngoba akukho mbuso ngaphandle kwalowo obekwe nguNkulunkulu. Imibuso ekhona ibekwe nguNkulunkulu.
Kila mundu aukunde upalume utagwala gula, pabha gwakwa upalume gogowe ukabhikwa na a Nnungu, na ukulungwa gogowe upali gula ushibhikwa na a Nnungu.
2 Ngakho, lowo ovukela umbuso uvukela okumiswe nguNkulunkulu, njalo labo abenza njalo bazilethela ukwahlulelwa.
Kwa nneyo akuntauka kalongolele anatauka ya kupinga a Nnungu, numbe bhaatendanga nneyo shibhaukumulwanje.
3 Ngoba ababusi kabesabeki kulabo abenza okulungileyo, kodwa kulabo abenza okubi. Liyafuna ukukhululeka ekwesabeni lowo obusayo na? Ngakho yenzani okulungileyo yena uzalincoma.
Pabha bhakwetenje ukulungwa bhakakwaajogoyanga bhatendanga ya mmbone, ikabhe bhatendanga itendi yangali ya mmbone. Bhai bhuli nnipinga nnaajogope bhakwete ukulungwa? Ntende ya mmbone, penepo shibhannumbilile.
4 Ngoba yena uyinceku kaNkulunkulu yokulenzela okuhle. Kodwa nxa lisenza okubi, yesabani, ngoba inkemba kayiphatheli ize. Uyinceku kaNkulunkulu, umeli wentukuthelo ukuba ehlisele isijeziso kowenza okubi.
Pabha bhenebho ni bhatumishi bha a Nnungu kwa ligongo lya kuntendela mmwe ya mmbone. Ikabheje, ntendaga yangali ya mmbone, penepo shumwaajogope, pabha bhashikola mashili ga ukumula. Bhenebho bhanakwatumishila a Nnungu kwa kwaaukumulanga mboteko bhatendanga yangali ya mmbone.
5 Ngakho, kuyaswelakala ukuzithoba kubabusi, hatshi kuphela ngenxa yokujeziswa okungenzakala, kodwa langenxa yesazela.
Kwa nneyo inapinjikwa kwaakundanga bhakwetenje ukulungwa gogowe, nngabha kwa ligongo lya jogopa ukumu ja mboteko, ikabhe kwa ligongo lya ng'aniyo ya muntima.
6 Ngenxa yalokhu futhi yikho-nje lithela imithelo, ngoba ababusi bazinceku zikaNkulunkulu, ezinikela isikhathi sazo sonke ekubuseni.
Kwa ligongo lyolyo nnalipanga koli, pabha bhanganyabho ni bhakamula liengo bha a Nnungu na mubhalonjeyanga nniengo lyolyo.
7 Phanini abantu bonke okungokwabo: Nxa ungathelanga, thela imithelo, nxa kuyikuqoqwa kwemali, iqoqeni. Nxa kuyikwesaba, yesabani. Nxa kuyikuhlonipha, hloniphani; nxa kuyikudumisa, dumisani.
Mumpanganje kila mundu malinga shiikupinjikwa. Nkamula koli, apegwe koli. Nkulonga upambi, apegwe upambi. Apinjikwa kuishimiwa, aishimiwe. Apinjikwa kukuywa, akuywe.
8 Lingayekeli umlandu ungahlawulwanga, ngaphandle kokuqhubeka komlandu wokuthandana, ngoba lowo othanda umuntu wakibo usewugcwalisile umthetho.
Nnakolanje ligambo kuka mundu jojowe, ikabhe ligambo lya pinganape, pabha akumpinga nnjakwe anakamula shalia ja Musha.
9 Imilayo ethi, “Ungafebi, Ungabulali, Ungebi, Ungahawukeli” kanye leminye imilayo engabe ikhona ihlanganiswa ngumthetho lo othi: “Thanda umakhelwane wakho njengoba uzithanda.”
Pabha yene amulii, “Unalabhelabhe eu Unabhulaje eu Unalokolile,” na amuli ina yowe, inamalila kwa kamula amuli jimo, “Gumpinje ntami nnjako malinga shukwiipinga gwamwene.”
10 Uthando kalwenzi ngozi kumakhelwane. Ngakho uthando luyikugcwaliswa komthetho.
Pabha gumpingaga ntami nnjako, ukantendela yangali ya mmbone. Bhai, kupingana ni kutimilila kwa shalia.
11 Njalo yenzani lokhu liqedisisa isikhathi sakhathesi. Isikhathi sesifikile ukuba livuke ebuthongweni benu, ngoba ukusindiswa kwethu khathesi sekuseduze kakhulu kulekuqaleni kwethu ukukholwa.
Mmumanyanje kuti malanga ga jumuka gaishe, na nnaino malanga ga ntapulo gwetu gabhandishile kwa kaje, kupunda mobha gutwatandwibhe kulupalila.
12 Ubusuku sebuzadlula; ukusa sekusondele. Ngakho kasilahleni imisebenzi yobumnyama sigqoke isivikelo sokukhanya.
Shilo shikakabha mala, na mui unabhandishila, bhai tuileshe itendi ya nnubhindu, niwala ikomanilo ya nshilangaya.
13 Kasiziphatheni kuhle, njengasemini, hatshi emadilini okuminza lokudakwa, hatshi ekuhlobongeni lentokozo yobugangi, hatshi ngokuxabana langomona.
Malinga shiikupinjikwa tenda mui, tutame kwa tungamana, nngabha kwa doka, kolelwa, kwetela, labhalabha, mipwai na lupimililo.
14 Kodwa zigqokiseni iNkosi uJesu Khristu, njalo lingacabangi ngokuthokozisa inkanuko yemvelo yenu yokona.
Ikabhe nnundananje na Bhakulungwa a Yeshu Kilishitu mbuti shiwalo shenunji, wala nnaganishiyanje ga ilokoli ya nshiilu ikumpinganga ntendanje yambi.
