KwabaseRoma 10
1 Bazalwane, isifiso senhliziyo yami, lomkhuleko kuNkulunkulu ngenxa kaIsrayeli yikuthi basindiswe.
Brothers, my heart's desire and my request to God is for them, for their salvation.
2 Ngoba ngiyabafakazela ukuthi balokutshisekela uNkulunkulu, kodwa kungenjengolwazi;
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3 ngoba bengakwazi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu, njalo bedinga ukumisa okwabo ukulunga, kabazehliselanga ngaphansi kokulunga kukaNkulunkulu.
For they do not know of God's righteousness, and they seek to establish their own righteousness. They did not submit to the righteousness of God.
4 Ngoba uKristu uyisiphetho somlayo ekulungeni kuye wonke okholwayo.
For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Ngoba uMozisi ubhala ngokulunga okungokomlayo, ukuthi umuntu owenza lezizinto uzaphila ngazo.
For Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from the law: “The man who does the righteousness of the law will live by this righteousness.”
6 Kodwa ukulunga okungokholo kukhuluma kanje: Ungatsho enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi: Ngubani ozakwenyukela ezulwini? Lokhu kuyikuthi ukumehlisa uKristu;
But the righteousness that comes from faith says this, “Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down);
7 kumbe ukuthi: Ngubani ozakwehlela ekujuleni? Lokhu kuyikuthi ukumkhuphula uKristu kwabafileyo. (Abyssos g12)
and do not say, 'Who will descend into the abyss?'” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). (Abyssos g12)
8 Kodwa kuthini? Ilizwi liseduze lawe, emlonyeni wakho lenhliziyweni yakho; leli yilizwi lokholo esilitshumayelayo;
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.” That is the word of faith, which we proclaim.
9 ukuthi uba uvuma ngomlomo wakho iNkosi uJesu, njalo ukholwa enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo, uzasindiswa;
For if with your mouth you acknowledge Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 ngoba ngenhliziyo omunye uyakholwa kube yikulunga, langomlomo uyavuma kube lusindiso.
For with the heart man believes for righteousness, and with the mouth he acknowledges for salvation.
11 Ngoba umbhalo uthi: Wonke okholwa kuye kayikuyangeka.
For scripture says, “Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame.”
12 Ngoba kakukho umehluko phakathi komJuda lomGriki; ngoba yinye iNkosi yabo bonke, inothele bonke abakhuleka kuyo.
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord is Lord of all, and he is rich to all who call upon him.
13 Ngoba wonke loba ngubani ozabiza ibizo leNkosi uzasindiswa.
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
14 Ngakho bazayibiza njani abangakholwanga kuyo? Futhi bazakholwa njani kuyo abangezwanga ngayo? Futhi bazakuzwa njani bengelamtshumayeli?
How then can they call on him in whom they have not believed? How can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? How can they hear without a preacher?
15 Njalo bazatshumayela njani uba bengathunywanga? Njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Zinhle kangakanani inyawo zabatshumayela ivangeli lokuthula, zabatshumayela ivangeli ngezinto ezinhle!
Then how can they preach, unless they are sent?—As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim glad tidings of good things!”
16 Kodwa kabalilalelanga bonke ivangeli. Ngoba uIsaya uthi: Nkosi, ngubani owakholwa umbiko wethu?
But they did not all listen to the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
17 Ngakho ukholo luvela ekuzweni, lokuzwa ngelizwi likaNkulunkulu.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
18 Kodwa ngithi: Kabezwanga yini? Yebo sibili, ilizwi labo liphumele emhlabeni wonke, lamazwi abo emikhawulweni yomhlaba.
But I say, “Did they not hear?” Yes, most certainly. “Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
19 Kodwa ngithi: UIsrayeli kaqedisisanga yini? Kuqala uMozisi uthi: Mina ngizalivusela umona ngabo abangesiso isizwe, ngilithukuthelise ngesizwe esingelangqondo.
Moreover, I say, “Did Israel not know?” First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy by what is not a nation. By means of a nation without understanding, I will stir you up to anger.”
20 LoIsaya ulesibindi uthi: Ngaficwa yilabo abangangidinganga, ngabonakala kubo abangabuzanga ngami.
Then Isaiah was very bold when he says, “I was found by those who did not seek me. I appeared to those who did not ask for me.”
21 Kodwa kuIsrayeli uthi: Usuku lonke ngelulela izandla zami kubantu abangalaleliyo labalenkani.
But to Israel he says, “All the day long I reached out my hands to a disobedient and stubborn people.”
