KwabaseRoma 15

1 Kodwa thina esilamandla sifanele ukuthwala ubuthakathaka babangelamandla, njalo singazithokozisi thina.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2 Ngoba ngulowo lalowo wethu kathokozise umakhelwane kube kuhle ekumakheni.

Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

3 Ngoba laye uKristu kazithokozisanga yena, kodwa, kunjengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ukuthuka kwabakuthukayo kwawela phezu kwami.

For even Messiah didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

4 Ngoba konke okwabhalwa ngaphambili, kwabhalelwa ukufundiswa kwethu, ukuze ngokubekezela langenduduzo yemibhalo sibe lethemba.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

5 Njalo uNkulunkulu wokubekezela lenduduzo kaliphe ukuthi libe nhliziyonye phakathi kwenu njengokukaKristu Jesu;

Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Messiah Yeshua,

6 ukuze nganhliziyonye ngomlomo munye limdumise uNkulunkulu, ngitsho uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu.

that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

7 Ngakho yemukelanani, njengalokhu loKristu wasemukela, kube ludumo lukaNkulunkulu.

Therefore accept one another, even as Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God.

8 Njalo ngithi, uJesu Kristu waba yinceku yokusoka ngenxa yeqiniso likaNkulunkulu, ukuthi aqinise izithembiso zabobaba;

Now I say that Messiah has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,

9 lezizwe zimdumise uNkulunkulu ngenxa yesihawu; njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ngakho ngizakuvuma phakathi kwezizwe, ngihubele ibizo lakho izibongo.

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.”

10 Njalo futhi uthi: Thokozani, bezizwe, kanye labantu bakhe.

Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”

11 Futhi-ke: Dumisani iNkosi lina bezizwe lonke; idumiseni-ke lina bantu bonke.

Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him.”

12 Njalo futhi uIsaya uthi: Kuzakuba khona impande kaJese, lophakamela ukubusa abezizwe; abezizwe bazathembela kuye.

Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”

13 Kungathi-ke uNkulunkulu wethemba angaligcwalisa ngentokozo yonke langokuthula ekukholweni, ukuze lengezwe ethembeni, ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

14 Lami-ke ngokwami nganelisiwe ngani, bazalwane bami, ukuthi lani ngokwenu ligcwele okuhle, ligcwaliswe yikwazi konke, lilamandla-ke okwelulekana.

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

15 Kodwa, bazalwane, ngilibhalele ngesibindi esikhulu, nganxanye, njengolikhumbuzayo, ngenxa yomusa engiwuphiweyo nguNkulunkulu,

But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

16 ukuze ngibe yisikhonzi sikaJesu Kristu kwabezizwe, ngikhonze ivangeli likaNkulunkulu, ukuze iminikelo yabezizwe yemukeleke, kwenziwe kube ngcwele ngoMoya oNgcwele.

that I should be a servant of Messiah Yeshua to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

17 Ngakho ngilokuzincoma kuKristu Jesu ezintweni eziqondane loNkulunkulu;

I have therefore my boasting in Messiah Yeshua in things pertaining to God.

18 ngoba kangiyikuba lesibindi sokukhuluma ulutho lwezinto uKristu angazenzanga ngami, ukuze kube khona ukulalela kwabezizwe, ngelizwi langesenzo,

For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Messiah worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

19 ngamandla ezibonakaliso lezimangaliso, ngamandla kaMoya kaNkulunkulu; ngakho kusukela eJerusalema lendawo ezizingelezeleyo kuze kufike eIliriku ngitshumayele ivangeli likaKristu ngokupheleleyo;

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Messiah;

20 ngokunjalo ngazama kakhulu ukutshumayela ivangeli, kungeyisikho lapho uKristu abizwe khona, ukuze ngingakhi phezu kwesisekelo somunye;

yes, making it my aim to proclaim the Good News, not where Messiah was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.

21 kodwa, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Abangatshelwanga ngaye, bazabona, labangezwanga, bazaqedisisa.

But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”

22 Ngenxa yalokho futhi ngavinjelwa kanengi ukuza kini;

Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

23 kodwa khathesi-ke lokhu ngingaselandawo kulezizabelo, futhi sekuyiminyaka eminengi ngilesifiso esikhulu sokuza kini,

but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

24 ngokunjalo nxa ngizakuya eSpaniya, ngizakuza kini; ngoba ngithemba ukuthi ngizalibona ekudluleni, njalo ngiphelekezelwe yini khona, uba kuqala sengisuthisekile nganxanye ngilani.

whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

25 Kodwa khathesi-ke ngiya eJerusalema, ngikhonze abangcwele.

But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the holy ones.

26 Ngoba kwaba kuhle eMakedoniya leAkaya ukwenzela umnikelo othile abayanga kwabangcwele abaseJerusalema.

For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the holy ones who are at Jerusalem.

27 Ngoba kwaba kuhle kubo, njalo balomlandu kubo. Ngoba uba abezizwe behlanganyela labo ezintweni zabo zomoya, balomlandu futhi wokubasebenzela ezintweni zenyama.

Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in material things.

28 Ngakho nxa sengiqede lokhu, sengibaphawulele lesisithelo, ngizasuka ngiye eSpaniya ngidlule ngakini.

When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

29 Ngiyazi-ke ukuthi nxa ngisiza kini ngizafika ekugcwaleni kwesibusiso sevangeli likaKristu.

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Messiah.

30 Ngiyalincenga-ke, bazalwane, ngayo iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, langothando lukaMoya, ukuthi lilwise kanye lami emikhulekweni kuNkulunkulu ngami;

Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Yeshua the Messiah and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

31 ukuze ngophulwe kwabangakholwayo eJudiya, njalo ukuze umsebenzi wami ongoweJerusalema wemukeleke kubo abangcwele;

that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the holy ones,

32 ukuze ngentando kaNkulunkulu ngize kini ngentokozo, ngivuseleleke kanye lani.

that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

33 Ngakho uNkulunkulu wokuthula kabe lani lonke. Ameni.

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.