KwabaseRoma 4
1 Pho-ke sizakuthi uAbrahama ubaba wethu wazuzani ngokwenyama?
Tulatyeni kuti Abbulahamu, ndeende sikale wesu munyama, wakajanaanzi?
2 Ngoba uba uAbrahama walungisiswa ngemisebenzi, ulokuzincoma, kodwa kungekho phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
Nkaambo na Abbulahamu wakatambulika amilimu, nikuli uli aachakulidundiizya aacho, pele pe pe kunembo lyaLeza.
3 Ngoba umbhalo uthini? Uthi: Kodwa uAbrahama wakholwa kuNkulunkulu, kwasekubalelwa kuye ukuthi yikulunga.
Lino malembe atyeni? “Abbulahamu wakasyoma Leza, aboobo chakatolwa mbuli bululami kulinguwe.”
4 Kodwa kulowo osebenzayo kabalelwa iholo ngokomusa, kodwa ngokomlandu.
Lino kuli wooyo uubeleka, muholo wakwe tuubalwi mbuli chipo pe, pele mbuli chikwelete.
5 Kodwa kulowo ongasebenziyo, kodwa ekholwa kuye olungisisa oweyisa uNkulunkulu, ukholo lwakhe lubalelwa ukuthi yikulunga.
Pele kuli wooyo uubeleka pele kasyoma muli wooyo uululamika batakwe bunaLeza, lusyomo lwakwe lubalwa mbuli bululami.
6 Njengoba laye uDavida ekhuluma ngokubusiswa komuntu, uNkulunkulu ambalela ukulunga ngaphandle kwemisebenzi esithi:
Deviti alubo waamba chilongezyo kumuntu ooyo Leza ngwabalila bululami butakwe milimu.
7 Babusisiwe abaziphambeko zabo zithethelelwe labazono zabo zisitshekelwe.
Wakati, “Balilongezegelwe aabo balekelelwa nchito zyabo zitali mumulawu, alimwi azibi zyabo zivumbidwe.
8 Ubusisiwe umuntu iNkosi engasoze yambalela isono.
Ulilongezegelwe ooyo muntu Mwami ngwatabalili zibi.”
9 Ngakho lokhukubusiswa kuphezu kokusoka yini, kumbe laphezu kokungasoki? Ngoba sithi: Ukholo lwabalelwa kuAbrahama ukuthi luyikulunga.
Sa eechi chilongezyo chaambwa biyo kuli babo basibupalulwe, na kuti akuli babo batali basibupalulwe? Nkaambo twaamba kuti, “Lusyomo lwakabalilwa Abbulahamu mbuli bululami.”
10 Pho lwabalelwa njani? Lapho esekusokeni yini, kumbe ekungasokini? Kungekho ekusokeni, kodwa ekungasokini.
Wakalubalilwa biyeni? Aawo katana palulwa na, kana kuti musule akupalulwa, pesi katana palulwa.
11 Wasesemukela isibonakaliso sokusoka, uphawu lokulunga kokholo ayelakho ekungasokini; ukuze abe nguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo lanxa bengasokanga, ukuze ukulunga kubalelwe lakibo;
Abbulahamu wakatambula chitondeezyo chabupalule. Echi chakali chisimyo chalusyomo ndwakalaabo katanapalulwa. Mpindu yachitondeezyo echi nkuti wakaba wisi wabaabo boonse basyoma, nikuba kabatanapalulwa.
12 loyise wokusoka kulabo abangayisibo bokusoka kuphela, kodwa futhi abahamba ezinyathelweni zokholo lukababa wethu uAbrahama ayelalo engakasokwa.
Echi chaamba kuti bululami bubalilwe kulinguwe. Alubo eechi chaamba kuti Abbulahamu wakaba wisi wabaabo bapalwide kulibaabombasike pe pe kuzwa kubapalulwe luzutu, pele alubo kulibaabo batobela nzila zya taata wesu Abbulahamu. Elyo oolu ndulo lusyomo ndwakalaalo katana palulwa.
13 Ngoba kasingomlayo isithembiso kuAbrahama kumbe kunzalo yakhe, ukuthi uzakuba yindlalifa yomhlaba, kodwa ngokulunga kokholo.
Nkaambo teensi kwiinda mumulawu pe chakapa kuti chisyomezyo chipegwe kuli Abbulahamu akulunyungu lwakwe, echi chisyomezyo kuti babe basimulyazina benyika. Pesi kwiinda mubululami bwalusyomo.
14 Ngoba uba labo abomlayo beyizindlalifa, ukholo lwenziwe ize, lesithembiso senziwa ize;
Nkaambo na kuti aabo bapona mumulawu babambabo basimulyazina, lusyomo taluchaambi chintu, aboobo lusyom lwaba lwabuyo.
15 ngoba umlayo ubanga ulaka; ngoba lapho okungekho khona umlayo, kakukho lokweqa.
Nkaambo mulawu weeta bukali, pele aawo atakwe mulawu, takwe bulewusi.
16 Ngakho kungokholo, ukuze kube ngokomusa; ukuze isithembiso siqiniseke kuyo yonke inzalo; kungeyisiyo engeyomlayo kuphela kodwa lakuyo engeyokholo lukaAbrahama, ongubaba wethu sonke,
Akambo kaaka echi chilachitika kwiinda mulusyomo, kuti chibe chaluzyalo. Akaako, chisyomezyo chibe chakasimpe kubana boonse. Alimwi boonse bana banoobikilizya pe pe luzutu bazi mulawu, pele alubo aabo bazwa kulusyomo lyaAbbulahamu. Nkaambo ngu taata wesu toonse,
17 (njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ngikumisile ukuthi ube nguyise wezizwe ezinengi) phambi kwakhe akholwa kuye, uNkulunkulu, ophilisa abafileyo, lobiza izinto ezingekho ngokungathi zikhona.
mbulimbukulembedwe, “Ndakuchita wisi wamanyika miingi. “Abbulahamu wakali mubuliwo bwawooyo ngwakasyoma, nkokuti, Leza, uupa buumi kubafu alimwi wiita zintu zitawo kuti zibewo.
18 Owathi emelane lethemba wakholwa ngethemba, ukuze abe nguyise wezizwe ezinengi, njengalokho okwatshiwoyo ukuthi: Izakuba njalo inzalo yakho.
Nikuba wakasweenene azintu zilibuti, Abbulahamu wakasyoma Leza chakasimpe alyejunza. Akaako wakaba wisi wamanyika miingi, mbuli mbuzyakaambulwa, “Mazyalane aako mbayooba.”
19 Njalo kabanga buthakathaka ekholweni, kanakananga umzimba wakhe uqobo owawusufile, ngoba wayesengaba leminyaka elikhulu, lokufa kwesizalo sikaSara;
Takawizukide mulusyomo. Abbulahamu wakamvwisisisya kuti mubili wakwe tuchikonzyi kuchita mwana (nkaambo wakali waamba kusisya myaaka ili mwaanda). Alimwi wakazumina kuti bula bwaSala tabuchikonzyi kuzyala mwana.
20 njalo kathandabuzanga ngesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu ngokungakholwa, kodwa waqiniswa ekholweni, enika uNkulunkulu udumo,
Pele akaambo kachisyomezyo chaLeza, Abbulahamu taakwe naakatazumbuuzya mukutasyoma. Pesi, wakasimisigwa mulusyomo alimwi wakapa bulemu kuliLeza.
21 njalo eqinisekile ngokupheleleyo ukuthi lokho ayekuthembisile, ulamandla ngitsho okukwenza.
Wakakutisika loko kuti ezyo Leza nzyakasyomezya, ulakonzya kuzuzikizya.
22 Ngalokho-ke kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi yikulunga.
Akaako zyakabalilwa lubo kulinguwe mbuli bululami.
23 Kakubhalwanga-ke ngenxa yakhe yedwa, ukuthi kwabalelwa kuye;
Lino tezyakalilembedwe luzutu pe kukukutisya lwakwe mwini, zyakabalilidwe kulinguwe.
24 kodwa langenxa yethu, esizabalelwa khona, thina esikholwa kuye owavusa uJesu iNkosi yethu kwabafileyo,
Zyakalembelwa ndiswe alubo, nkuziyoobalilwa, iswe nitusyoma muliwooyo wakabusyaJesu Mwami wesukuzwa kubafu.
25 owanikelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu, wavuswa ngenxa yokulungisiswa kwethu.
Oyu nguwe wakaabwa akaambo kazibi zyesu alimwi wakabusigilwa kukululamikwa kwesu.
