KubaseRoma 8:1-39
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Kuphila nenkhululeko kuta ngemoya waNkulunkulu (1-11)
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Umoya lowabenta bafakwa esiswini ufakazelana nabo (12-17)
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Indalo ilangatelela kukhululwa kwebantfwana baNkulunkulu (18-25)
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“Umoya uyasincengela” (26, 27)
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Kuhlelelwa nguNkulunkulu kusengaphambili (28-30)
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Kuncoba ngenca yelutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu (31-39)
8 Ngako-ke, labo labamunye naKhristu Jesu abalahlwa ngelicala.
2 Ngobe umtsetfo wemoya lonika kuphila ebunyeni naKhristu Jesu, unikhululile+ emtsetfweni wesono newekufa.
3 Loko uMtsetfo lowehluleka kukwenta+ ngenca yekuba butsakatsaka+ kwenyama, Nkulunkulu wakwenta ngekutfumela iNdvodzana yakhe+ leyeta injengebantfu labanesono*+ kuze itosusa sono enyameni,
4 khona loko lokulungile lokufunwa nguMtsetfo kutogcwaliseka kitsi+ tsine lesicondziswa ngumoya, hhayi inyama.+
5 Ngobe labo labacondziswa yinyama banaka tintfo tenyama,+ kodvwa labo labacondziswa ngumoya banaka tintfo temoya.+
6 Kunaka tintfo tenyama kuletsa kufa,+ kodvwa kunaka tintfo temoya kuletsa kuphila nekuthula;+
7 ngobe kunaka tintfo tenyama kubangela umuntfu kutsi abe sitsa naNkulunkulu,+ ngenca yekutsi inyama ayiwutfobeli umtsetfo waNkulunkulu, futsi ecinisweni angeke seyikhone kuwutfobela.
8 Ngako-ke labo labacondziswa yinyama ngeke bamjabulise Nkulunkulu.
9 Nanobe kunjalo, nangabe umoya waNkulunkulu uhlala kini, nisuke nicondziswa ngumoya+ hhayi inyama. Kodvwa nangabe umuntfu ete umoya waKhristu, usuke angasuye waKhristu.
10 Nangabe Khristu amunye nani,+ umtimba usuke ufile ngenca yesono, kodvwa umoya uninika kuphila, ngobe kutsiwe nilungile.
11 Nangabe umoya waloyo lowavusa Jesu ekufeni uhlala kini, loyo lowavusa Khristu Jesu utawuphindze ente imitimba yenu lefako iphile+ ngemoya wakhe lohlala kini.
12 Ngako-ke bazalwane sibophekile, kodvwa asikaboshwa yinyama+ kutsi siphile ngekuvumelana nayo;
13 ngobe nangabe niphila ngekuvumelana nayo nakanjani nitakufa;+ kodvwa nangabe nibulala tento letimbi ngekusitwa ngumoya, nitawuphila.+
14 Bonkhe labacondziswa ngumoya waNkulunkulu bangemadvodzana aKhe.+
15 Ngobe anizange nemukele umoya webugcili lonenta niphindze nesabe, kodvwa nemukela umoya lowanenta nafakwa esiswini naba ngemadvodzana. Ngalomoya siyamemeta sitsi: “Abha,* Babe!”+
16 Lomoya ufakazelana nemoya+ wetfu kutsi sibantfwana baNkulunkulu.+
17 Nangabe-ke sibantfwana baNkulunkulu, siphindze sibe tindlalifa,+ yebo tindlalifa taNkulunkulu, kodvwa letitindlalifa naKhristu. Nasihlupheka naye+ sitawuphindze sikhatinyuliswe naye.+
18 Ngiyabona kutsi kuhlupheka lokukhona nyalo akusilutfo nakucatsaniswa nenkhatimulo lesitawembulelwa yona.+
19 Ngobe indalo ilindzele ngekulangatelela lokukhulu kubona kwembulwa kwemadvodzana aNkulunkulu.+
20 Ngobe yentiwe kutsi iphile imphilo lelite,+ hhayi ngentsandvo yayo kodvwa ngentsandvo yaloyo loyentile, nalowayinika litsemba,
21 kuze ikhululwe+ ekugcilatweni konakala, bese itfola inkhululeko lekhatimulako yebantfwana baNkulunkulu.
22 Ngobe siyati kutsi yonkhe indalo ichubeka ilila kanyekanye futsi isetinhlungwini kanyekanye kuze kube ngunyalo.
23 Ngetulu kwaloko, natsi lesinetitselo tekucala, lokungumoya, siyalila ngekhatsi+ njengobe silindzele kufakwa esiswini sentiwe emadvodzana+ aNkulunkulu, sikhululwe ngenhlawulo kulemitimba yetfu.
24 Ngobe sasindziswa sinalelitsemba; kodvwa litsemba lentfo lebonwako akusilo litsemba, ngobe kungenteka yini kutsi umuntfu abe nelitsemba lentfo layibonako?
25 Kodvwa nasinelitsemba+ lentfo lesingayiboni,+ siyachubeka siyilindze ngekucinisela futsi siyilangatelela.+
26 Ngendlela lefanako, umoya uhlanganyela natsi ekusisiteni kulobutsakatsaka betfu;+ ngobe sisuke singati kutsi singathantazela ini, kepha umoya uyasincengela nasilila ngisho singakasho lutfo.*
27 Kodvwa loyo lohlola tinhlitiyo+ uyati kutsi umoya usho kutsini, ngobe wona uncengela labangcwele ngekuvumelana nentsandvo yaNkulunkulu.
28 Sesiyati kutsi Nkulunkulu ubangela kutsi yonkhe imisebenti yakhe ihleleke kahle, kuze kuzuze labo labamtsandzako, lokungulabo lababitwe ngenca yenjongo yakhe;+
29 ngobe labo yena labanaka kusukela ekucaleni wabahlelela kusengaphambili kutsi bentiwe bafane neNdvodzana yakhe,+ kuze ibe litibulo+ kubomnakabo labanyenti.+
30 Ngetulu kwaloko, labo labahlelela kusengaphambili+ ngulabo lababita; futsi labo lababita+ ngulabo latsi balungile.+ Ekugcineni, labo latsi balungile ngulabo laphindze wabakhatimulisa.+
31 Singatsini-ke ngaletintfo? Nangabe Nkulunkulu angakitsi, ngubani longamelana natsi?+
32 Njengobe angayigodlanga iNdvodzana yakhe kodvwa ayinikela ngenca yetfu,+ angehluleka kanjani kusinika ngemusa tonkhe letintfo, aneNdvodzana yakhe?
33 Ngubani longamangalela labakhetsiwe baNkulunkulu?+ Ngobe Nkulunkulu nguye lotsi balungile.+
34 Ngubani longabalahla ngelicala? Ngobe Khristu Jesu nguye lowafa, ngetulu kwaloko nguye nalowavuswa ekufeni, longesekudla saNkulunkulu,+ nalosincengelako.+
35 Kukhona yini lokungenta Khristu angasasitsandzi?+ Kungaba yini kuhlupheka, nobe kucindzeteleka, kuphatfwa kabi, indlala, kuhamba ngcunu, ingoti nobe inkemba?+
36 Ngobe kubhaliwe kwatsiwa: “Ngenca yakho sibulawa malanga onkhe, futsi sinjengetimvu letiyohlatjwa.”+
37 Kodvwa kuto tonkhe letintfo siyaphumelela+ ngenca yaloyo lowasitsandza.
38 Ngobe ngiyaciniseka kutsi ngisho nekufa, kuphila, tingilosi, babusi, tintfo letikhona nyalo naleto letitako, emandla,+
39 kuphakama, kujula, ngisho nanobe nguyiphi indalo, ngeke kukwati kusehlukanisa nelutsandvo Nkulunkulu lasikhombisa lona ngaKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “injengenyama lenesono.”
^ Leli ligama lesi-Aramu lelisho kutsi “Awu Babe!”
^ Nobe “singakakhulumi.”
