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Okholwayo usindiswa ekulahlweni, ahambe ngokukaMoya
1 Kanjalo akusekho ukulahlwa kwabakuKristu Jesu. 2 Ngokuba umthetho kaMoya wokuphila okuKristu Jesu ungikhululile emthethweni wesono nowokufa. 3 Ngokuba lokho okwehlula umthetho, ngokuba ungenamandla ngenxa yenyama, wakwenza uNkulunkulu ngokuthuma iNdodana yakhe ifana nenyama yesono, nangenxa yesono walahla isono enyameni, 4 ukuze umyalo womthetho ugcwaliseke kithina esingahambi ngokwenyama kepha ngokukaMoya.
5 Ngokuba abokwenyama banaka okwenyama, kepha abakaMoya banaka okukaMoya. 6 Ngokuba ukunaka kwenyama kungukufa, kepha ukunaka kukaMoya kungukuphila nokuthula. 7 Ngokuba ukunaka kwenyama kungubutha kuNkulunkulu; ngokuba akuwuthobeli umthetho kaNkulunkulu, yebo, futhi kungekwenze; 8abasenyameni abanakumthokozisa uNkulunkulu.
9 Kepha nina anisenyameni, kodwa nikuye uMoya, uma uMoya kaNkulunkulu ehlala kini. Kepha uma umuntu engenaye uMoya kaKristu, lowo kasiye owakhe. 10 Uma uKristu ekini, umzimba ufile ngenxa yesono, kepha umoya ungukuphila ngenxa yokulunga. 11Uma-ke uMoya walowo owavusa uJesu kwabafileyo ehlala kini, yena owavusa uKristu Jesu kwabafileyo uyakuphilisa nemizimba yenu efayo ngaye uMoya wakhe ohlala kini.
12Ngalokho-ke, bazalwane, asinacala kuyo inyama lokuba sihambe ngokwenyama. 13Ngokuba uma nihamba ngokwenyama, nizakufa; kepha uma nibulala imisebenzi yomzimba ngoMoya, nizakuphila. 14Ngokuba bonke abaholwa nguMoya kaNkulunkulu, labo bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. 15 Ngokuba anamukeliswanga umoya wobugqila ukuba nibuye nesabe, kepha namukeliswa umoya wobuntwana esimemeza ngaye sithi: “Aba, Baba!” 16 Yena lowo Moya ufakaza kanye nomoya wethu ukuthi singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. 17 Uma-ke singabantwana, siyizindlalifa futhi, izindlalifa zikaNkulunkulu, izindlalifa kanye noKristu, uma phela sihlupheka kanye naye, ukuze siphiwe inkazimulo futhi kanye naye.
Abantwana bakaNkulunkulu bayakungena ebukhosini emva kwezinhlupheko
18 Ngokuba ngithi izinhlupheko zesikhathi samanje azinakulinganiswa nenkazimulo eyakwambulwa kithina. 19Ngokuba ukulangazela kokudaliweyo kulindele ukwambulwa kwabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. 20 Ngokuba okudaliweyo kwabekwa phansi kobuze, kungengentando yakho kodwa ngaye owakubekayo, 21 ethembeni lokuthi nakho okudaliweyo kuyakukhululwa ebugqileni bokubhubha, kube ngukukhululeka kwenkazimulo yabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.
22Ngokuba siyazi ukuthi konke okudaliweyo kuyabubula kanyekanye kunezinseka kuze kube manje; 23 akusikho lokho kuphela, kepha nathi uqobo lwethu esinolibo lukaMoya siyabubula phakathi kwethu, silindele isimo sobuntwana, ukukhululwa komzimba wethu. 24 Ngokuba ethembeni sisindisiwe; kepha ithemba elibonwayo alisilo ithemba; ngokuba lokhu umuntu akubonayo usakwethembelani na? 25Kodwa uma sithemba lokho esingakuboniyo, siyakulindela ngokubekezela.
26Ngokunjalo noMoya uyasisiza ebuthakathakeni bethu; ngokuba asikwazi esingakucela ngokufaneleyo, kodwa uMoya uqobo usikhulumela ngokububula okungenakuphinyiselwa; 27 kepha yena ohlola izinhliziyo uyakwazi okuqondwa nguMoya, ngokuba ukhulumela abangcwele ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu.
28 Siyazi ukuthi kwabamthandayo uNkulunkulu konke kusebenzelana kube ngokuhle, kulabo ababiziweyo ngecebo lakhe. 29 Ngokuba labo ayebazi ngaphambili wabamisa ngaphambili, bafane nesimo seNdodana yakhe, ukuze yona ibe yizibulo phakathi kwabazalwane abaningi; 30 labo abamisile ngaphambili ubabizile futhi; labo ababizile ubalungisisile futhi; labo abalungisisileyo ubaphile nenkazimulo futhi.
Umuntu unqoba ngaye uJesu
31 Sesiyakuthini ngalokho na? Uma uNkulunkulu emi ngakithi, ngubani ongamelana nathi na? 32 Yena ongayigodlanga eyakhe iNdodana, kepha wayinikela ngenxa yethu sonke, kungaba kanjani ukuba angasiphi konke kanye nayo na? 33 Ngubani ozakumangalela abakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu na? UNkulunkulu ungolungisisayo; 34 ngubani olahlayo na? UKristu Jesu owafayo, yebo impela, owavuswa kwabafileyo, ongakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu, nguyena osinxuselayo. 35Ngubani ozakusahlukanisa nothando lukaKristu na? Noma ukuhlupheka, noma ukubandezeka, noma ukuzingelwa, noma indlala, noma ukuhamba ze, noma ingozi, noma inkemba, na? 36 Kulotshiwe ukuthi:
“Ngenxa yakho sibulawa usuku lonke,
sithiwa izimvu zokuhlatshwa.”
37 Kepha kukho konke lokho siyanqoba nokunqoba ngowasithandayo. 38 Ngiyakholwa ukuthi nakufa, nakuphila, nazingelosi, nababusi, nakho okukhona, nakho okuzayo, namandla, 39 nakuphakama, nakujula, nanto enye edaliweyo akuyikuba namandla okusahlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu olukuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu.
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KwabaseRoma 8: ZUL59
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