KwabaseRoma 1:1-17

UPawula, inceku kaKhristu uJesu, obiziwe ukuba ngumphostoli nowehlukaniselwe ivangeli likaNkulunkulu, alethembisa phambilini ngabaphrofethi bakhe emibhalweni engcwele, mayelana neNdodana yakhe evela olibeni lukaDavide ngokwenyama, kodwa ebizwe ngeNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngamandla ngokoMoya wobungcwele nangokuvuka kwabafileyo, uJesu Khristu iNkosi yethu, okungaye samukela umusa nobuphostoli ukuze kube khona ukulalela kokukholwa ezizweni zonke ngenxa yegama lakhe, okukhona phakathi kwabo nani eningababiziweyo bakaJesu Khristu, kubo bonke abathandiweyo bakaNkulunkulu abaseRoma, ababizwa ngabangcwele: makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Khristu. Kuqala, ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Khristu ngani nonke, ngokuba ukukholwa kwenu kukhulunywa ngakho emhlabeni wonke. Ngokuba uNkulunkulu, engimkhonzayo ngenhliziyo yami yonke ngokulishumayela ivangeli leNdodana yakhe, ungufakazi wami, ukuthi nginikhumbula njalo ngingaphezi emikhulekweni yami, nginxusa ukuba uma kungenzeka ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu ngiphumelele ukufika kini. Ngokuba ngilangazelela ukunibona ukuze nginabele isipho esithile sokomoya ukuba niqiniswe, okungukuthi sikhuthazane, omunye ngokukholwa komunye, okwenu nokwami. Angithandi bazalwane, ukuba ningazi ukuthi kukangakanani ngihlela ukuza kini, kodwa ngithiyeka kuze kube manje ukuba nakini ngibe nesithelo phakathi kwenu njengalokhu nginaso kwezinye izizwe. Nginomthwalo omkhulu emahlombe ami ngamaGriki nabezizwe, kwabahlakaniphileyo nakwabayiziwula. Ngokwami ngiyalangazelela ukushumayela ivangeli nakinina baseRoma. Ngokuba anginamahloni ngevangeli, ngokuba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu, kube yinsindiso kulowo nalowo okholwayo, kumJuda kuqala, nakumGriki; ngokuba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwambulwa kulo, kuvela ngokukholwa kuya ekukholweni, njengalokhu kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Olungileyo uzakuphila ngokukholwa.”