AmaRoma
Isahluko 10
9 ukuthi uma uvuma ngomlomo wakho ukuthi uyiNkosi uJesu, ukholwa enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo, uyakusindiswa.
AmaRoma
Isahluko 10
Bazalwane, isifiso senhliziyo yami nomkhuleko kuNkulunkulu ku-Israyeli, ukuze basindiswe.
2 Ngokuba ngibafakazela ukuthi banentshiseko kaNkulunkulu, kepha hhayi ngokwazi.
3 Ngokuba bengazi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu, bezama ukuqinisa ukulunga kwabo, abazithobeli ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu.
4 Ngokuba uKristu ukuphela komthetho wokulunga kubo bonke abakholwayo.
5 Ngokuba uMose uchaza ukulunga okuvela emthethweni ukuthi umuntu owenza lezo zinto uyakuphila ngazo.
6 Kepha ukulunga okungokholo kukhuluma ngalokhu: "Ungasho enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi: 'Ngubani oyakwenyukela ezulwini na?' (okungukuthi, ukuletha uKristu phansi)
7 Noma: Ngubani ozakwehlela ojulile na? (okungukuthi, ukuvusa uKristu futhi kwabafileyo.)
8 Kodwa kuthiwani? Izwi liseduze nawe, nasemlonyeni wakho nasenhliziyweni yakho, okungukuthi izwi lokukholwa esisishumayelayo;
9 ukuthi uma uvuma ngomlomo wakho ukuthi uyiNkosi uJesu, ukholwa enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo, uyakusindiswa.
10 Ngokuba ngenhliziyo umuntu uyakholwa kuze kube ngukulunga; futhi ngomlomo izono zenziwa insindiso.
11 Ngokuba umbhalo uthi: "Yilowo nalowo okholwa nguye akayikuba namahloni."
12 Ngoba akakho umehluko phakathi komJuda loGreki: ngoba iNkosi efanayo phezu kwayo icebile kubo bonke abambizayo.
13 Ngokuba yilowo nalowo obiza igama leNkosi uyakusindiswa.
14 Khona-ke bayakubiza kanjani lowo angakholwanga nguye na? Bakholelwa kanjani kuye abangazange bazwe? Bazozwa kanjani ngaphandle komshumayeli?
15 Futhi bayakushumayela kanjani ngaphandle kokuba bathunyelwe? njengalokho kulotshiwe ukuthi: "Yeka ukuthi zinhle kangakanani izinyawo zalaba abashumayela ivangeli lokuthula, baletha izindaba ezinhle ngezindaba ezinhle!
Kodwa abazange balalele ivangeli. Ngokuba uIsaya uthi: "Nkosi, ngubani okholwe umbiko wethu na?
17 Ngakho-ke ukukholwa kuvela ngokuzwa, nokuzwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu.
18 Kepha mina ngithi: Awuzwanga yini na? Yebo yebo, umsindo wabo wangena kuwo wonke umhlaba, namazwi abo kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba.
19 Kepha mina ngithi: U-Israyeli wayengazi yini na? UMose uthi: "Ngiyakunithukuthelela ngabangewona abantu, ngikuthukuthelele isizwe esiyisiwula.
20 Kepha u-Isaya unesibindi kakhulu, wathi: "Ngitholwe ngabangangifunanga; Ngibonakalisiwe kubo abangazange bangibuze.
21 Kepha kwa-Israyeli uthi: "Usuku lonke ngelulele izandla zami kubantu abangalaleli nabangenayo.