Roma 4 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

UAbrahama walungisiswa ngokukholwa

1Phoke, sizakuthini ngoAbrahama ukhokho wethu ngokwenyama na?

2Ngoba uba uAbrahama walungisiswa ngemisebenzi, ulakho angazincoma ngakho; kodwa kalakho phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

3Ngoba umbhalo uthini na? Uthi: UAbrahama wakholwa kuNkulunkulu, wakubalelwa ukuthi kuyikulunga.

4Nxa umuntu esebenza, iholo lakhe kakutshiwo ukuthi liyisiphiwo kodwa uhola umvuzo wakhe.

5Kodwa nxa engasebenzi, kodwa ethemba kuye olungisisa abeyisa uNkulunkulu, ukukholwa kwakhe kubalelwa ukuba kuyikulunga.

6Ngokunjalo uDavida laye ukhuluma ngokubusiswa komuntu uNkulunkulu ambalela ukulunga ngaphandle kwemisebenzi, esithi:

7Babusisiwe abathethelelwe iziphambeko zabo,

labazono zabo zisitshekelwe;

8ubusisiwe lowomuntu iNkosi engayikumbalela isono.

9Lokhukubusiswa kuqondene lalabo abasokileyo ingabe lalabo abangasokanga na? Ngoba sithi: Ukukholwa kukaAbrahama kwabalelwa ukuthi kuyikulunga.

10Pho, kwabalelwa kanjani na? Lapho esesokile yini ingabe lapho engakasoki na? Kakubanga esesokile, kodwa engakasoki.

11Wamukela isibonakaliso sokusoka sibe luphawu lokulunga ayelakho ngokukholwa engakasoki. Kwaba njalo ukuba abe nguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo bengasokanga, ukuze ukulunga kubalelwe kibo;