KwabaseRoma 9 - IsiZulu 2020

Ukungakholwa Kwabakwa-Israyeli Kuyadabukisa

1 Ngikhuluma iqiniso ngikuKhristu, angiqambi manga, unembeza wami ufakazelana nami kuMoya oNgcwele,

2 ukuthi nginosizi olukhulu nobuhlungu obungapheliyo enhliziyweni yami,

3 ngokuba ngangifisa ukuba ngoqalekisiweyo, ngisuswe kuKhristu ngenxa yabazalwane bami abangabakithi ngokobuzwe,

4 abangaba-Israyeli, okungesabo isimo sobuntwana nenkazimulo; izivumelwano, ukumiswa komthetho, inkonzo, nezithembiso;

5 okungababo okhokho, nadabuka kubo uKhristu ngokwenyama, Yena onguNkulunkulu ophezu kwakho konke, obongekayo kuze kube phakade. Amen.

Abakwa-Israyeli Bakhethwa NguNkulunkulu

6 Nokho akusikho ukuthi izwi likaNkulunkulu lehlulekile, ngokuba akusibo bonke abavela ku-Israyeli abangabakwa-Israyeli.

7 Akuyibo bonke abawulibo luka-Abhrahama abangabolibo lwakhe loqobo, kodwa ngo-Isaka bayakubizwa ngolibo lwakho.

8 Lokhu kusho ukuthi akusibo abantwana ngokwenyama abangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, kodwa labo abangabantwana besithembiso, yibo ababizwa ngabolibo.

9 Ngokuba lingesithembiso leli elithi: “Ngizobuya ngalesi sikhathi, uSara uzobe esenendodana.”

10 Akuyilokho kuphela, kodwa kwaba kanjalo nakuRibheka owathola abantwana koyedwa, u-Isaka, ukhokho wethu.

11Ngokuba engakazalwa amawele, engakakwenzi okuhle noma okubi, ukuze icebo likaNkulunkulu eliya ngokukhetha lifezeke,

12elingayi ngokwemisebenzi, kodwa ngalowo obizayo, kwashiwo kuye uRibheka ukuthi:

“Omkhulu uyakukhonza omncane,”

13 njengalokhu kubhaliwe ukuthi:

“UJakobe ngamthanda,

kodwa u-Esawu ngamzonda.”

14 Pho siyakuthini na? Ukuthi kukhona ukungalungi kuNkulunkulu na? Qha nakanye.

15 Ngokuba kuMose uthi:

“Ngizakumhawukela engimhawukelayo,

ngimzwele engimzwelayo.”

16 Ngakho-ke akuyi ngokuthanda nangokuzikhandla komuntu, kodwa kuya ngesihawu sikaNkulunkulu.

17 Ngokuba umbhalo uthi kuFaro: “Ngakuphakamisela khona lokhu, ukuba ngibonakalise amandla ami kuwe nokuba igama lami lishunyayelwe emhlabeni wonke.”

18 Ngakho-ke unesihawu kulowo athanda ukumhawukela, umenza lukhuni lowo athanda ukumenza lukhuni.

Intukuthelo Nomusa KaNkulunkulu

19Ngakho-ke nizakuthi kimi: “Kungani pho esasithola sinecala na? Ngokuba ngubani ongamelana naye na?”

20 Maye, muntu ndini! Ungubani-ke wena ukuba uqagulisane noNkulunkulu na? Okubunjiweyo kungasho yini kumbumbi ukuthi: “Wangenzelani ngaba njena na?”

21 Kambe umbumbi akanamandla yini ukuba esigaxeni esisodwa sebumba enze isitsha esihloniphekayo nesinye esingahloniphekiyo na?

Nabezizwe Bayakukhethwa Ngomusa KaNkulunkulu

22 Uma uNkulunkulu ebethanda ukubonakalisa ulaka lwakhe nokuveza amandla akhe, ababekezelela labo ababemiselwe ulaka lwakhe, ukuba babhujiswe,

23ukuze abonakalise ingcebo yenkazimulo yakhe ezitsheni zomusa ayezilungisele inkazimulo ngaphambilini,

24asibizayo nathi phakathi kwabo, hhayi kubaJuda kuphela, kodwa nakubo abezizwe.

25 Njengalokhu esho nakuHoziya ethi:

“Ngiyakubiza abangesiso isizwe sami,

ngokuthi yisizwe sami;

nalowo ongathandiwe,

ngokuthi uthandiwe;

26 Lokhu kuyokwenzeka endaweni

lapho kwathiwa kubo:

‘Anisibo abantu bami,’

lapho bayakubizwa ngokuthi:

‘Abantwana bakaNkulunkulu ophilayo.’ ”

27 U-Izaya wamemeza ngo-Israyeli, wathi:

“Nakuba isibalo sabantu bakwa-Israyeli

singangesihlabathi solwandle,

yinsali eyakusindiswa,

28ngokuba iNkosi iyakufeza

izwi layo emhlabeni;

iyakuliphelelisa futhi ikhawuleze.”

29 Nanjengalokhu u-Izaya washo phambilini wathi:

“Ukuba iNkosi Yamabandla

ibingasishiyelanga ulibo,

besiyakuba njengeSodoma,

sibe njengeGomora.”

Ukungakholwa Kwabakwa-Israyeli

30 Pho sesiyakuthini na? Siyakuthi abezizwe abangakufunisisanga ukulunga bafumene ukulunga, ukulunga okutholakala ngokukholwa.

31 Kepha u-Israyeli, owayelandela umthetho wokulunga, akafinyelelanga kuwo.

32Kungani na? Kungenxa yokuthi babengawulandeli ngokukholwa, kodwa kungemisebenzi; baqhuzuka etsheni lokuqhuzula,

33 njengalokhu kulotshiwe ukuthi:

“Bukani, ngibeka eZiyoni itshe lokukhubekisa,

nedwala lokuwisa;

okholwa yilo akayukujabhiswa.”