KwabaseRoma 10:1-21
10 Bafowethu, engikufisayo enhliziyweni yami lengihlezi ngibancengela khona kuNkulunkulu yikuthi basindiswe.+
2 Ngiyabafakazela ukuthi bakukhuthalele ukukhonza uNkulunkulu+ kodwa lokhu bakwenza bengelalwazi oluqondileyo.
3 Abakwazi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu+ kodwa bafuna ukuzenzela lokho bona abakubona kulungile,+ yikho bengakulandeli ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu.+
4 UKhristu uyisiphetho soMthetho+ ukuze wonke umuntu otshengisa ukuthi ulokholo kuthiwe ulungile.+
5 UMosi wabhala ngezinto uMthetho othi zilungile wathi: “Umuntu owenza izinto lezi uzaphila ngazo.”+
6 Kodwa mayelana lokulunga okuza ngokukholwa kubhalwe ukuthi: “Ungakhulumi enhliziyweni yakho uthi,+ ‘Ngubani ozakuya ezulwini?’+ okutsho ukuthi ngubani ozakuya ezulwini esiyathatha uKhristu.
7 Ungatsho lokuthi, ‘Ngubani ozangena emgodini ongelamkhawulo?’+ okutsho ukuthi ngubani ozakuyavusa uKhristu kwabafileyo.”
8 Kodwa umbhalo uphinda uthi: “Ilizwi liseduze kwakho, lisemlonyeni wakho lasenhliziyweni yakho.”+ Lapha kutshiwo “ilizwi” lokholo esilitshumayelayo.
9 Wena uzasindiswa nxa uvuma ebantwini ngomlomo wakho ukuthi uJesu uyiNkosi+ njalo utshengisa ukuthi uyakholwa enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo.
10 Phela ngenhliziyo umuntu uyakholwa athole ukulunga kodwa ngomlomo ukhuluma ngokholo lolu ebantwini+ athole insindiso.
11 Umbhalo uthi: “Kakho okholwa kuye ozadana.”+
12 Akulamehluko phakathi komJuda lomGrikhi.+ Bonke baleNkosi yinye ephanayo kubo bonke abayibizayo
13 ngoba “wonke umuntu obiza ibizo likaJehova* uzasindiswa.”+
14 Kodwa bazambiza njani bengazange bakholwe kuye? Bazakholwa njani kuye bona bengazwanga ngaye? Bazakuzwa njani ngaye kungela otshumayelayo?
15 Bazatshumayela njani bengathunywanga?+ Angithi vele kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Ayisibuhle benyawo zalabo abatshumayela izindaba ezinhle ezimayelana lezinto ezinhle!”+
16 Lanxa kunjalo ayisibo bonke ababesamukela izindaba ezinhle. Yikho u-Isaya esithi: “Jehova,* ngubani osekukholiwe lokho abakuzwa ngathi?”*+
17 Ngakho ukholo luba khona ngemva kokuzwa ilizwi.+ Ilizwi lelo lizwakala nxa umuntu ekhuluma ngoKhristu.
18 Kodwa ngicela ukubuza, kabehlulekanga ukuzwa yini? “Umsindo wazwakala emhlabeni wonke, lamazwi azwakala emikhawulweni yomhlaba.”+
19 Ngiphinde ngibuze futhi, abako-Israyeli abazange behluleke ukwazi angithi?+ Okokuqala, uMosi uthi: “Ngizalenza libe lobukhwele ngisebenzisa abantu bezinye izizwe, ngilenze libe lolaka olukhulu ngisebenzisa isizwe esiyisiphukuphuku.”+
20 Kodwa u-Isaya uqunga isibindi athi: “Ngatholwa yilabo ababengangidingi,+ ngaziwa yilabo ababengabuzi ngami.”+
21 Loba kunjalo, nxa ekhuluma ngabako-Israyeli uthi: “Ilanga lonke bengibavulele izandla zami abantu abangalaleliyo labayiziqholo.”+
