KWABASEROMA 8
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Ubomi ngokoMoya
1Ngoko ke, ngoku akukho kugwetywa kwabakuKristu Yesu; abangahambiyo ngokwenyama, abahamba ngokoMoya. 2Kuba umthetho woMoya wobomi, ndakuba kuKristu Yesu, wandikhulula emthethweni wesono nokufa. 3Kuba ekukhohlweni komthetho, ekubeni uswele amandla ngayo inyama, uthe uThixo, ethume owakhe uNyana, efana nenyama elawulwa sisono, emthume ngenxa yesono, wasigweba isono esenyameni leyo; 4ukuze ibango lomthetho lizaliseke kuthi, thina singahambiyo ngokwenyama; sihambayo ngokoMoya.
5Kuba abo bangokwenyama banyamekela izinto zasenyameni; abo ke bangokoMoya banyamekela izinto zaseMoyeni. 6Kuba ukunyameka kwenyama ikukufa; ukunyameka ke koMoya bubomi noxolo. 7Ngokokuba ukunyameka kwenyama kububutshaba kuThixo; kuba umthetho kaThixo kungawululameli, kuba kungenako nokuba nako ukwenjenjalo. 8Abo ke bakwinyama, abanakumkholisa uThixo.
9Ke nina anikwinyama; nikuMoya, ukuba kumi okunene uMoya kaThixo ngaphakathi kwenu. Ukuba ke umntu akanaye uMoya kaKristu, akangowakhe lowo. 10Ukuba ke uKristu ungaphakathi kwenu, umzimba okunene ufile ngenxa yesono; kodwa uMoya ububomi ngenxa yobulungisa. 11Ukuba ke uMoya walowo wamvusayo uYesu kwabafileyo, umi ngaphakathi kwenu, yena owamvusayo uKristu kwabafileyo uya kuyenza iphile nemizimba yenu enokufa, ngaye uMoya wakhe omiyo ngaphakathi kwenu.
Oonyana bakaThixo
12Ngoko ke, bazalwana, singabanetyala; kodwa kungekuyo inyama ukuze siphile ngokwenyama. 13Kuba xa niphila ngokwenyama, niza kufa; ke ukuba niyazibulala ngoMoya, zife iintlondi zomzimba, nophila. 14Kuba bonke abakhokelwa nguMoya kaThixo, bangoonyana bakaThixo abo.
15Kuba anamkelanga moya wabukhoboka, ukuba nibuye noyike; namkéle umoya wokwenziwa oonyana, esidanduluka ngawo sithi, Abha,• Bawo. 16UMoya ngokwakhe ungqinelana nomoya wethu, ukuba singabantwana bakaThixo. 17Ukuba ke singabantwana, sikwaziindlalifa; iindlalifa zikaThixo, iindlalifa ke kunye noKristu; ukuba okunene siva ubunzima kunye naye, ukuze sizukiswe nokuzukiswa kunye naye.
Ubuqaqawuli obuzayo
18Kuba ndigqiba kwelithi, iintlungu zeli xesha lakalokunje azinakulinganiswa nobuqaqawuli obu buza kutyhilwa kuthi. 19Kuba ukulangazelela kwendalo kulinde ukutyhileka koonyana bakaThixo. 20Kuba indalo yalulanyiselwa kokungelutho, kungengakuvuma kwayo, kungenxa yowayilulamisayo, 21inethemba lokuba nendalo ngokwayo iya kukhululwa ebukhobokeni bokonakala, isingiswe enkululekweni yozuko lwabantwana bakaThixo. 22Kuba siyazi ukuba yonke indalo iyancwina, inenimba kunye, unangoku.
23Asiyiyo ke yodwa; sisuka nathi, banayo intlahlela yoMoya, thina aba ke ngokwethu, sincwine ngaphakathi kwethu, silinde ukwenziwa oonyana; inkululeko yomzimba wethu ke leyo. 24Kuba sasindiselwa ethembeni; ke ithemba elise libonwa asithemba; kuba oko akubonayo umntu, angaba usakuthembeleni na? 25Ukuba ke sithembe ukuzuza oko singakuboniyo, sikulinda kakhulu, sinomonde.
26Ngokukwanjalo ke noMoya uncedisana nokuswela kwethu amandla; kuba esingákuthandazelayo ngokoko simelwe kukuthandaza ngako, asikwazi; uthi ke uMoya ngokwakhe asithethelele ngezincwino ezingathethekiyo. 27Ke oziphengululayo iintliziyo uyakwazi into okuyiyo ukunyameka koMoya; ngokuba ubathethelela abangcwele ngokukaThixo.
28Siyazi ke ukuba zonke izinto zisebenziselana okulungileyo kwabo bamthandayo uThixo, kwababiziweyo ngokwengqibo yakhe. 29Ngokuba abo wabazíyo ngenxa engaphambili, wabamisela ngenxa engaphambili ukuba bafane nomfanekiselo woNyana wakhe, ukuze abe ngowamazibulo kubazalwana abaninzi. 30Abo ke wabamisayo ngenxa engaphambili, wabuya wababiza bona; waza abo wababizayo, wabuya wabagwebela bona; abo ke wabagwebelayo, wabuya wabazukisa nokubazukisa bona.
Uthando lukaThixo
31Síthini na ke ngoko kwezi zinto? Ukuba uThixo ungakuthi, ngubani na ongasichasayo? 32Lowo, gxebe, ungamconganga owakhe uNyana, wesuka wamnikela ngenxa yethu sonke, angáthini na ukuba angasibabali ngazo zonke ezo zinto, ndawonye naye? 33Ngubani na oya kumangalela abanyulwa bakaThixo, inguThixo nje obagwebelayo? 34Ngubani na ogwebayo, inguKristu nje owafayo? ngaphezu koko ke, wabuya wavuka; ongasekunene kukaThixo, osithethelelayo? 35Ngubani na oya kusahlula eluthandweni lukaKristu? Yimbandezelo na, luxinaniso na, yintshutshiso na, yindlala na, bubuze na, yingozi na, likrele na? 36Njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa,
Ngenxa yakho sibulawa imini yonke;
Sibalelwe ekuthini sizizimvu zokuxhelwa.
(INdum. 44:22)
37Kanti ke kwezo zinto zonke, sisuka soyise sigqithisele, ngaye owasithandayo. 38Kuba ndeyisekile kukuba nakufa, nabomi, nazithunywa zezulu, nazilawuli, naziphathamandla, nanto zikhoyo, nanto zizayo, nabuphakamo, 39nabunzulu, nasinye isidalwa esisimbi, asiyi kuba nako ukusahlula thina eluthandweni lukaThixo, olukuye uKristu Yesu, iNkosi yethu.
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