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8 Nje-ke, labo abamunye noKrestu Jesu abanamlandu. 2 Ngombana umthetho wommoya onikela ukuphila ebunyeni noKrestu Jesu unitjhaphululile+ emthethweni wesono newokufa. 3 Lokho umThetho ebewungakghoni ukukwenza+ ngebanga lokuthi bewubogaboga+ enyameni, uZimu ukwenzile ngokuthumela iNdodanakhe+ isebujamweni obufana nenyama enesono+ begodu malungana nesono, yahlulela isono enyameni ngokuthi simlandu 4 bona ifuneko elungileko yomThetho ingazaliseka kithi+ esingakhambi ngokuvumelana nenyama kodwana esikhamba ngokuvumelana nommoya.+ 5 Ngombana labo abaphila ngokuvumelana nenyama badzimelelisa imikhumbulwabo ezintweni zenyama+ kodwana labo abaphila ngokuvumelana nommoya, badzimelelisa imikhumbulwabo ezintweni zommoya.+ 6 Ngombana ukudzimelelisa umkhumbulo enyameni kutjho ukufa+ kodwana ukudzimelelisa umkhumbulo emmoyeni kutjho ukuphila nokuthula;+ 7 ukudzimelelisa umkhumbulo enyameni kutjho ukuba linaba lakaZimu+ ngombana inyama ayiwuthobeli umthetho kaZimu, eqinisweni angekhe yawuthobela. 8 Yeke labo abavumelana nenyama angekhe bamthabisa uZimu.
9 Nanyana kunjalo, nina anivumelani nenyama kodwana nivumelana nommoya,+ nangabe kwamambala ummoya kaZimu uhlala kini. Kodwana nangabe umuntu akanawo ummoya kaKrestu, umuntu loyo akasingewakaKrestu. 10 Kodwana nangabe uKrestu umunye nani,+ umzimba ufile ngebanga lesono kodwana ummoya ukuphila ngebanga lokulunga. 11 Nje-ke, nangabe ummoya waloyo owavusa uJesu kwabafileko uhlala kini, loyo owavusa uKrestu Jesu kwabafileko+ naye uzokwenza imizimbenu efako iphile+ ngommoyakhe ohlala kini.
12 Ngalokho bafowethu, singaphasi kwesibopho kodwana ingasi enyameni bona siphile ngokuvumelana nenyama;+ 13 ngombana naniphila ngokuvumelana nenyama, nizokufa nakanjani kodwana nanibulala imikghwa yomzimba+ ngommoya, nizokuphila.+ 14 Ngombana boke abarholwa mmoya kaZimu kwamambala madodana kaZimu.+ 15 Ngombana akhenge nifumane ummoya wobugqila obangela ukusaba godu kodwana nifumene ummoya wokumbelekelwa njengamadodana, ummoya esirhuwelela ngawo sithi: “Abha,* Baba!”+ 16 Ummoya ngokwawo ufakazelana nommoyethu+ ukuthi sibantwana bakaZimu.+ 17 Nje-ke nangabe sibantwana godu siziindlalifa, kwamambala iindlalifa zakaZimu kodwana iindlalifa+ ezikunye noKrestu, kwaphela nasitlhaga ndawonye+ bona siphazinyuliswe ndawonye.+
18 Ngombana ngicabanga ukuthi imitlhago yesikhathi sanje ayisililitho nayimadaniswa nephazimulo ezokwambulwa kithi.+ 19 Ngombana indalo ilindele ngetjiseko ekulu ukwambulwa kwamadodana kaZimu.+ 20 Ngombana indalo yenziwa yathobela ilize,+ ingasi ngokuthanda kwayo kodwana ngebanga laloyo oyithobisileko, ngesisekelo sethemba 21 lokuthi indalo ngokwayo nayo izokutjhatjhululwa+ ekugqilazweni kukonakala, ibe netjhaphuluko ephazimulako yabantwana bakaZimu. 22 Ngombana siyazi ukuthi indalo yoke iragela phambili nokuquma kanyekanye begodu iseenhlungwini kanyekanye bekube nje. 23 Ingasi lokho kwaphela kodwana nokuthi thina esineenthelo zokuthoma, okummoya, iye, thina esiqumako ngaphakathi+ njengombana silindele ngetjiseko ukuba madodana wokumbelekelwa,+ ukutjhatjhululwa emzimbenethu ngesihlengo. 24 Ngombana sasindiswa ethembeneli kodwana ithemba elibonwako akusilithemba ngombana umuntu nakabona into, uba nethemba layo na? 25 Kodwana nasinethemba+ ngesingakuboniko,+ siragela phambili nokukulindela ngetjiseko nangokukghodlhelela.+
26 Ngendlela efanako, ummoya nawo uyahlanganyela ekusisizeni ngokubogaboga+ kwethu ngombana umraro kukuthi asikwazi ekufuze sikuthandazele ngitjho nanyana kufuze sithandaze kodwana ummoya ngokwawo uyasincengela ngokuquma okungakaphinyiselwa. 27 Kodwana loyo ohlola iinhliziyo+ uyakwazi okutjhiwo mmoya ngombana uncenga ngokuvumelana noZimu ngebanga labacwengileko.
28 Siyazi ukuthi uZimu wenza yoke imisebenzakhe isebenzisane ndawonye bona kuzuze labo abathanda uZimu, labo okungibo ababizwe ngokuvumelana nomnqophwakhe;+ 29 ngombana kusukela ekuthomeni uZimu bekazi ngalabo ebekazobakhetha begodu waqunta nokuthi babesibonakaliso seNdodanakhe+ bona ibe lizibulo+ hlangana nabafowethu abanengi.+ 30 Ngaphezu kwalokho, labo uZimu ebekazobakhetha+ ngibo ababizileko+ godu; nalabo ababizileko ngilabo athi balungile.+ Emaswapheleni labo athi balungile ngilabo abaphazimulisileko godu.+
31 Nje-ke, sizokuthini ngezintwezi? Nangabe uZimu ungakithi, ngubani ozokuphikisana nathi?+ 32 Njengombana angakhenge ayibabalele iNdodanakhe kodwana wanikela ngayo ngebanga lethu soke+ godu angekhe yena, kanye nayo, ngomusa basinikele soke ezinye izinto? 33 Ngubani ozobathwesa umlandu abakhethiweko+ bakaZimu na? UZimu nguye othi balungile.+ 34 Ngubani ozobahlulela ukuthi bamlandu? UKrestu Jesu nguye owafako, iye, ngaphezu kwalokho nguye owavuswako, ongesandleni sokudla sakaZimu+ begodu osincengelako.+
35 Ngubani ongasihlukanisa nethando lakaKrestu?+ Kghani kungaba lisizi namkha kutlhaga namkha kuhlunguphazwa namkha yindlala namkha kukuba hlubule namkha yingozi namkha yisabula na?+ 36 Njengombana kutloliwe kwathiwa: “Ngebanga lakho siyabulawa ilanga loke; sithathwa njengezimvu ezizokuhlatjwa.”+ 37 Ngokuphambene nalokho, kizo zoke izintwezi siyathumba ngokupheleleko+ ngebanga laloyo osithandileko. 38 Ngombana ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi akunakufa namkha ukuphila namkha iingilozi namkha imibuso namkha izinto ezikhona njenganje namkha izinto ezizako namkha amandla+ 39 namkha ubude namkha ukutjhinga namkha nanyana ngiyiphi enye indalo engakghona ukusihlukanisa nethando lakaZimu elikuKrestu Jesu iKosethu.