AmaRoma Chapter 12

1. Ngakho ngiyanincenga, bazalwane, ngobubele bukaNkulunkulu ukuba ninikele imizimba yenu ibe ngumnikelo ophilileyo, ongcwele, othandeka kuNkulunkulu, kube ngukukhonza kwenu kokuqonda;

2. ningalingisi leli zwe, kodwa niguqulwe isimo ngokwenziwa ibe ntsha ingqondo yenu, ukuze nibe nokuhlolisisa okuyintando kaNkulunkulu, okuhle, nokuthandekayo, nokupheleleyo.

3. Ngokuba ngomusa engiwuphiweyo ngisho kulowo nalowo phakathi kwenu ukuthi angacabangi athi mkhulu kunalokho afanele ukukucabanga, kodwa acabange kube ngokuqonda, njengalokho uNkulunkulu abele lowo nalowo isilinganiso sokukholwa.

4. Ngokuba njengalokhu sinezitho eziningi emzimbeni munye, kepha izitho zonke azinamsebenzi munye,

5. kanjalo thina esibaningi simzimba munye kuKristu, kepha ngabanye siyizitho, omunye esomunye. 6

6. Sinezipho zomusa ezahlukileyo ngokomusa esiwuphiweyo; uma singesokuprofetha, asiprofethe ngesilinganiso sokukholwa;

7. uma singesokukhonza, kube senkonzweni; ofundisayo, kube sekufundiseni,

8. oyalayo, ekuyaleni; owabayo, enze ngobuqotho; oholayo, ngenkuthalo; ohawukelayo, ngentokozo.

9. Uthando malungabi nakuzenzisa; nenyanye okubi, nibambelele kokuhle;

10. thandanani ngenhliziyo ngothando lobuzalwane; ekwazisaneni nandulelane;

11. ekukhuthaleni ningenqeni, nivuthe emoyeni, nikhonze iNkosi;

12. ethembeni nithokoze; osizini nibekezele; ekukhulekeni niqinisele njalo;

13. hlanganyelani nabangcwele ekusweleni kwabo, nikhuthalele ukungenisa izihambi.

14. Babusiseni abanizingelayo; busisani, ningaqalekisi.

15. Thokozani nabathokozayo, nikhale nabakhalayo.

16. Manibe nhliziyonye; ningazindli okuphakemeyo, kodwa yaneliswani ngokuphansi. Ningazishayi abahlakaniphileyo.

17. Ningaphindiseli muntu okubi ngokubi; nakani okuhle phambi kwabantu bonke;

18. uma kungenzeka, ngokwenu hlalisanani ngokuthula nabantu bonke;

19. ningaziphindiseli nina bathandwa, kodwa dedelani ulaka, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Ngokwami ukuphindisela, ngiyakubuyisela mina,” isho iNkosi.

20. Kepha: “Uma isitha sakho silambile, siphe sidle; uma somile, siphuzise, ngokuba ngokwenza lokho uyakube ufumbela amalahle avuthayo ekhanda laso.”

21. Unganqotshwa ngokubi, kodwa nqoba okubi ngokuhle.