Kwabase Roma 9:1-18

Ngikhuluma iqiniso kuKristu, angiqambi amanga, unembeza wami uyangifakazela ngoMoya oNgcwele; Ukuthi ngilosizi olukhulu lobuhlungu obungapheliyo enhliziyweni yami. Ngoba bengingathanda ukuthi mina ngokwami ngibe ngoqalekisiweyo kuKristu ngenxa yabazalwane bami, izihlobo zami ngokwenyama; Obani abangama-Israyeli; okungokwabo ukuma kwabantwana, nenkazimulo, nezivumelwano, nokunikwa komthetho, nenkonzo kaNkulunkulu, nezithembiso; abangababo obaba, avela kubo uKristu ngokwenyama, uNkulunkulu ophezu kwakho konke, obongekayo kuze kube phakade. Amen. Kungesikho ukuthi ilizwi likaNkulunkulu lehlulekile. Ngokuba abasibo bonke abakwa-Israyeli abaphuma ku-Israyeli; Futhi, ngokuba beyinzalo ka-Abrahama, bangabantwana bonke, kepha kuthiwa: ‘Inzalo yakho iyakubizwa ngo-Isaka.’ Okungukuthi, labo abangabantwana benyama abasibo abantwana bakaNkulunkulu, kodwa abantwana besithembiso babalwa inzalo. Ngoba leli yilizwi lesithembiso: Ngalesisikhathi ngizakuza, njalo uSara uzakuba lendodana. Akusikho lokhu kuphela; kodwa uRebeka laye esekhulwe ngoyedwa, uIsaka ubaba; (Ngoba abantwana bengakazalwa, bengakenzi okuhle lokubi, ukuze icebo likaNkulunkulu elingokokukhetha lime, lingaveli emisebenzini, kodwa kulowo obizayo); Kwasekusithi kuye: Omkhulu uzakhonza omncane. njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: UJakobe ngamthanda, kodwa uEsawu ngamzonda. Pho siyakuthini na? Kukhona yini ukungalungi kuNkulunkulu? UNkulunkulu akakuvumeli. Ngoba wathi kuMozisi: Ngizakuba lesihawu kwengimhawukelayo, njalo ngizakuba lesihawu kwengimhawukelayo. Ngakho-ke akusikho kothandayo, noma kogijimayo, kodwa ngokukaNkulunkulu ohawukelayo. Ngokuba umbhalo uthi kuFaro: “Ngakumisela khona lokho ukuba ngibonakalise amandla ami kuwe, nokuba igama lami limenyezelwe emhlabeni wonke. Ngakho uhawukela lowo athanda ukumhawukela, umenza lukhuni lowo athanda ukumenza lukhuni.