For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
nakuba abantwana babengekazalwa, bengekenzi nto nelungileyo nembi, ukuze ingqibo kaThixo ngokonyulo ihlale ihleli, ingengokwasemisebenzini, ingokwalowo ubizayo: