Lord

iNkosi is the established Zulu Bible term, but is also the everyday word for a traditional chief or king, an institution very much alive in contemporary Zulu society (the Zulu monarchy remains constitutionally recognized in South Africa). In Romans 10:9 the confession ‘Jesus is Lord’ = uJesu uyiNkosi. This should be treated as a genuine asset — Zulu culture has a living, lived-experience category for what total allegiance to a sovereign iNkosi means — while ensuring readers understand Christ’s Lordship exceeds and is categorically greater than any traditional chieftaincy, not a spiritual endorsement of a particular political or traditional authority structure.