Abagalatiya
4: 1 Noneho ndavuga nti, ko umuragwa, igihe cyose akiri umwana, ntacyo atandukanya
bivuye ku mugaragu, nubwo ari umutware wa bose;
4: 2 Ariko ari munsi yabatoza na ba guverineri kugeza igihe cyagenwe cya
se.
4: 3 Nubwo bimeze bityo, twe, igihe twari abana, twari imbata munsi yibintu bya
isi:
4: 4 Ariko igihe cyuzuye nikigera, Imana yohereje Umwana wayo, irema
y'umugore, yakozwe hakurikijwe amategeko,
4: 5 Gucungura abari munsi y'amategeko, kugirango twakire Uwiteka
kurera abahungu.
4: 6 Kandi kubera ko muri abahungu, Imana yohereje Umwuka wUmwana wayo
imitima yawe, urira, Abba, Data.
4 Kubera iyo mpamvu utakiri umugaragu, ahubwo uri umuhungu; kandi niba umuhungu, noneho an
umuragwa w'Imana binyuze muri Kristo.
4: 8 Ariko rero, igihe mutazi Imana, mwabakoreye ibyo
kamere ntabwo ari imana.
4: 9 Ariko noneho, nyuma yibyo, mumenye Imana, cyangwa ahubwo muzi Imana, gute
Ongera uhindukire mubintu bidakomeye kandi usabiriza, aho ushaka
na none kuba mu bubata?
4:10 Wubahiriza iminsi, ukwezi, ibihe, n'imyaka.
4:11 Ndagutinya, kugira ngo ntaguha imirimo y'ubusa.
4:12 Bavandimwe, ndabasabye, mube nkanjye; kuko ndi nkawe: ntimwigeze
yankomerekeje na gato.
4:13 Uzi uburyo nabwirije ubutumwa bwiza kubera ubumuga bw'umubiri
wowe ubwa mbere.
4:14 Kandi ikigeragezo cyanjye cyari mu mubiri wanjye ntiwigeze usuzugura, cyangwa ngo wange;
ariko anyakiriye nk'umumarayika w'Imana, kimwe na Kristo Yesu.
4:15 Noneho umugisha wavuze urihe? kuko ndakwihanganiye, ibyo,
iyaba byashobokaga, wakuyemo amaso yawe, kandi
barampaye.
4:16 None se mba umwanzi wawe, kuko nkubwije ukuri?
4:17 Bakugiraho umwete, ariko sibyiza; yego, bari kukwirukana,
kugira ngo ubagiraho ingaruka.
4:18 Ariko nibyiza guhindurwa umwete buri gihe mubintu byiza, kandi sibyo
gusa iyo ndi kumwe nawe.
4:19 Bana banjye bato, muri bo ndababara nkivuka kugeza igihe Kristo azaba
yashinzwe muri wewe,
4:20 Ndashaka kubana nawe nonaha, no guhindura ijwi ryanjye; kuko mpagaze
mugushidikanya.
4:21 Mbwira, yifuza ko bayoborwa n'amategeko, ntimwumve amategeko?
4:22 Kuberako byanditswe ngo, Aburahamu yari afite abahungu babiri, umwe yabyaye umuja, Uwiteka
ikindi numuntu wigenga.
4:23 Ariko uwari umugaragu yavutse nyuma yumubiri; ariko we
umudendezo wumugore wasezeranijwe.
4:24 Ni ibihe bintu bigereranya: kuko ayo ari yo masezerano yombi; imwe
kuva kumusozi Sinayi, uburinganire bwubucakara, aribwo Agar.
4:25 Kuberako Agari ari umusozi wa Sinayi muri Arabiya, asubiza Yeruzalemu ari yo
ubu ni, kandi ari mu bubata hamwe nabana be.
4:26 Ariko Yerusalemu iri hejuru ni ubuntu, akaba nyina wa twese.
4:27 Kubanga kyawandiikibwa nti: “Ishimire, mwa bagumba mutabyara; gutandukana
kandi urire, wowe utababaye, kuko umusaka ufite byinshi
abana kurenza uwo ufite umugabo.
4:28 Noneho, bavandimwe, nk'uko Isaka yari ameze, turi abana b'amasezerano.
4:29 Ariko nkuko byari bimeze, uwabyawe nyuma yumubiri yatotezaga uwahoze
yavutse nyuma ya Mwuka, nubwo bimeze ubu.
4:30 Nyamara ibyanditswe bivuga iki? Kwirukana umuja na we
umuhungu: kuko umuhungu w'umuja atazaragwa n'umuhungu wa
kubuntu.
4:31 Noneho rero, bavandimwe, ntabwo turi abana b'umugaragu, ahubwo turi ab'Uwiteka
ubuntu.