kwabaseGalati
2:1 Ndaza emva kweminyaka elishumi elinamine, ndabuya ndenyuka ndaya eYerusalem ndinoBharnabhas.
ndathabatha noTito.
2:2 Ndenyuka ke ngesityhilelo, ndaza ndabikela abo iindaba ezilungileyo
endizishumayelayo iindaba ezilungileyo phakathi kweentlanga;
10 R ndafumana udumo, hleze ndibe ndifumana ndabaleka, mhlawumbi ndafumana ndabaleka.
2:3 NoTito lo, lo ubenam, ekubeni engumGrike, akanyanzelekanga ukuba abe nguye
bolukile:
2:4 ngenxa ke yabazalwana ababuxoki, abangeniswayo bengazi, bangeniswayo
ukuze bayihlole ngasese inkululeko yethu esinayo kuKristu Yesu, ukuze babe ngabo
angasifaka ebukhobokeni;
2:5 Esathi abo asabavumela ngolulamo nokwexa elinye; ukuba inyaniso
ukuze iindaba ezilungileyo zihlale zihleli kuni.
2:6 ke aba babonakala bayinto, ukuba bayinto, nokuba bafudula benjani na
akunanto kum; uThixo akakhethi buso bamntu;
ukuba ngandlel’ ithile enkomfeni akongezi nto kum:
2:7 kodwa ke bathe bakuziqonda iindaba ezilungileyo zabangalukileyo
ndanikelwa kum, njengokuba zazinjalo iindaba ezilungileyo zolwaluko kuPetros;
2:8 (Kuba wasebenza ngokunempumelelo kuPetros ebupostile bebandla
Ulwaluko lwalunamandla kum phakathi kweentlanga;
2:9 bathi ke ooYakobi noKefas noYohane, abo ke babedume ukuba baziintsika, baqonda
ubabalo endababalwa ngalo, lwandinika noBharnabhas igunya
izandla zobudlelwane; ukuze siye ezintlangeni, nazo ke
ulwaluko.
2:10 bathanda ukuba siwakhumbule amahlwempu; into efanayo nam
ebelindele ukuyenza.
2:11 Ke kaloku, xenikweni uPetros wafikayo kwa-Antiyokwe, ndamelana naye ebusweni, ngokuba
wayefanele abekw’ ityala.
2:12 Kuba phambi kokuba kufike abathile bevela kuYakobi, wadla ndawonye nabeentlanga;
kodwa bakufika, wemka, wazahlula kubo, esoyika
ababengabelwaluko.
2:13 Namanye amaYuda amkhohlisa ngokunjalo; wada uBharnabhas
Kananjalo wakhukuliswa kuhanahaniso lwabo.
2:14 Ke ndabona ukuba abahambi ngathe tye, ngokwenyaniso
Ngeendaba ezilungileyo, ndathi kuPetros phambi kwabo bonke, Ukuba wena ungumYuda nje,
baphila ngokwendlela yeeNtlanga, kungekhona njengamaYuda, kutheni
Uyazinyanzela na iintlanga ukuba ziziphathe ngokwamaYuda?
2:15 Thina singamaYuda ngemvelo, singengabo aboni beentlanga;
2:16 sisazi nje ukuba umntu akagwetyelwa ngokwasemisebenzini yomthetho, kugwetyelwa umthetho
Ukukholwa kuYesu Kristu, nathi sikholiwe kuYesu Kristu, ukuba thina
bagwetyelwe ngokwaselukholweni lukaKrestu, kungabi ngokwasemisebenzini yobuKrestu
kuba ngokwasemisebenzini yomthetho akuyi kugwetyelwa nyama.
2:17 Ke ukuba, sifuna nje ukugwetyelwa ngoKristu, singamalungisa nathi ngokwethu
Ngaba ngoko uKristu uthe wafunyanwa engaboni, ungumlungiseleli wesono na ke ngoko? Makube lee oko.
2:18 Kuba, ukuba izinto endazichithayo, ndibuya ndakhe zona, ndizenza mna
umaphuli-mthetho.
2:19 Kuba mna ngomthetho ndafa kumthetho, ukuze ubomi ndibudlele kuThixo.
2:20 Ndibethelelwe emnqamlezweni noKristu; ingendim ke, nguKristu
Ubomi ke endibudlayo ngoku, ndisenyameni, ndibudlela kuye
ukholo kuNyana kaThixo, owandithandayo, wazinikela ngenxa yam.
2:21 Andilutshitshisi ubabalo lukaThixo; kuba ukuba bubakho ubulungisa
ngoko ke uKristu wafela ilize.