kwabaseGalati
3:1 Ehlani, maGalati aswele ukuqonda!
inyaniso, ebethe wabhalwa phambi kwamehlo akhe uYesu Kristu;
ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni phakathi kwenu?
3:2 Ndithanda ukukha ndiqonde kuni le ndawo yodwa, yokuba namamkela uMoya emisebenzini yakhe;
Umthetho, siva ngokholo, kusini na?
3:3 Ngaba niyageza na? Nakuba niqale kuMoya, ngoku nenziwe nagqibelela
ngenyama?
3:4 Izinto ezinzima kangaka nafumana naziva na? ukuba bekulilize.
3:5 Lowo ngoko uniphayo uMoya, esenza imisebenzi yamandla
ukwenza oko phakathi kwenu ngokwasemisebenzini yomthetho, nokuba kungokuva
ukholo?
3:6 njengokuba uAbraham wakholwayo nguThixo, kwaza kwabalelwa kuye
ubulungisa.
3:7 Yazini ngoko ukuba abaselukholweni bakwalulo
abantwana baka-Abraham.
3:8 Saye isibhalo, sabona ngenxa engaphambili ukuba uThixo uya kuzigwebela iintlanga
ukholo wazishumayeza ngenxa engaphambili iindaba ezilungileyo kuAbraham, zisithi, Ngawe woba nawe
zisikeleleke zonke iintlanga.
3:9 Ngoko ke abaselukholweni bayasikelelwa ndawonye noAbraham okholwayo.
3:10 Kuba bonke abangabasemisebenzini yomthetho, baphantsi kwesiqalekiso;
kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uqalekisiwe wonke umntu ongamiyo ezintweni zonke
zibhaliwe encwadini yomyalelo ukuba bazenze.
3:11 Okokuba ke akukho namnye ugwetyelwayo ngomthetho emehlweni kaThixo
Kuba lowo ulilungisa uya kudla ubomi obuphuma elukholweni.
3:12 Wona ke umthetho asingowaselukholweni; uthi, Umntu owazenzayo ezo zinto uya kudla ubomi
bona.
3:13 UKristu wasikhulula, wasikhulula esiqalekisweni somthetho, ngokwenziwa isiqalekiso
ngenxa yethu; ngokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uqalekisiwe wonke umntu oxhonywe emthini;
3:14 ukuze intsikelelo ka-Abraham ibe sezintlangeni ngoYesu
uKristu; ukuze idinga loMoya silamkele ngalo ukholo.
3:15 Bazalwana, ndithetha ngokwabantu; Nangona ingowomntu kodwa
ukuba uthe waqinisekiswa, akukho namnye uwutshitshisayo, athi mhlawumbi ongeze
apho.
3:16 Enziwa ke kuye uAbraham amadinga, nakuyo imbewu yakhe. Akatsho ukuthi, Kukuthi
iimbewu, ngathi zininzi; usuka ngathi uthetha nye, uthi, Nakuyo imbewu yakho: nguKristu ke lowo.
3:17 Ukutsho ke ndithi, Umnqophiso ozinzisiweyo ngenxa engaphambili nguThixo;
UKristu, umthetho, owawukho kumakhulu amane anamashumi amathathu eminyaka emva koko, awunako
litshitshise, ukuze alibhangise idinga.
3:18 Kuba ilifa elo, ukuba liphuma emthethweni, loba alisaphumi edingeni;
wayinika uAbraham ngedinga.
3:19 Uyintoni na ngoko umthetho? Wongezelelwa ngenxa yezikreqo;
ide ifike imbewu ekwabenziwa kuyo idinga; kwaye kwaba njalo
emiselwe zizithunywa zezulu esandleni somlamleli.
3:20 Ke umlamleli akamnye; uThixo ke yena mnye.
3:21 Umthetho ngoko uchasene na namadinga kaThixo? Makube lee kuThixo: ukuba ukhona
Ukuba bekunikelwe umthetho onako ukunika ubomi, inene, ubulungisa
bekufanele ukuba kube ngokomthetho.
3:22 Ke sona isibhalo sisuke sazivalela zonke phantsi kwesono, ukuze idinga libe ngaso
ukholo lukaYesu Krestu lunokunikwa abo bakholwayo.
3:23 Ngaphambi ke kokufika kokholo, sasilindwa, siphantsi komthetho, sivalelwe ndawonye
ukholo oluya kutyhilwa kamva.
3:24 Ngoko ke umthetho waba ngosikhaphela kuKristu, ukuze thina sifike
agwetyelwe ngokwaselukholweni.
3:25 Lwakuba lufikile ke ukholo, asibi saba phantsi kwamkhapheli.
3:26 Kuba nina nonke ningoonyana bakaThixo ngako ukukholwa, nikuKristu Yesu;
3:27 Kuba nina nonke, nabhaptizelwayo kuKristu, namambatha uKristu.
3:28 akusekho mYuda namGrike; akusekho khoboka nakhululekileyo;
akuba yindoda nankazana; kuba nina nonke nimntu mnye, nikuKristu Yesu.
3:29 Ukuba ke nina ningabakaKristu, niyimbewu ka-Abraham ngoko, neendlalifa ngoko
kwidinga.