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.