kwabaseGalati 4:1 Ndithi ke, indlalifa, ngexesha lonke engumntwana, ayahluke nganto ephuma kwikhoboka, nakuba eyinkosi yeento zonke; 4:2 iphantsi kwabagcini nabaphathi, kude kube lixesha elimisiweyo lommiselo utata. 4:3 Ngokunjalo nathi, xenikweni besingabantwana, besingamakhoboka aphantsi kweziqalelo zawo Umhlaba: 4:4 Lithe ke lakuzaliseka ixesha, uThixo wamkhupha weza uNyana wakhe, owenziweyo umfazi ozelwe phantsi komthetho; 4:5 ukuze abakhulule ngokubathenga abaphantsi komthetho, ukuze sibamkele ukwamkelwa koonyana. 4:6 Ngokuba ke ningoonyana, uThixo wamkhupha uMoya woNyana wakhe Intliziyo yenu iyakhala, Abha, Bawo. 4:7 Ngoko ke akusengumkhonzi, ungunyana; ukuba ungunyana, kwandula ke ukuba abe ngunyana indlalifa kaThixo ngoKristu. 4:8 Noko ke, okunene, oko ningamaziyo uThixo, benilungiselela abo nimlungiselelayo indalo ayingoothixo. 4:9 ngoku ke, nakuba nimazile uThixo, hayi kanye mandithi, nakuba naziwe nguThixo buyelani kwiziqalelo ezingenamandla, ezingenaluncedo, enizinqwenelayo ukuba ndiphinde ebukhobokeni? 4:10 Nimana nigcina imihla, neenyanga, namaxesha, neminyaka. 4:11 Ndiyanoyikela, hleze ndibe ndifumane ndabulaleka ngenxa yenu. 4:12 Ndiyanikhunga, bazalwana, yibani njengam nje; kuba mna ndinjengani; undenzakalisa kwaphela. 4:13 Niyazi ke ukuba bekungenxa yokuswela amandla kwenyama yam, ukuzishumayela kwam iindaba ezilungileyo kuni wena kuqala. 4:14 Ukulingwa kwam okwakusenyameni yam, anikwenzanga into engento, anikucekisanga nina nokukucekisa; nesuka nandamkela njengesithunywa sikaThixo, njengoKristu Yesu ngokwakhe. 4:15 Luphi na ngoko ubabalo enanithetha ngalo? kuba ndiyangqina ukuba, ukuba bekunokwenzeka, ninge nawakrukrayo amehlo enu, nize bandinika bona. 4:16 Ndisuke ndaba lutshaba lwenu na ke, ngokuthetha inyaniso kuni? 4:17 Bayanizondelela, kungekuko; ewe, baya kukukhuphela ngaphandle; ukuze nibaphathe. 4:18 Kuhle ke ukuba kuncekelelwe ngamaxesha onke entweni entle, kungangeni kuphela xa ndikho kuni. 4:19 Bantwanana bam, endibuye ndanenimba kubo, ade abe uKristu kwakheka kuwe, 4:20 bendithanda ke ukubakho kuni ngoku, ndilenze libe lilimbi ilizwi lam; kuba ndimi Ndiyathandabuza ngawe. 4:21 Ndixeleleni, nina nithandayo ukuba phantsi komthetho, aniwuva na umthetho? 4:22 Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, uAbraham wayenoonyana ababini: omnye engowekhobokazana enye ngumfazi okhululekileyo. 4:23 Waye okunene lowo wekhobokazana ezelwe ngokwenyama; kodwa yena umfazi okhululekileyo wayengowedinga. 4:24 Eziyintsonkotha ezo zinto; kuba aba bayiyo iminqophiso emibini; eyona entabeni yeSinayi, ezalela ebukhobokeni, enguHagare ke leyo. 4:25 Kuba loo nto inguHagare yiSinayi, intaba ekwelama-Arabhi, elungelelene neYerusalem ngoku, usebukhobokeni kunye nabantwana bakhe. 4:26 Ke yona ephezulu iYerusalem ikhululekile, enguma wethu leyo. 4:27 Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Yiba nemihlali, ludlolo lungazaliyo; gqabhuka ukhale, wena ungenanimba; ngokuba baninzi ababesenkangala abantwana kunalowo unendoda. 4:28 Thina ke, bazalwana, ngokokukaIsake, singabantwana bedinga. 4:29 Kusuke, kwanjengokuba wayesithi oko owazalwa ngokwenyama amtshutshise owazalwa ngokwenyama; nizelwe ngokoMoya, kusenjalo nangoku. 4:30 Sithini na ke sona isibhalo? Likhuphele phandle ikhobokazana nalo kuba unyana wekhobokazana akasayi kuba ndlalifa kunye nonyana wekhobokazana umfazi okhululekileyo. 4:31 Ngoko, bazalwana, asingabantwana bekhobokazana thina; simahla.