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.