KwabaseGalathiya 3:1 O Galathiya abayiziwula, ngubani onilothile, ukuze ningalaleli iqiniso, oJesu Kristu ubekwe ngokusobala phambi kwamehlo akhe, ebethelwe esiphambanweni phakathi kwenu? 3:2 Yilokhu kuphela engingathanda ukukufunda kini: Namukele uMoya ngemisebenzi yakhe ngomlayo, kumbe ngokuzwa lokholo? 3:3 Ingabe niyiziwula kangaka? seniqalile ngoMoya seniphelelisiwe ngenyama? 3:4 Ingabe nahlupheka izinto eziningi kangaka ngeze? uba kuseyize. 3:5 Ngakho-ke lowo onikeza kini uMoya futhi owenza izimangaliso lokhu ukwenza phakathi kwenu ngemisebenzi yomthetho, noma ngokuzwa ukholo? 3:6 Njengoba nje u-Abrahama wakholwa uNkulunkulu, futhi kwabalelwa kuye ukulunga. 3:7 Yazini-ke ukuthi abangabokholo yibona abangabo abantwana baka-Abrahama. 3:8 Futhi umbhalo, ebona kusengaphambili ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayeyokwenza abezizwe balungile ngokusebenzisa ukukholwa, washumayela ivangeli ngaphambili ku-Abrahama, wathi: Kuwena izizwe zonke zibusiswe. 3:9 Ngakho-ke abokukholwa bayabusiswa kanye no-Abrahama okholwayo. 3:10 Ngoba bonke abangabemisebenzi yomthetho bangaphansi kwesiqalekiso kulotshiwe ukuthi: Uqalekisiwe wonke ongahlali kukho konke zilotshiwe encwadini yomthetho ukuba bazenze. 3:11 Kodwa ukuthi akukho muntu olungisiswa ngomthetho phambi kukaNkulunkulu okusobala: ngokuba: Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa. 3:12 Futhi umthetho awusiwo okholweni, kodwa lowo ozenzayo lezi uyakuphila kukho bona. 3:13 UKristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho, esenziwe isiqalekiso ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Uqalekisiwe wonke olenga emthini; 3:14 Ukuze isibusiso sika-Abrahama sibe phezu kwabezizwe ngoJesu uKristu; ukuze samukele isithembiso sikaMoya ngokukholwa. 3:15 Bazalwane, ngikhuluma ngokwabantu; Noma kungeyomuntu kodwa isivumelwano, nokho uma siqinisekiswa, akakho ongasichitha, noma anezele lapho. 3:16 Manje izithembiso zenziwa ku-Abrahama nenzalo yakhe. Akasho ukuthi, Futhi imbewu, kungathi ngeziningi; kodwa kungathi ngeyodwa, Nasenzalweni yakho enguKristu. 3:17 Futhi ngisho lokhu, ukuthi isivumelwano, ukuthi waqiniswa ngaphambili nguNkulunkulu UKristu, umthetho, owaba yiminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi amathathu kamuva, awukwazi chitha, ukuze senze isithembiso sibe yize. 3:18 Ngoba uma ifa livela emthethweni, alisekho ngesithembiso, kodwa uNkulunkulu wamnika uAbrahama ngesithembiso. 3:19 Pho kungani ukhonza umthetho? Wenezelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko, ize ifike inzalo okwathenjiswa kuyo isithembiso; futhi kwaba emiswe yizingilosi esandleni somlamuleli. 3:20 Manje umlamuleli kasiye oyedwa, kodwa uNkulunkulu munye. 3:21 Pho, umthetho uphambene nezithembiso zikaNkulunkulu na? uNkulunkulu makube kude: ngoba uma ekhona kwakunikezwe umthetho owawunganikeza ukuphila, ukulunga ngempela bekufanele kube ngokomthetho. 3:22 Kodwa umbhalo uvalile konke ngaphansi kwesono, ukuthi isithembiso ukukholwa kuJesu Kristu kunikwe abakholwayo. 3:23 Kodwa kungakafiki ukukholwa, sasigcinwa ngaphansi komthetho, sivalelwe kuze kube phakade ukukholwa okufanele kwambulwe emva kwalokho. 3:24 Ngakho-ke umthetho waba umfundisi wethu ukuze usiyise kuKristu, ukuze thina angalungisiswa ngokukholwa. 3:25 Kodwa ngemva kokuba ukholo selufikile, asisekho ngaphansi komfundisi. 3:26 Ngoba nonke ningabantwana bakaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa kuKristu Jesu. 3:27 Ngoba nonke enabhapathizelwa kuKristu nembethe uKristu. 3:28 Akekho umJuda noma umGreki, akekho oboshiwe noma okhululekile nowesilisa nowesifazane, ngokuba nina nonke nimunye kuKristu Jesu. 3:29 Futhi uma ningabakaKristu, khona-ke niyinzalo ka-Abrahama, futhi izindlalifa ngokuvumelana esithembisweni.