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.