KwabaseGalathiya
3 Hawu maGalathiya ehluleka ukucabanga! Ngubani oseliyengele ezintweni ezimbi,+ khona kwacaciswa phambi kwenu ukubethelwa kukaJesu Khristu esigodweni?+ 2 Nansi into eyodwa engifuna ukulibuza yona: Umoya lawemukela ngokwenza imisebenzi yomthetho yini kumbe ngokukholwa lokho elakuzwayo?+ 3 Kanti alicabangi kangaka? Njengoba liqalise lihamba ngomoya, kungani seliqedisa uhambo lwenu ngokuhamba ngendlela yabantu bomhlaba?+ 4 Lalihluphekela ize yini ngesikhathi lisehlelwa zinhlupho ezinengi kangaka? Ngileqiniso lokuthi alihluphekelanga ize. 5 Lowo olipha umoya, enze lezimangaliso+ phakathi kwenu, wenza lokho ngenxa yokuthi lenza imisebenzi yomthetho yini kumbe ngenxa yokuthi liyazikholwa izinto elazizwayo? 6 Phela lo-Abrahama “wakholwa kuJehova* kwathiwa ulungile.”+
7 Likwazi mhlophe ukuthi ababambelela ekukholweni yibo abangamadodana ka-Abrahama.+ 8 Kudala umbhalo watshengisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayezakuthi abantu bezinye izizwe balungile ngenxa yokholo. UNkulunkulu watshela u-Abrahama izindaba ezinhle wathi: “Zonke izizwe zizabusiswa ngawe.”+ 9 Ngakho ababambelela ekukholweni babusiswa lo-Abrahama owayelokholo.+
10 Bonke abathembele emisebenzini yomthetho bangaphansi kwesiqalekiso ngoba kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Uqalekisiwe wonke umuntu ongaqhubeki elandela zonke izinto ezisencwadinimgoqwa yoMthetho.”+ 11 Phezu kwalokho kuyacaca ukuthi akulamuntu uNkulunkulu athi ulungile ngenxa yomthetho+ ngoba “olungileyo uzaphila ngenxa yokholo.”+ 12 UMthetho wona awusekelwanga ekukholweni. Kodwa “loba ngubani owenza izinto lezi uzaphila ngazo.”+ 13 UKhristu wasithenga+ wasikhulula+ esiqalekisweni soMthetho ngokuba yisiqalekiso esikhundleni sethu, njengoba kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Wonke umuntu olengiswe esigodweni uqalekisiwe.”+ 14 Lokhu kwenzelwa ukuthi isibusiso sika-Abrahama sifike kwabezinye izizwe ngoKhristu uJesu+ ukuze umoya esasiwuthenjisiwe+ siwuthole ngokholo lwethu.
15 Bafowethu, lapha ngizasebenzisa umzekeliso walokho okwenzakala ebantwini: Nxa isivumelwano sesenziwe, kakho osesulayo kumbe ongezelela okuthile kuso lanxa senziwe ngumuntu nje. 16 Izithembiso zatshelwa u-Abrahama lenzalo yakhe.+ Umbhalo kawutsho ukuthi, “lasezizukulwaneni zakho,” angathi kutshiwo abantu abanengi. Kodwa uthi, “lasenzalweni yakho,” usitsho umuntu oyedwa, uKhristu.+ 17 Nanku okunye engikutshoyo: UMthetho owabakhona ngemva kweminyaka engu-430+ awusesuli isivumelwano uNkulunkulu ayesesenzile njalo awusichithi isithembiso. 18 Nxa ilifa lisekelwe emthethweni liyabe lingasasekelwanga esithembisweni, kodwa ngomusa wakhe uNkulunkulu uphe u-Abrahama ilifa ngesithembiso.+
19 Pho uMthetho wawungowani? Wafakwa ukuze uveze iziphambeko+ kuze kufike inzalo+ okwakwenziwe kuyo isithembiso njalo wadluliselwa ngezingilosi+ ngesandla somlamuli.+ 20 Nxa kulomuntu oyedwa kuphela umlamuli kafunakali, kodwa uNkulunkulu yena wasenza eyedwa lesosithembiso.* 21 Pho uMthetho uphikisana lezithembiso zikaNkulunkulu yini? Ngitsho lakancane! Aluba abantu babephiwe umthetho owawungaletha ukuphila, ukulunga kwakuzabe kutholakala ngomthetho. 22 Kodwa iMibhalo yatshengisa ukuthi abantu bayizigqili zesono ukuze isithembiso esibakhona ngokukholwa kuJesu Khristu siphiwe labo abalokholo.
23 Lanxa kunjalo, sasigcinwe ngaphansi komthetho ukholo lungakafiki, sivalelwe yiwo njalo silindele ukholo olwaseluzavezwa.+ 24 Ngakho uMthetho waba ngumkhokheli* wethu owasikhokhela usisa kuKhristu+ ukuze kuthiwe silungile ngokholo.+ 25 Kodwa khathesi asisekho ngaphansi kwalowomkhokheli*+ ngoba ukholo selufikile.+
26 Lonke lingamadodana kaNkulunkulu+ ngokukholwa kuKhristu uJesu+ 27 ngoba lonke elabhabhathizelwa kuKhristu seligqoke uKhristu.+ 28 AkulamJuda kumbe umGrikhi,+ akulasigqili kumbe okhululekileyo,+ akulandoda kumbe owesifazana+ ngoba lonke limanyene loKhristu uJesu.+ 29 Kanti njalo nxa lingabakaKhristu liyinzalo ka-Abrahama sibili,+ lizindlalifa+ ngokuvumelana lesithembiso.+