KwabaseGalathiya 2

2 ¹Emva kweminyaka eyishumi nane ngabuye ngakhuphukela eJerusalema noBarnaba, ngithatha noThithu futhi. ²Ngakhuphuka ngokwambulelwa ngababekela ivangeli engilishumayela phakathi kwabezizwe—ngasese, kulabo abahlonishwayo—ukuze ngingagijimi, noma ngibe ngigijimile, ngeze. ³Kodwa ngisho noThithu owayenami, nakuba engumGreki, akaphoqwanga ukuba asokwe. ⁴Lokhu kwakungenxa yabazalwane bamanga, abangeniswa ngasese, abanyonyobela ukuhlola inkululeko esinayo kuKhristu uJesu, befuna ukusigqilaza. ⁵Asizange sibavumele ngisho nangomzuzwana, ukuze iqiniso levangeli lihlale kini. ⁶Mayelana nalabo abahlonishwayo—noma babeyini kwami akunamehluko; uBaba wethu akakhethi buso—labo abahlonishwayo abengezanga lutho kimi. ⁷Kunalokho, babona ukuthi ngangiphathiswe ivangeli labangasokiwe, njengoba uPhethro ephathiswe elabasokiweyo. ⁸Ngokuba lowo owasebenza kuPhethro ebuphostolini babasokiweyo wasebenza nakimi kwabezizwe. ⁹Bebona umusa engangiwuphiwe, uJakobe, uPhethro, noJohane—ababethiwa izinsika—banika mina noBarnaba isandla sokunene sobudlelwane: thina siye kwabezizwe, bona baye kwabasokiweyo. ¹⁰Bacela kuphela ukuba sikhumbule abampofu—yona kanye into engangilangazelela ukuyenza.

UPawulu Umelana NoKhefase E-Antiyoki

¹¹Kodwa kwathi uPhethro efika e-Antiyoki, ngamelana naye ebusweni bakhe, ngokuba wayelahliwe. ¹²Ngaphambi kokuba kufike amadoda athile evela kuJakobe, wayedla nabezizwe; kodwa kwathi sebefikile, wahlehla wazehlukanisa, esaba labo abokusoka. ^a a v12 “Labo abokusoka” — amaKhristu angamaJuda ayephikelela ukuthi amakholwa abezizwe kumele asokwe ukuze amukeleke ngokugcwele. ¹³Amanye amaJuda azibandakanya naye kulokhu kuzenzisa, kangangokuthi ngisho noBarnaba wadukiswa ukuzenzisa kwabo. ¹⁴Kodwa kwathi ngibona ukuthi abahambi ngokuqondile ngokweqiniso levangeli, ngathi kuPhethro phambi kwabo bonke: “Uma wena ongumJuda, uphila njengowezizwe, hhayi njengomJuda, ungawaphoqa kanjani abezizwe ukuba baphile njengamaJuda?”

¹⁵Thina ngokwethu singamaJuda ngokuzalwa, hhayi izoni zabezizwe, ¹⁶nokho siyazi ukuthi umuntu akalungisiswa noNkulunkulu ngemisebenzi yomthetho, kodwa ngokukholwa kuJesu Khristu. Nathi sakholwa kuKhristu uJesu, ukuze silungisiswe ngokukholwa kuKhristu, hhayi ngemisebenzi yomthetho—ngokuba imisebenzi yomthetho ayilungisi muntu. ¹⁷Kodwa uma, sifuna ukulungisiswa kuKhristu, nathi sitholakala siyizoni, pho uKhristu uyinceku yesono na? Akunjalo nhlobo! ¹⁸Ngokuba uma ngiphinde ngakhe lokho engakudiliza, ngizibonakalisa ngingumeqi womthetho. ¹⁹Ngokuba ngomthetho ngafa kuwo umthetho, ukuze ngiphilele uBaba wethu. ²⁰Ngabethelwa esiphambanweni kanye noKhristu. Akuseyimi engiphilayo, kodwa nguKhristu ophila kimi. Ukuphila engikuphila manje emzimbeni, ngikuphila ngokukholwa eNdodaneni kaBaba wethu, eyangithanda yazinikela ngenxa yami. ²¹Angiwenqabi umusa kaBaba wethu; uma ukulunga kuvela ngomthetho, khona-ke uKhristu wafela ize.