KwabaseGalathiya 3

3 ¹Nina maGalathiya ayizithutha, ngubani onithakathile na? UJesu Khristu waboniswa phambi kwamehlo enu ebethelwe esiphambanweni. ²Ngifuna ukufunda lokhu kuphela kini: namukela uMoya oNgcwele ngemisebenzi yomthetho, noma ngokuzwa ngokholo na? ³Niyizithutha kangaka na? Njengoba naqala ngoMoya, manje senipheleliswa ngomzamo womuntu na? ⁴Nahlupheka ngezinto eziningi kangaka ngeze na—uma kwakuyize ngempela? ⁵Ngakho-ke uBaba wethu, onipha ngokuchichima uMoya oNgcwele futhi owenza izimangaliso phakathi kwenu, ukwenza lokhu ngemisebenzi yomthetho, noma ngokuzwa ngokholo na? ⁶Kwaba njalo no-Abhrahama: “Wakholwa nguBaba wethu, kwabalelwa kuye njengokulunga.” ⁷Qondani-ke ukuthi labo abanokholo bangabantwana baka-Abhrahama.

⁸UmBhalo, ubona kusengaphambili ukuthi uBaba wethu wayezakuzilungisisa izizwe ngokholo, wamemezela ku-Abhrahama izindaba ezinhle kusengaphambili wathi: “Ngawe izizwe zonke ziyakubusiswa.”

⁹Ngakho labo abanokholo bayabusiswa kanye no-Abhrahama, indoda yokholo.

¹⁰Ngokuba bonke abathembele emisebenzini yomthetho baphansi kwesiqalekiso, njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Uqalekisiwe wonke umuntu ongaqhubeki enza konke okulotshwe eNcwadini yoMthetho.” ¹¹Kusobala ukuthi akekho olungisiswayo phambi kukaBaba wethu ngomthetho: “Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokholo.” ¹²Kodwa umthetho awusekelwe ekholweni; kunalokho, “Owenza lezi zinto uyakuphila ngazo.”

¹³UKhristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho ngokuba isiqalekiso ngenxa yethu—ngokuba umBhalo uthi: “Uqalekisiwe wonke umuntu olengiswa esihlahleni.” ¹⁴Wakwenza lokhu ukuze isibusiso sika-Abhrahama sifike ezizweni ngoKhristu uJesu, ukuze samukele uMoya oNgcwele othenjisiwe ngokholo.

Isithembiso Siyema, uMthetho Uyakhonza

¹⁵Bazalwane, ake ngikhulume ngokwabantu: akekho ochitha noma owengeza esivumelwaneni somuntu esesiqinisiwe. ¹⁶Izithembiso zakhulunywa ku-Abhrahama nasenzalweni yakhe. Awushongo ukuthi “nasezinzalweni,” ezibuningi, kodwa “nasenzalweni yakho,” ebunye, enguKhristu. ¹⁷Nakhu engikushoyo: umthetho, owafika emva kweminyaka engama-430, awusichithi isivumelwano uBaba wethu asesiqinisile kakade, ukuze uphuthazise isithembiso. ¹⁸Uma ifa livela emthethweni, aliseveli esithembisweni—kodwa uBaba wethu walinika u-Abhrahama ngesithembiso.

¹⁹Pho, wawungani umthetho? Wenezelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko, kuze kufike inzalo eyayenzelwe isithembiso—owawuhlelwe ngezingelosi ngesandla somlamuleli. ^a a v19 Isiko lamaJuda lalikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wanikeza umthetho kuMose ngabalamuli abayizingelosi entabeni iSinayi. ²⁰Manje umlamuleli akabi ngowohlangothi olulodwa kuphela; kodwa uBaba wethu munye.

²¹Pho, umthetho uphambene nezithembiso zikaBaba wethu na? Akunjalo nhlobo! Ukuba umthetho ubungakwazi ukunika ukuphila, ngempela ukulunga bekuyakuvela emthethweni. ²²Kodwa umBhalo wavalela konke phansi kwesono, ukuze isithembiso, ngokholo kuJesu Khristu, siphiwe labo abakholwayo.

²³Ngaphambi kokuba lufike ukholo, sasigcinwe phansi komthetho, sivalelwe kuze kwambulwe ukholo oluzayo. ²⁴Ngakho umthetho waba ngumgcini wethu kwaze kwafika uKhristu, ukuze ukholo lusilungisise. ²⁵Kodwa manje njengoba ukholo selufikile, asisekho phansi komgcini.

Abantwana bakaBaba Ngokholo

²⁶Ngokuba kuKhristu uJesu nonke ningabantwana bakaBaba wethu ngokholo. ²⁷Ngokuba nonke enabhapathizelwa kuKhristu nizembathise uKhristu. ²⁸Akukho mJuda namGreki, akukho sigqila namuntu okhululekileyo, akukho mlisa nowesifazane—ngokuba nonke nimunye kuKhristu uJesu. ²⁹Futhi uma ningabakaKhristu, ngakho niyinzalo ka-Abhrahama, izindlalifa ngokwesithembiso.