KwabaseGalathiya 3:1-14

Maye ziwula zamaGalathiya! Niluthwe ngubani nina enachazelwa ngoJesu Khristu ebethelwe esiphambanweni, kwaba sengathi nimbona ngamehlo na? Ngifuna ukwazi lokhu kuphela kini, ukuthi namamukela uMoya ngemisebenzi yomthetho noma ngokuzwa izwi lokukholwa na? Nilutheke kangako yini ukuba nithi niqale kuMoya, kodwa senigcina ngemisebenzi yenyama na? Nahlushwa ngazo zonke lezi zinto ngeze na? Phela lokho impela kungabe kwakuyize. Ngabe oninika uMoya aveze imisebenzi yamandla phakathi kwenu ukwenza lokho ngenxa yemisebenzi yomthetho noma ngokuzwa izwi lokukholwa na? Njengalokho u-Abhrahama akholwa nguNkulunkulu, kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi kungukulunga, yazini lokhu ukuthi abokukholwa yibo abalulibo luka-Abhrahama. Umbhalo wakubona ngaphambi kwalokho ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakuzilungisisa izizwe ngokukholwa, ngakho-ke ivangeli lashunyayelwa phambilini ku-Abhrahama, ukuthi: “Zonke izizwe ziyakubusiswa kuwe.” Ngalokho-ke abokukholwa babusisiwe kanye no-Abhrahama owayekholwa. Ngokuba bonke abayeme emisebenzini yomthetho, baphansi kwesiqalekiso, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Baqalekisiwe bonke abangabambeleli, bakwenze konke njalo okulotshwe encwadini yomthetho.” Kusobala manje ukuthi akekho umuntu olungisiswa ngomthetho phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ngokuba olungileyo uzakuphila ngokukholwa. Kepha umthetho awusiwo owokukholwa, kodwa lowo owenza zonke lezi zinto uyakuphila ngazo. UKhristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho ngokwenziwa abe yisiqalekiso ngenxa yethu, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Baqalekisiwe bonke abalengiswa emthini,” ukuba isibusiso sika-Abhrahama ngoJesu Khristu sifinyelele kwabezizwe, ukuze samukeliswe isithembiso sikaMoya ngokukholwa.