KwebeGalatiya 4:1-31
4 Nje-ke ngithi lokha indlalifa nayisesemntwana omncani, ayikahluki esigqileni nanyana iyikosi yezinto zoke
2 kodwana ingaphasi kwabaphathi nabatlhogomeli bekube lilanga elibekwe nguyise kusesengaphambili.
3 Nathi ngokufanako, nasisesebantwana, besigqilazwe zizinto zobuntwana zephasi.+
4 Kodwana nakuphela isikhathi esibekiweko, uZimu wathumela iNdodanakhe, eyabelethwa mfazi+ begodu ebeyingaphasi komthetho+
5 bona itjhaphulule labo abangaphasi komthetho+ ngokubathenga bona sifumane ukumbelekelwa njengamadodana.+
6 Nje-ke ngombana nimadodana, uZimu uthumele ummoya+ weNdodanakhe eenhliziyweni zethu,+ wona uyarhuwelela uthi: “Abha,* Baba!”+
7 Nje-ke aniseseziingqila kodwana nimadodana; yeke nanimadodana kaZimu uzoninikela ilifa.+
8 Nanyana kunjalo, ngesikhathi ningakamazi uZimu, benigqilazwe bozimu bamala.
9 Kodwana njengombana senazi uZimu namkha senaziwa nguZimu, kuza njani bona nibuyele ezintweni zobuntwana ezibogabogako+ nezililize, nifune ukuba ziingqila zazo godu?+
10 Ngokutjheja okukhulu, nihlonipha amalanga neenyanga+ neenkhathi neminyaka.
11 Ngiyanisabela ukuthi ngasuthi ngidlale ngamandlami kini.
12 Ngiyanirabhela bafowethu, yibani njengami ngombana nami khengaba njengani.+ Akukho okumbi eningenze khona.
13 Kodwana niyazi ukuthi bekukugula enyameni okwangenza ngafumana ithuba lokumemezela iindaba ezimnandi kini.
14 Nanyana ubujamo bepilwami bebusilingo kini, azange ningidelele namkha ninginyenye;* nangamukela njengengilozi kaZimu, njengoKrestu Jesu.
15 Liphi ithabo ebeninalo? Ngombana ngiyafakaza ukuthi ngathana bekukghoneka, benizokugobhodlha amehlwenu ninginikele wona.+
16 Nje-ke, kghani sengibe linaba lenu ngombana nginitjela iqiniso?
17 Banetjisakalo yokunithumbela kibo kodwana lokho abakwenzi ngomnqopho omuhle; bafuna ukunihlukanisa nami ukuthi nibe netjisakalo yokulandela bona.
18 Nanyana kunjalo, kuhle ngaso soke isikhathi bona othileko anifune ngetjiseko ngomnqopho omuhle begodu ingasi nanginani kwaphela,
19 bantwanyana bami,+ enginemirhelo ngani godu bekube kulapho uKrestu akheka kini.
20 Okwanjesi ngifisa ngathana ngingaba nani, ngikhulume ngendlela ehlukileko ngombana niyangirara.
21 Akhe ningitjele nina enifuna ukuba ngaphasi komthetho: Aniwuzwa umThetho na?
22 Ngokwesibonelo, kutloliwe ukuthi u-Abrahama waba namadodana amabili, enye ngomntazana osisebenzi+ enye ngomfazi otjhaphulukileko*+
23 kodwana loyo owabelethwa mntazana osisebenzi, wabelethwa ngendlela ejayelekileko*+ kwathi loyo owabelethwa ngomfazi otjhaphulukileko, wabelethwa ngesithembiso.+
24 Izintwezi zingaqalwa njengedrama engokomfanekiso; ngombana abafazaba bajamele iimvumelwano ezimbili, esinye ngeseNtabeni yeSinayi,+ esibeletha abantwana bobugqila, esinguHagari.
25 Nje-ke uHagari ujamele iSinayi,+ intaba ese-Arabhiya, ufanekisela iJerusalema lanamhlanjesi ngombana lisebugqileni nabantwabalo.
26 Kodwana iJerusalema laphezulu litjhaphulukile begodu lingumma kithi.
27 Ngombana kutloliwe ukuthi: “Thaba, wena mfazi oyinyumba; rhuwelela ngethabo, wena mfazi ongananhlungu zokubeletha ngombana abantwana bomfazi olahliweko babe banengi kunebaloyo onendoda.”+
28 Nje-ke nina bafowethu, nibantwana besithembiso njengo-Isaka.+
29 Kodwana njengesikhathineso loyo owabelethwa ngendlela ejayelekileko* wathoma ukutlhorisa loyo obelethwe ngommoya,+ nanamhlanjesi kwenzeka okufanako.+
30 Nanyana kunjalo, uthini umtlolo? “Qotha umntazana osisebenzi nendodanakhe ngombana indodana yomntazana osisebenzi angekhe ibe yindlalifa nendodana yomfazi otjhaphulukileko.”+
31 Nje-ke bafowethu, asisibantwana bomntazana osisebenzi kodwana bomfazi otjhaphulukileko.
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ Libizo lesiHebheru namkha lesi-Aramu elitjho ukuthi “Baba.”
^ Namkha “ningikhafulele.”
^ Kutjho umfazi ongasisigqila.
^ NgesiGirigi, “engokwenyama.”
^ NgesiGirigi, “ngokwenyama.”
