Bible Society of South Africa

To The Word – Day 25

Catch-Up Day (Galatians 1–6)

Um(Imi)bhalo weBhayibheli

KwabaseGalathiya 1

Isibingelelo

1UPawulu, umphostoli ongaveli kubantu noma ngomuntu, kodwa ngoJesu Kristu noNkulunkulu uYise owamvusa kwabafileyo, 2nabazalwane bonke abanami kuwo amabandla aseGalathiya:

3Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini yethu uJesu Kristu 4owazinikela ngenxa yezono zethu, ukuze asophule kuleli zwe elibi lamanje ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu uBaba wethu; 5makube kuye udumo kuze kube phakade. Amen.

Ukuhlubuka kwabaseGalathiya kulo ivangeli eliyilo

6Ngiyamangala ngokuba nimhlubuka masinya kangaka yena owanibizela emuseni kaKristu, niye kwelinye ivangeli, 7elingesilo elinye, kuphela ukuba bakhona abanididayo, bethanda ukuphendukezela ivangeli likaKristu. 8Kepha-ke noma kungaba yithina noma ingelosi evela ezulwini enishumayeza ivangeli eliphambene nalelo esanishumayeza lona, makabe ngoqalekisiweyo. 9Njengalokho sesishilo, ngisaphinda nakalokhu, ngithi: Uma umuntu enishumayeza ivangeli eliphambene nalelo enalamukelayo, makabe ngoqalekisiweyo.

UPawulu wathola ubuphostoli kuNkulunkulu

10Ngokuba manje ngizincengela kubantu noma kuNkulunkulu na? Kukho, ngifuna ukuzikholekisa kubantu yini? Uma bengisazikholekisa kubantu, kungaba angisiyo inceku kaKristu.

11Ngokuba ngiyanazisa, bazalwane, ukuba ivangeli elishunyayelwe yimina alisilo elingokwabantu. 12Ngokuba nami angilamukeliswanga ngumuntu, futhi angilifundiswanga, kepha ngilithole ngokwambulelwa nguJesu Kristu.

13Nizwile phela lokhu ngenkambo yami yakuqala ebuJudeni ukuthi ngalizingela kakhulu ibandla likaNkulunkulu, ngalichitha, 14futhi ebuJudeni ngabadlula abaningi abayintanga yami kwabakithi, ngishisekela kakhulu kunabo amasiko awokhokho. 15Kepha-ke mhla kwaba kuhle kuNkulunkulu owangahlukanisela kwasesiswini sikamame, wangibiza ngomusa wakhe 16ukuba ayambule iNdodana yakhe kimi, ukuze ngiyishumayele phakathi kwabezizwe, khona lapho angibuzananga nenyama negazi, 17futhi angenyukelanga eJerusalema kubona ababe ngabaphostoli ngaphambi kwami, kodwa ngamuka ngaya e-Arabiya, ngaphinda ngabuyela eDamaseku.

18Kwathi emva kweminyaka emithathu ngenyukela eJerusalema ukubona uKhefase; ngahlala kuye izinsuku eziyishumi nanhlanu. 19Kepha angibonanga omunye wabaphostoli, kuphela uJakobe umnawe weNkosi. 20Kulokhu-ke enginilobela khona bhekani, phambi kukaNkulunkulu, angiqambi amanga. 21Emva kwalokho ngeza emazweni aseSiriya naseKhilikhiya. 22Ngangisengongaziwayo ngobuso emabandleni aseJudiya akuKristu, 23abesezwile nje ukuthi: “Lowo okade esizingela useshumayela ukukholwa akade ekuchitha.” 24Ayesedumisa uNkulunkulu ngami.

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KwabaseGalathiya 2

Ivangeli elishunyayelwa nguPawulu lamukelwa ngabaphostoli baseJerusalema

1Kwathi emva kweminyaka eyishumi nane ngabuye ngenyukela eJerusalema kanye noBarnaba, ngithatha noThithu futhi. 2Kepha ngenyukela ngambulelwe; ngabalandisa ivangeli engilishumayela phakathi kwabezizwe, kepha phambi kwabadumileyo bebodwa, funa mhlawumbe kungaba ngukuthi ngigijimela ize, noma sengagijimela ize. 3Kepha ngisho noThithu owayenami engumGreki kaphoqwanga ukuba asoke. 4Kepha kwaba ngenxa yabazalwane bamanga abangeniswa ngasese, abangena ngokunyenya, bezakuhlola ukukhululeka kwethu esinakho kuKristu Jesu, ukuze basenze izigqila, 5esingabahlehlelanga nasikhashana ngokubathobela, ukuze iqiniso levangeli lime njalo kinina.

6Kepha kwabadumile ngokuthi bayinto – nokuba babe yini, akulutho kimi; uNkulunkulu akakhethi ubuso bamuntu – ngokuba kimi abadumileyo abenezelanga lutho. 7Kepha kunalokho, lapho bebona ukuthi ngithenjiwe ngevangeli kwabangasokiyo njengoPetru kwabasokayo, 8ngokuba yena owanika uPetru amandla ukuba abe ngumphostoli wabasokayo wanginika nami amandla ukuba ngibe ngumphostoli wabezizwe, 9bathi ukubona umusa engiwuphiweyo, oJakobe noKhefase noJohane, ababaziswa ngokuthi bayizinsika, banika mina noBarnaba isandla sokunene sokuhlangana ukuba thina siye kwabezizwe, kepha bona baye kwabasokayo, 10kuphela ukuba sikhumbule abampofu, eyonanto nami ebengikhuthalele ukuyenza.

UPawulu walwela ivangeli emelene noPetru e-Antiyokiya

11Kepha ekufikeni kukaKhefase e-Antiyokiya ngamelana naye ubuso nobuso, ngokuba wayenecala. 12Ngokuba bengakafiki abanye ababevela kuJakobe, wayedla nabezizwe; kepha kuthe ukuba kufike bona, wamonyuka, wazahlukanisa nabo, esaba abokusoka. 13Nabanye abaJuda futhi bazenzisa kanye naye, waze wathatheka noBarnaba ngokuzenzisa kwabo.

14Kepha kuthe sengibonile ukuthi kabahambisi ngokweqiniso levangeli, ngathi kuKhefase phambi kwabo bonke: “Uma wena ongumJuda uhamba ngokwabezizwe, ungahambi ngokwabaJuda, ubaphoqa kanjani abezizwe ukuba bahambe ngokwabaJuda na?

15“Thina singabaJuda ngemvelo, singesizo izoni zabezizwe; 16kepha lokhu sazi ukuthi umuntu akalungisiswa ngemisebenzi yomthetho, kuphela ngokukholwa nguKristu Jesu, nathi sakholwa nguKristu Jesu ukuba silungisiswe ngokukholwa nguKristu kungengemisebenzi yomthetho; ngokuba ngemisebenzi yomthetho akuyikulungisiswa nyama.

17“Kepha uma thina, lapho sifuna ukulungisiswa ngoKristu, nathi uqobo safunyanwa siyizoni, kanti uKristu uyisikhonzi sesono na? Qha nakanye. 18Ngokuba uma ngibuye ngakhe engikudilizileyo, ngifakaza ukuthi ngingoweqa umthetho. 19Ngokuba ngomthetho mina ngafa kuwo umthetho, ukuze ngiphilele uNkulunkulu. Ngibethelwe kanye noKristu; 20akuseyimi ophilayo, kepha uKristu uphila kimi; kodwa ukuphila engikuphilayo kalokhu enyameni ngikuphila ngokukholwa, okungukukholwa yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu eyangithandayo, yazinikela ngenxa yami. 21Angiwenzi ize umusa kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba uma ukulunga kuya ngomthetho, khona uKristu wafela ize.”

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KwabaseGalathiya 3

UMoya uyamukelwa ngokukholwa

1O nina maGalathiya angaqondiyo! Ngubani oniloyileyo nina enalotshelwa phambi kwamehlo enu umfanekiso kaJesu Kristu ebethelwe esiphambanweni na? 2Yilokhu kuphela engithanda ukukwazi kinina ukuthi: Namukeliswa uMoya ngemisebenzi yomthetho noma ngezwi lokukholwa na? 3Niwulekile kangaka na? Niqalile kuMoya seniyakugcina enyameni na? 4Nahlupheka kangaka ngeze na? uma kambe kungeze. 5Ngakho yena oninikayo uMoya noveza imisebenzi yamandla phakathi kwenu ukwenza ngemisebenzi yomthetho noma ngezwi lokukholwa na?

Umuntu uyalungisiswa ngokukholwa

6Njengalokho u-Abrahama wakholwa nguNkulunkulu, kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi ngukulunga. 7Yazini-ke ukuthi abokukholwa yibona abangamadodana ka-Abrahama. 8Kepha umbhalo, ubona ngaphambili ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzakulungisisa abezizwe ngokukholwa, walishumayela ngaphambili ivangeli ku-Abrahama, wathi: “Izizwe zonke ziyakubusiswa kuwe.” 9Njalo-ke abokukholwa bayabusiswa kanye no-Abrahama okholwayo.

10Ngokuba bonke abemisebenzi yomthetho baphansi kwesiqalekiso, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Baqalekisiwe bonke abangemi njalo kukho konke okulotshiweyo encwadini yomthetho ukuba bakwenze.” 11Kepha ukuthi ngomthetho akukho muntu olungisiswayo phambi kukaNkulunkulu kusobala, ngokuba olungileyo uzakuphila ngokukholwa; 12ngokuba umthetho awusiwo owokukholwa, kodwa owenza lokho uyakuphila ngakho. 13UKristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho, ebenziwe isiqalekiso ngenxa yethu, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Baqalekisiwe bonke abalenga emthini,” 14ukuba isibusiso sika-Abrahama ngoKristu Jesu sifike kubo abezizwe, ukuze samukeliswe isithembiso sikaMoya ngokukholwa.

Isithembiso asichithwa ngumthetho

15Bazalwane, ngikhulumisa okwabantu: nokuba kuyintando yokugcina yomuntu eyaqiniswayo, akakho oyichithayo noma enezele kuyo. 16Manje-ke izithembiso zanikwa u-Abrahama nenzalo yakhe; akasho ukuthi: “Ezinzalweni,” kungathi ngeziningi, kepha kungathi ngeyodwa ukuthi: Nasenzalweni yakho enguKristu. 17Kepha ngisho lokhu ukuthi isivumelwano esaqiniswa nguNkulunkulu ngaphambili, umthetho owavela emva kweminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi amathathu, awusesuli, uze usichithe isithembiso; 18ngokuba uma ifa likhona ngomthetho, alikho ngesithembiso; kepha uNkulunkulu umnikile lona u-Abrahama ngesithembiso.

19Pho, umthetho uyini na? Wenezelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko, kuze kufike inzalo enikiwe isithembiso, umisiwe ngezingelosi, ngesandla somlamuleli. 20Kepha umlamuleli kasiye owamunye; kepha uNkulunkulu munye.

21Pho-ke, umthetho uphambene nezithembiso zikaNkulunkulu na? Qha nakanye. Ngokuba uma wawunikiwe umthetho onamandla okuphilisa, ngempela ukulungisiswa ngakuya ngomthetho. 22Kepha umbhalo uvalele konke phansi kwesono, ukuze isithembiso ngokukholwa nguJesu Kristu siphiwe abakholwayo.

Umthetho ongumlayi uyisa kuKristu

23Kepha kungakafiki ukukholwa, sasigcinwa phansi komthetho, sivalelwe kuze kufike ukukholwa obekuzakwambulwa. 24Njalo-ke umthetho sewaba ngumlayi wethu wokusiyisa kuKristu, ukuze silungisiswe ngokukholwa. 25Kepha-ke sekufikile ukukholwa, asisephansi komlayi.

26Ngokuba nonke ningabantwana bakaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa kuKristu. 27Ngokuba nonke enabhapathizelwa kuKristu nembatha uKristu. 28Akakho umJuda nomGreki, akakho oboshiweyo nokhululekileyo, akakho owesilisa nowesifazane, ngokuba nina nonke nimunye kuKristu Jesu. 29Kepha uma ningabakaKristu, seniyinzalo ka-Abrahama, niyizindlalifa ngokwesithembiso.

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KwabaseGalathiya 4

NgoKristu sithola ukuba sibe ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu

1Kepha ngithi ngesikhathi indlalifa iseyingane, kayahlukile ngalutho encekwini, ingani iyinkosi yakho konke; 2kodwa iphansi kwabaphathi nababonisi, kuze kube yisikhathi esamiswa nguyise ngaphambili. 3Kanjalo nathi, lapho siseyizingane, sasisebugqileni phansi kwezifundiso zobungane zezwe; 4kepha lapho sekufikile ukuphelela kwesikhathi, uNkulunkulu wathuma iNdodana yakhe, izelwe ngowesifazane, izelwe phansi komthetho, 5ukuze ihlenge abaphansi komthetho ukuba samukele ukuma kwamadodana. 6Lokhu ningamadodana, uNkulunkulu uthumile uMoya weNdodana yakhe ezinhliziyweni zenu omemeza ethi: “Aba, Baba!” 7Njalo-ke awuseyiyo inceku, kepha usuyindodana; kepha uma uyindodana, uyindlalifa futhi ngaye uNkulunkulu.

8Kepha ngaleso sikhathi ningamazi uNkulunkulu naniyizigqila phansi kwalabo abangesibo onkulunkulu ngemvelo; 9kepha manje, njengalokhu senimazi uNkulunkulu, yebo, phezu kwalokho, niyaziwa nguNkulunkulu, kukanjani ukuba nibuyele ezifundisweni zobungane ezilulana nezingelutho, enithanda ukuphinda nibe yizigqila zazo na? 10Nigcina izinsuku, nezinyanga, nezikhathi, neminyaka. 11Nginovalo ngani ukuthi mhlawumbe nginihluphekele ngeze.

12Yibani njengami, ngokuba nami nginjengani; bazalwane, ngiyanincenga. Aningonanga ngalutho; 13kepha niyazi ukuthi kwaba ngenxa yobuthakathaka benyama ukuba ngishumayele ivangeli kini okokuqala, 14nokulingwa kwenu ngenyama yami anikudelelanga, aninengwanga yikho, kodwa nangamukela ngokungathi ngiyingelosi kaNkulunkulu, ngokungathi nginguKristu Jesu. 15Pho, sekwayaphi ukuzihalalisela kwenu na? Ngokuba ngiyanifakazela ngokuthi, uma kwakungenzeka, nanizakukhipha amehlo enu, ninginike wona. 16Konje sengaba yisitha kini ngokunishumayeza iqiniso na?

17Banishisekela ngokungekuhle, yebo, bafuna ukunivalela ngaphandle, ukuze nishisekele bona. 18Kepha kuhle ukushisekelelwa ngento enhle njalonjalo, kungabi nxa ngikhona kini kuphela, 19bantwana bami, enginemihelo futhi ngani, uKristu aze abunjwe phakathi kini; 20kepha bengingathanda ngibe khona kini manje, ngiguqule izwi lami, ngokuba ngididekile ngani.

OSara noHagari bayimifanekiso yezivumelwano ezimbili

21Ngitsheleni nina enithanda ukuba phansi komthetho, aniwuzwa yini umthetho na? 22Ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi u-Abrahama wayenamadodana amabili, enye kuso isigqilakazi nenye kokhululekileyo. 23Kodwa eyesigqilakazi izelwe ngokwenyama, kepha eyokhululekileyo izelwe ngesithembiso.

24Lokhu kungukufanekisa; ngokuba laba bayizivumelwano ezimbili, esinye ngesasentabeni yaseSinayi, esizalela ubugqila, esinguHagari. 25Kepha uHagari lo uyintaba yaseSinayi e-Arabiya, eqondene neJerusalema lakalokhu, ngokuba lisebugqileni nabantwana balo. 26Kepha iJerusalema eliphezulu likhululekile, lona lingumame wethu. 27Ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi:

“Thokoza wena nyumba ongazaliyo;

mpompoloza wena ongenamihelo;

ngokuba abantwana boyisikhwebu baningi

kunabakhe onendoda.”

28Kepha nina bazalwane, njengo-Isaka ningabantwana besithembiso. 29Kepha njengakuleso sikhathi owazalwa ngokwenyama wazingela owazalwa ngokoMoya, kunjalo-ke namanje. 30Kodwa umbhalo uthini na? Uthi: “Xosha isigqilakazi nendodana yaso, ngokuba indodana yesigqilakazi ayisoze yalidla ifa kanye nendodana yokhululekileyo.” 31Ngakho-ke, bazalwane, asisibo abantwana besigqilakazi, singabokhululekileyo.

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KwabaseGalathiya 5

Isiyalezo sokuphatha kahle inkululeko engobuKristu

1UKristu wasikhulula ukuba sibe nenkululeko; ngakho-ke yimani niqine, ningabe nisaboshelwa ejokeni lobugqila. 2Bhekani, mina Pawulu ngithi kini, uma nisoka, uKristu kayikunisiza ngalutho. 3Ngiyaphinda ngiqinisa kumuntu wonke osokayo ukuthi unecala lokugcina umthetho wonke. 4Nahlukene noKristu nina nonke enifuna ukulungisiswa ngomthetho; niwile emseni. 5Ngokuba thina ngaye uMoya sihlalela ithemba lokulungisiswa ngokukholwa. 6Ngokuba kuKristu Jesu akusizi lutho ukusoka nokungasoki, kepha kuphela ukukholwa okusebenza ngothando.

7Benigijima kahle; pho, nithiywe ngubani ukuba ningalaleli iqiniso na? 8Lokho kuyenga akuveli konibizayo. 9Imvubelo eyingcosana ibilisa inhlama yonke. 10Nginethemba ngani eNkosini ukuthi aniyikuba nawo omunye umqondo; kepha onikhathazayo uyakuthwala ukwahlulelwa kwakhe, noma engubani. 11Kepha mina, bazalwane, uma ngisashumayela ukusoka, ngisazingelelwani na? Ngabe siphelile isikhubekiso sesiphambano. 12Sengathi bangazihuna abaninyakazisayo.

Imisebenzi yenyama nezithelo zikaMoya

13Ngokuba nina bazalwane nabizelwa ekukhululekeni. Kuphela ningakwenzi ukukhululeka kube yithuba enyameni, kepha khonzanani ngothando. 14Ngokuba umthetho wonke ugcwalisiwe ezwini linye lokuthi: “Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengokuba uzithanda wena.” 15Kepha uma nilumana, nidlana, qaphelani ukuba ningaqedani.

16Kepha ngithi: Hambani ngoMoya, khona aniyikufeza izinkanuko zenyama. 17Ngokuba inyama ikhanuka okuphambene noMoya, kepha uMoya ukhanuka okuphambene nenyama; ngokuba lezi zinto ziyamelana, ukuze ningenzi lokho enikuthandayo. 18Kepha uma niholwa nguMoya, aniphansi komthetho.

19Kepha imisebenzi yenyama isobala, engukuthi: ubufebe, nokungcola, namanyala, 20nokukhonza izithombe, nokuthakatha, nobutha, nokulwa, nomona, nokuthukuthela, nokubanga, nokwalana, nokwahlukana, 21nomhawu, nokudakwa, nokuxokozela, nokunjalo engandulela ukunitshela ngakho, njengokuba senganitshela ukuthi abenza okunje abayikulidla ifa lombuso kaNkulunkulu.

22Kepha izithelo zikaMoya ziluthando, nokujabula, nokuthula, nokubekezela, nobubele, nobuvi, nokukholeka, 23nobumnene, nokuzithiba. Akukho mthetho omelana nokunjalo. 24Kepha abakaKristu Jesu babethele esiphambanweni inyama kanye nokuhuheka nezinkanuko. 25Uma siphila ngoMoya, masihambe futhi ngoMoya. 26Masingafuni udumo oluze, siqalana, sifelane umhawu.

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KwabaseGalathiya 6

Iziyalezo zokugcina

1Bazalwane, uma umuntu ehlelwa yisiphambeko, nina bomoya mbuyiseni onjalo ngomoya wobumnene; uzibheke wena, funa uyengwe nawe. 2Thwalisanani imithwalo yenu, nigcwalise kanjalo umthetho kaKristu. 3Ngokuba uma umuntu ezishaya utho, engelutho, uyazikhohlisa. 4Kepha makube yilowo nalowo ahlole owakhe umsebenzi, yikhona eyakuba nokubongwa ngokungokwakhe yedwa, kungengokomunye, 5ngokuba yilowo nalowo uyakuthwala owakhe umthwalo.

6Kepha yena ofundiswa izwi makahlanganyele nalowo omfundisayo kuzo zonke izinto ezinhle.

7Ningaduki; uNkulunkulu akahlekwa. Ngokuba lokho akuhlwanyelayo umuntu, lokho wokuvuna. 8Ngokuba ohlwanyelela inyama yakhe uyakuvuna ukubhubha kuyo inyama; kepha ohlwanyelela uMoya uyakuvuna ukuphila okuphakade kuMoya. 9Kepha masingakhathali ekwenzeni okuhle, ngokuba siyakuvuna ngesikhathi esifaneleyo, uma singadangali. 10Ngakho-ke njengokuba sinethuba, asenze okuhle kubo bonke, kepha ikakhulu kwabendlu yokukholwa.

Isigcino

11Ake nibone ukuloba okungaka enginilobele ngakho ngesami isandla.

12Bonke abafuna ukubukeka enyameni, yibona abaniphoqela ukusoka, kuphela ukuba bangayikuzingelwa ngenxa yesiphambano sikaKristu. 13Ngokuba ngisho bona abasokayo nabo kabawugcini umthetho, kodwa bathanda ukuba nisoke, ukuze bazibonge ngenyama yenu. 14Kepha kimi makungabikho nakanye ukuzibonga, kuphela ngesiphambano seNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, okubethelwe ngaye izwe kimi nami kulo izwe. 15Ngokuba nakusoka nakungasoki akulutho, isidalwa esisha kuphela. 16Bonke abahamba ngale ndlela makube kubo ukuthula nesihawu, yebo, ku-Israyeli kaNkulunkulu.

17Mangingabe ngisakhathazwa muntu, ngokuba ngiphethe emzimbeni wami izimpawu zikaJesu.

18Umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu mawube nomoya wenu, bazalwane. Amen.

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