KubaseGalathiya 1:1-24
1 Mine Pawula, umphostoli longazange atfunywe bantfu nobe abekwe ngumuntfu, kodvwa lowabekwa nguJesu Khristu+ naNkulunkulu longuBabe,+ lowavusa Khristu ekufeni,
2 ngibhalela emabandla aseGalathiya nginabo bonkhe bazalwane labanami:
3 Shengatsi ningemukela umusa lomkhulu kanye nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu longuBabe wetfu, naseNkhosini lenguJesu Khristu.
4 Yatinikela ngenca yetono tetfu+ kuze isikhulule kulelive+ lelibi* lelikhona nyalo, ngekuvumelana nentsandvo yaNkulunkulu wetfu longuBabe,+
5 lokufanele akhatinyuliswe phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
6 Kuyangimangalisa kutsi senimhlubuke masinyane* kangaka Loyo lowanibita ngemusa lomkhulu waKhristu, futsi naya kulolunye luhlobo lwetindzaba letimnandzi.+
7 Kodvwa kute letinye; kuphela nje kutsi labanye bayanihlupha+ futsi bafuna kugucula letindzaba letimnandzi letimayelana naKhristu.
8 Nangabe kukhona ingilosi levela ezulwini nobe lomunye kitsi lomemetela lokutsite atsi kutindzaba letimnandzi, kube kwehlukile kuleto lesatimemetela kini, akacalekiswe.
9 Njengobe sesishito, ngiphindze ngiyasho ngitsi: Nobe ngubani lomemetela lokutsite atsi kutindzaba letimnandzi, kube kwehlukile kuleto lenatemukela, akacalekiswe.
10 Manje ngetama kwemukelwa bantfu yini nobe kwemukelwa nguNkulunkulu? Ngifuna kujabulisa bantfu yini? Nangabe ngisajabulisa bantfu, bengingeke ngibe sigcili saKhristu.
11 Bazalwane, ngifuna nati kutsi letindzaba letimnandzi lengatimemetela kini ativeli kubantfu;+
12 ngobe angizange ngitemukele kumuntfu nobe ngifundziswe tona, kodvwa ngatembulelwa nguJesu Khristu.
13 Nine neva ngekutiphatsa kwami ngesikhatsi ngiseseNkholweni YebuJuda,+ kutsi ngachubeka ngilihlupha kamatima libandla laNkulunkulu, ngetama nekulicedza;+
14 futsi bengitfutfuka kakhulu kuleNkholo kwendlula bontsanga yami labanyenti esiveni sakitsi, ngobe bengiwashisekela kakhulu emasiko abobabe.+
15 Kodvwa ngesikhatsi Nkulunkulu lowangikhipha esiswini samake futsi wangibita ngemusa wakhe lomkhulu,+ akubona kukuhle
16 kutsi embule iNdvodzana yakhe ngami, kuze ngimemetele tindzaba letimnandzi ngayo etiveni,+ angibutanga muntfu;*
17 futsi angizange ngiye eJerusalema kulabo lababa baphostoli kucala kunami, kodvwa ngaya e-Arabhiya, ngase ngibuyela eDamaseko.+
18 Ngemuva kweminyaka lemitsatfu ngaya eJerusalema+ ngayovakashela Khefase,*+ futsi ngahlala naye emalanga langu-15.
19 Kodvwa angibabonanga labanye baphostoli, ngaphandle kwaJakobe+ umnakabo weNkhosi.
20 Mayelana netintfo lenginibhalela tona, ngiyanicinisekisa embikwaNkulunkulu kutsi angikhulumi emanga.
21 Ngemuva kwaloko, ngaya etifundzeni taseSiriya naseSilisiya.+
22 Kodvwa emabandla aseJudiya lebekamunye naKhristu bekangakaze angibone.
23 Bekamane agcine ngekuva kutsiwa: “Lomuntfu lobekasiphatsa kabi+ sewumemetela tindzaba letimnandzi ngalokukholwa lebekake wetama kukucedza.”+
24 Ngako abese akhatimulisa Nkulunkulu ngenca yaloko lokwenteka kimi.
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ Nobe “kulesikhatsi lesibi.” Fundza Tinchazelo Temagama.
^ Nobe “senisheshe nesuka.”
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “inyama nengati.”
^ Ubitwa nangekutsi nguPhetro.
