1Ngisho kutsi-ke: Ngesikhatsi indlalifa iseyincane ayikehlukani nesisebenti, nome ingumnikati wako konkhe. 2Iba ngephansi kwebalindzi nebaphatsi bayo kuze kufike sikhatsi lesabekwa nguyise. 3Kunjalo-ke nakitsi, ngesikhatsi sisebantfwana sasigcilatwe ngimimoya yemvelo. 4Kodvwa kwatsi sikhatsi sesifike ngalokuphelele Nkulunkulu watfumela iNdvodzana yakhe leyatalwa ngumfati, yakhula ingephansi kwemtsetfo, 5khona itebahlawulela labo labangephansi kwemtsetfo, kuze natsi semukeleke njengemadvodzana.
6Njengobe ningemadvodzana akhe nje, Nkulunkulu usitfumelele Moya weNdvodzana yakhe etinhlitiyweni tetfu lobubula atsi: “Babe, Babe wami.” 7Ngako-ke awusesiso sigcili, kodvwa sewuyindvodzana; nawuyindvodzana uyindlalifa yaNkulunkulu ngaKhristu.
Inhlitiyo yaPawula ngemabandla aseGalathiya
8Kodvwa nisengakamati Nkulunkulu nanigcilatwe bonkulunkulumbumbulu, 9kodvwa nyalo seniyamati Nkulunkulu, ngetulu kwaloko senatiwa nguNkulunkulu, kwentiwa yini kutsi nifune kuncandzeka, niye kulemimoya yemvelo lebutsakatsaka nalengasiti lutfo? Niyatsandza yini kutsi iphindze inigcilate? 10Senihlonipha emalanga, netinyanga, netikhatsi, neminyaka. 11Ngineluvalo ngani, shangatsi konkhe lokukhandleka kwami lapho kini kwaba lite.
12Bazalwane, ngiyanincenga kutsi nibe njengami, njengobe nami nginjengani. Kute kona lenangona ngako; 13kepha niyati kutsi kwaba kungaphili kahle kwami lokwangenta ngatfola litfuba lekushumayela liVangeli kini kwekucala. 14Kodvwa nome loba butsakatsaka bami baba silingo lesikhulu kini, anizange ningedzelele nome ningangemukeli. Esikhundleni saloko, nangemukela njengesitfunywa saNkulunkulu, kwaba shangatsi nemukela Khristu Jesu. 15Pho, sekushonephi loko kujabula kwenu kwakucala? Ngobe nanyalo ngiyacinisa ngitsi kube beninemandla, ngabe nakhipha emehlo enu nawanika mine. 16Kungabe sengigucuke ngaba sitsa senu ngekunitjela liciniso yini?
17Labo bantfu banishisekela kakhulu, noko kungesiko ngenjongo lenhle, kepha bafuna kunivalela ngephandle kuze nishisekele bona. 18Kona kuhle kushisekela lokuhle njalonjalo, hhayi nangikhona emkhatsini wenu kuphela. 19Bantfwabami, nginemhelo ngani, kuyawudzimate kwakheke Khristu kini. 20Bengifisa shangatsi ngingake ngibe nani nyalo, kumbe ngingake ngikhulume ngalenye indlela, ngobe sengidzidzekile ngani.
Umfanekiso ngaHagari naSara
21Ase ningitjele, nine lenifuna kuba ngephansi kwemtsetfo, aniva yini kutsi umtsetfo utsini? 22Kubhaliwe kutsi Abrahama abenemadvodzana lamabili, lenye kwakuyesigcilikati sakhe, lenye kuyemfati wakhe sibili. 23Kodvwa lendvodzana yesigcilikati yatalwa ngendlela latalwa ngayo wonkhe umuntfu; lena yemfati wakhe sibili yatalwa ngekwesetsembiso. 24Loku kungumfanekiso: Labafati lababili bamele tivumelwane letibili, lona lonebantfwana labatalelwe ebugcilini nguHagari; leso sivumelwane siphuma entsabeni yaseSinayi. 25Hagari umele iNtsaba yaseSinayi lese-Arabiya. Ufanekisa iJerusalema yanyalo legcilateke kanye nebantfwabayo. 26Kodvwa lomfati wakhe sibili ukhululekile, umele iJerusalema yasezulwini lengumake wetfu. 27Ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi:
“Jabula, wena mfati loyinyumba,
longatalanga mntfwana,
jabula, nome ungahelwanga;
ngobe lomfati losaliwakati
unebantfwana labanyenti
kunemfati loyintsandvokati.”
28Kodvwa nine bazalwane, njenga-Isaka nibantfwana besetsembiso saNkulunkulu. 29Kodvwa njengobe lona lowatalwa ngalokwetayelekile watingela lona labetelwe ngekwaMoya, namanje kusenjalo. 30Kodvwa umBhalo utsini? Utsi: “Cosha lesigcilikati kanye nendvodzana yaso; ngobe lendvodzana yesigcilikati ingeke ibe yindlalifa kanye nendvodzana yemfati sibili.” 31Ngako-ke, bazalwane, asisibo bantfwana besigcilikati, kodvwa sibantfwana bemfati sibili, lokhululekile.
