KWABASEGALATHIYA 2

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 babeyini, akulutho kimi; uNkulunkulu akakhethi ubuso bamuntu — ngokuba kimi abadumileyo abenezelangalutho.

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.

₁₁Kepha ekufikeni kukaKhefase eAntiyokiya ngamelana naye ubuso nobuso, ngokuba wayenecala.

₁₂Ngokuba bengakafiki abanye ababevela kuJakobe, wayedla nabezizwe; kepha kuthé ukuba kufike bona, wamonyuka, wazahlukanisa nabo, esaba abokusoka.

₁₃Nabanye abaJuda futhi bazenzisa kanye naye, waze wathatheka noBarnaba ngokuzenzisa kwabo.

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

₁₅Thina 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 akuyikulungisiswanyama.

₁₇Kepha 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.