KwebeGalatiya 5:1-26
5 Ngombana uKrestu wasitjhaphulula bona sithabele itjhaphuluko enjalo. Yeke, qinani,+ ningavumi ukufakwa godu ejogini lobugqila.+
2 Qalani! Mina Powula ngiyanitjela ukuthi nangabe niyasokwa, uKrestu angekhe abe lisizo kini.+
3 Godu ngifakaza kiwo woke umuntu osokwako ukuthi ubophekile ukwenza koke okutjhiwo mThetho.+
4 Nihlukaniswe noKrestu, nina enilinga bona kuthiwe nilungile ngomthetho;+ ningaphandle komusakhe omkhulu.
5 Ngombana thina, ngommoya silindele ngetjiseko ukulunga esinethemba lokukufumana ngokukholwa.
6 Ngombana ebunyeni noKrestu ukusoka namkha ukungasoki akutjho litho+ kodwana ukukholwa okusebenza ngethando ngikho okuqakathekileko.
7 Benigijima kuhle.+ Ngubani onikhandele bona niragele phambili nilalela iqiniso?
8 Ifundiso yalabo abanikhandelako ayiveli kiloyo onibizako.
9 Isibiliso esincani sibilisa ihlama yoke.+
10 Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi nina enimunye neKosi+ angekhe nicabange ngenye indlela kodwana loyo onitshwenyako+ nanyana kungaba ngubani, uzokufumana isahlulelo esimfaneleko.
11 Nangabe mina bafowethu ngisatjhumayela ukusokwa, kubayini ngisahlunguphazwa? Nakunjalo isiqabo sesigodo sokuhlunguphazwa*+ sesisusiwe.
12 Ngifisa ngasuthi abantu abalinga ukunitshwenya bangaziphakula.*
13 Nabizelwa etjhaphulukweni bafowethu; kwaphela ningasebenzisi itjhaphuluko le njengethuba lokulandela iimfiso zenyama+ kodwana ngethando, yibani ziingqila zomunye nomunye.+
14 Ngombana umThetho woke uzaliswe* ngomyalo munye othi: “Kufuze uthande umakhelwanakho njengombana uzithanda wena.”+
15 Nangabe nihlala nilimazana begodu nisahlelana,+ yelelani bona ningatjhabalalisani.+
16 Kodwana ngithi: Ragelani phambili nikhamba ngeenqophiso zommoya,+ angekhe nenze iimfiso zenyama.+
17 Ngombana inyama ilwisana nommoya esifisweni sayo nommoya ulwisana nenyama, koke lokhu kuyaphikisana, kangangobana zona kanye izinto enifuna ukuzenza anizenzi.+
18 Ngaphezu kwalokho, nangabe ninqotjhiswa mmoya, anisingaphasi komthetho.
19 Nje-ke imisebenzi yenyama ibonakala kuhle, kuziphatha kumbi ngokomseme,*+ kusilaphala, kukwenza amanyala ungabi neenhloni,*+
20 kulotjha iinthombe, bungoma,*+ bubutha, kukulwa, sikhwele, ilaka, kuphikisana, kukwahlukana, kukwenza iinqhema zokuhlubuka,
21 mumona, budakwa,+ minyanya engalawulekiko nezinye izinto ezifana nalezi.+ Nginiyelelisa kusesengaphambili ngezintwezi, ngendlela esenginiyelelise ngayo ukuthi labo abenza izinto ezinjalo angekhe bawuzuze njengelifa umBuso kaZimu.+
22 Ngakwelinye ihlangothi, iinthelo zommoya zilithando, ithabo, ukuthula, ukubekezela, umusa, ubuhle,+ ukukholwa,
23 ukuba nommoya ophasi, ukuzibamba.+ Awukho umthetho olwisana nezinto ezinjalo.
24 Labo abangebakaKrestu Jesu bayibethele esigodweni inyama kuhlanganise neenkanuko neemfiso zayo.+
25 Nangabe siphila ngommoya, asirageleni phambili sikhamba ngokufaneleko ngommoya.+
26 Asingaziphakamisi,+ sivuse ukuphalisana,+ simonakalelane.
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ Qala Ihlathululo.
^ Namkha “baziphakule; babe baphakulwa,” ngokunjalo bangasakufanelekeli ukulalela wona kanye umthetho ebebawusekela.
^ Namkha kungenzeka “urhunyezwa.”
^ NgesiGirigi, yi-por·nei′a. Qala Ihlathululo.
^ NgesiGirigi, a·sel′gei·a. Qala Ihlathululo.
^ Namkha “buloyi.”
