KwabaseGalathiya 1
1 UPawuli umphostoli ongaveli ebantwini, njalo kungekho ngomuntu, kodwa ngoJesu Kristu, langoNkulunkulu uYise owamvusa kwabafileyo,
Paul, an apostle, (not from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead, )
2 labazalwane bonke abalami, kumabandla eGalathiya:
and all the brethren that are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
3 Umusa kawube kini lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba, leNkosini yethu uJesu Kristu,
grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 owazinikela ngenxa yezono zethu, ukuze asophule kulo umhlaba omubi wakhathesi, ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu loBaba wethu; (aiōn g165)
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, (aiōn g165)
to whom be glory from age to age. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Ngiyamangala ukuthi limhlamuke masinyane kangaka lowo owalibizela emuseni kaKristu, laya kwelinye ivangeli;
I am astonished that you are so soon turning away from him that called you into the grace of Christ, to another gospel:
7 elingeyisilo elinye; kodwa bakhona abanye abalididayo bethanda ukuhlanekela ivangeli likaKristu.
which is nothing else than that there are some who trouble you, and are determined to pervert the gospel of the Christ.
8 Kodwa lanxa kungaba yithi kumbe ingilosi evela ezulwini engalitshumayeza ivangeli elehlukene lalelo esalitshumayeza lona, kayibe yisiqalekiso.
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach to you any other gospel than that which we have preached, let him be accursed.
9 Njengoba sesitshilo, lakhathesi ngiyaphinda ngithi: Uba umuntu elitshumayeza ivangeli elehlukene lalelo elalemukelayo, kabe yisiqalekiso.
As we said before, so even now I say again, if any one preaches to you any other gospel than that which you have received, let him be accursed.
10 Ngoba ngincenga abantu loba uNkulunkulu khathesi yini? Kumbe ngidinga ukuthokozisa abantu yini? Ngoba uba ngisathokozisa abantu, ngingebe yinceku kaKristu.
For, do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? or do I strive to please men? If, indeed, I would still please men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11 Kodwa ngiyalazisa, bazalwane, ivangeli elatshunyayelwa yimi, ukuthi alinjengokomuntu.
But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which is preached by me, is not according to man:
12 Ngoba lami kangilemukelanga emuntwini, futhi kangilifundiswanga, kodwa ngokwembulelwa kukaJesu Kristu.
for neither did I receive it from man, nor was it taught me, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 Ngoba selizwile ukuhamba kwami kwakuqala kobuJuda, ukuthi ngalizingela kakhulukazi sibili ibandla likaNkulunkulu, njalo ngangilichitha;
For you have heard of my former mode of life in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste;
14 njalo ngangiphumelela kubuJuda ngaphezu kwabanengi abayintanga yami esizweni sami, ngatshisekela ngokwengeziweyo amasiko abobaba.
and I surpassed in Judaism many of my own age and nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the tradition of my fathers.
15 Kodwa nxa kwaba kuhle kuNkulunkulu, owangehlukanisa kusukela esizalweni sikamama, wangibiza ngomusa wakhe,
But when God, who chose me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased
16 ukwembula iNdodana yakhe kimi, ukuze ngiyitshumayele phakathi kwabezizwe, khona lapho kangelulekananga lenyama legazi;
to reveal his Sou in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I at once declined all conference with flesh and blood:
17 futhi kangenyukelanga eJerusalema kubo ababengabaphostoli ngaphambi kwami, kodwa ngasuka ngaya eArabhiya, ngasengiphinda ngibuyela eDamaseko.
nor did I go up to Jerusalem, to those who were apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.
18 Emva kwalokho sekwedlule iminyaka emithathu ngenyukela eJerusalema ukuyabonana loPetro, ngasengihlala laye insuku ezilitshumi lanhlanu.
Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem, in order to become personally acquainted with Peter; and I remained with him fifteen days:
19 Kodwa kangibonanga lamunye wabaphostoli, ngaphandle kukaJakobe umfowabo weNkosi.
but of the apostles I saw no other, but James the brother of the Lord.
20 Lezinto engilibhalela zona, khangelani, phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kangiqambi manga.
With respect to the things which I now write to you, behold, before God I lie not.
21 Emva kwalokho ngaya ezabelweni zeSiriya lezeKilikhiya.
Then, I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia:
22 Njalo ngangingakaziwa ngobuso emabandleni eJudiya ayekuKristu;
but I was not known, in person, to the churches of Judea which are in Christ.
23 kodwa ayesizwa nje ukuthi: Owake wasizingela, usetshumayela ukholo owake waluchitha,
They had heard only that he who formerly persecuted us was now preaching the faith which he once destroyed.
24 asedumisa uNkulunkulu kimi.
And they glorified God in me.
