Agalatiya 5
1 Khristu anatimasula kuti tikhale mfulu. Tsono chirimikani, ndipo musakodwenso mʼgoli la ukapolo.
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
2 Chonde mvetsetsani! Ine Paulo, ndikukuwuzani kuti mukalola kuchita mdulidwe, Khristu simupindula nayenso konse.
Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
3 Ndikubwerezanso kuwuza munthu aliyense wovomereza kuchita mdulidwe kuti ayeneranso kutsata Malamulo onse.
Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 Inu amene mukufuna kulungamitsidwa ndi lamulo mwachotsedwa mwa Khristu; munagwa kusiyana nacho chisomo.
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
5 Koma mwachikhulupiriro, ife tikudikira mwachidwi kudzera mwa Mzimu, chilungamo chimene tikuyembekeza.
For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
6 Pakuti mwa Khristu Yesu mdulidwe kapena kusachita mdulidwe zilibe phindu. Chinthu chokhacho chimene chimafunika ndi chikhulupiriro chogwira ntchito mwachikondi.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
7 Inu munkathamanga mpikisano wanu wabwino. Anakuletsani ndani kuti musamverenso choonadi?
You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
8 Kukopeka kwanu kumeneku sikuchokera kwa Iye amene anakuyitanani.
This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
9 “Yisiti wapangʼono amagwira ntchito mu buledi yense.”
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
10 Ine ndikutsimikiza mwa Ambuye kuti inu simudzasiyana nane maganizo. Iye amene akukusokonezani adzalangidwa, kaya iyeyo ndiye ndani.
I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
11 Abale, ngati ine ndikulalikirabe za mdulidwe, nʼchifukwa chiyani ndikusautsidwabe? Ngati ndikanakhala kuti sindikulalikira chipulumutso cha mtanda, palibe amene akanakhumudwa.
But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
12 Kunena za amene akukuvutani, ndikanakonda akanangodzithena okha!
I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
13 Inu abale, Mulungu anakuyitanani kuti mukhale mfulu. Koma musagwiritse ntchito ufulu wanuwo kuchita zoyipa zachikhalidwe cha uchimo cha thupi lanu, koma mutumikirane wina ndi mnzake mwachikondi.
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
14 Pakuti malamulo onse akuphatikizidwa mu lamulo ili, “Konda mnansi wako monga iwe mwini.”
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 Ngati mupitiriza kulumana ndi kukhadzulana, samalani kuti mungawonongane.
But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
16 Choncho ine ndikuti, mulole kuti Mzimu akutsogolereni ndipo simudzachita zofuna za thupi lanu la uchimo.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 Pakuti thupi lanu la uchimo limalakalaka zimene ndi zotsutsana ndi Mzimu, ndi Mzimu zimene ndi zotsutsana ndi thupi lanu la uchimo. Ziwirizi zimadana, kotero kuti simungachite zimene mukufuna.
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
18 Koma ngati Mzimu akutsogolerani, ndiye kuti simuli pansi pa lamulo.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Ntchito za thupi lanu la uchimo zimaonekera poyera ndi izi: dama, zodetsa ndi kuchita zonyansa;
Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
20 kupembedza mafano ndi ufiti; kudana, kukangana, kupsa mtima, kudzikonda, kugawikana, mipatuko
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
21 ndi nsanje, kuledzera, mchezo ndi zina zotere. Ine ndikukuchenjezani monga ndinachita poyamba paja kuti amene amachita zimenezi sadzalandira ufumu wa Mulungu.
envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
22 Koma chipatso cha Mzimu Woyera ndi chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, chifundo, kukoma mtima, kukhulupirika,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
23 kufatsa ndi kudziretsa. Palibe lamulo loletsa zimenezi.
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Amene ali ake a Khristu Yesu anapachika pa mtanda thupi lawo la uchimo pamodzi ndi zokhumba zawo ndi zolakalaka zawo.
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
25 Popeza timakhala ndi moyo mwa Mzimu Woyera, tiyeni tiyende pamodzi ndi Mzimu Woyera.
If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
26 Tisakhale odzitukumula, oputana ndi ochitirana nsanje.
Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
