Ba Galatiya 3
1 Nibana Galatiya nobafubafuba! Ngwani wakamulowa? Kunembo lyamenso enu Jesu Kkilisitu wakatondeezegwa mbuli mbakabambuulwa.
Foolish Galatians! Who has put a spell on you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly displayed as crucified.
2 Echi nchicho chintu chimwi nchindiyanda kwiiya kuzwa kulindinywe: Mwakatambula Muya na kuzwa kumilimu yamulawu na kuzwa kukusyoma nzimwakamvwa?
This is the only thing I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?
3 Mulibafubafuba oobu? Kamunoli mwatanguna aMuya, muyomaninsya munyama na?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to finish by the flesh?
4 Mwakafwaba na muzintu zyiingi chabuyo - na mwakachita chabuyo?
Have you suffered so many things for nothing—if indeed it was for nothing?
5 Ooyo uupa Muya kulindinywe akuchita maleele akati kenu ulazichita kwiinda mumulawu na kana mukumvwa chalusyomo?
Does he who gives the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
6 Mbuli Abbulahamu “mbakasyoma Leza alimwi zyakayesyanisigwa mbuli musalali kulinguwe,”
Just as Abraham “believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness,”
7 munzila njiyo eyi, mumvwisisisye, lino, kuti mbalusyomo aabo biitwa kuti mbana baAbbulahamu.
in the same way, understand, then, that those of faith are the children of Abraham.
8 Malembe mbuli mbaalangililidwe kuti Leza uyolulamika baMasi alusyomo, wakakambawuka kale makani mabotu kuli Abbulahamu, kati, “Mulinduwe masi woonse ayolongezegwa.”
The scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
9 Nkinkaako, aabo balusyomo balalongezegwa aantomwe aAbbulahamu, muntu walusyomo.
So then, those of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
10 Aabo boonse baponena kumilimu yamulawu balitukidwe; alubo kuli lembedwe, “Ulitukidwe ooyo woonse uutatobelezyi zyoonse zilembedwe mubbuku lyamulawu, akuzichita.”
All who rely on the works of the law are under a curse; and so it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the law, and do them.”
11 Lino zili aantanganana kuti takukwe muntu uululamikwa kunembo lyaLeza amulawu, nkambo baluleme bayoopona chalusyomo.
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because “the righteous will live by faith.”
12 Pele mulawu teensi walusyomo, pesi, “Muntu uuchita milimu yamulawu weelede kuponena njiyo.”
But the law is not of faith, rather, “The person who does the works of the law must live by them.”
13 Kkilisito wakatuunununa kuzwa kulutuko lwamulawu mukuba lutuko lwesu - nkambo kulilembedwe, “Ulitukidwe woonse uulengelela mumusamu” -
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—
14 kuti chilongezyo chaAbbulahamu kusikile baMasi muliKkilisito Jesu, kuchitila kuti alusyomo tukonzye kutambula chisyomezyo chaMuya.
so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
15 Bakwesu, muleke ndaambe mubuntu. Muchizuminano chabambwa abantu, tawope muntu unga ulachibika kumbali na kuyungizizya kulinchicho, na chayimikwa amulawo.
Brothers, let me speak in human terms. In a man-made contract, no one can set it aside or add to it, once it is established by law.
16 Lino zisyomezyo zyakaambwa kuli Abbulahamu akulunyungu lwakwe. Tachaambi kuti, “ku lunyungu” kwaamba biingi, pesi kuliwumwi biyo, “alimwi kulunyungu lwakwe,” kali Kkilisito.
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. It does not say, “to descendants,” referring to many, but instead to only one, “and to your descendant,” who is Christ.
17 Lino nchewamba ncheechi: Mulawu, wakasika kakuli kwiinda myaaka ili myanda iine ili a makkumi aatatu, tiibiki kunze pe chizuminano chakabambwa aLeza.
Now what I mean is this: The law, which came 430 years afterward, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God.
18 Nkaambo na lukono kaluza akambo kamulawu, nkokuti taluchizi achisyomezyo. Pele Leza wakachipa Abbulahamu chalusyomo.
For if the inheritance comes by the law, then it no longer comes by promise. But God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
19 Ninzi mpo, ugwasya nyamayi mulawu? Wakayungizigwa akambo kazibi, kusikila lunyungu lwaAbbulahamu lwasika kuliwooyo wakapegwa chisyomezyo. Mulawu wakabikwa mukubeleka kwiinda mubangelo mumanza aasimwaama aakati.
What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of trespasses, until the descendant of Abraham would come to whom the promise had been made. The law was put into force through angels by a mediator.
20 Lino simwima aakati zyaamba zyiinda muntu womwe, pele Leza ngumwi.
Now a mediator implies more than one person, but God is one.
21 Akaako mulawu ulakazyanya na azisyomezyo zyaLeza? Chanchobeni pe! Na mulawu wakali wapegwa kuti upe bumi, akaako bululami chanchoonzyo ninga bwakasika a mulawu.
So is the law against the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
22 Pele malembe akabika zyoonse zyachibi muntolongo. Leza wakazichita ezi kuti chisyomezyo chakutufutula muli Jesu Kkilisito chikakonzye kupegwa kulibaabo basyoma.
But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin. God did this so that the promise to save us by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 Lino kalutanasika lusyomo, twakalijiswi mubwange bwamulawu, katwaangidwe kusikila lusyomo lyayubununwa.
Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until faith should be revealed.
24 Aboobo mulawu wakatubeda mwiiminini kusikila Kkilisito wasika, kuchitila kuti tukonzye kululamikwa mulusyomo.
So then the law became our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.
25 Pele lino mukuti lusyomo lyakasika, tatuchili mumaboko a mwiiminini.
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
26 Nkaambo nywebo moonse muli bana baLeza kwiinda mulusyomo muli Kkilisito Jesu.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 Nkaambo mbuli biingi benu mbubakabbabbatisigwa muli Kkilisito, mwakatambula Kkilisito.
For as many of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 Takukwe muJuda na muGiliki, takukwe muzike na waangunukide, takukwe mwalumi na mwanakazi, nkaambo mulibamwi muli Kkilisito Jesu.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 Alimwi na kamuli baKkilisito, zyaamba kuti muli lunyungu lwa Abbulahamu, abasikukona mbuli muchisyomezyo.
Then if you are Christ's, you are Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to promise.
