Galatians 3
1 O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified [among you]?
Ninyi Wagalatia wajinga! Ni nani aliyewaroga? Yesu Kristo aliwekwa wazi mbele yenu kwamba amesulubiwa.
2 This only I wish to learn of you, Have ye received the Spirit on the principle of works of law, or of [the] report of faith?
Nataka nijifunze neno moja kutoka kwenu: Je, mlipokea Roho wa Mungu kwa kushika sheria, au kwa kuyaamini yale mliyosikia?
3 Are ye so senseless? having begun in Spirit, are ye going to be made perfect in flesh?
Je, ninyi ni wajinga kiasi hicho? Baada ya kuanza kwa Roho, je, sasa mwataka kumalizia katika mwili?
4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain, if indeed also in vain?
Je, mlipata mateso kiasi hicho bure? Ni kama kweli yalikuwa bure!
5 He therefore who ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, [is it] on the principle of works of law, or of [the] report of faith?
Je, Mungu huwapa Roho wake na kufanya miujiza katikati yenu kwa sababu mnatii sheria, au kwa sababu mnaamini kile mlichosikia?
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
Kama vile “Abrahamu alimwamini Mungu na ikahesabiwa kwake kuwa haki.”
7 Know then that they that are on the principle of faith, these are Abraham's sons;
Fahamuni basi kwamba wale walio na imani, hao ndio watoto wa Abrahamu.
8 and the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations on the principle of faith, announced beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham: In thee all the nations shall be blessed.
Maandiko yakitabiri kwamba Mungu angewahesabia haki watu wa Mataifa kwa imani, alitangulia kumtangazia Abrahamu Injili akisema kwamba, “Kwa kupitia kwako mataifa yote yatabarikiwa.”
9 So that they who are on the principle of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
Kwa sababu hii, wale wote wanaoamini wanabarikiwa pamoja na Abrahamu, mtu wa imani.
10 For as many as are on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which [are] written in the book of the law to do them;
Kwa maana wote wanaotumainia matendo ya sheria wako chini ya laana, kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Alaaniwe kila mtu asiyeshikilia kutii mambo yote yaliyoandikwa katika Kitabu cha Sheria.”
11 but that by law no one is justified with God [is] evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;
Basi ni dhahiri kwamba hakuna mtu anayehesabiwa haki mbele za Mungu kwa kushikilia sheria, kwa maana, “Mwenye haki ataishi kwa imani.”
12 but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.
Lakini sheria haitegemei imani. Kinyume chake, “Mtu atendaye matendo hayo ataishi kwa hayo.”
13 Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed [is] every one hanged upon a tree, )
Kristo alitukomboa kutoka laana ya sheria kwa kufanyika laana kwa ajili yetu, kwa maana imeandikwa, “Amelaaniwa yeye aangikwaye juu ya mti.”
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Alitukomboa ili kwamba baraka aliyopewa Abrahamu ipate kuwafikia watu wa Mataifa kwa njia ya Kristo Yesu, ili kwa imani tupate kupokea ile ahadi ya Roho.
15 Brethren, (I speak according to man, ) even man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds other dispositions to.
Ndugu zangu, nataka nitoe mfano kutoka maisha ya kila siku. Kama vile hakuna mtu awezaye kutangua au kuongeza kitu katika agano la mtu ambalo limekwisha kuthibitishwa, vivyo hivyo kwa hali kama hii.
16 But to Abraham were the promises addressed, and to his seed: he does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed; which is Christ.
Ahadi zilinenwa kwa Abrahamu na kwa mzao wake. Maandiko hayasemi “kwa wazao,” likimaanisha watu wengi, bali “kwa mzao wako,” yaani mtu mmoja, ndiye Kristo.
17 Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
Ninachotaka kusema ni kwamba, sheria, ambayo ilitolewa miaka 430 baadaye, haitangui Agano lililothibitishwa na Mungu ili kuibatilisha ahadi ile.
18 For if the inheritance [be] on the principle of law, [it is] no longer on the principle of promise; but God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.
Kwa maana kama urithi hupatikana kwa sheria, basi hautegemei tena ahadi, lakini Mungu kwa neema yake alimpa Abrahamu urithi kwa njia ya ahadi.
19 Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in [the] hand of a mediator.
Kwa nini basi iwepo sheria? Sheria iliwekwa kwa sababu ya makosa mpaka atakapokuja yule Mzao wa Abrahamu, ambaye alitajwa katika ile ahadi. Sheria iliamriwa na malaika kwa mkono wa mpatanishi.
20 But a mediator is not of one, but God is one.
Basi mpatanishi huhusisha zaidi ya upande mmoja, lakini Mungu ni mmoja.
21 [Is] then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;
Je basi, sheria inapingana na ahadi za Mungu? La hasha! Kwa maana kama sheria iliyotolewa ingeweza kuwapa watu uzima, basi haki ingepatikana kwa njia ya sheria.
22 but the scripture has shut up all things under sin, that the promise, on the principle of faith of Jesus Christ, should be given to those that believe.
Lakini Maandiko yamefanya vitu vyote vifungwe chini ya nguvu ya dhambi, ili yale yaliyoahidiwa kwa njia ya imani katika Yesu Kristo yapate kupewa wale wanaoamini.
23 But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up to faith [which was] about to be revealed.
Kabla imani hii haijaja tulikuwa tumewekwa chini ya sheria, tumefungwa mpaka ile imani ifunuliwe.
24 So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.
Hivyo, sheria ilikuwa kiongozi kutufikisha kwa Kristo, ili tupate kuhesabiwa haki kwa imani.
25 But, faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor;
Lakini sasa kwa kuwa ile imani imekuja, hatusimamiwi tena na sheria.
26 for ye are all God's sons by faith in Christ Jesus.
Kwa maana ninyi nyote mmekuwa watoto wa Mungu katika Kristo Yesu kwa njia ya imani.
27 For ye, as many as have been baptised unto Christ, have put on Christ.
Kwa maana wote mliobatizwa ndani ya Kristo, mmemvaa Kristo.
28 There is no Jew nor Greek; there is no bondman nor freeman; there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus:
Wala hakuna tena Myahudi au Myunani, mtumwa au mtu huru, mwanaume wala mwanamke, maana nyote mmekuwa wamoja ndani ya Kristo Yesu.
29 but if ye [are] of Christ, then ye are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
Nanyi mkiwa ni mali ya Kristo, basi ninyi ni wa uzao wa Abrahamu na warithi sawasawa na ile ahadi.
