Galatians 5
1 With freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
Ablɔɖemenɔnɔ ta Kristo wɔ mí ablɔɖeviwoe ɖo. Eya ta minɔ tsitre sesĩe, eye migana kluvinyenye ƒe kɔkuti nagaku kɔ na mi azɔ o.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
Mide dzesi nye nyawo! Nye Paulo, mele egblɔm na mi be ne mieɖe mɔ wotso aʋa na mi la, ekema viɖe aɖeke manɔ Kristo ŋu na mi o.
3 Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Megale egblɔm ake na ame sia ame si lɔ̃ wotso aʋa nɛ la be ele nɛ be wòawɔ ɖe se blibo la katã dzi.
4 Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
Mi ame siwo le didim be woatso afia na yewo to se la dzi wɔwɔ me la, woklã mi ɖa tso Kristo gbɔ; amenuveve la bu ɖe mi.
5 For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
Elabena to Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la me la, míele mɔ kpɔm vevie na dzɔdzɔenyenye la le xɔse me.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
Elabena le Kristo Yesu me la, aʋatsotso alo aʋamatsomatso mate ŋu awɔ naneke o. Ke nu si míehiã la koe nye xɔse si wɔa dɔ to lɔlɔ̃ me.
7 Ye were running well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Mienɔ du ƒum nyuie hafi. Ke ame kae va flu mi, eye wòxe mɔ na mi be miagaɖo to nyateƒe la o?
8 This persuasion [came] not of him that calleth you.
Menye ame si yɔ mi lae ƒo nya sia ɖe mia nu o.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
“Amɔ ʋaʋã sue aɖe nana amɔ blibo la ʋãna.”
10 I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Mele mɔ kpɔm le Aƒetɔ la me be miabu nu bubu aɖeke ŋuti o. Ame ka kee le fu ɖem na mi hele mia flum hã la, Mawu ŋutɔ ahe to nɛ.
11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumblingblock of the cross been done away.
Nɔviwo, ne megale gbeƒã ɖem aʋatsotso ɖe, nu ka ta wogale yonyeme tim ɖo? Ekema woɖe atitsoga la ƒe nuɖiaɖia ɖa.
12 I would that they which unsettle you would even cut themselves off.
Ɖeko medi vevie be nufiala siwo di be miana woatso aʋa na mi la, woaɖe wo ɖokuiwo ɖa le mia dome, eye woaɖe ɖa le mia ŋu kpoo.
13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
Elabena nɔvinyewo, woyɔ mi, eye wona ablɔɖe mi. Ke ablɔɖe la magana mianɔ agbe le ŋutilã nu o; ke boŋ be miave mia nɔewo nu le ɖokuibɔbɔ kple lɔlɔ̃ me.
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Elabena wowu se blibo la katã nu to se ɖeka sia dzi wɔwɔ me, si nye, “Lɔ̃ hawòvi abe ɖokuiwò ene.”
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Ke ne mieɖe ɖeklemi, eye miewɔ dzre kple mia nɔewo la, mikpɔ nyuie be miagagblẽ nu le mia nɔewo ŋu o.
16 But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Eya ta mele egblɔm be minɔ agbe le Gbɔgbɔ la me, ale be miagawɔ ɖe ŋutilã ƒe nudzodzrowo dzi o.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
Elabena ŋutilã la ƒe nudzodzrowo tsi tsitre ɖe Gbɔgbɔ la ŋu, eye Gbɔgbɔ la ƒe nudzodzrowo tsi tsitre ɖe ŋutilã la ŋu. Wole avu wɔm kple wo nɔewo, ale be miate ŋu awɔ nu si miedi be miawɔ la o.
18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Ke ne Gbɔgbɔ la le mia kplɔm la, miegale se la te o.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these], fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Ke ŋutilã ƒe nudzodzrowo dze ƒãa. Woawoe nye: matrewɔwɔ, makɔmakɔnyenye, hadzedze,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, heresies,
trɔ̃subɔsubɔ, adzewɔwɔ, fuléle, dzrewɔwɔ, ŋuʋaʋã, dɔmedzoedodo, ɖokuitɔdidi, nu masɔmasɔ, mamawo,
21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they which practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
ŋubiabiã, ahamumu, aglotutu vɔ̃wo kple esia tɔgbiwo. Mele nu xlɔ̃m mi, abe ale si mexlɔ̃ nu mi va yi ene la be ame siwo nɔa agbe alea la, manyi mawufiaɖuƒe la ƒe dome o.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Ke Gbɔgbɔ la ƒe kutsetsee nye lɔlɔ̃, dzidzɔ, ŋutifafa, dzigbɔɖi, dɔmenyowɔwɔ, nyuiwɔwɔ, nuteƒewɔwɔ,
23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
tufafa kple ɖokuidziɖuɖu. Se la metsi tsitre ɖe nu siawo ŋuti o.
24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
Ame siwo nye Kristo Yesu tɔ la klã woƒe ŋutilã kple eƒe nudzodzro vɔ̃wo ɖe ati ŋuti.
25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.
Esi míele agbe le Gbɔgbɔ la me la, mina míazɔ hã le eƒe kpɔkplɔ te.
26 Let us not be vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
Mígana dada nayɔ mía me o, mígado dziku na mía nɔewo o, eye mía nɔewo ƒe nu megave dɔ me na mí o.
