Galatians 3
1 O thoughtless Galatians! who hath bewitched you, —before whose very eyes, Jesus Christ, was openly set forth as a crucified one?
O, mi Galatiatɔ bometsilawo! Ame kae flu mi? Miawo ŋutɔwoe wogblɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe kaklã ɖe atitsoga ŋuti ƒe nya na.
2 This only, am I wishing to learn from you: —by works of law, received ye, the Spirit? or by a believed report?
Medi be mabia nya aɖe mi: Ɖe miexɔ Gbɔgbɔ la to se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me, alo to nya si miese la dzixɔse mea?
3 So thoughtless, are ye? Having made a beginning in Spirit, are ye, now, in flesh, to be made complete?
Ɖe mietsi bome nenema gbegbea? Esi mietsɔ Gbɔgbɔ la dze egɔmee la, azɔ ɖe miedi be yewoatsɔ ŋutilã awu enua?
4 Such things, suffered ye, in vain, —if at least [it is] even in vain?
Ɖe miekpe fu siawo dzodzroa, nenye dzodzroe hã?
5 He then who was supplying unto you the Spirit, and energising mighty works among you, by works of law, or by a believed report [did he it]?
Eya ta megale biabiam be ɖe Mawu tsɔ eƒe Gbɔgbɔ la na mi, eye wòwɔ nukunuwo le mia dome to se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me, alo to nya si miese la dzixɔse mea?
6 Even as Abraham—believed in God, and it was reckoned unto him as righteousness.
Nenema ke Abraham hã xɔ Mawu dzi se, eye wobui dzɔdzɔenyenye nɛ.
7 Be taking note, therefore—that, they who are of faith, the same, are, sons, of Abraham;
Eya ta mise egɔme be ame siwo si xɔse le la, woawoe nye Abraham ƒe viwo.
8 And, the scripture, foreseeing, that, by faith, God would declare the nations righteous, fore-announced the good news unto Abraham, saying, All the nations shall be blessed in thee.
Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la kpɔe do ŋgɔ be Mawu atso afia na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la le xɔse me, eya ta wòɖe gbeƒã nyanyui la na Abraham do ŋgɔe be, “Woayra dukɔwo katã to dziwò.”
9 So then, they who are of faith, are blessed with believing Abraham;
Eya ta ame siwo katã si xɔse le la, woyra woawo hã abe Abraham, ame si xɔ Mawu dzi se la ene.
10 For, as many as are of works of law, are, under a curse, —for it is written—Accursed, is everyone that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them.
Elabena ame siwo katã tsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo dzi la, wole fiƒode te, elabena woŋlɔ ɖi be, “Woaƒo fi ade ame sia ame si menɔ agbe ɖe nu sia nu si woŋlɔ ɖe Segbalẽ la me la nu o.”
11 Moreover, that, in law, no one, is declared righteous with God, [is] evident, —because, The righteous one, by faith, shall live;
Eme kɔ ƒãa be Mawu matso afia na ame aɖeke to se la dzi wɔwɔ me o, elabena woŋlɔ ɖi be, “Ame dzɔdzɔe la anɔ agbe to xɔse me.”
12 And, the law, is not of faith, but—he that hath done them, shall live in them,
Wometu se la ɖe xɔse dzi o, ke boŋ mawunya gblɔ be, “Ame si wɔ nu siawo la, anɔ agbe ɖe wo nu.”
13 Christ, hath redeemed, us, out of the curse of the law, having become, in our behalf, a curse; —because it is written—Cursed, is every one that hangeth upon a tree; —
Kristo ɖe mí tso se la ƒe fiƒode me, esi wòzu fiƒode ɖe mía teƒe elabena mawunya gblɔ be, “Woƒo fi de ame sia ame si woklã ɖe ati ŋuti la.”
14 In order that, unto the nations, the blessing of Abraham, might come about in Jesus Christ, —in order that, the promise of the Spirit, we might receive through means of the faith.
Eɖe mí bena Abraham ƒe yayra nava ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la dzi to Kristo Yesu me, ale be to xɔse me la, míaxɔ Gbɔgbɔ la ƒe ŋugbedodo.
15 Brethren! in human fashion, am I speaking: yet still, a man’s confirmed covenant, no one setteth aside or addeth unto:
Nɔviwo, mana kpɔɖeŋu aɖe mi tso gbe sia gbe-gbenɔnɔ me. Abe ale si ame aɖeke mate ŋu atu alo atsɔ naneke akpe ɖe nubabla si amegbetɔwo wɔ ŋu o ene la, nenema wòle le go sia me hã.
16 Now, unto Abraham, were spoken the promises—and unto his seed; —He saith not—and unto thy seeds, as of many, but, as of one—and unto thy seed, which is Christ:
Ŋugbedodo la nye Abraham kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo tɔ. Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la megblɔ be “na dzidzimeviwo o” si gɔmee nye ame geɖewo, ke boŋ “na wò dzidzimeviwo” si gɔmee nye ame ɖeka si nye Kristo.
17 And, this, I say—a covenant previously confirmed by God, the law which, after four hundred and thirty years, hath been brought into being, doth not annul, so as to do away with the promise.
Nu si gblɔm mele la gɔmee nye: Se si wowɔ le ƒe 430 megbe la, mete ŋu tu nubabla si Mawu wɔ do ŋgɔ la o, nenema ke metu ŋugbedodo la hã o.
18 For, if, by law, is the inheritance, it is, no longer, by promise; but, unto Abraham, through promise, hath God favoured it.
Elabena ne domenyinyi la ku ɖe se la ŋu la, ekema megaku ɖe ŋugbedodo la ŋu o; ke Mawu to ŋugbedodo la me tsɔe ke Abraham.
19 Why, then, the law? Because of the transgressions, it was added, until such time as the seed should come, unto whom the promise had been made, and was given in charge through messengers, at the hand of a mediator;
Nu ka ta koŋ wona se la ɖo? Wotsɔ se la kpe ɖe eŋu ɖe vodadawo ta va se ɖe esime dzidzime, si ŋuti ŋugbedodo la ku ɖo la nava. Wona se la to mawudɔlawo dzi, eye wotsɔe de asi na avuléla.
20 Now, a mediator, is not [a mediator] of one, but, God, is, one.
Ke avuléla menye ame ɖeka o; gake Mawu la ya nye ɖeka.
21 Is, the law, then, against the promises [of God]? Far be it! For, if a law had been given, which had been able to give life, verily, in law, would have been our righteousness;
Ekema ɖe se la tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ƒe ŋugbedodowo ŋutia? Gbeɖe! Elabena ne se si wona la ana agbe la, ekema dzɔdzɔenyenye ava to se la me.
22 But the Scripture, did shut up, all things, under sin, that, the promise by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to them who have faith,
Gake Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ be xexea me katã le nu vɔ̃ ƒe babla me, be ŋugbedodo si Mawu na to Yesu Kristo dzixɔse me la nasu ame siwo xɔe se la si.
23 Before the coming of the faith, however, under law, were we being kept in ward, being shut up unto the faith which should afterwards, be revealed.
Hafi xɔse sia nava la, míenɔ babla me le se la te va se ɖe esime woɖe xɔse si le vava ge la ɖe go.
24 So that, the law, hath proved, our tutor, training us, for Christ, in order that, by faith, we might be declared righteous;
Ale se la zu míaƒe mɔfiala va se ɖe esime Kristo va be woatso afia na mí to xɔse me.
25 But, the faith having come, no longer, are we, under a tutor; —
Azɔ esi xɔse sia va la, míegale se, si nye mɔfiala la te o.
26 For ye, all, are, sons of God, through the faith in Christ Jesus;
Elabena le Kristo Yesu me la, mi katã mienye Mawu ƒe viwo to xɔse me,
27 For ye, as many as, into Christ, have been immersed, have put Christ, on:
elabena mi ame siwo wode mawutsi ta na ɖe Kristo me la, miedo Kristo abe awu ene.
28 There cannot be Jew or Greek, there cannot be bond or free, there cannot be male and female, for, all ye, are one, in Christ Jesus:
Azɔ la, Yudatɔ alo ame si menye Yudatɔ o la megali o; kluvi alo ablɔɖevi megali o; ŋutsu alo nyɔnu megali o; elabena mi katã miele ɖeka le Kristo Yesu me.
29 Now, if, ye, are of Christ, by consequence ye are, Abraham’s seed, according to promise, heirs.
Ne mienye Kristo tɔ la, ekema mienye Abraham ƒe dzidzimeviwo kple domenyilawo le ŋugbedodo la nu.
