Galatians 3
1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you to keep you from obeying the truth? In your presence, before your very eyes, Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
Mo Galatifo adwenharefo! Hena na ɔdan mo adwene saa? Mo ara mo anim na wɔkyerɛɛ mu pefee sɛ wɔbɔɔ Yesu Kristo asennua mu.
2 Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
Mummua me saa asɛm yi: Moyɛɛ nea Mmara no hwehwɛ sɛ monyɛ ansa na Onyankopɔn Honhom no reba mo so ana? Anaasɛ mutiee Asɛmpa no gye dii ansa?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to be perfected by the flesh?
Saa na mo adwene mu yɛ hare nen? Mode Onyankopɔn Honhom fii ase; afei mopɛ sɛ mode mo ara mo tumi wie?
4 Did you suffer so much in vain?—if indeed it was in vain.
Mo osuahu yi nyinaa so amma mfaso biara? Minnye nni saa.
5 Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you because you perform the works of the law or because you hear with faith?
Onyankopɔn nam mmara no so na ɔde ne Honhom no maa mo ana? Anaasɛ ɔnam mmara no so na ɔyɛɛ anwonwade wɔ mo mu ana? Ɛnyɛ asɛm no gye a mugye dii nti?
6 Remember, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
Kyerɛwsɛm no kaa Abraham ho asɛm se, “Ogyee Onyankopɔn dii na esiane ne gyidi nti, Onyankopɔn gyee no sɛ onipa trenee.”
7 Therefore you must understand that those who have faith are the sons of Abraham.
Enti ɛsɛ sɛ mote ase sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ gyidi no na wɔyɛ Abraham asefo turodoo.
8 Now the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in yoʋ.”
Kyerɛwsɛm no dii kan huu sɛ Onyankopɔn nam gyidi so bebu amanamanmufo no bem. Eyi nti Kyerɛwsɛm no dii kan kaa Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ Abraham se, “Ɛnam wo so na Onyankopɔn behyira nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa.”
9 So then, those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Abraham gye dii ma wohyiraa no, na wɔn a wogye di nyinaa nso, wɔahyira wɔn sɛnea wohyiraa no no.
10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Wɔadome obiara a ɔde ne ho bɛto ne nnwuma a efi mmara no mu so. Efisɛ wɔakyerɛw sɛ, “Wɔadome obiara a wankɔ so anni nea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mmara Nhoma mu no nyinaa so.”
11 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, because “the righteous will live by faith.”
Afei akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ obiara rentumi mfa mmara no sodi nsɔ Onyankopɔn ani. Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Ɛnam gyidi so na ɔtreneeni benya nkwa.”
12 But the law is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The person who does these things will live by them.”
Mmara no nnyinaso nyɛ gyidi; efisɛ wɔakyerɛw se nea odi mmara no so benya nkwa.
13 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.”
Ɛno nti na Kristo agye yɛn afi nnome a Mmara no de brɛɛ yɛn no mu. Wayɛ nnome ama yɛn sɛnea Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Obiara a wɔbɛsɛn no wɔ dua so no hyɛ Onyankopɔn nnome ase.”
14 He redeemed us so that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Kristo gyee yɛn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a nhyira a wohyiraa Abraham no nam Kristo so bɛba amanamanmufo so, na yɛnam gyidi so anya Honhom a wɔhyɛɛ yɛn ho bɔ no.
15 Brothers, let me give an example from everyday life: When a man-made covenant is ratified, no one annuls it or adds to it.
Anuanom, mede yɛn asetena mu asɛm bi bɛyɛ nhwɛso: Sɛ nnipa baanu bi pene asɛm bi so na wɔyɛ ho apam a, obiara rentumi mmu apam no so na wɔrentumi mfa biribi nka ho.
16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, “And to his descendants,” referring to many, but referring to one man it says, “And to yoʋr descendant,” who is Christ.
Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ Abraham ne nʼaseni bɔ. Kyerɛwsɛm no nka se, “Wo ne wʼasefo” a ɛkyerɛ nnipa bebree. Ɛka se, “Wo ne wʼaseni” a ɛkyerɛ sɛ onipa baako a ɔno ne Kristo no.
17 My point is this: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul a covenant previously ratified by God to Christ, so as to invalidate the promise.
Mekyerɛ sɛ: Onyankopɔn yɛɛ apam na ɔhyɛɛ bɔ se obedi so. Mmara no a ɛbaa akyiri no ntumi nsesa anaa ɛrentumi ntwa bɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ mfirihyia ahannan ne aduasa ansa na ɔde Mmara no mae, no mu.
18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by the promise; but God granted it to Abraham by a promise.
Na sɛ nhyira a Onyankopɔn de maa no gyina Mmara so a, ɛno de na ɛnyɛ bɔhyɛ bio. Nanso Onyankopɔn fi nʼadom mu, nam bɔhyɛ so de agyapade no maa Abraham.
19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the descendant should come to whom the promise had been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
Ɛno de, na Mmara no so mfaso ne dɛn? Wɔde maa akyiri no de kyerɛɛ sɛ yɛyɛ nnebɔneyɛfo kosi sɛ Aseni no a wɔhyɛɛ ne ho bɔ no bɛba. Abɔfo no na wɔde Mmara no maa Mose, na ɔno nso yɛɛ Onyankopɔn ne nnipa no ntamgyinafo.
20 Now a mediator does not represent just one party, but God is one.
Yenim sɛ ntamgyinafo ho hia ma nnipa baanu anaa nea ɛboro saa, nanso Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ ɔbaako no amfa ntamgyinafo wɔ bere a ɔhyɛɛ Abraham bɔ no.
21 Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, truly righteousness would have come through the law.
Eyi kyerɛ sɛ Mmara no tia Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ no ana? Dabi da! Sɛ mmara bi wɔ hɔ a etumi ma nnipa nkwa a, ɛno de anka onipa nam saa mmara no so betumi ateɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.
22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, so that the promise might be given on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.
Nanso Kyerɛwsɛm no aka se wiase nyinaa hyɛ bɔne tumi ase. Ɛno nti akyɛde a wɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ no, wɔnam Yesu Kristo so nko ara de bɛma wɔn a wogye di no.
23 Now before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined until the faith that was to come would be revealed.
Ansa na gyidi no reba no, Mmara no too yɛn mpokyerɛ kosii sɛ wɔbɛdaa gyidi no adi.
24 The law, then, was our guardian until Christ came, so that we could be justified by faith.
Enti Mmara no na ɛhyɛɛ yɛn so kosii sɛ Kristo bae, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔnam gyidi so bebu yɛn bem.
25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
Afei a bere adu sɛ yegye Kristo di no, Mmara no nni yɛn so tumi bio.
26 for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Ɛnam gyidi so nti na mo nyinaa yɛ Onyankopɔn mma a mo ne Kristo Yesu aka abɔ mu no.
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Wɔbɔɔ mo asu hyɛɛ Kristo mu nti moafa Kristo mu nnepa no ato mo ho so.
28 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.
Yenni Yudani anaa Helani, yenni akoa anaa ɔdehye, yenni ɔbarima anaa ɔbea, na mo nyinaa yɛ nnipa koro wɔ Kristo Yesu mu.
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants and heirs according to the promise.
Enti sɛ moyɛ Kristo de a, na moyɛ Abraham asefo, na bɔhyɛ no nti moyɛ adedifo nso.
