Galatians 3
1 You [fellow believers who live in] Galatia are very foolish! (Someone must have put an evil spell on you!/Did someone put an evil spell on you?) [RHQ] I clearly explained to you [SYN] [what] Jesus Christ [accomplished when] he was crucified {he died on the cross}.
Anung anan Galantiyawa alalang, ghari na su minu tikanci? Anung na iwa bana Yisa Kristi ku niyizi mine kitene kucha, ikotinghe tikusa niyizi mine?
2 [So], I want you to tell me one thing: [Do you think that] it was because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses that you received the [Holy] Spirit? [Do you not know that] [RHQ] it was because [when you] heard [the good message concerning Christ, you] trusted in him?
Ilelere cas in di nin su iyininin kitimine. Ina seru uruhe nan nya dortu dukaria sa bara uyinnu nin nilemmon na ina lanzari?
3 (You are acting so foolishly/Why are you being so foolish?) [RHQ]! You first [became Christians] as a result of God’s Spirit [enabling you]. So, (you should not now think that it is by what you yourselves do that you will continue [to grow spiritually]/do you now think it is by your own human efforts that you will continue [to grow spiritually?]!) [RHQ]
Idi alala kan naniya? Ina cizin nan nya nruhu inani ma malzunu nan nya kidowa?
4 Keep in mind that [if what God has done for you was because of your obeying the laws that God gave to Moses and] not because of trusting in Christ, when others caused you to suffer, you suffered many things needlessly! [RHQ] [I certainly hope that you did not suffer like that] needlessly.
Ina sono uniu nin nimon gbardang nani hemma, andi nanere hemmaria?
5 [When God now] generously gives to you his Spirit and performs miracles among you, [do you think that it is] [RHQ] because you obey the laws [that God gave to Moses? Surely you know that] it is because when you heard [the good message about Christ], you trusted in him [RHQ]!
Andi nanere ame ule na adin nizu minu uruhue, amini din su katuwa nakara nan nya mine, unuzun ndortun ndukaria sa unuzun in lanzu lirun yinnu sa uyenuari?
6 [What you have experienced is] as [Moses wrote in the Scriptures about] Abraham. [He wrote that Abraham] trusted God, and as a result, he was considered as being righteous {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
Nafo na Ibrahim “wa yinnin nin Kutellẹ, inani wa batizaghe mun nafo fiu Kutellẹ.”
7 You must realize, therefore, that it is those who trust [in what Christ has done who] are [like] Abraham’s descendants [MET] [because they trust in God as Abraham did].
Nene nuwana, yinnon ale na iyinna nonon Ibrahimari.
8 Furthermore, God planned beforehand that it was [when] non-Jews trusted [him] that he would erase the record of their sins. [Moses wrote in] the Scriptures [PRS] this good message that God told Abraham: “Because of [what] you [did], I will bless [people in] [MTY] all nations.”
Ulirue di ina malu uyinnu Kutellẹ ma su anan salin dortume ushara nnuzu yinnu sa uyenu minere. Ina belli ulirun tuchun nnuzun Ibrahimme uworsu nenge, “Kitifere vat anan salin yiru Kutellẹ ima ti nani nmari.”
9 So, [we can conclude that] it is those who trust [in what Christ has done] whom [God] blesses. That includes [all non-Jews and Jews who trust him], along with Abraham, the one who trusted him [long ago].
Nanere ale na ina yinnin sa uyenu idi nin mari nin Ibrahim, ana yinnin sa uyenu.
10 That is, God will eternally punish all those who [mistakenly] think [that God will erase the record of their sins] as a result of their [obeying] the laws [that God gave to Moses]. What is written in the Scriptures is that [God] will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws [that Moses wrote].
Ngbardang na lenge na idin su katuwa nshara nin kidowo imase ula'ana. Bara ina yertin “Unan la'anari unit ule na adi su vat nimon ile na ina nyertin nan nya niyerte nduka ba.”
11 But God has declared that if he erases the record of anyone’s sins, it will not be as a result of their obeying the laws God gave Moses. [This is evident because the Scriptures say], “Every person whose record of sins God erases because that person trusts God will live [spiritually].”
Nene udi kanan na Kutellẹ ma ti umong se usurtu bara uduka ba, “Bara unit ulau mati ulai unuzun yinnu sa uyeneri.”
12 But [when God gave] his laws [to the Jews, he did] not [say that a person must] trust [him]. Instead, [God said that] it is those who obey [all God’s laws, continuously and completely], who will live.
Na uduka di unuzun yinnu sa uyenuari ba, una di, “Ule na adin dortu uduke mati ulai nan nya duke.”
13 Even though we humans have not continuously and completely obeyed God’s laws, Christ rescued us from [God] punishing us eternally. Christ rescued us by his being [the one God condemned] instead of God condemning us. What is written {[someone/Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] shows that this is true. It is written {[He] wrote}, “[God] has cursed anyone [whom people have executed for his crimes and whose body they] have hung on a tree.”
Kristi na seru nari nan nya kitin lla'ana nduka na ame wa so ula'ana bara arik, na ina nyertin, “Vat in nit ule na ibanaghe kucha unan la'anari.”
14 Jesus Christ rescued us in order that as a result of what he [has done, God might bless the non-Jews, in a way similar to the way] God blessed Abraham. He also desired that as a result of our trusting [Christ], we [all] might receive the Spirit [whom God] promised to [give to] us.
finu nlire wadi alumai ban se nmari unuzun nan nya Kristi Yisa, bara tinan se userun likawali nruhu unuzun yinnu sa uyenu.
15 My fellow believers, I will now [illustrate] by referring to human [relationships. After an agreement is confirmed by two people] {[two people have signed] an agreement}, no one can reject it or add to it.
Linuana, idin liru nafo anit. Andi ma unitari na tti nsue, asa iwutu kimal nin na unan sakue dukuba a na unan kpinu ma duku ba.
16 [God] declared to Abraham and his descendant that he was promising [to give blessings to Abraham]. [The words that God spoke were not “and your] descendants.” [He was not] referring to many persons. Instead, he was referring to one person, who is Christ, [because the words that God spoke were], “and your descendant.”
Nene usunu nnuwe iwa belli Ibrahim ku nin kuwunu me. Na iwa woro “awunuari ba” nafo adi gbardang, kunin kurumari cas, “nani udu kuwunu fe,” kristiari une di.
17 This is what I am saying: [Since God] gave the laws [to the Jews] 430 years after [he declared to Abraham what he was promising to do for Abraham], those laws do not cancel that agreement [with] Abraham that God himself had previously agreed about [PRS].
Nene in din bellu usunu nnuwe na Kutellẹ na malu wutu kimale na ana musuzu unin nin duka ule na uwa dak kimal nakus akalt anas nin nakut atat ba.
18 Remember that if it is because [we obey God’s] laws [that he gives to us] what [he has] promised [to give to us], then it is not [just] because he [has] promised [that he would give those things to us]. God freely gave to Abraham [what he had promised to give to him, just] because [God had] promised [that he would give it to him. Similarly, it is not because we obey God’s laws that God gives to us what he has promised to give to us].
Andi ugadue wa dak unuzu kitin ndukari, uso na unuzu kitin nsunun nuwari ba. Bara Kutellẹ na ni unin tọp kitin Ibrahim unuzun nsunun nnu.
19 So, [if someone should ask], “Why [did God later give] his laws [to Moses?” I would reply that] it was in order that [people might realize] how sinful they were. [Those laws were valid] until [Jesus came. He was] the descendant that God [was referring to when he made] the promises to Abraham. [The laws] were given {[God] gave [his laws]} [to Moses] by God’s causing angels to [speak to him. Moses was the] mediator, [the one who told the laws to the people].
Bari iyaghari inani? Inan kpiku bara ukaluzun liru, se kuwunu kon go na ina sun kunin unuwe nda kiti nale na ina sun nani unuwe, iwa cizin katuwa nin duke kiti na nan kadura Kutellẹ kiti nacaran nnan piru kitik.
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
Nene na unan piru kitike unit urumari ba, Vat nani Kutellẹ kurumari.
21 [If someone should ask, “When God gave his] laws [to Moses] long [after he told Abraham] what he was promising [to give to him, was he] changing his mind?” [I would reply that God] certainly did not [change his mind when he did that]! If God had given a law that could enable people to live [eternally], then it actually would be because of people [obeying that] law that God would erase the record of their sins.
Nane uduka din serzu tikot nin sunu tinu Kutellẹ? Na nanere ba! Andi iwa ni uduka ule na uwasa una ulai, kidegen fiu Kutellẹ wa dak unuzun dukari une.
22 But instead, [what we read in] the Scriptures [PRS] is that God [caused all people to be unable to escape being punished for] their [sins] [MET], just like [people] in prison [are unable to escape] [PRS, MET]. [God did that in order that he might give what he promised to those who trust Jesus Christ, just] because they trust him.
Vat nani uliru ulau in yatca imon vat nan nya kulapi. Nani usunun nnu Kutellẹ nworu a tucu nari nnuzu in yinnu sa uyenu nan nya Yisa Kristi iwa ni alẹ na iwa yinnin.
23 Before [God revealed the good message about] trusting [in Christ], the laws [PRS] that God gave to Moses were [confining/imprisoning us Jews] [MET], [as] a prisoner [in jail is] confined. [We] were unable to escape [obeying those] [MET] [laws]. This happened in order that [we might believe] the good message [concerning Christ, the message that God would] reveal [later].
A uyinnu sa uyenu nin Kristi dutusa udak, iwa yachu i nyeshe nari nin duka udu kubin nutunu in yinnu sa uyenue.
24 [Like a father supervises his immature son by appointing a] servant to take care of him [MET], [God] was supervising us [by] his laws [MET, PRS] until Christ came. [He did this] in order that he might erase the record of our sins [only] because we trust [Christ].
Uduke uni waso unan rissu nari udo mun kitin Kristi, tinan se usurtu unuzun yinnu sa uyenu.
25 But [now that God] has revealed the message [about trusting in Christ], the laws [that God gave to Moses] are no longer supervising us [Jews] [PRS, MET].
Nene na uyinnu sa uyenu na dak, nati du nworu irissu nari ba.
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
Bara anung vat nono Kutellari unuzu in yinnu sa uyenu nan nya Kristi Yisa.
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
Vat ligan nalẹ na ina shintu minu nmyen nan nya Kristi, ina shon atimine nan nya Kristi.
28 [If you are believers, it does] not [matter to God if you are] Jews or non-Jews; slaves or ones [who are] not slaves; males or females, because all of you are [as] one [sort of person because of your relationship] with Christ Jesus.
Na ku Yahudawa duku ba ana ku Helenawa ba, na kucin dukuba, a na usaun ba, na kilime sa kishono ba, vat mine arumer nan nya Kristi Yisa.
29 Furthermore, since you belong to Christ, you are [like] Abraham’s descendants [because you trust God as Abraham did], and you will possess/receive all that God has promised [MET].
Andi anung anit in Kristiari, iso kuwunun Ibrahimari une, anan lin gadu unuzun sunnun nü
