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}.
Buang-buang kamong taga-Galacia, kinsang daotan nga mata ang nakadaot kaninyo? Dili ba si Jesu-Cristo gihulagway ingon nga gilansang sa krus atubangan sa inyong mga mata?
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?
Ako buot nga makakat-on niini gikan kaninyo. Nadawat ba ninyo ang Espiritu pinaagi sa pagtuman sa balaod o pinaagi sa pagtuo kung unsa ang inyong nadungog?
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]
Buang-buang ba gayod kamo? Nagsugod ba kamo diha sa Espiritu aron tapuson karon sa unod?
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.
Nag-antos ba kamo sa daghan nga mga butang alang sa wala, kung sa pagkatinuod sila alang sa wala?
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]!
Unya siya ba nga naghatag sa Espiritu diha kaninyo ug namuhat sa gamhanang mga buhat taliwala kaninyo nagbuhat niini pinaagi sa mga buhat sa balaod o pinaagi sa pagpaminaw uban ang pagtuo?
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}.
Si Abraham “mituo sa Dios ug kini gitamod kaniya ingon nga pagkamatarong.”
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].
Sa samang paagi, sabton, unya, nga kadtong nagtuo mga anak ni Abraham.
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.”
Ang kasulatan daan nang nagpakita nga ang Dios himoong matarong ang mga Gentil pinaagi sa pagtuo. Ang ebanghelyo gimantala nang daan ngadto kang Abraham: “Diha kanimo ang tanang kanasoran mahimong mapanalanginan.”
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].
Busa, kadtong adunay pagtuo panalanginan uban kang Abraham, nga adunay pagtuo.
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].
Kadtong nagsalig pinaagi sa pagtuman sa balaod mailalom sa tunglo. Kay kini nahisulat, “Tunglohon ang matag-usa nga dili magpabilin pinaagi sa tanang mga butang nga nahisulat sa basahon sa balaod, sa pagbuhat niining tanan.”
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].”
Karon kini klaro nga walay tawo nga gipakamatarong sa Dios pinaagi sa balaod, kay “Ang matarong magpuyo pinaagi sa pagtuo. “
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.
Ang balaod dili gikan sa pagtuo, apan hinuon, “Siya nga nagbuhat niining mga butanga diha sa balaod magpuyo pinaagi sa mga balaod.”
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.”
Si Cristo ang naglukat kanato gikan sa tunglo sa balaod sa dihang siya nahimong usa ka tinunglo alang kanato. Kay kini nahisulat, “Tinunglo ang si bisan kinsa nga gibitay sa kahoy.”
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.
Ang tumong mao nga ang panalangin nga anaa kang Abraham mahatag sa mga Gentil pinaagi kang Cristo Jesus, aron nga kita mahimong makadawat sa saad sa Espiritu pinaagi sa pagtuo.
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.
Mga igsoon, ako mosulti sa tawhanong mga pulong. Bisan sa dihang ang tawhanong kasabotan gikauyonan na, wala nay makasalikway o makadugang niini.
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.”
Karon ang mga saad nasulti na ngadto kang Abraham ug sa iyang mga kaliwatan. Kini wala miingon, “sa mga kaliwatan, “nga naghisgot sa daghan, apan hinuon ngadto lamang sa usa, “sa imong kaliwat,” nga mao ang Cristo.
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].
Karon ako magsulti niini. Ang balaod, diin miabot 430 na ka tuig ang milabay, wala makasalikway sa kasabotan nga nahiuna nang natukod sa Dios.
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].
Kay kung ang panulundon moabot pinaagi sa balaod, kini dili na gayod moabot pinaagi sa saad. Apan ang Dios gawasnon nga mihatag niini kang Abraham pinaagi sa usa ka saad.
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].
Unya nganong ang balaod gihatag man? Gidugang kini tungod sa mga kalapasan, hangtod nga ang kaliwat ni Abraham moabot kanila nga iyang gisaaran. Ang balaod gibutang aron mapakusgan pinaagi sa mga anghel pinaagi sa kamot sa tigpataliwala.
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
Karon ang tigpataliwala nagpasabot sa dili lamang usa ka tawo, apan ang Dios usa lamang.
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.
Busa ang balaod ba supak sa mga saad sa Dios? Sa pagkatinuod dili gayod! Kay kung ang balaod nga gihatag makahimo sa paghatag ug kinabuhi, ang pagkamatarong moabot gayod pinaagi niana nga balaod.
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.
Apan hinuon, ang kasulatan nagbilanggo sa tanan nga mga butang nga nailalom sa sala. Ang Dios nagbuhat niini aron nga ang iyang saad sa pagluwas kanato pinaagi sa pagtuo kang Jesu-Cristo mahimong ikahatag niadtong nagtuo.
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].
Apan sa wala pa miabot ang pagtuo kang Cristo, kita nabilanggo ug nagapos pinaagi sa balaod hangtod nga napadayag ang pagtuo.
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].
Busa ang balaod nahimo natong magbalantay hangtod nga si Cristo miabot, aron nga kita mahimong matarong pinaagi sa pagtuo.
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].
Karon ang pagtuo miabot, wala na gayod kita nailalom sa magbalantay.
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
Kay kamong tanan mga anak na sa Dios pinaagi sa pagtuo kang Cristo Jesus.
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
Kamong tanan nga nabawtismohan diha kang Cristo gibistihan ang inyong kaugalingon diha kang Cristo.
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.
Walay Judio ni Griyego, ulipon ni gawasnon, lalaki ni babaye, kay kamong tanan usa diha kang Cristo Jesus.
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].
Kung kamo iya kang Cristo, nagpasabot nga kamo mga kaliwat ni Abraham, ug mga manununod sumala sa saad.
