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}.
Ry Galatiana adala, iza no nanimba anareo; kanefa teo imasonareo indrindra no nanehoana marimarina an’ i Jesosy Kristy voahombo tamin’ ny hazo fijaliana?
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?
Izao ihany no tiako holazainareo amiko: Moa ny asan’ ny lalàna va no nandraisanareo ny Fanahy, sa ny fitoriana ny finoana?
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]
Adala toy izany va ianareo? Rehefa nanomboka tamin’ ny Fanahy ianareo, dia hahatanteraka amin’ ny nofo va ankehitriny?
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.
Moa izany zavatra be izany dia efa niaretanareo foana, raha dia foana tokoa izany?
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]!
Ary Izay manome anareo ny Fanahy sy mahavita asa lehibe eo aminareo, moa avy amin’ ny asan’ ny lalàna va izany, sa avy amin’ ny fitoriana ny finoana?
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}.
Dia tahaka an’ i Abrahama nino an’ Andriamanitra, ka dia nasaina ho fahamarinany izany.
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].
Koa fantaro fa izay amin’ ny finoana no zanak’ i Abrahama.
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.”
Ary satria hitan’ ny Soratra Masìna rahateo fa amin’ ny finoana no anamarinan’ Andriamanitra ny jentilisa, dia nitory ny filazantsara tamin’ i Abrahama rahateo izy, nanao hoe: Aminao no hitahiana ny firenena rehetra;
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].
ka dia izay amin’ ny finoana notahina mbamin’ i Abrahama mpino.
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].
Fa izay rehetra amin’ ny asan’ ny lalàna dia eo ambanin’ ny fanozonana; fa voasoratra hoe: Voaozona izay rehetra tsy maharitra mankatò ny zavatra rehetra voasoratra ao amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàna.
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].”
Ary hita marimarina fa amin’ ny lalàna dia tsy misy olona hamarinina eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra; fa ny marina amin’ ny finoana no ho velona.
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.
Ary ny lalàna tsy araka ny finoana; fa izay mahatandrina izany no ho velona aminy.
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.”
Kristy nanavotra anay tamin’ ny ozon’ ny lalàna, satria tonga voaozona hamonjy anay Izy; fa voasoratra hoe: Voaozona izay rehetra mihantona amin’ ny hazo,
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.
mba ho tonga amin’ ny jentilisa ny fitahiana an’ i Abrahama ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy, ary mba horaisintsika amin’ ny finoana ny teny fikasana ny amin’ ny Fanahy.
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.
Ry rahalahy ― miteny araka ny fanaon’ ny olona aho ― na dia ny fanekena ataon’ olona ihany aza, rehefa vita mafy, dia tsy fanao ny manatsoaka na manampy izany.
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.”
Ary tamin’ i Abrahama sy ny taranany no nilazana ny teny fikasana. Tsy lazainy hoe: Ary ho an’ ny taranaka, toy ny milaza ny maro; fa toy ny milaza ny anankiray, ary ho an’ ny taranakao, dia Kristy izany.
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].
Ary izao no lazaiko: Ny fanekena izay nataon’ Andriamanitra mafy fahiny dia tsy tsoahan’ ny lalàna, izay vao natao telo-polo amby efa-jato taona tato aoriana, hahafoana ny teny fikasana.
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].
Fa raha avy amin’ ny lalàna ny lova, dia tsy avy amin’ ny teny fikasana intsony; nefa tamin’ i Abrahama dia teny fikasana no nanomezan’ Andriamanitra azy.
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].
Inona ary ny lalàna? Nanampy noho ny fahadisoana izy ambara-pihavin’ ny taranaka izay nomena ny teny fikasana; ary nalahatr’ anjely teo an-tànan’ ny mpanalalana izany.
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
Ary ny mpanalalana dia tsy an’ ny irery, fa Andriamanitra dia iray ihany.
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.
Ka moa manohitra ny teny fikasan’ Andriamanitra va ny lalàna? Sanatria izany! Fa raha nisy lalàna mahavelona nomena, dia avy tamin’ ny lalàna tokoa ny fahamarinana
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.
Fa ny Soratra Masìna efa nanidy azy rehetra teo amin’ ny fahotana, mba homena ny mino ny teny fikasana noho ny finoana an i Jesosy Kristy.
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].
Fa fony tsy mbola tonga ny finoana, dia voambina tao ambanin’ ny lalàna isika ka voahidy ho amin’ ny finoana izay efa haseho ato aoriana.
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].
Koa ny lalàna dia mpitaiza antsika ho amin’ i Kristy, mba hohamarinina noho ny finoana isika.
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].
Fa rehefa tonga ny finoana, dia tsy fehezin’ izay mpitaiza intsony isika.
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
Fa ianareo rehetra dia zanak’ Andriamanitra amin’ ny finoana an’ i Kristy Jesosy.
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
Fa na iza na iza ianareo no natao batisa ho an’ i Kristy dia nitafy an’ i Kristy.
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.
Tsy misy intsony na Jiosy na Grika, na andevo na tsy andevo, na lahy sy vavy; fa iray ihany ianareo rehetra ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy.
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].
Fa raha an’ i Kristy ianareo, dia taranak’ i Abrahama sy mpandova araka ny teny fikasana.
