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}.
Mwenga Wagalatiya wazyigizyigi! Gani yakawahawiti? Kwa masu genu maweni mulanguzitwi paweru kwa visoweru kuhowa kwa Yesu Kristu palupingika.
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?
Nfira mung'ambiri shintu shimu. Hashi, mumwankiti Rohu gwa Mlungu toziya ya kutenda shirii shashifiruwa Mumalagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa ama toziya ya kujimira ujumbi wamupikaniriti?
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]
Iwera hashi mwenga muwera wazyigizyigi ntambu ayi? Mwenga mwanjiti kwa utanga wa Rohu gwa Mlungu, vinu mfira kumalira kwa makakala genu maweni?
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.
Hashi ntabiku yoseri ilii yampatiti iweriti yahera shintu? Nakaka iweriti ndiri yahera shintu.
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]!
Mlungu kankuwapanana Rohu gwakuwi na kutenda mauzauza pakati pa mwenga toziya mugatenditi Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa ama toziya muwujimira ujumbi ulii wamupikaniriti?
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}.
Muloli gagatenditwi kwa Aburahamu, “Yomberi kamjimiriti Mlungu na Mlungu kamuwalangiti kuwera muheri kulongolu kwakuwi.”
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].
Su muvimani kuwera wantu yawamjimira Mlungu, womberi ndo wawiwuka wa nakaka wa Aburahamu.
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.”
Malembu Mananagala galanguziyiti pamberi kuwera Mlungu hakawatendi wantu yawawera ndiri Wayawudi wawalangwi waheri kulongolu kwakuwi kwa njira ya njimiru. Su Aburahamu kagambiritwi Shisoweru Shiwagira kuwera, “Kupitira gwenga, wantu wa makabila goseri hawatekelerwi.”
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].
Su wantu woseri yawawera na njimiru wankutekelerwa pamuhera na Aburahamu, muntu gwa njimiru.
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].
Kwa wantu woseri yawalitumbira matendu ga Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa, womberi wawera mumpangilu, toziya ilembwa kuwera, “Kapangilwa muntu yoseri yakakola ndiri na kutenda vitwatira vyoseri vyavilembitwi mushintora sha Malagaliru.”
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].”
Su vinu iwoneka nakaka kuwera Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa hapeni gamtendi muntu kawalangwi kuwera muheri kulongolu kwa Mlungu, toziya Malembu Mananagala galonga, “Muntu yakamfiriziya Mlungu hakalikali kwa njimiru.”
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.
Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa galitumbira ndiri njimiru, kumbiti Malembu Mananagala galonga, “Muntu yoseri yakagatenda matendu gagafiruwa na Malagaliru, yomberi hakalikali kwa matendu aga.”
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.”
Kristu katukomboriti kulawa mumpangilu ya Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa kwa kupingikwa palupingika kwajili yetu gambira muntu yakapangilwa na Mlungu, toziya ilembwa Mumalembu Mnanagala, “Kapangilwa muntu yoseri yakapingikitwi mulupanda.”
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.
Shitwatira ashi shitendikiti hangu su kupitira Yesu Kristu, matekeleru gakapananitwi Aburahamu gawayiziri na wantu yawawera ndiri Wayawudi kupitira njimiru tupati kumuwanka Rohu yatulagilitwi na Mlungu.
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.
Walongu wayangu, hanuwapanani mfanu kulawa mumakaliru getu ga kila lishaka. Muliholi kuusu mapatanu gawalijimilirana wantu. Lipatanu palijimirika kala, kwahera muntu yakaweza kuwusiya ama kwongera shoseri.
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.”
Su Aburahamu wampananiti lagilu, mweni pamuhera na muyiwuku gwakuwi. Malembu Mananagala galonga ndiri “wayuwuku wakuwi,” kulanguziya wantu wavuwa, kumbiti galonga “na muyiwuku gwaku,” kulanguziya muntu yumu, mweni ndo Kristu.
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].
Shanfira kutakula ndo ashi, Mlungu katenditi lipatanu lyakuwi na kalilanguziyiti nakaka, Malagaliru gagalawiriti vinja miya msheshi na malongu matatu shakapanu, hapeni gawezi kuliwusiya lipatanu ama kulileka lagilu ali.
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].
Toziya handa uhala upatikana kwa malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa, ulawirana ndiri na lagilu, kumbiti Mlungu kamupananiti Aburahamu uhala toziya kalagaliti hangu.
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].
Malagaliru gawera na lihengu gaa? Gatulitwi su kuwalanguziya wantu nakaka ukondola wa matendu gawu mpaka pakiza muyiwuku gulii gwa Aburahamu yakakantitwi mulagilu lilii. Gajegitwi na wantumintumi wa kumpindi kwa liwoku lya Musa yakaweriti mkolaniziya.
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
Shitwatira shashiwera sha muntu yumu hera, mkolaniziya kafiruwa ndiri, kumbiti Mlungu ndo yumu hera.
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.
Hashi, Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa gasingana na lagilu lya Mlungu? Ndala nakamu! Toziya Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa gagalaviyitwi megawapanani wantu ukomu, su twenga metuwezi kumfiriziya Mlungu kwa njira ya Malagaliru aga.
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.
Kumbiti Malembu Mananagala gatenda vintu vyoseri vitawililwi pasi pa makakala ga vidoda, su galii gagalagilitwi kupananwa kwa njira ya kumjimira Yesu Kristu, gapati kupananwa kwa walii yawajimira.
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].
Pamberi njimiru hayeniyizi, twenga tuweriti tutatilwa gambira watatirwa pasi pa Malagaliru Mlungu kakamupananiti Musa, tutatilitwi mushibetubetu mpaka njimiru igubutulwi.
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].
Su Malagaliru gatuloleriti mpaka Kristu pakiziti, su tupati kuwalangwa kuwera waheri kulongolu kwa Mlungu kwa njimiru.
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].
Toziya njimiru isoka kala, twenga tulonguziwa kayi ndiri na Malagaliru Mlungu gakamupananiti Musa.
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
Kupitira njimiru, woseri mwenga muwera wana wa Mlungu kwa kulikolerana pamuhera na Kristu Yesu.
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
Mwawoseri mwenga yambatizwiti kwa kulikolerana pamuhera na Kristu su muwera gambira Kristu mweni.
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.
Su vinu woseri tuwera teratera pakati pa Wayawudi na wantu yawawera ndiri wayawudi, pakati pa mumanda ama muntu mlekeziwa, pakati pa muntu mpalu ama mdala, mwawoseri mwenga muwera shintu shimu kwa kulikolerana pamuhera na Kristu Yesu.
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].
Payiwera mwenga ndo wantu wa Kristu, su mwawashiyiwuku sha Aburahamu na hamuwanki galii gakalagiliti Mlungu.
