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}.

Ao Bagalatia ba ba dieleele! Lo tseantswe ke moloi yo o ntsengjang a bo a lo tsenya mowa wa bohema? Gonne lo kile lwa bo lo bona sentle se loso lwa ga Keresete lo se rayang jaaka o ka re ke ne ke kile ka baya fa pele ga lona lomati lo lo nang le setshwantsho sa ga Keresete a a swa mo mokgorong.

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?

Mmang ke lo botse potso e: “A lo amogetse Mowa O O Boitshepo ka go leka go boloka melao ya Sejuta?” Nnyaa, ga go a nna jalo, gonne Mowa O O Boitshepo o tsile mo go lona fela lo sena go utlwa kaga Keresete lo bo lo mo ikanya go lo boloka.

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]

Jalo he, a lo tsenwe ke botsenwa gotlhelele? Gonne fa go leka go obamela melao ya Sejuta go ise go ke go bo go lo neye botshelo jwa semowa lwa ntlha, ke eng fa jaanong lo akanya gore go leka go e obamela go tlaa lo dira Bakeresete ba ba itekanetseng?

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.

Lo bogetse Mafoko a a Molemo thata. A jaanong lo tsile go a latlhela gongwe le gongwe fela? Ga ke dumele tota!

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]!

Ke lo botsa gape ka re, a Modimo o lo naya nonofo ya Mowa O O Boitshepo o bo o dira dikgakgamatso mo go lona e le ka ntlha ya go leka ga lona ga go obamela melao ya Sejuta? Nnyaa, tota ga go a nna jalo. Ke fa lo dumela mo go Keresete lo bo lo mo ikanya ka botlalo.

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}.

Aberahame o ne a na le one maitemogelo a, Modimo wa mo supa fa a le moitekanedi go tsena mo legodimong fela ka gore o ne a dumela ditsholofetso tsa Modimo.

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].

Lo ka bona mo go one maitemogelo a gore bana ba ga Aberahame tota ke batho botlhe ba tumelo ba ba ikanyang Modimo ka boammaaruri.

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.”

Mo godimo ga moo, se sengwe gape ke eng, Dikwalo di ne di solofetse lobaka lo lwa gore Modimo o boloke le badichaba ka tumelo ya bone. Modimo ga o bolo go bolelela Aberahame bogologolo kaga sone selo se fa o re, “Ke tlaa segofatsa mo chabeng nngwe le nngwe ba ba inkanyang jaaka wena.” Mme go ntse fela jalo: botlhe ba ba ikanyang Keresete ba na le seabe mo go lone lesego le Aberahame o le amogetseng.

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].

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].

Ee, mme ba ba ikaegileng mo melaong ya Sejuta go ba boloka ba mo phutsong ya Modimo, gonne Dikwalo di supa sentle thata di re, “Go hutsegile mongwe le mongwe yo ka nako nngwe a robang mongwe wa melao, e e kwadilweng mo Lokwalong lwa Modimo lwa Molao.”

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].”

Ka go rialo, go bonala sentle gore ga go na le fa e le ope yo o ka bonang botsalano le Modimo ka go leka go tshegetsa melao ya Sejuta, gonne Mo-dimo o rile tsela fela e ka yone re ka siamang mo ponong ya one ke ka tumelo. Jaaka moporofiti Habakuke a ne a bua a re, “Motho yo o bonang botshelo o tlaa bo bona fela ka go ikanya Modimo.”

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.

A pharologanyo e tona fa gare ga tsela e ya tumelo le tsela ya molao o o reng motho o bolokwa ke go obamela molao mongwe le mongwe wa Modimo, a sa sute le fa e le gangwe fela.

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.”

Mme Keresete o re rekile ka fa tlase ga phutso eo ya tsela e e sa kgonegeng ka go tsaya phutso ya rona ka ntlha ya ditiro tse di bosula a e baya mo magetleng a gagwe. Gonne go kwadilwe mo Lokwalong gatwe, “Le fa e le mang yo o pegilweng mo setlhareng o hutsegile,” (jaaka Jesu a ne a lepelediwa mo mokgorong wa logong).

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.

Jaanong Modimo o ka segofatsa Badichaba le bone, ka lone lesego le o le solofeditseng Aberahame; mme rotlhe re le Bakeresete re ka nna le Mowa O O Boitshepo o re o solofeditsweng ka yone tumelo e.

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.

Bagaetsho ba ba rategang, le mo botshelong jwa malatsi otlhe fa motho a direla yo mongwe tsholofetso, fa e kwadilwe ya ba ya saenwa (tlanngwa) ga e kake ya fetolwa. Ga e kake ya re morago ga moo a fetoga a dira se sele.

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.”

Jaanong, Modimo o neetse Aberahame le Ngwana wa one ditsholofetso dingwe. Mme lemogang gore ga gotwe ditsholofetso di ne di neetswe bana ba gagwe, jaaka go ne go katwe, di tshwanetse bomorwae botlhe, ebong Bajuta botlhe ba go neng go buiwa kaga bone, mme tota go ne go buiwa kaga Morwawe ebong Keresete.

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].

Se ke lekang go se bua ke se: Tsholofetso ya Modimo ya go boloka ka tumelo, le gore Modimo o kwadile tsholofetso e, wa ba wa e saena (tlanya), e ne e sa kake ya dirololwa kgotsa ya fetolwa morago ga dingwaga di le makgolo a le mane le masome a le mararo fa Modimo o ntsha Melao e e Some.

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 go obamela melao eo go ne go ka re boloka, mme go bonala sentle gore mo e ne e tlaa bo e le tsela e sele ya go nna botsalano le Modimo go na le tsela ya ga Aberahame, gonne go ne ga nna motlhofo mo go ene go amogela tsholofetso ya Modimo.

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].

Jalo he, melao e ne e direlwang? E ne ya okediwa tsholofetso e sena go dirwa, go supegetsa batho gore ba molato go le kae ka go roba melao ya Modimo. Mme tsela e ya molao e ne e tshwanetse go nna teng fela go fitlhelela Keresete a tla, ngwana yo tsholofetso ya Modimo e neng ya diragadiwa ka ene. (Mme go santse go na le pharologanyo nngwe. Modimo o ne wa neela baengele melao ya one go e neela Moshe, yo ene a neng a e neela batho;

20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].

mme erile fa Modimo o neela Aberahame tsholofetso ya one, o ne wa e dira ka boone o le nosi, kwa ntle ga go roma baengele kgotsa Moshe).

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.

Jalo he, a melao ya Modimo le ditsholofetso tsa one di a ganetsanya? Ga go a nna jalo! Fa re ne re ka bolokwa ka melao ya one, jalo Modimo o ka bo o sa re naya tsela e sele go tswa mo botshwarong jwa sebe, gonne Dikwalo di gatelela gore re magolegwa a sebe. Tsela fela e re ka falolang ka yone ke ka tumelo mo go Jesu Keresete; tsela ya go falola e bulegetse botlhe ba ba dumelang mo go ene.

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.

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].

Go fitlhelela Keresete a tla re ne re disitswe ke molao, re beilwe mo tisong e e babalesegileng, go bua jalo ke gore, go fitlhelela re dumela mo Mmoloking yo o tlang.

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].

Mmang ke tlhalose ka tsela e nngwe. Melao ya Sejuta e ne e le moruti wa rona le mokaedi go fitlhelela Keresete a tla go re neela seemo se se nitameng mo Modimong ka tumelo ya rona.

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].

Mme jaanong ka gore Keresete o tsile, ga re sa tlhole re tlhoka melao eo go re disa le go re etelela pele e re isa kwa go one.

26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.

Gonne jaanong rotlhe re bana ba Modimo ka tumelo mo go Jesu Keresete,

27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.

ebile rona ba re kolobeditsweng go nna selo se le sengwe le Keresete, re mo apere.

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.

Ga re sa tlhole re le Bajuta kgotsa Bagerika kgotsa makgoba kgotsa batho ba ba golotsweng, kgotsa banna fela kgotsa basadi, mme re tshwana fela rotlhe, re Bakeresete; re bangwe fela mo go Keresete Jesu.

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].

Mme jaanong ka gore re ba ga Keresete, re losika lwa ga Aberahame tota, mme ditsholofetso tsotlhe tse Modimo o di mo solofeditseng ke tsa rona.