Galatians 3
1 Foolish Galatians! Who has been fascinating you — you before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was depicted upon the cross?
Mwet Galatia, kowos mwet lalfon! Su intikowosla uh? Fwackyuk arulana kalem ye motowos ke misa lun Jesus Christ fin sakseng soko!
2 Here is the one thing that I want to find out from you — Did you receive the Spirit as the result of obedience to Law, or of your having listened with faith?
Fahkma nu sik ma se inge: ya kowos eis ngun lun God ke kowos oru ma sapkinyuk ke Ma Sap, ku ke kowos porongo wosasu ac lulalfongi?
3 Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external?
Efu kowos ku arulana lalfon? Kowos tuh mutawauk moul sasu lowos ke ngun lun God; ya inge kowos lungse aksafye ke ku lowos sifacna?
4 Did you go through so much to no purpose? — if indeed it really was to no purpose!
Ya ma kowos pulakin in moul in Christian lowos uh wangin sripa? Tia ku in wangin sripa!
5 He who supplies you abundantly with his Spirit and endows you with such powers — does he do this as the result of obedience to Law? or as the result of your having listened with faith?
Ya God El asot ngun nu suwos ac oru mwenmen inmasrlowos ke sripen ma sapkinyuk ke Ma Sap, ku ke sripen kowos porongo wosasu ac lulalfongi?
6 It is just as it was with Abraham — ‘He had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’
Nunku kacl Abraham, in oana ke Ma Simusla fahk: “Abraham el filiya lulalfongi lal in Leum God ac ke sripen lulalfongi lal, God El oakulla sie mwet suwoswos.”
7 You see, then, that those whose lives are based on faith are the Sons of Abraham.
Ke ma inge, kowos in kalem kac lah elos na su lulalfongi, pa fita na pwaye natul Abraham.
8 And Scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the Good News to Abraham in the words — ‘Through thee all the Gentiles shall be blessed.’
Ma Simusla uh fahkak tari meet lah God El ac aksuwosye mwet pegan nu sel sifacna ke lulalfongi lalos. Ouinge, Ma Simusla fahkak Pweng Wo nu sel Abraham in kas inge: “Keim God El ac fah akinsewowoye mutanfahl nukewa.”
9 And, therefore, those whose lives are based on faith share the blessings bestowed upon the faith of Abraham.
Abraham el lulalfongi ac akinsewowoyeyuk kac; ouinge elos nukewa su lulalfongi elos ac akinsewowoyeyuk oana el.
10 All who rely upon obedience to Law are under a curse, for Scripture says — ‘Cursed is every one who does not abide by all that is written in the Book of the Law, and do it.’
Elos su filiya finsrak lalos ke ma elos oru in akfalye Ma Sap uh, elos muta ye selnga. Tuh Ma Simusla fahk, “Elos su tia akos ma nukewa ma simla in book lun Ma Sap in pacl nukewa, elos oan ye selnga lun God.”
11 Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through Law, for we read — ‘Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.’
Inge kalem lah God El tia aksuwosye kutena mwet ke Ma Sap, mweyen Ma Simusla fahk mu, “Mwet se su God El aksuwosye ke sripen lulalfongi, el na pa ac moul.”
12 But the Law is not based on faith; no, its words are — ‘Those who practice these precepts will find Life through them.’
Wangin kupasr lun Ma Sap nu ke lulalfongi. Mweyen Ma Simusla fahk, “Elos su oru ma nukewa sapkinyuk in Ma Sap fah moul ke Ma Sap.”
13 Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says — ‘Cursed is any one who is hanged on a tree.’
Christ el molikutla liki selnga lun Ma Sap, ke el sifacna selngawiyuk kacsr; tuh Ma Simusla fahk, “Kutena mwet su sripsripyak fin sak uh el oan ye selnga lun God.”
14 And this he did that the blessing given to Abraham might be extended to the Gentiles through their union with Jesus Christ; that so, through our faith, we also might receive the promised gift of the Spirit.
Christ el oru ma inge tuh mwe insewowo ma God El wulela kac nu sel Abraham, in itukyang nu sin mwet pegan ke Christ Jesus, tuh ke sripen lulalfongi, kut fah ku in eis Ngun su God El wulela kac.
15 To take an illustration, Brothers, from daily life — No one sets aside even an agreement between two men, when once it has been confirmed, nor does he add conditions to it.
Mwet lili, nga ac srumun sie mwe srikasrak ma kowos arulana kalem kac: ke pacl se mwet luo insesela ke sie ma, ac sainiya inelos kac, na wangin mwet ku in kunausla ku laesla kutena ma nu kac.
16 Now it was to Abraham that the promises were made, ‘and to his offspring.’ It was not said ‘to his offsprings,’ as if many persons were meant, but the words were ‘to thy offspring,’ showing that one person was meant — and that was Christ.
Ouinge, God El tuh orala wulela lal uh nu sel Abraham ac nu sin sie fita natul. Ma Simusla tia fahk ke fita puspis, a nu ke fita sefanna, su Christ.
17 My point is this — An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.
Kalmen ma nga fahk uh pa God El orala sie wulela ku yorol Abraham, ac El wulela mu El ac karinganang na. Na Ma Sap, su tuh itukyang ke yac angfoko tolngoul toko, tia ku in kunausla ku akwanginyala sripen wulela sac.
18 If our heritage is the result of Law, then it has ceased to be the result of a promise. Yet God conferred it on Abraham by a promise.
Tuh mwe kite lun God fin ma ke sripen Ma Sap, na tila ma ke wulela sac. Tusruktu, ma ke sripen wulela sac pa pwanang God El asang mwe kite sac nu sel Abraham.
19 What, then, you ask, was the use of the Law? It was a later addition, to make men conscious of their wrong-doings, and intended to last only till the coming of that ‘offspring’ to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.
Na fin ouinge, mea sripen Ma Sap uh? Ma itukyang toko in akkalemye lah mea ma koluk uh, ac ku lun Ma Sap uh in oanna nwe ke fita se lal Abraham el tuku, su wulela sac orekla nu se. Ma Sap uh tuh ituku nu sin lipufan nu sin mwet uh, ac srisrngiyuki mwet se in tafwema.
20 Now mediation implies more than one person, but God is one only.
Tuh, tia enenu in oasr mwet se tafwema fin mwet sefanna pa oru ma inge — ac God El ma sefanna.
21 Does that set the Law in opposition to God’s promises? Heaven forbid! For, if a Law had been given capable of bestowing Life, then righteousness would have actually owed its existence to Law.
Ya kalmac pa Ma Sap uh lain wulela lun God? Mo, tiana ouinge! Tuh fin oasr ma sap su ku in asang moul nu sin mwet, na mwet nukewa lukun ku in aksuwosyeyuk ye mutun God ke elos akos ma sap sac.
22 But the words of Scripture represent the whole world as being in bondage to sin, so that the promised blessing, dependent, as it is, upon faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who have faith in him.
Tuhsruktu Ma Simusla fahk lah faclu nufon oan ye ku lun ma koluk; ouinge mwe kite su God El wulela kac ke sripen lulalfongi ke Jesus Christ, ac fah itukyang nu selos na su lulalfongi.
23 Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the Faith that was destined to be revealed.
Tuh meet liki pacl lun lulalfongi ke Christ uh tuku, Ma Sap uh tuh kalikuti oana mwet kapir, nwe ke pacl lulalfongi se inge akkalemyeyukla.
24 Thus the Law has proved a guide to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.
Ouinge Ma Sap pa liyekutyang nwe ke Christ el tuku, na kut tufah ku in aksuwosyeyuk ye mutun God ke lulalfongi.
25 But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide.
Inge, ke pacl in lulalfongi ke Christ tuku tari, Ma Sap el tia sifil liyekutyang.
26 For you are all Sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.
Ke sripen lulalfongi, kowos nukewa tulik nutin God ke kowos ma sefannala yurin Christ Jesus.
27 For all of you who were baptized into union with Christ clothed yourselves with Christ.
Kowos baptaisla in kupasryang nu yurin Christ, ac inge kowos nokomang tari moul lun Christ sifacna.
28 All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.
Ouinge wangin ekla inmasrlon mwet Jew ac mwet pegan, ku inmasrlon mwet kohs ac mwet sukosok, ku inmasrlon mukul ac mutan — kowos nukewa ma sefannala yurin Christ Jesus.
29 And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham’s offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.
Kowos fin ma lun Christ, na kowos ma ke fita lal Abraham, ac kowos fah usrui ma God El wulela tari kac.
