< Galatians 3 >
1 Foolish Galatians! Who has put a spell on you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly displayed as crucified.
Ẹ̀yin aláìnírònú ará Galatia! Ta ní ha tàn yín jẹ, kí ẹ̀yin má ṣe gba òtítọ́ gbọ́? Ní ojú ẹni tí a fi Jesu Kristi hàn gbangba láàrín yín ni ẹni tí a kàn mọ́ àgbélébùú.
2 This is the only thing I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?
Kìkì èyí ni mo fẹ́ béèrè lọ́wọ́ yín, nípa iṣẹ́ òfin ni ẹ̀yin gba Ẹ̀mí bí, tàbí nípa ìgbọ́ràn pẹ̀lú ìgbàgbọ́?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to finish by the flesh?
Báyìí ni ẹ̀yin ṣe jẹ òmùgọ̀ tó bí? Ẹ̀yin tí ó ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìgbé ayé ìgbàgbọ́ yín nípa ti Ẹ̀mí, ṣé a ti wá sọ yín di pípé nípa ti ara ni?
4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing—if indeed it was for nothing?
Ẹ̀yin ha ti jìyà ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nǹkan wọ̀nyí lásán? Bí ó bá ṣe pé nítòótọ́ lásán ni.
5 Does he who gives the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
Ṣé Ọlọ́run fún yín ní Ẹ̀mí rẹ̀, tí ó sì ṣe iṣẹ́ ìyanu láàrín yín nítorí tí ẹ̀yin pa òfin mọ, tàbí nítorí ẹ ní ìgbàgbọ́ sí ohun tí ẹ gbọ́?
6 Just as Abraham “believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness,”
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí Abrahamu “Ó gba Ọlọ́run gbọ́, a sì kà á sí òdodo fún un.”
7 in the same way, understand, then, that those of faith are the children of Abraham.
Ẹ jẹ́ kí ó yé é yín nígbà náà pé, àwọn ti ó gbàgbọ́, àwọn náà ní í ṣe ọmọ Abrahamu.
8 The scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
Bí ìwé mímọ́ sì tí wí tẹ́lẹ̀ pé, Ọlọ́run yóò dá aláìkọlà láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́, ó tí wàásù ìyìnrere ṣáájú fún Abrahamu, ó ń wí pé, “Nínú rẹ̀ ni a ó bùkún fún gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè.”
9 So then, those of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ ni àwọn tí i ṣe tí ìgbàgbọ́ jẹ́ ẹni alábùkún fún pẹ̀lú Abrahamu olódodo.
10 All who rely on the works of the law are under a curse; and so it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the law, and do them.”
Nítorí pé iye àwọn tí ń bẹ ni ipa iṣẹ́ òfin ń bẹ lábẹ́ ègún: nítorí tí a tí kọ ọ́ pé, “Ìfibú ni olúkúlùkù ẹni tí kò dúró nínú ohun gbogbo tí a kọ sínú ìwé òfin láti máa ṣe wọ́n”.
11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because “the righteous will live by faith.”
Nítorí ó dánilójú pé, a kò dá ẹnikẹ́ni láre níwájú Ọlọ́run nípa iṣẹ́ òfin: nítorí pé, “Olódodo yóò yè nípa ìgbàgbọ́.”
12 But the law is not of faith, rather, “The person who does the works of the law must live by them.”
Òfin kì í sì í ṣe ti ìgbàgbọ́: ṣùgbọ́n, “Ẹni tí ó ba ṣe, yóò yè nípa wọn.”
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—
Kristi ti rà wá padà kúrò lọ́wọ́ ègún òfin, ẹni tí a fi ṣe ègún fún wa: nítorí tí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Ìfibú ni olúkúlùkù ẹni tí a fi kọ́ sórí igi.”
14 so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
Ó gbà wá là ki ìbùkún Abrahamu ba à lè wá sórí àwọn aláìkọlà nípa Kristi Jesu; kí àwa ba à lè gba ìlérí Ẹ̀mí nípa ìgbàgbọ́.
15 Brothers, let me speak in human terms. In a man-made contract, no one can set it aside or add to it, once it is established by law.
Ará, èmi ń sọ̀rọ̀ bí ènìyàn, gẹ́gẹ́ bi májẹ̀mú ènìyàn ti a ti fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀, kò sí ẹni tí ó lè sọ ọ́ di asán, tàbí tí ó lè fi kún un mọ́.
16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. It does not say, “to descendants,” referring to many, but instead to only one, “and to your descendant,” who is Christ.
Ǹjẹ́ fún Abrahamu àti fún irú-ọmọ rẹ̀ ni a ti ṣe àwọn ìlérí náà. Ìwé Mímọ́ kò ṣọ wí pé, “fún àwọn irú-ọmọ rẹ̀,” bí ẹni pé ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀; ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹni pé ọ̀kan ṣoṣo, “àti fún irú-ọmọ rẹ̀,” èyí tí í ṣe Kristi.
17 Now what I mean is this: The law, which came 430 years afterward, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God.
Èyí tí mò ń wí ni pé: májẹ̀mú tí Ọlọ́run ti fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ níṣàájú, òfin ti ó dé lẹ́yìn ọgbọ̀nlénírinwó ọdún kò lè sọ ọ́ di asán, kí ó sì mú ìlérí náà di aláìlágbára.
18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, then it no longer comes by promise. But God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
Nítorí bí ogún náà bá dúró lórí ṣíṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí í òfin kì í ṣe ti ìlérí mọ́, ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run ti fi í fún Abrahamu nípa ìlérí.
19 What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of trespasses, until the descendant of Abraham would come to whom the promise had been made. The law was put into force through angels by a mediator.
Ǹjẹ́ kí ha ni òfin? A fi kún un nítorí ìrékọjá títí irú-ọmọ tí a ti ṣe ìlérí fún yóò fi dé; a sì tipasẹ̀ àwọn angẹli ṣe ìlànà rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ alárinà kan wá.
20 Now a mediator implies more than one person, but God is one.
Ǹjẹ́ onílàjà kì í ṣe alárinà ti ẹnìkan, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀kan ni Ọlọ́run.
21 So is the law against the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
Nítorí náà òfin ha lòdì sí àwọn ìlérí Ọlọ́run bí? Kí a má rí i; nítorí ìbá ṣe pé a ti fi òfin kan fún ni tí ó lágbára láti sọ ni di ààyè nítòótọ́ òdodo ìbá ti tipasẹ̀ òfin wà.
22 But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin. God did this so that the promise to save us by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Ṣùgbọ́n ìwé mímọ́ ti fi yé wa pé gbogbo ènìyàn ni ń bẹ lábẹ́ ìdè ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, kí a lè fi ìlérí nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Jesu Kristi fún àwọn tí ó gbàgbọ́.
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until faith should be revealed.
Ṣùgbọ́n kí ìgbàgbọ́ tó dé, a ti pa wá mọ́ lábẹ́ òfin, a sì sé wa mọ́ de ìgbàgbọ́ tí a ń bọ̀ wá fihàn.
24 So then the law became our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.
Nítorí náà òfin ti jẹ́ olùtọ́jú láti mú ènìyàn wá sọ́dọ̀ Kristi, kí a lè dá wa láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́.
25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
Ṣùgbọ́n lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ìgbàgbọ́ ti dé, àwa kò sí lábẹ́ olùtọ́jú mọ́.
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Nítorí pé ọmọ Ọlọ́run ni gbogbo yín, nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Kristi Jesu.
27 For as many of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Nítorí pé iye ẹ̀yin tí a ti bamitiisi sínú Kristi ti gbé Kristi wọ̀.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Kò le sí Júù tàbí Giriki, ẹrú tàbí òmìnira, ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin nítorí pé ọ̀kan ni nínú Kristi Jesu.
29 Then if you are Christ's, you are Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to promise.
Bí ẹ̀yin bá sì jẹ́ ti Kristi, ǹjẹ́ ẹ̀yin ní irú-ọmọ Abrahamu, àti àrólé gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlérí.