Galatiatɔwo 3
1 O, mi Galatiatɔ bometsilawo! Ame kae flu mi? Miawo ŋutɔwoe wogblɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe kaklã ɖe atitsoga ŋuti ƒe nya na.
O INFATUATED Galatians, who hath bewitched you that ye should not obey the truth? To whom Jesus Christ has been described, as before your eyes, crucified among you.
2 Medi be mabia nya aɖe mi: Ɖe miexɔ Gbɔgbɔ la to se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me, alo to nya si miese la dzixɔse mea?
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or from hearing of the faith?
3 Ɖe mietsi bome nenema gbegbea? Esi mietsɔ Gbɔgbɔ la dze egɔmee la, azɔ ɖe miedi be yewoatsɔ ŋutilã awu enua?
Are ye so senseless? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect in the flesh?
4 Ɖe miekpe fu siawo dzodzroa, nenye dzodzroe hã?
have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5 Eya ta megale biabiam be ɖe Mawu tsɔ eƒe Gbɔgbɔ la na mi, eye wòwɔ nukunuwo le mia dome to se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me, alo to nya si miese la dzixɔse mea?
He therefore who ministereth to you a supply of the Spirit, and powerfully worketh miracles among you, doth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of the faith?
6 Nenema ke Abraham hã xɔ Mawu dzi se, eye wobui dzɔdzɔenyenye nɛ.
as Abraham believed in God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness.
7 Eya ta mise egɔme be ame siwo si xɔse le la, woawoe nye Abraham ƒe viwo.
Know then that they who are of faith, these are the children of Abraham.
8 Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la kpɔe do ŋgɔ be Mawu atso afia na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la le xɔse me, eya ta wòɖe gbeƒã nyanyui la na Abraham do ŋgɔe be, “Woayra dukɔwo katã to dziwò.”
And the scripture foreseeing that by faith God would justify the Gentiles, preached the gospel before unto Abraham, saying, that “In thee shall all the nations be blessed.”
9 Eya ta ame siwo katã si xɔse le la, woyra woawo hã abe Abraham, ame si xɔ Mawu dzi se la ene.
Wherefore they who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
10 Elabena ame siwo katã tsɔ woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo dzi la, wole fiƒode te, elabena woŋlɔ ɖi be, “Woaƒo fi ade ame sia ame si menɔ agbe ɖe nu sia nu si woŋlɔ ɖe Segbalẽ la me la nu o.”
For as many as are of the works of the law, are under a curse: for it is written, “Cursed is every one who continueth not in all the things written in the book of the law to do them.”
11 Eme kɔ ƒãa be Mawu matso afia na ame aɖeke to se la dzi wɔwɔ me o, elabena woŋlɔ ɖi be, “Ame dzɔdzɔe la anɔ agbe to xɔse me.”
But that by the law no man is justified before God is evident: because “The just by faith shall live.”
12 Wometu se la ɖe xɔse dzi o, ke boŋ mawunya gblɔ be, “Ame si wɔ nu siawo la, anɔ agbe ɖe wo nu.”
Now the law is not by faith: but “The man that doeth these things shall live by them.”
13 Kristo ɖe mí tso se la ƒe fiƒode me, esi wòzu fiƒode ɖe mía teƒe elabena mawunya gblɔ be, “Woƒo fi de ame sia ame si woklã ɖe ati ŋuti la.”
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, “Cursed is every one who is hanged on a tree:”
14 Eɖe mí bena Abraham ƒe yayra nava ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la dzi to Kristo Yesu me, ale be to xɔse me la, míaxɔ Gbɔgbɔ la ƒe ŋugbedodo.
that unto the Gentiles the benediction pronounced on Abraham might come by Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.
15 Nɔviwo, mana kpɔɖeŋu aɖe mi tso gbe sia gbe-gbenɔnɔ me. Abe ale si ame aɖeke mate ŋu atu alo atsɔ naneke akpe ɖe nubabla si amegbetɔwo wɔ ŋu o ene la, nenema wòle le go sia me hã.
Brethren, I speak humanly; to use a similitude, a man’s testament, if it be passed in legal form, no man can vacate, or add thereunto.
16 Ŋugbedodo la nye Abraham kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo tɔ. Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la megblɔ be “na dzidzimeviwo o” si gɔmee nye ame geɖewo, ke boŋ “na wò dzidzimeviwo” si gɔmee nye ame ɖeka si nye Kristo.
But to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, To seeds, as unto many persons; but as to an individual, and to thy seed, which is Christ.
17 Nu si gblɔm mele la gɔmee nye: Se si wowɔ le ƒe 430 megbe la, mete ŋu tu nubabla si Mawu wɔ do ŋgɔ la o, nenema ke metu ŋugbedodo la hã o.
Now this I say, the covenant confirmed of God to Christ, the law, which was given three hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, so as to vacate the promise.
18 Elabena ne domenyinyi la ku ɖe se la ŋu la, ekema megaku ɖe ŋugbedodo la ŋu o; ke Mawu to ŋugbedodo la me tsɔe ke Abraham.
For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more by promise; but to Abraham God gave it freely by promise.
19 Nu ka ta koŋ wona se la ɖo? Wotsɔ se la kpe ɖe eŋu ɖe vodadawo ta va se ɖe esime dzidzime, si ŋuti ŋugbedodo la ku ɖo la nava. Wona se la to mawudɔlawo dzi, eye wotsɔe de asi na avuléla.
To what end then was the law given? It was given on account of transgressions, until that seed should come to whom the promise was made, being delivered through the ministry of angels into the hand of a mediator.
20 Ke avuléla menye ame ɖeka o; gake Mawu la ya nye ɖeka.
But the mediator of the one seed he is not, though God is one.
21 Ekema ɖe se la tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ƒe ŋugbedodowo ŋutia? Gbeɖe! Elabena ne se si wona la ana agbe la, ekema dzɔdzɔenyenye ava to se la me.
Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given which was capable of procuring life, verily righteousness would have been by the law.
22 Gake Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ be xexea me katã le nu vɔ̃ ƒe babla me, be ŋugbedodo si Mawu na to Yesu Kristo dzixɔse me la nasu ame siwo xɔe se la si.
But the scripture hath shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 Hafi xɔse sia nava la, míenɔ babla me le se la te va se ɖe esime woɖe xɔse si le vava ge la ɖe go.
But before the faith came, we were in ward under the law, shut up together for the faith that should be revealed.
24 Ale se la zu míaƒe mɔfiala va se ɖe esime Kristo va be woatso afia na mí to xɔse me.
Wherefore the law was our conductor, as of children, to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 Azɔ esi xɔse sia va la, míegale se, si nye mɔfiala la te o.
But when faith was come, we were no longer under a paedagogue.
26 Elabena le Kristo Yesu me la, mi katã mienye Mawu ƒe viwo to xɔse me,
For ye are all the sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 elabena mi ame siwo wode mawutsi ta na ɖe Kristo me la, miedo Kristo abe awu ene.
For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ, have been invested with Christ.
28 Azɔ la, Yudatɔ alo ame si menye Yudatɔ o la megali o; kluvi alo ablɔɖevi megali o; ŋutsu alo nyɔnu megali o; elabena mi katã miele ɖeka le Kristo Yesu me.
There is no more Jew or Gentile, there is no more slave or freeman, there is no more male or female: but ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 Ne mienye Kristo tɔ la, ekema mienye Abraham ƒe dzidzimeviwo kple domenyilawo le ŋugbedodo la nu.
But if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
