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 thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth — before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified?

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 do I wish to learn from you — by works of law the Spirit did ye receive, or by the hearing of faith?

3 Ɖe mietsi bome nenema gbegbea? Esi mietsɔ Gbɔgbɔ la dze egɔmee la, azɔ ɖe miedi be yewoatsɔ ŋutilã awu enua?

so thoughtless are ye! having begun in the Spirit, now in the flesh do ye end?

4 Ɖe miekpe fu siawo dzodzroa, nenye dzodzroe hã?

so many things did ye suffer in vain! if, indeed, even 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 is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you — by works of law or by the hearing of faith [is it]?

6 Nenema ke Abraham hã xɔ Mawu dzi se, eye wobui dzɔdzɔenyenye nɛ.

according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;

7 Eya ta mise egɔme be ame siwo si xɔse le la, woawoe nye Abraham ƒe viwo.

know ye, then, that those of faith — these are sons 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 Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham —

9 Eya ta ame siwo katã si xɔse le la, woyra woawo hã abe Abraham, ame si xɔ Mawu dzi se la ene.

'Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful 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 works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed [is] every one who is not remaining in all things that have been 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.”

and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because 'The righteous 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.”

and the law is not by faith, but — 'The man who did them shall live in 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 did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed is every one who is hanging 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 to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the 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, as a man I say [it], even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

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.

and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, '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.

and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void 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 by law [be] the inheritance, [it is] no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant [it].

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.

Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator —

20 Ke avuléla menye ame ɖeka o; gake Mawu la ya nye ɖeka.

and the mediator is not of one, and 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.

the law, then, [is] against the promises of God? — let it not be! for if a law was given that was able to make alive, truly by law there would have been the righteousness,

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 Writing did shut up the whole under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those believing.

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.

And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed,

24 Ale se la zu míaƒe mɔfiala va se ɖe esime Kristo va be woatso afia na mí to xɔse me.

so that the law became our child-conductor — to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous,

25 Azɔ esi xɔse sia va la, míegale se, si nye mɔfiala la te o.

and the faith having come, no more under a child-conductor are we,

26 Elabena le Kristo Yesu me la, mi katã mienye Mawu ƒe viwo to xɔse me,

for ye are all sons of God through the 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 as to Christ were baptized did put on 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 not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

29 Ne mienye Kristo tɔ la, ekema mienye Abraham ƒe dzidzimeviwo kple domenyilawo le ŋugbedodo la nu.

and if ye [are] of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise — heirs.