Agalatia 3

1 Atĩrĩrĩ inyuĩ Agalatia aya akĩĩgu! Mũrogetwo nũũ? O inyuĩ muonirio wega Jesũ Kristũ arĩ mwambe mũtĩ igũrũ.

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you not be persuaded by the Truth—Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as having been crucified, before your very eyes!

2 No nyende kũmenya ũndũ ũmwe tu kuuma kũrĩ inyuĩ: Mwaheirwo Roho nĩ ũndũ wa gwathĩkĩra watho, kana nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia ũhoro ũrĩa mwaiguire?

Just tell me one thing: Did you receive the Spirit by works of law, or by hearing of faith?

3 Kaĩ mũrĩ akĩĩgu atĩa? Mwambĩrĩirie na Roho wa Ngai, na rĩu mũrenda kũrĩkĩrĩria na hinya wa mwĩrĩ?

Can you be so foolish? Having begun in spirit, do you finish in flesh?

4 Anga mwathĩĩnirio na maũndũ maingĩ ũguo o tũhũ, angĩkorwo ũhoro ũcio wothe warĩ wa tũhũ?

Have you suffered so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing?

5 Wee Ngai amũheaga Roho wake na akaringaga ciama gatagatĩ kanyu nĩ ũndũ wanyu gwathĩkĩra watho, kana nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia ũhoro ũrĩa mwaiguire?

Furthermore, He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, is He activated by works of law, or by hearing of faith?—

6 Ta ririkanai ũhoro wa Iburahĩmu, Maandĩko moigĩte atĩrĩ: “Etĩkirie Ngai, nake Ngai akĩmũtua mũthingu.”

just as Abraham ‘believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.’

7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio kĩmenyei atĩ andũ arĩa metĩkĩtie nĩo ciana cia Iburahĩmu.

Now you must know that only those who are of faith are ‘sons’ of Abraham.

8 Na tondũ Maandĩko marĩa matheru nĩmooigĩte o mbere atĩ Ngai nĩagatua andũ-a-Ndũrĩrĩ athingu na ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia-rĩ, na Maandĩko macio nĩmahunjĩirie Iburahĩmu Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega o kabere, makiuga atĩrĩ: “Ndũrĩrĩ ciothe nĩikaarathimwo nĩ ũndũ waku.”

Further, the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, proclaimed the Gospel in advance to Abraham: “All the nations will be blessed through you.”

9 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ arĩa metĩkĩtie nĩmarathimanagĩrio hamwe na Iburahĩmu, mũndũ ũcio warĩ mwĩtĩkia.

So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the faithful.

10 Andũ arĩa othe mehokaga ũhoro wa gwathĩkĩra watho-rĩ, marĩ na kĩrumi, nĩgũkorwo Maandĩko moigaga atĩrĩ, “Kũgwatwo nĩ kĩrumi nĩ mũndũ o wothe ũtahingagia maũndũ marĩa mothe mandĩkĩtwo Ibuku-inĩ rĩa Watho.”

Now as many as are ‘by works of law’ are under a curse; because it stands written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them.”

11 Nĩtũũĩ wega atĩ gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩtuuo mũthingu mbere ya Ngai nĩ ũndũ wa gwathĩkĩra watho, tondũ Maandĩko moigĩte atĩrĩ: “Mũndũ ũrĩa mũthingu agaatũũra muoyo nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia.”

Further, it is evident that no one is justified by law before God, because “the righteous one will live by faith.”

12 No watho-rĩ, nduumanĩte na ũhoro wa gwĩtĩkia; handũ ha ũguo Maandĩko moigaga atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ũrĩa wathĩkagĩra maũndũ ma watho agaatũũrio muoyo nĩ mo.”

While the law is not of faith but, “the man who does them will live by them.”

13 Nake Kristũ nĩatũkũũrire agĩtũruta kĩrumi-inĩ kĩa watho na ũndũ wake mwene gũtuĩka kĩrumi ithenya riitũ, nĩgũkorwo nĩ kwandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ, “Kũgwatwo nĩ kĩrumi nĩ mũndũ o wothe wambĩtwo mũtĩ-igũrũ.”

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse in our place—because it stands written, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree”—

14 Aatũkũũrire nĩguo kĩrathimo kĩrĩa Iburahĩmu aarathimĩtwo nakĩo gĩkinyĩre andũ-a-Ndũrĩrĩ na ũndũ wa Kristũ Jesũ, nĩguo atĩ na ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia twamũkĩre Roho ũrĩa weranĩirwo.

so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations/Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

15 Ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, rekei ndĩmuonie na ngerekano yumanĩte na maũndũ marĩa mũũĩ. O ta ũrĩa gũtarĩ mũndũ ũngĩhota kweheria ũndũ kana kuongerera ũndũ harĩ kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa gĩthondeketwo nĩ mũndũ-rĩ, no taguo ũhoro ũyũ ũtariĩ.

Brothers: as a man I speak a covenant; though only of a man, once it has been ratified no one annuls or adds to it.

16 Maũndũ marĩa meranĩirwo, meerĩirwo Iburahĩmu na mbeũ yake. Maandĩko matiugĩte “mbeũ ciake”, taarĩ ũhoro wa andũ aingĩ, no moigĩte “na mbeũ yake”, ũguo nĩ kuuga mũndũ ũmwe, na nĩwe Kristũ.

But to Abraham were spoken the promises, and to his Seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as about many, but “and to your seed,” as about one, who is Christ.

17 Ũrĩa ndĩrenda kuuga nĩ atĩrĩ: Watho, ũcio wokire thuutha wa mĩaka 430, ndũngĩeheria kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa gĩekĩrĩtwo ho nĩ Ngai mbere ĩyo, na ndũngĩtũma kĩĩranĩro kĩu gĩtuĩke gĩa tũhũ.

Further, I say this: a covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ cannot be annulled by the law that came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the promise of no effect.

18 Nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, angĩkorwo igai rĩngĩoneka nĩ ũndũ wa watho-rĩ, rĩtikiumanĩte na kĩĩranĩro; no Ngai, nĩ ũndũ wa wega wake, nĩaheire Iburahĩmu igai na ũndũ wa kĩĩranĩro.

For if the inheritance were of law, it would no longer be of promise, but God granted it to Abraham by promise.

19 Watho-rĩ, wakĩrĩ wa bata ũrĩkũ? Wongereirwo kũrĩ kĩĩranĩro nĩguo wonanagie mahĩtia o nginya rĩrĩa mbeũ ĩrĩa kĩrĩkanĩro kĩeranĩire ĩgooka. Watho ũcio wathanirwo nĩ araika ũkĩnengererio andũ na guoko kwa mũiguithania.

Why then the law? It was added on account of the transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom the inheritance had been promised; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a mediator.

20 No rĩrĩ, mũiguithania ndakoragwo arũgamĩrĩire o mwena ũmwe; no Ngai nĩ ũmwe.

(Now that mediator is not for just one, but God is one.)

21 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, kaĩ watho ũreganĩte na ciĩranĩro cia Ngai? Aca ti ũguo! Tondũ korwo kwarĩ na watho waheanirwo nĩguo andũ magĩe na muoyo-rĩ, ti-itherũ o naguo ũthingu nĩ ũngĩakĩrehirwo nĩ watho.

Is the law then against the promises of God? Of course not! Rather, if a law had been given that was capable of imparting life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

22 No Maandĩko moigaga atĩ andũ a thĩ nĩ mohetwo nĩ mehia, nĩgeetha kĩĩranĩro kĩrĩa kĩheanagwo nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia Jesũ Kristũ kĩheagwo o arĩa metĩkĩtie.

But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

23 Ũhoro wa gwĩtĩkia ũtanooka-rĩ, twarĩ ohe nĩ watho, tũkahingĩrĩrio o nginya wĩtĩkio ũkaaguũranĩrio.

Now before this faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, in confinement until the coming faith was revealed.

24 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio watho nĩguo waheirwo ũhoti wa gũtũtwara kũrĩ Kristũ, nĩguo tũtuuo athingu na ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia.

So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, so that we might be justified by faith.

25 Na rĩrĩ, kuona atĩ rĩu ũhoro wa gwĩtĩkia nĩmũkinyu, tũtingĩcooka kũrũgamĩrĩrwo nĩ watho.

Now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

26 Inyuothe mũrĩ ciana cia Ngai nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia Kristũ Jesũ,

So all of you are sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus.

27 nĩgũkorwo inyuothe arĩa mwabatithirio thĩinĩ wa Kristũ nĩmwĩhumbĩte Kristũ.

As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ

28 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio gũtingĩcooka gũthuuranio Mũyahudi kana Mũyunani, na gũtirĩ ngombo kana mũndũ ũtarĩ ngombo, na gũtirĩ mũndũ mũrũme kana mũndũ-wa-nja, nĩgũkorwo inyuothe mũrĩ ũmwe ki thĩinĩ wa Kristũ Jesũ.

—there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no ‘male and female’; all of you are one in Christ Jesus—

29 Angĩkorwo mũrĩ a Kristũ-rĩ, mũkĩrĩ a mbeũ ya Iburahĩmu, na mũrĩ agai a kũgaya kũringana na kĩĩranĩro kĩu kĩĩranĩirwo.

so if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.