Galatiyawa 3
1 Ya ku Galatiyawa marasa azanci! Wa ya ruɗe ku? A idanunku aka bayyana Yesu Kiristi gicciyeyye a sarari.
You [fellow believers who live in] Galatia are very foolish! (Someone must have put an evil spell on you!/Did someone put an evil spell on you?) [RHQ] I clearly explained to you [SYN] [what] Jesus Christ [accomplished when] he was crucified {he died on the cross}.
2 Zan so in san abu guda tak daga gare ku. Kun karɓi Ruhu ta wurin kiyaye Doka ne, ko kuwa ta wurin gaskata abin da kuka ji?
[So], I want you to tell me one thing: [Do you think that] it was because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses that you received the [Holy] Spirit? [Do you not know that] [RHQ] it was because [when you] heard [the good message concerning Christ, you] trusted in him?
3 Ashe, rashin azancinku har ya kai ga haka? Bayan kun fara da Ruhu, a yanzu kuma da halin mutuntaka za ku ƙarasa?
(You are acting so foolishly/Why are you being so foolish?) [RHQ]! You first [became Christians] as a result of God’s Spirit [enabling you]. So, (you should not now think that it is by what you yourselves do that you will continue [to grow spiritually]/do you now think it is by your own human efforts that you will continue [to grow spiritually?]!) [RHQ]
4 Ashe, wahaloli dabam-dabam da kuka sha sun zama a banza ke nan? Haka zai yiwu kuwa?
Keep in mind that [if what God has done for you was because of your obeying the laws that God gave to Moses and] not because of trusting in Christ, when others caused you to suffer, you suffered many things needlessly! [RHQ] [I certainly hope that you did not suffer like that] needlessly.
5 Allah ya ba ku Ruhunsa yana kuma aikata ayyukan banmamaki a cikinku saboda kuna kiyaye Doka ne, ko kuwa domin kuna gaskatawa abin da kuka ji ne?
[When God now] generously gives to you his Spirit and performs miracles among you, [do you think that it is] [RHQ] because you obey the laws [that God gave to Moses? Surely you know that] it is because when you heard [the good message about Christ], you trusted in him [RHQ]!
6 Ku dubi Ibrahim mana, “Ya gaskata Allah, aka kuwa lissafta wannan adalci ne a gare shi.”
[What you have experienced is] as [Moses wrote in the Scriptures about] Abraham. [He wrote that Abraham] trusted God, and as a result, he was considered as being righteous {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
7 Ku sani fa, waɗannan waɗanda suka gaskata,’ya’yan Ibrahim ne.
You must realize, therefore, that it is those who trust [in what Christ has done who] are [like] Abraham’s descendants [MET] [because they trust in God as Abraham did].
8 Nassi ya hanga cewa Allah zai kuɓutar da Al’ummai ta wurin bangaskiya, ya kuwa sanar wa Ibrahim wannan bisharar tun kafin lokaci yă yi cewa, “Dukan al’ummai za su sami albarka ta wurinka.”
Furthermore, God planned beforehand that it was [when] non-Jews trusted [him] that he would erase the record of their sins. [Moses wrote in] the Scriptures [PRS] this good message that God told Abraham: “Because of [what] you [did], I will bless [people in] [MTY] all nations.”
9 Saboda haka waɗanda suke da bangaskiya sun sami albarka tare da Ibrahim, mutumin bangaskiya.
So, [we can conclude that] it is those who trust [in what Christ has done] whom [God] blesses. That includes [all non-Jews and Jews who trust him], along with Abraham, the one who trusted him [long ago].
10 Dukan waɗanda suka dogara ga kiyaye Doka la’anannu ne, gama a rubuce yake cewa, “La’ananne ne duk wanda bai ci gaba da yi dukan abubuwan da aka rubuta a Littafin Doka ba.”
That is, God will eternally punish all those who [mistakenly] think [that God will erase the record of their sins] as a result of their [obeying] the laws [that God gave to Moses]. What is written in the Scriptures is that [God] will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws [that Moses wrote].
11 A fili yake ba wanda zai kuɓuta a gaban Allah ta wurin Doka, domin “Mai adalci zai rayu ta wurin bangaskiya.”
But God has declared that if he erases the record of anyone’s sins, it will not be as a result of their obeying the laws God gave Moses. [This is evident because the Scriptures say], “Every person whose record of sins God erases because that person trusts God will live [spiritually].”
12 Doka ba tă dangana ga bangaskiya ba; a maimakon haka, “Mutumin da ya aikata waɗannan abubuwa zai rayu ta wurinsu.”
But [when God gave] his laws [to the Jews, he did] not [say that a person must] trust [him]. Instead, [God said that] it is those who obey [all God’s laws, continuously and completely], who will live.
13 Kiristi ya fanshe mu daga la’anar Doka ta wurin zama la’ana saboda mu, gama a rubuce yake cewa, “La’ananne ne duk wanda aka rataye a kan itace.”
Even though we humans have not continuously and completely obeyed God’s laws, Christ rescued us from [God] punishing us eternally. Christ rescued us by his being [the one God condemned] instead of God condemning us. What is written {[someone/Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] shows that this is true. It is written {[He] wrote}, “[God] has cursed anyone [whom people have executed for his crimes and whose body they] have hung on a tree.”
14 Ya fanshe mu domin albarkar da aka yi wa Ibrahim yă zo ga Al’ummai, ta wurin Kiristi Yesu, domin ta wurin bangaskiya mu karɓi alkawarin Ruhu.
Jesus Christ rescued us in order that as a result of what he [has done, God might bless the non-Jews, in a way similar to the way] God blessed Abraham. He also desired that as a result of our trusting [Christ], we [all] might receive the Spirit [whom God] promised to [give to] us.
15 ’Yan’uwa, bari in yi muku misali da rayuwarmu ta yau da kullum. Kamar dai yadda ba mai kawarwa ko yă ƙara wani abu cikin alkawarin da mutane suka kafa, haka yake a wannan batu.
My fellow believers, I will now [illustrate] by referring to human [relationships. After an agreement is confirmed by two people] {[two people have signed] an agreement}, no one can reject it or add to it.
16 Alkawaran nan fa ga Ibrahim ne aka faɗa da kuma wani zuriyarsa. Nassi bai ce, “da zuriyoyi ba” wanda ya nuna kamar mutane da yawa, amma “ga zuriyarka,” wanda yake nufin mutum ɗaya, wanda shi ne Kiristi.
[God] declared to Abraham and his descendant that he was promising [to give blessings to Abraham]. [The words that God spoke were not “and your] descendants.” [He was not] referring to many persons. Instead, he was referring to one person, who is Christ, [because the words that God spoke were], “and your descendant.”
17 Abin da nake nufi shi ne, Dokar da aka shigar ita bayan shekaru 430, ba tă kawar da alkawarin da Allah ya yi tun dā ba.
This is what I am saying: [Since God] gave the laws [to the Jews] 430 years after [he declared to Abraham what he was promising to do for Abraham], those laws do not cancel that agreement [with] Abraham that God himself had previously agreed about [PRS].
18 Gama da a ce gādon yă dangana a kan doka ne, ai, da ba zai dangana a kan alkawari ba; amma Allah cikin alherinsa ya ba wa Ibrahim gādon ta wurin alkawari.
Remember that if it is because [we obey God’s] laws [that he gives to us] what [he has] promised [to give to us], then it is not [just] because he [has] promised [that he would give those things to us]. God freely gave to Abraham [what he had promised to give to him, just] because [God had] promised [that he would give it to him. Similarly, it is not because we obey God’s laws that God gives to us what he has promised to give to us].
19 To, don me aka kawo Doka? An yi ƙari da Doka ne don fitowa da laifi fili har kafin na zuriyan nan ya zo, wanda aka yi wa alkawarin, an ba da doka ta wurin mala’iku ne, aka kuma danƙa ta a hannun matsakanci.
So, [if someone should ask], “Why [did God later give] his laws [to Moses?” I would reply that] it was in order that [people might realize] how sinful they were. [Those laws were valid] until [Jesus came. He was] the descendant that God [was referring to when he made] the promises to Abraham. [The laws] were given {[God] gave [his laws]} [to Moses] by God’s causing angels to [speak to him. Moses was the] mediator, [the one who told the laws to the people].
20 Kuma akan bukaci wani a tsakani ne idan da mutum biyu ake zance, Allah kuwa ɗaya ne.
Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
21 To, Dokar ce tana gāba da alkawaran Allah ke nan? Sam, ko kaɗan! Gama da a ce an ba da Dokar da tana iya ba da rai, tabbatacce, da sai a sami adalci ta wurin Doka.
[If someone should ask, “When God gave his] laws [to Moses] long [after he told Abraham] what he was promising [to give to him, was he] changing his mind?” [I would reply that God] certainly did not [change his mind when he did that]! If God had given a law that could enable people to live [eternally], then it actually would be because of people [obeying that] law that God would erase the record of their sins.
22 Amma Nassi ya kulle kome a ƙarƙashin ikon zunubi, domin abin da aka yi alkawarin nan, da ake bayar ta wurin bangaskiya a cikin Yesu Kiristi, a ba da shi ga waɗanda suka gaskata.
But instead, [what we read in] the Scriptures [PRS] is that God [caused all people to be unable to escape being punished for] their [sins] [MET], just like [people] in prison [are unable to escape] [PRS, MET]. [God did that in order that he might give what he promised to those who trust Jesus Christ, just] because they trust him.
23 Kafin bangaskiyan nan tă zo, mun kasance a daure a kurkuku a ƙarƙashin Doka, a kulle sai da bangaskiyar da za tă zo ta bayyana.
Before [God revealed the good message about] trusting [in Christ], the laws [PRS] that God gave to Moses were [confining/imprisoning us Jews] [MET], [as] a prisoner [in jail is] confined. [We] were unable to escape [obeying those] [MET] [laws]. This happened in order that [we might believe] the good message [concerning Christ, the message that God would] reveal [later].
24 Ta haka aka sa Dokar ta zama jagorarmu zuwa ga Kiristi don mu sami kuɓuta ta wurin bangaskiya.
[Like a father supervises his immature son by appointing a] servant to take care of him [MET], [God] was supervising us [by] his laws [MET, PRS] until Christ came. [He did this] in order that he might erase the record of our sins [only] because we trust [Christ].
25 Yanzu da bangaskiya ta zo, ba sauran zamanmu a ƙarƙashin Doka.
But [now that God] has revealed the message [about trusting in Christ], the laws [that God gave to Moses] are no longer supervising us [Jews] [PRS, MET].
26 Dukanku’ya’yan Allah ne ta wurin bangaskiya cikin Kiristi Yesu.
Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
27 Gama dukanku da aka yi muku baftisma cikin Kiristi, kuna sanye da Kiristi ke nan.
That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
28 Babu bambanci tsakanin mutumin Yahuda da mutumin Al’ummai, bawa da’yantacce, namiji da ta mace, gama dukanku ɗaya ne cikin Kiristi Yesu.
[If you are believers, it does] not [matter to God if you are] Jews or non-Jews; slaves or ones [who are] not slaves; males or females, because all of you are [as] one [sort of person because of your relationship] with Christ Jesus.
29 In kuwa ku na Kiristi ne, to, ku zuriyar Ibrahim ne, magāda kuma bisa ga alkawarin nan.
Furthermore, since you belong to Christ, you are [like] Abraham’s descendants [because you trust God as Abraham did], and you will possess/receive all that God has promised [MET].
