Galatiyawa 3
1 Ya ku Galatiyawa marasa azanci! Wa ya ruɗe ku? A idanunku aka bayyana Yesu Kiristi gicciyeyye a sarari.
Foolish Galatians! Who has been fascinating you — you before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was depicted upon 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?
Here is the one thing that I want to find out from you — Did you receive the Spirit as the result of obedience to Law, or of your having listened with faith?
3 Ashe, rashin azancinku har ya kai ga haka? Bayan kun fara da Ruhu, a yanzu kuma da halin mutuntaka za ku ƙarasa?
Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external?
4 Ashe, wahaloli dabam-dabam da kuka sha sun zama a banza ke nan? Haka zai yiwu kuwa?
Did you go through so much to no purpose? — if indeed it really was to no purpose!
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?
He who supplies you abundantly with his Spirit and endows you with such powers — does he do this as the result of obedience to Law? or as the result of your having listened with faith?
6 Ku dubi Ibrahim mana, “Ya gaskata Allah, aka kuwa lissafta wannan adalci ne a gare shi.”
It is just as it was with Abraham — ‘He had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’
7 Ku sani fa, waɗannan waɗanda suka gaskata,’ya’yan Ibrahim ne.
You see, then, that those whose lives are based on faith are the Sons of Abraham.
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.”
And Scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the Good News to Abraham in the words — ‘Through thee all the Gentiles shall be blessed.’
9 Saboda haka waɗanda suke da bangaskiya sun sami albarka tare da Ibrahim, mutumin bangaskiya.
And, therefore, those whose lives are based on faith share the blessings bestowed upon the faith of Abraham.
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.”
All who rely upon obedience to Law are under a curse, for Scripture says — ‘Cursed is every one who does not abide by all that is written in the Book of the Law, and do it.’
11 A fili yake ba wanda zai kuɓuta a gaban Allah ta wurin Doka, domin “Mai adalci zai rayu ta wurin bangaskiya.”
Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through Law, for we read — ‘Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.’
12 Doka ba tă dangana ga bangaskiya ba; a maimakon haka, “Mutumin da ya aikata waɗannan abubuwa zai rayu ta wurinsu.”
But the Law is not based on faith; no, its words are — ‘Those who practice these precepts will find Life through them.’
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.”
Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says — ‘Cursed is any one who is hanged 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.
And this he did that the blessing given to Abraham might be extended to the Gentiles through their union with Jesus Christ; that so, through our faith, we also might receive the promised gift of the Spirit.
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.
To take an illustration, Brothers, from daily life — No one sets aside even an agreement between two men, when once it has been confirmed, nor does he add conditions 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.
Now it was to Abraham that the promises were made, ‘and to his offspring.’ It was not said ‘to his offsprings,’ as if many persons were meant, but the words were ‘to thy offspring,’ showing that one person was meant — and that was Christ.
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.
My point is this — An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.
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.
If our heritage is the result of Law, then it has ceased to be the result of a promise. Yet God conferred it on Abraham by a promise.
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.
What, then, you ask, was the use of the Law? It was a later addition, to make men conscious of their wrong-doings, and intended to last only till the coming of that ‘offspring’ to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.
20 Kuma akan bukaci wani a tsakani ne idan da mutum biyu ake zance, Allah kuwa ɗaya ne.
Now mediation implies more than one person, but God is one only.
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.
Does that set the Law in opposition to God’s promises? Heaven forbid! For, if a Law had been given capable of bestowing Life, then righteousness would have actually owed its existence to Law.
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 the words of Scripture represent the whole world as being in bondage to sin, so that the promised blessing, dependent, as it is, upon faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who have faith in 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 the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the Faith that was destined to be revealed.
24 Ta haka aka sa Dokar ta zama jagorarmu zuwa ga Kiristi don mu sami kuɓuta ta wurin bangaskiya.
Thus the Law has proved a guide to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.
25 Yanzu da bangaskiya ta zo, ba sauran zamanmu a ƙarƙashin Doka.
But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide.
26 Dukanku’ya’yan Allah ne ta wurin bangaskiya cikin Kiristi Yesu.
For you are all Sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.
27 Gama dukanku da aka yi muku baftisma cikin Kiristi, kuna sanye da Kiristi ke nan.
For all of you who were baptized into union with Christ clothed yourselves 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.
All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.
29 In kuwa ku na Kiristi ne, to, ku zuriyar Ibrahim ne, magāda kuma bisa ga alkawarin nan.
And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham’s offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.
