Ndị Galeshịa 3
1 Ndị nzuzu a kpọrọ onwe ha ndị Galeshịa! Onye napụrụ unu akọnuche unu? Nʼihu unu ka a nọ kọwaa nʼụzọ doro anya mkpọgide nʼobe a kpọgidere Jisọs Kraịst.
O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!
2 Ọ bụ naanị otu ihe ka m chọrọ ịmata nʼaka unu. Unu natara Mmụọ Nsọ site nʼịrụ ọrụ iwu chọrọ, ka ọ bụ site na nkuzi nke okwukwe?
Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?"
3 Ọ ga-abụ na unu aghọọla ndị na-enweghị uche? Unu malitere site nʼike Mmụọ Nsọ, ma ugbu a unu na-akwụsịzi nʼike nke anụ ahụ?
Are you so without sense? After beginning with the Spirit, will you now end with the flesh?
4 Unu tara ọtụtụ ahụhụ dị otu a nʼefu, ọ bụrụ nʼezie na ọ bụ nʼefu?
Did you have such experience to no purpose - if indeed it was really to no purpose?
5 Mmụọ nsọ ahụ Chineke nyere unu na ọrụ ebube ọ rụrụ nʼetiti unu, o mere ha nʼihi iwu unu debere, ka ọ bụ nʼihi na unu nụrụ ma kwerekwa oziọma?
Does he then who supplies you with his Spirit and works miracles among you, do it because you do what the law commands of because you believe the message heard?
6 Nʼotu ụzọ ahụ, Ebraham kweere na Chineke, a gụrụ nke a nye ya dị ka ezi omume.
Even as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness?
7 Matanụ nke a, na ọ bụ ndị nwere okwukwe bụ ụmụ Ebraham.
Notice then that the true sons of Abraham are children of faith.
8 Dị ka ọ dị nʼAkwụkwọ nsọ, nʼoge ahụ dị nʼihu, nke bụ ugbu a, Chineke ga-agụ ndị mba ọzọ dị ka ndị ezi omume, site nʼokwukwe ha nwere nʼime ya. Nʼihi nke a, o buru ụzọ zie Ebraham oziọma ahụ nʼoge gara aga sị, “A ga-agọzikwa agbụrụ niile nọ nʼụwa site na gị.”
And the Scripture, anticipating God’s justification of the Gentiles by faith, announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand in the words, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.
9 Ya mere, ndị dabeere nʼokwukwe bụkwa ndị na-eso Ebraham, nwoke okwukwe ahụ eketa ngọzị.
So then they who are children of faith are blessed with Abraham the faithful;
10 Ma ndị niile na-ele anya na a ga-azọpụta ha nʼihi na ha debere iwu niile, ka ọbụbụ ọnụ na-adakwasị. Nʼihi na e deela ya nʼakwụkwọ nsọ sị, “Onye a bụrụ ọnụ ka ọ bụ, bụ onye ọbụla na-edebeghị ọ bụladị otu nʼime iwu niile e dere nʼakwụkwọ iwu.”
but a curse rests on those who have their root in the works of the Law; for it is written. Cursed is every one that continues not in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them.
11 Ugbu a, ọ bụ ihe pụtara ìhè na ọ dịghị onye ọbụla a na-agụ nʼonye ezi omume nʼihu Chineke, nʼihi na o debere iwu. Nʼihi na, “Onye ezi omume ga-esite nʼokwukwe dị ndụ.”
And it is manifest that by the Law no man is justified in the sight of God. because The just shall live by faith,
12 Ma iwu ahụ adabereghị nʼokwukwe, kama, iwu kwuru sị, “Mmadụ ahụ na-eme ihe iwu kwuru bụ onye ga-enwe ndụ site na ha.”
and the Law has nothing to do with faith, but declares, The man that has done these things shall live therein.
13 Ma Kraịst agbapụtala anyị site nʼọbụbụ ọnụ ahụ nke idebe iwu gaara ewetara anyị. Ọ ghọrọ ọbụbụ ọnụ nʼihi anyị. Nʼihi na e deela ya nʼakwụkwọ nsọ, “Onye a bụrụ ọnụ ka onye ahụ bụ nke a kwụbara nʼelu osisi.”
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us (for it is written, Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree),
14 Ọ dị otu a ka ngọzị ahụ e nyere Ebraham bụrụkwa nke ndị mba ọzọ site na Kraịst Jisọs. Ka anyị niile site nʼokwukwe nata nkwa ahụ, bụ Mmụọ Nsọ.
to the end that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.
15 Ụmụnna m, ka m were ihe nlere anya site na ndụ a na-adị kwa ụbọchị kọwaa okwu a: Dị ka mmadụ na-enweghị ike iwepụ maọbụ ịtụkwasị ihe nʼọgbụgba ndụ e mere ka o guzosie ike, otu a ka ọ dịkwa nʼọnọdụ a.
Let me illustrate, brothers, from every-day life. When once a human testament is made, and formally ratified, no one sets it aside or adds to it.
16 Ọ bụ Ebraham ka e kwere nkwa ya na mkpụrụ ya. Akwụkwọ nsọ asịghị, “nʼọtụtụ mkpụrụ,” kama, ọ sịrị, “ma nye mkpụrụ gị,” ya bụ otu onye, onye bụ Kraịst.
Now it was to Abraham that the promises were spoken, and to his offspring. God did not say, "offsprings" as if speaking of many, but "and to your offspring," as of one; and this is Christ.
17 Ihe m na-akọwa bụ nke a: Iwu ahụ e mere ka ọ malite ịdị narị afọ anọ na iri atọ site na mgbe e kwere nkwa ahụ, emeghị ka ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ Chineke mere ka ọ dịrị hapụ iguzokwa, o mekwaghị ka nkwa ahụ bụrụ ihe e wezugara ewezuga.
I mean to say that the testament which God has already ratified could not be annulled by the Law which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the Promise void.
18 Ọ bụrụ na inweta ihe nketa nke ya na nkwa ahụ so dabeere nʼiwu, mgbe ahụ, ihe nketa ahụ adabereghị na nkwa e kwere. Ma Chineke sitere nʼamara nye Ebraham ihe nketa ahụ site na nkwa o kwere ya.
For if the inheritance comes from law, it no longer comes from a promise; but God did give it as a free gift to Abraham by a promise.
19 Gịnị mere e ji nye iwu? E nyere iwu ndị a nʼihi njehie, mee ka iwu ndị a dịgide tutu ruo mgbe mkpụrụ ahụ bịara, bụ onye e kwere na nkwa. E sitere nʼaka onye ogbugbo mee ka ndị mmụọ ozi mee ka iwu ahụ dị ire.
To what purpose, then, was the Law? It was imposed later for the sake of transgressions, until the "Offspring" should come to whom the promise had been made. It was arranged through angels by the hand of a mediator.
20 Onye ogbugbo gosiri ihe karịrị otu onye, ma Chineke bụ otu.
(Now a mediator implies more than one person, but God is only one.)
21 Iwu ahụ ọ na-emegide nkwa nke Chineke? Mba. Nʼezie ọ dịghị. Nʼihi na a sị na e nwere iwu dị nke pụrụ inye mmadụ ndụ, mgbe ahụ, ezi omume gaara abịara mmadụ site nʼiwu.
Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would actually have come from law;
22 Ma akwụkwọ nsọ mechibidoro ihe niile nʼokpuru mmehie ka e nwee ike nye ndị kwere ekwe nkwa ahụ e kwere ha site nʼokwukwe nʼime Jisọs Kraịst.
but the Scripture has shut up the whole world in prison together under sin, in order that the promise due to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who have faith.
23 Ma tupu okwukwe abịa, e ji iwu na-eche anyị nche. Iwu nọ ọnọdụ dị ka ụlọ mkpọrọ ebe e tinyere anyị tutu ruo mgbe a ga-eme ka okwukwe pụta ìhè.
Before the Faith came we were perpetual prisoners under the Law, in preparation for the destined faith about to be revealed.
24 Ya mere, iwu bụ onye nlekọta anyị, ruo mgbe Kraịst bịara, ka a gụọ anyị na ndị ezi omume site nʼokwukwe.
So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;
25 Ma ebe ọ bụ na okwukwe abịala, anyị anọkwaghị nʼokpuru onye nlekọta ọzọ.
but now that the Faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.
26 Unu niile bụ ụmụ Chineke site nʼokwukwe nʼime Kraịst Jisọs.
You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.
27 Nʼihi na ka unu niile ha, bụ ndị e mere baptizim nʼime Kraịst, abụrụla ndị yikwasịrị onwe ha Kraịst.
For all of you who were baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 E nwekwaghị onye Juu, maọbụ onye Griik, maọbụ ohu maọbụ onye nwe onwe ya; nwoke maọbụ nwanyị, nʼihi na unu niile bụ otu nʼime Kraịst Jisọs.
In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 Ọ bụrụ na unu bụ ndị nke Kraịst, mgbe ahụ unu bụkwa mkpụrụ Ebraham, ndị nketa dị ka nkwa ahụ si dị.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
