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.
You foolish Galatians! Whose sophistry has bewitched you--you to whom Jesus Christ has been vividly portrayed as on the Cross?
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, "Is it on the ground of your obedience to the Law that you received the Spirit, or is it because, when you heard, you believed?"
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 foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to reach perfection through what is external?
4 Unu tara ọtụtụ ahụhụ dị otu a nʼefu, ọ bụrụ nʼezie na ọ bụ nʼefu?
Have you endured such sufferings to no purpose--if indeed it has been 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?
He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you--does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and believed:
6 Nʼotu ụzọ ahụ, Ebraham kweere na Chineke, a gụrụ nke a nye ya dị ka ezi omume.
even as Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his account as righteousness?
7 Matanụ nke a, na ọ bụ ndị nwere okwukwe bụ ụmụ Ebraham.
Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham.
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, foreseeing that in consequence of faith God would declare the nations to be free from guilt, sent beforehand the Good News to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."
9 Ya mere, ndị dabeere nʼokwukwe bụkwa ndị na-eso Ebraham, nwoke okwukwe ahụ eketa ngọzị.
So we see that it is those who possess faith that are blessed with believing Abraham.
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.”
All who are depending upon their own obedience to the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not remain faithful to all the precepts of the Law, and practise 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.”
It is evident, too, that no one can find acceptance with God simply by obeying the Law, because "the righteous 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. It teaches that "he who does these things shall live by doing them."
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 purchased our freedom from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us--because "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.
Our freedom has been thus purchased in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing belonging to Abraham may come upon the nations, so that through faith we may 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.
Brethren, even a covenant made by a man--to borrow an illustration from daily life--when once formally sanctioned is not liable to be set aside or added to.
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 the promises were given to Abraham and to his seed. God did not say "and to seeds," as if speaking of many, but "and to your seed," since He spoke of only 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 that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later--so as to annul the promise.
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 through obedience to Law, it no longer comes because of a promise. But, as a matter of fact, God has granted it to Abraham in fulfilment of 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.
Why then was the Law given? It was imposed later on for the sake of defining sin, until the seed should come to whom God had made the promise; and its details were laid down by a mediator with the help of angels.
20 Onye ogbugbo gosiri ihe karịrị otu onye, ma Chineke bụ otu.
But there cannot be a mediator where only one individual is concerned.
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.
God, however, is only one. Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? No, indeed; for if a Law had been given which could have conferred Life, righteousness would certainly have come by the 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 Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.
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 this faith came, we Jews were perpetual prisoners under the Law, living under restraints and limitations in preparation for the faith which was soon 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 that the Law has acted the part of a tutor-slave to lead us to Christ, in order that through faith we may be declared to be free from guilt.
25 Ma ebe ọ bụ na okwukwe abịala, anyị anọkwaghị nʼokpuru onye nlekọta ọzọ.
But now that this faith has 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 faith in Christ Jesus;
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 have been 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 the distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free man, male and female, disappear; 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 indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise.
