Bagalatia 3
1 Oh bato ya Galatia, bozali penza babolole! Nani aloki bino? Balimbolelaki bino polele ndenge nini babakaki Yesu-Klisto na ekulusu.
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
2 Nalingi kotuna bino motuna moko kaka: « Bozwaki Molimo mpo botosaki Mobeko to mpo boyambaki na kondima Sango Malamu oyo boyokaki? »
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Ndenge nini bokoki kokoma babolole boye? Ndenge nini bino oyo bobandaki na Molimo bozali sik’oyo kosukisa na mosuni?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4 Boni, bomonaki kaka pasi ya pamba, soki penza ezalaki mpe mpo na pamba?
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5 Boni, ezali mpo botosaki Mobeko nde Nzambe apesi bino Molimo na Ye mpe azali kosala bikamwa kati na bino to ezali mpo boyambaki na kondima Sango Malamu oyo boyokaki?
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
6 Abrayami azalaki na kondima epai ya Nzambe; mpe mpo na kondima na ye, Nzambe akomisaki ye moto ya sembo.
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Boye, boyeba malamu ete ezali kaka bato oyo bazali na kondima kati na Nzambe nde bazali bana ya Abrayami.
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
8 Makomi esilaki kobongisa ete Nzambe akokomisa Bapagano sembo na nzela ya kondima, mpe etatolaki Sango Malamu oyo epai ya Abrayami: « Bato ya bikolo nyonso bakopambolama mpo na yo. »
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
9 Boye, bato oyo bazali na kondima bazali ya kopambolama elongo na Abrayami, moto na kondima.
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 Pamba te bato nyonso oyo batiaka elikya na botosi na bango liboso ya Mobeko bazali na se ya elakeli mabe, kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Alakelama mabe, moto nyonso oyo akobaka te kotosa makambo nyonso oyo ekomama kati na buku ya Mobeko. »
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11 Solo, moto moko te akoki kokoma sembo na miso ya Nzambe na nzela ya Mobeko, pamba te moto ya sembo akobika na nzela ya kondima.
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12 Nzokande, Mobeko ewuti na kondima te, pamba te ekomama: « Moto oyo akosalela yango akobika bomoi na ye na nzela na yango. »
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13 Klisto akangolaki biso na bilakeli mabe ya Mobeko, pamba te akomaki elakeli mabe na esika na biso. Ekomama: « Alakelama mabe, moto nyonso oyo badiembiki na nzete. »
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 Asalaki bongo mpo ete, kati na Klisto Yesu, Bapagano bazwa mapamboli ya Abrayami, mpe mpo ete biso tozwa, na nzela ya kondima, Molimo oyo Nzambe alakaki.
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
15 Bandeko na ngai, tozwa nanu ndakisa moko kati na bomoi na biso ya mokolo na mokolo: Soki moto atiki maloba na ye ya suka kati na mokanda, moko te akoki kolongola to kobakisa eloko kati na makambo oyo esili kokomama.
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
16 Nzokande, Nzambe apesaki bilaka na Ye epai ya Abrayami mpe epai ya mokitani na ye. Makomi elobi te « Epai ya bakitani » lokola nde ezalaki likambo ya bato ebele, kasi elobi « Epai ya mokitani na yo » mpo na kolakisa ete etali moto se moko kaka, ye nde Klisto.
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17 Nalobi boye: « Mobeko oyo eyaki sima na mibu nkama minei na tuku misato ezali na makoki te ya koboma boyokani oyo Nzambe asala wuta kala elongo na Abrayami; soki te, elaka ekomi eloko pamba. »
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18 Pamba te soki libula ezwami na nzela ya Mobeko, wana elaka ezali lisusu na esika te. Nzokande ezali penza na nzela ya elaka nde Nzambe atalisaki ngolu na Ye epai ya Abrayami.
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19 Bongo mpo na nini Mobeko? Mobeko ebakisamaki mpo na kobimisa polele bozangi botosi ya bato, kino na boyei ya Mokitani epai ya nani Nzambe apesaki elaka. Mobeko yango epesamaki na nzela ya ba-anjelu, mpe mokumba na yango epesamaki na maboko ya moyokanisi.
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Nzokande soki ezalaki na moyokanisi, elingi koloba ete ezalaki mpe na masanga ebele ya koyokanisa. Kasi mpo na oyo etali elaka, Nzambe azali kaka Ye moko.
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
21 Boni, Mobeko eyaki mpo na kotelemela bilaka ya Nzambe? Ata moke te! Soki mobeko moko epesamaki, mobeko oyo ezali na makoki ya kopesa bato bomoi, bato balingaki penza kokoma sembo na nzela ya mobeko yango.
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 Kasi tala makambo oyo Makomi eloba: Mokili mobimba ezali na se ya bokonzi ya lisumu mpo ete elaka ya Nzambe ekokisama epai ya bandimi na nzela ya kondima na bango kati na Yesu-Klisto.
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23 Liboso ete kondima eya, tozalaki na se ya bokonzi ya Mobeko, tozalaki ya kokangama mpo na kozela kondima oyo esengelaki komonisama.
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Boye Mobeko ezalaki lokola mokengeli, ezalaki na mokumba ya komema biso epai ya Klisto mpo ete tokoma sembo na nzela ya kondima.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 Lokola sik’oyo kondima eyei, tozali lisusu na se ya bokonzi ya Mobeko te.
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 Boye bino nyonso bozali bana na Nzambe na nzela ya kondima kati na Yesu-Klisto;
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 pamba te bino nyonso oyo bozwaki libatisi kati na Klisto bolataki nde Klisto.
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 Bokeseni ezali lisusu te kati na Bayuda mpe Bagreki, kati na bawumbu mpe bansomi, kati na mibali mpe basi; pamba te bino nyonso bozali se moto moko kati na Yesu-Klisto.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 Mpe soki bozali ya Klisto, bozali mpe bokitani ya Abrayami, bakitani ya libula kolanda elaka oyo Nzambe apesaki na Abrayami.
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
