Bagalatia 3
1 Oh bato ya Galatia, bozali penza babolole! Nani aloki bino? Balimbolelaki bino polele ndenge nini babakaki Yesu-Klisto na ekulusu.
Foolish Galatians, who has cunningly deceived you, before whose eyes Yeshua the Messiah was openly set forth as crucified?
2 Nalingi kotuna bino motuna moko kaka: « Bozwaki Molimo mpo botosaki Mobeko to mpo boyambaki na kondima Sango Malamu oyo boyokaki? »
I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Ruach by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
3 Ndenge nini bokoki kokoma babolole boye? Ndenge nini bino oyo bobandaki na Molimo bozali sik’oyo kosukisa na mosuni?
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Ruach, are you now completed in the flesh?
4 Boni, bomonaki kaka pasi ya pamba, soki penza ezalaki mpe mpo na pamba?
Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed 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 who supplies the Ruach to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by 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 credited to him as righteousness."
7 Boye, boyeba malamu ete ezali kaka bato oyo bazali na kondima kati na Nzambe nde bazali bana ya Abrayami.
Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are sons 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. »
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the non-Jews by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "Through you all the nations will be blessed."
9 Boye, bato oyo bazali na kondima bazali ya kopambolama elongo na Abrayami, moto na kondima.
So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the 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 a curse. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things that 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.
Now it is evident that that no one is justified by the law before God, for, "The righteous will 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. »
The law is not of faith, but, "The one who does them will live by 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. »
Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs 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 non-Jews through Messiah Yeshua; that we might receive the promise of the Ruach 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.
Brothers, I am speaking in human terms. Though it is only a human covenant, once it has been ratified, no one annuls it or adds to it.
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 the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He does not say, "And to offsprings," as of many, but as of one, "And to your offspring," which is Messiah.
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. »
Now I say this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.
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 is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted 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.
What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by 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 between 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? Certainly not. For if there had been a law given which could give life, most certainly righteousness would have been of 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 Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Yeshua the Messiah might be given to those who 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 in custody under the law, confined for 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.
So that the law was our tutor to bring us to Messiah, that we might be justified by faith.
25 Lokola sik’oyo kondima eyei, tozali lisusu na se ya bokonzi ya Mobeko te.
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
26 Boye bino nyonso bozali bana na Nzambe na nzela ya kondima kati na Yesu-Klisto;
For you are all sons of God, through faith in Messiah Yeshua.
27 pamba te bino nyonso oyo bozwaki libatisi kati na Klisto bolataki nde Klisto.
For as many of you as were immersed into Messiah have put on Messiah.
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 slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Messiah Yeshua.
29 Mpe soki bozali ya Klisto, bozali mpe bokitani ya Abrayami, bakitani ya libula kolanda elaka oyo Nzambe apesaki na Abrayami.
If you are Messiah's, then you are Abraham's offspring and heirs according to promise.
