Galatiana 3
1 Ry Galatiana adala, iza no nanimba anareo; kanefa teo imasonareo indrindra no nanehoana marimarina an’ i Jesosy Kristy voahombo tamin’ ny hazo fijaliana?
O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!
2 Izao ihany no tiako holazainareo amiko: Moa ny asan’ ny lalàna va no nandraisanareo ny Fanahy, sa ny fitoriana ny finoana?
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 Adala toy izany va ianareo? Rehefa nanomboka tamin’ ny Fanahy ianareo, dia hahatanteraka amin’ ny nofo va ankehitriny?
Are you so without sense? After beginning with the Spirit, will you now end with the flesh?
4 Moa izany zavatra be izany dia efa niaretanareo foana, raha dia foana tokoa izany?
Did you have such experience to no purpose - if indeed it was really to no purpose?
5 Ary Izay manome anareo ny Fanahy sy mahavita asa lehibe eo aminareo, moa avy amin’ ny asan’ ny lalàna va izany, sa avy amin’ ny fitoriana ny finoana?
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 Dia tahaka an’ i Abrahama nino an’ Andriamanitra, ka dia nasaina ho fahamarinany izany.
Even as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness?
7 Koa fantaro fa izay amin’ ny finoana no zanak’ i Abrahama.
Notice then that the true sons of Abraham are children of faith.
8 Ary satria hitan’ ny Soratra Masìna rahateo fa amin’ ny finoana no anamarinan’ Andriamanitra ny jentilisa, dia nitory ny filazantsara tamin’ i Abrahama rahateo izy, nanao hoe: Aminao no hitahiana ny firenena rehetra;
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 ka dia izay amin’ ny finoana notahina mbamin’ i Abrahama mpino.
So then they who are children of faith are blessed with Abraham the faithful;
10 Fa izay rehetra amin’ ny asan’ ny lalàna dia eo ambanin’ ny fanozonana; fa voasoratra hoe: Voaozona izay rehetra tsy maharitra mankatò ny zavatra rehetra voasoratra ao amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàna.
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 Ary hita marimarina fa amin’ ny lalàna dia tsy misy olona hamarinina eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra; fa ny marina amin’ ny finoana no ho velona.
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 Ary ny lalàna tsy araka ny finoana; fa izay mahatandrina izany no ho velona aminy.
and the Law has nothing to do with faith, but declares, The man that has done these things shall live therein.
13 Kristy nanavotra anay tamin’ ny ozon’ ny lalàna, satria tonga voaozona hamonjy anay Izy; fa voasoratra hoe: Voaozona izay rehetra mihantona amin’ ny hazo,
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 mba ho tonga amin’ ny jentilisa ny fitahiana an’ i Abrahama ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy, ary mba horaisintsika amin’ ny finoana ny teny fikasana ny amin’ ny Fanahy.
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 Ry rahalahy ― miteny araka ny fanaon’ ny olona aho ― na dia ny fanekena ataon’ olona ihany aza, rehefa vita mafy, dia tsy fanao ny manatsoaka na manampy izany.
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 Ary tamin’ i Abrahama sy ny taranany no nilazana ny teny fikasana. Tsy lazainy hoe: Ary ho an’ ny taranaka, toy ny milaza ny maro; fa toy ny milaza ny anankiray, ary ho an’ ny taranakao, dia Kristy izany.
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 Ary izao no lazaiko: Ny fanekena izay nataon’ Andriamanitra mafy fahiny dia tsy tsoahan’ ny lalàna, izay vao natao telo-polo amby efa-jato taona tato aoriana, hahafoana ny teny fikasana.
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 Fa raha avy amin’ ny lalàna ny lova, dia tsy avy amin’ ny teny fikasana intsony; nefa tamin’ i Abrahama dia teny fikasana no nanomezan’ Andriamanitra azy.
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 Inona ary ny lalàna? Nanampy noho ny fahadisoana izy ambara-pihavin’ ny taranaka izay nomena ny teny fikasana; ary nalahatr’ anjely teo an-tànan’ ny mpanalalana izany.
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 Ary ny mpanalalana dia tsy an’ ny irery, fa Andriamanitra dia iray ihany.
(Now a mediator implies more than one person, but God is only one.)
21 Ka moa manohitra ny teny fikasan’ Andriamanitra va ny lalàna? Sanatria izany! Fa raha nisy lalàna mahavelona nomena, dia avy tamin’ ny lalàna tokoa ny fahamarinana
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 Fa ny Soratra Masìna efa nanidy azy rehetra teo amin’ ny fahotana, mba homena ny mino ny teny fikasana noho ny finoana an i Jesosy Kristy.
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 Fa fony tsy mbola tonga ny finoana, dia voambina tao ambanin’ ny lalàna isika ka voahidy ho amin’ ny finoana izay efa haseho ato aoriana.
Before the Faith came we were perpetual prisoners under the Law, in preparation for the destined faith about to be revealed.
24 Koa ny lalàna dia mpitaiza antsika ho amin’ i Kristy, mba hohamarinina noho ny finoana isika.
So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;
25 Fa rehefa tonga ny finoana, dia tsy fehezin’ izay mpitaiza intsony isika.
but now that the Faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.
26 Fa ianareo rehetra dia zanak’ Andriamanitra amin’ ny finoana an’ i Kristy Jesosy.
You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.
27 Fa na iza na iza ianareo no natao batisa ho an’ i Kristy dia nitafy an’ i Kristy.
For all of you who were baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 Tsy misy intsony na Jiosy na Grika, na andevo na tsy andevo, na lahy sy vavy; fa iray ihany ianareo rehetra ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy.
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 Fa raha an’ i Kristy ianareo, dia taranak’ i Abrahama sy mpandova araka ny teny fikasana.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
