गलाती 3

1 हे मूर्ख गलातीहरू! कसको दुष्‍ट आँखाले तिमीहरूलाई नोक्सानी गर्‍यो? के तिमीहरूका आँखाको अगाडि येशू ख्रीष्‍ट क्रुसमा टाँगिनुभएको कुरा दर्शाइएको थिएन र?

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you to keep you from obeying the truth? In your presence, before your very eyes, Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

2 म तिमीहरूबाट यो कुरा मात्र बुझ्‍न चाहन्छु । के तिमीहरूले पवित्र आत्मालाई व्यवस्था अनुसारका कामहरू गरेर पाएका हौ कि तिमीहरूले सुनेका कुरामा विश्‍वास गरेर पाएका हौ?

Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

3 के तिमीहरू यति धेरै मूर्ख भएका छौ? के अब केवल शरीरमा अन्त हुन तिमीहरूले आत्मामा सुरु गरेका थियौ?

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to be perfected by the flesh?

4 यदि त्यो साँच्‍चै निरर्थक थियो भने के तिमीहरूले व्यर्थमा यति धेरै कुराहरूको अनुभव गर्‍यौ त?

Did you suffer so much in vain?—if indeed it was in vain.

5 त्यसो भए, जसले तिमीहरूलाई पवित्र आत्मा दिनुहुन्छ र तिमीहरूका बिचमा शक्‍तिशाली कार्यहरूद्वारा काम गर्नुहुन्छ, के उहाँले यो व्यवस्था अनुसारका कामहरूका कारण गर्नुभएको हो कि विश्‍वास गरेर सुनेका कारणले?

Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you because you perform the works of the law or because you hear with faith?

6 अब्राहामले “परमेश्‍वरलाई विश्‍वास गरे अनि यो उनको निम्ति धार्मिकता गनियो ।”

Remember, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

7 त्यसो भए, यसै गरी यो बुझ, कि विश्‍वास गर्नेहरू नै अब्राहामका सन्तान हुन् ।

Therefore you must understand that those who have faith are the sons of Abraham.

8 धर्मशास्‍त्रले पहिले नै यो देखेको थियो, कि परमेश्‍वरले गैरयहूदीहरूलाई विश्‍वासद्वारा धर्मी ठहराउनुहुन्छ । अब्राहामलाई अगाडि नै सुसमाचार दिइएको थियो, “तँबाट नै पृथ्वीमा हुने सबै जातिहरू आशिषित हुनेछन् ।”

Now the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in yoʋ.”

9 त्यसैकारण, जोसँग विश्‍वास छ, तिनीहरू अब्राहामसँगै आशिषित हुन्छन्, तिनै अब्राहाम जससँग पनि विश्‍वास थियो ।

So then, those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

10 व्यवस्था अनुसारका कामहरूमा भर पर्नेहरू श्रापित हुन्छन् । किनकि यसरी लेखिएको छ “व्यवस्थामा लेखिएका सबै कुराहरू पालन नगर्ने सबै श्रापित हुन्छन् ।”

For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

11 अब यो स्पष्‍ट छ, कि परमेश्‍वरले कसैलाई पनि व्यवस्थाद्वारा धर्मी ठहराउनुहुन्‍न, किनकि “धर्मी मानिस विश्‍वासद्वारा नै जिउनेछ ।”

Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, because “the righteous will live by faith.”

12 व्यवस्था विश्‍वासबाट आएको होइन, तर त्यसको सट्टामा, “जसले व्यवस्थामा भएका कुराहरू गर्दछ त्यो व्यवस्थाअनुसार नै जिउनेछ ।”

But the law is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The person who does these things will live by them.”

13 हाम्रो निम्ति ख्रीष्‍ट श्रापित हुनुभएर उहाँले हामीलाई व्यवस्थाको श्रापबाट मुक्त गराउनुभयो । किनकि यसरी लेखिएको छ, “काठमा झुण्डिने हरेक श्रापित हुन्छ ।”

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.”

14 यसको उद्देश्य यही थियो, कि अब्राहाममा भएको आशिष् ख्रीष्‍ट येशूद्वारा गैरयहूदीहरूमाझ आउन सकोस्, ताकि हामीले विश्‍वासद्वारा पवित्र आत्माको प्रतिज्ञा प्राप्‍त गर्न सकौँ ।

He redeemed us so that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

15 भाइहरू हो, म मानवीय शब्दहरूमा बोल्दछु । एक पटक पक्‍का भइसकेको मानिसले बनाएको इच्छा-पत्र त न कसैले रद्द गर्छ न त त्यसमा केही थपिन्छ ।

Brothers, let me give an example from everyday life: When a man-made covenant is ratified, no one annuls it or adds to it.

16 अब यी प्रतिज्ञाहरू अब्राहाम र उनको सन्तानलाई दिइएको थियो । यसले धेरै मानिसहरूलाई जनाउने गरी “सन्तानहरूलाई” भन्दैन, तर यसको सट्टामा “तिम्रो सन्तानलाई” भनेर यसले एक जनालाई मात्र जनाउँछ, जो ख्रीष्‍ट हुनुहुन्छ ।

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, “And to his descendants,” referring to many, but referring to one man it says, “And to yoʋr descendant,” who is Christ.

17 अब म यो भन्दछु । परमेश्‍वरले पहिले नै स्थापना गर्नुभएको करारलाई ४३० वर्षपछि आएको व्यवस्थाले रद्द गर्दैन ।

My point is this: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul a covenant previously ratified by God to Christ, so as to invalidate the promise.

18 किनकि उत्तराधिकार व्‍यवस्थाद्वारा आएको हो भने, यो अहिले प्रतिज्ञाद्वारा आउने थिएन । तर परमेश्‍वरले प्रतिज्ञाद्वारा अब्राहामलाई यो सित्तैँमा दिनुभयो ।

For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by the promise; but God granted it to Abraham by a promise.

19 त्यसो भए व्यवस्था किन दिइयो त? ती प्रतिज्ञा गरिएकाहरूकहाँ अब्राहामका सन्तान नआउन्जेलसम्म अपराधको कारणले व्यवस्था थपियो । यो व्यवस्था एउटा मध्यस्तकर्ताको हातद्वारा स्वर्गदूतहरूमार्फत लागु गरिएको थियो ।

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the descendant should come to whom the promise had been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

20 अहिले मध्यस्तकर्ताले एकभन्दा बढी व्यक्‍तिलाई बुझाउँछ, तापनि परमेश्‍वर एउटै हुनुहुन्छ ।

Now a mediator does not represent just one party, but God is one.

21 त्यसो भए, के व्यवस्था परमेश्‍वरका प्रतिज्ञाहरूको विरुद्धमा छ त? कदापि होइन! किनकि यदि जीवन दिन सक्‍ने व्यवस्था दिइएको भए, निश्‍चय नै त्यही व्यवस्थाद्वारा धार्मिकता आउने थियो ।

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, truly righteousness would have come through the law.

22 तर त्यसको सट्टामा, पापको अधीनमा रहेका सबै कुरालाई धर्मशास्‍त्रले कैदमा राख्यो । परमेश्‍वरले यो गर्नुभयो ताकि येशू ख्रीष्‍टमा विश्‍वासद्वारा हामीलाई बचाउने उहाँको प्रतिज्ञालाई विश्‍वास गर्नेहरूलाई दिन सकियोस् ।

But the Scripture has confined all under sin, so that the promise might be given on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.

23 तर ख्रीष्‍टमा विश्‍वास आउनुभन्दा अगाडि विश्‍वासको प्रकाश नआउन्जेलसम्म हामी व्यवस्थाद्वारा कैदमा थियौँ र सीमित थियौँ ।

Now before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined until the faith that was to come would be revealed.

24 त्यसकारण, हामी विश्‍वासद्वारा धर्मी ठहरिनको निम्ति ख्रीष्‍ट नआउन्जेलसम्मको लागि व्यवस्था हाम्रो संरक्षक बन्यो ।

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ came, so that we could be justified by faith.

25 अब विश्‍वास आइसकेकोले हामी कुनै संरक्षकको अधीनमा छैनौँ ।

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

26 किनकि ख्रीष्‍ट येशूमा विश्‍वासद्वारा तिमीहरू सबै परमेश्‍वरका पुत्रहरू हौ ।

for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

27 तिमीहरूमध्ये सबै जतिको ख्रीष्‍ट येशूमा बप्‍तिस्मा भयो, तिमीहरू आफैँले ख्रीष्‍टलाई पहिरिएका छौ ।

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

28 अब न त यहूदी छ, न ग्रिक, न कमारा छ न फुक्‍का, न पुरुष छ न स्‍त्री, किनभने ख्रीष्‍ट येशूमा तिमीहरू सबै एक हौ ।

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 यदि तिमीहरू ख्रीष्‍टका हौ भनेता तिमीहरू अब्राहामका सन्तानहरू हौ र प्रतिज्ञाबमोजिम उत्तराधिकारीहरू हौ ।

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants and heirs according to the promise.