Wagalatia 3
1 Wagalatia wajinga, ni jicho gani ovu lililowaharibu? Je Yesu Kristo hakuoneshwa kama msulubiwa mbele ya macho yenu?
Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Yeshua the Messiah was openly portrayed amongst you as crucified?
2 Mimi nataka tu kufahamu hili kutoka kwenu. Je mlimpokea Roho kwa matendo ya sheria au kwa kuamini kile mlichosikia?
I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
3 Je, ninyi ni wajinga kiasi hiki? Je mlianza katika Roho ili mmalize katika mwili?
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
4 Je mliteseka kwa mambo mengi bure, kama kweli yalikuwa ya bure?
Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
5 Je yeye atoaye Roho kwenu na kutenda matendo ya nguvu kati yenu hufanya kwa matendo ya sheria au kwa kusikia pamoja na imani?
He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles amongst you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
6 Abraham “Alimwamini Mungu akahesabiwa kuwa mwenye haki”.
Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”
7 Kwa namna ile ile eleweni kwamba, wale ambao wanaamini ni watoto wa Abrahamu.
Know therefore that those who are of faith are children of Abraham.
8 Andiko lilitabiri kwamba Mungu angewahesabia haki watu wa mataifa kwa njia ya imani. Injili ilihubiriwa kwanza kwa Abrahamu: “katika wewe mataifa yote yatabarikiwa”.
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
9 Ili baadaye wale ambao wana imani wabarikiwe pamoja na Abrahamu, ambaye alikuwa na imani.
So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
10 Wale ambao wanategemea matendo ya sheria wako chini ya laana. Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Amelaaniwa kila mtu ambaye hashikamani na mambo yote yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu cha sheria, kuyatenda yote.”
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the scroll of the Torah, to do them.”
11 Sasa ni wazi kwamba Mungu hamhesabii haki hata mmoja kwa sheria, kwa kuwa “Mwenye haki ataishi kwa imani”.
Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”
12 Sheria haitokani na imani, lakini badala yake “Ambaye hufanya mambo haya katika sheria, ataishi kwa sheria.”
The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”
13 Kristo alitukomboa sisi kutoka katika laana ya sheria wakati alipofanyika laana kwa ajili yetu. Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Amelaaniwa kila mtu aangikwaye juu ya mti.”
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 Lengo lilikuwa kwamba, baraka ambazo zilikuwa kwa Ibrahimu zingekuja kwa watu wa mataifa katika Kristo Yesu, ili kwamba tuweze kupokea ahadi ya Roho kupitia imani.
that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Messiah Yeshua, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
15 Ndugu, ninazungumza kwa namna ya kibinadamu. Hata wakati ambapo agano la kibinadamu limekwisha kuwekwa imara, hakuna awezaye kupuuza au kuongezea.
Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.
16 Sasa ahadi zilisemwa kwa Ibrahim na kwa kizazi chake. Haisemi, “kwa vizazi,” kumaanisha wengi, bali badala yake kwa mmoja pekee, “kwa kizazi chako,” ambaye ni Kristo.
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring”, which is Messiah.
17 Sasa nasema hivi, sheria ambayo ilikuja miaka 430 baadaye, haiondoi agano la nyuma lililowekwa na Mungu.
Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Messiah, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
18 Kwa kuwa kama urithi ungelikuja kwa njia ya sheria, usingekuwa tena umekuja kwa njia ya ahadi. Lakini Mungu aliutoa bure kwa Ibrahimu kwa njia ya ahadi.
For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
19 Kwa nini sasa sheria ilitolewa? Iliongezwa kwa sababu ya makosa, mpaka mzao wa Ibrahimu aje kwa wale ambao kwao alikuwa ameahidiwa. Sheria iliwekwa katika shinikizo kupitia malaika kwa mkono wa mpatanishi.
Then why is there 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 Sasa mpatanishi humaanisha zaidi ya mtu mmoja, bali Mungu ni mmoja peke yake.
Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.
21 Kwa hiyo je sheria iko kinyume na ahadi za Mungu? La hasha! Kwa kuwa kama sheria iliyokuwa imetolewa ilikuwa na uwezo wa kuleta uzima, haki ingepatikana kwa sheria.
Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.
22 Lakini badala yake, andiko limefunga mambo yote chini ya dhambi. Mungu alifanya hivi ili kwamba ahadi yake ya kutuokoa sisi kwa imani katika Yesu Kristo iweze kupatikana kwa wale wanao amini.
But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Yeshua the Messiah might be given to those who believe.
23 Lakini kabla ya imani katika Kristo haijaja, tulikuwa tumefungwa na kuwa chini ya sheria hadi uje ufunuo wa imani.
But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Kwa hiyo sheria ilifanyika kiongozi wetu hadi Kristo alipokuja, ili kwamba tuhesabiwe haki kwa imani.
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Messiah, that we might be justified by faith.
25 Sasa kwa kuwa imani imekuja, hatuko tena chini ya mwangalizi.
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
26 Kwa kuwa ninyi nyote ni watoto wa Mungu kupitia imani katika Kristo Yesu.
For you are all children of God, through faith in Messiah Yeshua.
27 Wote ambao mlibatizwa katika Kristo mmejivika Kristo.
For as many of you as were immersed into Messiah have put on Messiah.
28 Hakuna Myahudi wala Myunani, mtumwa wala huru, mwanaume wala mwanamke, kwa kuwa ninyi nyote ni mmoja katika Kristo Yesu.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Messiah Yeshua.
29 Kama ninyi ni wa Kristo, basi ni uzao wa Ibrahimu, warithi kwa mujibu wa ahadi.
If you are Messiah’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
