Galatifoɔ 3

1 Mo Galatifoɔ adwenemherɛfoɔ! Hwan na ɔdanee mo adwene saa? Mo ara mo anim na wɔkyerɛɛ mu pefee sɛ wɔbɔɔ Yesu Kristo asɛnnua mu.

O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you? before whose eyes Jesus Christ was plainly set forth among you crucified.

2 Mommua me saa asɛm yi: Moyɛɛ deɛ Mmara no hwehwɛ sɛ monyɛ ansa na Onyankopɔn Honhom no reba mo so? Anaasɛ motiee Asɛmpa no gye diiɛ ansa?

This only I desire to learn from you: Was it from the works of the Law that ye received the Spirit, or by the preaching of faith?

3 Saa na mo adwene mu yɛ herɛ? Mode Onyankopɔn Honhom firii aseɛ; afei mopɛ sɛ mode mo ara mo tumi wie?

Are ye so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, do ye now end with the flesh?

4 Mo suahunu yi nyinaa ho amma mfasoɔ biara? Mennye nni saa.

Have ye suffered so much in vain? if indeed it be really in vain.

5 Onyankopɔn nam mmara no so na ɔde ne Honhom no maa mo anaa? Anaasɛ ɔnam mmara no so na ɔyɛɛ anwanwadeɛ wɔ mo mu anaa? Ɛnyɛ asɛm no gye a mogye diiɛ nti?

Doth he then who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by the preaching of faith?

6 Atwerɛsɛm no kaa Abraham ho asɛm sɛ, “Ɔgyee Onyankopɔn diiɛ na ɛsiane ne gyidie enti, Onyankopɔn gyee no sɛ onipa tenenee.”

Even as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness.”

7 Enti ɛsɛ sɛ mote aseɛ sɛ, nnipa a wɔwɔ gyidie no na wɔyɛ Abraham asefoɔ turodoo.

Know then that they who have faith, these are the sons of Abraham.

8 Atwerɛsɛm no dii ɛkan hunuu sɛ Onyankopɔn nam gyidie so bɛbu amanamanmufoɔ no bem. Yei enti, Atwerɛsɛm no dii ɛkan kaa Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ Abraham sɛ, “Ɛnam wo so na Onyankopɔn bɛhyira nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa.”

Moreover the Scripture, foreseeing that God was to accept the gentiles as righteous by faith, proclaimed beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham, saying, “In thee shall all nations be blessed.”

9 Abraham gye diiɛ, na wɔhyiraa no, na wɔn a wɔgye di nyinaa nso, wɔahyira wɔn sɛdeɛ wɔhyiraa no no.

So then they who have faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

10 Wɔadome obiara a ɔde ne ho bɛto ne nnwuma a ɛfiri mmara no mu so. Ɛfiri sɛ wɔatwerɛ sɛ, “Wɔadome obiara a wankɔ so anni deɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Mmara Nwoma mu no nyinaa so.”

For as many as rely on the works of the Law are under a 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 Afei, akyinnyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ obiara rentumi mfa mmara no so die nsɔ Onyankopɔn ani. Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Ɛnam gyidie so na ɔteneneeni bɛnya nkwa.”

But further, that through the observance of the Law no one is accepted as righteous with God is evident; for “the righteous shall live by faith.”

12 Mmara no nnyinasoɔ nnyɛ gyidie; ɛfiri sɛ, wɔatwerɛ sɛ, deɛ ɔdi mmara no so bɛnya nkwa.

And the Law hath nothing to do with faith; but [[its language is]], “He that hath done them shall live in them.”

13 Ɛno enti na Kristo agye yɛn afiri nnome a Mmara no de brɛɛ yɛn no mu. Wayɛ nnome ama yɛn sɛdeɛ Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Obiara a wɔbɛsɛn no dua so no hyɛ Onyankopɔn nnome ase.”

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, “Cursed is every one that is hanged on a beam of wood,”—

14 Kristo gyee yɛn sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, nhyira a wɔhyiraa Abraham no nam Kristo so bɛba amanamanmufoɔ so, na yɛnam gyidie so anya Honhom a wɔhyɛɛ yɛn ho bɔ no.

to the end that in Christ Jesus the blessing promised to Abraham might come to the gentiles, that we through faith might receive the Spirit which was promised.

15 Anuanom, mede yɛn asetena mu asɛm bi bɛyɛ nhwɛsoɔ: Sɛ nnipa baanu bi pene asɛm bi so na wɔyɛ ho apam a, obiara rentumi mmu apam no so na wɔrentumi mfa biribi nka ho.

Brethren, I speak according to what is practised among men; no one sets aside even a human covenant, or makes additions to it, after it has been ratified.

16 Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ Abraham ne nʼaseni bɔ. Atwerɛsɛm no nnka sɛ, “Wo ne wʼasefoɔ” a ɛkyerɛ nnipa bebree. Ɛka sɛ, “Wo ne wʼaseni” a ɛkyerɛ sɛ onipa baako a ɔno ne Kristo no.

But the promises were made to Abraham and “to his offspring.” He doth not say, “and to offsprings,” as speaking of many, but, as speaking of one, “and to thy offspring,” which is Christ.

17 Mekyerɛ sɛ: Onyankopɔn yɛɛ apam na ɔhyɛɛ bɔ sɛ ɔbɛdi so. Mmara no a ɛbaa akyire no ntumi nsesa anaa ɛrentumi ntwa bɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ mfirinhyia ahanan ne aduasa ansa na ɔde Mmara no maaeɛ, no mu.

And what I mean is this; that a covenant that was before ratified by God, the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, cannot annul, so as to make void the promise;

18 Na sɛ nhyira a Onyankopɔn de maaeɛ no gyina Mmara so a, ɛnneɛ na ɛnyɛ bɔhyɛ bio. Nanso Onyankopɔn firi nʼadom mu, nam bɔhyɛ so de agyapadeɛ no maa Abraham.

for if the inheritance cometh from the Law, it ceaseth to be the consequence of the promise; but to Abraham God gave it by promise.

19 Ɛnneɛ na Mmara no ho mfasoɔ ne sɛn? Wɔde maa akyire no de kyerɛɛ sɛ yɛyɛ nnebɔneyɛfoɔ kɔsi sɛ Aseni no a wɔhyɛɛ ne ho bɔ no bɛba. Abɔfoɔ no na wɔde Mmara no maa Mose, na ɔno nso yɛɛ Onyankopɔn ne nnipa no ntamgyinafoɔ.

To what end then was the Law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise belongeth, having been ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

20 Yɛnim sɛ ntamgyinafoɔ ho hia ma nnipa baanu anaa deɛ ɛboro saa, nanso Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ baako amfa ntamugyinafoɔ ɛberɛ a ɔhyɛɛ Abraham bɔ no.

Now no mediator is a mediator of one; but God is one.

21 Yei kyerɛ sɛ Mmara no tia Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ no anaa? Dabi! Sɛ mmara bi wɔ hɔ a ɛtumi ma nnipa nkwa a, ɛnneɛ anka onipa nam saa mmara no so bɛtumi atene wɔ Onyankopɔn anim.

Is then the Law against the promises of God? Far be it! For if a law had been given which was able to give life, righteousness would indeed have been by the Law;

22 Nanso, Atwerɛsɛm no aka sɛ, ewiase nyinaa hyɛ bɔne tumi ase. Ɛno enti, akyɛdeɛ a wɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ no, wɔnam Yesu Kristo so nko ara de bɛma wɔn a wɔgye di no.

but the Scripture shut up all under sin, that the blessing promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

23 Ansa na gyidie no reba no, Mmara no too yɛn mpɔkyerɛ kɔsii sɛ wɔbɛdaa gyidie no adi.

But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the Law, shut up unto the faith which was to be revealed.

24 Enti, Mmara no na ɛhyɛɛ yɛn so kɔsii sɛ Kristo baeɛ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, wɔnam gyidie so bɛbu yɛn bem.

So then the Law hath been our schoolmaster, to lead us to Christ, that we might be accepted as righteous through faith;

25 Afei a berɛ aduru sɛ yɛgye Kristo di no, Mmara no nni yɛn so tumi bio.

but faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

26 Ɛnam gyidie so enti na mo nyinaa yɛ Onyankopɔn mma a mo ne Kristo Yesu aka abom no.

For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

27 Wɔbɔɔ mo asu hyɛɛ Kristo mu enti, moafa Kristo mu nnepa no ato mo ho so.

for as many of you as were baptized into Christ, did put on Christ.

28 Yɛnni Yudani anaa Helani, yɛnni akoa anaa ɔdehyeɛ, yɛnni ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa, na mo nyinaa yɛ onipa korɔ wɔ Kristo Yesu mu.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus;

29 Enti sɛ moyɛ Kristo dea a, na moyɛ Abraham asefoɔ, na bɔhyɛ no enti, moyɛ adedifoɔ nso.

and if ye belong to Christ, then are ye Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise.