Galatians 3
1 Ẹ̀yin aláìnírònú ará Galatia! Ta ní ha tàn yín jẹ, kí ẹ̀yin má ṣe gba òtítọ́ gbọ́? Ní ojú ẹni tí a fi Jesu Kristi hàn gbangba láàrín yín ni ẹni tí a kàn mọ́ àgbélébùú.
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
2 Kìkì èyí ni mo fẹ́ béèrè lọ́wọ́ yín, nípa iṣẹ́ òfin ni ẹ̀yin gba Ẹ̀mí bí, tàbí nípa ìgbọ́ràn pẹ̀lú ìgbàgbọ́?
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
3 Báyìí ni ẹ̀yin ṣe jẹ òmùgọ̀ tó bí? Ẹ̀yin tí ó ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìgbé ayé ìgbàgbọ́ yín nípa ti Ẹ̀mí, ṣé a ti wá sọ yín di pípé nípa ti ara ni?
Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
4 Ẹ̀yin ha ti jìyà ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nǹkan wọ̀nyí lásán? Bí ó bá ṣe pé nítòótọ́ lásán ni.
Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?
5 Ṣé Ọlọ́run fún yín ní Ẹ̀mí rẹ̀, tí ó sì ṣe iṣẹ́ ìyanu láàrín yín nítorí tí ẹ̀yin pa òfin mọ, tàbí nítorí ẹ ní ìgbàgbọ́ sí ohun tí ẹ gbọ́?
Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
6 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí Abrahamu “Ó gba Ọlọ́run gbọ́, a sì kà á sí òdodo fún un.”
So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
7 Ẹ jẹ́ kí ó yé é yín nígbà náà pé, àwọn ti ó gbàgbọ́, àwọn náà ní í ṣe ọmọ Abrahamu.
Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.
8 Bí ìwé mímọ́ sì tí wí tẹ́lẹ̀ pé, Ọlọ́run yóò dá aláìkọlà láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́, ó tí wàásù ìyìnrere ṣáájú fún Abrahamu, ó ń wí pé, “Nínú rẹ̀ ni a ó bùkún fún gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè.”
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
9 Bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ ni àwọn tí i ṣe tí ìgbàgbọ́ jẹ́ ẹni alábùkún fún pẹ̀lú Abrahamu olódodo.
So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
10 Nítorí pé iye àwọn tí ń bẹ ni ipa iṣẹ́ òfin ń bẹ lábẹ́ ègún: nítorí tí a tí kọ ọ́ pé, “Ìfibú ni olúkúlùkù ẹni tí kò dúró nínú ohun gbogbo tí a kọ sínú ìwé òfin láti máa ṣe wọ́n”.
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
11 Nítorí ó dánilójú pé, a kò dá ẹnikẹ́ni láre níwájú Ọlọ́run nípa iṣẹ́ òfin: nítorí pé, “Olódodo yóò yè nípa ìgbàgbọ́.”
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
12 Òfin kì í sì í ṣe ti ìgbàgbọ́: ṣùgbọ́n, “Ẹni tí ó ba ṣe, yóò yè nípa wọn.”
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
13 Kristi ti rà wá padà kúrò lọ́wọ́ ègún òfin, ẹni tí a fi ṣe ègún fún wa: nítorí tí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Ìfibú ni olúkúlùkù ẹni tí a fi kọ́ sórí igi.”
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
14 Ó gbà wá là ki ìbùkún Abrahamu ba à lè wá sórí àwọn aláìkọlà nípa Kristi Jesu; kí àwa ba à lè gba ìlérí Ẹ̀mí nípa ìgbàgbọ́.
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
15 Ará, èmi ń sọ̀rọ̀ bí ènìyàn, gẹ́gẹ́ bi májẹ̀mú ènìyàn ti a ti fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀, kò sí ẹni tí ó lè sọ ọ́ di asán, tàbí tí ó lè fi kún un mọ́.
Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
16 Ǹjẹ́ fún Abrahamu àti fún irú-ọmọ rẹ̀ ni a ti ṣe àwọn ìlérí náà. Ìwé Mímọ́ kò ṣọ wí pé, “fún àwọn irú-ọmọ rẹ̀,” bí ẹni pé ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀; ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹni pé ọ̀kan ṣoṣo, “àti fún irú-ọmọ rẹ̀,” èyí tí í ṣe Kristi.
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
17 Èyí tí mò ń wí ni pé: májẹ̀mú tí Ọlọ́run ti fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ níṣàájú, òfin ti ó dé lẹ́yìn ọgbọ̀nlénírinwó ọdún kò lè sọ ọ́ di asán, kí ó sì mú ìlérí náà di aláìlágbára.
What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
18 Nítorí bí ogún náà bá dúró lórí ṣíṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí í òfin kì í ṣe ti ìlérí mọ́, ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run ti fi í fún Abrahamu nípa ìlérí.
For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
19 Ǹjẹ́ kí ha ni òfin? A fi kún un nítorí ìrékọjá títí irú-ọmọ tí a ti ṣe ìlérí fún yóò fi dé; a sì tipasẹ̀ àwọn angẹli ṣe ìlànà rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ alárinà kan wá.
Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
20 Ǹjẹ́ onílàjà kì í ṣe alárinà ti ẹnìkan, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀kan ni Ọlọ́run.
A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
21 Nítorí náà òfin ha lòdì sí àwọn ìlérí Ọlọ́run bí? Kí a má rí i; nítorí ìbá ṣe pé a ti fi òfin kan fún ni tí ó lágbára láti sọ ni di ààyè nítòótọ́ òdodo ìbá ti tipasẹ̀ òfin wà.
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
22 Ṣùgbọ́n ìwé mímọ́ ti fi yé wa pé gbogbo ènìyàn ni ń bẹ lábẹ́ ìdè ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, kí a lè fi ìlérí nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Jesu Kristi fún àwọn tí ó gbàgbọ́.
But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
23 Ṣùgbọ́n kí ìgbàgbọ́ tó dé, a ti pa wá mọ́ lábẹ́ òfin, a sì sé wa mọ́ de ìgbàgbọ́ tí a ń bọ̀ wá fihàn.
Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
24 Nítorí náà òfin ti jẹ́ olùtọ́jú láti mú ènìyàn wá sọ́dọ̀ Kristi, kí a lè dá wa láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́.
So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 Ṣùgbọ́n lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ìgbàgbọ́ ti dé, àwa kò sí lábẹ́ olùtọ́jú mọ́.
Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
26 Nítorí pé ọmọ Ọlọ́run ni gbogbo yín, nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Kristi Jesu.
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 Nítorí pé iye ẹ̀yin tí a ti bamitiisi sínú Kristi ti gbé Kristi wọ̀.
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 Kò le sí Júù tàbí Giriki, ẹrú tàbí òmìnira, ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin nítorí pé ọ̀kan ni nínú Kristi Jesu.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 Bí ẹ̀yin bá sì jẹ́ ti Kristi, ǹjẹ́ ẹ̀yin ní irú-ọmọ Abrahamu, àti àrólé gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlérí.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
