< Galatians 5 >

1 Nítorí náà, ẹ dúró ṣinṣin nínú òmìnira náà èyí tí Kristi fi sọ wá di òmìnira, kí ẹ má sì ṣe tún fi ọrùn bọ̀ àjàgà ẹrú mọ́.
stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.
2 Kíyèsi i, èmi Paulu ni ó wí fún yín pé, bí a bá kọ yín nílà abẹ́, Kristi kì yóò lérè fún yín ní ohunkóhun.
Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you.
3 Mo sì tún sọ fún olúkúlùkù ènìyàn tí a kọ ní ilà pé, ó di ajigbèsè láti pa gbogbo òfin mọ́.
I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law.
4 A ti yà yín kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Kristi, ẹ̀yin tí ń fẹ́ kí a dá yín láre nípa òfin; pé ẹ ti ṣubú kúrò nínú oore-ọ̀fẹ́.
If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace.
5 Nítorí nípa Ẹ̀mí àwa ń fi ìgbàgbọ́ dúró de ìrètí òdodo.
But we are not, for we through the Spirit are eagerly waiting by faith for a hope of righteousness (a hope well founded);
6 Nítorí nínú Kristi Jesu, ìkọlà kò jẹ́ ohun kan, tàbí àìkọlà; ṣùgbọ́n ìgbàgbọ́ ti ń ṣiṣẹ́ nípa ìfẹ́.
because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.
7 Ẹ̀yin ti ń sáré dáradára. Ta ni dí yin lọ́wọ́ láti ṣe ìgbọ́ràn sí òtítọ́?
You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 Ìyípadà yìí kò ti ọ̀dọ̀ ẹni tí ó pè yín wá.
The influence brought to bear does not come from him who is calling you.
9 Ìwúkàrà díẹ̀ ní í mú gbogbo ìyẹ̀fun wú.
A little leaven is leavening the whole lump.
10 Mo ní ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé sí yín nínú Olúwa pé, ẹ̀yin kì yóò ní èrò ohun mìíràn; ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ń yọ yín lẹ́nu yóò ru ìdájọ́ tirẹ̀, ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó wù kí ó jẹ́.
As for me, I am fully trusting you in the Lord that you will be no otherwise minded; but he who is trying to unsettle you will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.
11 Ṣùgbọ́n, ará, bí èmi bá ń wàásù ìkọlà síbẹ̀, kín ni ìdí tí a fi ń ṣe inúnibíni sí mi síbẹ̀? Ǹjẹ́ ìkọ̀sẹ̀ àgbélébùú ti kúrò.
But I, brothers, if I "still preach circumcision," why am I still persecuted? Then surely the stumbling-block of the Cross has ceased to be an obstacle!
12 Èmi ìbá fẹ́ kí àwọn tí ń yọ yín lẹ́nu tilẹ̀ gé ẹ̀yà ara wọn kan kúrò.
Would to God that those who are trying to unsettle you would even have themselves mutilated.
13 Nítorí a ti pè yín sí òmìnira, ará kìkì pé kí ẹ má ṣe lo òmìnira yín bí àǹfààní sípa ti ara, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ máa fi ìfẹ́ sin ọmọnìkejì yín.
For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.
14 Nítorí pé a kó gbogbo òfin já nínú èyí pé, “Ìwọ fẹ́ ọmọnìkejì rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ara rẹ.”
For the whole Law has been fulfilled in this one precept, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
15 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin bá ń bu ara yín ṣán, tí ẹ sì ń jẹ ara yín run, ẹ kíyèsára kí ẹ má ṣe pa ara yín run.
But if you are always biting and devouring one another, take heed lest you be utterly consumed one by another.
16 Ǹjẹ́ mo ní, ẹ máa rìn nípa ti Ẹ̀mí, ẹ̀yin kì yóò sì mú ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ti ara ṣẹ.
This is my meaning. Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 Nítorí ti ara ń ṣe ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ lòdì sí Ẹ̀mí, àti Ẹ̀mí lòdì sí ara, àwọn wọ̀nyí sì lòdì sí ara wọn; kí ẹ má ba à lè ṣe ohun tí ẹ̀yin ń fẹ́.
For the desire of the flesh is against that of the Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit is against that of the flesh, for they two are antagonistic, so that you may not do those things that you wish.
18 Ṣùgbọ́n bí a bá ń ti ọwọ́ Ẹ̀mí ṣamọ̀nà yín, ẹ̀yin kò sí lábẹ́ òfin.
But if you are habitually led by the Spirit you are not under law.
19 Ǹjẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tí ara farahàn, tí í ṣe wọ̀nyí; panṣágà, àgbèrè, ìwà èérí, wọ̀bìà,
Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency,
20 Ìbọ̀rìṣà, oṣó, ìkórìíra, ìjà, ìlara, ìbínú, ìmọ-tara-ẹni nìkan, ìyapa, ẹ̀kọ́ òdì.
idol-worship, sorcery, quarrels, party-spirit, jealousy, passionate anger, intrigues, factions, sectarianism,
21 Àrankàn, ìpànìyàn, ìmutípara, ìréde òru, àti irú ìwọ̀nyí; àwọn ohun tí mo ń wí fún yín tẹ́lẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti wí fún yín tẹ́lẹ̀ rí pé, àwọn tí ń ṣe nǹkan báwọ̀nyí kì yóò jogún ìjọba Ọlọ́run.
envy, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these. I tell you beforehand, as I have already told you, that those who practise such sins shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 Ṣùgbọ́n èso ti Ẹ̀mí ni ìfẹ́, ayọ̀, àlàáfíà, ìpamọ́ra, ìwà pẹ̀lẹ́, ìṣoore, ìgbàgbọ́,
But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;
23 ìwà tútù, àti ìkóra-ẹni níjanu, òfin kan kò lòdì sí irú wọ̀nyí,
against such there is no law.
24 Àwọn tí í ṣe ti Kristi Jesu ti kan ara wọn mọ́ àgbélébùú pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́ àti ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ̀.
And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and appetites.
25 Bí àwa bá wà láààyè sípa ti Ẹ̀mí, ẹ jẹ́ kí a sì máa rìn nípa ti Ẹ̀mí.
If we are living by the Spirit, let us also keep step in the Spirit.
26 Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí a máa ṣe ògo asán, kí a má mú ọmọnìkejì wa bínú, kí a má ṣe ìlara ọmọnìkejì wa.
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

< Galatians 5 >